Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 497 Microsoft's Second Largest Shareholder

"Too much bullying! Too much bullying!"

Outside the Swiss house, Gates punched the wall bitterly.

In terms of negotiation skills, Carter has the most important and basic ability to hurt in intimidating negotiations.Absolute damage ability!
It's like a college student going to rob a primary school student. Does it require skill?It's just a matter of one sentence, which elementary school student dare not follow?

Not to mention holding DOS in his hand, he still has enough body to exert the power of DOS, which makes Microsoft extremely uncomfortable!

"Let's think about what we should do now? We only have ten minutes"

Paul Allen looked at Gates who was smashing the wall in front of him, and sighed sadly.

The scene in front of him was probably the one he didn't want to see the most.
"Also, think on the bright side. Carter also said that the copyright of DOS will be sold to us, which shows that he still misses the past."

"He's thinking about his old love, so he's obviously taking advantage of the fire to rob him!"

"How many shares do we give?"

Automatically filtering Gates' complaints, Paul found his brain began to hurt again.
He remembered that he had proposed to Gates to withdraw from Microsoft some time ago. At that time, the share repurchase price given by Gates really did not treat himself as an outsider.
But any outsider who comes to sell shares and hears Gates' quotation will give this little paranoid a punch.

At that time, because Hodgkin's lymphoma was diagnosed, because the company was in a ball on DOS development issues.Paul considered quitting Microsoft, when he heard that Carter wanted to get shares
Paul's objection was not great.

Touching his increasingly swollen lymph nodes, Paul thought: After all, he has no energy to continue working for Microsoft. It’s okay to use his own shares to make a little contribution at the end.
just gates here
"My side can give up 2% of the equity, and your side can give up 3%, a total of 5%"

"Are you crazy?! Allen!!"

Before Paul finished speaking, he was interrupted by the furious Gates.

"Do you know how much 5% of Microsoft's equity is worth? Just one DOS, is it worth it?!"

"For ordinary people, it's not worth it! For people who don't realize the value of DOS, it's not worth it! But do you think Carter is someone who doesn't know the value of DOS?!"

Pressing Gates' waving arm, Paul looked seriously into the other's eyes:
"He understands! He understands too much! He even understands its commercial value better than Patterson himself! Bill, your current opponent, no, we are not opponents either. That is, the person you are facing now is not what we used to be Those programmers who know nothing about business and have no sensitivity at all!"

"Carter's family runs a bank, just like your grandpa. You can take your current situation home and talk about it, and ask your grandpa. If your grandpa holds the lifeblood of a company now, how much would he ask for? Shares?"

"Let me tell you this, Bill! 5%, it's just the beginning, it's just the price we quoted, understand? My psychological bottom line is, 20% as long as it doesn't exceed 20% of the shares, we have to give it, we have to give it! "

Gates was silent.
Indeed, what I am facing is not a programmer like a business idiot.For Patterson, he can buy DOS for tens of thousands of dollars, but here is Carter.
It's not that Gates doesn't understand, it's just that
In his mind, the brothers started a business together.Some things belong to everyone to pay together. It is nothing more than Carter doing something first, and then he himself
This is a brother company!But now, Paul slapped Gates in the face:
What brother company?Brothers are brothers, business is business!
To be an enterprise, you have to play with the rules of the enterprise!At least, on Carter's side, they are playing with you according to the operating rules of the enterprise!
Don't dream of taking back the DOS copyright for tens of thousands of dollars!

"If it's 20% of the shares, then he is the second largest shareholder of Microsoft. Paul, you have to pay 8%, then you only have 28% left."

"It's okay, brother! You know, my current physical condition is getting worse day by day, who knows if I can survive it."

Seeing Gates suddenly wake up, Paul didn't know whether to be happy for him or feel sorry for him leaving Green.He could only reach out and pat the small shoulder beside him:

"If I can't make it through, what's the point of having more shares? If I survive the operating table, then, whether it's you or Carter, even if I don't have any shares, you won't look at me Living on the street? Besides, I, Alan, am not without strength, okay?!"

"You are a genius, and I am not weak! How many people are our opponents in the software field?"

"Then 20%, I will remember this time!"

Gates nodded solemnly, stretched out his right hand, and hooked Paul's shoulder:

"Don't be discouraged, be optimistic. We will have a good result, and we still have a long way to go! You said that when we are successful, you will buy the best yacht in the world , let’s go fishing for sharks in the Pacific Ocean together! You can’t break your promise, you can’t break your promise”

"Hahaha, I remember, I remember. Fishing sharks with an octopus, I remember."

"However, Bill. Don't resent Carter for this. It's just like what Steve said that day. To put it bluntly, sell the DOS rights to us, not to our competitors"

The calm Gates made Paul feel a little scared.Paul hoped that this incident caused by DOS would pass away, but what Gates said made Paul
Obviously, that's not an expression that goes past.
"It's true that there are reasons why he has already invested in us. But back then, when the banks didn't lend us money, and later when we had no money to hire people, there were other reasons."

"I don't want a gap between you, no matter what the future holds! Even if I quit Microsoft management, I want Microsoft to grow! It's like our child, and I want to see it thrive, not you. Do you understand that Microsoft is the platform, and they are pushing each other?"

"I know, I know. Can you stop talking like Tuogu? I said, you will live well, you are a big disaster! God dare not accept you! Damn, if it weren't for you The dropout must pull me to drop out of school, now he, Carter, has the place to pretend in front of us?!"

"Hahaha, who made you unsteady! It's none of my business, I'm Washington State University, Harvard with you, hahaha, dragging you into the water, I don't lose money!"

"I'm a piece of garbage from a public university, and I pulled you out of an Ivy League student, hahahaha. I'll brag about this for the rest of my life!"

The two who went out with a cold face came back laughing.

Seeing the contrast before and after, everyone, including Carter, was stunned.The days are like years, and everyone at Microsoft who has been anxious for a long time will not say how stunned they are.After hearing the two speak, Carter was dumbfounded
"Carter, we've discussed it! We took out 20% of Microsoft's shares to buy back the full copyright of DOS and its derivative rights. After signing the contract, you will be the second largest shareholder of Microsoft."

(End of this chapter)