Chapter Eighty-One: Half Microsoft
The conference room where Liu Si met with Kangmaoda yesterday changed the protagonist today, Palmfun Computer Technology Co., Ltd. and Microsoft Corporation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The two sides sat down, Bill Gates took a cup of Longjing tea in front of him, tasted it, and said with surprise on his face, "China's tea culture has a long history, and it is a very good choice to drink a cup of afternoon tea after dinner." ”
"Mr. Bill is very interesting and has a good personality. Coke in the United States is also good, and there is often a case at home. Liu Si, who had just had lunch together, had the same idea as Bill, no one wanted to be the first to speak, after all, opening up first was like playing golden flowers, and whoever played first would fall into the inferior ranks.
"Coke culture can be regarded as a unique culture in the United States, and a cold bottle after exercise is extremely refreshing." Microsoft has cooperated with large companies such as IBM, Apple, and Dell, and is extremely proficient in negotiation skills.
"Indeed, especially after a basketball game."
"Oh, Mr. Liu also plays basketball, if we have time to compete, how about it?" Bill spoke to Liu Si with great interest.
"Mr. Beal is much better than me, and I would prefer to go to the NBA court with Mr. President if I have the chance." At this time, the promotion of the NBA was not smooth, most of Asia was underdeveloped, the Yankees appreciated rugby more, and European football was rampant, but Bill Gates liked basketball very much.
"The next time Mr. Liu goes to the United States, he will tell me ......"
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Jiang Zixuan, a translator who debuted for the first time, was very speechless about the conversation between the two for a long time, and the most important thing was that the English words involved in the two sides were becoming more and more remote, making it more and more difficult to translate.
"Mr. Jamila, you can't go in..."
"Get out of the way."
There was a sudden noise outside the door, and some words could be faintly heard in the house, and then the door was violently opened after a while, and the door was slammed against the wall, so that the original was one, and the palatial sticker was damaged.
"Mr. Liu, President Bill, good afternoon. You two don't mind if I sit here! Escorted by her bodyguards, Jamila walked into the conference room and sat down directly on the upper seat.
"I mind." As soon as Bill Gates said this, the bodyguards of the three parties were very nervous, and of course they didn't dig out the guys.
Yesterday, because he didn't plan to renew the contract with Kangmaoda, Liu's father did not attend yesterday's meeting. But after learning that Kangmaoda Company directly embezzled $1.2 billion from the Liu family, he was angry that he didn't care about the business of Liu Si's company.
Now when he heard that the rude guy was Jamila, he looked up and snorted fiercely in displeasure.
"To be honest, I also mind that President Bill would come to Hong Kong, but you still came." Jamila wasn't embarrassed and distorted the conversation.
"President Jamila, it's time for me to meet with President Bill, and I ask you to leave." Liu Si, as the host, and Bill Gates have already spoken back, and he can't say anything if he doesn't speak.
Jamila's task is to disrupt the situation, he will not leave so easily, "Businessmen are based on integrity, Mr. Liu promised to renew the contract with our Kangmaoda company, but you will not forget it!" ”
Liu Si wanted to contain the fire when he was in disagreement with Kangmaoda Company, but Jamila was now stirring up the situation, and the paper couldn't hold the fire, "Hehe, businessmen are based on integrity, since President Jamila knows, why is the financial statement given by Mr. President very different from the financial statement I got, and the difference in amount is an astonishing more than 20 billion US dollars." ”
Jamila naturally knew in her heart that the financial statements she gave were greasy, and the false accounts designed by nearly 10 accounting elites made them unanimously believe that Liu Si, a Chinese hillbilly, would happily sign a contract with Kangmaoda when he saw more than $400 million, but now Liu Si's words made Jamila feel like she had fallen into an ice cellar and her whole body was cold.
It's not wrong that the board of directors of Kangmaoda embezzled $1.2 billion, after all, this benefit is too big, but it's a pity that Liu Si was prescient, and in his previous life, he had a slight impact on Microsoft's sales after issuing win98, and he definitely wouldn't think that win98 would only sell less than $1 billion.
"Mr. Liu, I don't think there is anything wrong with that financial statement, it must be ......"
Jamila still wants to quibble, but unfortunately Bill Gates is not a good person, "Our Microsoft has made a profit of more than $4 billion this year, are you Kang Maoda much worse than our Microsoft?" ”
You don't need to scold anyone, think about Microsoft's profit of $4 billion compared to the generation of the Palm Fun operating system, so will Kang Maoda's operating agent Palm Fun operating system be worse than Microsoft? All of a sudden, Bill Gates really stirred up the situation between Liu Si and Kangmaoda. Liu Si is also very impressed by this, but when he thinks about it, it should be impossible for Microsoft to make a profit of $4 billion, at most, when the Palm Fun operating system has not yet been promoted in the global market, perhaps Microsoft's annual sales are $4 billion.
Jamila didn't dare to imagine what the situation would be if he didn't get a renewal this time, in short, he had to mess with the situation, "Mr. Liu, President Bill, our Kangmaoda company has mastered part of the core code!" ”
"Hehe" looked at the back of Jamila slamming the door, and laughed at Jamila's unbearable in his heart, could it be that as the president of a software company, he didn't know that there was a word called bug?
"It's finally clear, President Bill, let's get straight to the point." Jamila's arrival may be a little unpleasant, but it does loosen the tug-of-war between Liu Si and Bill Gates.
"I also like to be straight, and when I was in college, my classmates, teachers, and sisters thought I was the most upright student at Harvard."
"Rely on" After listening to Jiang Zixuan's translation, Liu Dashao rolled his eyes, "Mr. Bill was able to come to Hong Kong in person, which shows that Zhangqu Computer Software Company is indeed attractive to Microsoft." ”
"That's right, Palmfun Computer Software and Microsoft are the best software companies in the world, and if the two sides can merge, then it must be the best choice." Bill Gates does not deny that he has to jump into Liu Si's trap, and if Microsoft can't even say anything about its interest in Palmfun Computer Software, he really doesn't need to come to Hong Kong.
"There is an old Chinese saying: cooperation is beneficial to both, and division is harmful to both. I agree with President Bill. ”
"So I wonder what Mr. Liu thinks about the merger of Microsoft and Zhangqu?" Bill Gates lost a little after all, after all, the two companies were more eager to merge with Microsoft.
"Microsoft buys PalmFun, and Microsoft pays 50% of the shares. I wonder what Mr. Bill Gates thinks? Liu Si said with a smile, his family knows his own affairs, and he knows that the price this time is indeed very high, but isn't making a deal just a bargain?
If Liu Dashao is reborn after 98 years, perhaps Liu Dashao will not even ask for 10% of the shares without the resolution of Bill Gates and Microsoft's board of directors, and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will not agree to it in the first place. However, in this life, due to Liu Si's birth, Microsoft's influence is not big enough, and in the previous life, Microsoft has not been under the top ten heavyweight stocks of the Dow since its debut in 1995, and now Microsoft only has a market value of more than 30 billion. In a previous life, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States would not have allowed Microsoft to be held by a gringo to even more than 10% of the shares, but in this world, Liu Sidare proposed a 50% stake demand.
The Exon-Florio clause is a clause enforced by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and it is also a clause that most foreign companies and U.S. companies deeply hate.
Bill Gates listened to Liu Si's words, he wanted to take off his shoes and throw them in his face, you are daydreaming, 50% of Microsoft's shares, and he himself is currently only more than 30%, "Impossible, Mr. Liu, I think you should show sincerity?" ”
"President Bill should know that Kangmaoda has become a large company with a market value of nearly $20 billion based on the Palm Fun operating system, not to mention that a Palm Fun operating system can exceed $3 billion in a year. The most important thing is that Microsoft wants to develop a Windows system comparable to the Palm Fun operating system, and Microsoft needs at least half a year; It will take at least a year and a half for Microsoft to develop a Windows system that surpasses the PalmFun operating system. So I don't think the 50% stake requirement is too much! "The lip service is very good, Liu Si is not panicked, it is really not good to abandon Microsoft again and cooperate with IBM, Apple, HP and other companies, they are all rich masters, billions of dollars in cash can be taken out in minutes.
"Mr. Liu, I came with sincerity, and it is impossible for the board of directors to approve 50% of the shares. President Jamila also said that the Palmfun operating system seems to be not only owned by Palmfun computer software companies, but they can still produce and sell Palmfun operating system. Bill Gates seized on the holes in the words left by Jamila.
"As a software worker, Mr. Bill should know that there is a word called bug." As he spoke, Liu Si took out an old USB flash drive with non-flash memory technology from his pocket, "The contents of this USB flash drive can paralyze all the palm fun operating systems produced by Kangmaoda." ”
"Really ruthless" Everyone present couldn't help but think of this phrase in their hearts, and Bill Gates was even more surprised, "Mr. Liu is really ......"
"I can budge, but I hope Mr. Bill will be able to negotiate with me once the final decision is made on Microsoft's board of directors." Liu Si stood up, sat for nearly 2 hours and had a somewhat numb body, and said, "Mr. Bill, I can give in, but please don't underestimate the value of the Palmfun operating system, in that case, maybe we will miss the opportunity to cooperate like last year." I like Microsoft very much, but no one will have to deal with money, and I think IBM, Apple, HP and other companies should be very interested in the Palm Fun operating system. ”
Microsoft's life is really getting harder and harder, and this year it has invested nearly $3 billion in research expenses, and the Windows system is still not fruitful. According to his classmate and friend Steve Ballmer, it will be at least 1998 after 1998 to launch a more perfect operating system than the Palm Fun operating system, which is more than Liu Si'e speculated.
"I'll remember."