Chapter 57: Planting the Root of the Problem!
"Anderson, are you crazy? Did you dare to openly say at a press conference yesterday that Microsoft's operating system is a bunch of poorly designed device drivers, and your brain is broken!" Jia Lei angrily barged into Mark Anderson's office and asked.
"Jia Lei, what are you anxious about? Is there something wrong with my words? Is Microsoft's operating system a bunch of poorly designed drivers......" Mark Anderson said indifferently, he has been praised by reporters too high recently, and his whole person has changed.
Who doesn't know that Microsoft operating system is now the most advanced operating system in the world, and now Microsoft and Apple are the two largest operating system software companies in Silicon Valley. Jia Lei asked in disbelief, he was about to be mad by Mark Anderson now.
"What about Microsoft, even if it's the largest software company right now? After our Netscape company goes public, we will soon be able to surpass theirs, and our Netscape company's profitability is no worse than Microsoft's. Mark Anderson looked up and said confidently that he was confident that Netscape would surpass Microsoft in market value in a few years.
"Oh my God, Anderson, can you not be so simple? Do you really think that just by virtue of our Netscape, a small broken company that has not yet been listed, we can now go head-to-head with Microsoft?
Believe it or not, as long as Bill Gates stretches out a finger now and makes a casual move, he can kill us!" Jia Lei said madly, and at this moment he remembered the short-lived history of Netscape in his previous life.
"This can't be! Netscape is now the largest browser company in the world, how can it be so easy to be forced out of business by an old-fashioned software company like Microsoft?" said Mark Anderson in disbelief, he is confident that Netscape will always be the leader in the Internet browser industry.
One of the two companies is an offline operating system, and the other is an online Internet software and service, and now Microsoft and Netscape have won the first place in their respective industries, so Mark Anderson is so confident that he is not afraid of being targeted by Microsoft.
"Huh...... I think you're really stupid in programming, and the businessmen who fight to the death in the mall never rely on superior technology but superior means!
Even if you write a Netscape browser that is more powerful than Microsoft's software, if Bill Gates is really determined to fight us to the end, Microsoft is not impossible to win in the browser section.
Why don't you go and apologize to Bill Gates and Microsoft now, and then the two of us will make this matter a big and small matter. Jia Lei said with a headache.
If this matter continues to develop according to the trajectory of the previous life, then Netscape will be 100% defeated by Microsoft.
If it weren't for the fact that the matter of rebirth was too sensitive, Jia Lei would have run over and grabbed Mark Anderson by the collar right now, and then pulled him in front of Bill Gates to ask him to apologize for his outrageous words and Bill Gates, and give Netscape a glimmer of life.
"What do you apologize for? What I said is the truth, and I don't apologize. Mark Anderson stubbornly said that he felt that he was now a person with status, and he didn't have to grovel to apologize to others.
"Anderson, you're so mad at me!
Doing business in a shopping mall is not like you doing scientific research, whoever invents well can win the first place, Bill Gates's business vision and means are not comparable to ordinary people, do you think he doesn't have enough means to become the richest man in country M so easily?" Jia Lei asked in a broken heart.
Countless interviews with newspapers and magazines have been certified about Bill Gates's ability and high wrists, not to mention that Jia Lei personally met Bill Gates not long ago, Jia Lei knows Bill Gates better than most people in country M.
Bill Gates is a tough opponent!
"Pete, you go and help me get Jim Clark over right now, and say I have something important to look for him. Jia Lei turned around and shouted.
Jia Lei understood it, and he couldn't persuade Mark Anderson to apologize to Microsoft at all.
"Okay boss, you wait a minute, I'll go. Pete nodded immediately, and then he trotted towards the chairman's office.
"Jia Lei, what are you looking for me?" asked Jim Clark anxiously, Peter's words frightened him.
"Clark, didn't you promise me yesterday to take care of Anderson and not let him talk nonsense? Why did he make such a big fuss?" Jia Lei angrily slammed the newspaper in his hand on the table and asked, what Anderson said yesterday was on the front page of the Silicon Valley Daily.
"I'm sorry! There were so many people yesterday that the two of us were interviewed separately, and I really didn't expect Anderson to say anything like that......" Jim Clark said with a wry smile, and he couldn't help it when he was so far away.
Later, although Jim Clark stopped Anderson from continuing to speak, Anderson could not take back what he had already spoken.
"Anderson made such a big mistake, didn't you educate him well after you came back and let him realize his mistake?" Jia Lei asked with a frown, and then he glared at Mark Anderson fiercely.
"I scolded him yesterday, and Anderson promised me not to make a similar mistake again, so you can spare him. Jim Clark hurriedly explained that Jia Lei now gave him the feeling as if he was going to kill someone in the next second.
"What's the use of you just letting me spare him now? The most important thing you should do now is to let Microsoft and Bill Gates shake him!" Jia Lei said angrily, he didn't understand why Jim Clark hadn't grasped the point of the matter at this time.
"I've tried to persuade Anderson about this, but Anderson always thinks he's right, and he doesn't want to apologize to Mr. Bill Gates!" said Jim Clarke, who sometimes has a temper as much as he does.
"Anderson doesn't want to apologize, are you used to him? You must know that Microsoft is a giant in Silicon Valley, and if we can't get Bill Gates' understanding, we Netscape will be in big trouble. Jia Lei said angrily.
He found that talking to this kind of science and engineering otaku had to be simple and clear, otherwise you wouldn't expect these programmers who only had inventions and code in their eyes to understand the euphemisms and unspoken rules of the mall.
"This ...... Mr. Bill Gates shouldn't have noticed such a trivial matter, right?" asked Jim Clark hesitantly, he didn't realize the seriousness of this matter at this time.
"Maybe Mr. Bill Gates wouldn't care if someone from another company said such a thing, but now it's our Netscape people who say this kind of thing!
The media has long compared our company to Microsoft in the Internet field, do you think Bill Gates, as a competitor, really doesn't know what happened today?
Maybe he's about to take action against us, and now that Anderson is making such a fuss, it's tantamount to handing the handle of Netscape to Microsoft himself. Jia Lei said with a headache, so that Microsoft can justifiably turn against Netscape.
"Then what should we do now?" asked Jim Clark anxiously, and after Jia Lei's analysis, he finally realized the seriousness of this matter.
"What else can I do, you quickly ask Anderson to apologize!" Jia Lei said.
"You're right, I'm going to ask someone to contact Mr. Bill Gates, and then I'll take Anderson to apologize to him personally. Jim Clark immediately nodded.
"Huh...... , Mr. Bill Gates is the richest man in country M, can he know a little person like us?
Even if you ask Clarke, you won't necessarily be able to meet him, right? I don't think you'll let me apologize in person. Mark Anderson pouted and said that he still didn't want to apologize to Bill Gates.
"You don't have to worry about meeting Bill Gates, I have a stake in Microsoft and I've dealt with him a few times. When there is less media attention on this matter in the past two days, I will find an opportunity to ask him out, and then Anderson, you just need to apologize to him in person. Jia Lei pressed his temple and said, now in this case, he can only be the middleman.
"Huh, Jia Lei, are you actually a shareholder of Microsoft? Why don't I know about such a big thing!" Mark Anderson asked curiously after listening to Jia Lei's words.
"Anderson, I ask if you can get down to business, the most important part of what I just said is that you want to apologize personally!
You haven't answered me yet, are you willing to apologize in person? Do you still care about whether I am a shareholder of Microsoft at this time?" Jia Lei said helplessly, he found that Anderson, the emperor, was not in a hurry in this matter, only himself, the eunuch, was in a hurry.
"Hmm...... Well...... Are you saying that I should apologize? Mark Anderson snorted and said he still didn't want to apologize.
"How long do you want to wait? In any case, you have to give me an accurate answer today, are you willing to apologize to Mr. Bill Gates in person!" Jia Lei asked with a frown, he didn't want Anderson to offend people again after he worked so hard to make an appointment.
"Okay, okay! I promised to apologize to Bill Gates in person......" Mark Anderson nodded helplessly in agreement, he knew that if he didn't agree to apologize today, Jia Lei would definitely not let him go.
"That's fine! You wait for me to contact Mr. Bill Gates, and try to make an appointment for you to apologize to him in person. Jia Lei said happily that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief when this matter was resolved.
"Jia Lei, can I ask? Are you really sure that you can let Anderson meet Bill Gates?
Anderson just ridiculed Bill Gates and Microsoft in front of a number of media, he shouldn't want to see Anderson at this time, right?" asked Jim Clark a little uneasily, he always felt that things might be worse after you two personalities met.
"Don't worry, I'm a major shareholder with more than 10% of the shares in Microsoft, and I still have some face!" Jia Lei said confidently, these stocks are major shareholders in any company.
"He! I can't see it? Jia Lei, are you so rich? More than 10% of Microsoft's shares cost $2 billion, right?" Jim Clark asked in surprise, he didn't expect this kid who eats fried chicken pizza with him all day long and orders takeout to be so rich.
"Please, when I invested in your company, you knew that I had both venture capital funds and investment banks, do you still think that I, a banker from Wall Street, am impersonating?" Jia Lei couldn't help but roll his eyes and asked, if he didn't have money, how could he sign out a check for $5 million so easily.
"Huh...... The point is that you can't blame us! There are too many large and small investment banks and funds on Wall Street recently, and I thought that your so-called investment funds are also the kind of small funds with only tens of millions of assets!" Jim Clark said with an embarrassed smile, Jia Lei's T-shirt and shorts have been too down-to-earth recently, and he has forgotten that Jia Lei is a rich man.
"Then you don't know, I'm a real rich man!
As someone who has both a venture capital fund and an investment bank, I've invested in a lot of projects in the past few years, and I'm not only a shareholder of Microsoft but also a shareholder of Citibank.
Not to mention anything else, I still have some face in the Wall Street and business circles in the United States!" Jia Lei said meaningfully, but Jim Clark could see Jia Lei's pride from his high chin.
"Whew...... Since Jia Lei is the majority shareholder of Microsoft, then I am relieved! With you interceding in the middle, Bill Gates should not refuse to accept my apology, right?" Mark Anderson breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said that in this case, he would just be perfunctory at that time.
"That's not necessarily! In business, from a business point of view, maybe Microsoft will not easily give up such a good excuse to compete with us, so I repeatedly emphasize that you must be sincere. Jia Lei said.
"Jia Lei, can't you talk to Microsoft well, and let Mr. Bill Gates not care about Anderson's statement that Microsoft is outdated. Jim Clark said.
"Yes, Jia Lei, you are the majority shareholder of Microsoft, you should have this face, right?" Anderson immediately said happily.
"Of course I have the face to do this, but why should I help you?
From a business standpoint, my stock value at Microsoft is much higher than my stock value at Netscape, so I'm at best neutral on these matters. Do you think I'm really going to offend the richest man and Microsoft in order to help Anderson?" Jia Lei couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, he was not stupid.
"Oh my God, does it seem like we're on our own?" said Mark Anderson, holding his head and breaking down, as if he saw his sad end.
"Oh!, who told you to not think about it before you spoke!" Jia Lei said with relief.
At this time, Jim Clark and Mark Anderson didn't pay enough attention to offending the soft company, they just treated the matter as a simple quarrel, but they didn't expect that it was this contemptuous attitude that eventually laid the foundation for Netscape's future.
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