Chapter 1525 Let the Horse Come Over!
As soon as Bill Gates mentioned that there is a new ecology to be released, Li Mu immediately thought of msn.
Just before that, through his own speculation, combined with Lin Qingya's secret investigation in the United States, he had long determined that Microsoft would restart MSN, and Li Mu had long guessed that Microsoft was interested in returning to the social field, but he was not worried about it. , because according to the current popularity of yy and the attention of users, no company is likely to surpass itself, and the only one who can surpass itself is itself.
It's as if after the qq stood on its heels, no one could defeat it again. The only one who could have a major impact on it was his own; so, Li Mu looked at Bill Gates with a smug look on his face, He asked with a smile, "Mr. Gates, is Microsoft still not giving up on msn?"
Li Mu's words made Bill Gates' expression extremely unnatural.
The msn ecological plan was recreated by Bill Gates inspired by the ecology of Muye Technology, and the internal confidentiality level is very high. He just told Li Mu that there is a new ecology to be released today. How did Li Mu immediately determine that what he was going to release was msn ? Is it an internal leak?
The change in Bill Gates' expression was noticed by Li Mu, he smiled slightly, patted the outside of Bill Gates' right arm lightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. The field has always been unwilling to give up, and, in my opinion, Microsoft does have enough strength to do a good job in the social industry, and it was a bit sloppy to give up before, which is a pity."
Bill Gates' mood at the moment was greatly affected. He originally wanted to give Li Mu a "surprise", but he didn't expect Li Mu to give him the feeling that "I knew what you would do", which made Bill Gates feel like It was a sigh of relief, and I couldn't get out.
Buddha is fighting for a stick of incense, and people are fighting for a breath. Although Bill Gates has never seen Li Mu before, he has long regarded Li Mu as his biggest competitor in life.
In fact, people from science and engineering like Bill Gates are the most competitive in vision. In 1994, Microsoft's huge success pushed Bill Gates to the position of the world's richest man. Until now, he has only missed the top spot for two years.
From 1998 to the present, he has been the richest man in the world. Originally, the entire Wall Street believed that Bill Gates would remain the richest man in the world until 2008 or even 2010. However, until the young Li Mu was born with Muye Technology, Only then did people realize that Bill Gates' position as the richest man could no longer be preserved.
Bill Gates may not pay attention to the number of wealth, but he still cares about prestige. In any field, there is only one halo of the highest, and it is only owned by the highest. The global it industry is so huge today, Software, hardware, or social, e-commerce, search, and other subcategories,
Bill Gates was once a well-deserved first person, but now, these auras have been snatched away by Li Mu.
Li Mu is like an uncrowned king. The company is not listed, and there is no exact reference scale for corporate assets and personal assets, but everyone believes that the future Li Mu will surpass Bill Gates, and the future Muye Technology will surpass Microsoft.
The media in Silicon Valley and Wall Street have long started to criticize Bill Gates. Even if Bill Gates didn't care at first, on TV, in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet, it was said that Li Mu was about to surpass himself and was about to leave himself far behind. In the back of his head and creating new heights in the field of it, after reading such news a lot, over time, Bill Gates' competitive spirit will be infinitely stimulated.
Therefore, deep in his heart, he couldn't wait to show two more tricks to the world, to let them know that he was still young, and even had the strength to defend his throne.
And indos-live, which will be launched soon, is the full-strength counterattack of the old king before he is about to be overthrown. If it does, Microsoft's market value will skyrocket and Makino's valuation will plummet, which will quickly widen the gap between the two sides. In that case, the throne remains secure.
Before meeting Li Mu, or even having a sex talk with Li Mu, Bill Gates was full of confidence in the new ecosystem he was about to launch, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a little flustered.
The reason for his panic was because he didn't understand why Li Mu had revealed his intentions in advance.
Moreover, he didn't understand why Li Mu still had a calm expression after revealing his intentions?
The words he said seemed polite and polite, but in fact, they made him feel downright contempt.
The feeling that Li Mu gave Bill Gates was that he did not regard Bill Gates as an opponent at all.
At this time, Davidson said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li Mu, the banquet is about to start, why don't we take a seat first, after the banquet, we will have a salon, then if you and Mr. Bill Gates want to continue talking, you can Speak freely."
Li Mu nodded lightly and said to Bill Gates, "Mr. Gates, shall we talk later?"
Bill Gates smiled unnaturally. After a while, he suddenly asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, why don't we sit closer and chat while eating later?"
Li Mu smiled indifferently and said, "I can do it, but it depends on how Mr. Gao Bai arranged the seats?"
Davidson smiled and said: "Mr. Li, you and Mr. Gates are both distinguished guests of the Goldberg family, and naturally they should sit in the front seat. Since the two are interested in chatting more, then simply arrange for the two of you to do it. Opposite, what do you two think?"
Bill Gates nodded hurriedly and said, "No problem, thank you Davidson."
Li Mu also nodded and said, "I'm fine."
At this time, Davidson made an inviting gesture to the two of them, leading them all the way to the row of the main seat, and arranged them at the front of one of the guest seats, that is, the position closest to the main seat.
After arranging the seats for Li Mu and Bill Gates, Davidson said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, you are a little late. You probably don't know many guests. Would you like me to introduce you?"
Li Mu smiled slightly, and said: "There are so many people, it will take a long time to introduce them all at once, and I may not be able to remember so many people, or I will wait for the salon after the dinner to talk about it. Do you have a few more days, you can take your time."
Davidson nodded lightly and said with a smile: "That's true, then I will introduce it to Mr. Li slowly in the next time."
At this time, others also began to gradually take their seats.
Davidson said goodbye to Li Mu and Bill Gates, and communicated with other family members about the scene.
After Li Mu sat down, he carefully observed for a moment and found out the regularity of the Goldberg family's seating arrangement.
As the master, members of the Goldberg family naturally sit in the row of the main seat, but there are only seven seats in the main seat. As the leader of the family, Davidson sat in the middle, flanked by his wife and his eldest son, the eldest son's The wife and the second son and his wife were sitting in the outer position.
As for the other members of the Goldberg family, they are basically distributed in two rows of seats. It is basically guaranteed that every three people or so, there will be a member of the Goldberg family. Wendy Goldberg was arranged in the area where Li Mu was located. Sitting next to Li Mu.
The two rows in front of him, Li Mu's row, except for the members of the Goldberg family, seems to be all entrepreneurs and some noble members, while the row opposite seems to be all members of the royal family. Because Li Mu saw several familiar members of the British royal family, including Prince William who later married a commoner princess and grabbed global news headlines, but he still looks very young and his hair is still thicker.
The British royal family is closest to the main row. Next to them are several Middle Eastern royal families wearing white robes and turbans, and the turbans of the Middle Eastern royal families are very particular. The pure white turbans with black borders are The royal family of several emirates in the United Arab Emirates; and the red and white plaid with black border is the Saudi royal family, no doubt.
The royal families in the Middle East are all super rich with money and power, but the situation of the royal family is very similar to that of the big family. The total amount of wealth is huge, but the distribution is relatively scattered. For example, the Saudi royal family, a royal family with trillions of assets, in terms of asset size It is really too big to be matched, but there are more than 5,000 princes in a royal family, and 40% of the core members. From this, it can be seen that if it is really personal finance, it is difficult for the local tyrants in the Middle East to reach the top of the world.
Everyone gradually took their seats, and the originally lively banquet hall soon became quiet. A large number of male and female waiters in uniform stood behind the two rows of seats, and had already woken up red wine in their hands.
Two minutes before the scheduled start time, Davidson made a gesture to the butler behind him, and then the butler immediately winked at the waiters waiting on both sides. The waiters on both sides received the order, and at the same time took a few steps forward and gave everyone a hand. Pour a small half glass of red wine into the wine glass in front of the guest.
After pouring the wine, the waiters immediately retreated back to the position against the wall. Davidson stood up with the wine glass in his hand, and tapped the side of the crystal wine glass with a silver fork, making a crisp ding sound.
Everyone turned their attention to Davidson, and Davidson said with a blushing face: "Ladies and gentlemen, before the official meal, I have a few words to say to everyone."
As soon as the words fell, the members of the Goldberg family who were sitting on the main seat with him all stood up with their wine glasses, and the guests also stood up at this moment.
Wendy was afraid that Li Mu didn't understand the social etiquette of Europeans, so she whispered in Chinese in Li Mu's ear: "Mr. Li, before the European banquet starts, there will be a toast, which is a toast in Chinese, but generally a toast is only before the meal. This time, when we raise a glass together later, I'll just have to drink a little bit, I don't need to drink it all."
Li Mu smiled slightly and thanked her.
Davidson, who was in the middle of the main seat, said with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much for coming to the goldberg manor and participating in the party of the goldberg family. On behalf of all the members of the goldberg family, I would like to thank every guest for coming, thank you all!"
After that, Davidson raised his glass and said, "cheers."
So all the guests raised their glasses and drank a sip of red wine together.
The British wine table culture is more gentlemanly. There is no toast for red wine. Generally, one third of the glass is poured, and half of it is drunk at most. When the wine glass is put down, the waiter will come forward and refill the wine in the wine glass to one-third. In the same way, the wine glass is never empty. If you don't want to drink, every time you wet your lips, a glass of wine can be mixed to the end.
After drinking the first glass of wine, everyone was seated, and the chef and waiter began to busy serving dishes.
Li Mu looked at the pile of tableware in front of him, and his head was a little big.
Western food is very particular, especially in Europe, it may be the most complicated dining mode in the world. The tableware in front of him makes it difficult for Li Mu to adapt. There are several kinds of cups, and there are also several kinds of knives and forks. There are countless large and small plates.
So Li Mu whispered to Wendy beside him: "Miss Wendy, if I do something rash or incompatible with Western etiquette later, please forgive me and let me know in time, I personally have no understanding of these Western rules. "
Wendy smiled slightly and said, "British people are more rigid, so they pay more attention to it. Mr. Li doesn't need to pay too much attention to Western etiquette. Just come as you feel comfortable."
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "There is an old saying in China that you should do as the locals do. Since you are here, you still have to abide by the rules here, otherwise it will be offensive."
Wendy smiled and said, "Then I'll teach you slowly later."
Li Mu nodded and smiled: "Thank you."
Bill Gates, who was sitting opposite Li Mu, was somewhat depressed when he saw that Li Mu had been chatting with Wendy in Chinese.
From the first moment he saw Li Mu until now, Li Mu has never had any interest in the "new ecology" he said, which made Bill Gates very hurt.
He had thought about this from a different perspective. If Li Mu told himself in person that he was going to launch a new ecosystem soon, then he would definitely pay attention and be eager to learn more. He would never take it seriously like Li Mu did.
Moreover, Li Mu had already guessed that he was going to revive msn, re-enter social circles, and directly become yy's frontal opponent, but even so, Li Mu still didn't care, which really made him incomprehensible.
After struggling for a long time and struggling again and again, Bill Gates finally took advantage of the time to serve the food and asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, I'm curious, what are your impressions and views on Microsoft's MSN?"
"Impression and opinion?" Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "How should I put it, it feels a bit like a carbonated drink produced by NASA."
NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, and it is the strongest existence in the aerospace field in the world. Li Mu said that MSN is like a carbonated drink produced by NASA. Bill Gates couldn't help asking him: "Mr. Li, why did you say this? I think MSN is not good enough. ?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said seriously: "To tell the truth, the root of the problem is not whether msn is good or not, but that NASA should not try to do things that it is not good at, it should concentrate on its own aerospace, carbonated drinks. This kind of thing, just leave it to Coca-Cola to do it.”
Rao is that no matter how calm Bill Gates is, he is also a little sullen at this time.
The meaning of Li Mu's words is obvious. He feels that Microsoft is not a social material at all, and it is the most correct to give up the social dream as soon as possible. However, he has no idea how much effort he has put into making Microsoft return to social networking. How well prepared.
So Bill Gates said to Li Mu with a blank face: "Mr. Li, whether NASA is good at making carbonated drinks is not up to you or me, the most important thing is to look at the carbonated drinks it produces first. Anyway, I believe that as long as the product is good, consumers will naturally not let it be buried, and even as long as it is done well enough, consumers will even give up Coca-Cola for him!"
Li Mu laughed and said simply: "Mr. Gates, if you think msn can have an impact on yy, then go ahead and try. I personally welcome and support all competitions."
Speaking of this, Li Mu's expression became very serious, and he said word by word: "Although there are only two people on the Internet here today, my words are not aimed at you alone, but aimed at today's Internet field including Microsoft in the Of all the companies in the company, one of these companies counts as one, and it is a dream to fight against Muye Technology in the social field. In this world, there is only one person who can beat yy, and that is myself! If you don’t believe it, let it go!”