At 3 o'clock in the morning, when the whole of Redmond was in a sweet sleep, the headquarters of Microsoft was uncharacteristically brightly lit and full of people, as if it were daytime.

The employee who had just woken up from his sleep came to the company with a face full of sleepiness and fatigue, and kept complaining about whether the company's leaders were pumping their brains - they were really sick when they notified themselves to come to work in the company in the middle of the night.

However, when these employees rushed to the company and saw that all their colleagues and big leaders seemed to be arriving one after another, they decisively closed their mouths. There is no doubt that as long as you have an IQ of more than 80 now, you will know that something must have happened to the company when you look at this situation, and it must be an earth-shattering event - at this time, it is better not to "die" with a cheap mouth.

You must know that employees who can eat at Microsoft are definitely workplace elites, both EQ and IQ. So, after being called back to the company in the middle of the night, they keenly sensed something called "fear" from the hurried appearance of the senior leaders, which had never appeared in Microsoft. However, many employees now feel the existence of this thing called "fear" quite keenly, as if the survival of the company lies in the line.

What the hell is going on in the company?—— that's what many Microsoft employees think.

At this moment, in the high-level conference room of Microsoft, everyone fell into a dead silence, and the eerie atmosphere with endless depression could almost squeeze people out - no one wanted to speak, not even Bill Gates, who was pale and sat at the top, did not say a word.

Looking at the freeze-frame picture on the big screen, everyone really didn't know what to say, because what on the screen was like a boulder falling from the sky, completely shattering the self-confidence of this group of arrogant senior leaders and engineers.

"Guys, let's talk about it, what should we do next?" Looking at the pale Bill Gates without saying a word, Steve Ballmer knocked on the table and said to everyone who fell silent: "Now is not the time for silence, we must quickly start to solve this matter, otherwise it will ......"

Although Steve Ballmer's words are not finished, everyone knows what is going on behind "otherwise" - undoubtedly Microsoft's survival.

If this matter cannot be resolved quickly, then "otherwise" Microsoft is likely to be kicked directly into the abyss, and then they will be worse off than Apple is at this point.

As if awakened by Steve Ballmer's words, Bill Gates, who was silent, finally spoke: "Steve is right, let's talk about what to do next?"

At this moment, Bill Gates's face is pale, full of tiredness and decadence, how can he still have the previous high spirits and spring breeze, the whole person seems to be ten years old. There is no way, the content of this email is too big a blow to Bill Gates and Microsoft, and it is very likely to sink Microsoft's newly formed giant ship.

In this email from a stranger, the other party sent a series of seemingly irregular code and related instructions, which may not be anything to ordinary people, but for Bill Gates and Microsoft, it is a sharp knife straight into the chest.

Because this seemingly useless string of code seems to be part of the new operating system that Microsoft is currently working overtime to develop - it is a bolt from the blue. As it turned out, and it was, the relevant instructions attached to the email made it clear that the other party had developed a complete operating system and had successfully tested it.

In this way, Microsoft is completely forced to a dead end, because once the other party releases this system, then all the research and development work they have done before will be in vain and useless. The most important thing is that this operating system will become Microsoft's strongest competitor in the market, and it is even likely to kill Microsoft outright. Although the other party's new operating system is based on Microsoft's system, it is absolutely infringing, but if the other party directly engages in a non-profit business model, then Microsoft will be completely finished.

Therefore, it is strange that Bill Gates does not spurt blood when he sees this email, and the other party is going to directly cut off his "roots".

"Can you change the direction of our new system development and avoid conflicts with the other side as much as possible? ”

Listening to the words of a senior executive in the company's administrative department, Nakajima shook his head and said, "It's impossible, and looking at the test results sent by the other party, it's the effect we have been dreaming of." ”

Satoru Nakajima is the chief architecture engineer of indos95, and no one knows the entire indos95 operating system better than him.

"Yes, Nakajima is right, the other party is now taking the path we have always wanted to take. Nathan Melward took Nakajima's words and continued, "Unless we start anew, we will definitely not be able to bypass the other party's system. ”

Nathan Melward, Microsoft's chief technology officer, the number one boss in the R&D department, is an absolute technology master.

"Then just stop the development of this project and start the development of a new system again?"

"Impossible, the company has invested most of the manpower, financial and material resources for this operating system, and it will definitely not be able to withstand failure. ”

"Then directly use the other party's ideas to complete the development as soon as possible and seize the market. ”

……

As soon as you say a word, the whole conference room is in a mess, although it is much better than the silence just now, but it is useless to quarrel and discuss like this, and the matter has not been fundamentally resolved.

Slapping the table heavily, Bill Gates suppressed the noise of the conference room, and then said coldly: "The research and development of the new system is already on the way, and it must not be abandoned halfway, you know, the company has invested most of the manpower, financial and material resources for him, so there is absolutely no room for loss." ”

"Nathan, your R&D department wants to speed up the development of the new system, and I ask that all the development work of the new system must be completed within a month. ”

Listening to Bill Gates's words, Nathan Melward was a little confused, but he still nodded helplessly and said, "I'll try my best." ”

Although he knows that he is a little strong, but Bill Gates can't help it, he and Microsoft have now been forced to a dead end, and can only risk their lives - this is a hole card for him to negotiate with the other party!

Yes, it's negotiations!