readx(); This board meeting is very brief, because these directors also have other positions at Microsoft. In fact, monthly board meetings rarely involve too much.
When Feng Yu became a director of Microsoft, he naturally had an office. Like these directors, it was on the top floor of a building, with an office area of only a few dozen square meters.
What surprised Feng Yu was that the president in charge of the entire Asia-Pacific region was Ballmer. Now Feng Yu had a better chance to contact Steve Ballmer alone.
"Steve, please sit down. Ralph, go prepare two cups of coffee." Ralph is Feng Yu's secretary at Microsoft. Feng Yu hired him himself. He will not use people arranged by Microsoft. Of course, Feng Yu also paid the secretary's salary.
Steve Ballmer sat on the sofa and looked at Feng Yu with interest: "Feng, are you Chinese?"
"That's right. Why, Steve seems to look down on the Chinese people?" Feng Yu deliberately looked displeased.
Steve laughed: "Feng, do you think I will look down on people who are richer than me? With all due respect, I'm just curious. China's economic development seems to be in its infancy. How can there be such a predator like you?" Appear? Is there a big ancient family behind you?"
family? In the eyes of Europeans and Americans, if a young man can still have such a net worth, he must have a big family behind him to support him. This was indeed the case before. In his previous life, a young man named Zuckerberg came out. A slap in the face for anyone who thinks like this.
Without a background, just ideas and hard work, you can still become the world's top rich man, and you can make more money than you can spend in a lifetime.
"That's right. My father and my brother-in-law are considered rich in our country. But I think that my current wealth is the result of my own hard work." Feng Yu said deliberately.
Steve raised his eyebrows. The result of his hard work? Young people are a little arrogant. However, his family can trust him with their assets, so maybe he really has some abilities. But it is more likely that his family only has one heir.
Just now Feng Yu said that his father and brother-in-law are both rich. I heard that in the East, especially in China, there is a very serious patriarchal mentality. They think that their daughters are outsiders, so these assets will be given to Feng Yu in the future. He Are your family sending Feng Yu to exercise
Thinking of this, Steve smiled and complimented: "Yes, this must be inseparable from your hard work."
There is also a subtext in his heart: But the more important thing is your family. Bill Gates and Buffett would not be where they are today without the help from their families! I really worked hard on my own, without investing a penny, and became a shareholder of Microsoft, and became a rich man with a net worth of billions of dollars!
Of course, he would never say this.
"Steve, you are in charge of the Asia-Pacific region. You also heard from the board of directors just now. The chairman said that I have the final say on everything in the China region. Aren't you unhappy about this?"
Steve thought to himself, would you be happy instead? My next focus is to enter the Chinese market. Now the most important market has been taken away by you. The remaining markets combined are not as big as the Chinese market. You have directly taken away half of my power. Now You even asked me if I was happy
"You are from China and are more familiar with China. It is natural to leave that piece to you so that I can feel more relaxed. Besides, aren't we all contributing to the development of Microsoft? The better Microsoft develops. , the more we make, right?”
Feng Yu looked at Steve with a smile, do you really think so? Why do you remember that the media in the past life said that Steve Ballmer was a very power-loving person
"Steve, if it were you, how should you develop the Chinese market?" Feng Yu asked.
Steve was a little curious. Did Feng Yu have no plan before? If there was no plan, then why did Bill agree to hand over the Chinese market to Feng Yu
Or is this Feng Yu considering me
Arrogant!
There are only a few people that Steve can admire, and that definitely does not include the young man in front of him!
"If it were me, I would let Microsoft's system be advertised vigorously in China, especially cooperate with every computer brand, so that when any consumer buys a computer, the first choice is to install our system, or even the only choice is to install our system. system!"
Feng Yu nodded: "It's a good idea, but what Microsoft can do, other software companies can do too."
"We have OFFICE software, which can only run on our system. You may not know how easy it is to use. But now the United States, Europe and many other countries, from governments to enterprises, are using our software. software, then you can only use our system!" Steve said proudly.
"I remember that OFFICE software is not only available from Microsoft. There are at least a dozen similar office software. If Microsoft had not had an agreement with hardware vendors, Microsoft's system promotion would not be so fast, and its software promotion would not be so fast. Okay. Maybe you don’t know very well, but Huaxia’s preferred office method at this time is paper and pen.”
Why? The operation of the computer system is not too difficult, but it is not too simple either. Although WIN95 is very easy to use, it is not as simple as XP in its previous life. The unit is still a company. After buying a computer, the first ones to use it are not the office staff, but the leaders.
Leaders are generally older and their ability to accept new things is weaker than that of young people. That is to say, things will fall into a strange circle. People who know how to use computers don't have computers, and people who have computers don't know how to use them!
When a leader buys something, he will not consider whether it is useful or not, but rather what benefits he can get. At this time in the previous life, there were many computer systems, and many of them were even incompatible with each other!
Steve frowned and asked, "Then how do you promote it?"
"The method is actually similar to yours, but there is another important point, that is the price. Our systems, office software, etc. are cheaper than others. And I can also use the lowest cost to make Microsoft systems more popular Yes, and the sales of ordinary system disks will definitely not be the bulk of our profits."
Because you provided the system disk for the upgrade, in less than two days, the cracked version will be available in Zhongguancun, and then it will be available all over the country, and few people will be willing to buy the more expensive version. They have no concept of copyright at all, they just buy whatever they think is cheap. Why spend hundreds of dollars when something can be done for a few dozen dollars
Of course, if it costs a few dozen yuan, you can also issue an invoice for a few hundred yuan.
"Then how do we make money?"
"Wait, wait until they get used to it, and then we will make money. In any emerging market, early promotion is very difficult and requires a lot of investment, right? In three years, I guarantee that 90% of the computer users in China will , will all be installed with Microsoft’s system!”
Well, I can't guarantee whether it was done with money. This can give Lianxiang enough time to accumulate system development experience and lay the foundation for Lianxiang to surpass Microsoft in the future... (To be continued.)