Microsoft is having a hard time now, although the annual sales revenue is still slowly increasing, but the profit is getting worse, if it continues, it will not be long before the company will close down.

Originally, in the first half of the year, Microsoft also saw a glimmer of hope. At that time, Gates took people to participate in the spring Comex exhibition, and launched the demo version of Windows 1.0 secretly developed at the exhibition. Gates also operated the mouse and keyboard to demonstrate the control of the window, which soon attracted a lot of curious spectators, some of whom looked like business representatives of large companies, which made Gates a little proud.

The situation at the show seemed to signal that Microsoft had another chance, and Microsoft employees who were once again motivated to work overtime and finally handed over the official version of Windows 1.0 in November. To build momentum, Microsoft also hosted a grand reception for the press and software dealers. But what makes Gates feel helpless is that apart from representatives of the press, few software dealers come. In the seemingly empty hotel, Microsoft's senior executives stood on the stage with an embarrassed face, and the expected good start turned into two or three kittens, and it was like someone poured a bucket of ice water on the head, and the enthusiasm and pride suddenly disappeared. Gates had a "bubble piece" medal on his chest, which was hung by a reporter at the beginning of the reception, and Gates was still smiling at the time, but at the end of the reception, Gates's face was only embarrassed and only a bitter smile remained, and he knew that Microsoft was in big trouble.

What happened after that was much as Gates expected, weeks later, with fewer than 1,000 Windows 1.0 orders received in bits and pieces, and it looks like Microsoft is going to have a tough year again. Soon there were some discordant notes within Microsoft, and the first to emerge was Gates' entrepreneurial partner Allen.

Alan felt very aggrieved, the company's operation had been good in the past few years, and the value of the equity in his hand had been rising, and he had planned to struggle for a few more years, as long as the company was listed, he would immediately make a lot of money. But since I took IBM's order, I have been in trouble, first Gates has nothing in his hand to take orders, and he has to look for it all over the street, but fortunately, he was lucky, he actually met a fool, talked about it in a few words, and only spent a little money to get a working operating system. I thought that the development could rely on Gates, but I didn't expect that there were many problems with the operating system that I changed in a hurry, and I thought that I had time to change it slowly, but who knew that a VisualSystem company suddenly appeared and snatched the order. Well, the operating system is really not good, let's not get it, and it's not bad to do the promising business of office software, but I didn't think that it was VisualSystem that was blocking the road, and there were two more opponents, and Microsoft was forced to fall down, if it weren't for a little overseas orders, I don't know what it would become.

Allen felt that he was worthy of Gates enough, if it was someone else, he might have retreated a long time ago, how could he still support Gates to take another risk on the operating system. This time, I am completely relieved, and I don't have to think much about the company's listing. Allen felt a little discouraged, and had a big fight with Gates two days ago over the company's prospects, and Gates, who was once full of confidence, can't find a direction now. What makes Allen even more angry is that in the past few years, there were many people who were very interested in the equity in their hands, but when they looked for it during this time, they couldn't even enter the door. Alan was very depressed, could it be that his struggle for so many years was going to turn into flowing water.

The feeling of hardness in his hand made Alan come back to his senses, and once again carefully looked at the business card in his hand, and there was some hesitation in his heart. But after thinking about it carefully, Alan still secretly made up his mind in his heart: "Old classmate Bill, don't blame me, now the company is like this, I am also a victim, and it is better for everyone to die." ”

Alan picked up the phone and dialed the number on the business card, and the phone rang a few times and was quickly connected.

"Hello, Miss Yang...... I'm Allen from Microsoft, and you visited last time. …… I thought about what you talked about last time, and although it was very difficult, it was not impossible. I don't know if the price can be ...... Okay, okay, just follow the terms you asked last time. I don't know when I can sign a contract?...... The sooner the better, so let's just tomorrow. …… Okay, I'll be waiting for you at home tomorrow. …… Okay, see you tomorrow, bye-bye. ”

Allen, who put down the phone, breathed a long sigh of relief, although he occasionally felt a little unbearable when he thought of Gates, but when he thought of the numbers on the contract, Allen quickly became happy again.

Gates has been in a depressed mood during this time, especially after the release of Windows1.0, looking at the people around him all day long is like such unpleasant, not only a few days ago I had a fight with my old buddy Allen, and I didn't know how to do it at the time, and it seemed that an evil fire suddenly appeared in my heart. Since the quarrel, Gates hasn't seen Allen for several days, in fact, Gates has regretted it a little since the next day, and wants to find a chance to talk to Allen again, after all, everyone has been friends for so many years, and Microsoft is also a hard work of everyone. Although the situation is very critical now, it is not completely without a chance, but if your own people are not united, then there is really no chance to turn over. Gates thought about it and decided that if he didn't see Allen during the day today, he would go to Allen's house in person at night, after so many days, Allen should also be angry. Gates was thinking about future opportunities when he suddenly saw the red light on the desk phone come on.

Gates reached out and pressed the button and asked, "What's the matter?"

The voice of the front desk lady came from the phone: "Mr. Gates, there are a few people looking for you at the door, and there is no appointment." ”

Gates was a little strange: "Who? What's the matter?"

"They claim to be representatives of VisualSystem, and they say that they need to talk to you directly about our company. They don't say the specifics, they can only tell you. ”

"It turned out to be VisualSystem, did you want to come to see our predicament?" Gates couldn't help but start angry again, reached out and grabbed the water glass in front of him and took a sip, calmed down, and carefully calculated: "I shouldn't do such a meaningless thing, will things take a turn for the better?"

Thinking of this, Gates instructed the front desk lady to bring the visitor to the conference room first, and then he went over.

Microsoft 2nd Floor Meeting Room ......

Gates pushed open the door to the conference room and walked in, and he saw that three representatives from VisualSystem were already sitting on one side of the round table, each with a steaming cup of coffee in front of them.

Gates pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at the people in front of him, "Are you representatives of VisualSystem?

"Mr. Gates, it's a pleasure to meet. I'm Xinxin Yang, the CEO of VisualSystem, and these two are my assistants, Matt and Mogolei. One of the women stood up and reached for Gates.

Gates was not angry, but stood up and shook hands for basic etiquette.

Yang Xinxin sat down, took a document from the assistant's hand and handed it to Gates, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gates, we came here this time to talk to you about the future of Microsoft. ”

Gates took the information and looked at it with some suspicion, still muttering in his heart: "The future? Microsoft's future has nothing to do with your VisualSystem company." ”

When he turned to the last part of the information, Gates's pupils shrank suddenly, and the whole person stood up at once.

"No, never, I'm definitely not going to sell Microsoft, especially you. Gates roared angrily. Gates' hands trembled slightly due to his excitement.

"Mr. Gates, don't get too excited, sit down first, and we can talk about something slowly. Yang Xinxin still maintained a professional smile.

Perhaps because of his need to maintain his demeanor in front of the lady, Gates calmed down after a moment of intense gasping and sat down slowly.

"There's nothing to talk about, Microsoft will definitely not sell it, and I'm sure Alan will refuse it too. Gates said confidently.

"If you're really that sure, you might as well take a look at this equity transfer agreement first. Yang Xinxin took another document from the assistant and handed it over.

Gates took the information and looked at it, it was really an equity transfer agreement, and after a careful look, according to his half-baked lawyer's knowledge, this agreement was written very rigorously, and there were no loopholes. When he turned to the last page, the name of Allen's dragon and phoenix dance came into view, and Gates felt that the strength in his body disappeared at once, and he leaned back on the chair weakly.

"Mr. Gates, I think you should understand the meaning of this agreement, we at VisualSystem already own 40% of Microsoft, and we already have the right to influence Microsoft's operations. Yang Xinxin was still smiling.

Gates thought about it seriously for a while, looked at the agreement carefully again, and finally gave up his stubborn resistance: "Okay, you talk about the conditions." ”

"We want to acquire at least about 40 percent of the equity from Mr. Gates, and we hope to partner Microsoft and VisualSystem in the future. Yang Xinxin threw out the first condition.

"This can be considered, I still need to negotiate with the company's management, but it shouldn't be a big problem, if I really need to, I can transfer all the equity in my hands. Gates replied calmly.

"We want all of Microsoft's current employees to stay, including you, Mr. Gates. Yang Xinxin threw out the second condition.

"The staff shouldn't be a big problem, but is it necessary for me to stay?" said Gates, a little apprehensive.

"In fact, we at VisualSystem are still very optimistic about Microsoft's current team, and the main reason for the poor operation in the early stage is that the timing is not good, as long as you are given the right opportunity, you should have a good performance. Yang Xinxin saw that Gates was still a little unmotivated, and changed her words: "Mr. Gates, don't you want your BASIC language to run on every computer?"

"Is it okay?" Gates sighed.

"Absolutely, as long as we become partners, you can have a better platform to play in no time. Yang Xinxin smiled.

Gates's eyes lit up, the software market is so big, there is no need to compete for operating systems and office software, there is still a lot to be done elsewhere, and his BASIC language can also be changed to a better platform. Gates suddenly felt that his opportunity had come again, and his mood immediately improved, and he also smiled and said, "Miss Yang, I still have to find a more professional person to talk about the specific details, can you wait a little longer?"

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After a fierce exchange of professionals, the two sides reached an agreement that VisualSystem would exchange 5% of the equity for 40% of Microsoft's equity in Gates' hands, and VisualSystem would become the controlling shareholder of Microsoft. In order to appease Ballmer, one of Microsoft's more important executives, VisualSystem also offered him some options. In the following period of time, the business reorganization of the two companies will put the technical personnel and resources related to office software and operating systems in Microsoft into VisualSystem, and Microsoft's main business in the future will be: R&D and sales of high-level language business (mainly BASIC, FORTRON, COBOL, etc., excluding C compilers), sales of office software and operating systems, and R&D and sales of other application software. VisualSystem will focus on three businesses: operating system, office software, and C compiler.

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