Rebirth of the Evil Life

"Microsoft" and "Intel", after a relatively lengthy conference call, the two parties reached an agreement to rebuild...the alliance and jointly fight against Lin Feng.

"Steve, I have a small request, I hope you can satisfy it!" Just after the negotiation was completed and a verbal agreement was reached, Paul Otellini, the president of Intel, showed a little embarrassment in his tone.

"Paul, we are partners. If there is anything we can do to help, we will definitely help!" Steve Ballmer said with a smile.

"Ah, Steve, it's like this. We have some g915 motherboards in our warehouse. The inventory is relatively large. I hope to pass the 'sta' certification and help us clear the stock. Without 'sta' certification, many computer dealers cannot Will get the goods!" Paul Otellini said.

Steve Ballmer smiled stiffly.

"Okay, we will deal with this matter right away. Don't worry, we are partners, and we will naturally help with this little thing! Is there anything else?" Steve Ballmer asked with a smile.

"Ah, no more, no more, just this little thing, okay, thank you, Steve. In two days, our company will send someone to Washington to testify against Lin Feng." Paul Otellini laughed and died. Telephone.

Damn it! UK! After hanging up the phone, Steve Ballmer cursed. Damn 'Intel', damn Paul Otellini, actually saw the weakness of 'Microsoft' and made such a request at this time. Strictly speaking, the performance of these 915 motherboards from ‘Intel’ is simply not good enough. The system that wants to run ‘sta’ is much different. So, when initially doing the ‘sta’ qualification. ‘Microsoft’ has not certified the 915 motherboard at all.

This has at least caused the unsaleable sales of tens of millions of Intel's 915 motherboards. When Steve Ballmer originally formulated such a strategy, he was preparing to clamp down on Intel at the right time and ensure Microsoft's absolute leading position - software leads hardware.

But now. 'Intel' took advantage of the fight between 'Microsoft' and Lin Feng and took advantage of it by asking for 915's 'sta' certification. This is too despicable.

Bill Gates was not as angry as Steve Ballmer. When seeking an alliance with Intel, Bill Gates had already guessed that Intel would make such a request. Bill Gates is engaged in technology and is very aware of the performance of 915 and the influence of the 'Microsoft' system. If 'Microsoft' launches a new system, but the hardware manufacturer's hardware fails to obtain 'Microsoft' certification, users will usually simply ignore the hardware. Even if users may not use Microsoft's new system in the next few years, they will simply ignore hardware that does not support Microsoft's new system. This is the influence of 'Microsoft', and it is also a human weakness of human beings - always wanting the best, regardless of actual use value.

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This is especially true in the computer market. The computer market is a very fast-changing market. Moore's Law (Moore predicted that the overall performance of computer hardware will double every 18 months) accurately predicts the upgrading of the computer industry. Computer users are always chasing the latest. Best performance. Little do they know that their daily use simply cannot bring out such strong computer performance, and often the computer performance is wasted. Within 18 months, computer hardware performance doubled. Prices will also drop significantly. The initial investment is equivalent to depreciation.

From an economic perspective, this is very foolish. It is a pity that computer users are always pursuing better computers and spending more money to buy performance that they cannot use. It's stupid, it's ignorant, but it happens every year.

"Steve, we will accept this loss. Anyway, we have no practical losses. As long as we can defeat Lin Feng's system, we will still have absolute control over the market. This is something that even 'Intel' cannot avoid. "Bill Gates said.

Steve Ballmer thought for a moment and nodded. As long as "Microsoft" continues to have unparalleled control over the personal computer operating market, then both Lam Feng's "AMD" and "Intel" will be nothing more than playthings in their hands.

Now, we just have to wait for the hearing in two days. Lin Feng must be put to death.

At this time, Lin Feng had already stayed at the hotel and had a comfortable sleep.

"Hi, Ron, it looks like I'm going to trouble you again these days." Lin Feng got up and ate his dinner comfortably.

"Haha, Lin, it's okay. You have to pay the lawyer's fees anyway. If we cooperate with you, we can become famous, make money, and make friends. It's a great deal." Ron laughed.

"By the way, how is it outside now?" Lin Feng asked.

Abby Cohen can get the latest news from Wall Street, but Ron is better informed about the news from the US government.

"Haha, currently, the House of Representatives and the Senate have formed two rows. The Senate believes that you should be restrained to avoid the decline of the U.S. economy. The House of Representatives believes that it should be decided entirely by the market, not by the government. Both parties I'm making a fuss about your unfair competition bill," Ron said with a smile.

"Then what do you think of the dispute between the two parties?" Lin Feng asked.

"Judging from the current situation, as long as you can survive these seven days, then when the market has accepted you, the power of the House of Representatives should prevail. But whether you can survive these seven days, the current news on Wall Street is very pessimistic, and they think you can't survive it. These seven days." Ron said.

Lin Feng looked solemn.

"Lin, in fact, the seeds of your trouble today were planted as early as you and Ellison's acquisition of 'a'. You already own the graphics card company, and you control it in disguise... This is tantamount to monopolizing the graphics card market. These companies originally They didn't attack, I'm afraid they were just waiting for the opportunity." Ron said.

Lin Feng nodded. When we first acquired ‘a’ with Ellison, it went smoothly and unexpectedly. Lin Feng originally thought that the outside world would unanimously oppose it, and the US Department of Commerce would even stop the acquisition. In response to that situation, Lin Feng had already thought of a countermeasure. Let Ellison's company fully acquire it, and the same goes for controlling 'a' through Ellison's company. Anyway, Ellison's control of Oracle is similar to his control of the Second World.

Think about it, who has the highest salary ranking in the world every year? Not someone else. It’s Lauren Ellison, the founder and chairman of Oracle. His annual salary exceeds $100 million. Then add dividends from the shares he holds. This is very rare among all companies. For example, the founder of "gle", Larry Page, only received a salary of 1 US dollar. Jobs received no salary at all and only received stock dividends. Bill Gates also received a symbolic salary.

These founders receive almost no salary from the company. Only Ellison has the highest salary in history. This not only shows that Ellison is very shrewd and even a little greedy. More importantly, it proves Ellison's control over Oracle.

However, the acquisition of "a" was not blocked by any means, which made all Lin Feng's preparations come to nothing. At that time, Lin Feng was still thinking that this was probably because Huang Renxun, the chairman of "a", was Chinese, and Ellison came forward to lead the acquisition, so the outside world could not object. Unexpectedly, it is not that the outside world cannot object. But waiting for the opportunity. Because the initial opposition did not cause any blow to myself. The chairman of a company is a Chinese-American and a Jewish super-rich American, and external opposition cannot change the direction of things. As a result, he came out now to give himself a fatal blow, which was indeed powerful.

"Ron. What do you think will happen if I lose this time?" Lin Feng asked.

"I can't give you an answer to this because I don't understand business. But from a legal perspective, your company will definitely be split into two, and your 'software' and 'hardware' will be separated. This seems like everything They are still under your control, but when one company becomes two companies, there will be a lot of difference in terms of human resource investment, market acumen and response to emergencies, and it will leave many loopholes to the outside world. Drill. Lin, you really have to prepare for this in advance. I can only try my best, but I can't guarantee anything." Ron looked so serious for the first time.

Lin Feng nodded. Lin Feng turned around and called Abby Cohen for consultation.

"Lin, I just got news from Wall Street. It is said that 'Intel' is preparing to file a lawsuit against you in two days, accusing your 'amd' of unfair competition practices in the sales process, using its monopoly position in the graphics card market to force computers to Businessmen buy 'amd' chips." Abby Cohen once again sent bad news.

"If so, what will be the consequences?" Lin Feng asked.

"If this is the case, your company is likely to be split into three instead of two. First of all, your 'second world' will be divided into software companies and hardware companies, and the hardware companies will be forced to 'amd If the chip and graphics card companies are separated, your company will fall apart. Not only will it take a lot of time to integrate, but it will also lose a lot of market share in a short period of time. Of course, this is still a small matter, which I am worried about. These companies will be swallowed up by those financial giants. If the three companies are one, your influence is enough to prevent the company's employees from changing, and the outside world will not be able to intervene. But if your company is divided into three, I am afraid there will be many. People are dissatisfied. This is the time when people are most distracted. Once certain rumors are spread by the outside world, coupled with the financial offensive of some giants, it is difficult to guarantee that many shareholders of the company will not sell the company's shares," Abby Cohen analyzed calmly. .

"Of course, you still own 369% of the company's shares (it's 32% in hand, and Abby Cohen acquired 49% in the market. If you reach 5%, you have to report to the China Securities Regulatory Commission), plus Li Zekai's shares, You still have almost absolute control, but sometimes the shares don't mean anything if all the employees resign and are forced to leave the house. This kind of thing has happened in the history of Wall Street mergers. Many times," Abby-Cohen said.

The reason why some giants force employees to resign is that in order to acquire some companies where the company's major shareholders refuse to sell their shares, some giants buy employees in advance and make these employees resign en masse to force them to resign. Once these employees resign en masse and are forced to leave the company, it will be useless no matter how many shares you own. If you insist on not selling, you will be left with an empty shell. Not only will the stock price fall below the level, but you will also lose your market share. At that time, the other party can use this to rebuild a copycat company and produce your products with a new look. Therefore, most companies ultimately have no choice but to sell their shares to cash out.

After all, a little loss that can be recovered is always a little loss.

Lin Feng frowned. Is the matter serious enough?

"Lin, this time it's really dangerous. In the alliance between 'Microsoft' and 'Intel', you must be prepared to cut off your arms. I suggest that the software sector of the 'Second World' must be preserved. This cannot be allowed. And Hardware department, 'amd' and 'amd', I suggest ditching 'amd' instead of 'amd'," Abby-Cohen suggested.

"Abandon'?" Lin Feng was surprised. According to common sense, we should abandon "", not the core processor of the computer... Lin, "" may not seem critical, but it is actually very important. This is the most critical part of the future display system. If you clearly control ‘’, sell all the shares of ‘a’ to Ellison, and then sell ‘amd’, then the outside world will no longer hold you accountable. And by then, you will still control one of the core areas of computers and have a monopoly on it. The reason why you sell 'amd' is not only to dispel the suspicion of the outside world, but more importantly, you sell 'amd' to people who are pro-'Microsoft' and destroy the alliance between 'Microsoft' and 'Intel'. As long as their alliance is broken, they will become mortal enemies. You can try to recycle ‘amd’ later. "Abby Cohen said.

Lin Feng nodded. This strategy is good, very tragic, but also very vicious. The tragic thing is that he cuts off his wrist, and then invites the snipe and the clam to fight, so that he can sit back and watch the tiger fight.

However, this was not Lin Feng's choice.

"Abby, your proposal is very good, but you should know my choice." Lin Feng said with a smile.

Abby Cohen sighed. She had worked with Lin Feng for so long, how could she not know Lin Feng's personality?

"Lin, you still refuse to give up! I hope you can create miracles!" Abby Cohen knew that Lin Feng would never sell off 'amd', because it was related to Lin Feng's entire empire. However, Abby Cohen couldn't imagine how Lin Feng could fight back in this desperate situation! (To be continued)