Bill Gates had never expected Feng Yu to speak to him like this. Feng Yu's attitude was very firm.
Even when he is sitting next to the US President, Bill Gates had never lost his aura. But today, Bill Gates noticed his aura is much weaker than before.
Bill Gates is the World's Richest Man, and his assets are 1.5 times more than Feng Yu. The gap is widening. There are rumors that Feng Yu will overtake him after his company is listed. But Bill Gates does not think so.
After Win98 was launched, Microsoft's profits increased, and their share prices soared. At the end of this year, Microsoft's share prices will double again, and Bill Gates's assets will reach 90 billion USD.
Feng Yu's shares in Microsoft are only worth about 26 billion USD. How can he compete with Bill Gates? Even if Feng Yu had made good profits from his other investments, Feng Yu's assets will only reach 45 billion USD and not 50 billion USD. Bill Gates might be able to beat Feng Yu several times!
The gap between Bill Gates and Feng Yu is huge, and Feng Yu dares to stare at him?!
Bill Gates also felt that even if he kicked Feng Yu out of Microsoft's board, it will not affect Feng Yu's assets. After all, most of Feng Yu's investments are not related to software.
But now, Bill Gates has the urge to fire Feng Yu from Microsoft's board of directors! Feng Yu only has a small amount of voting rights, and he can nominate the directors. But he cannot decide who will be on the board!
Bill Gates will fall out with Feng Yu, and the video game console industry will be affected. More importantly, Microsoft's software sales in Hua Xia will be affected.
Bill Gates decided to test Feng Yu first. If Feng Yu is willing to raise the prices of Microsoft's software in China, then Bill Gates can ignore this matter.
A small hardware manufacturer that has nothing to do with Microsoft? Kirilenko does not believe those hardware manufacturers or PC manufacturers will fall out with Microsoft and hurt each other.
"Feng, I am thinking from Microsoft's point of view and also from your point of view. No matter how much you invest in other companies, Microsoft's returns will be the highest, and it will be more than the companies you invest in. You should know how good Microsoft's software sales are this year. Microsoft's share prices will double by the end of this year! At that time, the company's market value will exceed 600 billion USD. You should know how much you can make from your Microsoft shares, right? "
"Yeah, so what?" Feng Yu asked back.
Yes, so what?
Feng Yu owns Microsoft shares, and Bill Gates cannot ask Feng Yu to give up his shares. That's why when Microsoft makes money, Feng Yu will also make money. But Feng Yu's other businesses are making money, and Microsoft does not get a share of the profits.
It seems that Feng Yu can ignore Microsoft. Feng Yu could make a lot of money whether he was a director or not.
"Feng, if the hardware company you invested in is treated as Microsoft's scheme, then Microsoft will be blamed, and it will affect Microsoft's share prices! Your losses will also be significant. "
"I don't care." Feng Yu replied casually.
Even without Microsoft shares, Feng Yu is confident he can overtake Bill Gates and become the World's Richest Man within five to eight years. Microsoft's potential is limited. Maybe the dividends will be high in the future, but Microsoft's market value will start to fall after the year 2000. Within five years, it will fall by more than 40%!
Feng Yu's other investments will continue to grow, and some of them might even shoot up. Based on the returns, Microsoft's returns are not high. It might not even be one of the top companies.
This year is the last year of Microsoft's glory days, and Feng Yu had decided to sell off his Microsoft shares this year. He wants to sell off all his shares by early next year. He can keep his voting shares if he can continue to be Microsoft's director.
Bill Gates looks at Feng Yu in shock. What did he say? Feng Yu doesn't care!
How can he not care? Who doesn't care about an increase of more than 10 billion USD? Even Bill Gates, the World's Richest Man, cares about 10 billion USD.
This is 10 billion USD, not 100 USD!
"Feng, we have the same interests. I had already given in to you when we cooperated on the video game console. This time, it is not too much for me to ask you to give in. "Bill Gates said.
"Cooperation is cooperation. But that is because I am the controlling shareholder of this video game console project. Without Microsoft, I can also develop my own video game console. We have so many technologies is for this. Without me, Microsoft is destined to fail! Your so-called concession is just a normal business investment choice. "
"As for you asking me to give in, I had asked you earlier. Why should I give in? How much will I get if I give in to Microsoft and Microsoft will get the most benefits? This is my own company, and why should I give in to Microsoft? If you are willing to increase my voting shares to 10%, I might consider it. "Feng Yu said with a smile.
"That's impossible!" Bill Gates flatly refused.
If Bill Gates agreed to increase the voting shares to 10%, who will be the one paying for the shares? Paul Ballmer and the other minor shareholders will not be paying for the shares. That means Bill Gates will be the one paying for the shares.
But this way, Bill Gates's voting shares will not be more than 50%, and he will lose control of Microsoft.
Also, who knows if Feng Yu will ask for more next time since he had given in so much this time?
Paul might be right. This Feng Yu is an ambitious person!
Microsoft's biggest rival, IBM, is the only company that is strong in hardware and software. Is this Feng Yu trying to set up a second IBM?
Absolutely not!
"Feng, you are Microsoft's director. You must put Microsoft's interests first!"
"I am also Nvidia's controlling shareholder. Shouldn't I also put Nvidia's interests first?" Feng Yu retorted.
Director or even Chairman is only a position. The shareholders are the investors and the boss!
"Feng, if you are like this, then I think you are no longer suitable to be Microsoft's director." Bill Gates said.
It's finally here? Feng Yu knew Bill Gates will fall out with him. But he did not expect this to happen earlier than expected.
But so what?
It's only a director position. It's fine if he can't be a director. It's just that he cannot get the latest news from Microsoft. But Bill Gates is still a shareholder of Microsoft, and he can still attend Microsoft's shareholders meetings to understand Microsoft's situation. But it will be more troublesome. After all, shareholders meetings are not as frequent as the board of directors meetings.
"Bill, is this your decision? Fine. From now onwards, I am no longer Microsoft's director. I think this way, Microsoft will have no reason to interfere with my investment decisions. Bill, you will regret this decision in the future! "
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