When Bill Gates mentioned that there was a new ecology to be released, Li Mu immediately thought of MSN.
Just before that, through his own speculation and Lin Qingya's secret investigation in the United States, he had already determined that Microsoft would restart MSN. Li Mu had also guessed that Microsoft was interested in returning to the social field, but he was not worried about it. , because judging from YY's current popularity and user attention, no company can surpass itself. The only one who can surpass itself is itself.
It's like after QQ gained a foothold, no one could defeat it. The only one that could have a major impact on it was its own WeChat.
So, Li Mu looked at the proud Bill Gates with an indifferent expression, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Gates, is Microsoft still determined to give up on MSN?"
Li Mu's words made Bill Gates' expression become extremely unnatural.
The MSN ecological plan was re-created by Bill Gates inspired by the YY ecology of Makino Technology. The internal confidentiality level is very high. He only told Li Mu that there was a new ecology to be released today. How did Li Mu immediately determine what he wanted to release? MSN? Could it be an internal leak
The change in Bill Gates's expression was seen by Li Mu. He smiled slightly, patted the outside of Bill Gates' right arm, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gates, you don't have to be so surprised. In fact, you can tell that Microsoft It has always been unwilling to give up in the social field, and in my opinion, Microsoft does have enough strength to do a good job in the social industry. It was a bit hasty to give up before, which is a pity."
Bill Gates' mood was greatly hit at this moment. He originally wanted to give Li Mu a "surprise", but he didn't expect that Li Mu gave him the feeling of "I had expected what you would do." This made Bill Gates It felt like there was a blockage in my heart that I couldn't get out.
Buddha competes for a stick of incense, and people compete for a breath. Although Bill Gates has never met Li Mu before, deep down in his heart, he has already regarded Li Mu as his biggest competitor in life.
In fact, people like Bill Gates who have a background in science and engineering are the most competitive in terms of vision. In 1994, the huge success of Microsoft pushed Bill Gates to the position of the richest man in the world. To date, he has only missed it in two years. Top of the list.
From 1998 until now, he has been the world's richest man. Originally, the entire Wall Street believed that Bill Gates would continue to be the world's richest man until 2008 or even 2010. However, it was not until the young Li Mu emerged with Makino Technology. , people realized that Bill Gates’ position as the richest man could no longer be maintained.
Bill Gates may not pay attention to the number of wealth, but he still cares about reputation. In any field, there is only one supreme halo, and it belongs only to the supreme person. Today, the global IT industry is so huge. , software, hardware, social networking, e-commerce, search and other sub-categories, Bill Gates was once the well-deserved number one, but now, these haloes have been snatched away by Li Mu.
Li Mu is like an uncrowned king. The company has not been listed, and there is no exact reference scale for corporate and personal assets. But everyone believes that Li Mu will surpass Bill Gates in the future, and Makino Technology will surpass Microsoft in the future.
The media in Silicon Valley and Wall Street have long begun to badmouth Bill Gates. Even if Bill Gates didn't care at first, TV, newspapers, magazines and the Internet are all saying that Li Mu is about to surpass him and about to put himself far away. After seeing too much news like this, leaving things behind and creating new heights in the IT field, over time, Bill Gates' competitive spirit will be infinitely stimulated.
Therefore, deep down in his heart, he couldn't wait to show off two more tricks to the world, letting them know that he was still young and that he even had the strength to defend his throne.
And Windows-Live, which is about to be launched soon, is the old king's full counterattack before he is about to be overthrown. If it succeeds, Microsoft's market value will skyrocket and Makino Technology's valuation will plummet. One high and the other low will quickly widen the gap between the two sides. That way, the throne remains secure.
Before meeting Li Mu, or even talking to Li Mu, Bill Gates was full of confidence in the new ecosystem he was about to launch, but at this moment, he suddenly felt panicked.
The reason for panic was because he didn't understand why Li Mu knew his intentions in advance.
Moreover, he didn't understand why Li Mu still looked calm and composed after seeing through his intentions
The words he said seemed polite and polite, but in fact, they made me feel a complete contempt.
Li Mu gave Bill Gates the impression that he did not regard Bill Gates as an opponent at all.
At this time, Davidson said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li Mu, the dinner is about to start. How about we take a seat first? After the banquet, we will have a salon. If you and Mr. Bill Gates want to continue chatting, You can speak freely.”
Li Mu nodded slightly and said to Bill Gates: "Mr. Gates, let's talk later?"
Bill Gates smiled unnaturally, and after a moment he suddenly asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, how about we sit closer and chat while eating later?"
Li Mu smiled indifferently and said: "I can do it, but it depends on how Mr. Gao Bai arranges the seats?"
Davidson smiled and said: "Mr. Li, you and Mr. Gates are both distinguished guests of the Goldberg family, so naturally you should sit at the front. Since you two are interested in chatting more, let's just arrange for you two to do it." Opposite me, what do you two think?"
Bill Gates nodded hurriedly and said, "No problem, thank you Davidson."
Li Mu also nodded and said, "It's no problem for me either."
At this time, Davidson made an invitation gesture to the two of them, guided them all the way to the main row, and arranged them at the front of one of the guest rows, which was the position closest to the main table.
After arranging the seats for Li Mu and Bill Gates, Davidson said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, you came a little late. You probably don't know many of the guests yet. Do you want me to introduce them to you?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "With so many people, it will take a long time to introduce them all at once, and I may not be able to remember so many people. Otherwise, we can wait until the salon after the dinner. Besides, it won't be the same in the future." Are there a few more days? You can take your time."
Davidson nodded slightly and said with a smile: "That's true, then I will introduce it to Mr. Li slowly in the next time."
At this time, others gradually began to take their seats.
Davidson said goodbye to Li Mu and Bill Gates, and communicated with other family members about the scene.
After Li Mu sat down, he observed carefully for a moment and discovered the pattern of the Goldberg family's seating arrangements.
As the host, members of the Goldberg family naturally sat in the main row, but there were only seven seats in the main table. Davidson, as the leader of the family, sat in the middle, flanked by his wife and his eldest son. The wife and second son, the couple, sat further outside.
As for the other members of the Goldberg family, they are basically distributed in two rows of guest seats. It is basically guaranteed that every three people or so, there will be a member of the Goldberg family. Wendy Goldberg was arranged in the area where Li Mu is. Sitting right next to Li Mu.
In the two rows of guest seats in front of him, the row where Li Mu is sitting, in addition to members of the Goldberg family, seems to be all entrepreneurs and some members of the aristocracy, while the row opposite seems to be all members of the royal families of various countries. Because Li Mu saw several familiar members of the British royal family, including Prince William, who later married a commoner princess and grabbed global news headlines. However, he still looked young and had thick hair.
The British royal family are closest to the main row. Next to them are several Middle Eastern royal families wearing white robes and headscarves. Moreover, the headscarves of Middle Eastern royal families are very particular. They wear pure white headscarves with black rims. The royal family of several emirates in the United Arab Emirates; the red and white plaid with black border is undoubtedly the Saudi royal family.
The royal families of the Middle East are all super rich with money and power, but the situation of the royal family is very similar to that of the big families. The total wealth is huge, but the distribution is relatively scattered. For example, the Saudi royal family, a royal family with trillions of assets, in terms of asset size It is really so big that no one can match it, but a royal family alone has more than 5,000 princes, and the core members account for 40%. It can be seen from this that it is difficult for the tycoons in the Middle East to reach the top of the world in terms of personal finance.
Everyone gradually took their seats, and the originally bustling banquet hall quickly became quiet. A large number of male and female waiters in uniforms stood behind two rows of guest seats, with sobered red wine ready in their hands.
When there were still two minutes left before the start time of the reservation, Davidson made a gesture to the butler behind him, and then the butler immediately winked at the waiters waiting on both sides. The waiters on both sides received the order and stepped forward a few steps at the same time to give everyone Pour a small half glass of red wine into the wine glass in front of the guest.
After pouring the wine, the waiters immediately retreated to their position against the wall. Davidson stood up with the wine glass in his hand and tapped the wall of the crystal wine glass with a silver fork, making a crisp tinkling sound.
Everyone turned their attention to Davidson, who said with a blushing face: "Ladies and gentlemen, before we officially start dinner, I have a few words to say to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the members of the Goldberg family who were sitting on the main seat with him all stood up with wine glasses in their hands, and the guests also stood up at this moment.
Wendy was afraid that Li Mu did not understand European social etiquette, so she whispered in Li Mu's ear in Chinese: "Mr. Li, before the European banquet begins, there will be a toast, which is the toast in Chinese, but generally the toast is only done before the meal. This time, when we toast together later, it’s okay to drink a little bit as you wish, but you don’t need to drink it all.”
Li Mu smiled slightly and thanked her.
Davidson, who was in the middle of the seat, said with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much for coming to Goldberg Manor and participating in the Goldberg family party. On behalf of all members of the Goldberg family, I would like to thank every guest for coming, thank you all!"
After that, Davidson raised his glass and said: "Cheers."
So all the guests raised their glasses and took a sip of red wine together.
The British wine table culture is more gentlemanly. There is no mention of toasting to red wine. Generally, one third of the glass is poured, and a maximum of half is drunk in one sip. When the wine glass is put down, the waiter will step forward and refill the wine glass to one third. Like one, the wine glass is never empty. If you don’t want to drink, just wet your lips every time and a glass of wine can be mixed until the end.
After drinking the first glass of wine, everyone took their seats, and the chef and waiters began to serve the dishes.
Li Mu looked at the pile of tableware in front of him and felt a little dizzy.
There are a lot of things to pay attention to in Western food, especially eating Western food in Europe. It may be the most complicated dining mode in the world. The tableware in front of him is difficult for Li Mu to adapt to. There are several types of cups, and there are several types of knives and forks. There are countless large and small dinner plates.
So Li Mu whispered to Wendy next to him: "Miss Wendy, if I do anything presumptuous or inconsistent with Western etiquette later, please forgive me and let me know in time. I personally have no understanding of these Western rules. "
Wendy smiled slightly and said: "The British are more rigid, so they are more particular about it. Mr. Li does not need to pay too much attention to Western etiquette. Just do whatever is comfortable for you."
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "There is an old Chinese saying that when you are in the country, do as the Romans do. Now that you are here, you still have to abide by the rules here, otherwise it will appear offensive."
Wendy smiled and said, "Then I will teach you slowly later."
Li Mu nodded and smiled: "Thank you."
Bill Gates, who was sitting opposite Li Mu, felt somewhat depressed when he saw that Li Mu had been whispering to Wendy in Chinese.
From the first moment he met Li Mu until now, Li Mu has never had any interest in the "new ecology" he mentioned, which made Bill Gates very hurt.
He had thought about this problem from his perspective. If Li Mu told him face to face that he was about to launch a new ecosystem, then he would be very concerned and eager to learn more. He would never take it seriously like Li Mu did.
Moreover, Li Mu had already guessed that he would resurrect MSN, re-enter social networking, and directly become a direct rival of YY. But even so, Li Mu still didn't care, which really made him unable to understand.
After struggling for a long time and struggling again and again, Bill Gates finally asked Li Mu while the food was being served: "Mr. Li, I'm curious, what is your impression and opinion of Microsoft's former MSN?"
"Impressions and opinions?" Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "How should I put it, it feels a bit like a carbonated drink produced by NASA."
NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States and is the strongest entity in the aerospace field in the world. However, Li Mu said that MSN is like a carbonated drink produced by NASA. Bill Gates couldn't help but ask him: "Why did Mr. Li say this? Does he think MSN is not enough?" Okay?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said seriously: "To be honest, the root of the problem is not whether MSN is good or bad, but that NASA should not try to do things it is not good at. It should concentrate on its own aerospace and carbonated drinks. This kind of thing can be left to Coca-Cola."
No matter how calm Bill Gates was, he was a little sulky at this time.
The meaning of Li Mu's words was already obvious. He felt that Microsoft was not made for social networking at all, and it was the right thing to give up the dream of social networking as soon as possible. However, he had no idea how much effort he had put into getting Microsoft back into social networking. What a thorough preparation.
So, Bill Gates said to Li Mu expressionlessly: "Mr. Li, whether NASA is good at making carbonated drinks is not up to you, nor is it up to me. The most important thing is to first look at the carbonated drinks it produces." What is the drink like? I believe that as long as the product is good, consumers will not let it get buried, and as long as it is made well enough, consumers will even give up Coca-Cola for it!”
Li Mu laughed and said directly: "Mr. Gates, if you think MSN can have an impact on YY, then go ahead and try. I personally welcome and support all competition."
At this point, Li Mu's expression became extremely serious, and he said word for word: "Although there are only two of us on the Internet here today, my words are not directed at you alone, but at the current Internet field, including Microsoft. All the companies in YY, one by one, want to compete with Makino Technology in the social field. They are all nonsense. There is only one person in this world who can defeat YY, and that is myself! If you don’t believe it, just come over!"
(End of chapter)