Chapter 753 Bill's Decision (Eight/Ten)

After leaving the Microsoft headquarters, Feng Yu called Liu Chuanzhi and told him to speed up the development of web browsers, forums, and office software. These software are all based on the s system and will take up more and more storage space. … …

It is precisely because it is too big that they were defeated in the mobile phone operating system and let Google dominate the world. Let the fruit dominate.

If Feng Yu's memory is not wrong, these two years should be the years when the fruit company suffered the most losses. Jobs seems to have left the fruit company, so the engineer of the fruit company. can some be poached

The places where the software engineers in the previous life are more famous are considered to be elite companies, mainly Microsoft, Google, Guoguo, Facebook, etc. As for the engineers of other companies, they are considered to be second-rate, including Yahoo, which will dominate the crowd in two years , the biggest reason for their failure, many people say it is not a decision-making error. It's because they don't have the best technicians to stay ahead of the curve.

Feng Yu is too aware of the importance of technological leadership. If he can apply for a patent or something, it will not only bring a lot of profits, but also block the progress of others. Of course, blocking the progress of others is not the goal, but always staying ahead is the most domineering approach.

"Paul, what do you think of Feng's request?" Bill Gates had a headache. Feng Yu's condition was too harsh, but he couldn't refuse it outright.

"Reject all," Paul Allen said angrily, "I want to join the board of directors. This is not something that cannot be discussed, but it is absolutely unforgivable that he threatened us with the Chinese market. We Microsoft, can anyone be threatened? "

"Paul, calm down. I want to reject him too, but what he said makes sense. We need to open up the Chinese market, which is bigger than North America, or even the entire American market, with huge potential in the future. So A big cake. Don't you want to eat it?" Of course he wanted to refuse, but the benefits were too tempting. He couldn't make up his mind to say no.

"But we are Microsoft, we can make all the hardware companies submit. Can't we make him submit?" Paul Allen asked very dissatisfied. Although Microsoft received sanctions because of this, it also proved the strength of Microsoft. Today's Microsoft is stronger than it was yesterday.

"That is China, one of the most powerful countries in the east, and the market management method is completely different from ours. Feng even hinted to me that if he does not want us to enter the Chinese market, then we will definitely not be able to enter the Chinese market. Think about it India, aren’t we blocked out? If we lose the Indian market and then lose the Chinese market, you know how much we will lose. If China also rises its own software system company, then we will have another one Competitors. If a company has the support of the state, the speed of development is absolutely unimaginable," Bill Gates said worriedly.

Paul Allen also frowned, and now the other party has made his attitude clear,

If they cooperate, Microsoft will have a lot of benefits, but the other party wants greater benefits. Either it will be separated, and Microsoft will suffer a lot, while the loss of the other party will be much smaller.

"Damn it, how about we promise him a condition such as letting him join the board of directors, but if he helps Microsoft enter China completely, Microsoft makes money, isn't it also he who makes money." Paul Allen thought for a while and said.

"I mentioned this, but he disagreed. He said two conditions, both of which are indispensable. He wants to join the board of directors, and he also asked us to give Lianxiang the cheapest price, the price of twelve dollars." Bill Gates shook his head, If there was only one condition, he might not have to hesitate so much.

"But if this price is known by other companies, it will greatly affect our reputation at Microsoft."

After all, the price of system software sold by Microsoft on other companies' computers is much higher than this. The cost of using any office software is more than twelve dollars, not to mention the cost of the system. Once it is discovered that the differential treatment is so severe, then other mobile phone companies will inevitably jointly ask Microsoft to cut prices, which will cause huge losses to Microsoft, and even the stock price will plummet.

"Paul, this is also the most difficult part for me. Feng also grasped this point. He will never let this news break out when he joins the board of directors of Microsoft. Moreover, Feng also has a lot of shares in the Huaxia computer company. He must be able to control it. He must also guarantee that this news will not be disclosed. Otherwise, Microsoft will lose money, and Feng will also lose a lot of money."

"Bill, what do you mean, you have decided to agree to such a ridiculous price and such a cheap price, how much money can we make? Millions of dollars, or 10 million dollars?" Paul Allen retorted loudly.

"So I'm going to promise him this time only, and offer him an extremely low price, but require them to have a clear logo of our Microsoft on their computers, and to carry out a lot of advertising for our Microsoft, including in the advertisements of their products. , there must also be our advertising. And we can use this to promote, saying that IE is already the browser with the most users in the world, which is convenient for us to promote the IE browser in Europe, America and other places.”

"Then how do you get him into the board of directors? His shares are all non-voting shares. Once they are all converted into voting shares, they will be 15% of the shares."

"In exchange, you and I each take out 1% of the voting shares to exchange non-voting shares with him. Don't you still want to cash out a sum of money and invest it in your new company, just to sell the non-voting shares." Bill Gates makes a decision.

"Well, since you have made a decision, I will support you." Paul Allen smashed out the cigar forcefully.

This damn decision is pending.

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