In 2010, after two years of negotiations, the 3com merger and acquisition finally came to an end after the participation of a number of multinational companies and even the intervention of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Hewlett-Packard of the United States successfully acquired 3com for $2.7 billion**.
Yunan Mao was instrumental in HP's acquisition of 3com, from serving as Vice President of 3Com Greater China and CEO of H3C, to becoming a Senior Advisor to HP and ultimately Chairman of Greater China.
In fact, Mao Yunan has a wealth of experience in this kind of "Infernal Affairs" operation, his parents are famous spies, his father is named Mao Renfeng, and his mother is named Xiang Yingxin, and their influence has undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for Mao Yunan's success in the shopping mall.
Mao Yunan, born in Chongqing in 1944, is the son of Mao Renfeng, the "boss" of the Kuomintang Secret Bureau, and Xiang Yingxin, a female spy. The "Yu" in his name comes from his birthplace.
Although he came from a family of secret agents, he did not carry on the family tradition and chose a different path. When he grew up, he devoted himself to the telecommunications industry and became a professional manager.
Mao Yunan has been independent in his career all the way and has not relied on anyone's shadow. Although he was born in a Kuomintang ** family, he was not a favored son, and he was not cared for by his father Mao Renfeng since he was a child.
However, he still relied on his own efforts to engage in politics and business in Taiwan, and achieved remarkable achievements.
Mao Renfeng and Xiang Yingxin did not have a heart, but Dai Li's arrangement brought them together. Therefore, when Mao Yunan was three years old, Mao Renfeng sent Xiang Yingxin to a mental hospital.
Mao Yunan has always been suspicious of his father's approach. Although Mao Renfeng later became ruthless and murderous, before he became the director of the Secrecy Bureau, he was a person who could bend and stretch, and adhered to the word "forbearance".
Otherwise, he wouldn't have married Xiang Yingxin.
Born in a Langzhong family in the suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi, Xiang Yingxin was born beautiful, and became an eye-catching beauty in the local area when she grew up. Later, she was accepted as the third aunt by Hu Yifa, the commander of the Northwest Army stationed there, and went to Wuhan with Hu Yifa to serve.
In Wuhan, Xiang Yingxin quickly became a new star in the social world with her graceful charm, and many gentlemen and sons fell for her.
It turned out that Xiang Yingxin happened to meet Dai Li in Wuhan. The appearance of this Aunt Xiang immediately attracted Dai Li's attention. With his professional vision, Dai Li believes that Xiang Yingxin has the beauty of a sable cicada, which is very suitable for using beauty tricks.
So, through the recommendation of Cai Mengjian's wife, Dai Li personally contacted Xiang Yingxin and expressed his hope that she would join the military command. Although Xiang Yingxin was born in a warlord family, she was not satisfied with being a third aunt.
Therefore, under the persuasion of Dai Li, she joined the military command and became a female spy.
Dai Li arranged for someone to convey the situation to Hu Yifa, although Hu Yifa was so angry that his face turned green, but in the face of the people of the Nanjing ** Military Command Bureau, he could only agree to the divorce. After Dai Li's training, Xiang Yingxin quickly mastered the skills of beauty tricks, and she lurked for a long time around the Northwest Army**, the North China traitor Yin Rugeng, and the head of the Central Unification spy Chen Lifu, providing a lot of information for the military commander.
Xiang Yingxin's contribution was appreciated and valued by Dai Li, so Dai Li arranged for her to marry her close confidant Mao Renfeng in 1943. Mao Renfeng is a native of Jiangshan, Zhejiang, thin and weak, but smart and studious.
He graduated from Shanghai Hujiang University and was successfully admitted to the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy.
Mao Renfeng was frail and sickly, and could not withstand the normalized military training in the military school, so he had no choice but to drop out of school and return to his hometown to become a middle school teacher. Although he hoped to return home in good clothes when he returned, the reality was that he came back in disgrace.
However, an inconspicuous little thing changed the trajectory of his life in Quzhou in 1926. There, he became acquainted with Dai Li, an aspiring man who made a living in a small business in Quzhou.
Mao Renfeng keenly saw Dai Li's predicament and showed him the way to Guangzhou to take the Huangpu exam. This became an important turning point in Mao Renfeng's future fate.
Through his own efforts, Dai Li became a sixth-term student of Whampoa, and won the trust of Lao Jiang by virtue of his relationship with his fellow villagers in Zhejiang, and gradually became the head of the Kuomintang spy organization.
Therefore, when the Military Command Bureau was established in 1938, Dai Li specially invited Mao Renfeng, who was working in Wuchang at that time, and invited him to become his right-hand man.
Mao Renfeng was selected to work as Dai Li's secretary and had access to a large number of classified documents. In 1943, Dai Li's promise to Yingxin was given to Mao Renfeng. Some people believe that this is an arrangement made by Dai Li in order to spy on Mao Renfeng, because Mao Renfeng has been appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek at this time, and may no longer be willing to be under Dai Li.
However, Mao Renfeng knew Xiang Yingxin's true identity, so Dai Li's plan could be said to be a conspiracy, that is, he was sure that Mao Renfeng would remain silent to Xiang Yingxin even if he knew Xiang Yingxin's true purpose.
Mao Renfeng and Xiang Yingxin, a love story deeply imprinted in the long river of history. Mao Renfeng's philosophy of life is "forbearance, waiting, and ruthlessness", in the face of Dai Li's matchmaking, he chose to accept it gladly, and married Xiang Yingxin, and soon after they had a child - Mao Yunan.
However, in March 1946, Dai Li's plane crashed, and Mao Renfeng took over from him in charge of the Military Command Bureau, and Xiang Yingxin lost his safety guarantee.
In 1947, Mao Renfeng sent Xiang Yingxin to a psychiatric hospital, when Mao Yunan was only three years old. On the eve of liberation in 1949, Xiang Yingxin went to Hong Kong with the help of his family, but life did not go well, and a few years later, the "flower of military unity" died in Hong Kong, leaving a sad story.
After Mao Renfeng took charge of the military command, he frantically hunted and killed the ** members, creating a lot of blood debts. After retreating to Taiwan, he was defeated in the political struggle with Chiang Ching-kuo and was overthrown. He died of cancer shortly after.
The combination of him and Xiang Yingxin is similar to **pretending to be a couple, although the **couple in film and television works may have a good ending, but in reality, it is difficult for such a spy life to have any good results, and their children are likely to become orphans.
The business war of the son of a spy: Mao Yunan seeks his own personal interests at the expense of the company's future. Educated in the United States, he graduated from Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry.
He was involved in the establishment of Shanghai Bell in Chinese mainland and served as President and CEO of Nortel Networks. However, his business decisions are made at the expense of the company's interests for his own personal gain. "
Mao Yunan, a descendant of Mao Renfeng, has been working in the "Greater China" region although he has changed jobs many times, and he has returned to his homeland for work reasons.
Mao Yunan's career is full of experience, having led a number of multinational groups in the "Greater China" region. However, as time passed, his reputation gradually became complicated, showing a state of "mixed reputation".
In 2013, he was serving as the chairman of Hewlett-Packard China, but was appointed chairman of H3C (H3C Communications Corporation) by HP headquarters. However, this appointment was strongly resisted by all H3C employees.
They pulled up the "Defend Huasan and boycott Mao Yunan!" banner, refusing to accept his leadership.
H3C employees did not boycott Mao Yunan because of his identity and background, but because there was an old grudge between H3C Communications and Mao Yunan. These grievances stem from the name of H3C Communications.
H3C's name is composed of "H3C", which is an abbreviation for 3com, which was founded in 1979 and is one of the leading companies in the data communication industry, which developed Ethernet.
After entering the 21st century, the competition in the international data communication market has become more and more fierce, and 3com is no longer dominant, and the rise of Cisco and Huawei in China has begun to pose a threat to 3com.
Cisco, in particular, has been aiming to catch up with 3com since its founding in 1984. By 2003, 3com was already at a disadvantage and was overwhelmingly suppressed by Cisco.
At the same time, Cisco has also spared no effort to suppress Huawei. In this case, 3Com and Huawei jointly formed a joint venture company, H3C, in 2003"Sun-Liu Alliance"。
Through the cooperation with 3com, Huawei has successfully obtained a large number of technology and patent licenses, and has rapidly improved its own strength and become a company that can compete with Cisco.
Subsequently, Huawei gave all its shares in H3C** to 3Com, making H3C a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3Com. H3C has performed well in the emerging mainland market, and after a few years, it has even become the main revenue for 3com**.
It was during this period (2006) that Mao joined 3Com as Vice President of Greater China and CEO of H3C.
In 2008, 3Com got into trouble and decided to package the entire company, including H3C, to Huawei. Huawei has shown great interest in this, and the two sides seem to have reached an agreement.
However, at this time, the United States used the so-called United States as an excuse to block the merger. As a result, Hewlett-Packard took the opportunity to acquire 3com for $2.7 billion.
In 2010, Mao Yunan successfully acquired Hewlett-Packard, and soon after he became a senior advisor to Hewlett-Packard, earning $26.5 million in personal proceeds.
However, after H3C became a subsidiary of HP, its business situation declined. In 2013, Hewlett-Packard appointed Mao Yunan as the newly created chairman of Greater China, and subsequently appointed him as chairman of H3C.
The news sparked discontent among H3C employees, who said: "The acquisition led by Mao Yunan has caused H3C to go downhill, and the interests of employees have been damaged, but he himself has made a lot of money." ”
One of the reasons why H3C employees oppose Mao Yunan's leadership is that he has a poor reputation in the circle of managers. Over the course of his decades-long career, Mao Yunan has managed a number of companies, but his performance has often been unsatisfactory, and many companies have struggled to operate under his management.
The 72-year-old Mao Yunan, who retired in 2016, thought he would enjoy his old age, but in July 2017, Guo asked him to leave the mountain to serve as chairman of Foxconn.
It is said that although Mao Yunan has average management ability, he has rich experience and extensive contacts in capital operation. That's why Terry Gou takes a fancy to him.
Mao Renfeng also has a son named Mao Fonan, who has been deeply favored by Mao Renfeng since he was a child. Different from Mao Yunan's fate, Mao Fonan is considered to be the child with the most similar personality to Mao Renfeng.
Mao Renfeng regards Mao Fonan as a ** person, and often takes him to participate in social activities, hoping that he will establish contacts in the circle. After Mao Fonan went to the United States to study, Mao Renfeng failed in the political struggle and died, Mao Fonan did not enter ** after returning to Taiwan, but entered the Dahua Department Store to work and start a business.
Although he did not enter politics, his connections played an important role in **. Mao Fonan's specialty is **, he is very successful and has almost no investment mistakes.
Mao Fonan quickly amassed a fortune as a result, but sadly passed away in 2009. Among the descendants of Mao Renfeng, one of his nephews, Mao Heguang, is also quite a famous figure.
Mao Heguang's father Mao Sen was Mao Renfeng's fellow townsman, so after Mao Renfeng gained a firm foothold in the Military Command Bureau, Mao Sen came to defect and embarked on the road of spies under the guidance of Mao Renfeng.
Mao was born and raised in Shanghai and later moved to Taiwan with his father. Unlike Mao Renfeng's son, Mao Heguang chose the path of scientific research. He graduated magna laude from the Department of Geology of National Taiwan University in 1964.
Mao Heguang has made many achievements in the field of geophysics, especially in the fields of high-pressure physics, high-pressure chemistry, high-pressure materials science, and the internal structure of the earth and planets.
Although most of his work took place in the United States, and he eventually became an American citizen, he did not let this deter him from his home country of Taiwan. In 1993, Mao Heguang was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and the following year he was elected as an academician of the "** Research Institute" in Taiwan.
In 2005, he was awarded the Aminov Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, an important award in the field of crystallography, and Mao became the first Chinese scientist to receive this honor.
Mao Yunan, the son of Mao Heguang, currently serves as the chairman of Hewlett-Packard China. He has said that the strategy of "technology for market" has never changed, and shared his way of doing business in the mainland.