Only after Ellie Mays finished her explanation did everyone truly understand what Watermelon Company had been doing.
While search engines and portal websites were still its core businesses, Watermelon Company had aggressively expanded into other fields, especially by laying out an early strategy in smartphone operating systems.
If this system could replicate Microsoft's monopoly on the PC side, Watermelon Company would stand invincible.
Of course, Apple was an exception, since it had its own system.
Someone once said that Steve Jobs' greatest creation was not the iPhone, but the iOS system, and that statement was absolutely correct.
However, aside from Apple phones, all other phone brands needed the support of the Android system. Especially manufacturers from China and South Korea—without Android's support, they simply could not make smartphones work.
Of course, they could choose the Symbian system, but compared to Android, Symbian performed like a mentally deficient child.
"So, are we using Android to stabilize the stock price, preventing it from falling too fast?" Cameron Diaz asked.
"That's right, and this isn't even our final trump card. Watermelon Company still has many research projects that are classified," Ellie Mays said.
"Then what about Banana Company? What about Banana Company?"
"There's no need to worry about that," Gilbert gestured for everyone to relax.
"Does Banana Company also have some kind of secret weapon?" Naomi Watts asked curiously.
"It can't really be called a secret weapon. It's just some future application trends—the way internet media will replace traditional media."
Gilbert explained, "Banana Company's social platforms will be deployed on smartphone platforms in the form of apps, including Banana, Twitter, WhatsApp, and other software."
These three applications formed Banana Company's social empire, almost creating a monopolistic position. This was also why Gilbert was not too worried about Banana Company's stock price.
If we make an analogy, Banana was equivalent to Facebook in a previous life, Twitter was like China's Weibo, and WhatsApp was essentially WeChat.
Why was Tencent able to dominate China's internet industry? It relied on a user network built upon a social empire.
And all three of these applications had massive user bases. In the internet industry, having users meant having everything.
Therefore, as long as Banana Company continued to announce its total number of users and newly added users, its stock price naturally would not fall too sharply.
On this basis, Watermelon Company and Banana Company, together with Amazon and Apple, cooperating to research big data and AI, was the real killing move.
And the fact that these companies could unite like this was inseparable from Gilbert.
Because all these companies belonged to the new Silicon Valley capital, and under Gilbert's leadership, Silicon Valley capital had shown extraordinary unity. When facing harvesting by Wall Street financial conglomerates, they could all support Gilbert.
Of course, if Wall Street conglomerates were defeated by Silicon Valley capital in the future, internal divisions might arise within Silicon Valley capital due to conflicting interests.
But for now, for the sake of the greater picture, everyone remained united.
After discussing countermeasures, Gilbert said to Naomi Watts and the others, "Mr. Schwarzenegger has decided to step down from the position of Governor of California. In this year's election, we must push our own people up."
Scarlett had always been politically active. She said, "That Erickson you met last time is pretty good. Although he's from the Blue faction, he's not the same as the extreme blue-left."
At present, the extreme blue-left was beginning to rise, still using environmental protection, animal protection, and feminism as weapons, and had not yet developed into the diversification stage.
But the future trend seemed inevitable. Coincidentally, California was also the base of the extreme blue-left and the territory of the California faction.
Without the political backing of the California faction, the extreme blue-left could not have risen so quickly. During Schwarzenegger's term as governor, he had vigorously cracked down on the extreme blue-left and vetoed multiple proposals.
For Gilbert, after Schwarzenegger's retirement, finding a new successor became an urgent matter.
Gilbert said, "Scarlett, you're very familiar with Erickson. Talk to him and see whether he has any thoughts about running for governor."
Scarlett nodded, then asked, "What if he's pressured by the California faction and doesn't dare to run?"
"I'll give him a reason he can't refuse."
"Alright!"
With the matters discussed, everyone split up to get to work.
First was Watermelon Company. Just as Super Bowl fans were discussing which team performed best, and movie fans were getting excited over the Hollywood advertisement show during the Super Bowl halftime, Watermelon Company was the first to issue an announcement.
Just as the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family were preparing to pull the chair away, and Watermelon Company's stock price was beginning to show signs of decline, this announcement completely stabilized the price.
The announcement declared that the number of applications on the Android system had reached 480,000. In the smartphone market, Android's market share had already reached 43%, continuing to rank first among mobile operating systems.
At the same time, it was announced that Android 4.0 would be released in May, offering a more stable and more secure system, bringing users a better experience.
As soon as these positive news items were released, the stock price, which had already fallen below one thousand dollars, rebounded instantly, and everything the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family had done turned into wasted effort.
The facts proved that financial market tactics could indeed disrupt the stock price of a listed company. However, a company's value is not determined by the stock market, but by its products.
Watermelon Company had tangible products, a massive user base, and occupied the vast majority of the market share, which was enough to withstand shocks from the stock market.
The Rockefeller family and the Morgan family were indeed masters of financial maneuvering, but they failed to understand the core essence of the internet in the era of the information revolution.
Then turning back to Banana Company—what about its situation?
That did not work either. Every half month, Banana Company released its user numbers. Especially after entering the smartphone platform, its user base grew rapidly.
People who understood the internet industry quickly realized that, relying on its enormous number of users, Banana Company had already secured an unassailable position.
Not to mention anything else—just the precise advertising delivery based on user data alone could bring Banana Company more than one billion dollars in profit every year.
And the key point was that this was not even the limit; there was still deeper potential to be mined.
In early March, Banana Company's CEO, Elijah Lyon, announced that it would jointly develop and apply big data systems together with Watermelon Company, Apple, and others.
Subsequently, when Elijah Lyon accepted an exclusive interview with Silicon Valley Technology, he explained in detail the role of big data.
As soon as the concept of big data was introduced, not only did the stocks of Watermelon Company and Banana Company rise, but even Apple's and Amazon's stocks went up as well.
Or rather, almost all internet technology companies—so long as they were publicly listed—saw their stock prices climb.
After a series of actions, the two companies stabilized their stock prices and avoided a collapse, and even showed a continued upward trend. At this point, it could be declared that the plans of the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family had failed.
They had raised so much capital, yet the other side was completely unharmed, which made the two families and other smaller capital groups extremely unhappy.
On a certain island, members of the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family faced considerable questioning, with doubts about their ability to lead financial conglomerates.
The DuPont consortium, in particular, was ambitious and eager to replace the status of the two families.
As a result, members of the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family were deeply troubled, and their hatred toward Gilbert grew even stronger.
Why did you have to resist, Gilbert? Why couldn't you just lie down obediently and let us bully and harvest you?
The two families felt that the entire system they had built over many years was collapsing. Now, aside from resorting to force, they had no other way left to deal with Gilbert.
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