Chapter 697: Shareholding
And in this way, people's hearts will not change because of the change of time and space.
In Jester's original history, Romero had such a mind, such actions and choices, and of course this world would be no exception.
For example, the reason why Jester hates the fairy sword and Yao SB is because of this.
It's really Yao SB who is so disgusting, seeing him is like seeing a piece of Xiang, even Wan Chai people are disgusted with this piece of Xiang, and as a result, the domestic fairy grandchildren are still eating this piece of Xiang while praising it, it's really fragrant.
Jester has always been a freewheeling person, and since he hates this game and hates this person, then, if he has the opportunity, he will naturally use his power to influence Sega.
Bill. Gates met with Jester alone.
Now Bill. Gates is married, and at last year's wedding, Jester was in attendance. Gates has a good relationship with Bill Brown. Gates was originally an older game otaku, and even a tester of games at Mars Entertainment. Gates often took the opportunity to play many games in advance.
In the original history, the reason why Microsoft joined the game industry is that there are such and such considerations and layouts.
But in fact, the reason why Microsoft can insist on investing in this industry with a loss of two billion a year is that it is similar to Bill. Gates' own persistence is closely linked to stubbornness.
"DEVELOPING A GAME SPECIFICALLY FOR WINDOWS?"
Jester & Bill. Gates chatted over coffee, and characters like them didn't have much time to spare.
It's not ninety-five years now, so this new visual operating system naturally can't be called WINDOWS95, the previous version is WIN3.0, although the official name of this operating system has not yet been determined, but Microsoft's internal meeting above. There is still basically a unified idea, and probably WINDOWS93 will be the final name of this operating system.
AND, THIS TIME, BILL MET WITH JESTER TO GET HIM TO DEVELOP GAMES SPECIFICALLY FOR WINDOWS AS A SIDE INCIDENT.
He had more important things to talk to Jester.
It was Carmack and ID who did this back then, and the original, known as the first real FPS game "Thor's Hammer", was also born in this context.
You know, when Microsoft launched the WINDOWS95, it wasn't a one-time response.
It's not that it has been announced, as people think now, and countless people have gathered, but there has been a lot of resistance.
At that time, there was a new product launch event of Microsoft. It was to focus on the introduction of WINDOWS95, and as a result, the die-hard users of DOS watched Microsoft introduce their new system in the audience, and then chanted the name of DOS in unison, which happened many times and made Microsoft very embarrassed.
Bill. The reason why Gates met with Jester was because of the ownership of the current WINDOWS93, because this system cost a lot of development funds, which is a joint project between Microsoft and Jester. In the agreement signed at that time, it was also stipulated that the ownership of this visual operating system was also shared by the two people, and of course Microsoft occupied more.
But. Now, Microsoft's board of directors, after analyzing it, believes that the potential of WINDOWS93 is extremely terrifying, so they want to discuss it with Jester. Whether they can take back their ownership of the WINDOWS93, for which Microsoft has offered a very sincere price, this price also makes Jester feel that he realizes how strong Microsoft's determination is.
$1.2 billion!
To know. This is not the invincible Microsoft in the world after WIN95.
Today's Microsoft is far from being invincible and rich after WIN95.
And the $1.2 billion is already a very costly offer for Microsoft now, and more importantly, it shows their determination to WINDOWS93.
Let Jester realize that they did not hesitate to pay a price in order to do this, and in the face of such a price, Jester also groaned for a long time.
HE CERTAINLY WASN'T WILLING TO HAND OVER A PORTION OF WINDOWS FOR $1.2 BILLION.
Because he knows that in the future, this thing will get him a huge fortune in the hundreds of billions of dollars, but the problem is that Microsoft is very likely, if they don't agree, then they would rather give up DINDOWS93 and start the development of a new system again.
They will not put a ticking time bomb.
As its most important product, although Microsoft now knows that WINDOWS93 is likely to be successful, they can't and can't foresee how successful WINDOWS93 will be.
Jester thought twice about it and gave his opinion.
"I'm not going to accept an offer of $1.2 billion." Just when I heard Jester say this, Bill. Gates' face changed instantly.
However, Jester still continued: "However, I have a condition here, you can consider it, I use the part of the ownership of the WINDOWS93, and then add the price of 600 million US dollars to buy 15% of Microsoft's shares......" Jester said his own conditions in a flat, but unquestionable tone.
Although Bill. Gates's face is still not very good-looking, but it has eased a lot.
To be honest, internally, they also think that the price of $1.2 billion is a bit less, but Microsoft itself does not have much cash reserves, and it is already their greatest possibility to come up with a price of $1.2 billion.
IF JESTER DIDN'T KNOW THE POTENTIAL OF WINDOWS, HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE $1.2 BILLION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, COMPARED TO THE POTENTIAL OF WINDOWS, 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS, IS REALLY NOT WORTH MENTIONING, IN FACT, MICROSOFT IS ALSO READY IF JESTER DOES NOT AGREE, THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY START THE RESEARCH OF THE NEW SYSTEM, AND ABANDON THE PLAN OF WINDOWS THAT THEY CANNOT FULLY CONTROL.
"I can't agree to your request right away, it has to be discussed in the board...... "Bill. Gates was quick to give his answer.
He said that he still had a smile on his face, which had been a little ugly before.
"In the spirit of our friendship, I can tell you in advance that my opinion is agreed." (To be continued......)