Reborn Tycoon Rise

"Then what proportion of equity are you willing to provide?" Xu Zhi asked with a smile.

"We can agree to purchase your company's products on a per-part basis. Mr. Xu should understand that as long as we get the order from IBM, this will be a long-term and stable income." Paul Allen said in a deep voice.

Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "I don't care no matter how high this income is."

"Does Mr. Xu care so much about Microsoft's equity?" Paul Allen frowned and said. Although Midea is not as good as IBM, it is much stronger than Microsoft. It is indeed difficult to get money to buy other companies' products.

"Compared to this kind of cooperation, I am more optimistic about the development of Microsoft." Xu Zhi said with a smile. Although Midea has also developed simple system software, everything needs to be prepared for a fallback. The most fundamental reason is that the U.S. government The presence.

The personal computer era has just begun, and the entire market is only a billion dollars. This number is just an inconspicuous small amount in the United States.

But in just a few years, the computer market will flourish, and some large companies will also enter this market, and the scale will grow at an annual rate of 60% to 100%. After the 1990s, the Internet began to connect the world, and the information age came, and the system Software will become a core product affecting national security.

Not to mention a Hong Kong company, even its allies Japan and European countries, the US government will not allow it to control the operating system, the lifeline software of the Internet.

There have been cases like this in later history.

In 1982, a professor from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Tokyo in Japan felt that the use of the DOS system was extremely complicated, so he spent two years writing more than 300 pages of PC system specifications called tron.

In 1984 in Tokyo, at an international conference on microcomputer applications, the tron ​​system was first known to the world. At that time, 150 experts from around the world were full of optimism about the future of tron.

The concept of tron ​​system at that time was: "Basic software, which is the software platform, should be free like air and water."

This concept was more recognized by international technology organizations than the window system launched by Microsoft in the United States at that time. Because Microsoft and Intel's business alliance charges extremely high fees, while tron ​​is completely free.

This was actually a battle for system standards. Many large computer companies at the time intended to jointly develop the tron ​​system. Even IBM joined the alliance because the tron ​​system was free.

However, for its own benefit, the U.S. government passed the Super 301 Act in 1989 and set up trade barriers to tron ​​products.

In fact, if the U.S. market is simply closed, the tron ​​system may not recover from the fall. However, the U.S. government has internally put pressure on large companies such as IBM and HP, and has announced externally that any computer company involved in the research and development of the tron ​​system will no longer be allowed to enter the U.S. market. , even some European countries have joined because of some interests.

Under the attack of dimensionality reduction, the free tron ​​system completely collapsed and withdrew from the stage of history.

In terms of operating systems, technology is not a problem, but the structure of the ecological chain. Without a strong government background, it is impossible to fight against American companies. Instead of doing this, it is better to invest in Microsoft now and ensure that Microsoft develops as it has historically. This can also obtain adequate financial returns.

What he really plans to run well is a few office software products, which are equally profitable but do not involve political issues.

Xu Zhi continued: "This is a win-win cooperation. I will not treat Microsoft badly. The purchase price of the stock will definitely satisfy both of you."

"Then Gates and I have to discuss it again." Paul Allen nodded and agreed, but the 30% equity transfer really made it difficult for them to make a decision.

Paul Allen is a person who is good at discovering and seizing opportunities. In fact, his contribution to the early development of Microsoft is much greater than that of Bill Gates. After using Honor Computer once, he knew that this system has great advantages. However, The other party's worth is too high, and Microsoft's traditional method of throwing money at it has become ineffective.

"Okay." Xu Zhi smiled and said. In fact, he also hopes to cooperate with Microsoft so that he can obtain the highest benefits in the future. Otherwise, if Microsoft's opportunity to rise is given to other companies, the development of the entire personal computer industry will suffer unpredictable deviations.

Both parties are insisting on their lowest prices. Of course Xu Zhi will not care about the amount of this cooperation. Even if it is a big cooperation, it is just a one-time cooperation. You must know that once Microsoft wins the order from IBM, the company will develop rapidly. By then Microsoft As long as it spends time and money, it can completely circumvent some of its own patents. But if it doesn't work, in a rogue country like the United States, Microsoft can also ask the government for help in the name of "national security."

Xu Zhi was unwilling to deal with the world's largest rogue government, and he did not have strong support behind him.

As for Microsoft, what Bill and Paul are more afraid of is that other companies and even IBM itself have obtained such technology authorization, and then the entire development plan of Microsoft will collapse.

Afterwards, Bill Gates and Paul Allen left the reception area and waited for about 20 minutes before they hurried back.

Paul Allen sat down again and said: "Mr. Xu, Bill and I discussed it and we can transfer another 10% of the company's shares to you. Adding the stocks you previously held, you will own 20% of Microsoft." equity, but you have to promise not to interfere with the company’s management.”

"I don't have to participate in administrative management, but I ask for supervisory rights in terms of finance. At the same time, I will have priority for every financing raised by Microsoft in the future." Xu Zhi said forcefully. If there is no such priority, then Microsoft can Unrestricted introduction of investment and dilution of its own shares. You must know that Microsoft's market value at its peak in the future will be as high as 600 billion US dollars, exceeding the GDP of most countries in the world. Once it is diluted in the early stage, it will be a huge loss.

"Okay." Bill Gates and Paul Allen hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement. After all, they didn't know the future situation of Microsoft, and Xu Zhi represented a huge company with sufficient funds and resources. Help Microsoft's development.

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, I will arrange for the company's lawyers to prepare a patent licensing contract."

"Yes, our lawyer will also prepare an equity transfer contract for 10% of the stock at a price of US$2.5 million. What does Mr. Xu think?" Paul Allen said.

"No problem." Xu Zhi agreed with a smile. This small amount of funds was just a side detail.