"Lenovo Kingsoft's Office software is available in many languages, and it is almost the same as ours. Also, the prices in different regions are about half of our prices. What do you all think we should do? "Bill Gates asked.
"Feng is one of the shareholders of Lenovo Kingsoft, right? We should speak to Feng to stop this vicious competition. Let's work together to increase the market share and divide the market. This is the best way to get the most benefits. "A director said.
Paul Allen waved his hand. "If it is so easy, why is there a need for a meeting? Feng had arrived two days ago, but he did not agree to cooperate with us. In the end, he started to compete with us yesterday, and we are not prepared. "
When he said this, Paul Allen also felt a little embarrassed. Before Feng Yu left two days ago, he had warned them that he will compete with them for the market share. But the directors thought it is only the Hua Xia market.
Although the Hua Xia market is big, the profits are the lowest. That's why the directors did not take this seriously. In the end, they could have made some preparations in time, but they had neglected it.
That director opened his mouth but did not say a word. That's right. Feng was kicked out of Microsoft, and now, he is the World's Richest Man. It's normal for him to be arrogant.
Furthermore, Feng was so young, and being young meant that he would not compromise easily and would be impulsive easily. For the sake of his reputation, it's normal for him to burn money to compete.
To Paul Allen, all young people are like this, including the World's Richest Man.
Ballmer frowned and asked. "Since Feng wants to compete with us, then let's compete. Do you think we are afraid of Lenovo Kingsoft with our funds?"
"Steve, do you know what you are talking about? Money. This is money. If we lower our selling prices by half, how much will our profits decrease? Moreover, once we do that, it means that our stock price will fall, and investors will not trust us! "Paul Allen angrily rebuked.
"Is that so? Mr. Allen, do you have any good ideas? Or can you persuade Lenovo Kingsoft to increase our selling prices? Or can you let us sell our products at twice the selling prices when the quality is not as good as them? I need to remind you that you are in charge of our office software development department! "
"What do you mean? Are you saying that my R&D department is dragging you down? When I took over, WPS had already surpassed us in some functions! "
Paul Allen was furious. Ballmer was scolding him for no reason. Does he think he is powerful just because he is the President and CEO of Microsoft? I shouldn't have given him shares and let him enter the board of directors!
"Since WPS had already surpassed us when you took over, why hasn't the gap narrowed after you took over for such a long time? I don't know what I'm talking about, but you don't, do you? Is this the time to pay attention to the price in front of us? What we should focus on now is how to retain users and ensure our market share. "
"Our office software is now the most used in the world. All the other office software is compared with our office software to make an evaluation. The advantage of this is that we have become the industry standard. The other software companies have to listen to us. "
"What about now? There's a product that's better than us in several functions, and none of them are weaker than us. What does this mean? This means that the industry standards have been upgraded, and we are not the ones who set the standards! This is the result of you leading the office software development department. This is what you have been doing for the past few years! "
"You have your own company, but you want more authority in Microsoft. Are you really responsible for your company? You had spent most of your energy on your own company. Now that Microsoft is in such a situation, you will have to bear the responsibility! "
Ballmer's words shocked the rest of the directors. This was clearly tearing apart all pretense of cordiality and asking Paul Allen to give up his power.
Ballmer was already the President and CEO. What else does he want? That's right. Ballmer is the head of the administrative department, but he can't command Paul Allen's department. Furthermore, both of them had grudges against each other. It's not surprising for this to happen.
But the directors were surprised that Bill Gates did not interrupt Ballmer this time. Could it be that Ballmer had gotten Bill Gates' approval for what he said?
Paul Allen also noticed the problem. This time, no one was supporting him, and everyone was looking at him with anger and criticism. Even Bill Gates was looking at him.
However, Paul Allen absolutely did not want to hand over his power. The simplest way now was to change the topic, or to divert attention from others.
"Alright, then what should we do according to what you said? Cut the price by half, and we can snatch back the market share? If you cut the price, the other party will also do the same. Look at the prices in Hua Xia market, and you will know how low Lenovo Kingsoft's cost is. "
"No. At least in the English market, we have an advantage. Although the cost of Hua Xia's engineers is lower, their native language is Mandarin. Their other language versions are released with other companies, and this means they have to give up their profits to the other party. This will increase their cost. "
"We are different. We have our own branches in many countries and have hired many employees. Many of our versions are translated by ourselves, so our cost is lower. We might not be able to compete with Lenovo in the Hua Xia market, but we still have an advantage in other countries. "
Before Ballmer finished, a director suddenly said. "Who says we will definitely lose in the Hua Xia market?"
Everyone looked at this director. The situation was clear. Could there be another way out?
"If we stop protecting the pirated versions and do not need the activation codes, what do you think will happen?"
Everyone was shocked. This situation will cause pirated versions to overflow, and there will be no market for the original version. Wait a minute. Is he trying to use pirated versions to snatch the market? Just like what Lenovo did in the past?
But wasn't this a method that harmed others without benefiting oneself?
"We can stop updating this version. Three years later, we will introduce a new version. What we are doing now is to stop Lenovo Kingsoft from making profits and make them suffer losses. Their investment in developing this software is not a small amount. If they cannot sell it, it will be a huge blow to them. "
"As for Microsoft, losing 2 to 3 billion a year is nothing. As long as we still have the market share, we will have endless profits in the future!"
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