Extraordinary Genius

“Lenovo Silver Mountain Software has launched multilingual versions, barely less than ours, and more than half of our prices in various regions. What do you think should be done about this situation?” Bill? Gates asked silently.

“Want Silver Mountain Software, like Feng is a shareholder? We should talk to Feng to avoid this vicious competition. Together, we can raise the market gateway, divide the market, and compete benignly to ensure the best interests.” One director said.

Paul Allen waved in disgust: "If it's that simple, what other board meeting is needed? Feng came the day before yesterday, but did not agree to cooperate with us. As a result, we started competing against our market yesterday, leaving us completely unprotected. ”

When you say that, Paul? Alan also felt a little warm in the face. When Feng Yu left the day before yesterday, he warned them that he would soon compete with them in the market. But they started to think that it was just the Huaxia Market.

The Huaxia market is huge, but profits are among the lowest, so they don't pay much attention at first. As a result, some precautions could have been taken in a timely manner, but they were ignored by themselves.

The director opened his mouth and stopped talking. Yeah, Feng was kicked out of Microsoft, and now he's the richest man in the world. It's normal to be arrogant.

Together with Feng's youthfulness, young people represent a difficult compromise and impulse. For the sake of honor, it's normal to burn money and fight.

In his view, that was not the case with young people, nor was the richest man in the world immune to vulgarity.

Ballmer frowned and asked, "Feng wants to compete with us, so we can compete. Are you still afraid of the Silver Mountain software company on the scale of our funds? ”

“Steve, do you know what you're talking about? Money, it's money. Halve the selling price, how much do we reduce our profits? And once we do that, it means our share price will fall and investors won't trust us!” Paul? Alan scolded angrily.

“Well, then, is there any good way for Mr. Allen? Or can you persuade Silver Mountain to raise the price? Or can you make us sell twice as well when the product is not of the same quality as the other party? I need to remind you that you are in charge of our office software research and development department! ”

“What do you mean? You mean the R&D department I led dragged back? By the time I took over, that WPS had outdone us in some ways! ”

Paul Allen is furious, Ballmer. You shouldn't have given him a share in the board!

“Since WPS had surpassed us when you took over, why did you take over so long that the gap was widened instead of narrowed? I don't know what I'm talking about. You don't know? Is it time to focus on current prices? More attention should now be paid to how to retain users and secure our market share. ”

“Our office software, now the most used in the world, is being evaluated by comparing all other office software with ours. The advantage is that we have become the industry standard. Their other software companies depend on our faces. ”

“Now what? What does it mean to have one that is ahead of us in several features and none is weaker than us? It represents an upgrade to the industry standard, and we are not the ones who set this upgrade standard! This is the office software R&D department you led, and this is what you've been doing for years! ”

“You have your own company, but Microsoft wants all sorts of power. Are you really responsible? You put more energy into your company. Now that this is happening in Microsoft, you have a huge responsibility! ”

Ballmer's remarks shocked the rest of the board. That's a clear tear to the face, Paul? Alan gave up the power in his hand.

Ballmer is already president and CEO. What else does he want? Again, it is not too surprising that Ballmer, an administrative leader, could not command Paul's administration at all, and that the resentment between the two men had deepened.

It's just that they're surprised, this time, how come Bill didn't interrupt Ballmer's words? Did Ballmer say that with Bill's acquiescence?

Paul Allen also found the problem, and this time, nobody was there for him, and everyone's eyes seemed to be full of grievances and criticisms, including Bill? Gates.

But, Paul? Alan definitely doesn't want to hand over power, and the easiest way to do this now is to turn the subject off, or to distract attention.

“Well, as you said, what should we do now? Half the price, we'll get the market back? You cut the price. Wouldn't they cut the price? Look at the sale price in Huaxia Market and see how low it costs to even think about Silver Mountain Software. ”

“No, at least in the English-speaking market, we have an advantage. Although their engineers in Huaxia are less expensive, the engineers' native languages are all Chinese. And the other language versions they publish, they work with companies, which means they want to make a profit to each other, which increases their cost. ”

“We are different, we have our own branches in many countries, we recruit a lot of employees, many of our versions, we translate them ourselves, and the cost is even lower. We may not be adversaries in the Huaxia market, but in other countries, we are very advantageous. ”

Ballmer wasn't finished yet, and a director suddenly said, "Who says we're going to lose in the Huaxia market? ”

Everyone looked at the director, and the situation was so clear, could there be any other turnaround?

“What would happen if we stopped protecting pirates and no longer needed activation codes? ”

Everyone was shocked, and the situation was that piracy was rampant, leaving the original without a market. Wait, what he means is, rob the market with piracy, just like they did?

But is this a way to hurt yourself?

“We can not update this version, and in three years we will be launching a new version. Now the solution is to make Silver Mountain unprofitable and make them pay. It's not a small amount of investment they need to develop this software, is it? If it doesn't sell, it's going to hit them pretty hard. ”

“And we, Microsoft, lose 23 billion a year, it's nothing. As long as the market is still in our hands, we can make constant profits in the future! ”

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