"Haha … Who is the one who blew this up?" Boss Jia sneered. "Both software companies are competing with each other, and they are competing with each other for users. Mr. Gates, are you trying to blow this up by attacking the system?"
"That is just a normal system update!" Bill Gates retorted.
"Fine. We are all the same. You don't have to say such things. We know what each other is thinking!" Boss Jia laughed, and Bill Gates kept quiet.
"How do you want to settle this?" Jia Yapeng asked.
"Let's both take a step back!" Bill Gates said. "I will withdraw my lawsuit against Alibaba, and Alibaba will withdraw his lawsuit. At the same time, Alibaba will announce to the media that the previous article is wrong. We have communicated with each other, and Microsoft is not targeting QQ. Let's drop this matter!"
"You call this taking a step back?" Boss Jia laughed. "Aren't you going to delete your company's patch? Also, don't you want to release a statement on the global media, saying that your patch had affected QQ's operations? "
"I have said that our patch is not targeting QQ!"
"But your patch did affect the normal operation of our QQ!"
Bill Gates and Jia Yapeng retorted. Obviously, Boss Jia is right. After all, Microsoft was the one who started this.
"Mr. Jia, don't go overboard. I have taken the initiative to call you today, and this is Microsoft's greatest sincerity. You are the first person in history to make me call you and even take a step back! "Bill Gates sounded like he was giving Boss Jia face.
In fact, if Bill Gates said this to any entrepreneur in Hua Xia in another world, that entrepreneur would feel honored.
But when Boss Jia heard that, all the hair on his body stood on end.
"Mr. Bill Gates, I'm afraid you don't have the right to say that to me!" Boss Jia sneered, "On the contrary, it's your greatest honor that I'm willing to answer your call today!"
"…" On the other end of the phone, Bill Gates was speechless. His eyes were about to roll out of their sockets. He thought of himself as a gentleman, but he had never met such a shameless guy.
"We are Microsoft! It was the Windows system, the platform that all software had to use! The system is the trunk, and the program is just the leaves. Without the Windows system, your QQ has no meaning to exist! "Bill Gates said forcefully.
"…" There seemed to be no sound from the other end of the phone. This made Bill Gates a lot happier. It seemed that this Hua Xia finally had some self-awareness.
What he didn't expect was that in the next second, a faint voice said, "But I'm richer than you!"
"My Microsoft is worth 250 billion USD! Your 51 Search and Amazon are worth less than 150 billion USD. "Bill Gates was so angry that he laughed.
"But you only have 20.32% of Microsoft shares. But I have 40% of 51 Search and Amazon shares. Oh, I still have the Daqian Group, the type that has 100% shares! "
"…" Bill Gates was speechless.
"Stop talking about these meaningless things!" Bill Gates's voice sounded again, and it sounded like he had regained his composure. "I hope Mr. Jia will consider my offer carefully. This is the first time I am calling you, and it will also be the last time I am calling you. If you do not accept my conditions, Microsoft will be happy to … "
"Pak!" Boss Jia hung up the phone directly. He was too lazy to listen to this guy's nonsense.
Boss Jia had fantasized about Bill Gates. He thought his childhood idol, the World's Richest Man for more than a decade, should be a smart and knowledgeable person.
But now, Feng Yu seems to be no different from an ordinary kid. Also, he has a weird personality. He is in his thirties, and he is still a kid. How can he compare his wealth with others over the phone? He is like a kid!
This is normal. If he is not a weird person, why would he drop out of Harvard University?
However, after Boss Jia hung up the phone, the battle between Da Qian and Microsoft had to continue until one party could not take it anymore and admitted defeat.
As for this war, Boss Jia was very calm. He was even a little eager to give it a try.
Boss Jia will not suffer any losses no matter who wins or loses this battle.
If Feng Yu wins against Microsoft, it will be the best.
But if Feng Yu loses, it doesn't matter. It is only QQ, and it is nothing to the Daqian now. Anyway, the future of social networking will belong to the mobile era. Feng Yu can learn more about Facebook, Twitter, and WeChat.
Although these companies are not established yet, the Daqian had applied for their brands. They are Daqian's sub-brands.
For Microsoft, this is a battle they cannot afford to lose. Mr. Jia had grasped Microsoft's Achilles heel, which is the anti-monopoly investigation.
Why did Bill Gates lower himself to call Boss Jia to stop the war?
The reason is simple. Microsoft is afraid of the anti-monopoly investigation. Once the anti-monopoly investigation is established, Microsoft will be split into several companies, and Bill Gates's hard work will be gone.
But the United States' anti-monopoly authorities had been targeting Microsoft for a long time. Bill Gates had been using his connections to delay the investigation.
Historically, Bill Gates would delay the investigation until 2004 before he officially launched the investigation. But this time, a Daqian appeared and filed an anti-monopoly investigation with the United States' courts. This made Bill Gates nervous.
After all, Feng Yu is holding down a pile of firewood. If there is any spark, the firewood will ignite.
This was the reason why Bill Gates put down his pride and took the initiative to call Boss Jia to ask for a truce. But Feng Yu did not give up his pride completely, and the negotiation fell apart.
Next, it would be like what Bill Gates had said. The two sides could only go all out and fight until one side could no longer continue. Only then would it end.
"I must destroy QQ in one go and let the Daqian know how painful it is. This way, he will know what it means to lose more than gain!" Bill Gates thought for a while and immediately called for a board meeting to announce his idea.
At this time, Microsoft's board of directors was furious with the audacious Daqian. At the same time, they were also shocked by Microsoft's achievement of becoming the world's number one PC company in five years. That's why they did not object to Bill Gates's plan.
On October 22nd, 1998, Microsoft officially announced that they had conducted a thorough investigation and found a large number of Trojan viruses in QQ. These viruses pose a serious threat to the Windows operating system.
Therefore, the Windows system would officially ban QQ. All computers with the Windows system installed would not be able to open QQ.
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