Chapter 2630 Additional Requests

"Ballmer," Feng Yiping interrupted him quickly, "Don't, don't say this word again, okay?" He stood up and looked a little tight.

Think about it, a bald old white man who looks a bit funny smiles obscenely and says to a young guy, "I don't think it's sweet enough."

That picture, tsk, just think about it...

Ballmer didn't quite understand why Feng Yiping had such a big reaction, because his focus at this time was not at all on this.

"I mean, why don't we two join forces to acquire it?" he suggested.

"You see, you're very focused on how Yahoo complements your product in terms of news, and we want their search business,"

Feng Yiping poured himself a rare glass of wine and added a lot of ice cubes to it, "Come on, Ballmer, don't say you don't covet Yahoo's online advertising business,"

"Oh, you're right to remind me," Ballmer said immediately, "Did I forget to mention that we do attach great importance to Yahoo's online advertising business,"

"But Feng, this shouldn't be a problem. I think for your company, you shouldn't attach too much importance to Yahoo's current share in the online advertising field,"

Feng Yiping smiled and said, "Shouldn't Microsoft, which has profits of tens of billions of dollars, not value this share?"

Feng Yiping was unwilling to give in.

Ballmer's proposal was naturally expected by him, so he had already made plans.

"Okay, let's put our differences aside for now and think about the benefits of our cooperation," Ballmer stood up and walked to Feng Yiping.

Feng Yiping calmly stayed away from him. It was really the scene just now, tsk!

"We don't have to bid in the first place. I believe you don't want to complete a merger and acquisition in such a self-harming way, right?"

"I know that funds should not be a problem for you, but I believe that you and our principles on some things are consistent,"

"For a company like Yahoo, which cares most about the acquisition price rather than future development, we cannot be generous in the acquisition price,"

What he said was very high-sounding, but in the final analysis, wasn't it just to save money?

It should be said that saving money is really not Feng Yiping's priority in this matter, but Microsoft attaches great importance to this point, and he must also pay attention to this point.

"I totally agree with you," he said.

"Think about it again, if your company joins forces with us, even if there are other companies that want to take action, can they be our competitors?" Ballmer said.

"Whether it's in terms of financial strength or Yahoo's development issues after its acquisition, who else can do better than our two companies after joining forces?"

This is really not bragging. The combination of an established technology company like Microsoft and an upstart like Feng Yiping, who is famous for his outstanding vision, is really an invincible combination.

"Finally, if you think about it, Yahoo has things that we value, and there are also businesses that we don't care much about. We each get what we need. I believe you won't be happy to spend more than 40 billion US dollars to buy a few things that you can use. That’s right, plus a bunch of business you don’t really care about,”

"Okay Ballmer, you've convinced me," Feng Yiping said. "In principle, I have no objection to our two companies joining forces to acquire Yahoo."

"I agree that the two of us can come up with a common plan of action within a few days and resolve our differences on those business sectors that we both value,"

"Haha," Ballmer laughed happily again, "Feng, believe me, our cooperation will definitely be the best!"

"I'm not sure about this," Feng Yiping said.

While Ballmer's face changed a little, he added, "But I believe that our cooperation will definitely be the most economical,"

"The most economical is the best," Ballmer said immediately.

Feng Yiping asked in his heart, "Really?"

"I can promise you now that after we join forces, I will not interfere with the specific acquisition negotiation strategy, but I require that I have the right to call it quits, and this right is exclusive and unconditional,"

"When you say stop, do you mean to stop the acquisition?" Ballmer asked.

"You understand correctly," Feng Yiping said.

"Feng, I don't quite understand this," Ballmer frowned.

"What I mean is that when bidding with other competitors, if I think our efforts are not proportional to the returns we will receive in the future, I have the right to stop,"

"I can guarantee that my call to stop is based on my expectations for future development," Feng Yiping added.

Citing this reason, he believes that not to mention Ballmer, even Gates would not dare to say in front of Feng Yiping that he has a more accurate grasp of future development trends than Feng Yiping.

"That is, if I call stop, then my call to stop will definitely be tested by time,"

"So Ballmer, this is actually a question of trust. I trust you and Gates and Microsoft. Do you trust me?"

Facing Feng Yiping's sincere eyes, Ballmer said to himself, he definitely didn't believe it.

In a shopping mall, those who have unconditional trust in their partners will probably be tricked into losing their underwear soon.

The problem is, just as Feng Yiping thought, they really can't question Feng Yiping's vision.

Because Feng Yiping's precise vision has been tested time and time again.

However, this is an acquisition involving tens of billions of dollars, and it is a major action he planned before he was about to take over Gates.

For both him and Microsoft, this cannot be wrong.

Therefore, he obviously cannot rashly answer "yes" or "no" to Feng Yiping's question on such an occasion.

"I would like to add one more thing," Feng Yiping said, "In this regard, I require not only your face-to-face commitment, but also Gates' personal commitment."

Gates?

"Ballmer, don't think too much, I have no other intentions at all," Feng Yiping explained, looking at Ballmer's face.

He also knew that Bill Gates planned to officially hand over power to Ballmer in June, and from then on he would only serve as the chairman of Microsoft and no longer ask about specific business affairs, so he could focus most of his energy on charity.

At this time, he made such a request, which Ballmer thought might mean that he despised him and did not trust him.

"It's just that this matter is of great importance, and your work over the past few months has fully demonstrated that when this work is in progress, it must be quick and decisive. I don't want any unexpected situations to arise at that time,"

"For example, the Microsoft board of directors temporarily opposes our decision,"

His reason is very strong.

After all, Ballmer is not Gates, and it is impossible for him to be both chairman and CEO like Jobs at Apple.

Ballmer also knows that the Microsoft board of directors mentioned by Feng Yiping actually refers to Gates.

"So I think you should discuss it with Gates first, and then tell me the answer?"

"Okay," Ballmer is also a very decisive person, "I will contact Seattle now,"

Although Feng Yiping's request for this right is somewhat puzzling to him, but thinking about the benefits of their joint acquisition of Yahoo with Feng Yiping, he feels that this request is not impossible to meet.

The reason why he thinks so is his confidence as the specific person in charge of Microsoft.

He believes that no one will take the initiative to come to Microsoft and set a trap for Microsoft in such a big event.

Microsoft has never been a company that can tolerate such behavior.

Most of the companies that challenged them and affected them in the past have now disappeared.

The remaining ones have either been acquired by Microsoft or no longer pose any threat to them, and are not worth their attention.

He believes that even Feng Yiping would not and dare not have any bad thoughts on such a big thing.

"I will give you an answer in two hours,"

"I'm waiting for your news," Feng Yiping sent him to the elevator.

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In New York, Masayoshi Son quickly received the relevant report. Ballmer stayed in Feng Yiping's office for more than an hour and finally left with a relaxed look...

"Leaving with a relaxed look?" Masayoshi Son's eyes stayed on that sentence for a long time.

Not long after he received the report, Feng Yiping received a call, not from Ballmer, but from Bill Gates, "Feng, I fully agree with your proposal and request, and we will definitely cooperate happily as before!"

"This will definitely be the result in the end," Feng Yiping replied to Gates with a smile.

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