The next day.
"Chairman, why did you send for me?"
On his second day as chairman of McAfee (Antivirus) Company, Kyle summoned shareholder William Kville for a detailed discussion.
"William, if I remember correctly, you are also one of the founders of McAfee," Kyle asked.
"Yes."
William Kville nodded; there was nothing to hide, as it could be easily verified.
Since McAfee was founded in 1987, William Kville was a veteran of the company and had extremely boldly invested his entire net worth of 300,000 USD, while also serving as the first Director of the Design Department.
It could be said that William Kville had made significant contributions to McAfee.
However, what was the result?
Kville lost to the former chairman, Sarmenuk, in an internal struggle, and all his management positions were stripped, leaving him with only a shareholder seat.
His resentment towards former chairman Sarmenuk was not something that could be finished in a day or two.
"I've called you here to ask if you're interested in serving as the Director of the Design Department again?" Kyle said with a smile.
"Are you serious?!"
Immediately, William was incomparably excited.
"Of course, you, William Kville, are a talent. You stepped down dejectedly in 1996, yet in recent years, which of McAfee's antivirus software development concepts has not followed what you left behind?" Kyle praised loudly.
Hearing this, William Kville immediately showed a hint of pride.
In fact, former chairman Sarmenuk was indeed a very bold fellow; after all, he would even run for President of America in the future, and his management of companies and enterprises had excellent merits.
But... when it came to McAfee's core competitiveness in the antivirus field, William Kville, the loser, was the true genius of the field!
Kyle pressed again, "So,
do you want to serve as the Director of the Design and R&D Departments again? Give me a straight answer!"
"Of course I agree. Only a fool wouldn't. I've dreamed of this day." William Kville was incredibly excited at this moment.
Not long after.
After finishing his meeting with William Kville, Kyle met with the company's vice president, Dale Fuller.
When mentioning McAfee (antivirus) software, the first person many people think of is the former chairman, George Samenuk, but the person who truly made McAfee one of the World's largest antivirus software companies was Dale Fuller.
In 2006, U.S. regulatory agencies filed a lawsuit in Federal State Court, alleging that McAfee's stock-based compensation involved serious violations.
The amount involved in the illegal violations was as high as 100 to 150 million USD.
Finally, after a three-month investigation and evidence collection, the serious violations in McAfee's stock-based compensation were thoroughly confirmed.
The company's President, Kevin Weiss, was fired;
The company's chairman, George Samenuk, was forced into early retirement;
In just one week, more than 10 executives at McAfee stepped down, and more than 50 people were involved in the case.
McAfee's market value was even slashed by a third, which could be described as a heavy loss.
And the person who led McAfee out of the mire and toward a more brilliant future was none other than vice president Dale Fuller!
"From today on, you will act as the CEO of McAfee!" Kyle said, getting straight to the point.
Dale Fuller: "..."
To be honest, Dale Fuller was shocked.
However, capable people are always the ones most prepared. Although Kyle's words were unexpected, he still accepted without hesitation.
Kyle laughed: "Although it's just acting CEO powers and not a formal appointment, I can guarantee that as long as you do well, I will definitely make you the company's true Chief Executive Officer at the next board meeting."
"Yes, Boss!"
Dale Fuller never doubted his own ability...
At former chairman George Samenuk's home.
"Bang!"
George Samenuk never had a good temper; this was already the third table he had overturned in a few days.
"That damnable Kyle Page. He's only been chairman for a few days and has already started purging dissidents in mass." Sarmenuk's eyes were filled with rage.
"He really is unscrupulous!"
Jack Hopson, one of McAfee's shareholders, gritted his teeth and said, "In just a few days, from the acting CEO to the directors of Design, R&D, Accounting, Human Resources, Operations, and Legal... he has replaced almost all of these important positions."
Hearing this, Sarmenuk said in a heavy voice, "In other words, the management power of the entire company is now completely in his hands?"
Jack Hopson nodded heavily.
Kyle never hid the fact that he was a villain in his dealings.
"Gentleman?"
"Heh, in a dog-eat-dog business environment, gentlemen are devoured clean by wolves; only the villains can have the last laugh."
Since Kyle had already ousted Sarmenuk and kicked him out of the company, he naturally had to pull up the roots. Of course, he didn't mean he would kill him, but eliminating his influence in McAfee was a necessity.
Purging dissidents was just the first step.
In the future, Kyle would continue to inject capital to dilute the shares of Sarmenuk's old faction.
"George, you're smart, you have to find a way, otherwise our McAfee will really become Kyle Page's!"
Jack Hopson was anxious.
After a long while.
Sarmenuk shook his head with a gloomy expression and said, "There is no solution right now; we can only wait."
"Wait? Wait for what?!" Jack Hopson asked hurriedly.
"Wait for him to make a mistake. As long as Kyle Page makes a huge mistake, we can rally those fence-sitters and surely retake control of the company," Sarmenuk said solemnly.
Make a mistake?
Jack Hopson's eyes immediately lit up, and he clapped his hands in approval, "You're right. McAfee is an antivirus software company. Kyle Page might be good at movies and finance, but can he handle antivirus software? Heh, in the end, they'll still have to look to us!"
Of course, Kyle didn't know about the plans of those two right now.
But... did Kyle need to worry?
Not at all!
McAfee's future peak market value would only be around 8 billion USD.
But look at Kyle's other investments.
Google, Amazon, Mars Company... which of these companies' future returns wouldn't far exceed McAfee's?
The reason Kyle wanted to seize power from Sarmenuk was, firstly, because they had a grudge, and Kyle naturally wanted to strike him down completely—if he couldn't kill him, he would at least severely wound him;
Secondly, the power over McAfee was related to one of Kyle's major future plans. With McAfee in hand, it would definitely be much, much easier for Kyle to carry out his big plan in the future.