In a conference room of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates and a group of Microsoft shareholders sat in the conference room, looking at the big screen in the conference room.

The large screen displays an auction screen that says that the current auction amount is $1523717.

The time displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen is 10:21.

Bill Gates turned his head, looked at the others in the conference room, and said, "Everyone, now that the auction time has only passed 21 minutes, the auction amount has reached more than 1.5 million US dollars, and it seems that our scheduled goal is going to change." ”

As early as when Xu Qing said that he would auction Xu Qing's dinner, Bill Gates and the shareholders of Microsoft had already discussed and decided to auction Xu Qing's dinner.

Without him, it is to get more shares of Xu Qing's company.

Since the birth of Xu Qing's daughter, Xu Qing has hardly met people from all walks of life, only when Xu Qing's daughter is full moon and Spring Festival, Xu Qing has met with people from all walks of life.

At other times, Xu Qing refused to meet with people from all walks of life.

As far as Bill Gates knows, Xu Qing has turned down several White House invitations to attend Clinton.

Xu Qing even refused the invitation of the White House several times, not to mention the invitations of other people, other forces.

This time, Xu Qing's company's sale of shares was also responsible for the person in charge of Xu Qing's company and the secretary group, and Xu Qing did not come out at all.

Some people wanted to meet Xu Qing to see if they could buy more shares of Xu Qing's company, but no one succeeded in meeting Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's dinner is a very good opportunity for those who want to meet Xu Qing.

There were also hours of dinner, and in those hours, they would do everything possible to convince Xu Qing to sell more shares to them.

So there will be a lot of competition for Xu Qing's dinner this time, and the competition will be very fierce.

Previously, Bill Gates and Microsoft's shareholders discussed and decided to come up with $20 million to compete for Xu Qing's dinner.

20 million US dollars, just to have dinner with Xu Qing, is a very absurd thing in the eyes of many people.

But now Bill Gates feels that $20 million may not be enough to photograph Xu Qing's dinner.

He knew the competition would be fierce, but he didn't expect it to be so intense.

In just over 20 minutes after the auction began, the auction amount reached more than $1.5 million.

The auction for Xu Qing's dinner lasts for a month, and the amount is sure to get higher and higher, with Bill Gates expecting the final amount to exceed $40 million.

$40 million seems like a lot, but it is nothing compared to the value of Xu Qing's shares.

If Xu Qing is persuaded and is willing to sell a little more shares of Future Group, it doesn't need a lot, just 1%.

A 1% stake in Future Group is worth about $4 billion, but in practice it would be worth even more, possibly more than $8 billion.

Future Group is now valued at more than $400 billion, but if it is sold, it will not only sell for more than $400 billion, but more than a trillion dollars.

As long as Xu Qing is willing to sell an additional 1% of the shares of Future Group, whether the person who buys it appreciates in his hands or sells it to others, the profit will far exceed 40 million US dollars.

Of course, all this depends on Xu Qing's willingness to sell more shares of Future Group.

It's not that if you take a picture of Xu Qing's dinner, Xu Qing will be willing to sell more.

Otherwise, Bill Gates thinks the auction amount will exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.

A Microsoft shareholder heard Bill Gates' words and agreed: "I agree with Mr. Gates's words, $20 million will probably not be auctioned, and I think raising the amount to $30 million should be enough." ”

Another Microsoft shareholder said: "$30 million is too much, if you take a picture of Xu Qing's dinner, Xu Qing can sell more shares of Future Group, $30 million is not a lot."

But the problem is that according to what we know about Xu Qing, the probability that Xu Qing will sell more shares of Future Group is very low.

It's not worth it to take out $30 million to shoot Xu Qing's dinner, I still think $20 million is enough, if $20 million doesn't shoot Xu Qing's dinner, then we will give up. ”

More than 10 Microsoft shareholders attended the meeting, and half of the shareholders agreed with what the shareholder said.

If Xu Qing's dinner can make Xu Qing sell more shares, the $30 million is certainly worth it.

But it seems that the probability of Xu Qing selling more shares is very low, so the $30 million is not worth it.

Bill Gates looked at the statements of these shareholders and did not speak.

He was in favor of spending $30 million to shoot Xu Qing's dinner, or even $40 million.

Because he was confident that he would persuade Xu Qing to sell more shares to Microsoft.

But he is confident, other shareholders are not confident, and as we all know, the relationship between Xu Qing and Bill Gates is average, and they are even less confident in Bill Gates' persuasion of Xu Qing.

With the exception of Bill Gates, all shareholders voiced their opinions, and everyone looked at Bill Gates.

Bill Gates is Microsoft's largest shareholder and the founder of Microsoft, and has the most rights in Microsoft Corporation, so Bill Gates' opinion is very important.

Bill Gates tacitly counted the shareholders who opposed raising the auction amount to $30 million, accounting for almost two-thirds of the shareholders who attended the meeting.

These opposing shareholders add up to more than 50% of the shares, and it is impossible to raise the auction amount to $30 million if they insist on their opposition.

Bill Gates said: "I think it would be more appropriate to raise the auction amount to $30 million, I won't say much about the reasons, everyone should show up if you agree to raise the auction amount to $30 million, please raise your hand." ”

Bill Gates was the first to raise his hand, and then 4 more shareholders raised their hands.

As a result, it became clear that this time Microsoft's shareholder meeting did not pass, and the proposal to raise the auction amount to $30 million.

Bill Gates didn't say much, he knew it would be this outcome.

He came to his office with the shareholders who were willing to raise the auction to $30 million.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we were all willing to raise the auction amount to $30 million, but it was not approved at the shareholders' meeting, so I think we would pay for Xu Qing's dinner together. Bill Gates looked at the shareholders and said.

The shareholders looked at each other and agreed with Bill Gates.

Bill Gates said: "Actually, I think 30 million US dollars may not be enough, the amount of Xu Qing's dinner auction may exceed 40 million US dollars, if the auction amount is really more than 40 million US dollars, are you still willing to fund the auction together?"

These shareholders hesitated, no one's money was blown by the wind, although they are all billionaires, but this joint contribution is likely to have nothing to gain, and each of them will lose tens of millions of dollars in vain.

Seeing this, Bill Gates said: "If the auction amount exceeds $40 million, I am willing to bear two-thirds of the amount." ”

These shareholders heard Bill Gates' words and agreed.

In fact, Bill Gates can fund it alone, and he can afford it.

But if it is really photographed, and then he succeeds in convincing Xu Qing to sell more shares, those shares will belong entirely to him personally, and have nothing to do with Microsoft shareholders.

But this will be hated by Microsoft's shareholders, so he has no choice but to invest in Xu Qing's dinner with these shareholders.