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“Ha, ha, ha.”

“Al, what's going on this time to call me... ”

Andy fell asleep and looked at the clock hanging from the wall of his eyes with the bright light of the morning. It was only around 4: 00 a.m. when he frowned uncomfortably and asked the phone.

“What's up, honey? ”

“Hmm? Wait a minute. ”

Upon hearing Ivana's inquiry, Andy asked Al to wait, then looked at Ivana, who opened her sleepy eyes, covered her microphone and said softly to her, “It's okay, you go back to sleep, I'll take the call. ”

Andy lifted the blanket, picked up a nightgown from the side, clamped his phone with his face and shoulders, fastened the waistband of the nightgown, walked out of the bedroom, closed the door, walked into the study, turned on the light, and picked up the eyebrow and said, "What happened? ”

“Sorry to bother you, boss, but things are a little sudden and I haven't heard anything before...” Alvetelli's tone is filled with tears and a hint of depression.

“Just been notified by the FTC that they will investigate your close relationship with Apple and the Google Board of Directors to see if you have violated antitrust laws... ”

“Cough...” Andy, who was taking a bottle of mineral water out of the refrigerator in the study, was choked straight up, coughing, eyes open, an incredible look on his face and said: “Wait, you repeat, did I hear that wrong? You mean the FTC is investigating me? ”

“Oh, boss, you're right, the FTC has started investigating the concurrent appointment of Apple and Google board members to determine whether there has been a violation of the antitrust laws.

You and Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former CEO of Genentech, Arthur Vincent, are both on the board of directors of Apple and Google, and are on the investigation list, prohibiting one person from simultaneously serving among competing companies under antitrust laws, as this may slow competition between companies. ”

“Shet! FTC is fed up and stuck... Wait, no, there's a problem here...” Andy cursed in an ugly way and immediately noticed an unusual smell when he wanted to vent his anger.

“Boss, you're right, there are problems, and according to our antitrust experts, the provisions of section 8 of the Clayton Antimonopoly Act" Joint Board "are rarely enforced. According to the information we received, it was reported by anonymous sources that the FTC decided to investigate and has informed Google and Apple that it will follow the matter. ”

“FXXK! It's definitely Larry Ellison, the shameless little man, and he's the only one who can do this, shameless snitch...” As soon as Andy heard what happened, he didn't even think about it, and directly thought of Larry Ellison, who had a history of tipping off and complained to him, was not arbitrary, because if someone else had reported it, his name would never have appeared. After all, he was not a member of Google's board of directors, and although he had a very close relationship with both Google and Apple, he had not reached the point where he could influence the affairs of the two companies.

So, even if you can't get used to Google and Apple, you'll never dumb enough to bring Andy Smith with you, and now you're bringing Andy with you in the report, which is definitely a mean old man with a bad stomach.

At first, in order to deal with Bill Gates, he was able to hire commercial spies to go through the trash can, take it back, and hire specialized technicians to look for evidence against Microsoft from the trash. The problem is that this shameless guy, instead of feeling wrong, proudly says, "I'm happy with everything I've done. ”

Without thinking about it, it's definitely Larry Ellison, an asshole who's disgusting himself, and it's no secret that the Google Board wants to include Andy as a director, and there are rumors from time to time that Andy joined Google. Larry Ellison's report doesn't cause Andy any trouble, but it's absolutely disgusting.

“FTC says Google and Apple are beginning to compete in a growing number of businesses, such as mobile phones. According to their point of view, if three directors joined the boards of two companies at the same time, the two companies had the potential to conspire with xing. ”

“Bullshit! Google has never regarded Apple as its primary competitor.” Andy heard the reason the FTC mentioned, cursed directly, and to be honest, he was really disgusted by this lousy old man Larry Ellison.

“Didn't they want to investigate? Okay, let them check. I'll call Larry Page in a minute. I'm ready to be a Google director. Larry Ellison wants to disgust me. Okay, he did it. ”

Hearing some angry remarks from the boss, Alvitelli grinned and persuaded him: “Boss, you don't have to be angry with him. In fact, even if he reported it anonymously, if FTC didn't mean to do it, his report wouldn't be useful. FTC's smooth investigation into Apple's relationship with the Google Board of Directors is not for you, which can only indicate that they want to further monitor Google to see if the company's dominant position in Internet search and online advertising would impede market competition.

This is mainly because last June, Google signed a search ad cooperation agreement with Yahoo to allow Google to place ads on Yahoo's website, albeit limited to the United States and Canadian markets. However, it caused dissatisfaction, and Microsoft has been persuading U.S. regulators to conduct an antitrust investigation into Google, followed by an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and plans to prosecute Google and Yahoo.

And in order to avoid a lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice, Google voluntarily abandoned its cooperation with Yahoo advertising last November. This also directly led to Yang Zhiyuan, former CEO of Yahoo Co-Founder. ”

“What he really meets is a joke, Microsoft is not clean on his own, and he says goodbye, Larry Ellison, this old bastard, this is helping him to his death.” Andy was so nauseated, he held his stomach in flames, but he was ridiculously cynical about the three IT giants' crap being torn apart.

“Google and Apple have long been allies against Microsoft technology dominance. These two compete with Microsoft in many areas, including operating systems and the fast-growing smartphone market. Google's Internet search and other services pose a huge threat to Microsoft.

And interestingly, as soon as the news came out that FTC was going to investigate Google's relationship with the Apple board, Microsoft's Ballmer called me, hoping that I would convey his greetings to you and his intention to cooperate. ”After Al had spoken on the phone, he couldn't help but smile twice.

“Working with Microsoft? Tell me about it.” Andy is also a little curious, to be honest, whether it's Apple, Google, Microsoft or Oracle, their relationship is definitely intricate, but it has nothing to do with him, as long as it's profitable, even if Larry Ellison is an old bastard, Oracle stock should be bought or bought, held or held.

“As part of this effort to challenge Google, Microsoft hopes to seek support from WhatsApp and INS, two global information-sharing services. Microsoft was willing to pay a fee to obtain real-time microblogging data for INS, but he hoped that the data Microsoft obtained from INS would not be disclosed to the outside world. ”

Andy frowned slightly, thought about it, and said, "This is a good thing, why don't they make money, but real-time microblogging data can give them, but our users' personal privacy data is definitely not good, my company is not Facebook, they can take it with a little money. ”

After a moment of communication, Andy hung up his phone and sat on the boss's chair with a sharp eye, looking at the clock hanging on the wall for half an hour.

“Disgusting me, right?! You miserable old man, if you use such a shameless trick, then don't blame me for stinking you, didn't you call yourself a lonely fighter, this time I told you to be completely a lonely widow! ”

Andy glanced deeply cold, biting his teeth and muttering, picking up the phone, finding out his internet player Waterdrop Studio's phone, and calling over.

“ Yes, shameless whistleblower, this hat must be pressed against Larry Ellison's head, and I'm going to fuck the American people, knowing how corrupt his character and morality are! ”

Andy gave his meaning to the Droplets Studio, had them make a huge wave on the Internet, and then he called NBC TV, and all his newspapers, and, of course, Andy couldn't be so discretionary as to directly name Larry Ellison, but the hint of circumvention of legal responsibility was enough.

In the United States, whistleblowing is considered the least honorable form of human misconduct and the shameful whistleblower is the prevailing attitude of Americans towards whistleblowing.