As soon as Bill Gates said that there was a new ecology to be released, Li Mu immediately thought of MSN.

Just before that, through his own speculation, combined with Lin Qingya's secret investigation in the United States, he had already determined that Microsoft was going to restart MSN, and Li Mu had long guessed that Microsoft had the intention to return to the social field, but he was not worried about it, because with YY's current popularity and user attention, no company can surpass itself, and the only one who can surpass itself is himself.

It's like after QQ stood on its heels, no one could defeat it, and the only thing that could have a major impact on it was its own; So, Li Mu looked at Bill Gates, who looked proud, indifferently, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Gates, is Microsoft still not giving up on MSN?"

Li Mu's words made Bill Gates's expression extremely unnatural.

MSN ecological plan,Bill Gates was inspired by Muye Technology YY ecology and rebuilt,And the internal level of secrecy is very high,I just told Li Mu that there is a new ecology to be released today,How did Li Mu immediately determine that he was going to release MSN?Is it an internal leak?

The change in Bill Gates's expression was seen by Li Mu, he smiled slightly, patted the outside of Bill Gates's right arm lightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gates, don't be so surprised, in fact, it can be seen that Microsoft has always been very reluctant in the social field, and, in my opinion, Microsoft does have enough strength to do a good job in the social industry, and it is a pity to give up a little hastily before." ”

Bill Gates's mood at the moment was greatly hit, he originally wanted to give Li Mu a "surprise", but he didn't expect Li Mu to give him the feeling that "Lao Tzu expected what you would do", which made Bill Gates feel like he was breathing a sigh of relief, and he couldn't get out.

Although Bill Gates had never seen Li Mu before, deep down he had already regarded Li Mu as the biggest competitor in his life.

In fact, people like Bill Gates, who came from science and engineering, are the most competitive in vision, and in 1994, Microsoft's huge success pushed Bill Gates to the position of the world's richest man, and now, he has only missed the top spot in two years.

From 1998 to the present, he has been the richest man in the world, originally, the entire Wall Street thought that Bill Gates would continue to be the richest man in the world until 2008 or even 2010, but it was not until the young Li Mu came out with Makino Technology that people realized that Bill Gates's position as the richest man could not be kept.

Bill Gates may not pay attention to the number of wealth, but he still cares about prestige very much, in any field, there is only one supreme halo, and it is only owned by the supreme, the global IT industry is so huge today, software, hardware, or social networking, e-commerce, search and other subcategories, Bill Gates was once a well-deserved first, but now, these halos have been snatched away by Li Mu.

Li Mu is like an uncrowned king, the company is not listed, and there is no exact reference ruler for corporate assets and personal assets, but everyone believes that Li Mu will surpass Bill Gates in the future, and Makino Technology will surpass Microsoft in the future.

The media in Silicon Valley and Wall Street have long begun to sing about Bill Gates, even if Bill Gates didn't care at first, but on TV, newspapers, magazines and the Internet, they are saying that Li Mu is about to surpass himself, is about to leave himself far behind, and creates a new height in the IT field.

Therefore, deep down in his heart, he can't wait to show two more tricks to this world, so that they know that he is still not old, and even has the strength to defend his throne.

And the indos-live that will be launched soon,It is the old king of him, before he is about to be overthrown, the full counterattack,If it happens,Microsoft's market value has skyrocketed and the valuation of Makino Technology has plummeted,This high and the low will quickly open the gap between the two sides,In that case,The throne is still solid。

Before meeting Li Mu, and even before talking to Li Mu, Bill Gates was full of confidence in his upcoming new ecology, but at this moment, he suddenly panicked.

The reason for the panic was because he didn't understand why Li Mu would penetrate his intentions in advance.

Moreover, he didn't understand why Li Mu was still indifferent after revealing his intentions?

The words he said seemed polite and polite, but in fact, they made him feel a kind of outright contempt.

Li Mu gave Bill Gates the feeling that he didn't regard Bill Gates as an opponent at all.

At this time, Davidson said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li Mu, the dinner is about to start, why don't we sit down first, after the banquet, we will have a salon, and if you and Mr. Bill Gates want to continue chatting, you can talk freely." ”

Li Mu nodded lightly and said to Bill Gates, "Mr. Gates, then let's talk later?"

Bill Gates smiled unnaturally, and after a while, he suddenly asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, why don't we sit closer and talk while eating later?"

Li Mu smiled indifferently and said, "I can do it, but it depends on how Mr. Gao Bai arranges the seats?"

Davidson smiled: "Mr. Li, you and Mr. Gates are both distinguished guests of the Cooper family, so naturally you should sit in the front position, since the two of you are interested in chatting more, then simply arrange for the two of you to be opposite, what do you think?"

Bill Gates nodded hurriedly and said, "No problem, thank you Davidson." ”

Li Mu also nodded and said, "I'm okay with it." ”

Davidson made an inviting gesture to the two at this time, guiding them all the way to the main row, arranging them at the front of one of the guest seats, that is, the position closest to the main seat.

After arranging the seats for Li Mu and Bill Gates, Davidson said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, you are a little late, and you don't know many guests, do you want me to introduce you?"

Li Mu smiled slightly, and said: "There are so many people, I'm afraid it will take a long time to introduce them all at once, and I may not be able to remember so many people, or just wait for the salon after the dinner, besides, isn't there a few days in the future, you can take your time." ”

Davidson nodded lightly and said with a smile: "That's right, then I'll introduce it to Mr. Li slowly in the next time." ”

At this time, everyone else began to gradually take their seats.

Davidson said goodbye to Li Mu and Bill Gates, and communicated with other family members about the scene.

After Li Mu sat down, he carefully observed for a moment and discovered the pattern of the goldberg family's seating arrangement.

As the owner, the members of the Goldberg family naturally sat in the main row, but there were only seven seats in the main seat, and Davidson, as the head of the family, sat in the center, flanked by his wife and his eldest son, the wife of the eldest son, and the second son.

As for the other members of the Goldberg family, they are basically distributed in two rows of guest seats, which can basically ensure that every three people or so, there is a member of the Goldberg family, and Wendy Gober is arranged in the area where Li Mu is located, and he sits next to Li Mu.

The two rows of guests in front of him, the row where Li Mu is in, except for the members of the Goldberg family, should look like entrepreneurs and some noble members, and the opposite row should look like members of the royal family of various countries, because Li Mu saw several familiar members of the British royal family, including Prince William, who later married a commoner princess and grabbed global news headlines, but he still looks very young and has relatively dense hair.

The British royal family's position is closest to the main row, and next to them are several Middle Eastern royal families wearing white robes and headscarves, and the headscarves of the Middle Eastern royal families are very particular, pure white turbans with black borders are the royal families of several emirates in the United Arab Emirates, and the red and white checkered with black borders are Saudi royal families, there is no doubt about it.

The royal family in the Middle East is rich and powerful, but the situation of the royal family is very similar to that of the big family, the total wealth is huge, but the distribution is relatively scattered, such as the Saudi royal family, a royal family with trillions of assets, the scale of assets is really large to no one, but a royal family has more than 5,000 princes, and the core members account for 40%, which can be seen that it is difficult for Middle Eastern tycoons to reach the top of the world even if they are personal finances.

Everyone gradually sat down, and the originally lively banquet hall soon quieted down, and a large number of male and female waiters in uniform stood behind the two rows of guest seats, ready to wake up red wine.

Two minutes before the start of the reservation, Davidson made a gesture to the butler behind him, and then the butler immediately glanced at the waiters waiting on either side, and the waiters on either side received the order, and at the same time took a few steps forward and poured a small half glass of red wine into the wine glasses in front of each guest.

After pouring the wine, the waiters immediately retreated to their position against the wall, and Davidson stood up with his glass in his hand, and gently tapped the wall of the crystal wine glass with a silver fork in his hand, making a crisp tinkling sound.

Everyone turned their eyes to Davidson, and Davidson said with a red face: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a few words to say to you before the official meal. ”

As soon as the words fell, all the members of the Goldberg family, who were sitting with him on the throne, stood up with their glasses, and the guests also stood up at this moment.

Wendy was afraid that Li Mu would not understand the social etiquette of Europeans, so she whispered in Li Mu's ear in Chinese: "Mr. Li, before the European banquet begins, there will be a toast link, that is, a toast in Chinese, but generally the toast is only before the meal. ”

Li Mu smiled slightly and thanked her.

Davidson, who was in the middle of the throne, said with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much for coming to Goldberg Manor and participating in the Goldberg family party, on behalf of all the members of the Goldberg family, thank you for coming, thank you!"

With that, Davidson raised his glass and said, "Cheers." ”

So all the guests raised their glasses and took a sip of red wine together.

The British wine table culture is more gentlemanly, there is no toast to red wine, generally pour a third of the glass, drink at most half of a mouth, put down the wine glass, the waiter will come forward to refill the wine in the glass to one-third of the appearance, the wine glass is never empty, if you don't want to drink, every time you wet your lips, a glass of wine can be mixed to the end.

After drinking this first glass of wine, everyone is seated, and the chef and waiter are busy serving.

Li Mu looked at the large pile of food in front of him.

Western food is quite exquisite, especially in Europe, eating Western food, may be the world's most cumbersome etiquette dining mode, just the tableware in front of Li Mu makes it difficult for Li Mu to adapt, there are several kinds of cups, knives and forks, and there are countless large and small plates.

So Li Mu whispered to Wendy beside him: "Miss Wendy, if I have any presumptuous or unruly behaviors that do not conform to Western etiquette later, please forgive me and inform me in time, I personally have no understanding of these Western rules at all." ”

Wendy smiled slightly and said: "The British are more rigid, so they pay more attention, Mr. Li doesn't need to care too much about Western etiquette, just be comfortable." ”

Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "There is an old saying in Huaxia called following the customs of the locals, since you are here, you still have to abide by the rules here, otherwise it will be offensive." ”

Wendy smiled and said, "Then I'll teach you slowly later." ”

Li Mu nodded and smiled: "Thank you." ”

Bill Gates, who was sitting opposite Li Mu, saw that Li Mu had been talking to Wendy in Chinese, and he was a little depressed.

From the first moment he met Li Mu to the present, Li Mu has not had any interest in the "new ecology" he said, which made Bill Gates very hurt.

He thought about this problem from another perspective, if Li Mu told himself in person that he was about to launch a new ecology, then he would definitely be very concerned and eager to know more, and he would never be like Li Mu, completely inappropriate.

Moreover, Li Mu had already guessed that he was going to resurrect MSN, re-enter social networking, and directly become YY's head-on opponent, but even so, Li Mu still didn't care, which really made him incomprehensible.

After struggling for a long time and struggling again and again, Bill Gates finally took advantage of the time to serve the food and asked Li Mudao: "Mr. Li, I'm curious, what kind of impression and opinion do you have on Microsoft's former MSN?"

"Impressions and opinions?" Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "How can I say it, it feels a bit like a carbonated drink produced by NASA." ”

NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, and it is the strongest existence in the aerospace field in the world, but Li Mu said that MSN is like a carbonated drink produced by NASA, and Bill Gates couldn't help but ask him: "Why did Mr. Li say this? Do you think MSN is not good enough?"

Li Mu smiled slightly and said seriously: "Speaking from the heart, the root of the problem is not whether MSN is good or not, but NASA should not try to do things that it is not good at, it should concentrate on studying its own aerospace, carbonated drinks, and other things, and leave it to Coca-Cola to do." ”

Rao is no matter how calm Bill Gates is, he is also a little angry at this time.

The meaning of Li Mu's words is already obvious, he feels that Microsoft is not social material at all, and it is the most correct to give up the social dream as soon as possible, but he doesn't know how much effort he has put into making Microsoft return to social and how thorough preparations he has made.

So, Bill Gates said to Li Mu expressionlessly: "Mr. Li, whether NASA is good at making carbonated drinks, it's not up to you to have the final say, it's not me who has the final say, the most important thing is to see how the carbonated drinks it produces are, I believe that as long as the product is good, consumers will naturally not let it be buried, and even as long as it is good enough, consumers will even give up Coca-Cola for him!"

Li Mu laughed and said simply: "Mr. Gates, if you think that MSN can have an impact on YY, then just try it, I personally welcome and support all competition." ”

Speaking of this, Li Mu's expression became extremely serious, and he said word by word: "Although there are only two Internet people here today, I am not talking about you alone, but for all the companies in the Internet field today, including Microsoft, one of these companies is counted as one, and it is all a fool's dream to confront Makino Technology in the social field, in this world, there is only one person who can defeat YY, and that is myself! If you don't believe it, let it go!"