Chapter 1079 Office Software Can No Longer Be Sold

In Microsoft's small conference room, the directors sat together again to hold their regular meetings. &乐&文&novel {www}.{lw}{xs520}.{com}It's just that there is one less chair than last year at this time, and there is no Force drink that Paul Allen hates on the table.

Ever since Feng Yu was expelled from the board of directors, Paul Allen was in a very good mood. Except for that trip to Huaxia, he had no appetite for a month, and when he saw ants on the side of the road, he felt sick to his stomach.

"Today's meeting is mainly focused on the sales of our software. It is expected that in the second quarter, our sales will increase to a certain extent, but the growth rate will be a big decline compared with last year, especially office software..."

The directors looked at each other, but none of them spoke. Paul Allen sneered: "Steve, it seems that the Asian market has fallen the most, right? As the president of the Asian region, shouldn't you say something?"

Ballmer squinted at Paul Allen: "Should I say something? Before I suggested to continue to cooperate with Feng, or to cooperate with Lianxiang Group. It was you who proposed to separate the office software from our operating system. As a result, The sales of office software are not good, but you say it is my problem?"

Steve Ballmer doesn't like Paul Allen. When it comes to software development, he is not as good as Paul Allen. But when it comes to company management, Bill Gates always asks his opinion. I don't know how many streets to throw away that Paul Allen who always loses money in investment.

"You are the president of the Asia region or the vice president of the company. You are responsible for product sales. If the sales growth rate drops seriously, it is your negligence. Even if I proposed to separate at the beginning, then you should think of other ways, no Thinking about it is your problem!" Paul Allen said loudly.

"Since you think my sales are not good, then you are in charge? How do I remember that when you were in charge, there was a negative growth in sales?" Ballmer retorted unceremoniously.

Since Feng Yu was expelled from the board of directors, Paul Allen seemed to have no target to target, and finally turned his attention to Ballmer again. Ballmer is not a soft persimmon, how can he let Paul? Allen pinch it casually!

What's more, Ballmer also knows that Bill Gates supports him.

At this time, Bill Gates also regretted his impulsiveness at the beginning. He should have waited for Microsoft's sales channels in China to be established before tearing up with Feng Yu.

Now suddenly like this, Microsoft will suffer as a result. That Feng Yu really acted like he didn't care about Microsoft's profits, which he didn't expect.

The real reason, Ballmer also told him, is because of Lianxiang Group.

A subsidiary of Lenovo Group,

It's called Lianxiang Yinshan Software Company. This company has been making application software, and the best sellers are anti-virus software and office software.

And what caught Microsoft off guard was that the WPS97 launched by Lianxiang Yinshan was perfectly compatible with their OFFICE software, and also supported the WIN system, and the price was only one-fifth of theirs.

More importantly, the functions are more than theirs, the Chinese application is better than theirs, and the interface feedback is more popular than theirs.

It is this software, coupled with the support of Lianxiang, which is bundled with the installation and sold, so that their OFFICE software is almost no one cares about.

There are good and cheap ones, who would use expensive ones that are not easy to use?

Moreover, Lianxiang Yinshan's software is bundled with each other, such as Yinshan PowerWord, Yinshan Internet Security and WPS97 software, which can be purchased together, buy two get one free.

Not only Chinese people, but even American people would be interested in this kind of sales with gifts.

Just like their Microsoft WIN system and OFFICE were bundled in the first place, they sold very well, because it gave people a feeling of being cheap.

Originally, Bill Gates and Paul Allen had the same idea. They believed that they had established a foothold in China, and the system was selling better and better. People should have gotten used to using their WIN system, so Office, which is also very useful, should not be available. question.

But they never expected that this WPS is more useful than their OFFICE, and it is so much cheaper. As a result, no one cares about their new OFFICE software.

WPS also provides free upgrade service, and the after-sales service is better. Every city in Huaxia has Lianxiang after-sales service points, and even most counties have after-sales service points. The powerful network has made Lianxiang Huaxia The leading position is difficult for other brands to shake.

Originally, it was still like a computer, but I didn't expect that even office software is like this now.

And even Xiangyinshan has developed drawing software, supermarket system, Internet cafe system, company OA system, etc., which are very popular.

They also develop these at Microsoft, but they don't sell very well in the United States, let alone in China.

Is it true that, as Ballmer said, without Feng Yu, Microsoft will fail in the Chinese market?

Paul? Allen is still arguing with Ballmer, and the other directors are silent. Anyway, it wasn't something wrong with their responsibility, and they didn't want to get involved with these two. No one at Microsoft could persuade Paul Allen except Bill Gates.

"Okay, Paul, Steve, stop arguing. The top priority is how to restore our growth rate and our market share." Bill Gates said with a frown.

"Since Paul thinks he is better than me, let him come. I really want to hear what he has to say. Someone who can even go to inspect a GBOX project and return empty-handed, heh~" Ballmer sneered road.

"Advertising, advertise in China, let more people know that this is our Microsoft product, and it represents a boutique!" Paul Allen said.

"You said it lightly, where does the advertising cost come from? The advertising budget in the Asian region does not have this. Besides, people even think that Yinshan Software Company has done a software evaluation. The functions that our OFFICE has, others have, We don’t have the functions they have, the price is so much cheaper than ours, and there are some other discounts, if you are a consumer, would you use our products?” Ballmer said disdainfully.

This TM is also called an idea? If you have money to spend on advertising, you might as well lower the price of OFFICE and sell it, which may still have some effect.

Microsoft's brand is big, but in China, people even think that Yinshan is also quite a brand. Moreover, their products have also been sold to Eastern Europe, and the sales there are also good. We, Microsoft, have no market in Eastern Europe.

Bill Gates looked at the others: "Do you have any good ideas?"

Everyone was silent, and Ballmer said slowly: "The only way is to speed up the development of our office software. We must make our products better than theirs, so that we can be competitive. It's useless."

Paul Allen stopped talking. He never imagined that Microsoft's products were not as good as that of China's products. Since when did Microsoft fall behind in its strongest position?

... (To be continued.)