Chapter 2730: Arrogant

In Seattle, Ballmer is still busy in the office.

Having officially taken over from Gates, he has truly become the helmsman of this leading high-tech company, and has naturally become the envy of many people.

For many people, becoming Gates' successor can definitely be the pinnacle moment of their lives.

But for Ballmer himself, he is naturally happy, but what is even greater is pressure.

Gates was undoubtedly successful during his entire tenure. Microsoft, which he founded and led, not only monopolized the computer operating system market, but also the office software market, and for a time, the browser market.

Not only that, he has also established a complete ecological circle around windows.

Microsoft's market value of more than 600 billion US dollars at the end of 1999, like Gates' personal wealth, has been the world's leading company for many years - until it was briefly surpassed by PetroChina in 2007.

On the other hand, although the parties themselves may be unconvinced, whether it is the competition between Microsoft and Apple or the personal PK between Gates and Jobs, Microsoft and Gates have been the winners before.

Jobs once had to ask Gates to borrow money to survive the crisis, which is the best proof.

But now, when Ballmer finally sat in this position and his joy and excitement faded, he found that all around him was pressure.

Microsoft's fateful old enemy, Apple, has performed better and better and become more and more popular after going through the turmoil, and the performance of a number of rising stars, such as Google and Feng Yiping's NEXTDOOR, is no less impressive.

The problem is, in Ballmer's view, Microsoft, or Microsoft, still maintains a high degree of leadership in the above three aspects. Whether it is revenue or profit, it is still second to none among high-tech companies.

But let alone Apple, Google, NEXTDOOR, eBay, Amazon, etc. are all rising rapidly. This shows that Microsoft is indeed lagging behind in many new fields.

If competition in the technology field is a relay race, then Ballmer knows very well that Microsoft after he took over from Gates is already in this race, at least behind competitors such as Apple, Google, and NEXTDOOR.

The burden that Gates, an old man, has placed on him is really not light.

He looked at the picture on the screen again. This picture summarized all Microsoft products. He needed to determine the priority, the departments that needed to be strengthened, and the departments that could be eliminated.

What has been determined so far is that the search team must be strengthened.

Even if this share can be increased to more than 20% like Yahoo, it can greatly reduce the threat posed by Google.

While I was thinking about it, the phone rang, "Steve, I just got the news. Many people saw that Lu was having dinner with Cummins?"

"What?" Ballmer stood up suddenly.

Dr. Lu, that was the person he had hoped to recruit early on. For this reason, he had contacted and communicated with him many times. Although he never got an accurate answer, he thought to himself that there should be no problem, but now he Actually having dinner with Feng Yiping's right-hand man?

Feng, that is really a good young man, and because of this, he is also a very strong opponent.

His shots are really accurate.

Ballmer immediately dialed it without thinking.

Dr. Lu, who was chatting about Android with Rubin, took out his cell phone from his pocket, took a look at it, hesitated a little, and pressed the call, "Rubin, you..."

But the phone I just put back vibrated again.

Cummins naturally noticed this scene, "It's okay, Lu, you can answer the phone first,"

"I'm sorry," Dr. Lu took his cell phone and came outside the private room and walked under the palace lantern in front, "Steve,"

"Hehe, Lu, when will I hear a clear answer from you? You know, we have made all preparations and are waiting for you to lead our Live Search department,"

"Sorry Steve, I need more time to think about it,"

The words were the same, but Ballmer felt at this time that he seemed a little pessimistic?

Could it be that this time, Feng Yiping still achieved whatever he wanted to achieve?

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In the private room, Rubin glanced at the door and asked Cummins, "Do you think it's a call from Microsoft?"

"It has to be Ballmer," Cummins said.

Dr. Lu would only refuse to answer calls from people like Ballmer.

Seeing Rubin's worried look, he smiled and said, "There's Feng's personal letter,"

"Aren't you in a hurry to open it?" Rubin said.

"But that doesn't mean we don't pay attention, does it?" Cummins smiled confidently.

"Could it be that we pay more attention to it?" Rubin asked hesitantly.

Cummins smiled and said nothing.

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Cummins' confidence based on Feng Yiping was indeed right.

On the way home, shortly after he missed Cummins' car, Dr. Lu stopped on the side of the road and immediately took out the letter.

Of course he knows Feng Yiping very well. It can also be said that not many people in Silicon Valley don't know Feng Yiping.

Not to mention, Jerry once proposed that Feng Yiping be the CEO of Yahoo.

And precisely because he understood it, he was really worried that he might make a decision immediately after reading Feng Yiping's letter - which was why he didn't read it just now.

He believed Feng Yiping would have such persuasiveness, which could be seen without looking at Feng Yiping's achievements in business.

Think about it, for example, the two most difficult guys to deal with in the US high-tech industry, Jobs and Gates. Before, no one could get away with offending either of them, but Feng Yiping was able to maintain a very good relationship with them after offending both of them.

His company launched Android, which will have a great impact on Apple at first glance, but look at it now, is Apple doing well? Is Jobs doing well?

No.

Jobs just scolded Rubin a few times, but you have to say, based on the observation just now, Rubin is indeed somewhat similar to Jobs, from hairstyle to glasses to clothes.

Let's talk about Gates. The main reason for their failed acquisition of Yahoo this time was that Feng Yiping insisted on stopping it.

Such a big and important project, they really stopped it as soon as Feng Yiping stopped it, and it still did not affect their relationship.

This really made him a little unbelievable.

Dr. Lu believes that if anyone else does the same thing, whether it is Steve Jobs or Apple or Microsoft, they will not give up easily, but look at it now, it is really as if nothing happened.

This must be a very persuasive person, so what will he say to himself?

Dr. Lu opened the letter and found it unexpectedly short.

After the greetings, Feng Yiping directly talked about the benefits of joining his company.

After reading the first one, Dr. Lu couldn't calm down for a long time.

"In this world, when it comes to grasping the future development trend, if I say I am second, then the first place can only be vacant,"

Pride came to his face.

Dr. Lu is also a proud person, but the pride and confidence in Feng Yiping's words are really hard to catch up with.

But this statement is just irrefutable.

Who dares to say that his vision is better than Feng Yiping and that he can see farther than him?

"I believe that many people think that artificial intelligence will have a great future, and I agree with this view,"

"But I believe that at the same time, few people can really understand that when it develops to a certain stage, artificial intelligence will have a core need, and this need is data,"

If Dr. Lu felt shocked and speechless after hearing what he said just now, then this point made him unable to help but applaud.

Insightful! Hit the nail on the head!

This is the first time Dr. Lu knows that someone has such a deep understanding of artificial intelligence, can think so far, and has unprecedentedly consistent views with himself.

A bosom friend!

"China has the largest population in the world, and we also have the most powerful physical industry in the world, which means that our data in this area is far ahead of other countries,"

"...As for the understanding and use of data, I think you also know that I wrote a book called "Big Data" a few years ago,"

How could Dr. Lu not know this? He also remembered that Feng Yiping was also called the father of cloud computing.

And cloud computing and big data are precisely two aspects closely related to artificial intelligence.

At the end of the letter, Feng Yiping said, "I'd like to say that my π department will not lag behind any other institution in the research and application of artificial intelligence. You are welcome to visit me at any time that is convenient for you. I will definitely welcome you."

Waiting for you!

So, should I go back to China or choose to go to Seattle? Looking at the flashing traffic lights at the intersection ahead, Dr. Lu fell into deep thought.

But after a while, he took out the letter again...

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