"After careful consideration, I realized that the mobile phone and gaming industry will be the most important and profitable industries in the future. That's why I have decided to enter these two industries in the New Era and open up new markets for Microsoft!" Bill Gates announced during the internal meeting.
"…" All the directors present were shocked. When they received the news and came for the meeting, they thought that it was just an ordinary regular board meeting. At most, they would decide on some trivial matters.
That's why most of the directors did not attend the meeting. They had only sent their representatives.
But Bill Gates dropped a bomb during this meeting. He announced that Microsoft will enter the mobile phone and gaming industry.
"Chairman, isn't this too risky? Microsoft had never been involved in these two industries, and we do not have any technologies. This is too risky! "One of the directors said.
"No. We have the technologies!" Bill Gates replied. "First, we will enter the gaming industry. Games are just programs, and Microsoft is best at programming. No one in the world knows programming better than me!"
"Also, this is not the first time Microsoft entered the gaming industry. We had set up Full Effect Game Studio and Microsoft Game Studio a long time ago. Their Age of Empires series games are the best in the industry. Age of Empires 1 had sold 18 million copies, and last year, Age of Empires 2 had sold 9 million copies. Our current sales had exceeded 10 million copies, and it is not impossible for us to catch up with the previous generation's 18 million copies."
"That's why Microsoft has accumulated enough technologies in the gaming industry, and it will not be a problem for us to enter the gaming industry!"
"As for the mobile phone industry, it seems to be a high-end industry and requires lots of technologies. However, after my investigation, I found that most of the companies in the mobile phone industry have become assembly companies. "
"Some companies are not even assembly companies. At most, they are OEM companies!"
"The global mobile phone industry is evolving rapidly, and 90% of the mobile phone companies had given up on manufacturing the components. They are turning to professional OEM companies to manufacture the components!"
"Many OEM companies are selling all kinds of mobile phone components. We had sent our men to conduct experiments and asked the purchasing and technical departments to work together. One person is in charge of purchasing the components, and the other is in charge of assembly. With just these two people, they have successfully assembled a working mobile phone!"
"That's why there are no barriers to entry in the mobile phone industry. As long as you have the money, you can have your own mobile phone! Think about it. A Hua Xia company like Daqian had become the world's third largest mobile phone manufacturer. Is it because they have superior technologies? "
"Of course not. They are only assembly companies. They are using their low-cost strategy to achieve their success!" Bill Gates replied nonchalantly. The directors nodded after hearing Bill Gates's words.
Things were indeed similar to what Bill Gates had said. Looking at it this way, these two industries were still promising!
"Also, this will bring in high profits for Microsoft!" Bill Gates saw the directors' expressions and continued. "In 1999, the gaming industry's total sales had exceeded 60 billion USD. It had exceeded Microsoft's annual sales. If we can take over the gaming industry, Microsoft's market value will increase by at least two times!"
"There's also the mobile phone industry. Its GDP in 1999 has already exceeded 100 billion USD, but this is just the beginning. According to the model established by us mathematicians, in less than 10 years, 110% of the world's population will have their own mobile phone. This is a giant industry with over 400 billion USD a year!"
"Everyone, take a look at the companies that are dominating the mobile phone industry's leaderboard."
"Either Motorola and Nokia are old-fashioned and conservative, or Samsung and Ericsson are incompetent newcomers. How could they let Da Qian, a nobody, occupy the third position in the mobile phone industry? This is the biggest joke in the world!"
"Everyone, if Microsoft enters the mobile phone industry, even if we can't surpass Motorola and Nokia in a short period of time, it will be easy for us to overtake Da Qian and replace them with Microsoft's trademark!"
"If we can take over 13% of the mobile phone industry's market share, Microsoft's share prices will rise again. At that time, your share prices will increase by five times!" Bill Gates' words were full of temptation, and all the directors present couldn't help but be tempted.
What Bill Gates said makes sense. Even a Hua Xia company like Daqian can take over the mobile phone industry. If Microsoft can take over the mobile phone industry, it will be a piece of cake.
Of course, some of the directors felt something is amiss. For example, the two industries Microsoft is entering are Daqian's dominant industries. It seems like Microsoft is going against Daqian.
Yes, this feeling is right. Microsoft, or Bill Gates, is using this opportunity to teach Daqian a lesson.
Based on Feng Yu's investigation, Daqian is involved in many industries, but two of them are the most profitable. One is video games, and the other is Daqian's mobile phone.
These two industries contribute more than 10 billion USD to Daqian's annual sales, and the video games industry had exceeded 20 billion USD. Bill Gates is drooling over these figures.
These are also the two industries that Microsoft can attack Daqian directly. After all, Daqian's other industries are too far away for Microsoft. Are you asking Microsoft to film movies or build Tesla?
This is not realistic. That's why Bill Gates decided to take revenge on Daqian's video games and mobile phones!
Feng Yu wants to take over Daqian Group's two most profitable industries and make Daqian lose its two main industries.
And for a large enterprise, once it lost its main source of cash flow, the bigger the enterprise, the harder it would fall. In the end, it might even fall apart and cease to exist. It was a very normal thing.
Take Microsoft for example. Although Microsoft's annual profits are more than 3 billion USD, their annual expenses are more than 6 billion USD.
Once Microsoft loses the cash flow from Windows operating system, it will lose tens of billions of USD. Microsoft's annual profits of 3 billion USD will turn into losses of 3 billion USD. Microsoft will collapse in less than two years due to cash flow problems.
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