Chapter 346 Giving and Exchanging for Nothing
On the way to the office, Bill Gates flipped through today's newspapers, and when he saw the news about the Super Bowl commercial, he scoffed, and sure enough. If anyone is most familiar with Jing Jian's hype methods, there is no doubt that it is Bill Gates's "victims".
After coming to the company and hosting the morning meeting, Bill Gates returned to his office and turned on his office computer. The first thing is to receive today's email, but after browsing the mail directory, he couldn't help but be stunned, because there was something strange mixed in it?
"Email Management Software?Iceberg?White Lotus?"
Intrigued, Bill Gates opened the email, and saw that it was an advertisement for sending an email management software called 3X, developed by Iceberg. And explain that there are two ways to use this software: one is the clean version, which can be purchased for $19. The other is to get it for free, but to sign an agreement, you will receive regular advertisements for goods sent by White Lotus in the future. And now there is a discount, apply for free, this time you will receive a $49 gift package provided by the White Lotus.
At this time, e-mail was still quite primitive, basically just sending some text messages, and it was impossible to send any software. So Bill Gates simply studied the accompanying software instructions and found that this 3X has a graphical interface, which is relatively advanced. Then, he browsed through the gift bags and product advertisements, and found that many of the things in them were really practical for a tech nerd like him. After thinking about it, Bill Gates smiled dumbly and immediately looked through his address book.
"Good morning, Bramble, I'm Bill. Of course, Bill Gates knows Jing Jian's dynamics very well, and knows that the iceberg company was actually created by Jing Jian. In that email advertisement, Bill Gates keenly spotted a business opportunity, so he spoke directly to Jing Jian.
"Good morning, Bill. Jing Jian's sudden call from Bill Gates was a little strange.
Bill Gates got straight to the point: "I've seen your iceberg advertisement, is this what you call the online sales model? Can you ask when do you think the profit point will appear?"
"If the current situation is still the case, profitability will never appear. Jing Jian's answer was also very direct. Since Bill Gates is sincere in asking for advice, he does not hide it, "You need hardware, you need a unified network, and you need your operating system to be more convenient." ”
"Hmm. Bill Gates agrees with Jing Jian. At present, the entire world may have less than 500,000 active users, and most of them are concentrated in the United States. Even these 500,000 users are not using a unified network. In other words, it is still a large and small local area network. The email sales model of Iceberg or White Lotus has turned the sky upside down and attracted 50,000 or 60,000 customers at most. Such a customer flow, coupled with expensive hardware equipment, is simply not profitable. However, Bill Gates is concerned with the other side, "So how many years do you think it takes to meet these conditions?"
"From three years to five years. According to the memory of his previous life, Jing Jian replied in the affirmative, "Don't pay attention: I'm talking about the satisfaction of external conditions." If you want to make a profit, you need to burn money for a while. ”
"Well, Microsoft is interested in your email management software. And also want to take a stake in the iceberg. Bill Gates made a decision right away. Interestingly, Bill Gates does not have a good personal impression of Jing Jian, but he trusts his professional judgment.
"Email management software can be given to you. But I hope to form a strategic cooperation in the future. To send our White Lotus ads in your Microsoft-bundled email management software. Jing Jian immediately made a request.
"No problem, how do you calculate the price?" As a natural businessman, Bill Gates will not let go of every profit point.
"Let's divide it. We'll talk about it in detail when the time comes. ”
"That's fine. Bill Gates continued, "What about the stake?"
"At the moment I'm raising shares, selling 20 percent, and now I'm only 10 percent left. 5% of $1 million. ”
"$800,000 5%. ”
"Deal. Jing Jian was also quite refreshing, "You operate the system, I sell it online, and I hope to strengthen cooperation in the future." ”
"I wish you success. Then we can form a real strategic cooperation. Those few words just now are actually the two of them dividing the territory, "See you then?"
"See you later!"
Jing Jian is not a pity to send out email management software. Because he knew very well that no matter how good this software was, would it be able to compare with the bundled Outlook in the future? And in the software field, compared to Microsoft, that's too much self-defeating.
And Jing Jian is interested in such a model and such a concept. In fact, it is not unusual to say it - spam, rogue links, spam barrage, ....... Anyway, in a word, Jing Jian wants to become the king of garbage that leads online sales!
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When talking to Bill Gates, Berry was sitting in front of Jing Jian. Hanging up the phone, Jing Jian made a gesture for Berry to continue. Berry hurriedly said: "Sir, we have learned about the source of Brooklyn's funds through some means. One part is from Treasure Island and the other part is from San Francisco's Chinatown. And the conversation between the two groups of people is also quite interesting, and they are looking for the Brooklyn everywhere. A significant portion of these funds are short-term loans at high interest rates. If it wasn't returned in time, that Mr. Brooklyn would be in big trouble. ”
"Oh?" Jing Jian smiled slightly, that is, as long as he could delay long enough, Jiang Zhijiao would die? Handing over a check, Jing Jian smiled and talked about another topic, "Berry, those photos sold to tabloids made a lot of money, right?"
Berry immediately smiled, "Thank you, sir." In fact, most of those stories were made up by me, and I found that I had the potential to be an editor. ”
Jing Jian couldn't help laughing: "Berry, you have a lot of scenes in the film, you don't think you still have the potential to be an actor, right?"
"Maybe that's fine. My acting skills ...... It's about the same as you, sir. ”
Jing Jian couldn't laugh or cry, how did he feel that Berry's compliment was similar to scolding? He laughed and scolded: "Get out, future big star." Also, I forgot all about it. From now on, cease all operations against Brooklyn. ”
"Don't worry, sir. My friend and I are absolutely professional. Berry smiled and promised, "Then I'll go first?" By the way, do you need me to make up some more stories about Miss Lumina? I have quite a few pictures of you both here?"
“…… Get out!"