Chapter 196: Robbery while the fire is on

"What, he's adding conditions again?" Gates received a call from the negotiating team in his office at MSN Mountain View, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. After listening to all the content, the next step was to throw the phone into the corner in anger and smash it to pieces.

"What's going on, Bill." Ballmer was surprised that he had never been so out of shape even when Microsoft was at risk of being broken up.

"When it was time to sign the contract, the kid took out another Java ownership document at the negotiation table, demanding that the terms of the $9.8 billion acquisition of Fox live must be resolved before it can be activated." Bill Gates said angrily, "MD, this is taking advantage of the fire!" ”

"And how much does he want?"

"How much? It's exactly the same as Sun's offer, $3 billion!! ”

Bill Gates's eyes are about to breathe fire, Microsoft is a fat sheep, everyone wants to slaughter it, and now a Chinese boy is riding it to the head and peeing. Yesterday's relaxation and happiness on the court were all foreshadowing for today's trouble, not to mention strangulation, and now I want to greet his whole family and ancestors.

But in a fit of rage, things still have to be done, grabbed the phone on the table and dialed it again, and yelled into the microphone

"Java problems, give you up to $1.6 billion. I won't add any more, if you don't agree, fuck me off! ”

"Don't be angry, dear Gates, it's not good for your health." Chen Bo replied with a smile on the other end of the phone, "This price is very sincere, you see that I helped you but a ten-year lawsuit, you must know that if it falls into the hands of Ellison, it will not be 1.6 billion that can be solved, I'm afraid he can peel off a layer of skin from you." ”

"So, I have to thank you, right?" Gates gritted his teeth.

"Thank you for that, we can also increase the depth of cooperation, I have a science and technology city in Dubai, you should have heard of it. The rent is halved, the water and electricity are free, how about it? ”

"......" You still have a face to sell, Bill Gates said hatefully, "Let's wait until you sign the agreement!" ”

Oops, it's not fun. Chen Bo heard a beeping voice on the other end of the phone, and the richest man had already rudely hung up the phone.

Microsoft has always been domineering, with its dominant position in the market, Java was just a honey oil when it first emerged, but then they modified the Java virtual machine in the Windows platform to make the Java language no longer compatible. It even came out with J++, and then evolved to J#, and then to C#.

It was all copied by TND all the way, and of course Sun would not sit still, and this lawsuit has been fought for ten years.

The best thing a lawyer in a large company can do is to drag it out, and then we can reach a settlement at a low price until you can't afford it, which is obviously the case with Sun Company at present, and it is about to face a spin-off, and no one cares about it.

It's like collecting money from a creditor, and if you don't want to come, I'll do it!"

Chen Bo then quietly reached an agreement with McNeely to buy Solaris for $1 billion, but Java was given to me for free first. Once the cost is involved, it has to be reviewed, which is too time-prolonging, and even provides a deposit of 500 million for this, so as to get the relevant ownership documents of Java in advance.

As soon as it was reversed, $1.6 billion was picked out. It is equivalent to not spending a penny in the acquisition of Sun, and making a lot of money, who is to reason with this?

If it weren't for Fox live being able to slaughter him here, this lawsuit would have to continue to drag on even if anyone took over, Microsoft's domineering urine sex won't make you feel better, anyway, there are too many people in Silicon Valley queuing up to sue him.

Despite this, Microsoft's cash flow is still the first in the world, and no company is more profitable than him.

Chen Bo then informed the members of the negotiation team that in addition to the price, the contract could be signed after finalizing the details, and Bill Gates should really be annoyed and angry if it drags on. The clay figure also has three points of earthiness, and he will jump off the wall if he is in a hurry.

The $1.6 billion settlement with Java, the $9.8 billion buyout of the fox live project and various patents, and the development team were also packaged in Mountain View, with a 30% salary increase. Microsoft's handiwork is not insignificant, and it does not have any impact on old users, but the default login account has become Hotmail.

After the transaction is officially completed, the shortcut button of Ant Search remains unchanged for half a year, but Ant Search needs to pay for traffic.

In addition, Microsoft has reached a global partnership with Ant to not only promote but also crack down on pirated system websites, and implement a closed strategy. However, in the next 3 years, the status quo in China will remain unchanged, otherwise the country can only eat soil if it cannot afford the genuine system, which is the national condition. Even if you lose some of the income with piracy, you still use Windows after all, as long as it is not a third-party system, Bill Gates is still acceptable.

Pigs are slaughtered after they are fattened.

After going through all of these one by one, the representatives of the two sides finally put pen to paper on the negotiation letter and signed the memorandum. It will then be sent to the federal antitrust review committee for review, and it will be months before the deal is officially completed, but Microsoft's $1.6 billion settlement fee will not be able to run away.

Chen Bo was no longer embarrassed to let him pay another deposit, he had already hacked so much, so forget it.

Subsequently, the official websites of the two parties officially announced the deal of the century, which is also the largest acquisition since the development of the Internet.

Microsoft's deep pockets shocked the world again, with a total of $11.4 billion, not only ending the lawsuit for many years, but also getting the little bully Fox Live in instant messaging. Although they will become MSN, the question of how to change is something that Gates needs to consider.

$1.99 billion for MySpace, $9.8 billion for fox live, and a debt from Sun. The two seemingly core businesses were all sold by Chen Bo at a high premium. This is the hand of God, it is simply a little stone into gold!

Chen Bo, who is only 24 years old, has suddenly become the focus of global attention, and it is indeed impossible not to attract attention.

Although his apparent stake has shrunk to 1%, in his 20s, who can make a frank deal of tens of billions of dollars in a gesture? Prince William, who is two years younger than him, is still in college, North Korea's Kim Sam has not yet debuted, and Saudi Arabia's youngest defense minister, his father, has not yet taken office, let alone himself.

Not to mention the post-80s, the only people under the age of 30 who can compare with him in business are Page and Brin. Other functions are found from the cultural and sports world, not long after the little emperor James joined the Cavaliers, Wade did not win the championship, and Ronaldo Messi is even younger.

The gossip team is also spectacular, and even rival female executives have been featured in the lace news, not to mention the daughters of Hollywood actresses and New York real estate tycoons.

Young and golden, and the fifth diamond king, his appearance is not very handsome, but he is also angular. In front of excellent men, appearance is always at the bottom. In this way, Chen Bo's popularity is like a rocket.

Although I couldn't get an interview, it didn't prevent many media reports. Even if you take a screenshot, you have to make up a portrait. It attracted well-known magazines such as "People" and "Time" to compete for coverage, and the photos of him holding up his index finger and asking racists to shut up during Wharton's speech last year were turned out and published on the cover of that month.

But he didn't have time to pay attention to those appointments at this time, but in Ellison's luxurious Japanese-style house, drinking tea and chatting.

"I want to be famous in my life, and I actually made you a wedding dress." Ellison sighed, a little dissatisfied. "You kid can play this trick well, hide it from the world!"

"Ahem, I'm here to make amends for you." Chen Bo handed over a good word and said, he was just talking business.

"Forget about making amends, but you're really happy to cut Microsoft, I heard that his face is green." Ellison then laughed and said, "It's a pleasure to see your sworn enemy deflated."

"I don't know if my face is green or not, but I must have cursed me behind my back."

"Happy, I won't be so hypocritical when you come, right?" Ellison wasn't stupid, just to say sorry? If you're really angry, you won't be able to enter this house.

"Of course, I'm here to give you a gift." Chen Bo said with a smile, took out a document and handed it to him, "We can't let you suffer, the cloud data business we developed still has to be done by Oracle, and this aspect is your specialty." ”

Ellison opened the agreement suspiciously, and the terms were quite generous, the two companies will cooperate in the development of "cloud" storage data services, obtain patents for both companies, and more widely adopt Oracle's data storage standards in future data centers, as well as comprehensive cooperation in other fields.

In this way, not only does it pull Oracle on new projects, but it also brings hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year. With the strength of Ant Search, it has also reached an offensive and defensive alliance in terms of brand business promotion, compared with the $1.6 billion he got through Java, but Erer.

"You're a great gift, I'm not wrong about you." Ellison closed the agreement and smiled, "I'll send it to you tomorrow when I sign it." ”

"No hurry, I'll go to South America in a few days, and there is still a data center to be built."

"The fox's tail is finally revealed." Ellison pointed at him and smiled, and in an instant, he felt like he was old. But the spirit of not admitting defeat in his bones told him, how could he let a young man who could be his son compare to him? Although he is 60 years old this year, his fighting spirit is burning again.

Inspired by this spirit, a few days later, Oracle officially announced that it had officially acquired Sun for $5.6 billion in a wholly owned acquisition by Ant Search.

With the help of these two key technologies, Ant Search has undoubtedly added a few chances of success not only in cloud services, but also in the layout of mobile Internet.

"Acquisitions can't be stopped." Chen Bo said to Hoffman, "I have to wronged you to go to the UK and take down ARM." I'm going to give you $3 billion. ”

β€œARM? Your hand is so long that you don't even let go of the upstream chip design. Hoffman said happily, Ant Search's great strides have made him, the president of North America, rise like a boat, and he is also a figure to be underestimated in the Silicon Valley circle.

"Since the layout of the mobile Internet, who will keep the most basic chips if they are not taken down?"

It's not a semiconductor manufacturer, it's a complete industry. A design company with high technical content and low risk is more in line with his development plan.