"Boss, there is big news that you must know. The fastest update"
Feng Yu scratched his head. Ralph called him early in the morning. What big thing happened
"Wait a minute, take the video."
Feng Yu sat up from his bed, clicked twice on the bedside table, and swiped his hand on the phone. The monitor on the opposite wall lit up, and Ralph's image appeared on the screen.
Ralph saw that Feng Yu was still lying on his bed. He looked at his watch. It should be already nine o'clock in the morning in China, right
"What big news are you looking for me in such a hurry?" Feng Yu asked with a yawn.
Generally, work reports are sent by email. Feng Yu only needs to log in every day. The caller sounded so anxious. Could it be that one of the subsidiary companies had a big problem with its business
"Boss, I received the news that Microsoft wants to acquire the fruit company!"
"What?!" Feng Yu sat up straight. Microsoft wants to acquire a fruit company
How could Microsoft acquire Fruit Company? Fruit Company ranks not low among IT electronics companies around the world, and Jobs was so proud that he would turn Fruit Company into a subsidiary of Microsoft
Besides, if Microsoft acquires a fruit company, can those commercial institutions in the United States readily approve it
Wait a minute, Microsoft was not only boycotted by p manufacturers, but also faced monopoly lawsuits. But now with Lianxiang Yinshan, Microsoft is no longer a monopoly, and acquisitions don't necessarily seem impossible. Doesn't it mean that Feng Yu helped Microsoft and Bill Gates
"Is this news confirmed? Isn't it a smokescreen released by Microsoft?" Feng Yu asked in detail.
"It's not confirmed yet, but someone saw Bill Gates meeting with Steve Jobs. I also got news from several consortiums that Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Steve Ballmer were all going to cash out some Microsoft stocks. , what is this if not raising funds?”
"You will arrange for people to investigate this news in detail. Do you think the institutions in the United States can approve this acquisition?"
Even if Microsoft is no longer a monopoly, Microsoft still has the greatest influence in Europe and the United States, and those PC manufacturers will try their best to stop it.
"Boss, have you forgotten how you control so many top companies? If Microsoft can't acquire the fruit company, but Bill Gates and the others can. The two companies are nominally operated independently, but they belong to the same company. The big boss and chairman are also one person, so we can avoid obstruction from some institutions.”
Feng Yu suddenly remembered that the number of Microsoft shares that Bill Gates ultimately held in his previous life was not as much as Ballmer's. Some were cashed out and transferred into the name of a foundation jointly signed by him and his wife. In addition, most of them cashed out and made other investments.
Before Feng Yu's rebirth, Microsoft's stock accounted for only about one-eighth of Bill Gates' wealth.
Even now, Bill Gates is a shareholder of Buffett's Berkshire, a shareholder of Coca-Cola, a shareholder of National Car Rental, a shareholder of Wal-Mart, a shareholder of Mexican Television, a shareholder of Canadian Railways, etc.
But at this time, Bill Gates' biggest asset is still Microsoft stock. It was also in this year in his previous life that Bill Gates cashed out a large amount of money and bought the stocks of many other companies. Under the leadership of Buffett.
Bill Gates has always regarded Buffett as a mentor and learned many investment philosophies from Buffett.
Therefore, Bill Gates wants to cash out Microsoft stock. This cannot be used as direct evidence. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are also old friends, and the meeting between the two cannot be regarded as evidence. But this possibility mentioned by Ralph, Feng Yu But I had to think about it.
Feng Yu believes that Lianxiang Yinshan will never lose to Microsoft. A big reason is because of the support of Lianxiang Group, Fengyu Electronics, Aihua Electronics, aia, Philips and other electronic and electrical appliance manufacturers.
Even if there are problems in cooperation with other manufacturers, as long as these manufacturers continue to support, Lianxiang Yinshan will never fail miserably.
Only by combining software and hardware can the greatest profits be obtained. This is what Bill Gates thinks too. But in the past, it was not just PC manufacturers that resisted. Hardware manufacturers, as well as some business organizations under the political axe, all prevented Microsoft from making its own electronics brand. Otherwise, not only would it be fined heavily as a monopoly, but it would also be split up again. , the gain outweighs the loss.
Microsoft did not do this, so it maintained its aloof status.
In the previous life, apart from the tablet, Microsoft only had the -bo brand. Unfortunately, they all lost money, so other manufacturers didn't do anything to Microsoft. But after Microsoft later acquired the equipment and services business of Elkia, the resistance became much greater.
However, the situation has changed in this life. An individual like Feng Yu holds stocks in different companies, and then relies on one person to unite, allowing Bill Gates to see new possibilities.
After all, Microsoft's tablet project was not progressing very smoothly at this time, game consoles had been replaced by G-BO, and set-top boxes were not selling well.
Microsoft needs an electronics brand to expand its business advantages and earn more profits. I was able to acquire Lekiya in my previous life, and it is not impossible to control the fruit company in another way in this life.
"Would Steve Jobs be willing to let Fruit Company become a subsidiary of Microsoft?" Steve Jobs still had a high prestige in Fruit Company at this time. As chairman and EO, he disagreed. Can the acquisition be successful
"Boss, Steve Jobs just completed a liver transplant two months ago. He was diagnosed with cancer six years ago. After several operations, he could not be cured. However, there are reports that this liver transplant It was discovered that Jobs’ cancer cells had spread again.”
Feng Yu knocked his head. It seemed that in his previous life, Jobs died two years ago due to the spread of cancer cells throughout his body. It is said that this doctor had suggested that he undergo surgery many times, but Jobs refused because He cannot be hospitalized.
If he were hospitalized, the development of the fruit company would definitely not be as good as it is now. Although the fruit company always lags behind Feng Yu's subsidiaries in product creativity, without him, it would fall even further behind.
Therefore, Jobs adopted conservative treatment, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, diet therapy and other methods of control. This was indeed recognized by the doctor, because since doing so, the spread of Jobs' cancer cells has significantly slowed down.
But all this still couldn't completely cure his cancer, and Jobs was now terminally ill.
"Bill Gates is a good friend of Steve Jobs. If Bill Gates promises to use Microsoft's advantages to lead the fruit company to defeat Fengyu Electronics, Lianxiang Group, etc., do you think Steve Jobs will agree to Bill Gates and others taking shares? A fruit company, or even a controlling fruit company?”
"Please inform me that in half an hour, the executives of Taihua Holdings and Fengyu Holdings will hold a video conference together. This acquisition must not be allowed to succeed!"
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