My Age of Investment

   Chapter 949

  On this day, Xia Jingxing received a call from Gates at his Palo Alto home.

As soon as he answered the phone, he heard a hearty laughter from the other end of the phone: "Hahaha~, Darren, I heard that there was some unpleasantness between you and Ballmer. The door of the Android company's meeting room broke."

   "Haha, it's not that serious. I have asked the maintenance worker to inspect the door and found that it is quite strong and does not affect the use at all."

Xia Jingxing tilted her head and clamped her mobile phone to her neck, holding the milk powder can in one hand, and numbly scooping out a spoonful of milk powder into the bottle with the other, adding warm water to start brewing and stirring, and waiting for the foam in the cup to dissipate. , Squeezed another two drops on the back of his hand to test the temperature of the water. After confirming that there was no problem, he walked to the side and took out the crying son in the cradle, stuffed the bottle into his arms, and the whole world was quiet.

  Looking at the little guy who opened a pair of big eyes and was staring at him, Xia Jingxing showed an old father-like smile. After two days at home with the children, he realized how difficult this job is.

  Kristina put her hands on her chest, smiled and watched Xia Jingxing taking the child, basically nothing went wrong, much better than she had imagined.

  She just finished boasting Xia Jingxing in her heart, when she heard a "cough cough" baby coughing.

  It's sucking milk!

  Kristina did not dare to neglect, and quickly stepped forward to take her son from Xia Jingxing, and began to slap the child on the back under the guidance of the nursery teacher, and the cries of wailing suddenly resounded through the room.

  "Daren, why did I hear the baby crying?"

  Gates on the other end of the phone was confused. When he was talking, Darren kept saying "OK", absent-mindedly, and now there are babies crying. What is going on?

   "Yes, I'm at a friend's house, and the baby is a bit naughty."

  Xia Jingxing gave Christina a sign to go out, then walked to the next room, and began to concentrate on a conversation with Gates.

   "Because I am on vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands these days, I have not personally intervened in Android.

  But I entrusted Ballmer with full authority to deal with the matter, and repeatedly told him to communicate with you properly, but I did not expect him to be like this with you. "

  Listening to Gates’ annoyed and regretful tone on the phone, Xia Jingxing sneered in her heart. Who is a successful entrepreneur who does not have the strength of a movie star?

  Gates played this kind of play with him, who fooled him, anyway, he never believed that Ballmer's violent weather would not be highly instructed by Gates.

  However, Gates made this call today, and with such a soft tone, he obviously wanted to come to the aftermath and reconciliation.

  This is also Gates's brilliance. First, send a Ballmer to fight the front stop. Even if things go wrong, there is still room for maneuver.

  After understanding this, Xia Jingxing did not rush to express his stance, and continued to interact with Gates: “Ballmer is too aggressive. He wanted to buy Android at a price of 1 billion US dollars. What does he consider me as a beggar?”

Hearing the complaints and anger in Xia Jing’s jargon, Gates smiled and calmed down: “Daren, I want to say sorry to you about this matter. It’s because Microsoft was not thoughtful and underestimated your emphasis on Android and your future expectations. If you give a new quotation, how much do you think is appropriate?"

  Xia Jingxing's eyes rolled, he felt that Gates's old man seemed to be testing himself, if he showed too much emphasis on Android, would it arouse Gates's vigilance? Thus incurred a heavy blow from Microsoft.

  Without thinking for too long, Xia Jingxing quickly replied: “5 billion US dollars! If Microsoft is willing to pay 5 billion US dollars, I will reluctantly give up my love and give up this work that has been built after several years of hard work to Microsoft.”

Without waiting for Gates’ answer, Xia Jingxing continued to preach: “Mr. Gates, this offer is definitely not high. If you win Android and add Microsoft’s own WindowsMobile, it’s two to one. Sooner or later, Ban’s market share and position will be replaced by Microsoft."

  Gates laughed, "Daren, your idea sounds very good! But the fact is that the combined market share of our two companies is less than half of Saipan, or even less than one-third of theirs.

  Moreover, Android is open source, and the business model seems to be a bit flawed. If Microsoft acquires Android, it will definitely need to be rectified and relaunched.

  So, for Microsoft, Android does not seem to be so indispensable, and only now is a mobile phone manufacturer equipped with Android, right? "

  Xia Jingxing noticed the word "rectification" and felt ecstatic in his heart. Gates' remarks revealed a lot of important information. Microsoft still has to stick to the old ways. Android open source must be an unsuccessful performance in his mind.

   Gates continued: “$5 billion is impossible, because Android doesn’t even have a cent in revenue and its business model is unclear.

  The quotation of $1 billion is already the limit. Even this quotation has made me bear a lot of pressure and doubts from the board of directors. "

   Gates’ remarks are half-truths and half-truths. As a guest at the launch of the Fuxing mobile phone, this mobile phone was noticed by him when it first came out.

After the   Fuxing mobile phone went on sale, he has been paying close attention to the sales performance and market feedback of this phone.

  In short, he still has a lot of interest in Android, and he is willing to spend a small amount of US$1 billion to study it and learn some nutrients by the way. But it is impossible for him to pay 5 billion US dollars for such a thing. Although Microsoft has a lot of money, it is not taken advantage of.

   "That's a shame, Mr. Gates, look at it. Android will definitely reach a market value of $5 billion in the future."

  Gates froze for a moment, then chuckled slightly, not knowing what to say, the market value of 5 billion US dollars is enough? The pattern is smaller!

He felt that he had found out Xia Jingxing’s careful thinking, and he definitely wanted to win over a group of mobile phone manufacturers through open source, and then make Android one of the top in the market, and then use the money in the market to change the world and subvert the old pattern of the market... …Just listen to these words! Don't be true!

  Gates doesn’t think that Android has the courage and strength to hit the top of the industry. Even if they are Microsoft, isn’t it still being stabilized by the Symbian system?

  To subvert the existing market structure, what can an open source be used for, technical strength, patents, capital...These are the keys to the real decision of victory, and it happens to be where Microsoft is good.

  Thinking of this, Gates’ thoughts on acquiring Android have faded. With the backing of Microsoft’s entire empire, WindowsMobile can suppress all enemies in the world.

  Android is up to Xia Jingxing to toss and see what results he can achieve. It’s great to catch up with BlackBerry and sit back and forth. The first place will have to be divided between Microsoft and Symbian.

  Gates holding the phone, blowing the sea breeze, lying on the plastic lounger on the beach meditating.

  In the distance, Epstein led a group of 14 or 15-year-old blonde girls who were not aware of them. They were still far away, and they were calling Gates' name.

   Gates heard the movement and quickly said: "Well, Darren, I hope this unpleasant thing will pass like this! It will not affect our friendship."

   "Of course, I wish you a happy holiday!"

  Xia Jingxing hung up the phone, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly. Whether Gates looked down on Android, he could give him a surprise in the future.

  The other party said he was on vacation in the Virgin Islands. Does this name sound a bit impressive?

  Xia Jingxing suddenly remembered, isn’t that the Happy Island that Gates’ good friend Epstein bought ten years ago? A large number of political and business celebrities such as Zipperton and Ivanka's father are regular visitors on the island.

  Actually, Gates’s lustful name is no secret in the industry. He especially likes to engage in female reporters and subordinates. It’s just that many people are afraid of being on Microsoft’s blacklist and dare not make any noise.

  Not much to think about these messy things, Xia Jing walked out of the room and saw Christina coaxing the child, and smiled: "Talk to you about something."

   "Wait a while, just put my son to sleep."

  Xia Jingxing's face was a little embarrassed, as if she had just messed up, and it was Christina who came to help wipe her ass.

   "Christina, let's talk about cooperation."

  (End of this chapter)