Chapter 1155 Change of Mind

The car drove to the banquet venue, and neither Yin Jun nor Colauti said anything more about "The Lion King".

One is confident and feels there is no need to talk anymore, the other is anxious but has no choice.

However, after getting off the bus, they both showed bright smiles when facing the two young men waiting at the door of the restaurant.

"This is Mr. Bill Gates, and this is Mr. Paul Allen."

Under Colauti's introduction, Yin Jun shook hands with the two of them respectively.

Looking at Paul Allen, he looked just a little haggard, and he really didn't look like he was seriously ill.

Somehow, looking at Paul Allen, Yin Jun suddenly thought of Gang Leader Qiao.

Although Gang Leader Qiao is not a good person and can even be called a tyrant, because of his outstanding achievements and unchanging persistence, he has become an idol in the hearts of many people, so much so that after he left, many people were so sentimental. .

Paul Allen's life is much better than that of Gang Leader Qiao.

This actually has something to do with the personalities of the two people.

After Paul Allen fell ill, he immediately gave up all work and devoted himself to treatment. After recovering from the illness, he spent seven or eight years practicing self-cultivation before slowly starting to work.

Where is Gang Leader Qiao?

Not long after the operation, he was thrown into heavy work again, and he was often angry and angry at others... This kind of situation would probably make even a healthy person sick for a long time, let alone him.

So after more than ten years, Gang Leader Qiao finally went to see God, and more than twenty years later, Paul Allen is still alive and kicking, and can still find a dozen beauties in bikinis on the yacht to have a great time. .

This also warned Yin Jun that although work is important, what is more important than work is body.

Only with a strong body can you work better.

Therefore, Yin Jun started training with the elites of the Security Department two years ago. A year ago, he started learning bird tricks from Liao Zhuxing. He also took the nourishing pills he prescribed to build a very strong body.

Therefore, even if he has several girlfriends, Yin Jun can kill them all at once and make them abandon their armor and beg for mercy. This is not something ordinary people can do.

Where the thoughts flashed, the four of them were already sitting across from each other.

"Mr. Yin, the French cuisine here is very good. Baked snails and black truffle steak are both famous dishes. Come and try it. How is it different from your Chinese cuisine?" Paul Allen introduced to Yin Jun with a smile. , in fact, this dish has already been ordered. This is the etiquette of Western business guests, not sitting down and ordering.

Naturally, American cuisine is not popular on the table. In Europe, only French and Italian cuisine are relatively popular. Therefore, among American restaurants, the truly high-end restaurants are those with these two cuisines.

Today's Microsoft is just a relatively good-sized software company. Of course, it cannot afford to book an entire restaurant. It just reserves a private room in this restaurant.

From this aspect, you can also say that Americans are not very particular. If it were a Chinese company, it would really not be a big deal to negotiate such a big business and book a restaurant.

Paul Allen and Bill Gates are two people, one is good at operating behind the scenes, and the other is good at standing at the front desk.

But many times, in private, Bill Gates doesn't like to talk that much. On the contrary, Paul Allen prefers to express himself.

This was also the case in his previous life. After leaving Microsoft, Paul Allen, who had tens of billions of assets, was a person who made waves whether in the financial circle, entrepreneurial circle, sports circle, or fashion circle. He was more famous than Bill Gates. Too much high profile.

Yin Jun looked at Paul Allen and then at Bill Gates, who had a shy smile, but he had already made up his mind.

In Microsoft, Bill Gates always talks the talk, but if you think Bill Gates is a very sunny boy because of his gentle face and shy smile, then you are too naive.

The rise of Bill Gates with Microsoft was a process of killing all competitors. I don’t know how many technology companies I crushed, I didn’t know how many I acquired, and I don’t know how many opponents I suppressed by various means before I became the leader. World number one.

He is like Gang Leader Qiao of Pingguo Company. In the cruel competition, no matter what you thought before, in order for your company to survive, you must destroy your competitors. This is inevitable.

Of course, the person who is most similar to Bill Gates is not the fierce-looking gang leader Joe, but the founder of another social kingdom-Mark Zuckerberg, this sunny man who also smiles like a big boy. Not only did he crush all his competitors, but he also deceived the people who started the business with him. This is called the true hegemon's ruthlessness.

If you want to be the number one in the world, but don't want to be like them, then you can only be a time traveler like Yin Jun, otherwise there is no chance.

"Okay, I'm very happy to be entertained by you two. I think this will be a pleasant night." Yin Jun also acted neither arrogant nor impetuous.

He couldn't be anxious.

Although Bill Gates and Paul Allen are not as cunning as they were in their heyday, they have been running companies for several years and are still quite proficient in business.

If Yin Jun showed an anxious look, then they would definitely get angry when discussing the price.

Yin Jun is not afraid of them opening their mouths. In fact, if they open their mouths, do they still dare to shout out the sky-high price of 100 million US dollars?

You know, Microsoft's current turnover is only tens of millions of US dollars, and its market value is generally estimated to be only 12 million US dollars. It will not enter the market until 1983, that is, next year, when it fully supplies IBM with software and the operating system they produce. It followed a rapid development track, and in 1984, its sales exceeded US$100 million.

Before their IPO in 1986, their market value was only US$55 million. This was four years later!

Now Yin Jun wants to acquire the shares four years in advance and has given them a price of 20 million US dollars, which is already a big deal for them.

In fact, if the quotation was US$100 million, Yin Jun would not think it was expensive.

Yin Jun, who knows that Microsoft once set a market value of 661.6 billion U.S. dollars, the highest market value of a listed company in human history, do you think that a valuation of 100 million U.S. dollars is expensive?

Let alone 100 million U.S. dollars, a billion U.S. dollars is like picking up gold.

However, business negotiations cannot do this.

If Yin Jun promised so readily and gave so much, the two of them would murmur, and the business would not be easy to do.

Maybe after they become vigilant, Paul Allen will mortgage his shares to the bank for loans, and he will not be willing to sell them.

And as long as they survive for a year, after their operating system succeeds, and then completely catch up with IBM's line, then Microsoft will quickly enter the track of rapid development and be unstoppable, then they will not sell it. Shares - only a fool would sell!

Therefore, even if Yin Jun wanted to swallow Microsoft in one gulp, he could only hold on to his temper and slowly wait for Colauti to grind and wait for the opportunity.

After several years of running companies, Bill Gates and Paul Allen have honed their business personalities.

But compared with Yin Jun, they are far behind.

After more than four years of hard work, Yin Jun has grown much faster than them. After all, with the status of a time traveler, as long as he is familiar with many things, Yin Jun can do better than others.

In particular, Yin Jun's worst condition, his character, has been trained by Yin Jun to be steady and patient. Nowadays, some people in the business community in Xiangjiang call Yin Jun "the most cunning little fox", which can explain a lot of things. .

With both parties being prepared, they actually didn't talk about business negotiations at all during the meal for more than an hour, but talked about everything, just like a few old friends reunited after a long absence.

After dinner, they found a clean cafe, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little solemn.

"Mr. Yin, we are friends now, so we can talk about some things." Paul Allen smiled and said, "My illness is a bit troublesome, and I may need to leave work for some time. And I also need to take some action. After discussing with Bill, we agreed that you should be our top priority for cooperation."

"Thank you." Yin Jun nodded.

"But, for more than a year, our intention has been conveyed to you, Mr. Yin, through Mr. Colauti." Paul Allen continued, "Actually, I really don't want to sell Microsoft's shares, because We have a very good future. As you know, our operating system has been improved twice and has been appreciated by many users. In the next step, our service targets will not only be IBM, but the entire world. All computer users... I believe you, Mr. Yin, also know the huge market and potential contained in this."

"I understand." Yin Jun smiled, as if asking you to continue.

Paul Allen frowned slightly, but still smiled as planned and said: "So I think it would be unfair to give Microsoft a market valuation based on our current scale. After all, the world is constantly developing. , we should look at it from a development perspective, and it will be more appropriate to wait for a few more years before it can be considered a sincere cooperation, don’t you think?”

"yes."

Yin Jun looked at him with a half-smile, then looked at Bill Gates who was concentrating on drinking coffee and smiled shyly when he met Yin Jun's eyes. "So, Mr. Allen, what do you mean..."

"I think this price can be further discussed." Paul Allen said calmly.

Looking at him, he didn't look like someone who was seriously ill and needed a lot of money for treatment immediately.

It was as if victory had always been in his hands.