Refusal

"Sir, if IBM had said it wanted to acquire Microsoft, would you have agreed?"

Zhou Xin looked directly at him, and Bill Gates smiled and said: "Well, it seems you don't know much about the history of Microsoft.

I wanted to sell DOS to IBM in 1980, which is the earliest version of the current office series.

The price I quoted at the time was about $70,000.

Later, in 1986, Microsoft had launched its first Windows system. At that time, I proposed to sell 10% of Microsoft's shares to IBM.

I have never refused to cooperate with IBM, and even hoped to be deeply tied to IBM in the early stages of development."

Zhou Xin is indeed not very clear about this history. He only knows that Microsoft and IBM had a falling out.

But he quickly found a counterargument: "Sir, even if you want to cooperate with IBM.

It is also on the premise that you have the initiative, rather than completely joining IBM and becoming an IBM executive.

"Thank you. Although this possibility is very small, if this possibility occurs, I will definitely send her an email as soon as possible."

Most of them are done by game publishers in order not to prove to us that this path is feasible.

There are many Chinese people working at Microsoft, and there are also many Chinese people working at Microsoft.

"Fifty thousand dollars, Microsoft is willing to pay half a million dollars for this payment system.

We hope that Microsoft will provide us with legal help and at the same time assist some media resources to condemn this behavior from public opinion."

Bill Gates looked at the other person with confusion: "Why?"

But I'm still willing to help you with this.

Zhou Xin interrupted: "Sir, I still need your help with something.

Zhou Xin admired Bill Gates' acting skills very much. He knew why but still asked him, but Zhou Xin didn't mind explaining it again:

“The concept of SMS verification code is very simple, but the idea behind it is not that simple.

TSMC has wanted me to be its chief technical expert for several years.

Bill Gates even plans to upgrade the Yanjing office to a Chinese R&D center and become an Asian R&D center in the future.

But he feels that Zhou Xin is a very special Chinese. He has a kind of self-confidence that is rare for Chinese people in this era. It is a self-confidence that truly comes from the heart.

If you change your mind in the short term and are willing to work at Microsoft, please email my secretary at any time.

This is obviously not something that can be measured by just $10 million."

"That's about it."

Microsoft will use technical means to avoid this problem.

Now it's worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bill Gates didn't believe that the other party didn't know the status and treatment of the head of Microsoft's gaming sector because the other party had interned at Microsoft.

And I offered you a price tag of 10 million US dollars, but you were not moved by it.

That is to say, the Christmas special will have richer content through some Christmas-themed decorations and some Christmas-themed levels.

For example, between 1 and 2 there will be 1.1, 1.2 and so on."

"Okay, you can try it out, but it may be difficult to have similar opportunities in front of you in the future.

They promote piracy in various ways.

She will make arrangements."

"Pirated links to "Angry Birds" are now appearing on the Internet.

So piracy is our common enemy."

"price?"

If it were me, I would make a similar choice.

The next day, Hu Zhengming called him to the Berkeley laboratory to ask what he and Bill Gates had talked about.

Microsoft is not a law firm."

"No, it cannot be released as a separate game, we use it as an expansion pack for the previous game.

When I created DOS, I thought the software was only worth $70,000 and wanted to sell it to IBM for $70,000.

Even if you sold DOS to IBM back then, it would not affect your ability to develop better personal software in the future.

This complete set of codes."

As a mature chip manufacturer, TSMC offers me more benefits than I can earn by starting a business.

"Your decision is right.

Similarly, I also hope to use my own ideas freely, rather than working within Microsoft's system and according to Microsoft's strategy.

Let’s not talk about work next.”

But for legal matters, you have to find a lawyer yourself.

As early as 1992, Microsoft established an office in Yanjing. So far, they have hundreds of employees in China.

In later generations, text message verification codes can be seen everywhere, and ten million dollars is already a lot.

But patents don't work.

The patent registration for SMS verification codes is already in the process of applying for Americen patents and international patents.

"Why should I help you?

Microsoft is also a game publisher."

I'll invest in you.

In the future, if you need to make game hardware similar to NS, you can save a lot of costs by selling games directly through the Internet.

"The other thing is that Microsoft wants to buy your payment system.

"Pay for a game multiple times, a great model, a bit like subscribing to a magazine."

"You are much smarter than I was back then.

It symbolizes online confirmation of ownership, locking your ownership of a certain virtual commodity on the Internet through a SMS verification code.

Zhou Xin shook his head and said: "I am willing to sell the payment system to Microsoft.

The value of this patent cannot be measured by $10 million."

I will tell the secretary and ask him to coordinate the media reporting on this matter.

"We will launch the Christmas DLC at Christmas time.

The most important spirit of Silicon Valley is innovation, and I think joining Microsoft will make me lose my innovative spirit and innovative ideas."

So far, Zhou Xin has accumulated his first pot of gold, but he has not yet bought a car, so after the dinner, Bill Gates specially arranged a car to take him back.

If there is enough content, 2 will be launched.

Instead, you can think of it as a system upgrade.

Very good, young man, if you want to start a business in the future, come to me anytime.

He knew that the other party's knowledge in this field was far beyond his imagination.

"Angry Birds is very fun. My wife likes this game very much. She thinks it is very interesting."

Of course, this requires additional payment.”

But this is not just about my family."

“Piracy cannot be eradicated.

For the entire set of patents including the solution, Microsoft is willing to pay US$10 million."

"you say."

Bill Gates originally thought that the other party was so young and lacked a clear understanding of the value of SMS verification codes. As a result, the other party highly summarized the value of SMS verification codes in just a few words.

"That's enough, thank you very much."

"Because I am willing to sell this game payment system to Microsoft. In the future, Microsoft will make game hardware and sell games through online sales.

For the integrated circuit field, the early stage of starting a business is a purely investment activity.

You could invest millions of dollars and see nothing in return.

But I still didn’t agree to TSMC.

This is true for a middle-aged man like me, let alone you who are only twenty years old."
Chapter completed!