Bill Gates suddenly found that he was taken into the ditch by Zheng Yan. Zheng Yan's battle for fame was an investment in crude oil futures, when Cisco had just gone public, and Oracle was facing a crisis, but it was slowly ignored over time, coupled with the rise of Cisco and Oracle.

"Okay Gates, presumably you are not interested in investing in crude oil futures, let's talk about Netscape, presumably you are also here for this. ”

Zheng Yan knows very well that if you want to take the initiative in the negotiations, you must attract enough attention from the other party. The more Zheng Yan downplays his ability, the easier it is for Bill Gates to think more, and seeing that the goal is achieved, Zheng Yan also changes the topic.

"Well, in that case, let's talk about Netscape. Since Zheng Yan intends to hide it, Bill Gates will not expose it.

"One thing I'm curious about is that you're also a shareholder of Netscape, and you should have a lot of shares, so why did you say you were bullish on Microsoft in your last interview? ”

Bill Gates has thought about this question for a long time and discussed it with Steve Ballmer, but he has never found an answer, and now in the face of Zheng Yan, he can't help but ask.

"Do you think Microsoft will lose in this competition?" Zheng Yan saw Bill Gates shake his head, so he continued: "That's not over, since Netscape is doomed to fail, is it so important for me to show my attitude?"

When Bill Gates heard this, he suddenly felt even more strange, do I think that if Microsoft will not fail, it will definitely not fail? What is the reason for this?

"Zheng Yan, you are also very clear about Netscape and Microsoft's form, I wonder why you conclude that Microsoft can win this competition? For now, Microsoft has no advantage at all in the face of Netscape, and Microsoft has no way to take Netscape. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Yan looked even more proud, and said with a smile: "Gates, it's not that you have no way, but the way is here, am I right?"

Hearing Zheng Yan's answer, Bill Gates's jealousy of Zheng Yan couldn't help but deepen a lot, and he also determined some things. Zheng Yan took the Mosaic website from the telescope company

The commercial use of the browser was premeditated, and his arrival was also in Zheng Yan's calculations.

"Then I'm even more curious, since you expected this, it should be clear that as long as you don't hand over the commercial use of Mosaic's web browser, Netscape will get enough time to grow, and you can get more out of Netscape. ”

"But why did you say in an interview that you don't like Netscape? Do you want to give Microsoft the commercial use of Mosaic Web Browser and destroy Netscape, doesn't it seem like it will do you any good?"

The more news Zheng Yan revealed, the more confused Bill Gates became. Even if Zheng Yan expected Microsoft's next move, but he had already bought time for Netscape, even if Netscape would still fail in the future, but for Zheng Yan, there was only good, not harm, why did Zheng Yan do this?

Seeing Bill Gates' puzzled face, Zheng Yan knew that if he put forward his own conditions at this time, Bill Gates should not object, but Zheng Yan was still not satisfied, and he wanted to further expand the results.

"Gates, let's not talk about why I did it, but what you're worried about... It should be said that Microsoft is worried about something, you see if I am right. Although Microsoft now also produces office software, the computer operating system is the cornerstone of Microsoft, and as long as its position in this area is not affected, nothing can shake the foundation of Microsoft. ”

"In the past, computers were only used as computing tools, but with the development of the network, the role of this aspect has become less and less, and the role of information interaction has become more and more prominent, and before the emergence of Netscape, Microsoft was not aware of this. ”

Or, before the advent of Netscape, Microsoft felt that the Internet was just the prototype of some kind of information superhighway, but did not realize that the Internet itself was the information superhighway, and it was constantly improving and forming. ”

"The information superhighway of the Internet will inevitably bring about changes in the times, and Netscape is undoubtedly the company at the forefront. Once Netscape has the strength, who can guarantee that Netscape will not develop a computer operating system that is more suitable for surfing the Internet and Microsoft based on this

What about competition?"

"So at this time, Microsoft is in a hurry, what you want most should be the acquisition of Netscape to fill the technical gap in this area, it's really not good, and it is okay to reach a certain degree of cooperation with Netscape, but Netscape doesn't buy it, am I right?"

When Zheng Yan talked about the information superhighway, Bill Gates was already surprised, but when Zheng Yan really finished speaking, Bill Gates felt that his back was already covered with cold sweat.

Microsoft, as a super group company with a market value of $50 billion, is at odds with a small company like Netscape that has only been established for a year, and the reason is exactly what Zheng Yan said.

Bill Gates even began to wonder if Zheng Yan chose to stand on Netscape's side, with Zheng Yan's judgment, coupled with his huge financial support, Microsoft would still have the confidence to win in this competition, and the answer would be no.

Fortunately, Zheng Yan seems to have given up Netscape, no matter what the reason, and whether Zheng Yan will be on Microsoft's side or not, Bill Gates feels very happy.

"Zheng Yan, I have to say, you are a very terrible competitor. Originally, I came here just to clear up some doubts, but now I am suddenly a little lucky. In case you're on the side of Netscape, then Microsoft is really dangerous. ”

Although Bill Gates did not answer positively, everyone knew that Zheng Yan's inference was correct, which made Bill Miller admire Zheng Yan's foresight even more.

"Gates, you may not know, just yesterday I had already met Jim Clark and Mark Anderson from Netscape, and it didn't turn out very pleasantly. Yesterday I promised them that I would sell Netscape shares to them as soon as Netscape went public and they were willing to take over. ”

"In other words, since yesterday, although I am still nominally a shareholder of Netscape, I actually have nothing to do with Netscape. And it won't be long before this nominal relationship will cease to exist, so you don't have to worry about it at all. ”

Zheng Yan's sudden revelation of the news made Bill Gates fall into a new round of doubts. Zheng Yan has the idea of giving up Netscape, which is obvious, but is it so anxious and thorough?