Chapter 610： uninvited guest

In the face of Caroline, who is full of expectations and looks like a beautiful scorpion doll, Eric is considering how to get rid of the words just now, and sees Carter Moen pushing the glass door of the restaurant and walking towards them. Come over.

As Eric's personal bodyguard, Carter Moen certainly knew Caroline, politely nodded to the girl, and bent down and whispered a few words at Eric.

Eric heard the words of Carter Moen, a little surprised, but not surprised at all.

Eric and other Carter Moen finished, stood up and said to the girl: "I am sorry, Caroline, suddenly came an uninvited guest."

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

Eric had planned to take the opportunity to leave, but looked at the girl's pitiful expression, a soft heart, shook his head: "No, he has come to the door."

Eric said that he was walking towards the restaurant door. Caroline quickly followed up. The two walked out of the restaurant. Eric looked at a pair of middle-aged men and women who walked side by side on the ramp in front of the restaurant. The woman wore a light windbreaker, one end. Blonde hair, exudes the intellectual atmosphere common to professional girls. The man was dressed in a gray suit, with curly hair that looked always messy, with round black-rimmed glasses and a habitual confident smile on his face.

Caroline stood next to Eric, and some accidentally said: "It’s Bill Gates, how come he will come to you?"

"There are not good people," Eric whispered back and greeted him. Caroline was a little confused about Eric’s words, but she still took the initiative to follow up.

"Hello, Eric, this is my wife, Melinda," the two sides approached, Bill Gates was very familiar with Eric, and then introduced Melinda Gates next to him. Although it is already in middle age, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates officially got married at the beginning of this year.

Eric and Melinda Gates shook hands. It shows that Caroline introduced the couple: "This is Caroline Wilson."

Bill Gates and Caroline shook hands, looking up and down in front of this fresh girl wearing a pale pink hoodie micro-la jeans and white flat shoes, although petite, only one meter five five. But the girl's beautiful blonde hair, delicate face and well-proportioned body give a pleasing comfort, like a doll that God gave life to.

Bill Gates subconsciously regarded Caroline as another Hollywood actress who often appeared beside Eric. I couldn’t help but admire Erik. There are always beautiful women around him.

After introducing each other, Eric pointed to the restaurant behind him and said: "I have been eating with Caroline. Would you like to have something to eat together?"

"Of course, I remember 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. I just saw Eric getting up and going out. I almost had to catch up with the waiter who had checked out the money. I saw Eric and Bill Gates who had taken off the sunglasses and walked in again. Although there is no misconduct, several waiters are inevitably showing an excited look.

Eric took Caroline and the Gates to find a seat next to the corner and asked for a few snacks. Carter Moen knew that the boss and Bill Gates had something to talk about, and whispered away a waiter who wanted to get together. With another bodyguard taking the initiative to occupy a nearby seat, Bill Gates's followers also did the same, separating Eric and others from several other diners.

Simply tasted a few mouthfuls of ice cream, and Bill Gates unabashedly opened the door to see the mountain: "Eric, sell Yahoo Networks to me."

Eric’s new name for Bill Gates’s understanding of the merger of the three companies is not unexpected. Bill Gates’s tone is very polite, but it has revealed an undisguised strength, even the original Bill Gates. Some curious Caroline frowned.

Since the other party was so straightforward, Eric also decisively shook his head: "Do not sell."

Bill Gates smiled and said: "Eric. Fireflies have just issued $8 billion in bonds, and your financial pressure is definitely great. I can give you $600 million in cash and pay."

so far. Eric has invested more than $100 million in the original three companies. Even with Bill Gates's offer, it is close to 500% of the profit.

But unless Eric is crazy, he will sell the Yahoo!

"Bill, Yahoo, I am definitely not going to sell it. It is better to talk about something else."

The $600 million is far from the bottom line price of Bill Gates. Bill Gates thought that Eric suspected that his offer was too low, and made such a gesture, saying: "How about 650 million, Microsoft is very sincere."

Carolyn, who was sitting on the side of Eric, had heard that Bill Gates was only willing to increase the price by 50 million US dollars. She also said that she was sincere and could not help but laughed, but the girl immediately realized her own Loss, quickly stopped Bill Gates: "I'm sorry, sorry, Mr. Gates, me, me..."

Although Caroline was sincerely apologizing, Bill Gates was still annoyed at the 'small vase' that Eric carried with him. He even thought that Eric should not continue to be himself on this occasion. The little loved one stayed by the side. However, Bill Gates thinks that Caroline is a woman of Eric after all. In any case, she does not have a lesson to teach herself. Therefore, she smiles very politely: "Miss Wilson, is there anything wrong with my words?"

Carolyn looked at Eric carefully, and she still didn't figure out what was going on now. In the unlikely event that the sneer broke the commercial negotiations between Eric and Bill Gates, she would definitely guilty. dead.

Of course, Eric didn't mind Caroline's sudden snoring and encouraged: "If there is anything to say, Caroline, I am very curious."

Carolyn just put a little bit down and looked at Bill Gates again and said softly: "Our mentor began to notice the three companies in Eric’s hands last year. He said that the three companies are almost one. The previous paragraph also specifically let us do a case about them, although we did not get detailed data, but in terms of its potential number of users and development potential, the overall value should be about 1 billion US dollars, Mr. Gates, your ... your offer is too low."

Perhaps I feel that my last sentence is too direct. After the talk, the girl's face was slightly ruddy, but I still looked forward to seeing Eric.

Eric nodded to Caroline and looked at the girl looking like a rewarding kitten. Repressing the urge to dig a spoonful of ice cream to the small mouth, Bill Gates said: "Caroline is reading mba here, I think Harvard's professional judgment should be more accurate, so, Bill. I I feel that we should stop talking about this acquisition. Is it better to cooperate?"

With the growing status of Microsoft, Bill Gates is already a king in Microsoft. Even outside of Microsoft, almost everyone is gracious to him. Therefore, Bill Gates is Caroline. Some of the anger at the top of the story, when I heard Eric’s cooperation, he asked with a touch of sarcasm: “How are you going to cooperate?”

"Yahoo browser can become Microsoft's pre-installed browser software, I know that Microsoft will launch a new operating system next year. This can achieve a win-win effect. If Microsoft is willing to pay an exclusive fee, Yahoo does not mind a paragraph. During the time, stop the Yahoo browser's technical support on the operating systems such as linu and maos, and direct more users to the windos operating system."

In Bill Gates's concept, only Microsoft's application software has encroached on other operating system platforms, and there has never been an external application as a precedent for Microsoft's pre-installed software, let alone the other side to ask Microsoft for what it costs. This is simply a dream.

In the face of this young man's ‘naive’ proposal, Bill Gates smiled and shook his head: “Eric, you did it so well in Hollywood. Why not focus on the media industry?”

Eric smiled and retorted: "Does Microsoft not take a fancy to the brand new field of the Internet industry?"

Bill Gates was silent for a moment, condensed his expression, staring at Eric Scream: "Eric, although your browser software is currently almost in the market. But Microsoft can't do browser software. And don't forget, I have the most widely used operating system platform in the world, and all the rules are developed by me on this platform."

This sentence is definitely a naked threat, and Bill Gates is obviously suggesting Eric. If he doesn't agree to sell Yahoo! Networks to Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't mind doing anything to stop Yahoo's browser software from running on the Microsoft platform. However, Eric heard the threat of Bill's door classmates, but not only did not have anger, but was provoked a high spirit.

In the original time and space, Netscape was defeated. Although Microsoft's binding strategy occupies part of the reason, the most important point is that Microsoft and Netscape all use a browser kernel called sai. Therefore, Whether users choose IE or Netscape browser, they can achieve good compatibility with most websites on the Internet, which solves the biggest problem that Microsoft promotes on the windos platform. But this time and space, because Eric took the lead in launching a new IE browser in a year and quickly occupied the browser market in a free way, the sai kernel browser did not appear again, and even if it touched sai again Because it is completely different from the two browser kernels, and in the past two years, many websites have adapted to many of the technical standards of the new IE. A new kernel browser may even cause a large number of websites to be displayed, so touch sai Browsers are also hard to promote again.

Microsoft has encountered this problem since then, unless it completely ignores the legal risks, a large number of technology patents that have been registered by New IE, otherwise it is difficult for Microsoft to launch a mature browser within a few years.

Eric looked at Bill Gates, who seemed to wait for his last reply. He smiled lightly and leaned forward slightly. His fingers pressed against the table and said, "Bill, when I checked the browser company's technical list a few days ago. Unexpectedly, they have accumulated 337 patents in the peripheral technology of browser software. If Microsoft really intends to develop its own browser, please be sure to check the patent list carefully and then plan. In fact, we It can be said that it is a kind of person. I don't mind sharing my own things with others, but I have to get my consent. Moreover, Yahoo is not a small company that can only be unlucky if it is infringed or is bankrupt. If I find someone who wants to take things that belong to me as their own, even if this thing is worth only one dollar, as long as others dare to grab, I don't mind spending billions of dollars to go to court. You should be very clear that I can easily do it. To get this, Microsoft's current market value of 20 billion US dollars, not much of my personal assets."

Although it has evolved for millions of years, the depth of any woman's genes is deeply rooted in the instinct of a strong person. Carolyn listened to Eric’s hard-lined statement, and felt that his little brain was dizzy, and it seemed that Eric’s eyes were full of countless little stars.

Melinda Gates, who had been silent for a long time, looked at her tight-shouldered husband and Erik, who was indifferent, and sighed in her heart. Although Bill Gates was gentle to her during her love, she has more than once encountered the violent side of Bill Gates's loss of documents to the subordinates. Microsoft's success has made Bill Gates more and more like a tyrant. . Eric Williams has more than twice as much wealth as her husband. According to her understanding, the character of the other person may be more arrogant, but at this time, the cultivation of these two men is really poor. Too many people, this young man who is less than twenty-five years old has never had any gaffes from beginning to end, as if through the world, he has reached the realm of humiliation. Even if it was just a harder word than her husband's words, it was as an understatement as a chat between friends.

Seeing that the two men were completely in a stalemate, the little girl opposite was even staring at Eric in a word, Melinda Gates had to take the initiative to break the deadlock, softly: "Eric, not as good as Let's forget what we just said and talk calmly. We really cooperate very sincerely."

"Of course it's okay," Eric nodded, and smiled and reached out, pinching a small face next to him. This little woman is unconsciously selling Meng, and she is so wicked to seduce her uncle. It is too odious, too unbearable, and not to punish why the civilians are angry!

Feeling Eric's slightly rough finger touch, Caroline screamed, finally reacted, and shyly dropped his head and dared not look at other people's faces.

The wife helped himself break the deadlock, Bill Gates also calmed down, and realized that although Yahoo!’s network is far from being comparable to Microsoft, Eric is not the technology company entrepreneur who is letting Microsoft take it. Although unwilling in his heart, Bill Gates, who regained his sense of sensibility, realized that he had to make the most favorable choice for Microsoft to ensure the company's absolute leading position. (To be continued.)