After a brief tour, Ms. Bryce took Hong Tao and Tan Jing to Building 31, where her kingdom is located, Microsoft's entertainment division. When everyone entered a conference room N times larger than the conference room of Aigo's company, Hong Tao knew that the trip was over, although the few people sitting inside were not wearing too formal clothes, but obviously not to chat with him, whether he could get the right to use USB data, it depends on the opinions of these people.

Who they were, Hong Tao didn't know any of them, let alone heard of them. Ms. Bryce was also quick to introduce herself, and everyone nodded casually to know each other, and most of them sounded like technical departments. This didn't add any burden to Hong Tao, he didn't tell a single lie in this matter from beginning to end, even if the FBI came, he didn't care.

The negotiation process is very slow, very long, but not very boring, most of the time Hong Tao is discussing some things about computer software and hardware with these technical research and development personnel, not very professional, just talking in generalities, just like a group of people getting together and chatting about nothing. Ms. Bryce rarely interjects, she just plays the role of a referee, and when someone and Hong Tao enter the bar raising mode, or pull the topic too far, she will speak in time to ease the atmosphere and pull the topic back again.

If business negotiations are like this, Hong Tao feels that he has the potential to become a master negotiator. Because bragging and nonsense is the best thing for him, casually throwing out a computer or network technology in the future is enough for these technical researchers to ponder for a long time. Then he led everyone to make all kinds of assumptions, and the more he talked about it, the more he talked about it, until he stunned everyone.

In this way, the content and rhythm of the conversation are always in Hong Tao's hands, and others will involuntarily follow him, because what he says is often something that everyone here has never heard of or imagined. This feeling is a bit like Hong Tao telling Vanessa the story of "Journey to the West", although it is full of loopholes and the preface does not match the afterword, but it can still make Vanessa dizzy. The reason is very simple, no matter how high the professional level of these people is, they are limited to the current computer technology, and what Hong Tao said is computer technology more than ten years later, and it is not at the same level at all. And these things are indeed developed from the current technology, which naturally sounds so reasonable and thought-provoking.

Why Microsoft can succeed, Hong Tao already has his own answer when he has lunch. At least one of its successes is the presence of a large number of talented, enthusiastic and imaginative young technicians. Most of them are in their thirties, and some may be over forty, but the number is very small. These guys aren't here to earn a good salary, they really like the magic of computers, so it's not that I want to do it or I need to do it, it's that I want to do it. Once you get to this point, you have to be able to do a good job, and if you can get a large group of people in this state, Microsoft's success is inevitable.

They didn't let Hong Tao go to the restaurant in the park to eat, and even Ms. Bryce, the senior department president, couldn't control it, so Hong Tao sent someone to the restaurant to pack whatever he wanted, and they couldn't even wait for the time to deliver takeout. At this time, there were no more than a dozen people sitting in this conference room, just like the university auditorium suddenly began to zoom in, people from different departments sneaked out, and then called people from their departments to listen to Hong Tao's vernacular together. Whenever they have something they don't understand, they will find higher-level and more capable reinforcements to continue to raise the bar with Hong Tao.

As a result, the conference room soon couldn't sit down, even the door was full of people, and all kinds of questions emerged one after another, and Hong Tao changed from actively bragging to passively responding to their questions. For those questions that he can answer, Hong Tao will definitely answer, and for those questions that he can't answer at all or are too professional, Hong Tao is not ambiguous, and he will use trade secrets and unfinished research to resist. And the more this happens, the more true the things he says become.

"Ms. Bryce, the way you entertain guests is too chic, this kind of wheel battle won't last until dinner, right?" This thing Hong Tao must not be able to do it, his own level, a general brag can still cover people, once it is implemented, it will be exposed in minutes. So he can only hit these young people who are a little too enthusiastic, and use Bryce as a shield.

"I'm sorry, we can't prohibit technical discussions here, you see, even if Bill comes, he's going to have to crouch in the door and listen. But you've talked enough today, and if I don't stop them, you'll probably be taken to court. Let's save some face for our company, Mr. Hong is our invited guest, not your professor in the school. Bryce had been squeezed into a corner, listening quietly to Hong Tao's speech, only picking up the phone from time to time to say something to someone. It wasn't until Hong Tao protested to her that she stood up and persuaded all the irrelevant people in the house to go out in a consultative tone.

"If I can have 30 such employees in my company, within five years, I can have the same headquarters as here, can you believe it?" Why did he go to the class every day and read the same book that he had read for decades? because he wanted to understand himself more thoroughly and then pass on his understanding to his students. Those things are not the contents of the book, but he has poured his heart and soul into it for decades, and every time he sees even one student who understands and understands his thoughts, the feeling is really indescribable.

"Looks like I'm going to have to remind my boss to make you your biggest competitor for five years! Bryce opened all the windows in the conference room, Hong Tao had smoked at least three huge cigars in the past two hours, and there were also smokers among the technicians, and the non-smokers in the conference room were almost stunned.

"Hahaha...... Don't worry, first of all, I don't have the ability and patience to manage talents, and secondly, I don't want to spend this effort, my pursuit is actually very low, and more material. For example, if I am given a galleon, a small plane, three or five large estates, and a house in each country, I will be basically satisfied. Of course, there has to be an endless amount of money to spend, so that's it for now. Hong Tao also felt that he had just entered his father's state of teaching, and he would lose too much to say, at least he had begun to be wary of himself. So he wants to lower his image so as not to cause unnecessary trouble for this reason.

"Hahaha...... You said what we all wanted, especially the last condition, which is still low?Then we are kicked and run by Bill every day, isn't it in vain, hahaha......" The room laughed, even the strict lawyers.

"Is it high? Actually, it's really not high, as long as the cooperation between us is smooth, my goal is basically accomplished. I've asked my sailing instructor to buy a small sailboat in Toronto, and after two or three months of training, I'll go to San Jose to buy another big sailboat. At the latest, I will begin my circumnavigation of the world, and if you are willing to be a sailor, I have only one captain and my deputy captain on board, and there are still many sailors in short supply. "Hong Tao is really telling the truth, as for whether anyone believes it or not, it's none of his business.

"On the issue of cooperation, I personally tend to say no. But it is clear that my opinion is in the minority in this decision, so I am sorry to inform you that your goal has basically been achieved. The rest is a matter of detail, which can be done by more professional personnel. However, Bill mentioned a suggestion, although I think it is difficult for you to accept this suggestion, but I still want to tell you. He wants to ask if you have any intention of working at Microsoft, whether it is a hire or an intercompany acquisition. If you're interested in this tip, stay here for two more days and Bill will be back the day after tomorrow, when you can talk face-to-face. Bryce was not affected by the two cheongsams at all, expressed her opinion very clearly, and then conveyed the invitation of the Microsoft CEO to Hong Tao.

"If I could, I would still take that little plane back first, and thank Bill for his kindness, it's not that I don't want to work with him, but I still want to finish my studies and try to get a degree certificate to go back to my father. I couldn't escape it, and I was very envious of Bill having parents who agreed with him to drop out of school. Hong Tao felt that this Lady Blair was a little too shrewd, she seemed to know her own ideas very well, which was very bad, Hong Tao was very wary of outsiders who knew him.

For the rest of the time, Hong Tao and Tan Jing fell into the pile of texts, Bryce was obviously prepared in advance, and Microsoft's decision to cooperate was obviously not just now. Just after Hong Tao politely rejected Bryce's kindness, there were immediately countless drafts of cooperation articles, the thinnest of which were more than a dozen pages, and Hong Tao was dizzy. If it weren't for the fear that others would dig a hole for him, he would have the heart to throw it to Tan Jing for signature without looking at it. R1152