"We must try our best to stabilize the box game store, or we are all finished!!" Bill Gates said with a sad face at Microsoft's internal meeting.
Now the total market value of Microsoft has fallen to $180 billion, and the value of Bill Gates has shrunk to about $35 billion.
From $200 billion to $30 billion, only Bill Gates can understand the pain.
And according to Forbes magazine's prediction, Jia Yapeng's figure has exceeded 40 billion dollars, although this is still the data in April, but in the process of network technology bubble burst, there is obviously not much loss, so his overall figure seems to have surpassed Bill Gate.
Of course, in fact, Bill Gates is still very calm. After all, he has sold 15% of his shares at the peak of 600 billion market value, so Bill Gates has a full $90 billion in cash.
So the money now nominally belongs to the charity foundation, but no one can move the money except Bill Gates. Of course, the money is Bill Gates's own.
So Bill Gates is very clear in his heart that although he should not be the richest man in the world, he can definitely continue to press Jia Yapeng. He is richer than him.
Bill Gates is so confident.
But confidence is one thing, and the company's coming to an end is another.
Microsoft's current market value is crazy. Although bankruptcy and ruin are impossible, the anger of shareholders is inevitable, and Bill Gates sold 15% of the company's shares, so Bill Gates has only 15% of the company's shares.
Although Bill Gates is still the largest shareholder of Microsoft, it is not impossible for other major shareholders to unite to get rid of Bill Gates and the position of chairman.
In order to keep his position, Bill Gates must find a way to stabilize the company's share price.
At this time, the box game has become the key to determine Microsoft's share price.
Originally, Microsoft successfully stabilized its stock price several times, but as soon as the bad news came from the box game, the whole Microsoft stock price exploded.
But if you actually read Microsoft's financial report carefully, you will find that the box game has not made a penny for Microsoft, and the success or failure of the box game has no impact on Microsoft's most important system business.
So the box game is actually a good-looking dress for Microsoft. If this dress is broken, it's good to lose it directly, and it won't hurt your muscles and bones.
But what makes Bill Gates helpless is that in the eyes of many outsiders, the box game seems to represent the future of Microsoft. If the box game arrives, Microsoft will have no future.
The reason why spectators have such an idea can not blame others for ignorance, because the main pot is still Bill Gates himself.
If Bill Gates had not blown all kinds of box games and the prospect of the game industry, so that all investors would pay attention to box games, otherwise how could Microsoft bind to box games so dead?
Oh, at the beginning of all kinds of blowing, now he came to tell us that box games are not really what. Let's go and don't sell Microsoft shares... Isn't this bullshit.
It is the so-called success and failure. At the beginning, Microsoft could rush to $600 billion, and the box game can be said to have made great contributions.
Now Microsoft has fallen to 200 billion, which is also caused by the heavy blow that box games continue to suffer.
Although unwilling to admit it, the box game has obviously become the valve of Microsoft's share price. If Microsoft wants to pull back the share price, the box game must find a way to backhand.
So Bill Gates held this internal meeting to discuss how to make the box game great again.
"Chairman, in fact, the truth is very simple. Steam games have been pressed by us. As a result, we can only go online. I think it can not be restricted by dealers."
"Although they were successful for a while, they actually turned on a light for us. We can engage in online game stores, so we can do it naturally. Moreover, we have our advantages. Now both sides are in the initial stage. As long as we catch up, we can beat Steam games!" an executive said, and others nodded.
Yes, this is the only way. Steam games can be online stores. It doesn't make sense. They can't do it!
"Very good!" Bill Gates nodded. In fact, he is also the whole idea, but it needs to be unified within the company first.
Now it seems that this approach has been recognized by many executives.
Bill Gates is very satisfied. The next thing to do is how to manage the project. It is supposed that as the online version of the box game, the company should be controlled by Nintendo's Iwata Cong.
But Bill Gates has gradually distrusted Nintendo and Iwata Cong games. He thinks Iwata Cong is blowing too hard. He doesn't know how to run a game channel enterprise. Otherwise, why does box game pit tens of billions of dollars in cash in his hand, but he still can't afford ah Dou?
On the contrary, Microsoft's share price plunged.
These mistakes may have nothing to do with Bill Gates. In any case, they are not Bill Gates' mistakes. Bill Gates has become the richest man in the world from scratch. How can he be wrong?
It must be the exaggeration of Iwata and Nintendo.
In addition, in Bill Gates's view, even if Iwata has some skills in running game enterprises, this time it's an online store. Iwata and Nintendo, who sell console games, know what network!
Microsoft and Bill Gates must have more networks and computers, so there must be no problem that Nintendo is directly responsible for and manages this online game store.
As for Iwata Cong's opinions and whether he will object, Bill Gates said that these are not important. Anyway, more than 70% of the shares of box game are in Microsoft's hands. Bill Gai doesn't need anyone's consent to do things. He can appoint him directly.
So Bill Gates's eyes fell on the following generals and planned to find one of them to be responsible for the operation of box game online store.
"Who would like to take charge of this project?" Bill Gates asked directly.