Chapter 2683: Change of Strategy

Seeing the car parked at the door, Wu Qian hurried out and stood with her hands behind her.

Feng Yiping got out of the car and saw her like this, and smiled and handed her a small box, "This is a snack packed for you, which happened to be made by your chef."

"Thank you, boss," Wu Qian took it with a smile, "So?"

"Of course it's okay," Feng Yiping said.

In general, today's lunch was a success, and it can be said that it was groundbreaking.

He also saw the folder in Wu Qian's hand, "What's wrong with you?"

"Yes, since you are going well here," Wu Qian walked in side by side with Feng Yiping with the folder, reporting as she walked.

Feng Yiping didn't know that if his parents saw this scene, they would definitely be more determined to believe that the assistant Feng Yiping relied on the most must be one of his other women.

Wu Qian is not only capable, but also has a good temper and looks good. She spends the most time with him. Wu Qian knows everything about him... If the relationship is ordinary, would they be so confident in her?

They also speculated that the gentle stewardess on the plane might also have an unusual relationship with their son.

The same goes for the reason. How pretty is that girl, how good-tempered is she, and how caring is she? …

The old couple’s concept is still at the stage of being a good friend, but they don’t know that their son has long transcended this category.

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In Seattle, Ballmer made a phone call and waited for a while. Seeing that there was still no response from the secretary, which also meant that the call he was waiting for had not come yet, he was a little disappointed.

Could it be that Feng had more important things to do than the acquisition of Yahoo?

He rarely left messages in other people’s offices, saying that he was “free anytime in the afternoon.”

He shook his head, quickly put these negative emotions behind him, and prepared to go to the most important department of the company, that is, the operating system.

A, it has undoubtedly failed, so he has high hopes for the next operating system, which is scheduled to be launched no later than next fall and named Win7.

Because even with Microsoft’s strength, it is obviously unacceptable that two consecutive operating systems are not popular with users.

More importantly, the performance of Win7 will definitely directly affect the attitude of the board of directors towards him, so he attaches great importance to the development of this product.

At the same time, he also knew that he was facing some other challenges.

For example, on the mobile side, Windows Phone seemed to be judged as a failed product by the market, but with Apple's iPhone selling well and Feng Yiping's newly launched Android system widely expected by the market, he felt that Microsoft also needed to make a difference in this market that seemed to have great prospects.

In addition, there was the Xbox, which performed well. How should its product line cooperate with the operating system and the mobile operating system, or unify the design language...

These were all issues that he had to consider as he was about to take over as CEO.

Before that, ensuring the successful acquisition of Yahoo was the most important task.

Because he felt that it should be the best parting gift for Gates.

The reason for this was that, at present, it was obviously impossible to kill his main competitor, Jobs' company, before Gates left.

Ballmer believed that it could only be a goal before he left.

So in any case, the representative of the emerging high-tech company that once made Microsoft a representative of the old school, the former Internet giant, Yahoo, was still a good consolation prize.

Moreover, he knew that the acquisition of Yahoo could effectively improve Microsoft's strength in some key businesses.

Just when he stood up, the secretary called, "Steve, Mr. Feng's office is calling,"

He said without any hesitation, "Please pick it up,"

"Feng, Feng, I need to have a good talk with you," he said immediately after confirming that it was Feng Yiping, "The current situation is very unfavorable to us,"

"You know, we have revised several key parts of our acquisition plan. We even promised that after the acquisition, we will continue to use the Yahoo brand, retain most of their business departments, and give the portal department the greatest autonomy..."

Ballmer said a lot of things loudly, "We have repeatedly guaranteed that we will make Yahoo develop better, but can you believe that they are still more supportive of Softbank's plan now,"

"I'm really fed up with those guys who have no skills but are reluctant to give up their high salaries,"

Feng Yiping sat leisurely on the chair and turned around, listening to Ballmer on the other side must have been very hard to hold back, so he didn't swear on the phone, thinking that this guy was really anxious.

"Ballmer, you've worked hard," he comforted.

"No, Feng, I'm not calling you to complain," Ballmer said immediately, "The reason why we are at a disadvantage now is entirely because you insist on not accepting those Yahoo executives with a strong bureaucratic style,"

"So Feng, you have to give me an idea. I'm not afraid to tell you that in the face of such a situation, I really don't have a better way for the time being. The concessions we can make have already reached the bottom line."

"Ballmer, I understand your helplessness and anger, but I still have to make it clear first," Facing Ballmer's usual high-pitched voice, Feng Yiping was still very slow, "How is this because of my insistence?"

"Can you, Gates, or the Microsoft board of directors agree to adopt a plan like Softbank?"

Ballmer quickly said, "Although we can't adopt it all..."

"Come on," Feng Yiping said immediately, "That's impossible,"

"So, the current situation is all caused by Yahoo's board of directors who love money and face, and the incompetent people in charge of the negotiations who only care about their own income in the next two years,"

Feng Yiping followed Ballmer's meaning and cursed Yahoo a few words.

This statement made Ballmer very happy, "You are so right, they are a bunch of idiots who love money and face,"

"So Ballmer, this is how I think about the current situation," Feng Yiping said.

Ballmer sat down immediately, "You say,"

"Since everyone knows that they are a group of fools who are obsessed with money and face, I think we may have to adjust our strategy accordingly,"

"You see, our business plan should make them most face-saving, so that their users will feel that they are a responsible team that cares about the future development of the company,"

"But since this is not enough, then we can only take care of their love of money,"

"Do you mean to raise the acquisition price again?" Ballmer asked.

"No Feng, this will not produce the effect we want, and besides, don't you oppose such simple and crude means?"

"He is not afraid of raising the price, but if the price increase is useless, it will seem that they have run out of tricks.

"Of course it is not a simple and crude price increase," Feng Yiping said, "We can roughly estimate how much additional costs will be raised by SoftBank's two-year double unchanged plan, and then add part or all of this cost to the acquisition price,"

"What I think is that it is undoubtedly impossible to accept all of their executives. In this case..."

"It is better to buy them out at once to avoid more trouble later," Ballmer continued immediately.

"Yes, this is a very effective solution that I think can be adopted under the current situation. You know, those guys love money so much,"

"This is a solution, but in this way, the concessions we made in other aspects are a bit too big," Ballmer pondered.

"It's very simple, make corresponding adjustments to other aspects," Feng Yiping said, "You know, what they care about most is actually money,"

Ballmer thought for a while, "Okay, I will let them make another plan based on your opinion,"

Now facing the people of Yahoo, he and his team really have no better way.

Then perhaps, when facing SoftBank, which has relatively limited financial strength, it is a good choice to show that they don't take money seriously.

He believes that when he raises the offer again, SoftBank will also feel embarrassed, because if they don't raise the price, the rare advantage will be gone.

But if the price is raised, can they afford such a high price?

"No, Ballmer, this is our opinion," Feng Yiping emphasized.

"Okay, our opinion, thank you Feng,"

Feng Yiping put down the phone and turned around in his chair again, hehe! Masayoshi Son, are you ready to take it?