Everything that should come has come, and everything that shouldn't have come has come. - Lin Feng said.

"Boss, what should I do?" Melissa asked with a look of dismay.

"Now that they're here, let's make peace with them. If they're here, then they're here!" Lin Feng said calmly.

"Oh!" Melissa's mood calmed down.

"Since everyone is here, let's all sit down." Lin Feng waved his hand and motioned for Ballmer and others to sit down.

"Hey, Ballmer, everyone is sensible, but you are breaking the rules." Ellison sat down next to Ballmer and said unceremoniously.

Ballmer frowned.

"Ellison, don't act arrogant here. You have to know that there are 1 billion people here today broadcasting live. If you want to make a fool of yourself, don't involve me!" Ballmer said coldly.

Ellison laughed.

"$400 million!" Ellison raised his hand directly, then looked at Ballmer provocatively, "The outside world has always commented that 'Microsoft' is the world's number one software company, but my 'Oracle' is the world's second.

I'm extremely unconvinced. Ballmer, I want to see how you prove today that your 'Microsoft' is the world's number one software company!"

Ballmer's face was gloomy. This lunatic made an offer of 400 million US dollars casually. This is not the way to spend your company's money. Of course, he also understands that after the last reshuffle of Oracle, Ellison now owns

Oracle holds 51% of the shares and is an absolute shareholder. Its assets have been rising due to the rise in the stock price of Oracle. Its total assets have reached 48 billion US dollars. Although it is far behind Lin Feng, it is still far behind.

He is not far behind Bill Gates, the second-ranked person in the world. And he has always been generous with his money. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars is really nothing.

Under normal circumstances, Ballmer would not argue with Ellison. But now the situation is very delicate. Lin Feng's "Pangu" has been encroaching on Microsoft's operating system market, and it is impossible for "Microsoft" not to respond. And in

The advertisement of 'Microsoft' published by 'Second World' is undoubtedly the biggest counterattack. This can hint to all computer users from the bottom of their hearts that 'Second World' developed 'Pangu System' itself, but the advertisement published in the game is '

Advertisement for Microsoft's operating system. What does this mean? It means that Microsoft's operating system is better than 'Pangu System'.

"$401 million!" Ballmer raised his hand coldly.

"Ha, Ballmer, your price increase is too little, it's only 1 million US dollars. Do you think this is a vegetable market?" Ellison laughed loudly, then raised his hand, "500 million US dollars!"

Pfft! Ballmer was so angry at Ellison that he was so angry. The extra $1 million was already a lot. He actually laughed at himself for buying vegetables at the vegetable market. You know, who just increased the price by $1? It was Steve Jobs who paid the price.

300 million U.S. dollars, but you offered 300 million U.S. dollars. Who paid for such a weird increase!

"$501 million!" Ballmer said coldly. Although Ellison's offer was bizarre, he had to follow up.

'Microsoft' is rich, very rich, with tens of billions of dollars in reserves. It is worth using this money to fight back against Lin Feng. What's more, 'Microsoft' has a trump card.

"Ha, another $1 million price increase. Ballmer, you 'Microsoft' are too petty! And that Otellini, you came and didn't say anything. This is not like your 'Intel' style!" Elie

Sen took the fight to Paul Otellini.

"Ellison, you are making enemies everywhere. Aren't you afraid that Oracle will be jointly attacked by the industry? It's hard for you to let Oracle rise again. Don't let Oracle suffer because of your reckless actions.

Collapse again!" Paul Otellini's voice was sinister.

Ellison laughed.

"The reason why my 'Oracle' has come to this day is not because of my arrogant character as Ellison, but because my 'Oracle' technology leads the world. As long as my technology is good and the price is favorable, no matter what my personality is, it will never matter.

It does not affect business!" Ellison said proudly, "Character is my personal color, and technology is the foundation of the enterprise! Otellini, don't you even know this!"

Paul Otellini was robbed by Ellison, and his face turned green and red. He wanted to retort, but when it came to crowding out people, he was not as good as Ellison. And he always wanted to maintain the image of the 'Intel' president, so similar to Ellison.

He couldn't do it by scolding her like a mad dog.

"Hmph!" Otellini shook his head and ignored Ellison.

Ellison laughed and turned to look at Google founder Larry Page.

"Hi, Page, I'm very interested in your company, but are you here today to prepare for the auction, or are you just here to take a look?" Ellison asked with a smile.

"Haha, Mr. Ellison, I'm just here to visit. I don't have any intention to participate in the bidding. We at Google are still relatively young, so we can only come to visit such a big scene." Larry Page was very low-key.

explain.

In fact, the current market price of 'goggle' is not low, and its market value has exceeded 80 billion US dollars, and is about to exceed 100 billion US dollars. In the search engine market, although 'Baidu-Yahoo' has taken away 38% of the market share

, but the remaining 62% share is almost monopolized by 'Google', and in the 'United States', 'google''s market share has reached 82%, so 'google' also has money. Of course, in the current situation,

, it would be wise for 'google' not to participate.

In this scene, it is clear that several companies that have a grudge against Lin Feng are targeting Lin Feng and want to embarrass Lin Feng. And Ellison is helping Lin Feng out of the convenience of things. In this case, this

I don't know how high the price of the advertising space will be in the auction. It is unwise for 'google' to get involved. Especially, compared to 'google', it has a huge advertising space itself and does not need to go to Lin Feng to buy it.

Advertising segment.

Ellison nodded, then looked at Jobs again.

"Ellison, when it's time to take action, I will take action. Moreover, Lin and I are just competitors, not mortal enemies." Jobs smiled and reminded Ellison not to make the wrong target of the fight.

Ellison curled his lips. This Jobs is indeed difficult to deal with. He looks extremely strong, but he also knows how to advance and retreat. It is not unreasonable for him to remain standing over the years.

"Well, it seems like you and I are the only ones left now." Ellison looked at Ballmer and said, "It's too boring to slowly increase the price like this. It's $1 billion all at once, Ballmer, will you follow?

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Buzz! All the CEOs at the scene were stunned. One billion US dollars. Such a brand new advertising space costs 1 billion US dollars. This is too crazy. Many companies here may not have a total advertising investment of 1 billion a year.

Dollar Ellison is a madman!

"You're crazy!" Ballmer exclaimed. Although Microsoft came with the mentality of winning the bid, it didn't expect that the price would reach this level. One billion US dollars is too high! You know, as a

The 'Coca-Cola' Company, which has been ranked the best brand in the world for eight consecutive years, only spends a total of 3 billion US dollars on advertising in a year. This is the total investment of major TV stations in various countries around the world. It also takes into account the cost of celebrity spokespersons hired.

This adds up to only US$3 billion.

And here, a brand new advertising segment, a segment, can be sold for 1 billion US dollars. The price of the advertising segment alone is 1 billion US dollars. This does not include the cost of shooting the advertisement. The cost of hiring a spokesperson has reached 1 billion US dollars.

Dollar. Madman, this guy is a madman!

Jobs's face turned gloomy. When Ellison raised the price to 1 billion US dollars, there was nothing he could do. Apple did have money, and 1 billion US dollars was nothing, but there was no reason to spend 1 billion US dollars here. This

It's unscientific. Since it's unscientific and I have no intention of continuing to compete, there's no need to read any more.

"Mr. Lin, I'll take my leave first." Jobs stood up and said, then looked at Ellison, didn't say anything, and just gave him a thumbs up.

Damn, you are so awesome!

Ellison laughed.

Many CEOs were speechless and looked at Ballmer to see if Microsoft would follow suit.

Ballmer had a gloomy face and remained silent for a long time. The US$1 billion was indeed a bit exaggerated and beyond his psychological endurance.

Hey! When many CEOs saw that Ballmer was silent, they turned their attention to the car company giants present. 'Coca-Cola' has been the best brand for eight consecutive years, with an annual advertising cost of up to 3 billion U.S. dollars, but it is not a global investment.

The company that spends the most on advertising. More than Coca-Cola, there is another company, that is, sitting among them all - General Motors.

General Motors has spent more than $4 billion on advertising in the past year. It is also the only company to spend more than Coca-Cola. Of course, following Coca-Cola, most of them are car companies. So, now these car companies will bid more than

One billion dollars?

"It's too high. This advertising investment exceeds a quarter of our company's annual expenses. It's too high!" General Motors President Fritz Henderson smiled bitterly and shook his head. The price is too high, too high.

, is really too high. Moreover, GM is an automobile company and is engaged in industry. It is impossible for it to spend money like high-tech companies. Industrial companies must have plans and goals to spend money.

Many companies rejected GM and remained silent. Indeed, the advertising cost was too high and exceeded everyone's imagination. So what about other car companies?

"We will not participate in the auction!" Ford also refused.

"So do we." Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and other companies all refused. They would never participate in such a crazy offer.
Chapter completed!