Chapter 1024

Looking at a group of rich and powerful men talking and laughing, Li Feng turned to one side and casually echoed many big men and a little absent-minded gates, so he couldn't help smiling.

"Bill, I heard that the Ministry of justice is about to announce whether to file a Microsoft antitrust case. Your sales model of binding the operating system to the browser may be recognized as monopolistic illegal binding sales. Do Microsoft have any countermeasures?"

Listening to Li Feng's question with a smile, gates frowned helplessly and replied, "yes, I'm bothering about it. Now it seems that the world knows that Microsoft is facing antitrust investigation, and I don't know what the fate of Microsoft will be?"

"However, John, you are well-informed and run very fast. Microsoft's antitrust investigation has not been concluded yet. You directly completed the transaction with PNC group and completely withdrew from Microsoft." Similarly, Gates' good friend Buffett also responded with a smile.

"Ah... Mr. stock god, you have wronged me. To be honest, I have always been optimistic about Microsoft. After all, the windows operating system is too excellent and Microsoft's profitability is super strong. If PNC hadn't come up with something that makes me greedy, where would I sell stocks?" Li Feng and others with big eyes and an innocent face said to Buffett and the people.

"Oh... Originally, John, you already know that Microsoft is going to be filed for antitrust. No wonder you directly find PNC group to sell shares. It seems that you are looking for PNC as the receiver!" Chris Morgan, who was sitting on one side, immediately joked and responded.

"No, Chris, would you like to send a message to PNC? If they want to cash out the shares I sold to them now, I can buy them directly, based on our previous transaction amount." Li Feng was also angry and responded.

"Ha ha..."

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Seeing young people talking and laughing around many big guys, sometimes pretending to be stupid and innocent, they joked and chatted with the big guys, which made everyone laugh. Anyway, you can let these people's grandchildren go at your age. It's actually a good way to get closer.

In fact, the rest of the audience stopped talking and looked at Li Feng and gates.

If we say that the two most prominent people in today's American economic circles are undoubtedly Li Feng and gates, gates will not say. From 1995 to 1998, the title of "the world's richest man" for four consecutive sessions is not in vain.

Although those rich and powerful families in the United States may control more wealth than gates, the wealth they control does not belong to individuals, but to the whole family. When it comes to personal wealth, gates will undoubtedly get rid of everyone except a few people, such as Li Feng and Buffett.

Since 1997, the U.S. Department of justice has accused Microsoft of antitrust investigation on bundled sales of browsers and operating systems. Although gates lobbied the government from the beginning and paid a huge price, that is, his shares have been diluted and delayed until now.

Unfortunately, Microsoft's use of the operating system to bind ie is too obvious, and there is no doubt that Microsoft's monopoly dominance in the operating system exceeds all the market permissions required for antitrust.

In history, it was delayed to the middle of October a year later, that is, it passed the "antitrust investigation" for a whole year. Finally, the U.S. Department of justice confirmed the formal establishment of Microsoft's antitrust case, which wasted Gates' efforts in the past year. It is estimated that gates should basically get the news now. It is conceivable that he is depressed.

Similarly, Microsoft's anti-monopoly case is very eye-catching. After all, Microsoft is not a small company. Now its market value is close to $300 billion, but it is a super gold mine. I don't know how many people are staring at it.

You know, in 1995, gates owned more than four layers and nearly half of Microsoft's shares. If these shares were still in hand, the value of these shares alone would be nearly $150 billion, and they were increasing every day. It can be said that the value of Microsoft and Gates' shares was too dazzling. It was so bright there that anyone was greedy and excited.

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The anti-monopoly case of Microsoft in history lasted nearly two years from 1998 to 2000. At the beginning, it was confirmed that the anti-monopoly was established. If it was really in accordance with the first judgment of the court, Microsoft had to face the situation of being split.

Fortunately, Microsoft appealed. Anyway, the final outcome of the appeal was that the Supreme Court rejected the initial judgment. Microsoft avoided the fate of splitting. This war is the most critical one for Microsoft. However, nine states still agreed with antitrust, and then entered the long antitrust investigation in several States again, which was not completely completed until 2002.

In Li Feng's view, the most disastrous loss of Microsoft's antitrust investigation is Gates himself. However, he is a leading bird and has the most shares in Microsoft.

Of course, Judge Thomas, who was convicted of antitrust for the first time, was dismissed as "violating judicial procedures and divulging the inside information of the case to the media" a few days after Microsoft successfully appealed and avoided the fate of the split. Li Feng didn't believe that there was no "retaliatory" move by Microsoft.

This is the closest time for Microsoft to be split. Fortunately, Microsoft's public relations ability is still strong, and the U.S. government doesn't want to see one of the facade enterprises of the United States and the giant monopolizing the global operating system split, which escaped this disaster.

Since then, Microsoft has launched new products in the future. Although it is inevitably suspected of bundled sales of the operating system, it always walks on the antitrust line. Later, although there was occasional antitrust investigation, it was fined at most, but the news that it was not unpacked came.

In a sense, Microsoft still wants to thank this anti monopoly investigation, which has given Microsoft the experience of dealing with the antitrust investigation. When Microsoft of later generations often appears in the anti monopoly investigation news, many people only make complaints about it in the heart, "I rely on, have investigation, and look for a fine again."

There are too many investigations. Most people are immune. Perhaps the only depressed thing is Mr. Gates. After 2000, Mr. Gates found that his voice was getting smaller and smaller in Microsoft. After all, the shares were less than 20% at that time, and it was impossible to speak as well as at first.

At the beginning, Microsoft was almost the speech hall of gates. Paul Allen, one of the co founders, a close friend of Gates' college classmates and a major shareholder of Microsoft, was not driven out of the company by gates, so he received dividends every year. Compared with today, under various constraints of Microsoft, he directly resigned from the post of chairman of Microsoft.

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"Anyway, I think Microsoft is now the facade of a high-tech company. The government should not want to see Microsoft split. If the antitrust case is established this time, appeal and lobby as much as possible. I think Washington will consider one or two." Thinking of Microsoft's final fate, Li Feng immediately smiled and comforted gates.

"Hey... I hope." Gates sighed helplessly and then replied.

"John, you should be careful with Feixun technology!" Buffett, the stock god, smiled and joked with Li Feng again.

"Isn't it? My flying news has just launched a YY chat software now, and I heard that Microsoft has also launched its own chat software, and there are many chat tools in the market. In this way, flying news and Microsoft are still 'competitors', bill, you won't deal with flying news like Netscape?"

"Er... Don't worry, a Netscape is enough for our headache. If we need to add a Feixun and St. John Lee, I don't think Microsoft needs the investigation of the Ministry of justice to split it directly." Hearing Li Feng's ridicule, gates turned his eyes angrily and replied.

"Bill, I think you'd better come like this and block the YY of Feixun directly on the operating system. Anyway, one sheep drives and a group of sheep drives." Old David couldn't help teasing Li Feng and gates.

"Shit, old David, I found that your heart is so dark. Sure enough, the older people are, the darker their heart is!"

"Eh... John, we are all 'old guys'. You are scolding us all."

"Uh..."

"Ha ha..."

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A burst of banter, accompanied by a burst of laughter, attracted the attention of most people in the party. There was no way. The area where Li Feng and others were located in the whole venue was indeed the focus area of the whole party.