Chapter 60: Negotiation!

(The following plot is purely fictional, and the negotiation plot is based on Mr. Mark Anderson's news interview, which Microsoft later denied to reporters.) M. Please don't scold the stupid author for his sudden change in style and outdated plot, if it weren't for Mark Anderson himself, I would have thought this plot was too earthy. )

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"Is this how you Netscape welcomes us Microsoft people? Do you still want to mix in Silicon Valley?" The negotiator of Microsoft asked angrily when he saw this scene, and Jia Lei felt a little surprised when he heard his words.

"Hmm...... , I am a little skeptical that you are really the negotiator sent by Microsoft? Why do I listen to you like a gangster so much?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.

The negotiating manager of Microsoft in front of him looks like a lackey under the godfather of the underworld in country M, both in terms of dress and tone, or the kind of lackey who fights with people.

"Who are you scolding, you little rabbit cub, Lao Tzu is a dignified manager of Microsoft, how can he be a gangster? Call your chairman out, I have to let him fire you to get rid of your anger! Otherwise, you won't want to negotiate with me later......" The negotiation manager of Microsoft immediately said when he heard Jia Lei say that he was like a gangster.

His tone was extremely arrogant, as if the chairman of Netscape was his subordinate.

"Huh...... , no need to send someone to invite me, I'm already here!" said Jim Clark as he walked out of the conference room with a straight face, and Mark Anderson followed behind him with a calm face.

"We came out to take a look when we heard someone screaming outside in the house, but we didn't expect to see this scene! Jia Lei, are you sure that the person in front of you is really a negotiator sent by Microsoft, not a negotiator sent by the underworld to collect debts?" Mark Anderson asked with a headache as he looked at the negotiation manager of Microsoft who was raising his chin to the sky in front of him, and he felt that today's negotiations would not go well.

"Why are you asking me what I'm doing, I don't know this idiot in front of me? Since your secretary has already brought someone over, it must not be wrong!" Jia Lei rolled his eyes disdainfully and said. Microsoft has tens of thousands of employees, how can everyone know him?

"Jim Clark, this guy from your company had my bodyguard break my arm, and I ask you to fire him immediately and send him to jail! Microsoft's negotiation manager pointed at Jia Lei angrily and said, Jim Clark immediately looked up at him in disbelief after hearing this.

"I'm afraid I can't do what you asked, because these two people aren't employees of Netscape, so I can't ......fire them," said Jim Clark, who said with his hands stretched out, and the matter had nothing to do with Netscape in the first place.

"You're lying! If they weren't Netscape employees, how could they be outside such an important conference room, and our negotiations today are going to be kept secret. Said the manager of Microsoft.

"Hmm...... In fact, Jia Lei is here to be a notary public for the negotiation between our two companies!"

"Huh, I think I've heard the name Jia Lei somewhere?" said Microsoft's negotiation manager with a sudden frown when he heard this, and then he thought about it carefully.

"Of course you should be familiar with this name, I don't believe that Mr. Bill Gates didn't mention my name to you before he sent you to Netscape to negotiate! You idiot, I'm the majority shareholder and director of your Microsoft, you should remember it this time, right?" Jia Lei asked with a sneer, and then he turned his head angrily and walked into the conference room with a group of bodyguards and assistants.

"Oh my God! It turns out that you are the director Jia Lei from Huaxia? How could you be so young and still dressed like this, I thought our new director was a middle-aged man! I'm sorry, I really didn't have eyes to offend you just now! I'm damned!" When the negotiation manager of Microsoft heard this, his face immediately turned bloodless with fright, and he hurriedly followed up and apologized to Jia Lei, saying that with Jia Lei's status in Microsoft, he could be fired at any time.

Jim Clark watched as Microsoft's negotiating manager changed from the style of the big brother of the underworld to the sycophant in a second, and the speed of this change of face and shamelessness was unparalleled

"Manager, what about my arm?" the injured employee of Microsoft shouted out in fear at this time, and he realized that he had just pushed the director of Microsoft, and he was also confused.

"What is your name! You pushed Young Master Jia Lei just now, and now you deserve to be broken by someone, if you dare to scream again, I will fire you immediately, and you don't want to get a penny of medical expenses at that time." When the negotiation manager of Microsoft heard this, he immediately turned around and said to his subordinates that Jia Lei and everyone in the room witnessed his ruthless, unjust, cold-blooded and ruthless attitude.

"It seems that the person sent by Microsoft to negotiate this time is not a good negotiator, and I am afraid that this negotiation will be troublesome......" Jim Clark thought to himself when he saw this scene.

"Since I injured the person, I will naturally be responsible, you go back and tell Microsoft's finance department to send him a medical bill. After all, he is injured at work!" Jia Lei said sarcastically, looking at Microsoft's negotiation manager.

Anyone can see that the little minion who was injured just now clearly came to Netscape to make a move on his orders.

"Okay, that's it, let's start negotiating! I hope that all unrelated people can avoid it, after all, we don't play the matter of cooperation between the company and Microsoft, which no cat or dog can participate in. Jim Clark walked in with a frown, saying that he didn't expect so much mess to happen before the negotiations had even begun.

"Okay, you all go down!" said Microsoft's negotiation manager, who straightened his clothes and waved his hand, leaving only two people involved, and the others retreated in an orderly manner.

"Okay, now that the idlers are gone, it's time for us to talk about the cooperation between the two companies. Jia Lei nodded with satisfaction when he saw this scene and said, Microsoft didn't send a real fool over for such a big thing.

"Okay, let's not be too talky! Just say it, how does Microsoft want to cooperate with our Netscape this time?" asked Mark Anderson impatiently as he sat in his chair, he really hated the pretentious and pretending Microsoft negotiation manager in front of him.

"Since you asked, then I'll get to the point, we at Microsoft have only one request this time!

We at Microsoft hope that your Netscape company can divide the current browser market into two, and then each of our two companies will occupy a fixed market share, and no one will take a step beyond the thunder pool when we operate separately!

As long as you Netscape do your own market share, don't be delusional anymore, it all belongs to our Microsoft company. Microsoft's negotiation manager immediately arrogantly demanded to Jim Clark, and Jia Lei could hear his deep disdain for Netscape from his tone.

"Hmm, you're not sick, are you? In the market, customers have always chosen the browser brands they want to use, and Microsoft wants to divide the browser market share with us, but how do you divide it? Do you think people are willing to be assigned by us?" Mark Anderson touched his chin and asked puzzledly, he couldn't force his company's customers to Microsoft.

"What do you mean by Microsoft, what exactly do you want us to divide the browser market?

In the mall, customers have always chosen their own products, and I've never heard of a company making the choice for the customer?" said Jim Clark with a frown, which is simply impossible.

"Hmm...... Could it be that Microsoft means to divide their respective business regions? For example, to divide Asia and Europe like the agency rights of various clothing brands?" Jia Lei thought for a while and asked, 30 years later, there are indeed companies that allocate business scope according to geography.

"If you divide the market share by geography, this is a certain operational possibility!

However, our Netscape company is doing very well now, and I don't want to give up the market share of country M to you Microsoft Corporation. If Microsoft wants market share in other regions, then we can think about it......" Jim Clark thought for a moment before replying, agreeing to give some of the benefits to Microsoft.

Jim Clark also wants the two companies to value harmony and peace, and not to conflict with Microsoft for the time being, after all, Netscape is just a small company that has only been established for more than a year, and there is no way to compare with Microsoft now.

"Huh...... , are you thinking too beautiful?

What kind of division of land and occupation of a country's or region's market share, did I just say such a thing?" said Microsoft's negotiation manager with a sudden sneer, and then he glanced at Jim Clark and Mark Anderson with contemptuous eyes.

"What do you mean by that?" Jia Lei couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he felt that the method that came out in the past few days should be the best way in time.

"Since you Microsoft don't want to divide the market share in this way, how do you want to divide it?" asked Mark Anderson angrily, what if they had already backed down from Microsoft.

"Do you want to know how to divide it? Then I'll tell you!

What we mean at Microsoft is that not only will you want to give half of the browser market share to us Microsoft now, but you will also hide when you see our Microsoft products in the future!" said Microsoft's negotiation manager with a sneer, and a fool could hear the taste of bullying in his words.

"You let Netscape hide from Microsoft's products in the future? But the products of the two of you have always run together, how can you hide?" Jia Lei frowned and asked puzzledly, Netscape Browser does not have long legs, how can it avoid Microsoft.

"This is a simple matter! The chairman told me before I came here, that in the future, your Netscape Navigator browser will only run on the old version of Windows that has been released, and all new Windows operating systems will only run our own Microsoft web browser, and you are prohibited from loading Netscape Browser on our new version of the network connection operating system. Microsoft's negotiation manager stood up and said aggressively, and as soon as he said this, the faces of the others present changed.

Jia Lei couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Netscape would never agree to such harsh conditions, if he really agreed to this condition, Netscape would not be far from going out of business. Sure enough, Jia Lei was right

"Bang!" Mark Anderson angrily slammed the cup on the table to the ground and smashed it.

"It's too deceitful for you Microsoft to make such a request!

I invented the web browser, and this commercial market for the Internet was also developed by our company! Do you Microsoft Corporation now do this like a robber and want to snatch the web browser market from us?" Mark Anderson said angrily, where is Microsoft negotiating and robbing?

"Huh...... You Microsoft really have a good plan, that is, you want us to give you half of the market share of the browser, and we want us to no longer bundle the browser to run on the new version of Microsoft's system in the future.

Wouldn't it be a year before our Netscape Company will disappear from the market of high-speed computer software? Are you Microsoft trying to force our Netscape to death?" Jim Clark sneered and slapped the table and asked, since everyone had already torn their faces, he no longer had to pretend to be smiling and welcoming people.

How can a small company like yours, which has just been established for more than a year, compare with a listed company like Microsoft, which is worth tens of billions of dollars?

We, Microsoft, are now looking at Young Master Jia's face and only leaving you half of the market share, and this is all to lift you up! If you talk more, you may not even have this market share. Netscape's negotiation manager said in a disdainful tone that in his eyes, a small company with less than 500 people like Netscape is a grass deck team.

"I'm sorry, we can't stand your elevation, and we won't agree to Microsoft's cooperation conditions! I'm afraid I really hope that the person who thinks about it is you. Jim Clark replied with a sneer, now that he finally understood Microsoft's purpose.

Microsoft is going to fight with Netscape!

"Oh, why do you dislike that your market share is too small! It's a pity that I see that there are only more than 300 people in your company, and if a small company like yours gets half of the market share from Microsoft, it will be able to hold on! What more do you want?" asked Microsoft's negotiation manager with a frown, he felt that the two founders of Netscape seemed to be a little too self-conscious.

"What we want to do is our Netscape company's own business, so we don't need you to worry about it!" said Mark Anderson angrily, he is now angry and wants to roll up his sleeves and beat people.

"Anderson, be civilized, business negotiations can't be solved by fighting!" Jia Lei saw that the smell of gunpowder at the scene was getting stronger and stronger, so he had to stand up and stop it.

"Huh...... , Since you Netscape people are shameless, then don't blame us Microsoft for not being emotional!

Since you don't want to cooperate with our Microsoft company, then you can wait for me! There will be ...... you regret in the future" The negotiation manager of Microsoft stood up after saying a cruel word, and left with his followers very angrily.