v3 Chapter 783： Bill Gates refused?

"Paul Allen? I have heard of you. You are a talented engineer. I am glad to meet you. We come from a capital company. My name is Xia Yu. They are my subordinates."

Xia Yu stopped his subordinates from coming forward, took a step forward, stretched out his hand and said to Paul Allen with a smile on his face.

For Paul Allen, Xia Yu is very clear. As the co-founder of Microsoft, the later Paul Allen has more than 20 billion US dollars in assets, but because he failed to fight the disease, he finally left all his assets to His sister.

In the previous life, Microsoft was branded with Bill Gates. For Paul Allen, the public did not know much about him, at best he was the co-founder of Microsoft.

But as everyone knows, if Paul Allen hadn't urged Bill Gates to drop out, Microsoft might have appeared, but it would definitely not be the previous Microsoft.

And in Microsoft, Paul Allen is more talented than Bill Gates. In terms of technology, it is mainly Paul Allen, who is also a teacher and friend of Bill Gates.

It can be said that Paul Allen is to Microsoft what Steve Wozniak is to Apple.

Both are the true behind-the-scenes heroes of the company's technical foundation, but the limelight was almost stolen by Jobs and Bill Gates, who were standing in the foreground in charge of business affairs.

So for Microsoft at this time, Xia Yu valued Paul Allen more than the world's richest man.

Without Paul Allen, there would be no achievements of Microsoft. Without him, there would be no future Microsoft DOS system. After all, Paul Allen found this system and bought it.

"Capital company?"

Although Xia Yu didn't mention the company name, the four words capital company alone made Paul Allen feel excited and his heartbeat gradually accelerated.

As a software company, he aspires to be valued by capital, and then uses the power of capital to accelerate the company's rise.

However, Microsoft has been in development for five years, and no capital company has come to the door before.

One suddenly appeared, could it be...

Fortunately, Paul Allen was able to distinguish the present occasion. He interrupted the infinite reverie in his mind and immediately welcomed Xia Yu and others into the meeting room with enthusiasm. When he used the excuse to take the cup, he immediately informed the studio. Bill Gates.

Therefore, less than a minute after Xia Yu sat down, he saw the 24-year-old Bill Gates come in with Paul Allen, greeted Xia Yu and others with enthusiasm and confidence.

"Hello, Mr. Xia, welcome to you, I am Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation."

"Hello, Mr. Gates."

After all, Bill Gates is the child of a lawyer and a business elite. He was born much taller than Paul Allen, and he has also seen the world. Although he is three years younger than Paul Allen, and his technical ability is not as good as Paul Allen.

But in terms of business communication, he is much better than Paul Allen.

So after chatting for a while, Bill Gates smiled and asked Xia Yu: "Mr. Xia, may I ask if you come to our company, is there anything wrong?"

Xia Yu glanced at him, smiled and nodded and said, "Don't worry about this. Before that, can you tell us about your company?"

"Of course it’s okay. Why don’t we go after this cup of coffee? Let’s talk about something else first?" Although Bill Gates was looking forward to it, he was able to remain calm, knowing that the more critical the time, the less he can lose his stance, so as not to fall behind. Suffering, so he glanced at the coffee just served on the table and asked with a smile.

Xia Yu couldn't help but glanced at him high, with a slight smile on his face, and slightly nodded and said, "Yes, I also want to learn about your company's past."

"Okay, then I will start with the establishment of the company. What do you think?"

"Of course, please!"

...

As soon as Xia Yu's voice fell, Bill Gates smiled slightly and began to tell about the past of Microsoft. He thought of interesting things in the middle, and he sang a peace with Paul Allen, using humorous words to tell the past of Microsoft. come out.

At this time, Microsoft has not yet transformed, it is just a small company, and the benefits are not too great. The relationship between Bill Gates and Paul Allen is still very harmonious.

Seeing the tacit understanding between the two, Xia Yu felt a strange feeling in his heart, especially when he saw Bill Gates’s seemingly sincere appearance and Paul Allen’s straightforward character, he couldn’t help but feel that Paul Ai Lun lamented.

Bill Gates, who grew up in a family of business and legal elites, naturally values ​​his interests more than Paul Allen.

Obviously, in the early days of Microsoft, Paul Allen paid more than Bill Gates, but when the equity was formally divided later, Bill Gates took up 60% of the equity, and even Bill Gates made progress. Several times, I wanted to redistribute the equity or dilute Paul Allen’s equity by issuing additional shares.

An engineer is an engineer, and there are shortcomings in calculations and gains and losses.

Before I knew it, the coffee was almost finished. Bill Gates and Paul Allen also introduced the basic situation of Microsoft. Xia Yu proposed to take a closer look at the specific business level of Microsoft.

Later, Bill Gates and Paul Allen took Xia Yu to stroll around Microsoft, focusing on the studio. Paul Allen introduced Xia Yu and others to Microsoft’s BASIC interpretation Achievements on the device.

Throughout the process, Xia Yu kept smiling and communicated with Paul Allen from time to time. After many technical terms came out of Xia Yu’s mouth, Paul Allen and Bill Gates’ expressions changed and they realized that Xia Yu Yu is also a professional, and they can't deceive him, so they are more cautious in introducing them, and dare not make false introductions, so as not to be embarrassed by being exposed.

After walking around, Xia Yu had a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft at that time.

There is no doubt that Microsoft at this time is indeed a small software company with a total of only more than 20 employees.

The only thing that can be obtained is the achievement in the field of BASIC interpreter.

When everyone returned to the office again, Xia Yu looked at Bill Gates and Paul Allen with a little expectation and anxiety in his eyes. He secretly smiled. As expected, they were only two young people, one was only twenty-seven years old and the other. At only twenty-four years old, no matter how pretending to be calm, when the critical moment comes, he still inevitably reveals his true thoughts.

Xia Yu didn't plan to drag them with them either. He looked straight and said straightforwardly: "Mr. Allen, Mr. Gates, I have learned about Microsoft just now, and now we should have a formal talk."

Paul Allen looked solemnly nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Xia, please speak!"

Xia Yu glanced over the two faces, and slowly said: "Microsoft has a certain value, because you have made some achievements in the BASIC interpreter market, but the value is also limited. After all, the BASIC interpreter market The capacity has been fixed there, and the ceiling of the market determines the growth limit of your company's business today."

Bill Gates and Paul Allen were so heartbroken, but they had to acquiesce that what Xia Yu said was the truth.

Now Xia Yu said so, nothing more than lowering prices.

Just listen to Xia Yu continuing: "But during the visit just now, I saw something different, that is, your attitude towards technology. There is no doubt that you are outstanding technical elites, so compared to Microsoft’s BASIC For the achievements of the interpreter market, I value your technical talents more."

"So I decided to wholly acquire Microsoft."

As soon as this statement came out, Bill Gates and Paul Allen immediately changed color, and Bill Gates seemed to almost veto them.

Xia Yu raised the volume and said again: "But I will inject capital into the company and take out 20% of the options. Based on your contribution to the company, I will reward you in the future. I believe that with your two abilities, Can get a lot of equity."

Bill Gates and Paul Allen looked at each other, Bill Gates looked determined, Paul Allen pondered for a moment, and slightly nodded back.

Then Bill Gates resolutely said to Xia Yu: "I'm sorry, Mr. Xia, Microsoft carries our dream. We will not sell it, we only accept venture capital."

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