Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3028 Representative of the Old Times

Zhou Buqi is an Internet entrepreneur, so he has lived in the Bay Area for a long time in Silicon Valley.

The family is there too.

When I came to Los Angeles, it became a lot quieter.

At least the number of beautiful women in the house has been greatly reduced. Except for the young secretaries Sun Wanran, Yan Qiqi, Zhao Limuge, Zhang Zetian, and two newcomers Wang Langli and Huo Hua who have just entered the industry and have not seen the world, there are only four beautiful maids who are usually responsible for looking after the house.

Without the supervision of Aunt Xue, Wen Zhixia, Shi Jinglin, Xue Baoshan and others at home, Zhou Buqi would become somewhat self-indulgent when outside.

On the first day he lived here, he called those beautiful Japanese maids and started making love with them on the sofa in the living room on the fourth floor. One of them even came, and it turned out to be a fish that Boss Zhou had never touched before.

This made Zhou Buqi feel lucky.

Ok!

Fortunately, I came to Los Angeles, otherwise I would not have known that there was a perfect maid hidden here. This is such a waste of money.

In fact, it’s not just Boss Zhou who is indulgent.

Ballmer's home is in Seattle.

Coming to Los Angeles to acquire the Clippers was definitely a pleasant surprise for him, which gave him a legitimate reason to spend the night outside.

Ballmer has a good relationship with Zhou Buqi.

Especially after he resigned from the position of CEO of Microsoft, without the disagreements and struggles in business, the personal relationship between the two sides has been further strengthened. Compared with Bill Gates, Zhou Buqi prefers to associate with Ballmer because he is simple and down-to-earth, and his enthusiasm for basketball can also be seen. He is a person full of passion in life.

Bill Gates is different. He is becoming more and more like a capitalist.

He even sold Microsoft stocks for many years, and after getting the money, he made a lot of money in the capital market. This is completely different from Ballmer, who never played such capital tricks. All his wealth came from Microsoft stocks. He rarely sold stocks, and his biggest hobbies in life were basketball... and beautiful women that everyone loved.

His confidante is a financial auditor, a divorced single mother in her thirties.

Although Ballmer did not explicitly state his relationship with this beautiful woman who was more than 20 years younger than him, he stayed at her home and even invited Zhou Buqi to be his guest in the evening... It can be seen that there was a deep trust between these friends regardless of age difference.

Zhou Buqi brought Zhang Zetian with him to visit and presented a modern Chinese painting as a gift.

Ballmer is bald and very casual at home, wearing a short-sleeved vest and big shorts. The out-of-shape man's figure is really ugly, which makes Zhou Buqi very vigilant and secretly warns himself.

Be sure to exercise regularly!

You need to keep your body shape stable, even when you are older, don't look like Ballmer... How can you still have a certain sexual appeal with a body like a pregnant woman? When a beautiful woman is with you, it can be said that there is no physical attraction at all.

He should learn from his other Hollywood friend George Clooney, who still has a tall and straight figure even at his old age. He is truly a sexy uncle who drives thousands of girls crazy.

When visiting Ballmer's home, Zhou Buqi reiterated his request, "You must stop Bill Gates!"

Ballmer laughed and said, "I have already contacted him and told him that I am against the acquisition of LinkedIn. However, I am not sure what he is thinking. You can communicate with him directly, why do you have to go through me?" Zhou Buqi said, "I will contact him, but it is better for you to lay the groundwork first."

Ballmer said: "I opposed the acquisition of LinkedIn in the previous board meeting. It was the new CEO Satya Nadella who was very ambitious and had his eyes on LinkedIn. Bill Gates may not support the proposal to acquire LinkedIn, but Nadella. If you really want to stop this deal, the most effective way is to let Nadella give up voluntarily, which may be more effective than persuading Bill Gates."

"Ok!"

Zhou Buqi thought what he said made sense.

Ballmer hesitated, then sighed, "It's okay, I can do you another favor."

Zhou Buqi asked: "How can I help?"

"When I was at Microsoft..." Ballmer sighed with some disappointment. "When I was at Microsoft, many people saw me as a symbol of the old times. After I stepped down, Nadella strongly integrated the power of Microsoft and had great support from the board of directors. Many people believed that my presence might be a huge obstacle for him to quickly lead Microsoft into a new era."

"what?"

Zhou Buqi was surprised.

Ballmer is the most crucial person in the development of Microsoft, and his role is no less important than that of Bill Gates!

Ballmer resigned as Microsoft's CEO a few months ago, but he remains an executive director of Microsoft and has a significant say in the board of directors.

From the sound of his voice, it seems that he is going to be removed from his position as director.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Isn't Bill Gates a representative of the old era of Microsoft?"

Ballmer said: "Yes, so he has withdrawn. The reason why he still exists is because Nadella invited him to be a technical advisor, hoping to give him more support in the early days of taking office. In the long run, Gates and I will become a thing of the past of Microsoft."

Zhou Buqi didn't feel sad at all. He could sense something in his words. "You mean... you are willing to accept everyone's opinions and take the initiative to step down from Microsoft's board of directors?"

Ballmer nodded and said, "I will focus more on the management of the team in the future. As a condition for resigning as executive director, I will ask the board of directors to give up the plan to acquire LinkedIn."

Zhou Buqi knew that this was actually a favor.

Even without the LinkedIn incident, Ballmer must have been determined to retire from Microsoft.

Being recognized as a "stubborn conservative" is not a good feeling. It is better to leave Microsoft completely and put more enthusiasm into the Los Angeles Clippers. Since this is an opportunity to retire, why not do Boss Zhou a favor.

But even if it was a favor, Zhou Buqi had to show his gratitude with actions, so he smiled and said, "Next week, Avengers 2 will be released worldwide. I definitely won't be able to go to the premiere because that's the stage when Ziweixing International is listed. But when Avengers 2 becomes a global hit and there's a celebration party, why don't you come along? You can meet some great Hollywood actors and...actresses. By the way, do you have any favorite actors?"

"Ha!" Ballmer carefully glanced in the direction of his confidante, then whispered, "When I was young, I was obsessed with Jodie Foster."

Zhou Buqi immediately stated, "No problem! When the time comes, I will invite her no matter what!"

(End of this chapter)