The boardroom was in front of him, and Robbie walked in with a black face, and he walked out half an hour later, so fast that Kevin didn't know what was going on, and he was uneasy.

"Count us lucky...... Robbie only said this sentence, his steps were a little staggering, heavy before entering, and floating when he came out, he couldn't forget the look in Bill Gates looking at him, that look actually made him feel ...... I want to cry.

"Are we alright? You mean, they won't hold us accountable? Kevin followed Robbie, and the two walked to the elevator room, where Robbie stood against the wall, gasping for air.

Back in the game department, Robbie told Kevin what was going on in the conference room.

Microsoft's success has not been smooth sailing, they have encountered too many setbacks, and they have solved countless problems, for Xbox's losses and poor management, in fact, Bill Gates is prepared, and the top management of the board of directors has not put too much pressure on him.

"When we made 10,000 Xbox products in November, Mr. Gates had his bottom line in mind, and selling 300,000 Xboxes a month was the minimum he could tolerate. Thankfully, we sold 430,000 units in the first month, although we may face a wave of returns, which should be around 25% according to industry practice, which is also acceptable, and we still have a follow-up. ”

"Hoo ......"

Kevin let out a sigh, his heart finally put down, the president has self-knowledge is the best, their marketing department is really powerless, not that they are not strong, but the Chinese are too cunning!

"The next move is to solve the current unfavorable situation. We need to do everything we can to get all the members of the Microsoft Game Battle Platform Alliance together and come up with a subsidy program. Encourage the porting of excellent PC games to the Xbox platform, and connect PC games and Xbox games to a limited extent. ”

Robbie finished talking about the plan. He remembered Bill Gates's eyes again, which were very strange, with perseverance, courage, indomitable, sacrificial, helpless, and seemed to have a hint of pleading, as if the future of Microsoft was handed over to Robbie. was solemnly entrusted and Bill Gates' support for him, and he was really moved to tears.

The gaming department is very important to Microsoft, and without Xbox, without Microsoft's game battle platform, although it will not completely destroy Microsoft, it can make Microsoft's vitality very bad, like cutting off an arm and a leg.

So Bill Gates convinced the board that they were willing to pay a high price to conquer the gaming industry.

If you don't have enough good games, throw money at them. There must be brave men under the heavy reward, Microsoft invested billions of dollars as subsidies, and are you afraid that no one will do it?

If you don't have time, you can't do it in one year. If two years fails, it will be five years, and Longteng only has ten years more game development time than Microsoft, and Microsoft is not afraid to fight a long-term battle.

There aren't enough users. Then find a way to attract users to bundle users and sign up for Hotmail. MSN instant messaging bundle, Windows operating system comes with built-in installation ...... However, this trick should be carefully considered. If the Windows operating system comes with its own game platform, it is possible to be subject to an antitrust investigation, because they are going through an antitrust investigation, and they are being sued by the European Union for MediaPlayer, which is bundled with the operating system.

Regardless, Microsoft won't give up lightly.

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February 1st, this day is the first day of the Chinese New Year, but also the statutory holiday period stipulated by the National Holiday Office, this day of overtime to pay three times the salary, Longteng Entertainment Game Company is no exception, every on-duty telephone waiter, online game server administrator, official website maintenance technician, all positions that can not leave the post are on duty, with the national statutory 3 times the salary, plus Longteng's own internal subsidy twice the salary, willing to work.

Except for one person, Yang Yun does not have any salary for overtime, and at the same time, he has no human rights in Longteng Company, no stable weekends, no attendance records, no five insurances and one housing fund, and he does not even have his share in bonuses and benefits.

The company group tour for the Spring Festival chose Pattaya, Thailand, with a total of more than 800 employees and their families, and group weddings are also indispensable.

The first is that the child is too young to travel long distances, and the second is that Yang Yun has to wait for an opportunity to meet Zhu Shuguang, and he can't leave at will.

Zhu Shuguang is already a senior official at the vice president level, and according to the analysis of the Associated Press and Taiwan News Service, he may become the highest official post after one or two terms.

Of course, these are all speculations, and he doesn't dare to say nonsense until it becomes true, even if the foreign media has an astonishing high accuracy rate of analysis in previous editions, no one in China dares to think so.

It was 8 o'clock in the evening on the fourth day of the first lunar month to meet Zhu Shuguang, and at his house, Mrs. Zhu, her daughter and son-in-law, and little grandson were there, which made Yang Yun feel very comfortable, and Zhu Shuguang did not treat him as an outsider.

After dinner, they entered the study, this time it became two people facing each other alone, Yang Yun skillfully boiled water, made tea, and waited for the old man to sit down, and the service was quite thoughtful.

"Yes, the tea made by billionaires is still so delicious!" Zhu Shuguang joked.

Yang Yun hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the main thing is that your tea is good, I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything!" ”

"But you are the driving force behind the scenes, without your command, without your own efforts, no matter how good the tea is, it can't taste like this, and changing someone is another feeling."

Yang Yun smiled: "You are serious!" ”

Getting back to the point, Zhu Shuguang said: "I saw the platform plan you did, and it's very good, China lacks an entrepreneur like you who has a big picture, big moves, big scenes, and boldness." ”

"But entrepreneurs with four major advantages are now also encountering problems, you won't die without help, right?" Yang Yun grinned and added water to Zhu Shuguang.

"Huh? Do you still have problems that you can't solve? ”

"Look at what you said, I am not invincible, this matter involves the anti-monopoly law commonly used in the world."

Then Yang Yun expressed his concerns, Microsoft was investigated by international organizations anti-monopoly since 1997, and has been collecting evidence in recent years, occasionally with a small range of complaints, basically a small country, or a small organization submits a lawsuit to the international court, targeting a small market and region, Microsoft generally pays a fine, tens of millions of euros thrown out, just buy a peace of mind.

Microsoft's anti-monopoly investigation is a case of great research value in both the economic and legal fields, and many experts, scholars and industry authorities in the Chinese academic community have publicly expressed different views, which is very controversial.

Dragon Entertainment Games has not received similar complaints, but since the moment Sony Games was abandoned, there have been a lot of rumors in the society, and it has not been until NewSonic is established that the voice of questioning Dragon is quieter.

NewSonic and KTT are both Yang Yun's own industries, which is known to the two or three core executives of the company, Zhu Shuguang is also aware, and he understands Yang Yun's approach.

"Are you worried about going down Microsoft's old path?"

"Yes! In a sense, Dragon is actually the Microsoft of the gaming industry. ”

The two were silent, Yang Yun said the truth, and when he occupies the vast majority of the game market, then he will be the next Microsoft, which will become a company that people love and hate, become the target of public criticism, and be held by other interest groups with a magnifying glass to find his mistakes.

"What kind of help would you like to seek?"

"I hope that the state can come forward to set up a joint venture to integrate some relatively small, but experienced and strong domestic game companies, and become a listed company in the game industry, preferably in the United States or Hong Kong."

"Against you?"

"Yes, to become Longteng's biggest competitor, as long as I can't monopolize the market, my safety factor will be higher."

"Aren't you afraid of raising tigers?"

"Don't be afraid, because the core thing is still in my hands, high-quality games are the biggest weapon to solve the fight, and I also hope to have an offshore company join, participate in the form of guò shares, and have a board seat, so that I will feel more at ease."

"The idea is good, the country blocks shells for you, and you silently earn money behind your back."

"Boss Zhu, I've also made contributions to the country for ten years, so why should I be rewarded now? If you don't have this, if you want the horse to run, you have to give the horse grass......"

Yang Yun grinded for a while, and finally explained all his ideas clearly, he drank a cup of tea to quench his thirst, handed over the plan in his hand, and put it in front of Zhu Shuguang.

This is his recent plan, which is to prevent Microsoft's rogue / rogue bundling tactics, they don't know how many software development companies have been squeezed to death, such as the operating system forcibly bundling the Office series, it didn't take long to squeeze the domestic Kingsoft WPS to survive, and for example, IE browser will snatch the Netscape browser market, there are many such incidents.

Monopoly generally refers to occupying more than 90% of the market share, and the technology is not open source, Apple's Safari kernel is open source, and Apple's machine qì has Android confrontation, although it is forcibly bundled with this service on its own machine, but this is a joint sale of hardware and services, which is essentially different from Microsoft's monopoly.

Whoever dares to do so will be subject to anti-monopoly investigation.

This is true for Microsoft, the same is true for the DC platform, and the Dragon Gaming Battle Platform is no exception.

Longteng is both a platform provider and a game supplier, and it is very easy to become a thorn in the side of people with a heart, and Yang Yun must find a solution! (To be continued......)