After more than half a month of fermentation, the news of Microsoft's intention to acquire Snapdragon has been widely known in Silicon Valley, but because of Du Qiu's intentional blockade, it is still a grapevine in Cloud City, and not many people know about it, and almost all of them are regarded as jokes after dinner, thinking that it is a little trick to sensationalize and raise their own value, and they don't take it seriously at all, because in their thinking, Snapdragon, a small company the size of sesame mung beans, cannot enter Microsoft's eyes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Now Microsoft's senior vice president suddenly visited, proving that this matter is not groundless, this day is Saturday, Zhong Gaoshan rested at home, did not go to the municipal party committee office, was caught off guard by the sudden news, before leaving, he first called the secretary Yang Kai, assigned him to find Gao Mingda, find out the origin and meaning of Microsoft, and then set off to find Du Qiu.

"Where do they have dinner?"

"In a seafood restaurant near Sanjiang University. Bai Yuquan took out a small and delicate phone book and said, "I have Secretary Jiang's big brother number, why don't you notify her first?"

"Yes. ”

The office of Snapdragon Software Company is far away from the city, and it takes dozens of minutes to go back and forth, Zhong Gaoshan is a busy person in charge of the provincial capital, and there are countless things to deal with every day, so he only went to the research institute to inspect it once, and then all the information was learned through Bai Yuquan, he pondered repeatedly on the road, and never figured out why Microsoft came to buy such a small company as Snapdragon, so he asked: "Yuquan, tell me, Microsoft sent a senior vice president over, what is the picture?"

After asking, he added according to his own ideas: "Lao Cao of the tax bureau reported to me, saying that the electronic tax calculation software engaged in by Snapdragon belongs to the leading level in China, and the grassroots are very satisfied after the trial, and they are ready to purchase a batch to promote in the city, but this kind of thing involves national financial security, and foreign companies cannot touch it." ”

"It's not tax software. Bai Yuquan explained while driving: "Microsoft is interested in the iView browser. ”

"Isn't that thing free?"

"It's free, but you can put ads in it and make money from ads. After more than half a month of training, Bai Yuquan has basically understood the business model of Internet free + service, explaining: "The browser is the entrance to the information superhighway, and in the future, tens of millions of people may use iView to surf the Internet every day, even if a person only charges a dime for advertising, he can earn millions a day." ”

This number is too exaggerated, Zhong Gaoshan was a little incredulous, and asked, "There are so many people going online every day?"

"I read a report released by an American organization a few days ago, saying that last year there were only 3 million computer hosts in the world that could access the Internet, but by the end of April this year, it had become more than 5 million, and the number of Internet users had also changed from more than 16 million to more than 30 million, and the growth rate was very fast, maybe more than 100 million in two or three years. ”

Although he had witnessed Du Qiu's demonstration, the Internet was still an incomprehensible novelty for an old-school bureaucrat like Zhong Gaoshan, and he shook his head silently, and after a moment he asked, "Even so, wouldn't a company as strong as Microsoft develop one on its own?"

"I listen to Qin Tou...... Qin Mu said that there are few people who know how to develop browsers, and Mr. Du has designed a new programming language, which is embedded in the browser, which has raised the threshold for research and development. ”

"Didn't you say that Du Qiu developed it in a month alone?"

When Bai Yuquan was a secretary in the city, he felt that he was a computer master, and when he went to Snapdragon for training, he found that he was not enough to see in front of Du Qiu, and his level was only equivalent to that of a kindergarten child, so he quickly became a brainless fan, and defended it concisely: "Du is always a genius." ”

Genius indeed......

It's a pity that there are too many edges and corners, and it's not easy to deal with......

Zhong Gaoshan moved his sitting position in the back row and asked, "Is Principal Chen's son back?"

"He's said to have other important things to do in Silicon Valley and won't be back until tomorrow night. ”

"And who came with Microsoft's guys?"

"It's an old employee who joined Qin Mu and them, named Zhou Yuan, who used to be in charge of marketing and promotion in the United States. ”

Because he had called in advance, when Zhong Gaoshan got off at the door of the seafood restaurant, Jiang Danfeng was already waiting at the door, and welcomed with a smile: "Secretary Zhong, Mr. Du has something to do temporarily, and he asked me to entertain you first." ”

Zhong Gaoshan was very impressed by Jiang Danfeng, seeing that she was wearing a simple red T-shirt and white skirt, but she was not tacky at all, she was generous, fashionable and beautiful, her eyes were bright, and she said: "Little Jiang, I haven't seen her for a while, and she is a lot more beautiful." ”

"What's the matter, Secretary Zhong don't make fun of me. Jiang Danfeng was polite, while leading the way in front, and said, "I have booked a box on the third floor, please here." ”

When Zhong Gaoshan walked in, he saw a sign at the entrance of the hall on the first floor, where a large group of girls and guys in their twenties were sitting, eating vegetables, chatting, and drinking, the scene was very lively, he stopped and looked, and didn't find Du Chunhua's figure, so he asked: "I heard Yuquan say that you have a friendship with the company today, why didn't Mr. Du's sister come?"

Sister Chunhua was afraid that she would be uncomfortable with the staff present, so she went to Principal Chen's house for dinner. ”

Zhong Gaoshan sighed, his eyes wandered through the crowd, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Jiang, among these people, which of these people are top talents with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan?"

"Secretary Zhong, you go upstairs to rest first, and I'll go and call Manager Qin and a few of them to meet with you. ”

"Hey, okay. ”

Different from Yuncheng University on the edge of the city, the campus of Sanjiang University is located in a prosperous area, surrounded by many shops and strong consumption, so the restaurant box is quite high-end, the tables and chairs are very exquisite, and there is a calligraphy banner written in wild cursive on the wall.

Jiang Danfeng quickly brought Qin Mu and others up, in addition to the name, in addition to the name, but also briefly mentioned everyone's resume and the project in charge of the company, Zhong Gaoshan does not understand computer technology, and knows little about the project, but he can hear from the resume that each one is not simple, so he said with a smile: "Snapdragon is really a star-studded group of talents, no wonder it has become famous overseas in just a few months." I read that the report said that you are six gentlemen, why are there only five of them?"

"Manager Zhou has been in the United States before. Jiang Danfeng helped explain: "He didn't get off the plane until 4 o'clock this afternoon, and he was busy entertaining the representatives sent by Microsoft, so he didn't come." ”

Bai Yuquan wasted several years of time in the secretariat, although he didn't drill camps everywhere, but he also learned a lot of skills to perceive the will, knowing that Zhong Gaoshan was inconvenient to ask, he ordered food while chatting as a colleague: "Qin Tou, Microsoft suddenly sent someone over, is it really going to buy Snapdragon?"

Qin Mu is an old Jianghu, shaking his head and saying that he doesn't know, Li Jianhua has no city government, and he has a good relationship with Bai Yuquan these days, so he said casually: "Microsoft definitely can't look down on any of the projects we do, the acquisition of Snapdragon is fake, and the iView browser is real." ”

He Lixing has worked in the United States and is familiar with IT celebrities over there, so he nodded in agreement: "Brad Silverberg is one of the most powerful senior vice presidents within Microsoft, directly responsible for the research and development of Windows 95. ”

These words made Zhong Gaoshan a little relieved, although the iview browser is promising, but it is too far away, ethereal, the electronic tax calculation software that Snapdragon is working on and the office software that will be engaged are the things he values, because it can bring real political achievements, so he glanced at Bai Yuquan and motioned him to continue to inquire.

"Is Du always going to sell the whole company, or is he going to sell just the iView browser?"

"Although iView is a product of the company, it was actually developed by Mr. Du alone, and it has nothing to do with us. Qin Mu was worried that a few friends would make a lot of mistakes, so he played Tai Chi and said: "And we are only employees, not shareholders, so we are not qualified to participate in this kind of big event." ”

Zhong Gaoshan was very anxious when he saw that he couldn't get any useful information, but the main owner was not there, so he had no choice but to wait, and after waiting for about 20 minutes, he received a call from his secretary Yang Kai with his big brother.

"Secretary, it is said that several investment companies in Silicon Valley are willing to pay $5 million for a 20% stake in Snapdragon, so if Microsoft wants to buy it, the offer price may exceed $20 million. ”

20 million US dollars, almost 170 million yuan......

A small company that has only been established for 3 months and has less than 10 regular employees is not sold by fools!