Paul Allen has been looking for an opportunity, an opportunity to attack Feng Yu. Of course, the one thing he wants to do most is to kick Feng Yu off Microsoft's board of directors.
Unfortunately, Feng Yu has too strong control over the Chinese market and has unique advantages, and Bill trusts Feng Yu very much, making it difficult to implement his plan.
But he didn't think Bill would cooperate with Feng Yu for long. When WIN98 was released, it no longer included Microsoft OFFICE office software. This is a proof.
WIN98 is already an extremely low price, and it is impossible for Microsoft to continue to make such large profit concessions. At this time, more than 60% of China's computer systems are using Microsoft's genuine systems. This is a victory.
After Microsoft also monopolizes China's operating system market, other software companies in China will also be hit hard, and then they can increase prices.
After learning about Microsoft's plan from Bill, Paul Allen no longer opposed Microsoft's cooperation with Feng Yu. He believed Bill's words. When Microsoft controls the Chinese market, Feng Yu, who has little management ability, will definitely Kicked off the board!
Originally, he could wait patiently and wait until Feng Yu was kicked out of the board of directors before laughing at Feng Yu.
But now, he feels like he can't wait any longer!
Feng Yu's team accused him in the media time and time again, and even slapped him in the face with actual actions.
He became the cover of Time, and while his team was vigorously promoting it, Feng Yu's team broke the news.
At that time, "Times" contacted Feng Yu first, but Feng Yu refused, three times in a row. If placed on the basketball court, Feng Yu is the starting core, while Paul Allen is just a substitute.
Paul Allen was almost furious at the time!
Am I a substitute? I am the second shareholder of Microsoft and a regular on the world's richest list, being called a substitute? I'm also the co-founder of Microsoft, okay? Without me, there would be no Microsoft! My IQ is among the top ten in history. How talented is your Feng Yu
That Feng Yu is just a foreigner. After making some money in the financial market, I just invested in our Microsoft stock. If it weren't for Bill, would Feng Yu have been on Microsoft's board of directors
Take a look at what Feng Yu has done since joining the Microsoft board of directors. Not only was he often absent from regular board meetings without any reason, he even handed over some newly assigned tasks to his assistant. He thought Microsoft belonged to his family!
This time, Feng Yu actually took control of the cooperation to produce game consoles, which made Bill very dissatisfied. He believes that as long as he finds a suitable reason, Feng Yu will be kicked out of Microsoft's board of directors.
On the board of directors, except for Ballmer, who highly praised Feng Yu, everyone else was somewhat dissatisfied with Feng Yu.
Paul Allen has been looking for this opportunity, and today his people finally told him good news. This news may make Bill firm in his determination to kick Feng Yu off the board of directors.
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"Paul, I know that you and Feng don't deal with each other. Everyone in the company knows that, but Feng is very important to the company's strategic layout. Wait two more years. Really, in just two years, we will be able to completely control the Chinese market. By then, You don’t need Feng’s help at all.” Bill Gates persuaded.
Paul came to him and said that Feng Yu should be kicked off the board of directors. This was the ninth time this year that he had told him this, but it was only March.
In other words, Paul Allen would tell him about this almost every week.
"Bill, if Feng continues to serve as a director of the company, it will have a very bad impact on the company."
"What bad influence? Paul, forget about the team. It's just a game. You can't make much money." Bill Gates thought Paul Allen was because the team was beaten by Feng Yu's team. Defeated and looking for excuses.
"I'm not talking about the team!" Paul Allen felt like he was going crazy. Why did everyone think that he paid special attention to the team's failure
Although he values it very much, compared to Microsoft's interests, it is nothing at all. How much is the team worth? And Bill is right, the team really doesn't make much money.
What he hopes is that by kicking Feng Yu off the board of directors, he will get more when the directors allocate shares at the end of the year, which is more money than the team.
And this blow to Feng Yu will definitely be greater. Then he can ridicule Feng Yu to his heart's content.
"Bill, I'm talking about Microsoft. We at Microsoft have agreements with those hardware manufacturers not to get involved in the production of computer hardware, right?"
"That's right, we produce game consoles, which are not computer hardware, let alone computer products, although some hardware is used in them." Bill Gates was a little confused. Why did Paul ask him this question
"Then all our directors can't do hardware production, right?"
"You are talking about Feng owning shares in Lianxiang? This issue does not affect us at Microsoft. He is him, and Microsoft is Microsoft. And the computers he produces are not Microsoft's brand, they are Lianxiang, mainly in China. sales, and has a Chinese national background.”
"No, I'm not talking about Lianxiang, but a company that produces graphics cards called Eagle Video."
"Yingweida, I really want to hear about this company, but what does this have to do with Feng? What does it have to do with us, Microsoft? Isn't it normal for hardware manufacturers to carry our Microsoft products?"
"But what if this company is Feng Holdings? This is a company that specializes in producing graphics cards, and Feng is our shareholder and director of Microsoft. Will this make other hardware manufacturers think that we are borrowing Feng's hand to enter the hardware industry?" Market?" Paul Allen gave a possibility.
"This is impossible, right? Eagle Weida has nothing to do with Microsoft. Moreover, Eagle Weida doesn't have any shares in Microsoft, so other hardware vendors won't say anything, right?"
Bill actually has a bit of a headache. Last year, Microsoft was just ruled to have violated antitrust laws because of bundling. And now the United States, Europe, and many other regions are accusing Microsoft of monopoly.
If Microsoft gets involved in hardware manufacturing at this time, even if it is misunderstood, Microsoft will definitely be in greater trouble.
"Bill, don't think about it. Feng is a careerist. He wants to include hardware and software and truly become the boss of the computer industry. How arrogant was he when he was said to be the second richest man in the world last year? This year you are still Suppress him, but what about next year? If he really combines hardware and software, then his assets will definitely skyrocket and even surpass yours!"
Paul Allen knows that Bill Gates still values the title of the world's richest man, although on the surface, he never says it doesn't matter.
Bill Gates was silent for a while: "It seems that I want to talk to Feng."
(End of chapter)