"Patents.... Haha..."Chen Weidong laughed strangely, he seemed to be holding back something, and after a while, he eased up, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Bill already knows the Achilles heel of our software, then, what is your solution?" ”

Chen Weidong's performance made Bill unsure of his attitude.

If Chen Weidong was angry, he could still steal joy and control the other party's emotions, but Chen Weidong smiled so strangely..... Unexpectedly, this made him elusive.

In the end, Bill gritted his teeth and said what he wanted to achieve the most: "Actually, you can sell this software to me, not just sell a finished product, but give us the source code Microsoft, so that we will definitely carry it forward!" ”

"Mr. Chen doesn't want to, let your excellent operating system be buried because no one uses it!"

"As for the price, it's easy to say, I can give you 100 million, a billion, or even billion, and I can pay it!"

As long as they have the source code, they can design more advanced software, always ahead of other companies, and Microsoft's business empire will be built!

After listening to his call, Chen Weidong held his stomach and laughed.

Bill showed a hint of gloom on his face, staring at Chen Weidong and glaring angrily.

Of course he knows this request, he is too greedy, people have worked hard and spent several years to get something, and he will sell it to you?

But Bill is also a man with a strong desire to control.

From the very beginning, he held Microsoft firmly in his hands, until the listing, and the shareholding structure was not dispersed, you can know.

In the same way, he doesn't care about money, what he cares about is whether Microsoft will move forward according to his ideas, and he wants Microsoft to have an operating system that dominates the world, not to share it with others!

But now, seeing Chen Weidong's posture, he knows that the other party will definitely not agree to this road.

Holding back his grief, he said the second solution he had come up with.

That's it – cooperation!

"Since Mr. Chen is reluctant to sell the source code of this system, I can understand this feeling!"

Bill took a deep breath, did not hide his regret in the slightest, and then beat his spirits, and continued:

"Then, it is better for the two of us to cooperate, we have the patent right to use the Windows operating system, as long as we join forces, you can not be accused of patent infringement, and we Microsoft, can continue to grow and develop, this is the most advantageous way."

"And we Microsoft are good at designing and developing software for the habits of European and American users, as long as you open source, we can develop software that is recognized by European and American users, and for a long time, the operating system market is firmly controlled in our hands!"

"At the end of the day, it's not like you want us to be open source." Chen Weidong sneered: "After cooperation, you have a legal basis, you can use and tamper with our programs at will, and then obtain the source code, and then kick us away after you master it, do you really think that I am a big fool?" ”

Bill's face flushed, and he resolutely defended: "How is this possible?!" You're insulting! We would never do that! How could we possibly steal your technology for ourselves? ”

"Hmph, will it be, I don't know, but I know that business behavior can't be trusted because of your so-called "I promise", otherwise, the world is too perfect! Chen Weidong said mercilessly.

Originally, he wanted to see if Bill was sincere, but he insisted on open source, which made him completely unnegotiable.

Chen Weidong didn't want to go around in circles with him anymore, and said directly: "Since you said patents, let's discuss patents, the graphical interface of the computer, did you come up with it first?" Or Apple? Wrong! It was first designed by Xerox! ”

"Even earlier, there were laboratories that had already come up with the concept!"

"Beyond that, the word "graphical interface" alone is not patentable, and you have to file a patent application for every graphical technology, or similar graphical interface. ”

"Look at our IN, all the design and interface display, nothing to do with your patents! We are independently developed! All patents, we have also passed the application! ”

Bill smiled, it seemed that the other party had been provoked, so it would be easy to do, he smiled lightly and said: "Mr. Chen, whether it is infringing or not, whether it is an infringement or not, it is up to the federal court to decide!" ”

"Hahaha!" Chen Weidong laughed, but there was no trace of a smile on his face.

"So, you're threatening me?"

“no no no！ Mr. Chen misunderstood, we at Microsoft will never use this way to talk to you, we are just talking about things. Bill spread his hands and smiled slyly.

"Huh." Chen Weidong leaned forward, beside him, and whispered: "I believe that some associations in the United States will make trouble for me in order to protect domestic software developers.

"But I want to remind you that doing this like you will not bring any benefits, it will be a lose-lose situation, if you lose the lawsuit, I will return to China at most, and you Microsoft will completely disappear from this market!"

Started threatening?

Bill couldn't help but laugh.

He can threaten Chen Weidong because any large company in the world wants to enter the European and American markets.

Well, that means they're the masters!

And Chen Weidong threatened him, but it was useless, because in Europe and the United States, no one would favor a Chinese company!

How rampant the island nation in the eighties!

In the end, it is not a scrap out of the American market.

If you really have this kind of ability, Chen Weidong would have opened the company to the United States a long time ago, so why bother beating around the bush and spending a lot of effort to attract him?

In this world, it's not that if you are technologically advanced, you will definitely win!

Chen Jie and Qiao Zhiyong both looked at Chen Weidong.

They had anticipated and discussed this situation, but they had not come up with a good solution.

Perhaps, working with Microsoft is the best way forward.

They have enough background in the United States, and Bill is a very strong person, and if they cooperate with him, both parties have the potential to grow rapidly.

But they are equally clear about the loss of source code that Chen Weidong fears.

In this way, all the weaknesses of the operating system of Infinity are exposed to Microsoft.

Once the other party turns against him, he becomes meat on the chopping board and is slaughtered by others.

Bill's blatant threats made their teeth itch in anger, and the initiative they originally occupied seemed to be disappearing little by little.

However.

That's when it happened.

Chen Jie suddenly sneered and said, "Mr. Bill, do you really think that we don't have the ability to fight back at all? ”

He really can't stand it, this foreigner is so crazy.

Bill made a gesture for him to speak up.

Chen Jie flicked open the lid of the metal lighter with his middle finger, lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath and said: "If, I mean if, we are kicked out of the United States, then I can be sure of one thing, our operating system is likely to be copied!" ”

"Copycats? What do you mean? Bill didn't understand what the word meant, and looked at him in amazement.

Qiao Zhiyong explained in a hurry.

Chen Weidong also understood instantly, smiled freely, and said gloomily: "That's right! Cottage! And most of the other party's technology is very clever, they can print our operating system software into a large number of CDs! ”

Bill's face changed drastically, and he already understood what Chen Jie meant by "copycat".

Chen Weidong didn't care about this, he continued, and the slightest chill revealed in his words made Bill feel a chill in this sultry weather!

"These CDs are likely to be brought to the United States by various means, from the coastline and the land border."

"You know, a lot of people in this world like to do good deeds, and they see the operating system of the United States, which is often hundreds or thousands of dollars a set, and many users have to save money, or even starve, to buy such an expensive software, it's really miserable!"

"So, it is very likely that those users will find a beautifully packaged IN from the mail box at their doorstep, by the way, most of them have detailed installation instructions!"

"There are also people who get up in the morning and are about to go out, and they will find a disc under the door!"

"If you're walking down the road, there's a chance you'll have hundreds of "in's stuffed into the garbage cans on the side of the road!"

"When you go to work, you may find that there are stacks of "in" on the doorknob of the office, and you can't open the door without removing it. ”

"When you go out to run errands, what may be thrown on the hot air balloon will not be colored crumbs, but hundreds or thousands of "in"! ”

"At that point, you can just bend down and pick up an "IN", excuse me, are you willing to spend a few hundred dollars to buy a set of Windows XP? ”