Chapter 151 Press Conference(1/2)
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Xiao Qiang was not afraid of Bill not submitting. He proposed the local conditions, which should be said to be the most fair shareholding plan under the current circumstances.
He needs to enter the US market without any obstacles, and then spread out, so that the view operating system produced by the world will become the only standard for personal computer operating systems in the world.
Bill also needs to rely on his operating system to defeat other competitors and rush to the corner of the shelf from afar.
Moreover, since this software was designed by Universal, Xiao Qiang belongs to the strong party. Therefore, the newly established Universal Software Company only gave up 25% of its shares, while Microsoft must hand over 35% of its shares.
However, Xiao Qiang has no intention of taking over Microsoft for the time being. This is not only because the pre-order conditions do not allow, but also because he also likes Bill Land's super business capabilities.
Software engineers in the world are first-class in designing software, but the company is only second-rate in running companies. If you really push your own people to the forefront when you grow up, facing the old American guys who are looking around, they will only do everything step by step, and they don’t know when and when they can unify the operating system.
If the US government intentionally or unintentionally favors others, perhaps in Xiao Qiang's lifetime, he would not see the day when the Universal World becomes the overlord of the operating system.
Although Bill agreed to Xiao Qiang's request in principle, Microsoft was not the only one who had the final say.
He still has to go back and discuss with his old partner to make a final decision.
Xiao Qiang asked him to discuss it. Whether he was intentional to delay time or sincerely intending to convince him, he didn't care. As time goes by, the share occupied by the view operating system will inevitably become larger and larger. At that time, the person who is anxious will be the other party, not him.
The situation was even better than he thought. Bill went back for less than a week and could not sit still in the face of the sharp decline in software sales. He took urgent action to convince the board of directors and immediately made up his mind.
When Microsoft was first established, the company belonged to him and his high school alumnus Allen. However, in 1986, the company was converted to public business and he retained only 45% of the shares to ensure control of the company. Of course, the board of directors also trusted Bill's business capabilities very much and never left a sad request, and this time was no exception.
The computer industry in the United States has been sensitively watching that Microsoft has retreated steadily under the sniper of a Chinese company. His monthly sales volume of version 3.0 has dropped sharply from 110,000 to 60,000 in mid-August. Moreover, these 60,000 units are mainly overseas markets and domestic markets, and Microsoft's products have shrunk to almost extinction.
Another worrying situation is that European software sellers have also heard of the View operating system designed by Universal. They have all gone to China and attempted to buy this software. Once European software sellers purchase View operating system, Microsoft's Windows sales will completely stop.
Those software companies that were once forced to give up the market by Microsoft's strong offensive and forced to give up the market were all laughing secretly. Seeing Microsoft's embarrassment, they all felt a sense of anger.
This includes Apple.
Apple's computers have always been incompatible with ibm. They proudly do their computers perfectly.
However, in the competition, the open world will inevitably receive the most sought after.
It was through the opening of its computer structure that attracted a large number of manufacturers to participate, thus creating the term "compatible machine". Computer manufacturers and accessories manufacturers around the world have abandoned Apple's closed environment and devoted themselves to the research and development of ibmx86 chipsets, successfully making Blue Giant overcame Ke and become an important role in personal computers.
However, it is precisely because of this that all the products launched by software vendors are targeting x86. The Universal View operating system also fully supports x86 chipsets.
So, Apple can finally stand in a relatively safe place and laugh at their former competitors, being beaten up by a Chinese company.
They are not worried that the world's view operating system will pose a threat to them.
Because they know that this is the United States!
They were afraid of Microsoft, which is also an American company, competing without mercy. But they watched coldly at a foreign company, especially a Chinese company.
On August 19th, the New York Times began publishing articles, worried that the Chinese operating system had a massive invasion of the US computer market. The article pointed out: "If the operating system in each of our computers is installed in China designed operating systems, and the system is not closed to us publicly. How do we know whether they have spyware installed on the computer? Once the Chinese plan to steal our intelligence, we will have no resistance..."
In the following days, there were more and more articles in such places, and a large number of American right-wing newspapers joined the ranks of criticism.
They called on the US government that they could not allow operating systems produced by Chinese companies to occupy the US market unscrupulously. In order to protect the security of the US, administrative means should be used to uninstall the Universal View operating system from American computers.
On August 26, a US State Department news spokesperson also said in a press conference that when answering reporters’ questions, he illuminatedly that the United States will never allow it, and that something that may endanger the national security of the United States will happen.
Just as the tide became increasingly fierce and was about to expand to other aspects, Microsoft held a press conference and announced that it would form a strategic partner with Universal. They will jointly develop a new generation of personal computer operating systems.
The American media lost their voices for a while.
Microsoft, which was the most severely suppressed by Chinese companies, became the first person to speak for Chinese companies, which really made the American people difficult to understand.
After that, a large number of media still criticized the newspapers and felt angry and worried about Universal's operating system and entering the American personal computer. Other media stopped further attacks on Universal under the influence of Microsoft's public relations or other psychological effects.
An unconfirmed local news. circulated on the bbs website.
The news claims that Microsoft's move is actually enduring humiliation. They are planning to port this set of the best personal software in the world through cooperation with Universal Corporation to become a security software that the American public can use with confidence.
Contact Microsoft. Many people chose to believe the reality that Windows was suppressed by Universal Corporation after working hard to develop.
A strong company like Microsoft can only tolerate a Chinese company that has been pressing on his head.
I believe that his move is just a temporary solution!
Of course, there are many local people who still have skepticism about this. They expressed uneasiness about China's operating system and occupying American personal computers: the media, which is not optimistic about the cooperation between Microsoft and Universal, still do their best to destroy Universal in the newspapers. However, Microsoft has always had a good reputation in the United States. It has always been a good person, and it has always silently played the role of cheap operating systems for the American people. At the same time, Microsoft will donate large political donations to the Democratic and Republican parties every year.
Under Microsoft's powerful public relations, those mainstream media are still experiencing the tabloids that are still exaggerating the theory of China's threat. They cannot make enough noise.
Just in the conflicting mindset of Americans. On September 1, at the City Drama Center in New York, a similarly grand press conference was held here when Microsoft released Windows 3.0 a few months ago.
Senior executives in Microsoft, such as Bill and Ballmer, as well as the head of the program department, and personnel from Universal Corporation such as Xiao Qiang and Jiang Shenghai, the head of the software department, appeared in public for the first time.
As the spotlight flashed continuously, Bill and Xiao Qiang signed a cooperation agreement together.
In this agreement, it includes the equity transfer they agreed upon. Of course, such things cannot be made public with great fanfare.
Countless flashes of lights, showing off their eyes. They could hardly open them.
The representatives of the attendance of Huanyu Company were still a little nervous. They looked a little stiff under the siege of so many reporters. Only Xiao Qiang still had the relaxed and calm attitude, neither pretending to be reserved nor boring and frivolous. He behaved gracefully.
Xiao Qiang's attitude also attracted more flashes and focused his focus on him.
This is the boss of Universal Company, a young man who is only twenty-one years old!
A young billionaire this year!
It is extremely rare for a young man of such an age to become a billionaire in the United States, which claims to have the most opportunities and can make a successful career as long as he is willing to work.
Unless he is from a proud family and is the successor of his family's career.
But Xiao Qiang is obviously not.
Those news media who like to hunt for curiosity immediately gathered in front of Xiao Qiang's ground like sharks that smelled blood. Countless flashes took photos of them from the front and side.
This was also the first time Xiao Qiang appeared in front of the world with a high attitude.
At that time, the media all called Xiao Qiang by titles such as "technology nouveau riche" or "diamond king and old fifth" that had the news value of Song Dongxing. What people talk about was his legendary history of making a fortune and his incredible age.
At the same time, the media also discovered that Xiao Qiang was actually a dropout!
They quickly focused on this place. Time magazine published a large photo on the cover: Xiao Qiang and Bill hugged each other affectionately, with bright smiles on their faces.
The notes for the photo are: The glorious moments of two dropouts!
When such a press conference appeared in public again and again, Xiao Qiang's reputation was changed again and again - the magical boy, the keen helm of the helm, the peerless genius, the great pioneer of technology...
But at this time, when Xiao Qiang first appeared, what everyone noticed was his unusual youth.
When the signing ceremony just ended, the media raised sharp questions:
"Mr. Xiao, at your young age, you can become an enviable billionaire. Does this have anything to do with your background?" asked a female media reporter who was still worried about the Universal Operating System and was unfairly entering the US market.
When she heard her ask this extremely sensitive question, countless flashes flashed wildly again, trying to capture the subtle changes on Xiao Qiang's face. And those live TV stations also used close-up shots to make Xiao Qiang's face covered the entire screen. All viewers around the world who were watching the live broadcast saw Xiao Qiang's bright smile.
"If I really have a prominent background, I should develop in China, rather than being embarrassed, in the international market, and are exhausted for the global market!" Xiao Qiang smiled brightly after listening to the translation and said calmly.
他的话.让很多人都释然.
Before coming to report, most of these big media have made up for the history of making a fortune in the world and swallowed up everything. However, there are also some journalists who have not done their homework and still don’t understand it very well.
They don’t have to regret it. Why didn’t they do enough homework? Xiao Qiang helped them and answered this question.
He couldn't speak English. It was very uncomfortable to ask questions and answers. He simply pulled Austin to go along with him and let the media waste film crazy.
"This is Austin, the general manager of our company. He started his business side by side with me from the beginning. I think he is the most qualified to answer this question."
奥斯丁春风满面.
He never had such a glorious life. When he went from the United States to China to look for Xiao Qiang, he did not expect that such a day would come.
This scene only appears in dreams, and now appears alive in reality!
Many of the journalists in front of him have seen on TV, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Times, Fortune Magazine, ABC, NBC, ABC, etc. There are many people here. They were also his dream idols!
Now, these people are looking at him eagerly, hoping that he will say something that will make the whole of the United States and the world excited.
He is so happy. He has never been as happy as he has today in his life!
"I..." As soon as he was nervous, the first word appeared.
The media all the audience was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. The film flashed by quickly, recording Austin's embarrassment, and forever became a part of history.
Austin was very frustrated. Why did Xiao Qiang be so calm and composed when he didn't go through the big scenes? And the first time he spoke, he became the headlines of tomorrow's newspaper ridicule?
This is probably the main reason why he will become a successful boss, and I can only work for him...
Austin smiled self-deprecatingly and spoke again. But this time, he said very slowly: "When our company was founded, there was only one farmland. I still clearly remember that after the farming, the empty fields. It was in such a place where we had nothing to do, that place we began our pursuit of technology..."
His emotions slowly came out, and his words became more and more stable: "Our first product was the LCD projector invented by the boss. I think many people here may have used this product. But who do you believe that when the boss invented this product, he was only eighteen years old!"
Oh, at the press conference, a depressed low voice of exclamation rang out.
Most people have bought LCD projectors. Many people highly recommend this product that can be huddled on the sofa, bed, and enjoy movies at home. Some people who have checked the information know that it was invented by Xiao Qiang. But until Austin said it, they realized that Xiao Qiang was only eighteen years old when he invented this product!
Austin cleared his throat and said, "The boss at that time was still a high school student who was about to graduate. In order to turn the product into reality, he suffered a lot, ran a lot of roads, and suffered a lot of torture...
The more Xiao Qiang heard it, the more something was wrong. When did he suffer a lot? He suffered a lot? You damn Austin, don’t brag too much. It seems that I had experienced 81 difficulties in order to develop this projector! I had a sudden idea and came up with a projector. Then Xiaoyi explained it as a text explanation and handed it over to Director Gu, the Director of the Precision Electronics Research Institute. Not long after, they told me that things were made. Such a simple thing was like a great invention he boasted about...
But Austin obviously knows the Americans' pursuit of excitement better than Xiao Qiang. His emotions became more and more excited. He used the vocal and emotional explanation to describe the process of Xiao Qiang inventing and making the projector in a vivid and tortuous way. There are countless difficulties and obstacles in it. When he heard it, some female reporters with rich emotions couldn't help but cry in their eyes!
And this explanation was published in the newspaper that night with headlines. The title was marked in bold: The bitter childhood of a billionaire! This experience has since become the most official record of the LCD projector invented - this is the personal narrative of the entrepreneurial partner fighting side by side with Xiao Qiang, the most authoritative!
Even Xiao Qiang went on to ask reporters repeatedly and said that Austin was nonsense. He just said it casually and then it became a reality. But such explanation was extended by reporters. It was said that the original experience was too painful, and even the inventor was unwilling to look back again!
To be continued...