Because of Bill Gates' huge halo, his invincible performance and amazing vision since his entrepreneurship.

So although Bill Gates' words are basically a sensible saying for all directors, no one will doubt Bill Gates' judgment.

In fact, Bill Gates' judgment was not wrong. On the contrary, he saw through the entire instant messaging software, even more thorough than Ma Yun, the creator of QQ.

At least Ma Yun had not yet understood the principle of winner-takes-all before 2015, otherwise he would not have tried to challenge Tencent's dominance in the social software market again and again.

Of course, it was precisely because Ma Yun did not realize this that DingTalk later had the rise of it and successfully poached a large piece of meat from Tencent's market.

"Mr. Chairman, we have fully understood what you mean. QQ is our opponent. We must completely defeat him and then occupy the entire instant messaging software market, right?" asked a director.

"That's right!" Bill Gates nodded.

"Mr. Bill Gates, I don't have any doubts about your judgment. I just think we may not need to fight a fierce war. The problems that can be solved with money in this world are not problems. Can't we buy QQ directly?" another director suggested, and at the same time, I don't know if he remembered the mistake Microsoft had made on 51 searches. Then he added, "No matter how much it costs, as long as the price is less than 1 billion US dollars, we can buy it. If this market is really as important as you said!"

"Yes!" Faced with an astonishing offer of $1 billion, all the directors present just said no one objected.

Well, but this is normal, because Microsoft is now like Apple more than a decade later, with tens of billions of dollars in cash lying on the company's account, and it is better to use it to acquire potential companies.

If these directors are given a chance to go back to the past, even if the price is as high as $1 billion, they will definitely be happy to buy 51 search.

"This is not a matter of money!" Bill Gates listened to the director's opinion and smiled bitterly. "In fact, I sent an invitation to QQ for acquisition negotiation a month ago. But the other party gave me the answer directly within 5 minutes, and the rejection was very straightforward, and there was no room for negotiation!"

"Haha, Mr. Chairman, is your price too low? I think if you give him $1 billion, the other party will immediately appear in front of you and pray for our acquisition!" A director laughed.

"No, the price I offered him was $1.2 billion, but they still refused it!!" Bill Gates's words made all directors' throats seem to be pinched and speechless.

The other party actually refused the purchase price of US$1.2 billion. What's the brain?

"Because the other party is not short of money at all, the Daqian Group is behind them!" Bill Gates said.

"Daqian Group? This doesn't sound like an American company!" When they heard this name, all the directors at the scene were a little stupid. They had never heard of this name.

"This is a Chinese company, and it is also the most successful company in China. It is the only private company in China that has entered the top 100 in the world!" Bill Gates could only helplessly give his directors a lesson on the strength of Daqian Group.

"Everyone, the Datian mobile phone you use, the MP3 you put in your pocket, is running around the streets now. Even Tesla, which has 10 parking spaces parked downstairs of our headquarters, our children... No, even the Qianji-turned handheld machine we hold in our hands every day, and the golden little mouse that can discharge electricity, all belong to the Daqian Group."

"By the way, according to the information I got a month ago, Amazon and 51 Search have about 40% of the shares, which are in the hands of Daqian... but not in the hands of Daqian Group, but in the hands of Mr. Jia Yapeng, the chairman of Daqian Group!"

"I even think that my qualifications as the richest man in the world are false. The real richest man in the world should be Mr. Jia Yapeng!" When Bill Gates said this, his face was full of envy.

After he noticed QQ and 51 searches and started a detailed investigation, he became more and more jealous of the name Jia Yapeng.

"Anyway, gentlemen, QQ is not a one-man. Behind it is a giant enterprise with capital that is not inferior to our Microsoft. In their eyes, $1 billion is nothing, but QQ represents the possibility of the next 51 search, and it is impossible for them to sell it!" Bill Gates said.

"What should we do?" a director asked in a daze.

"Of course, defeat them!" Bill Gates smiled slightly. "Using all our strength and resources, while QQ has not grown up, he will directly pinch him to death, and then swallow the market and customers that originally belonged to QQ!"

"As long as we can eat QQ, there will be no second competitor in the market that can appear. We can win all and completely monopolize the entrance to instant messaging of the entire network, just like we do on the browser. In this way, we can grasp the user portal of the entire network, and the network will be all of us here in the future!"

Bill Gates's words made all the directors pound and nodded in detail. Many directors said directly, "Mr. Chairman, what do you need us to do? Tell me directly. We will fully support your decision!"

Bill Gates wanted this sentence, and a soft smile like a scholar appeared on his face.

"We want to defeat QQ, which is actually much simpler than we imagined. Although instant messaging software is a door, it is at most a door to a house, but the key to the entire manor where this house is located is in our hands!"

"As long as we firmly control this door and directly intercept all users who want to enter through QQ to our door halfway, that's all!" Bill Gates said.

"Mr. Chairman, what you mean is that we have to limit QQ at the system level!" When many directors felt that Bill Gates was talking, a smart director finally realized it.

The so-called gate to the manor is Microsoft's Windows system.

No matter how awesome QQ is, it needs to be run in the Windows system. The Windows system is Microsoft's private property. In this way, it is very simple to do whatever Microsoft wants to mess with QQ.

"But Chairman, if we take action at the system level at this time, I am worried that the guys from the antitrust investigation team will not let us go. They are worried that they will not find any evidence to mess with us!" A director said worriedly.

"There is no need to worry about this. In fact, there is no so-called antitrust investigation at all. These are just the thoughts in the minds of some so-called big shots and have not been truly implemented! As long as we are clean, we will not have any problems!"

"The most important thing is that QQ is a Chinese company, not an American company. It is actually a good thing for the United States to destroy QQ. I think our motherland will not only not oppose us at that time, but will give us support!"

"Mr. Camede, this is your business. I hope you can talk to your friends at the party that Microsoft does this not for ourselves, but for the benefit of the entire United States in the online market!" Bill Gates said to a middle-aged bald director.

Mr. Camede actually has less than 1% of the Microsoft Group, but he can appear on the board because he was once the governor of New York and has unimaginable political resources in the United States, which is why he can appear on the board.
Chapter completed!