Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 496 I don't want money, I just want shares!
Tsinghua Microsoft
DOS Windows
Upstairs in the cafeteria at Yale University Berkeley College, in a small restaurant called "Swiss Room".Carter sat here, tapping his fingers on the table, conceiving and perfecting his ideas over and over again in his mind.

Originally, Carter planned to meet everyone at Microsoft in New York.The whole point of the tall place, showing off his muscles, shocked Gates, built up psychological pressure on him, and established a psychological hint that Gates was weaker than Carter.In order to obtain greater benefits in subsequent negotiations.

But after thinking about it, Carter gave up the idea.

Indeed, Microsoft may not have a huge cash flow at this time, but it can already be called healthy!In addition, Gates' family background is not bad, and he can't bring psychological pressure to the other party at all in casual places.

"Then why don't you go to the Swiss House? It's in the school, not to mention, and the invitation-only private dining room of our Yale, if the person is from Harvard, they must understand the meaning. Can enter here, not Just looking at the money."

"Harvard has the group of people you mentioned who are likely to achieve great success in the future, and we at Yale are not bad! People who are invited to enter here are usually people who are extremely optimistic about certain groups, let alone you directly Invite your own guests here"

"Well, the idea is very good, but will Berkeley College lend me the venue?"

"Hahaha, you can rest assured. Forget Carter's face. Forget it, try it yourself! Really, believe me, they will definitely borrow it! You don't even know how much you can do now!"

After the conversation with Rick two days ago, today's scene happened.
The wooden floor imported from Switzerland sounds awesome.But Carter looked at it, and it was actually old pine wood, and pine wood, a Georgia specialty, had long been commonplace for Carter.It was the colorful windows of the hut that made Carter pay more attention.

The stained glass designed by Irving Bernavitt is the same as that used in the Sterling Memorial Library at Berkeley College, which contains more than 400 million volumes.To put it mildly, this is called grade!It sounds ugly. Carter has reason to suspect that when the Swiss House was being built, it picked up leftovers from the Stirling Library.
No matter what, in a small private restaurant with a history of fifty years.That simple, elegant taste is still very pungent.It was pungent, and the Microsoft people who entered the Swiss house hesitated in their footsteps.

Rich and rich, at most they think they have a rich side, but expensive
"Long time no see! My friends, sit down! Treat it as your own home! You should be familiar with Yale. Oh, Mr. Gates."

"I've been to Yale!"

Glaring at Carter angrily, the young Bill Gates looked a little embarrassed.

What the hell, isn't it just dropping out of school? !Why, I can't make it through this time, can I? !
"Before I drop out of school!"

Pulling away a chair directly opposite Carter, Gates sat down unceremoniously.Paul and the others took advantage of the opportunity to sit on both sides of the long table
Close and distant, visible at a glance.
"Hahaha, that's good! I was worried just now that the restaurant I chose didn't meet your appetite~"

Carter raised his hand and patted the rattle beside him.After a while, the meals prepared in advance were delivered one by one by the part-time waiter
"Carter! You're a good kid! It's hard for others to come in for a meal here, but they can give you the whole package!!"

After the waiter finished serving the dishes, Steve Ballmer, who graduated from Harvard University, was so excited that he didn't even have any interest in tasting the dishes. He looked at Carter and shouted exaggeratedly.

The unique large physique of the Russians made Ballmer's movements seem a little perverse.This made Gates a little upset, and secretly muttered "upstart".
"Haha, he's always been great! To be honest, I'm not surprised that one day he invites us to the Plaza Restaurant for dinner."

"Plaza Hotel? Then where did you go~ If you want me to say, it should be on the deck of some yacht, blowing the sea breeze and basking in the sun"

"Hahaha, there are all of them. Not only me, but you will also be able to do it sooner or later!"

Hearing everyone's compliments, Carter smiled faintly.It doesn't make people feel put on airs, but compared with the previous kind of slapstick and joking, it seems a little distant.
This sense of distance was deliberately created by Carter.Just to establish a strong position in the upcoming business negotiations
As the dinner progressed, the relationship between the two parties became more and more harmonious.Except for Gates who was almost speechless throughout the whole process, the rest of them talked a lot about each other's work and life in recent days.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Carter turned the topic back to the copyright issue of DOS
"Paul, Bill! I believe you all know the purpose of my calling you this time, the copyright of DOS!"

After lighting a cigarette and taking a leisurely puff, Carter put the cigarette with wisps of smoke on the edge of the wooden ashtray at hand.
"We are not strangers anymore. Too much nonsense and temptations seem meaningless to me. I'll just say it, I will sell DOS to you, but I don't want money, I just want shares!"

After saying this, Carter turned his calm eyes to the good friends Gates and Allen.In the plain eyes, both Gates and Allen felt a sense of scrutiny.

To use the description of "Long Aotian", it is the so-called coercion of the superiors on the inferiors.Reasonably speaking, it is the momentum of the strong side crushing the weak side
Carter holds the key full copyright of DOS in his hand, and this thing is currently the core component of Microsoft's largest and most important business.Once Carter wants to use DOS to make articles, he doesn't even need to go to court to make a verdict, just go to court.
Considering legal risks and reputation risks, IBM will have a high probability of canceling its cooperation with Microsoft.At least, reduce cooperation on subsequent IBM XT, AT and other models.After all, IBM will also be worried. If you have not figured out the ownership and copyright of MS-DOS, we will increase cooperation and produce results, but the result cannot be used.
Isn't that a mess? !

This, of course, is a lose-lose situation for Carter.His investment in Microsoft will lose money, and he will also have to pay the time and economic costs of litigation.It wasn't good news for IBM either.
But everyone knows that if this is done, Carter and IBM may not be happy, and there will be losses.But they only have losses, and Microsoft has a high probability of collapsing because of this!

This is like a sword of Damocles hanging in the hearts of Gates and Allen.Facing Carter's direct question about shares, the two looked at each other for a moment.
This is not gossip at the dinner, if it was at the dinner, Carter said he wanted shares.Gates can definitely swear, and at worst, he would say that it was a joke at the dinner table, thinking that Carter was joking.

But Carter chose to say it after the meal, and in this serious negotiation atmosphere, asked for more shares.
This shows that it is not a joke!
Well, the question.It's kind of hard to answer now.
(End of this chapter)