Microsoft's regular board of directors meetings, including Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who was often away from the company, were present, but one director did not show up. He only asked his secretary to call him because something was delayed. 『≤,
"Hmph, there are some people who occupy seats but do not do the corresponding work. Such people should not sit in that seat anymore!" Paul Allen snorted coldly, and at the same time glanced at the empty chair. .
The expressions of the other directors were not very good either. They all thought that Director Feng was a little too arrogant. Although you are the third largest shareholder of the company, you can't ignore other people, right
Bill Gates also felt a little uncomfortable. Although Microsoft's software's market share in China has been increasing and its goals have been achieved very well, Microsoft has not made much money. The price of cooperation with Lianxiang cannot be lower.
As for Feng Yu's work, it was really completed, and it was done very well. But you can't stop coming to the company every day. Although you are a shareholder and director, I still have to work in the company often!
If you are just an ordinary shareholder who just wants to invest and make money, then of course you can not join the company. But you are still a director of Microsoft, the core management!
"I heard that Director Feng goes out with a female companion every day. I heard that he even went to Boeing Company two days ago and planned to buy a helicopter." A director said.
"I also heard that Director Feng went to Amazon and said he wanted to invest in that small company. Is there anything worth investing in that kind of small company?" Another director said.
Other directors also started talking about Feng Yu's failure to do his job properly. This board meeting seemed to have turned into a criticism meeting, but Ballmer did not speak.
The other directors didn't notice, but Bill Gates and Paul Allen did.
Paul Allen asked: "Steve, Feng is the vice president of the Asia-Pacific region that you are responsible for. I want to hear about the business development in the Asia-Pacific region."
Ballmer said skillfully: "The market share in the Asia-Pacific region has been increasing. Except for a few regions such as island countries and India, most of them have become the number one, whether it is operating systems, office software, or even IE browsers. Among them The China region has the largest increase, and Director Feng’s work has been done very well.”
Paul Allen is very dissatisfied. Don’t you know what I want you to say? You fucking praised that boy!
"He doesn't come to work in the company. As the president of the Asia-Pacific region, why shouldn't you take care of it?" Paul Allen continued to ask.
Ballmer looked very embarrassed: "Paul, Feng didn't ask for any salary, including his secretary's salary, which he paid himself. He said that the company didn't pay him a salary, so of course he didn't have to come to work. , I don’t know how to refute him, can you teach me?”
Paul Allen was furious. At first, he said that Feng Yu’s salary should not be too high because Feng Yu didn’t have much work. Feng Yu simply said that he didn’t want a penny of salary, as long as he had the equity he deserved as a director. excitation. Even later, Feng Yu hired secretary Feng Yu with his own money. He thought he had finally embarrassed Feng Yu. Unexpectedly, Feng Yu was waiting for him here.
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with not going to work unless you are paid. And he often doesn't go to work. In fact, he is the one who is least qualified to criticize Feng Yu. Bill Gates is at the company at least three days a week.
"Okay, I will talk to Feng later, and everyone should stop talking about this matter. After all, without Feng, Microsoft would never have achieved such good results in the Chinese market. Waiting for Chinese users, in three to five years, After getting used to using our Microsoft systems and software, other software companies in the Chinese market will also go bankrupt. By then we will restore the price to be consistent with other regions, and then our profits will inevitably skyrocket!" Bill Gates Said confidently.
This is also the real reason why Bill Gates promised Feng Yu to give Lianxiang a super low price. To put it bluntly, China's economic level is not as good as that of European and American countries, and its consumption concept is urgently needed to be cultivated. Seize the market first, then increase the selling price after the market is completely occupied, and the profits will naturally come.
Even if the price is so low now, there is still a profit, right
After Bill Gates finished speaking, everyone else fell silent. No one, including Paul, can dispute this. Microsoft was able to develop in the first place because it signed an agreement with IBM, and then continued to sign agreements with other PC companies to expand the market.
In the end, wouldn't they be able to clamp down on those PC companies in turn? The profits are also far higher than those companies. This model is copied to the Chinese market. Although it is more extreme, think about how big a market China is. If the selling price can be consistent with that in Europe and the United States, then Microsoft's profits will definitely increase by at least 50%!
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When Microsoft held its board of directors meeting, Feng Yu, a director they said was not doing his job properly, was signing a contract with Jeff, a contract for him to formally invest in Amazon.
Since he signed the contract, he has been Amazon's largest shareholder, and he also asked Ralph to contact other shareholders. He found out that no shareholder has ever thought of selling like Jeff. The reason for selling shares is that they all want to make some money, that is, they demand a premium.
This is not a problem at all for Feng Yu. As long as Jeff is still at Amazon, and as long as the managers Jeff values are still at Amazon, Amazon is worthy of Feng Yu’s continued investment.
For this capital injection, Feng Yu requested to keep a low profile as much as possible. Of course Amazon can promote it, but Feng Yu doesn’t want to appear in the spotlight. He told Jeff that announcing to the media that a mysterious rich man was investing in Amazon would arouse the curiosity of others, and the publicity effect would be better.
Moreover, Feng Yu also learned a piece of gossip, which was told to him by Ralph, saying that Jeff was also selling off the securities in his hands, etc., and seemed to be planning to acquire some shares of other Amazon shareholders.
Feng Yu was actually very happy to hear this news. It meant that Jeff wanted to invest all his property in Amazon, and he would be completely tied to Feng Yu's chariot.
When leaving Amazon, Feng Yu received a call from Ballmer.
"Feng, Paul and others have complained a lot about your not coming to the company. I think you'd better talk to Bill."
Ballmer believed that it would be better for Feng Yu to take the initiative to talk to Bill Gates than for Bill Gates to talk to Feng Yu.
"Okay, thank you, my friend."
Feng Yu actually wanted to talk to Bill Gates. He thought he should take another long vacation or something. Next, he will go to New York to work for a while, and then return to China, which will take at least a few months.
If you have any questions, you can call me or send me an email. There is no need to sit in the company every day, right
"Hello, Bill, I'm Feng, and I want to tell you that I'm going to take a long vacation." (To be continued.)
PS: Third update. Please vote for recommendation~There is another chapter SF0916 later