Ballmer does not dare to agree to Feng Yu's conditions. But he knows there is nothing he can do here. He can only bid farewell to Feng Yu and fly back to the US. He will let the board of directors or Bill Gates make the final decision.
Microsoft's monthly board meeting was held, and all the directors except Feng Yu were present.
"Humph! Someone dares to disregard the company's rules and regulations. I think we had deducted too little shares from him last year. This year, we should not give him any shares!" Paul Allen saw Feng Yu's empty seat and said.
All the directors in Microsoft knew Paul and Feng Yu do not like each other, especially after Feng Yu became the world's second richest man after Bill Gates. If Paul had not sold his Microsoft shares and invested in other companies, his shares' market value would be more than 20 billion USD now. The gap between him and Feng Yu will not be so big.
But now, Paul will not be able to catch up with Feng Yu. All the directors pretended not to hear what Paul said. No one wants to get involved in the fight between these two tycoons.
"Alright, Paul. Let's start the meeting. There are a few main topics to discuss today. First, our Win98 operating system has received a good response and is selling well. But we need to fix some loopholes as soon as possible. We cannot let others think our operating system is unsafe … the last topic is Gbox's joint development. "
"What joint development? Microsoft will do it ourselves! "Paul shouted.
Cooperate with Feng Yu? What a joke. Why can Feng Yu work with Microsoft?
"Paul, I don't think it is a good idea for us to develop it ourselves. Firstly, we do not have experience in hardware development, and I don't think I need to tell you the reason. Secondly, Feng Yu has advanced technologies, and this is very important for our products … "
"Wait. We do not have experience in hardware development, but Feng Yu has it? Furthermore, we can acquire a company with experience, and we have sufficient cash. I think that Nintendo is a good choice. "Paul interrupted Ballmer.
This Ballmer had always sided with Feng Yu. Back then, he must have been blind to agree to Bill Gates giving him so many shares.
"Paul, don't forget that Feng Yu owns several electronics companies and Lenovo Group's shares. He is indeed stronger than us in this aspect. Furthermore, Nintendo has no way of acquiring them, but they can offer a sky-high price that no one can afford. "Ballmer explained.
"Paul, please listen to what Steve has to say," Bill Gates said with some displeasure.
Paul snorted coldly and lowered his head to drink a mouthful of water, only to find that there was a Qi Li drink on the table. Seeing this, he became even angrier. Even if there was no coffee, black tea would be fine. Even Coke would be fine. Why did they have to make this Qi Li?
If the programmers like to drink it, then let them drink it. Why did the board of directors prepare this?! I would rather die of thirst than drink this stuff!
Ballmer continued. "The current situation is that we cannot acquire a good console manufacturer. Sega had proven that they are no match for Sony and Nintendo. Sony's console will be using the free Linux operating system, and Nintendo had chosen to work with IBM. "
"We are facing two choices now. Just like what Paul said, we can set up a subsidiary or department to develop our own console, or we can choose to work with Feng Yu."
"But our weakness is obvious. We do not have any hardware development experience, and it will take a long time to catch up with Sony and Nintendo. If it is one or two years, it is fine. But if it is eight to ten years, we will lose a lot of money and effort. "
"It will be different if we choose to work with Feng. Feng has a gaming console company and is Hua Xia's biggest console manufacturer. His company is also famous in Southeast Asia. Also, Feng's company has experience in hardware development, and their consumer electronics products are selling well. I believe I do not need to list the figures. "
"Also, Feng had set up a gaming company and acquired two Korean companies. After that, he acquired a Hong Kong company, a Taiwanese company, a Japanese company, a Hua Xia company, and our North America's Blizzard. After the merger, it will be the world's biggest gaming company. We have more than 1,000 developers, and we have many mature development teams. Everyone should know how Sega's Saturn failed in the past, right? They had too few games, and consumers do not like them. At that time, Sega's technologies are about the same as Sony and Nintendo. "
"Feng can provide us with lots of game rights and can also take back some rights from Sony and Nintendo. Also, the games they develop in the future can only be read by our operating system. Most importantly, the DVD patents are in the hands of two groups. One is the DVD Forum, which is implementing the Wind and rain – Philips standard. This standard is also used by many consumer electronics manufacturers, and it has more than 70% of the market share. The other is the DVD Alliance, which is implementing the DVD + RAM standard. This standard only has slightly more than 20% of the market share. "
"We are going to develop gaming consoles, and we must use DVD technologies. CD technologies had been proven to be outdated and will soon be obsolete in the video game market. Sony is one of the founders of the DVD Alliance. Will they give us the rights? Even if they give us the rights, the prices will be high, and it will increase our production cost. As for the Wind and rain – Philips standard, all of you should know about it. Wind and rain is the standard introduced by Wind and Rain. We are also a member of the DVD Forum, but we are not involved in the development of this technology. That's why we cannot get any benefits. If we want to use this technology, we will also need to pay the patent fees. We will get rid of Feng Yu and do it ourselves. How much will the patent fees for this technology cost? "
"That's why our best option now is to cooperate with Feng Yu."
"Why can't we use VCD technologies?" Someone asked.
"Most of the VCD technologies and patents belong to Feng. Yes, more than 95% of them. Also, if we want to exceed Sony and Nintendo in terms of products, we cannot use technologies that are outdated. "Ballmer explained.
"Since you said so, then we can only cooperate with Feng. I agree." One of the directors said.
Another director was more cautious. "Steve, what are the conditions for Feng to cooperate with us?"
Ballmer looked at Bill Gates and said to the rest of the directors. "Feng's condition is he wants the absolute controlling stake of the company!"
Paul almost jumped up and shouted, "That's impossible!"
Delusional. This is delusional. This Feng Yu is too arrogant. He wants to cooperate with Microsoft and still wants the controlling stake? Who does he think he is?!
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