Chapter 1385

"Lianxiang Yinshan software company's office software has launched multiple language versions, which are almost no less than ours, and the price in each region is half of ours. How do you think we should deal with this situation? " Asked Bill Gates in a deep voice.

"Even think of Yinshan Software Co., Ltd. as if Feng is a shareholder? We should talk to Feng to avoid this vicious competition. We should work together to improve the market gate, divide the market and compete well, so as to ensure the best interests. " One director said.

Paul Allen waved angrily: "if it can be done in such a simple way, what board of directors are needed? Feng came the day before yesterday, but he didn't agree to cooperate with us. As a result, the market competition against us started yesterday, which left us unprepared. "

Paul Allen felt a bit hot when he said that. When Feng Yu left the day before yesterday, he warned them that he would immediately compete with them in the market. But they began to think that it was just the Chinese market.

Although the Chinese market is very large, but the profit is the lowest, so they didn't pay much attention at first. As a result, they could have made some precautions in time, but they ignored them.

The director opened his mouth and said nothing more. Yes, Feng was expelled from Microsoft. Now he is the richest man in the world. It's normal for him to be arrogant.

In addition, Feng is so young that he is not easy to compromise and impulsive. In order to save face, it's normal to burn money rather than fight.

In his opinion, young people are not all like this, and the richest people in the world are not exempt from vulgarity.

Ballmer frowned and asked, "if Feng wants to compete with us, then we can compete. Will we be afraid of Yinshan software company with our capital scale?"

"Steve, do you know what you're talking about? Money, this is money. How much will our profit be reduced if we reduce the selling price by half? And once we do that, it means our share price will fall and investors will distrust us! " Paul Allen shouted.

"Well, then, is there any good way for Mr. Allen? Or can you persuade Lianxiang Yinshan to raise the price? Or can you make us sell at twice the price when the product quality is not as good as that of the other party? I need to remind you that you are in charge of our office software R & D department! "

"What do you mean? The R & D department that I lead has lagged behind? When I took over, WPS had already surpassed us in some functions! "

Paul Allen is furious. Ballmer is making unreasonable accusations against him. Do you think it's great to be president and CEO of Microsoft? In those years, he should not be given shares, let him enter the board of directors!

"Since WPS surpassed us when you took over, why did you take over so long that the gap was not narrowed but widened? I don't know what I'm talking about, do you? Is it time to focus on the immediate price? Now we should pay more attention to how to retain users and ensure our market share. "

"Our office software now has the largest number of users in the world. All other office software is compared with ours to make an evaluation. The advantage is that we have become the industry standard. The rest of their software companies depend on our looks. "

"Now? What does it mean to have a product that leads us in several functions, and no one is weaker than us? Represents the upgrading of industry standards, and it's not us who make this upgrading standard! This is the office software R & D department you lead, and this is what you have done in recent years! "

"You have your own company, but you want all kinds of power at Microsoft. Are you really responsible? You put more energy into your company. Now Microsoft has this situation, you have to take a lot of responsibility! "

Ballmer's comments shocked other directors. This is to tear open his face and ask Paul Allen to let the power in his hand.

Ballmer is already president and CEO. What else does he want to do? It's no surprise that Ballmer, the chief executive, could not direct Paul's management department at all, and that the two had a deep feud.

It's just their surprise that this time, why didn't bill interrupt Ballmer? Did Ballmer's words have Bill's acquiescence?

Paul Allen also found out the problem. This time, no one supported him, and everyone looked at him as if they were full of complaints and criticism, including Bill Gates.

But Paul Allen absolutely doesn't want to hand over power. Now the easiest way is to turn off the topic or attract other people's attention.

"Well, according to what you said, what should we do now? Half the price, we can get back to the market? If you reduce the price, won't the other party reduce the price? Look at the price in the Chinese market, we can see how low the cost of Yinshan software company is. "

"No, at least in the English market, we have an advantage. Although their engineers cost less in China, their native language is Chinese. And the other language versions they release are all in cooperation with some companies, which means that they want to give profits to each other, thus increasing their costs. ""We are different. In many countries, we have our own branches, recruited many employees, and translated many of our versions. We have lower costs in this respect. Maybe we are not competitors in the Chinese market, but in other countries, we still have advantages. "

Before Ballmer finished, a director suddenly said, "who said that in the Chinese market, we would lose?"

Everyone looks at the director. It's so clear. Is there any other turning point?

"What would happen if we stopped protecting piracy and didn't need an activation code?"

Everyone is surprised. In this case, piracy is rampant, so that there is no market for genuine copies. Wait a minute, he means to use piracy to seize the market, just like they did at the beginning?

But this is a way of doing harm to others but not to yourself?

"We can not update this version. Three years later, we will launch a new version. Now this way is to make them lose money even if they think Yinshan has no profit. The investment they need to develop this software is not small, is it? If it can't be sold, it will be a big blow to them. "

"And we Microsoft, a loss of two or three billion a year, is nothing at all. As long as the market is still in our hands, there will be a steady stream of profits in the future!"

…… (to be continued. )