The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 346 Gates

Apple then grew rapidly under the leadership of Mr. Joe, becoming one of the most remarkable companies in the world.At this time, Bill Gates announced his resignation as the president of Microsoft Corporation, and promoted his former assistant Ballmer to the top position. First good.

Although Jobs led Apple to success one after another, after he finally passed away due to illness, Apple's business has experienced some twists and turns.Relatively speaking, under the agency of CEO Ballmer, Microsoft is still advancing steadily, but it is also affected by Apple, Google, etc., and its future development prospects are also not clear.

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Xu Guanwu moved Apple Computer Company out at this time, the purpose is to beat Bill Gates, don't think that only you can see the potential of VISICALC software, I can also see it, and now I have both software and corresponding hardware , The combination of two swords is much stronger than you.

Bill Gates was indeed a little discouraged after learning that Apple had obtained the distribution rights.To be honest, Microsoft is still no match for Apple at present. After all, they are now a computer company that produces hardware, and the BASIC language they sell is just an accessory.

Furthermore, Apple Computer Company accepted an investment last year, and now both R&D personnel and production scale have been greatly expanded.And Microsoft has just become independent from MITS company, which is the time when the muscles and bones are seriously injured.In any case, it is not as powerful as Apple Computer.

But Bill Gates was born competitive, never willing to admit defeat easily. "Mr. Xu, great software like VISICALC cannot be limited to run on Apple computers. I hope you can also authorize me to port this software to other computers."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling when he heard this, "I own half of the shares in Apple Computer, and now I can share half of the profits for every Apple computer sold. And the APPLE II personal computer equipped with VISICALC software will undoubtedly Becoming the first choice for the company's office computer, the market potential is extremely huge. Tell me, why do I have to authorize this software to you, and then let you transplant it to other computers, and then take up what I should have? What about market share?"

Bill Gates couldn't help being taken aback after hearing this. Although he had heard that Apple Computer had received a large investment, he didn't know where the funds came from.Hearing this news from Xu Guanwu now, Bill Gates was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he took it for granted.

"Of course Apple Computer was favored by this angel investment fund. No wonder the headquarters of their two companies are so close. Why didn't I notice it before? It was really a mistake." Bill Gates endured I couldn't help but blame myself for a while.

Apple Computer has accepted a huge investment, which is not a new thing in the IT world.But which company or individual invested in it is unknown to the public.It's only the 70s now, and the information is not as developed as in later generations, not to mention that it is considered a commercial secret, even if you want to inquire about it, you can't inquire about it.

Although Bill Gates is one of Apple Computer's partners, he also doesn't know much about the company's operations, so he has encountered this embarrassing thing now.After arguing for a long time, I was buying software from my potential competitors, no wonder they refused to sell it.

Bill Gates sat there in embarrassment. This result was really unexpected for him.But no amount of embarrassment is more painful than a missed opportunity to make money.When Bill Gates heard Paul say on the phone that he had come to meet him, he thought it would be 80.00% possible.As a result, I came here really excitedly, and went back disappointed.

"Wait, since they don't want to sell the ownership, and they don't want to authorize me, why did they ask me to come here?! Is it just to tease me in person, or is there some special meaning?" Bill Gates Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he secretly speculated in his heart.

He was sure that he had never met Paul or Xu Guanwu before, so he basically ruled out the possibility of playing tricks.Everyone is an adult and a serious businessman, who would be so boring to play with people?Besides, Microsoft is now Apple's business partner, so if you play tricks on him, the manager of Microsoft, isn't it afraid that Microsoft will cut off the cooperation and make the APPLE II a pile of scrap iron? !

"There must be some deep meaning behind this, what is the intention?!" Bill Gates frowned and thought carefully, and suddenly he thought of the last words Xu Guanwu said. "Is there any reason for him to give up the market share that he should have... The reason is naturally to authorize me, which can bring you greater benefits."

Bill Gates instantly understood the meaning of Xu Guanwu's words, but he hesitated again.How can I bring him more benefits? !Should he be given a bigger cut of software sales, or should he be involved with Microsoft as well? !

Bill Gates hesitated at this time. Giving him a larger share in software sales means that Microsoft's interests will be greatly damaged.Originally, in order to open up the market, Bill Gates adopted the principle of small profits but quick turnover, first occupying the entire market with low prices, and then after users became familiar with Microsoft's BASIC software, the rest was naturally how to increase the price How to raise the price.

And if the VISICALC software also uses this method, it is bound to be useless for Microsoft.After finally promoting the software, it turned out that Xu Guanwu made money for nothing.Microsoft has lost money and made a lot of money, winning face but losing face.And with the smooth promotion of VISICALC software, if Xu Guanwu will authorize it to take it back, and then let his own company do the distribution, then Microsoft will really want to cry without tears.

Bill Gates thought that was how MITS was organized at the beginning. First, with the help of MITS's Altair computer, the BASIC language was successfully promoted.Then go to court to take back the ownership.Then Microsoft can make money with the famous BASIC software.It is precisely because he has used this trick that Bill Gates is very worried that others will use the same trick.So this first idea obviously doesn't work.

And the second idea is to let Xu Guanwu become a shareholder of Microsoft.The idea sounded absurd at first, but the more Bill Gates thought about it, the more plausible the idea became.On the one hand, Xu Guanwu is obviously a rich man. Not to mention how much money he made from the movie "Jaws", but just because he is the owner of the Stanley Angel Investment Fund, he must be very rich.

Bill Gates usually reads financial magazines. He knows that although Stanley Investment Fund has only been established for a few years, it is very generous in its sales and the investment profits are also very rich. It has been reported by financial magazines many times.

And if such a wealthy boss becomes a shareholder of the company, then the company will have access to financing in the future.You don't have to deal with the bank, and you don't have to ask your parents for money.This is undoubtedly a very good thing for Bill Gates who pursues independence.

Secondly, Xu Guanwu is not a computer professional, so he is not familiar with computer designation, and naturally he is not good at software development, so he will not be recognized by the company's employees, and naturally he cannot take away his position as a manager.The power of the company he worked so hard to create cannot be left behind. This is the bottom line that Bill Gates insists on.

After Bill Gates finished thinking about it, he felt that this was a really good idea, but he had to go back and discuss with Paul Allen about how many shares he should pay.

"Mr. Xu, I think what Apple Computer can give you, we Microsoft can also do." Bill Gates suddenly smiled.

Xu Guanwu's heart moved, and he secretly called, "Here it is, this is it." Although he was ecstatic at the moment, he still pretended to be indifferent on the surface, "Oh?! What can Microsoft provide me?"

"Naturally, it's the shares of our Microsoft Corporation." Bill Gates smiled and said, "Our Microsoft Corporation now has the BASIC language, and cooperates with many computer manufacturers in the United States. The development potential is very large. In the future, every personal computer in the United States will , will install our BASIC language. Mr. Xu, do you know how big a business opportunity this is? So I dare say that we have more potential than Apple, because Apple’s computers cannot be popularized in every office, but we BASIC language can."

After hearing this, Xu Guanwu smiled. Unexpectedly, Bill Gates has already realized the importance of software, and he already has a future development idea for Microsoft in his mind.In the future, he will indeed monopolize the global desktop market through the WINDOWS operating system.And that naturally makes Microsoft a rule maker.

Just like Google launched the Android mobile phone operating system, when more than [-]% of the world's smartphones use the Android operating system, it is time for Google to harvest.In the future, no matter whether he stops free authorization and changes Android from free to charge; or builds Google ads into the software; authorizes software development for Android systems; or simply seeks mobile phone end users and increases Google's own traffic. Well, this huge market will undoubtedly bring him huge benefits.

Although Microsoft's BASIC language is only a small software now, if it is promoted throughout the United States.When everyone uses the BASIC language to write programs, it means that Microsoft has mastered the computer language development standards, which will undoubtedly greatly improve its status in the computer industry.Whether it is the subsequent launch of BASIC2.0, the BASIC interpreter, or even the publication of books explaining the BASIC language, this is an extremely profitable business.

When everyone starts to follow the standards you set, then you are the uncrowned king.Bill Gates is very clear about this, and Xu Guanwu is also very clear about it.

After hearing what Bill Gates said, Xu Guanwu was very excited.If you become a shareholder of Microsoft now, you will have countless money after it goes public in the future.This is an excellent investment.However, Bill Gates is not as pure as he looks on the surface.

This kid bit his employer back because of the BASIC software, and then pushed out his friends and business partners who grew up with him from the company, and even betrayed Jobs' trust and launched Microsoft's own Windows operating system... This kid is pure Those who belong to the white-eyed wolf must be very careful when cooperating with him, otherwise they will be sold by him and count the money for him.

But Xu Guanwu doesn't dislike Bill Gates, on the contrary he admires his style very much.Because frankly speaking, Xu Guanwu himself is actually this kind of person.When they invested $100 million in Stallone, everyone thought it was Stallone's luck.

In fact, the real situation is that Xu Guanwu had good luck and found such a gem like Stallone.Moreover, he bought out the copyright of Stallone's script at a very low price at that time, and he exclusively enjoyed all the proceeds.Stallone only lost a starring title and a pitiful salary.

In fact, Xu Guanwu still has this kind of character that he wants to monopolize when it is beneficial, but he is now developed, so his eating habits have restrained a lot.Just like now he can obviously buy Microsoft for 1000 million US dollars, just like buying CAA brokerage company back then, I believe Bill Gates will definitely sell it.But he still did not do so, but chose to negotiate with Bill Gates.

(End of this chapter)