Microsoft is rich, and with the advantage of monopolizing the entire computer operating system, they have a steady stream of cash flow, and every computer manufacturer has to pay Microsoft for software.

And because it's been the case for the past two decades, Microsoft knows better than any other company how terrible it is to have a monopoly in the operating system space, which means that your business has a chance to get back on its feet, no matter how many bad choices you make.

For Microsoft, if they gain a monopoly advantage in the smartphone operating system, then they will get more cash flow and more wasted capital.

Microsoft's Windows mobile phone operating system was also operated in this way, and mobile phone manufacturers needed to pay a license fee of $50 per device, while Android at that time implemented a free policy.

Now because Mphone and MOS are menacing, Microsoft naturally can't operate like this, when Microsoft talks with small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers, the cost is only 15 US dollars, and for large manufacturers, this price can be talked about further, or even free.

Capital knows very well when profit is important and when scale is important.

Therefore, even if the third-line combat funds are very tight, Microsoft can still grit its teeth and take out a large amount of cash and shares to complete the acquisition, which is the confidence that cash flow brings to Microsoft.

"Selling Weibo to Microsoft is a strategic retreat for Newman, who can't resist pressure from Washington, and both Kerry and Bush want Weibo to play a bigger role in the voting at the end of this year.

Newman doesn't want to take sides between the two, and he doesn't dare to take sides between the two, but Microsoft is different.

Ballmer, what is Microsoft's attitude towards the relationship between the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party? Paulson asked.

To be honest, Paulson himself is a loyal supporter of the Elephant Party, with extremely long roots, he was an assistant to the White House staff during Nixon's tenure in the White House, and was later invited by Bush to become Secretary of the Treasury, which is inseparable from his relationship with the fact that he is a supporter of the Elephant Party.

Paulson, of course, is the establishment of the Elephant Party.

Goldman Sachs has executives who support the Elephant Party, but there are even more supporters of the Donkey Party.

Paulson asked Ballmer from the Elephant Party's standpoint, and he had a close personal relationship with Bush, and before agreeing to take over as Treasury Secretary, Bush twice privately asked Paulson if he wanted to come to Washington to work, and the position he was offered was Treasury Secretary.

Ballmer, who had been in the Americon hierarchy for many years, knew who Paulson was: "Microsoft's position is that there is no position, and we will accept all legitimate and legal advertising and promotion behaviors. ”

Giants like Microsoft don't want to get involved in this kind of thing, and although it won't be good for them, it's very possible to be caught up in partisan disputes and skinned.

What if you win? There will always be times when you lose a bet.

Paulson was satisfied enough with Ballmer's answer, and it was enough for Internet companies to be neutral, as the party's base was not for these Internet companies in the first place.

Microsoft's successful acquisition of Weibo has caused a huge stimulus to other Internet companies, especially Baidu, which has been the most active bidder this time, and Baidu has poached a group of people from Tencent who are in charge of Weibo products.

They upheld the idea that since I couldn't buy Weibo, I would dig people up and rebuild an app similar to Weibo.

Baidu felt that this was not enough, and even announced that it would also enter the mobile phone operating system market, announcing that it would only make operating systems and not smartphones, which is similar to Huawei to build cars.

"Pony, in fact, you can also consider returning to China, I am just a suggestion, not a request, whether you want to go back to Silicon Valley or Pengcheng is your choice.

I went back to China because I took into account some external risks, so I want to stay in a safe and secure place, whether you have similar concerns, this needs to be judged by yourself. ”

After getting his doctorate, Zhou Xin returned to China.

He thought about where he would be next after leaving Silicon Valley, and he had thought about the Lion City, Xiangjiang and Neon before, and Neon ruled it out first, Neon was also unsafe, and you can't expect Neon to side with you instead of Ameriken.

Then there is the Lion City and Xiangjiang, the words of the Lion City are similar considerations, and the interests of the Lion City and Ameriken are no less tied than neon.

As for Xiangjiang, there is only the financial and service industries here, and there is no meaning in Xiangjiang, even if Zhou Xin is not engaged in the chip business, if he wants to make investment, the opportunities in Huaguo will far exceed that of Xiangjiang.

Therefore, Zhou Xin felt that it was better to simply return to China, take Shenhai as the next base, and the headquarters of Xinxin was also in Shenhai, and then move the headquarters of Xinxing Investment from Yanjing's Financial Street to Lujiazui, and his career map was alive in Shenhaiqi.

After returning to Shenhai, Zhou Xin felt a little fresh, because he lived in Shenhai 15 years later, and the current Shenhai is too different from 15 years later, and even the entire Zhangjiang is almost unrecognizable because of the arrival of Xinxin.

Pony Ma himself also returns to Huaguo once a month, so after Zhou Xin returned to Shenhai, Pony came to Shenhai to meet Zhou Xin before returning to Pengcheng, and he looked serious after listening: "I understand, I will arrange the follow-up things." ”

Microsoft's acquisition of Weibo is good for Microsoft, the stock price has continued to rise, and there is a momentum to return to the top in one fell swoop, Wall Street analysts and Silicon Valley media have a unanimous opinion, that is, Microsoft has earned:

"Some people think that Microsoft's acquisition of Weibo is a loss, and the price offered by Microsoft is too high, and it seems to me that people who have similar ideas do not understand Weibo's position in the world, and the last time such a global Internet application appeared was back to Quora, and even earlier Yahoo.

Microsoft took it for less than $30 billion, which is a great deal, considering that Weibo has more than 50 million users worldwide, and this number is still growing rapidly. Even Facebook chat, which is only popular in China with less than 10 million users, can enjoy a valuation of more than 10 billion US dollars, and Weibo has a high price of more than 20 billion? ”

This is what a Wall Street analyst said when communicating with customers, and he replied to customers' doubts that he did not understand the idea that he was chasing up Microsoft and that Weibo was not worth so much money.

It's a success for Microsoft, it's a shame for Tencent, and selling such a potential app at such a low price makes Pony deeply feel what it means to be involuntarily in the rivers and lakes.

Including after hearing that Zhou Xin returned to China, he had similar feelings, thinking that Zhou Xin was taking precautions to some extent.

Zhou Xin turned to comfort: "But you don't have to worry too much, they are unlikely to do anything to you, Ameriken has not reached that level yet."

At most, they are investigating Tencent in the open, and then calling you to go to Washington for a hearing, but they don't have to worry about your personal safety. ”

Zhou Xin is worried that he is a smart phone-chip industry chain-mobile phone operating system, the key to the entire mobile Internet field career map, once he encounters an accident, other industries are likely to be retained, but the development of the chip industry chain will definitely be sluggish or even stagnant.

Hu Zhengming has a strong ability, whether it is enterprise management or technology research and development management, the core key of these two chip fields, his ability is not inferior to Zhang Zhongmou or Zhang Rujing, and even Hu Zhengming has his own advantages, that is, recruiting talents.

As a professor with more than 20 years of teaching experience, Hu Zhengming has a large network of contacts in academia and industry, and he knows very well who is most suitable at each stage.

But Hu Zhengming is also flawed, has no vision for the future, and risks being taken into the ditch, especially after the 20nm process is below.

Once Zhou Xin encounters an accident, the short-term risk is that the inheritance division will cause the company to be unable to operate normally, and then the system advantage will be lost after being carved up.

The long-term risk is the lack of strategic direction guidance.

Therefore, Zhou Xin has not yet reached 08 years to run back, as for why to remind Pony, because in the past three years, Tencent has been too successful in the field of enterprise software, whether it is enterprise instant messaging software or enterprise shared documents and enterprise office software, it has gained a large number of markets.

The data of these Americ companies are in the hands of Chinese companies, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents if they apply to investigate Tencent on security grounds at any time.

Pony smiled bitterly: "Mr. Xin, you are all back, everyone is a grasshopper on the same line, I must come back too, to be honest, I don't dare to guarantee that the people below have not done anything out of the ordinary."

Tencent has expanded too fast in recent years, and I have been running between Pengcheng and San Francisco all year round, and I often don't know Tencent's executives in a blink of an eye, let alone ordinary employees.

I'm sure that there are professionals sent from above among Tencent's employees, and I don't even dare to check what data they have taken and what actions they have done while working at Tencent.

Now everyone has a good relationship, of course, there is nothing, but once the relationship between the two sides is not good, these are all evidence, and Tencent will also face a crisis. ”

Pony is telling the truth that the bigger the business, the less information you know about it as the upper echelons, and the less true it is. A company of Tencent's nature has long been recognized by China as having great strategic value, because Tencent can freely enter and exit companies in many countries around the world and help them provide enterprise services.

You should know that technical documents can be stored in shared cloud documents.

Pony continued: "In order to control the cost before, our development center was placed in China, although Tencent's enterprise products, both we and Americon have done tests to ensure that the software will not be transmitted unknown data, but there is no secret door here, physical contact can activate the secret door to obtain some data, I don't know or even dare to think about it."

So I'd better come back. ”

Zhou Xin didn't expect this, these Pony had not told him before, he could vaguely feel the geopolitical risks hidden in the enterprise software, but not as specific as Pony understood, with his understanding of this kind of thing is indeed possible.

So he immediately decided: "Pony, in this way, we will split the enterprise software from other software, and we need to split Tencent into several pieces."

Having just sold Weibo to Microsoft, we have good reasons to split Tencent. ”

Pony nodded: "I think so too, I was going to communicate with you this time, how to split Tencent, since I mentioned it, then let me tell me my thoughts."

I think it's not just about splitting enterprise software and mass software, but also about separating domestic and foreign software.

It was split into four parts, and then listed on the NASDAQ and Hong Kong stocks respectively. ”

Pony's idea is the way to do bytes, Douyin in China, Tik Tok abroad, of course, this is just a way to cover your ears and steal the bell, I want to get you Even if you are registered overseas, the capital is overseas capital, as long as the data is in China, you are still a Chinese enterprise.

Zhou Xin said: "I agree, go for it, you have already thought comprehensively." ”

Zhou Xin's return to China did not make a big splash, but those who should know know that Shenhai was extremely happy to hear that Zhou Xin was returning to China permanently and would stay in Shenhai in the future, which was the best target for Shenhai to attract investment.

"It's a good thing for Zhou Xin to return to China, don't say anything that only rich people have immigrated abroad, and now there are also people who go out to study for a doctorate and come back?

Although Zhou Xin is young and vigorous, and many things are done according to his own preferences, his essence is still patriotic, which is a good thing, and we must promote such a positive example.

In addition, Zhou Xin alone can invest 100 billion US dollars, and Zhou Xin is in Shenhai, which means that there will be a steady stream of investment projects that will be directly or indirectly excavated by Zhou Xin. ”

"I understand that I must let the people below improve their service awareness and service attitude, and don't make any mess. In addition, in terms of attracting investment, we will study some policies to continue to give full play to Shenhai's core driving position in the national economy.

Make good use of the advantages of Zhou Xin's return to China this time, so that Zhangjiang will become a high-tech industrial park comparable to Silicon Valley. ”

Huaguo has high hopes for Zhou Xin's return to China and has given a very high evaluation, and the previous Hanxin incident can be completely overturned.

"In addition, Xinxin has done well in the semiconductor field in recent years, and I heard many comrades from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission say that the cooperation model between Xinxin and Huahong is good, and this model of state-owned enterprises contributing capital, and private enterprises or foreign enterprises are responsible for specific management and operation has played a good role in the semiconductor field.

Are you exploring around this area?

What I mean by exploration is that only Xinxin can do a good job in this model, or can it be replaced by private enterprises and foreign companies other than Xinxin to do this well and beautifully? ”

"According to a report within Shenhai Science and Technology Investment last year, state-owned enterprises like Huahong are responsible for money, equipment, and personnel, and private enterprises are responsible for management, finding sales outlets, and introducing technology cooperation mode.

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