I’m in Hollywood

Facing Caroline, who was full of anticipation like a doll with her beautiful eyes widened, Eric was thinking about how to disregard what he just said when he saw Carter Moen pushing open the glass door of the restaurant and walking towards them come over. ≦.╊.

As Eric's bodyguard, Carter Moen of course knew Caroline, nodded politely to the girl, then bent down and whispered a few words in Eric's ear.

Eric was a little surprised when he heard Carter Moen's words, but he was not surprised at all.

Eric waited for Carter Moen to finish speaking, then stood up and said to the girl, I'm so sorry, Caroline, there is an unexpected guest.

Caroline immediately stood up from the seat and asked reluctantly, Are you going?

Eric originally planned to take this opportunity to leave, but looking at the girl's pitiful expression, his heart softened and he shook his head: No, he has come to the door.

Eric said and walked towards the door of the restaurant. Caroline quickly followed. The two walked out of the restaurant. Eric saw a middle-aged man and woman walking side by side on the corridor in front of the restaurant. Jin, exudes the intellectual atmosphere common to professional girls. The man was dressed in a gray suit, with the curls that always looked a little messy, wearing round black-rimmed glasses, and a habitual confident smile on his face.

Caroline stood beside Eric and said somewhat unexpectedly, It's Bill Gates, why did he come to you?

The visitor is not good, Eric replied softly and went up to meet him. Caroline was a little confused by Eric's words, but she took the initiative to follow.

Hello, Eric, this is my wife, Melinda, the two sides approached, Bill Gates shook hands with Eric very familiarly, and then introduced Melinda Gates beside him , Although they have reached middle age, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates were officially married at the beginning of this year. Netw╇www.

Eric and Melinda Gates shook hands. She gestured to Caroline and said to the couple, This is Caroline Wilson.

Bill Gates and Caroline shook hands, and looked up and down with fluttering eyes at the fresh girl in front of him wearing a pale pink hoodie with flared jeans and white flat shoes. Although she was petite, she only looked 1.55 meters. But the girl's beautiful gold, delicate face and well-proportioned figure all give a pleasing and comfortable feeling, like a doll given life by God.

Bill Gates subconsciously regarded Caroline as another Hollywood actress who often appeared beside Eric, and couldn't help but envy Eric's always beside her with all kinds of beauties.

After introducing each other,

Eric pointed to the restaurant behind him and said, Caroline and I were having dinner just now. Would you like to have something to eat together?

Of course, I remember that the ice cream here is good, I haven't eaten it for many years, Bill Gates nodded.

A few people walked into the restaurant together, and as soon as they saw Eric getting up, they went out, almost catching up to let the waiter at the checkout see Eric who had taken off his sunglasses, Bill Gates and others coming in again. , Although there is no gaffe, but a few waiters inevitably show excited expressions.

Eric took Caroline and the Gates couple to a seat in the corner and sat down and asked for some snacks. Carter Moen knew that the boss and Bill Gates must have something to talk about, and whispered away a waiter who wanted to come forward. He and another bodyguard took the initiative to occupy an adjacent seat, and several of Bill Gates' entourage did the same, separating Eric and the others from the other diners. ≦.╊.

After simply tasting a few bites of ice cream, Bill Gates unabashedly said straight to the point: Eric, sell me Yahoo Network.

Eric is not surprised that Bill Gates already knows the new name after the merger of the three companies. Although Bill Gates's tone is very polite, it has revealed an undisguised strength. Some curious Caroline frowned.

Since the other party was so straightforward, Eric shook his head decisively and said, Don't sell it.

Bill Gates did not change his smile and said, Eric. Firefly has just made a $100 million bond. You must be under great financial pressure. I can give you a price of $600 million and pay in cash.

so far. Eric's total investment in the original three companies was only more than 100 million US dollars. Even according to Bill Gates' asking price, cashing out at this time is close to % profit.

But unless Eric is crazy, he will sell the promising Yahoo Networks that just completed the merger.

Bill, I'm definitely not going to sell Yahoo, let's talk about something else.

$600 million is far from Bill Gates' bottom line price. Bill Gates thought that Eric thought his offer was too low, so he made such a gesture and said, How about 600 million, Microsoft is very sincere.

Caroline, who was sitting obediently beside Eric, heard that Bill Gates was only willing to increase the price by 10,000 dollars, and said that she was sincere, so she couldn't help chuckling, but the girl immediately realized her gaffe , hurriedly said to Bill Gates: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Gates, I, I...

Although Caroline appeared to apologize sincerely, Bill Gates was still slightly annoyed at the 'little vase' that Eric carried with him. He even felt that Eric should not continue to treat himself on this occasion. The little love 丨 people stay by your side. ≤Net≠.╇┮.┮c┼o┼m┯ However, Bill Gates felt that Caroline was Eric’s woman after all, and it would never be his turn to teach him a lesson, so he smiled politely: Miss Wilson, is there anything wrong with my words?

Caroline looked at Eric cautiously. She still didn't know what was going on. She would definitely feel guilty if that chuckle just ruined the business negotiation between Eric and Bill Gates. dead.

Of course Eric didn't mind Caroline's sudden interruption, and encouraged: If you have anything to say, just say it, Caroline, I'm also very curious.

Caroline was relieved a little, looked at Bill Gates again, and said softly: Our mentor has noticed the three companies in Eric's hands since last year, and he said that the three companies are almost one. The previous paragraph also specifically asked us to make a case about them. Although we could not get detailed data, in terms of the number of potential users and development potential, the overall value should be around 100 million US dollars. Mr. Gates, your… ... your offer is too low.

Maybe it was because I thought my last sentence was too direct. After speaking, the girl's face turned slightly rosy, but she still looked at Eric expectantly.

Eric nodded approvingly at Caroline, looking at the girl as a kitten looking forward to a reward. Resisting the urge to scoop up a scoop of ice cream and hand it to the small mouth, he said to Bill Gates, Caroline is reading her MBA here. I think Harvard's professional judgment should be more accurate, so Bill. ≦ .╊. I think we should stop talking about the acquisition, why not cooperate?

As Microsoft's position becomes more and more stable, Bill Gates is already a king-like existence within Microsoft. Even outside Microsoft, almost everyone is polite to him. Therefore, Bill Gates was named by Caroline. The words were a little embarrassed, and when I heard Eric's words of cooperation, he asked back with a touch of sarcasm: How do you plan to cooperate?

The Yahoo browser can be Microsoft's pre-installed browser software, and I know Microsoft is about to launch a new operating system next year. It's a win-win. If Microsoft is willing to pay an exclusive fee, Yahoo doesn't mind for a period of time. In a certain time, we will stop the technical support of Yahoo browser on the operating system such as Yahoo!, and direct more users to the operating system.

In Bill Gates' view, only Microsoft's application software has always invaded other operating system platforms, and there has never been a precedent for external applications as Microsoft's pre-installed software, not to mention that the other party has to ask Microsoft for some bullshit exclusive fees. , it's just a dream.

Faced with such a 'naive' proposal from this young man, Bill Gates smiled and shook his head: Eric, you are doing so well in Hollywood. Why don't you focus on the media industry?

Eric retorted with a smile: Isn't Microsoft also interested in the new field of the network industry?

Bill Gates was silent for a moment, restrained his expression, stared at Eric and said solemnly: Eric, although your browser software almost occupies the market at present. But Microsoft is not unable to make browser software, And don't forget, I have the most widely used operating system platform in the world, where I make all the rules.

This sentence is definitely a naked threat, Bill Gates is obviously implying Eric. If he doesn't agree to sell Yahoo Networks to Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't mind doing something to prevent Yahoo's browser software from running on Microsoft platforms. However, when Eric heard the threat from Bill Gate's classmates, not only did he not feel angry, but he was aroused by a high fighting spirit.

In the original time and space, the reason why Netscape failed miserably was partly because of Microsoft's binding strategy, but the most important point is that all Microsoft and Netscape use a browser kernel called Browser Kernel. Whether you choose IE or Netscape browser, it can achieve good compatibility with most websites on the Internet, which solves the biggest problem for Microsoft to promote IE on the platform. But in this time and space, because Eric took the lead in launching a new IE browser for a year and quickly occupied the browser market in a free way, the kernel browser did not appear again, and, even if it appeared again, because it is related to Internet Explorer is two completely different browser kernels, and in the past two years, many websites have adapted to many technical standards of the new Internet Explorer. A browser with a brand-new kernel may even cause a large number of websites to fail to display, so it is difficult for the browser to reproduce. Promote it.

This is the kind of problem that Microsoft has encountered since then. Unless it completely ignores the legal risks and adopts a large number of technical patents that have been registered by the new ie, it will be difficult for Microsoft to launch a mature browser within a few years.

Eric glanced at Bill Gates, who seemed to be waiting for his final reply, smiled slightly, leaned forward slightly, pressed his fingers on the desktop, and said, Bill, when I checked the cumulative list of browser companies' technologies the other day. , Unconsciously, they have accumulated 337 patents on browser software and related technologies. If Microsoft really intends to open a browser by itself, please be sure to check the patent list carefully before making plans. In fact, we It can be said to be a type of person, I don't mind sharing my stuff with others, but I have to get my consent. Moreover, Yahoo is not one of those small companies that can only consider themselves unlucky even if they are infringed or pushed out of bankruptcy. If I have someone who wants to take something that originally belonged to me, even if it's only worth a dollar, I don't mind spending a billion dollars in a lawsuit if someone dares to take it. You should know that I can easily do it With this, Microsoft's current market value of $20 billion is not as much as my personal assets.

Although it has evolved for millions of years, deep in any woman's genes is an instinct to rely on the strong. Caroline listened to Eric's strong and strong declaration, and felt that her little head was dizzy, and there seemed to be countless little stars in her eyes when she looked at Eric.

Melinda Gates, who had been silent, looked at her husband with a tense expression and Eric with an indifferent expression, and sighed in her heart. Although Bill Gates was gentle to her during the relationship, she also encountered more than once the irritable side of Bill Gates throwing files to his subordinates. The success of Microsoft has made Bill Gates more and more like a tyrant . Eric Williams' public wealth is more than twice that of her husband. According to her understanding, the other party's character may be more aggressive and arrogant, but at this time, it seems that the self-cultivation of the two men beside him is really poor. There are too many, this young man who is less than twenty-five years old has not shown any gaffe from beginning to end, as if he has reached the state of being flattered and humiliated after experiencing world events. Even the words that were stronger than her husband's words just now were as light as a chat between friends.

Seeing that the two men beside him were completely deadlocked, and the little girl opposite was staring at Eric without saying a word, Melinda Gates had to take the initiative to break the deadlock and said softly, Eric, why not? Forget what you said just now, let's talk calmly, we are really sincere to cooperate.

Of course there's no problem, Eric nodded, stretched out his hand with a smile, and squeezed happily on the small face next to him. This little woman is unconsciously acting cute, and madly hooking up with her uncle.

Feeling the touch of Eric's slightly rough fingers, Caroline yelped, and finally reacted, shyly lowered her head and did not dare to look at other people's faces.

His wife helped him break the deadlock, and Bill Gates calmed down. At the same time, he realized that although the scale of Yahoo Internet is far from being comparable to that of Microsoft, Eric is not one of those technology company entrepreneurs that Microsoft can handle. Although he is unwilling, Bill Gates, who has recovered his senses, also realizes that he must make the most favorable choice for Microsoft in order to ensure the absolute leading position of the company. (To be continued.)

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