Because of Bill Gates's huge halo, his undefeatable achievements since he started his business, and his amazing foresight.
Therefore, although Bill Gates' words were basically wise words to all the directors, no one doubted Bill Gates' judgment.
In fact, Bill Gates's judgment is not wrong. On the contrary, he has seen through the entire messaging software market. He is even more knowledgeable than Ma Yun, the creator of QQ.
At the very least, Ma Yun had not understood the principle of winner-take-all before 2015. Otherwise, he would not have repeatedly tried to challenge Tencent's dominance in the social software market.
Of course, it was precisely because Ma Yun did not realize this that there was the rise of DingTalk, which successfully dug a large piece of meat from Tencent's market.
"Mr. Chairman, we understand what you mean. QQ is our opponent, and we must defeat it and take over the entire messaging software market. Am I right?" A director asked.
"That's right!" Bill Gates nodded.
"Mr. Bill Gates, I'm not questioning your judgment. I just think that maybe we don't need to fight a bitter war. Any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. Can't we just buy QQ? " Another director suggested. At the same time, he remembered Microsoft's mistake with 51 search and added. "No matter how much it costs, as long as the price is within 1 billion USD, we can buy it. If this market is really as important as you said!"
"Ok!" In the face of the shocking offer of one billion USD, all the directors present only hummed in agreement. No one raised any objections.
Well, this is normal. The current Microsoft is like Apple a decade later. The company has tens of billions of USD in its bank account, and it is better to use it to acquire companies with potential.
If these directors were given a chance to go back in time, even if the price was as high as US $1 billion, they would definitely happily buy 51 Search.
"This is not a matter of money!" Bill Gates smiled bitterly after hearing the director's suggestion. "In fact, I had sent QQ an offer to negotiate an acquisition a month ago. But they gave me an answer within five minutes. They rejected me without hesitation, and there is no room for negotiation! "
"Hehe, Mr. Chairman, is your price too low? I think if you give him one billion USD, the other party will immediately appear in front of you and beg for our acquisition!" One of the directors laughed.
"No, I offered him 1.2 billion USD, but they still rejected it!!" Bill Gates' words made all the directors speechless, as if their throats were being choked.
1.2 billion USD, and they rejected it? What is wrong with them?
"Because they do not lack money. They are backed by the Daqian Group!" Bill Gates revealed the mystery.
"Daqian Group? This does not sound like a United States company! " All the directors were stunned when they heard this name. They had never heard of this name before.
"This is a Hua Xia company, and it is also the most successful company in Hua Xia. It is the only private company in Hua Xia that has entered the world's top 100!" Bill Gates could only helplessly explain the strength of the Daqian Group to his directors.
"Everyone, the big mobile phones in your hands, the MP3 players in your pockets, are now running everywhere on the streets. Even our headquarters has a full 10 Tesla parked downstairs. Our children … No, even the Qianji handheld that we hold in our hands every day, and the little golden mouse that can discharge electricity, all belong to the Daqian Group."
"Oh, according to the information I got a month ago, 40% of Amazon and 51 Search's shares are in the hands of the Daqian Group … but it is not in the Daqian Group. It is in the hands of the Daqian Group's Chairman, Mr. Jia Yapeng!"
"I even think that my title as the World's Richest Man is fake. The real World's Richest Man should be Mr. Jia Yapeng!" Bill Gates said with an envious expression.
After he noticed the QQ and 51 searches and began to investigate in detail, he became more and more jealous of Jia Yapeng's name.
"All in all, gentlemen, QQ is not alone. Behind him, there is a giant company that is not inferior to Microsoft. In their eyes, 1 billion USD is nothing. But QQ represents the possibility of the next 51 Search. They will not sell it! "Bill Gates said.
"Then what should we do?" One of the directors asked.
"Of course, defeat them!" Bill Gates smiled. "We'll use all our strength and resources to crush QQ before it grows up. Then, we'll devour the market and customers that originally belonged to QQ!"
"If we can take over QQ, there will not be a second competitor in the market. We will be the winner and take all. We will monopolize the instant messaging market, just like what we did with the browser. This way, we will be able to control all the users on the internet. In the future, the internet will belong to all of us here! "
Bill Gates's words made all the directors' hearts beat faster. They nodded, and some of them even said directly, "Mr. Chairman, what do you need us to do? Just tell us directly. We will support your decision with all our might!"
That was what Bill Gates wanted. A gentle smile like that of a scholar appeared on his face.
"If we want to defeat QQ, it is much easier than we thought. Although the instant messaging software is a door, it is at most a door to a house. But this house, the manor's key, is in our hands! "
"As long as we control this door and stop all the users who want to enter the manor through QQ, we will be able to do it!" Bill Gates said.
"Mr. Chairman, you are saying that we should restrict QQ on the system level?!" Many of the directors felt that Bill Gates was speaking nonsense, but a smart director finally understood.
The manor's door is Microsoft's Windows system.
No matter how powerful QQ is, it still needs to run on the Windows system, and the Windows system is Microsoft's private property. Therefore, it is easy for Microsoft to do whatever they want with QQ.
"But Chairman, if we take action at the system level at this time, I'm afraid that those guys from the anti-monopoly investigation team won't let us go. They are worried that they won't be able to find evidence to torture us!" A director said worriedly.
"You don't have to worry about this. Actually, there is no such thing as an anti-trust investigation now. These are only the ideas of some bigwigs, and they have not been implemented yet! As long as we are clean, there will not be any problems! "
"Most importantly, QQ is a Hua Xia company and not a United States company. If we destroy QQ, it will be a good thing for the United States. I think our country will not oppose us. Instead, they will support us!"
"Mr. Carmel, this is your problem. I hope you can tell your friends at the meeting that Microsoft is not doing this for ourselves. We are doing this for the United States!" Bill Gates said to a middle-aged, bald director.
This Mr. Carmel only owns less than 1% of Microsoft's shares, but he can appear on the board of directors. This is because he used to be the governor of New York and has unimaginable political resources in the US. This is why he can appear on the board of directors.
"Don't worry, all the senators are doing this for the benefit of the United States!" Mr. Carmel agreed with a smile.
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