Chapter 217: Bill Gates
"Bill, this is Mr. Li Haoyu, the chairman of Huaxia Myth Group, whom I would like to introduce. Li, I don't think I need to introduce this person too much. ”
On the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle, USA, in the mansion of Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, Romanty introduced with a smile.
Li Haoyu looked at the long-famous man, who was 60 years old, with short hair, a pair of signature glasses, and a very comfortable smile when he smiled. Li Haoyu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Bill, I'm Li Haoyu, it's an honor to meet you." Li Haoyu's words are indeed from the bottom of his heart, he grew up listening to the legendary story of this man since he was a child, as long as he thought of the name of the richest man in the world, he immediately remembered this person, it can be said that in the minds of many people in China, he is synonymous with the richest man in the world.
Bill Gates is also looking at Li Haoyu, although he has retired in 2008 and stepped down as the chairman of Microsoft in 2014 as a technical consultant, but he has also been following the development of the IT industry in the world. Of course, the Mythical Group, which has been in the limelight in the past two years, is also within the scope of Bill Gates's attention, and he carefully studied the history of the development of the Mythical Group, and was very surprised by the rapid development of the Mythical Group. Although the Mythical Group is currently only specialized in one field of games, no one can say whether the Mythical Group will expand to other areas of the Internet after its development encounters a bottleneck.
"Lee, I've heard about you and your mythical group, it's amazing." Bill Gates shook hands with Li Haoyu and said with a smile.
Roman said: "Bill, this time it is Li who has something to come to you, what do you have to talk about." By the way, why didn't you see Melinda? "Melinda is Melinda Gates, Bill Gates' wife.
Bill Gates said: "Melinda went to the Foundation, and it is estimated that she will not be back until the afternoon today." The foundation Bill Gates is referring to is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which was established by Bill Gates and Melinda in 2000 as a non-profit organization to promote equality in global health and education.
"Li, I don't know what happened to you today?" Bill Gates's straightforward inquiry, people in Europe and the United States like this kind of straightforwardness, and they don't like the kind of clouds and fog in China.
Li Haoyu said a little in his mind, and then said: "Mr. Bill, I heard that Microsoft is interested in selling the Xbox business recently? ”
Bill Gates was slightly startled and said: "Li, you know, I am no longer the chairman of Microsoft, I am only Microsoft's technical consultant now, and I don't care about Microsoft's affairs anymore." I don't know if you want to sell Xbox, you can ask the current Microsoft CEO Mr. Satya Nadella, who is the most qualified to answer your question. ”
Romanty smiled and said: "Bill, you are too modest, I won't hide it from you, Li is one of our major shareholders of IBM, holding 15.3% of IBM's shares." Everyone is not an outsider, just say it directly, Xbox do you Microsoft sell it or not? ”
Bill Gates was taken aback, and looked at Li Haoyu again, knowing that the current market value of IBM has surpassed Microsoft, and he Bill Gates originally had about 8% of Microsoft's shares. Over the years, he has been reducing his stake in Microsoft, and now he only has about 6.5% of Microsoft's shares, but just such a small share, he is still the largest single shareholder of Microsoft, and the annual dividend is enough to make many rich people in the world jealous.
Li Haoyu owns 15.3 shares of IBM, and in terms of current market capitalization, he already has more than 50 billion US dollars, which is not much worse than the current Bill Gates. If this news comes out, maybe in a few years, the first richest man in the world will appear on the Forbes list.
Bill Gates groaned, and after a moment said, "Lee, I believe you are very sincere in buying the Xbox business, but Microsoft has not yet made up its mind whether to sell Xbox." As you may know, Xbox is an important part of our Microsoft living room layout, and although it costs a lot of money every year, we don't want to just give up. ”
Li Haoyu nodded, Microsoft's hesitation at this moment is reasonable, and if it is a brand that he has worked hard to operate for so many years, he will definitely hesitate for a long time if he wants to sell it. On the one hand, it is Microsoft's long-term layout, and on the other hand, it has not seen profits over the years, but it is a very good choice.
"Mr. Bill, please believe me, I am indeed very sincere in buying Xbox. And I also guarantee here that the Xbox brand will never disappear, and it will surpass Sony's PSP series consoles! Li Haoyu said sincerely.
Bill Gates was embarrassed and said: "Lee, now I can't make a decision alone, I will hold a board meeting to discuss this issue, and if there is any good news, I will inform you as soon as possible." ”
Bill Gates said so, and Li Haoyu also knew that this kind of major event could not be decided in a while, and said: "Then thank you Mr. Bill." ”
Seeing that they were talking about the same, Romanty smiled at the moment and said, "Bill, this is the first time Li has come to your mansion, you have to take him to visit." ”
Bill Gates smiled: "Okay, anyway, I don't have anything to do now, Lee, you can follow me to take a look." With that, he got up and walked outside.
Li Haoyu and Romanty also quickly stood up and followed Bill Gates. It is said that in order to build this smart home mansion, Bill Gates spent seven years, not counting the cost of land, nearly 100 million US dollars.
This is not comparable to Li Haoyu's villa in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, which won in Macau, although the villa is worth one billion Hong Kong dollars, but most of this price is the price of the land, in fact, it didn't cost too much to build a villa, at most only fifty or sixty million Hong Kong dollars.
Bill Gates's mansion covers an area of about 6,600 square meters, next to Lake Washington, and is a lakeside villa. In addition to 24 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 7 bedrooms, 1 library, 1 banquet hall, and an artificial lake with salmon farming.
"Lee, don't get rid of the brooch on your chest, or the system will think you're an intruder." Romanty whispered.
Li Haoyu looked down at the small brooch on his chest, he really didn't expect it to have such a great function, and it really deserved to be a prestigious intelligent mansion!
Bill Gates introduced as he walked: "Lee, the floor we are walking on now is not only for decoration, it is also a huge sensor: when someone walks into the room, the floor will adjust the brightness of the lights in the room, as well as the air temperature and humidity according to the intensity of sunlight. ”
As Bill Gates came to the living room of the mansion, seeing the background in the living room, Li Haoyu's eyes were so surprised that his eyes were about to pop out, where is this a living room, is it clearly an aquarium?
The aquarium is home to turtles, sharks, dolphins, and one of the world's largest fish, the whale shark. Whale sharks are not only rare, but they are also endangered, and this kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can afford.
"Li, this fish tank of mine is okay, right?" Bill Gates asked with a smile.
Li Haoyu swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then said with difficulty: "Mr. Bill, can you be sure that this is a fish tank?" ”
Bill Gates said with a smile: "Of course it's a fish tank, but my fish tank temperature control, water change, feeding and cleaning have all been intelligentized, which is a little different from the fish tank outside." It is not surprising that there was no show in his expression, as if he was merely stating a fact. Bill has been the richest man in the world for so many years, and now there are only a handful of people who are richer than him, and he doesn't need to show off anything anymore, only others envy him.
Roman said: "Bill, your fish tank costs thousands of dollars to change the water once, and only you, the richest man in the world, can afford it." ”
Bill Gates waved his hand and said: "Romanty, with the current development momentum of IBM, I think Li will be able to become the first place in Forbes' wealth in a few years, and the development of the Myth Group is also extremely rapid, and there will really be no place for us old people in a few years." ”
Li Haoyu hurriedly said: "Mr. Bill, you are too awarded." He originally thought that even if he was not as good as those nobles, he would not be too far behind, but after seeing Bill Gates's mansion, he realized that he was indeed rich now, but in front of an old rich man like Bill Gates, he was still a dirty turtle.
In Huaxia's Internet vocabulary, Li Haoyu is now just a "local tyrant", and he is far from a real aristocrat.
Standing in this living room, Li Haoyu felt as if he was in the depths of the ocean, a whale shark not far away was swimming slowly in the water, and a large turtle was looking for food at the bottom of the water, a harmonious scene.
Li Haoyu suddenly thought that he didn't have a villa in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, and this villa had not yet started construction, and he had definitely built that villa into an intelligent building like Bill Gates' mansion. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be moved, but now that he was still in Bill Gates's house, he put this idea aside for the time being.
Bill Gates gave a general introduction to the living room, and took Li Haoyu to other parts of the mansion to visit, seeing these endless high-tech and a lot of automatic robots, Li Haoyu was completely convinced.
The richest man in the world is the richest man in the world, and even the house is built so differently!