Money is not difficult to earn.

At least in the eyes of the vast majority of people attending the meeting tonight, it seems that they have earned it in a vague way, and they don't even know how they earned it, but they made a fortune anyway.

Everyone knows that Ellison is a late bloomer, compared to many poor worms who lost their companies after starting a business, he is better than shrewd, as if he was born with more eyes than others, don't look at doing things with a big grin, he is definitely a smart person, smarter than most people.

Look at Gates again, after surviving a few years of not being famous, with the birth of the indos operating system, there is no longer a competitor in the world, the PC lacks an operating system is a useless iron lump, no matter how precise the parts are, it is useless, as a fragrant bun in the eyes of investors, it is not an exaggeration to say recently that he is lying at home to earn money.

Apple is struggling to survive in the face of indos, and is tossed by the CEO named John Scully, not to mention that there is still some market share, but profits are falling again and again, not to mention that Su Mu has no money now, even if he can get three billion US dollars, before Apple shows signs of re-emergence, he will not use his hard-won possessions to bet on its success, after all, the future has become different.

Microsoft's success is inevitable for now, at least until a better operating system comes out, and the company has become a climate, holding down the original competitors, even though Microsoft is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, who in Silicon Valley doesn't know about him?

Mixed in the IT industry, it is indispensable to deal with Microsoft, Su Mu is happy to see it, as the third largest shareholder in addition to Gates and Paul Allen, Su Mu's reputation is not obvious, and the money is not less than that, every time other companies sell a computer, part of the profits belong to Su Mu, since the start of the business, they have relied on themselves, but they can be regarded as taking someone else's "free ride", and they make money without taking care of things.

Silicon Valley is a little famous tonight, almost all of them are there, Su Mu came very early, mainly because Gates rarely slapped the table, and Ellison was so angry that he scolded, so he came to see the excitement, and he didn't have the slightest consciousness to help the CEO get angry as a Microsoft shareholder.

Taking a step back, Gates and Ellison are competing for the first and second place in the Internet industry, and it is not Su Mu's turn to talk more, I don't want to, and I don't have that confidence, the two companies can just bring one out, and the market value is also more than 30 times that of Galaxy, just watch the excitement.

didn't disappoint him, nor did he disappoint the other Silicon Valley bigwigs who were waiting to see the excitement, Gates arrived first, and finally waited for Ellison, the two suddenly faced each other like cockfights, not to the point of doing anything, just sneering at each other a few words, which made Su Mu feel that this time it was not in vain.

The vibrant Silicon Valley has just been contaminated with the smell of copper for a short time, but the nerdy atmosphere is still there, the era of ideas is still king, and the importance of capital has also risen sharply.

A group of people are idle and have nothing to do, and they have to find a reason to come out to gather every other day, Su Mu has more friends, and the good things of smoking and picking up girls are not his turn, and he is worried that there is a "child" who will not be lively, and he is often notified at normal gatherings.

For example, the one standing beside him at the moment, less than thirty years old, named Knight, just founded a picture processing program called "YOY" last year, unknowingly stepped on the shit, and was acquired by someone for 200 million US dollars, and now he is still staying in Silicon Valley, ready to start a business again, his tone is relatively tight, Su Mu knows that he is tinkering, but he doesn't know what he is doing, so he doesn't ask much, and he is annoying in vain.

There is no place to spend money, nothing more than to buy a car and a mansion, Knight looks handsome, and recently hooked up with a hot, long-legged Brazilian model, as for whether it is serious, only they know.

"I thought there would be a fight, ruining the fun. ”

Knight's tone was not happy, and he continued to ask Su Mu: "Do you think that if two people fight, who will win?" Mr. Ellison is really calm, if the project leader under my command is poached, he will beat the boss of the company who poached people to death if he fights to go to prison, which is too annoying. ”

Su Mu didn't take it seriously, knowing that this guy was too addicted, he asked rhetorically: "You even sold the company, why are you here for this kind of party?"

"Not now, there will definitely be in the future, no one is watching at the door, not even the person who checked the invitation, and walked in by himself.

I regret it after selling YOY, I'm idle and have nothing to do, otherwise your project will take me along? Just that instant chat program, sell me half of my shares for $20 million, as long as you nod my head, I'll give you money now!"

"If you give me all the money you make from selling the company, I can consider it, and I don't know which big mouth will reveal my company's project, in the end, it is a newly recruited employee, which is completely unreliable. ”

Su Mu shook his head and smiled, adding: "You have that money, it's better to develop it yourself, anyway, there are several companies that plan to compete with me, one more is not too much, the nose is very smart, you will receive the news as soon as it is completed." ”

"That program worked?"

Knight's expression didn't look like a fake, and he sighed and said, "You finish it first, then it's definitely too late to get involved, even Spider email has registered so many patents, will you not register the technology patents of live chat?"

"Not much, I have registered more than 80 patents, everything I can think of has been registered, and there may be talents who will bypass all my patents. ”

"Eighty kinds...... This is to be wiped out, browsers needless to say, many patented technologies must have been registered by you, ten years later, almost all Internet companies will be sheared by you, but now I have to thank you, this is really ruthless. ”

Su Mu pretended to be modest, waved his hand and said: "The Internet in the future may not be what it is now, who knows how it will develop in the future, maybe a certain technology will appear, and my patent will become waste paper." This is the advantage of seizing the opportunity, after registering the patent, others can't make trouble, and the computer business is eaten to death, and finally encounters a new industry, and can probably make some money by patents. ”

The reason why some people leave their jobs to start a business is not annoyed, mainly because they have patents in their hands, and they can't get around them, and the business environment in Europe and the United States is excellent, and the advantage is that the law is used to enforce commercial credit and order, even if the company is large, it must be obediently complied with.

There is no shortage of money to register patents, there is a rule in the Galaxy company, whoever can come up with a good idea can get a bonus, and Su Mu screening is completely sent to register a patent, who knows if it will be used in the future.

Compared with the entrepreneurs who entered the same industry, Su Mu's advantage is not that he started a business a few months earlier than them, but more importantly, he seized the opportunity when others did not expect it.

Don't look at those companies making a lot of noise, it seems that they will soon be able to soar, in fact, many technologies have infringed on Su Mu's patents, and in the end, only a few companies with patents and Galaxy companies are destined to survive, and there is no possibility of swarming in and seizing the market with him.

was able to become half friends with Knight, mainly because he was smart, and a group of entrepreneurs had not yet discovered Su Mu's hidden backhand, but they were mentioned by Knight.

He asked Su Mu angrily: "I should have let those people die a long time ago, I also have friends who are trying to develop browsers, but in the end they didn't get anything, and they invested so much money in vain, isn't it a big loss?" ”

"It's not like no one can succeed, maybe they can come up with a patent, and then they can contain me and develop together through reconciliation. ”

Su Mu smiled with a smile, "But the main patents are here, so I shouldn't suffer too much loss, my company's products are not perfect, I want to see how others do it, help me improve my products, and in the future, merge some small companies that can't fight me, and absorb their technology and talents, it's better than me studying alone." ”

"I can see that none of you successful businessmen are soft-hearted. Knight sighed and asked Su Mu: "If I want to do the two projects of live chat and browser, do you agree to grant me the patent, I will pay all the fees." ”

"What do you think, it's not a good thing to have more competitors, I think we are friends, 10 million dollars for each project buyout fee, plus 45 percent of the shares, the kind that does not need to be invested, I promised to invest in patents. ”

Business is business, Su Mu is very clear, Knight blinked, a little moved, and thought that even if he was authorized, he might not be able to compete with Su Mu's products, after all, he was half a year behind the development time, and maybe in the end the money would fail.

Knowing that Su Mu was going to use the patent to blackmail his competitors, it seemed that he would suffer a loss, but he would not definitely lose, Knight didn't say anything, and told: "Let me think about it for a few days, and I will give you an answer when the time comes."

A hypertext link patent, an instant messaging technology patent, I went to the patent office to find a patent called web spider, the browser is also firmly in your hands, you do this, which Internet company can develop in the future, I should really give you an anti-Tothra investigation......"