In the luxurious office prepared for Wen Feng in the World Trade Center, Zhang Feng almost had the same idea as Zhang Qing. There was a president's office in the entire office area that was almost never opened. The office was luxuriously decorated and people were dispatched every day. People go in to clean, but who would have thought that in this extremely luxurious office, the owner may only be there for two or three days a year?
¡°Although Paul Allen is an excellent programmer, in my opinion this man is also a very visionary speculator. What¡¯s even more rare is that he is more of a pure professional worker than Bill Gates!¡±
Wen Feng was sitting in a luxurious office and heard Zhang Feng asking him for someone. His eyes flashed and he couldn't help but ask with interest, but he didn't expect that Zhang Feng knocked on the table and solemnly recommended someone, and this person turned out to be Microsoft. One of the founders, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is still a weak baby. If it lacks such a founder, can it still succeed?
"Why did you choose Paul Allen? This is actually similar to the fact that he, like me, started from scratch without relying on much prominent family background. People like us only need to have a stage that he is willing to devote his whole life to. If he gives full play to his talents, he will enjoy it and achieve results that will attract the world¡¯s attention!¡±
Seeing that Wen Feng was a little stunned and a little surprised, Zhang Feng knew Wen Feng's thoughts very well. He continued without waiting for Wen Feng to ask. The above paragraph seemed to express his feelings to Wen Feng. At the same time, he seemed to be commenting on Bill Gates and Paul Allen. He then continued: "As for Bill Gates, this is actually an issue that I need to communicate with the president!"
There was a wry smile on Zhang Feng's lips, and he said with a bit of disdain: "Actually, I admire the president's vision of people. He was able to retain Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Tim Pa. Teson, for the computer industry that may be extremely brilliant in the future, there is no doubt about the abilities of these three people. But who would have thought that success in China not only requires complex identity backgrounds, but also in the United States. What about the backend? Without Bill Gates, Microsoft would not be able to get the IBM contract at all, because Bill Gates¡¯ mother Mary Gates is actually one of IBM¡¯s directors!¡±
¡°It¡¯s the same in every country. Whether it¡¯s the United States or China, there is actually no shortage of the second generation of rich people and the second generation of officials!¡±
The writing style is also wry. It's just his wry smile and the understanding of the second generation rich and the second generation official that Zhang Feng can't understand now. Even when he hears the words "second generation rich" and second generation official, he feels that the style of writing is extremely appropriate.
Of course, Zhang Feng¡¯s situation was very clear to his writing style. In fact, before he got to know Microsoft founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. He fully understood and researched them. After all, in the future world, the extremely powerful God GG and Aunt Dulangniang are extremely powerful artifacts and extremely powerful information collection tools.
Bill Gates has written many autobiographies in his life. Judging from his autobiography, he is a grassroots example of starting from scratch. Judging from the writing style of these autobiographies, we can actually see that this guy is actually quite hypocritical.
In fact, Bill Gates has nothing to do with grassroots at all. Bill Gates¡¯ success mainly depends on his father and his mother Mary Gates.
Speaking of his father, William Gates, the owner of Preston Gates Ellis Business Law Firm, this law firm is one of the top 100 law firms in the United States, with business covering the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. It should be said that Bill Gates' family was very wealthy when he was not born, and he has nothing to do with the so-called grassroots **.
As for his mother, Mary Gates? Not only a director of IBM. Still a university professor, it can be said that Bill Gates would not be able to cooperate with IBM without the existence of Mary Gates. By selling his software to IBM for bundling, it was actually Bill Gates' mother who helped Microsoft find its first pot of gold.
It is precisely because of this relationship that after Wenfeng acquired Microsoft, he gave shares to Bill Gates and Paul Allen for free, and hoped that they could stay here for thirty years, which is why Microsoft has developed today. At this time, Microsoft had just signed a contract with IBM. Judging from what Zhang Feng said, Zhang Feng seemed to be a little cold towards Bill Gates. Wen Feng wanted to hear the reason, so he just inserted After one sentence, he motioned for Zhang Feng to continue speaking.
"Bill's question is actually very simple. After a period of cooperation with us, the market is now very good due to IBM's bundled sales. In less than a year, Microsoft's market value has actually nearly doubled. , seeing that we only paid five million when we bought it, and he only had 10% of the shares, Bill actually already had an idea!"
?In Zhang Feng's eyes, Bill Gates is definitely an ambitious person. It is obvious that he still has certain opinions about this person. He just heard him continue to say to Wen Feng: "Bill has three ideas. First, He believes that he is the main founder of Microsoft, and he edited many of the original major programs, and Allen thinks that he has paid less for Microsoft. He should not only take the same number of shares as Allen. Secondly, he thinks that he has paid less for Microsoft. , he believes that Microsoft has very broad prospects. If it only has 10% of the shares, he has little interest in doing it and has plans for a private company. Third, he has an interest in an old classmate, Steve Ball. Mo is very interested and hopes to have someone to help Microsoft with management and sales, so that he and Allen can concentrate on researching software and guiding the future development direction of Microsoft!"
"He is negotiating terms with us and wants more. He has a rich father and mother. He will not worry about no development opportunities if he leaves us. He thinks very clearly. After all, we are outsiders and it seems that It¡¯s really not possible to rely on him!¡±
Wenfeng sighed. He had long known that Microsoft would never be so easy to win. After all, it would have a market value of hundreds of billions in the future. If Bill Gates' ambitions were not big, how could he build such a big business? What about Empire, becoming the world¡¯s largest company by market capitalization?
"Yes, he is very ambitious, and his idea is not supported by Paul Allen!"
Zhang Feng laughed. It was very comfortable to communicate with Wenfeng. Wenfeng could understand what he meant just by hearing his words, so he continued to report the situation: "Alan thought that since we talked about it when we signed the contract, If the conditions are in place, we should not make changes casually. Bill Gates also wants to bring in Steve Ballmer. Everyone can see that he is trying to dilute our shares in a weird way. At that time, he He proposed to me that if I want to invite Steve Ballmer to come over, I must give him at least 5% of the equity, otherwise Steve Ballmer may not agree!"
"Let Allen come out to build another company, or even become Bill's boss. Do you think this method is feasible? Will it be beneficial to Microsoft's next development?"
The writing style makes it very clear who Steve Ballmer is. In fact, the two most successful partners in the American business world are Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger of Berkshire, and Bill Ballmer of Microsoft. Gates and Paul Allen.
The former has been working together for more than 40 years and is still loyal, while the latter actually parted ways within four or five years, but there are still many similarities between the two. Fitt and Munger worked together to create the best-performing company in American history. investment firm, Gates and Allen joined forces to create the most profitable technology company the world has ever seen.
Both Buffett and Gates are national idols who are accustomed to appearing in the spotlight frequently. Various media will report their every move in detail. Although there are not a lot of books about them, they are still numerous.
Munger and Allen are relatively unknown. If ordinary readers want to understand their lives, hobbies and ideas, there are very few books on the market to choose from. But the biggest difference between them and the first two is that Buffett and Bill Both have a prominent family background, but Munger and Allen have a much lower starting point. Allen once made a joke about this difference, saying that it is the difference between civilians and lawyers looking at problems. In fact, it is not the same. This illustrates the crux of their contradiction.
There is no doubt about Allen's ability, otherwise he would not have been favored by Bill Gates in the first place, and finally formed a company with him. The same problem lies here. Although Wen Feng knew that Paul Allen would eventually end up with Bill Gates. Chiang parted ways, but now Microsoft has just started, will that have an impact on the current Microsoft?
Compared with Bill Gates's ambition, if Paul Allen leaves, and even makes Paul Allen the chairman of the holding company above Bill Gates, will it make Bill Gates angry? Even more rebellious, once he privately controls Microsoft, what if he even further intimidates his writing style?
"It won't be beneficial. The problem is that if we don't take measures, we will lose Bill, and at the same time, our technology may be taken away. We can't lack him at this stage, so we can only let Allen go away and let him take over the power. It will allow him to work with peace of mind!¡±
Zhang Feng looked thoughtful and helpless: "For Microsoft, Bill is more important. We cannot lose his social relationship, so I suggest you increase his shares and agree to Bill's plan and let Steve?" Ballmer joins and gives him shares!"
At this point, Zhang Feng has made it completely clear about his current difficulties in Manhattan. Bill Gates is undoubtedly a very ambitious guy and is an indispensable person for Microsoft at this stage. Without Bill Gates, What is Microsoft like? The writing style is really unimaginable. He once thought that Bill Gates would be difficult to control, butBut he didn't expect that his counterattack would come so quickly. How to solve this problem? After listening to Zhang Feng's opinion, Wen Feng had to fall into deep thought. This may be the most serious test he faces in the United States, and he must pass it if he wants to succeed! ~!
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