Rebirth of the Evil Life

Auto giants such as General Motors, Ford, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz have all given up. What about the Japanese auto giants? What about Toyota, Honda, etc.?

"We will never let Lin Feng take advantage of it!" Akio Toyoda said coldly.

"Yes, this price is obviously too high. I think Ellison is clearly here to be a pawn. We will not be fooled!" Honda Hiroshi sneered.

If they are fooled by such a simple 'trust', then it's their IQ problem.

When many CEOs heard this, they all woke up. Yes, Ellison's arrogance in disrupting the situation was clearly for his own sake. Otherwise, how could it be possible to offer a price tag of US$1 billion. Even if Oracle had money now, it wouldn't spend it like this.

"But that's not right. If no one falls into the trap, then Ellison will have to bear the money. One billion US dollars is too much!" said a CEO.

"Hmph, isn't this simple? If no one falls into the trap and Ellison spends money to buy advertising spots, then Lin Feng can spend the money on Oracle. They are the left-hand people. Just go in and go out with your right hand," Akio Toyoda said with a sneer.

Everyone suddenly realized. If this is the case, will Ballmer still fall into the trap?

The muttering behind was naturally heard by Ballmer. Naturally, he was also quite wary of the "entrustment" statement. Extremely suspicious. But for 'Microsoft', this is an opportunity to attack Lin Feng. It is exciting to think about placing a 'Microsoft' advertisement in the 'Second World'. But the price is too high.

"What, Ballmer, you still bid or don't bid. If you don't bid, forget it! Melissa. Bang the auction gavel!" Ellison laughed.

"Ah!" Melissa was stunned. She also heard the CEO's discussion behind her. These CEOs had no worries, and their voices were quite loud. Of course, they also deliberately talked loudly, just to let Ballmer hear and avoid being discussed by Lin Feng and Ellison. Although Melissa didn't know whether this matter was really a conspiracy between Lin Feng and Ellison, judging from the current situation, it was probably possible.

But how could Ellison urge her to beat the hammer? This shot. But the final word was finalized.

"Hey, shoot quickly, shoot quickly, it will save you a long night of dreams!" Ellison muttered.

Everyone looked sideways. What's going on? Logically speaking, if the two set up a trap, they should delay time in every possible way at this time and trick Ballmer into increasing the price. Why is Ellison urging so eagerly? This is not normal!

What's going on? For a while, many CEOs were a little confused.

"Boss, what should I do?" Melissa asked belatedly.

"Shoot! I don't understand what Ellison wants to do, but we must abide by the rules!" Lin Feng motioned to Melissa to snap the hammer.

"Oh!" Although Melissa didn't understand, she still raised the auction hammer. She asked loudly, "One billion for the first time. One billion for the second time. One billion for the third time!" When no one said anything, Melissa was about to drop the hammer.

"Wait a minute!" At this moment, Paul Otellini protested.

Everyone exclaimed. What's going on? Is Intel, which has been silent all this time, going to increase prices at the last moment?

"Paul, are you crazy? The price is so high, it's very likely that they set it up!" Ballmer whispered.

"Steve, I also know that this may be a trap, but this is also an excellent opportunity to attack Lin Feng. You never want the operating system market to be occupied by Lin Feng in the end." Paul Otellini said.

Ballmer frowned. The most profitable product of 'Microsoft' is the e-series, which is known as Microsoft's money printing machine. But what is called e is the operating system of 'Microsoft'. If 'Microsoft' operating system is hacked by Lin Feng,

Then 'Microsoft' will lose its most profitable project. Then 'Microsoft' is in danger.

"But the price is too high and not cost-effective," Ballmer said.

"The price is indeed high. No matter what any of us can bear, it is not cost-effective. Therefore, I propose that we two jointly finance it. Then we should publish our two advertisements in the advertisement." Otellini smiled slightly, "With the strength of our two , Ellison doesn’t care anymore!”

A joint venture between two companies! Ballmer's eyes lit up. This is indeed a good approach, and with the relationship between ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Intel’ and the experience of previous cooperation, I believe that this cooperation will also achieve good results. If so, then we can indeed cooperate.

"But what if Ellison continues to raise prices?" Ballmer asked.

"Then we will give up. If the price is too high, it is not worthwhile. This US$1 billion is already our limit." Otellini said in a deep voice.

"Okay, I agree to our cooperation!" Ballmer nodded.

Otellini stood up with a smile.

"On behalf of 'Intel' and 'Microsoft', I jointly invested US$1 billion and 1!" Otellini pondered for a moment and said a price that shocked everyone.

1 billion and 1 US dollars, this price is really speechless. Obviously, this is also in return for the $301 million price tag that Ellison had previously fired.

"Boss, they are making trouble!" Melissa whispered.

Lin Feng shook his head. Ellison just called out a price of $300.1 million, but he didn't say anything. Now that Paul Otellini has offered such a price, he can't say anything either. Otherwise, you will be accused of being unfair. And tonight's auction will probably end in a farce. Lam Feng will even receive an investigative subpoena from the US Securities Regulatory Commission.

Ellison frowned. This guy's move is exactly the same as what he did just now. What makes Ellison even more worried is that this may also be Paul Otellini's final bid. If I raise the price as loudly as before, I'm afraid the other party will give up. That would also be a bit difficult for Ellison.

One billion US dollars is Ellison’s limit. No matter how high it is, he still has to think about it. It can't be true that he and Lin Feng are setting up a trap here, as the outside world says. It is indeed true that he came to help Lin Feng, but there is absolutely no such thing as setting up a trap. Moreover, even if he did take the picture, he would never do any left-hand in, right-hand out trick. He, Ellison, has never been so mean.

"What, Ellison, stop bidding. Are you no longer confident?" Ballmer would not let Ellison go silent. A look of ridicule. He was pinned down by Ellison just now. It was now his turn to show off his authority.

Ellison snorted.

"What? Silent? Silent! Ellison, this is not like the Ellison I know!" Ballmer laughed.

"The villain succeeds!" Melissa groaned.

Lin Feng frowned, seeing Ellison's gloomy look, and knew that Ellison was wary of the price, which was beyond his ability to bear. To be honest, Lin Feng was a little dumbfounded by the fact that the price reached US$1 billion today. This was completely unexpected by Lin Feng. It was originally calculated to have 300 million US dollars. All are already surprising. It is natural for Ellison to back down now. Even if both parties were brothers, they would not put Ellison through a trap just for an auction that was not too important. In this way, Lin Feng also felt guilty.

Of course, it won't work if Ballmer is allowed to be arrogant here. After thinking about it, Lin Feng winked at Ellison and stretched out a finger.

Ellison was stunned for a moment, then understood. Grinning.

"Ballmer. Don't be arrogant. Do you think you are the only one who will raise the price? I will too! Like this. I will bid $1 billion and 2!" Ellison stretched out two fingers and shook them at Ballmer, " How about it, the price is now one dollar higher than yours! Why don’t you increase the price?”

Buzz! All the CEOs felt that their brains were deprived of oxygen and they couldn't breathe. This is too exaggerated. Ellison really dared to ask for it, $1 billion and 2! This is quite irritating! It's just a dollar more.

"Allison! What price are you talking about!" Ballmer couldn't help roaring. Originally, according to the negotiation between him and Otellini, they would give up once Ellison made another offer. One billion US dollars is their limit. But Ellison chose to offer a dollar more, which was intolerable. Do you think they should give up or continue?

"Why, you are allowed to raise a price, but I am not allowed to raise a price? Do you know that you look down on others?" Ellison said proudly, holding a cigar in his mouth, "Everyone depends on his ability. If you have the ability, just ask a higher price than me. Let me I can’t afford it, otherwise I won’t be chirping here.”

Ballmer's eyes almost burst into flames.

"$1 billion and 3!" Paul Otellini didn't bother to talk nonsense with Ellison and directly offered the price.

"$1 billion and 4!" Ellison was also unceremonious and directly increased the price.

"One billion and five dollars!"

"One billion and six dollars!"

All the presidents were dumbfounded. What are you doing here? Are you buying vegetables at the vegetable market? Is an auction going to look like this? If the price is increased by one dollar at a time, considering the worth of both parties, how long will it take for someone to give up? This is too exaggerated!

"Boss, what should I do about this?" As a former host, Melissa has seen a lot, but she has never seen anything as exaggerated as today. This is simply bizarre. If this continues, when will it end?

"Both of you, please pause." Lin Feng said to stop Ellison and Otellini's "weird" bidding. It is not an option to continue like this. Although he asked Ellison to increase the price by $1 to dampen Ballmer's arrogance, he could not allow the $1 increase to continue. Otherwise, it’s really useless.

"You two, this is a very serious auction, not a vegetable market. Of course, I can't change the rules now. For example, the minimum starting price may not be the same. So, we will auction in secret. Lisson, Otellini, each of you write a price and give it to my secretary, Miss Melissa, who will be the host tonight. Then she will show it to everyone. "How about the highest bidder?" said with a smile.

All the presidents' eyes lit up, this is a good proposal. Secret auction is the most interesting auction situation. Because you write down the price secretly, you need to estimate the other party's price well. Otherwise, you write a little lower and the other party wins in the end, which would be depressing.

Secret auction is the most testing way of bidding!

"I have no problem. It's fun to play like this!" Ellison chuckled.

Otellini and Ballmer looked at each other and nodded. Even now that they have reached this point, they cannot give up. (To be continued...)