Today is Feng Yu's first time visiting Microsoft's headquarters. It is located in Redmond, Washington. This is a small city. But because of Microsoft, this city became famous all over the world!
Feng Yu is not familiar with this place. This is his first time visiting this place in his two lifetimes.
Microsoft had divided this area very carefully. There are dozens of office buildings, and most of these buildings are 3 to 4 stories tall. The top floor of building 34 is where Bill Gates's office is.
Feng Yu had called Bill Gates before he came over. Bill Gates had been waiting for Feng Yu. In July, < Forbes > released the list of the world's billionaires. Bill Gates is the first person to be ranked on the list. His personal net worth is 12.9 billion USD, and he only owns slightly more than 40% of Microsoft's shares. But he owns 60% of the voting rights!
Many people think highly of his company and bought Microsoft shares. But only one of his good friends, another tycoon, Warren Buffet, had never bought his company's shares.
Buffet does not like technology shares. He admitted that Microsoft will be very profitable for the next 10 years, but he is not familiar with it and will not invest. There is another reason. Even if Buffet bought Microsoft shares, Bill Gates will not let him join the board of directors. He is also worried that Buffet will overthrow his control over the company. After all, this is not the first time Buffet had invested in the company.
But at this time, a mysterious tycoon bought Microsoft's shares. He used all sorts of methods to buy Microsoft's shares at high prices. This attracted Bill Gates' attention.
Bill Gates discovered that all these funds are from Hong Kong, and they are pouring in continuously. Last year, Bill Gates had met this Asian tycoon for a short while. At that time, Bill Gates was interested in this Asian tycoon, who is younger than him.
What made Bill Gates excited was that this Asian tycoon owns Hua Xia's biggest PC company's shares. This will help Microsoft enter the Hua Xia market.
At that time, Bill Gates and Bill Gates chatted for a while and did not make any decisions. But at the end of last year, this Chinese tycoon started to dump his Microsoft shares in a large scale, which shocked Feng Yu.
Feng Yu thought it was because he did not say anything, and the other party was unhappy with him. Or, the other party had found a better partner like Apple, IBM, etc. If Microsoft were to work with those companies and monopolize the Hua Xia market, they will lose a lot of profits in the future.
Microsoft had researched Hua Xia's development. Within five years, Hua Xia's PC penetration will increase by a lot. If all the PC users are using Microsoft's operating system and software, the profits will be huge. In the future, Hua Xia might even exceed the US and the whole of North America. After all, Hua Xia has a lot of users.
Bill Gates contacted Feng Yu at that time, and Feng Yu told him that he only needs some cash flow and will buy back Microsoft shares soon. Feng Yu still loves Microsoft.
Since March, Feng Yu started to buy Microsoft shares. He increased his stake from 13% to 15%.
But Feng Yu kept a low profile and did not do any promotions. Many media tried to find out who this third shareholder of Microsoft was. But they could not find him.
Today, this mysterious tycoon will be visiting Bill Gates.
Someone said that Bill Gates is a person who values freedom. He had always provided Microsoft's software engineers with the most freedom in the office.
Someone also said that Bill Gates is a greedy person. When Microsoft was founded, Paul Allen was more important. At first, Microsoft was going to be called Allen and Gates Company. But Paul Allen does not have money, and Bill Gates's family is wealthy. That's why Bill Gates owns 60% of the company's shares, and Paul Allen owns 40%.
Someone also said that Bill Gates is a hot-tempered person. He will always shout at his programmers. "This is the stupidest idea I have ever heard!"
Someone even said that Bill Gates is a narcissist. This is because Bill Gates had praised himself more than once in public, and he does not care about other people's opinions on his decisions!
But none of this could hide the fact that Bill Gates was a genius, a genius!
Feng Yu is very impressed with Bill Gates. Without Bill Gates, there will be no Microsoft, and the PC and internet will not develop so fast!
Feng Yu was surprised when he walked into Bill Gates's office. This office was much smaller than he expected. It was about the size of a senior executive's office. It was not what Feng Yu had imagined. A spacious office with one person occupying the entire floor.
Moreover, the layout of the office looked like that of an ordinary programmer. Seems like Bill Gates's position as Microsoft's Chief Software Engineer was not just for show. Even now, Bill Gates insisted on participating in the development and testing of Microsoft's software.
"Mr. Feng, nice to meet you again." Bill Gates extended his right hand to Feng Yu.
"Hi, Bill." Feng Yu smiled and shook hands with Bill Gates. At the same time, Bill Gates pulled Feng Yu over and gave him a hug.
"Feng, what do you think of Microsoft?" Bill Gates asked.
Feng Yu smiled. "Very good. It's doing better than I expected. If not, I will not increase my Microsoft shares. As it turns out, I'm not wrong. The share price has risen by quite a lot, hasn't it? "
"Hahaha … Feng, you had made a wise decision to increase your Microsoft shares." Bill Gates said proudly.
"Oh, I still have not congratulated you, Mr. World's Richest Man."
Bill Gates smiled. This was the first time he had become the World's Richest Man at the age of 40. This was something to be proud of.
But this young man in front of him is only in his early twenties. If his assets are announced, it will be shocking. After all, just his Microsoft shares are enough for him to be on the list. Compared to this young man, it seemed that his achievements weren't all that amazing.
"Feng, I am curious. Why are you not willing to be interviewed by reporters? Don't you know that the media's publicity is very beneficial to you? I think Steve will be happy if you agree to be interviewed. "
The Steve that Bill Gates was talking about is Steve Forbes. He is also Forbes Group's CEO and the Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine. Of course, he is also Bill Gates's friend.
Feng Yu laughed and shook his head. "I don't like to be under the spotlight."
"Oh, that's a pity. Maybe people from Hua Xia like to keep a low profile." Bill Gates shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, you mentioned that Microsoft had entered Hua Xia. Is it true?"
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