After a relatively lengthy conference call, "Microsoft" and "Intel" reached an agreement to rebuild the "win-tel" alliance and jointly fight against Lin Feng.

"Steve, I have a small request, and I hope you can accommodate it!" As soon as the talks were finalized and a verbal agreement was reached, Paul Otellini, the president of Intel, showed a bit of 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 'vista' certification and help us clear the stock. Without 'vista' 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! fcuk! After hanging up the phone, Steve Ballmer cursed endlessly. Damn 'Intel', damn Paul Otellini, actually saw the weakness of 'Microsoft' and made such a request at this time. 'Intel'

Strictly speaking, the performance of these 915 motherboards is not good enough to run a 'vista' system. Therefore, when the 'vista' qualification was initially carried out, 'Microsoft' did not pass the certification of the 915 motherboards at all.

Certification.

This has at least caused the unsales of tens of millions of Intel's 915 motherboards. When Steve Ballmer formulated such a strategy, he was prepared to clamp down on Intel at the right time to ensure Microsoft's absolute leading position -

—Software leads hardware.

But now, 'Intel' is taking advantage of the fight between 'Microsoft' and Lin Feng to demand 915's 'vista' 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.

, are 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, then users will usually directly ignore the hardware.

Yes, even if users may not use Microsoft's new system in the next few years, they will directly ignore hardware that does not support Microsoft's new system. This is the influence of Microsoft. It is also a human weakness of human beings.

——Always hope for the best without considering the actual use value.

This is especially obvious in the computer market. The computer market is a very fast-changing market. Moore's Law (Moore predicted that computer hardware will double its overall performance every 18 months) accurately predicts the computer industry's cycle after cycle.

There are rounds of updates, and computer users are always chasing the latest and best performance. But they don’t know that their daily use simply cannot bring out such strong computer performance, and often the computer performance is wasted in vain.

After 18 months, the performance of computer hardware will double, and the price will drop significantly. The initial investment will be equivalent to depreciation.

From an economic behavioral point of view, this is a very stupid behavior. Unfortunately, computer users are always pursuing better computers and spending more money to buy performance that they cannot use. It is very stupid and ignorant. But

It keeps happening every year.

"Steve, we will accept this loss. Anyway, we have no practical loss. 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 while and nodded. As long as Microsoft continues to have unparalleled control over the personal computer operating market, then both Lin Feng's AMD and Intel will be nothing more than playthings in his hands.

.

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

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

"Hey 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 news from the U.S. government.

"Haha, currently, the House of Representatives and the Senate have formed two rows. The Senate believes that you should be restrained to prevent the decline of the U.S. economy. The House of Representatives believes that the decision should be entirely made by the market, not by the government. Both parties

They are making a fuss because of your unfair competition bill." Ron said with a smile.

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

"Looking at 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 'nvidia'. You already own the 'ati' graphics card company, and you control 'nvidia' in disguise, which is tantamount to monopolizing the graphics card market.

At first, these companies did not launch a crisis, but they were probably just waiting for opportunities. Now their opportunity has come," Ron said.

Lin Feng nodded. When he and Ellison acquired nvidia, the success was a bit unexpected. Lin Feng 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

I have thought of a countermeasure and let Ellison's company take over the wholly-owned acquisition, which is the same as controlling 'nvidia' through Ellison's company. Anyway, Ellison's control of 'Oracle' is the same as his control of 'Second World'

'almost.

Think about it, who ranks the highest paid CEO in the world every year? It is none other than Lauren Ellison, the CEO, founder and chairman of Oracle. His annual salary exceeds 100 million US dollars.

Then add in the dividends from the shares he holds. This is very rare in any company. For example, Larry Page, the founder of Google, only received a salary of 1 US dollar. Jobs did not receive a salary at all and only received dividends from the shares.

Bill Gates also receives a nominal salary.

Almost none of these founders received a salary in the company. Only Ellison received the highest salary in history. This not only shows that Ellison is very shrewd and even a little greedy, but more importantly, it proves that Ellison is very important to the company.

'Oracle' control.

However, the acquisition of "nvidia" was not blocked. This made all Lin Feng's preparations come to nothing. At that time, Lin Feng was still thinking that this might be because Huang Renxun, the chairman of "nvidia", is Chinese and is from Eri.

Sen came forward to lead this acquisition, and the outside world could not object. Unexpectedly, it was not that the outside world could not object, but that it was waiting for the opportunity. Because the initial opposition did not cause any blow to him. The chairman of a company is Chinese. A Jewish America

As a super rich man, even outside opposition can't change the direction of things. But now he comes out to give himself a fatal blow, which is 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 all 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. It will also leave many loopholes for the outside world.

Zhuan 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. He 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. It accuses you of 'amd' engaging in 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 delivered 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'

'Chip and 'ati' graphics card companies will be separated. In that case, 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, I'm worried

What's more, 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 cannot get involved. But if your company is divided into three, I'm afraid

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 stocks." Abby Cohen said calmly.

analyze.

"Of course, you still own 36.9% of the company's shares (it is 32% in hand, and Abby Cohen acquired 4.9% in the market. If it reaches 5%, it must be reported to the China Securities Regulatory Commission), plus Li Zekai's shares,

You still have almost absolute controlling rights. But Lin, sometimes the shares don't mean anything. If all the employees resign and are forced to leave, your shares have no meaning! And this kind of thing has happened in the merger cases in the history of Wall Street.

Many times," Abby-Cohen said.

The reason why some giants want to force employees to resign is that when some giants want to acquire some companies that are disorganized but the major shareholders of the company refuse to sell their shares, they buy employees in advance and let these employees resign collectively to force them out. Once these employees resign collectively and force them out, you will have another

It's useless to have more shares. If you insist on not selling, you will be left with an empty shell. Not only will the stock price fall below, but the market share will also be lost. At that time, the other party can use this to rebuild a copycat company.

Produce your products with a new look. Therefore, most companies can only choose to sell their shares to cash out.

After all, a little loss is always a little loss if you can recover it.

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

In the hardware department, 'amd' and 'ati', I suggest ditching 'amd' instead of 'ati'," Abby Cohen suggested.

"Abandon 'ati'?" Lin Feng was surprised. According to common sense, 'ati' should be abandoned, not the core processor of the computer, 'amd'.

"Lin, 'ati' doesn't seem to be critical, but it is actually very important. This is the most critical part of the future display system. You clearly controlled 'ati' and then sold all the shares of 'nvidia' to Ellison.

, and then sell 'amd', then the outside world will no longer pursue you. And then, you will still control one of the core areas of computers and have a monopoly on it. The reason for selling 'amd' is not only to dispel the suspicion of the outside world.

In addition, the more important thing is that you sell 'amd' to people who are pro-'Microsoft' and destroy the alliance between 'Microsoft' and 'Intel'. As long as their alliance is broken and they become mortal enemies, you will try to recycle 'amd' in the future.

'That's right,'" Abby Cohen said.

Lin Feng nodded. This strategy is good, very tragic, but also very vicious. Tragic and tragic, he cuts off his own wrist, and then invites the snipe and clam to fight, and he can sit on the mountain behind 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 'amd', because it is related to Lin Feng's entire empire. But, Abby -

Cohen couldn't imagine how Lin Feng could fight back in this desperate situation!
Chapter completed!