At least before eting Qiao Yu, he didn’t really want to get involved with this alliance of the disenchanted. But he also didn’t plan to completely offend them.
At least it could be a way out.
And even if the headquarters decided to abandon Windows in exchange for developnt opportunities, this would be a gradual process, not sothing to give up imdiately.
At least for the next five years, the Windows ecosystem can continue to bring revenue and influence to Microsoft globally.
In fact, if Microsoft wants to sell Windows at a suitable price soday in the future, it also needs these partners’ help.
"Compromise won’t save Microsoft. We should unite to save ourselves now," said David Hopkins succinctly.
"I understand the situation you’re facing now, David, but I need to explain it to the board, at least after I et Qiao Yu, okay?"
Brad Smith put down his utensils and said seriously.
He hadn’t had breakfast in the morning, and he was quite hungry. As a result, he was a bit too upset to eat because of these people.
"Of course, but I want to tell you this is aningless. Do you know why Qiao Yu arranged to et us last? Just to satisfy his pathological need to humiliate us!
Let tell you, that Qiao Yu is a madman. And his girlfriend too, they’re both crazy people without any manners or morals!"
Well, it has to be said that David Hopkins usually behaves like a suave gentleman in public.
At least Brad Smith thought so.
The two have interacted more than once or twice over the past few years.
After all, Microsoft and Intel have always had that kind of love-hate relationship.
Being forced to drop the gentleman’s facade in public shows just how unpleasant this eting was.
It seems that Qiao Yu really hit a sore spot, and probably more than once.
As for the lack of manners and morals... isn’t everyone the sa?
When the strong face the weak, they don’t really care about manners and morals and are more concerned about how much a weaker person’s scalp is worth.
And if you’re going to talk about manners and morals... Qiao Yu probably wouldn’t let them kiss his ass, would he?
Brad Smith kept thinking to himself.
Of course, he couldn’t say this out loud.
"Calm down, David. As I said earlier, I’m tasked by the board to do this. So even if we’re humiliated, we have to talk it through.
After all, the company pays us handsoly, and maybe part of the bonus could be compensation for the grievances we might suffer. But still, thank you for preparing ntally."
Brad Smith said, choosing his words carefully.
David Hopkins and Chris Malaki exchanged a glance, and finally, the CEO of Intel spoke helplessly: "Of course, you’re right. But I think you might want to talk to both of us after your eting with Qiao Yu. Tonight?"
"If necessary, I’ll call you. Trust , David, Chris, no matter what, we’re on the sa side, and I think we’ve always been good friends."
"I hope so!" David Hopkins nodded and left with Chris.
Brad Smith sighed, then picked up the sandwich with two bites left and quickly stuffed it into his mouth, ending this flavorless al.
Too exhausting!
...
At 1:50 p.m., Brad Smith arrived at the Yanbei International Mathematics Center five minutes early.
What pleased him was at least the person in charge of reception had a good attitude.
"Mr. Smith, hello. Academician Qiao has just returned, let inform him that you’re here."
"Okay, thank you."
Soon he was taken to the second floor, and he roughly understood why the two felt humiliated in the morning.
Honestly, Brad Smith didn’t really expect that even with his status, he would still have to go through security checks to see Qiao Yu.
Even his secretary was not allowed to attend this talk.
This made Brad Smith sowhat grateful to David and Chris. If they hadn’t given him a heads-up at noon, he certainly wouldn’t have been so calm now.
But now he just felt indifferent; after all, he was already prepared for the humiliation.
And if you think about it, this doesn’t even count as humiliation. There are many people who want Qiao Yu to drop dead, and if you really think about it, he’s probably one of them.
Plus, trading his life for Qiao Yu’s life seems quite worthwhile. After all, he’s almost sixty years old, with more than half his life gone, while Qiao Yu is only in his twenties, just starting out in life.
As for the contributions of both...
Forget it, thinking about it further, Brad Smith felt a bit eager.
Leveling his mindset, he quietly cooperated with the security personnel to complete the body search, making everything go smoothly.
Soon, he saw this overly young scientist in Qiao Yu’s office.
There was also a young girl in the office.
Brad recalled, if using David Hopkins’ words, this similarly young girl with Qiao Yu was his girlfriend.
So, Brad Smith took another couple of glances, hmm, a golden boy and jade girl, they looked quite compatible.
Retrieving all his thoughts, seeing Qiao Yu was assessing him with a playful gaze, Brad Smith suddenly felt he had overprepared before...
Since he was negotiating from a disadvantageous position, and obviously, there were previous conflicts between the parties, then why subject himself to the sa humiliation as those in the morning?
Thus, right from the outset, Brad Smith calmly said, "Professor Qiao Yu, hello, I represent Microsoft in surrendering to the Huaxia Quantum Simulation Computing Alliance."
Indeed, unexpected dialogue modes always have so effect.
With one sentence, Brad directly left the leisurely Qiao Yu dumbfounded.
Very puzzled, he asked, "Sorry, I might not have heard clearly, did you just say ’surrender’?"
Brad Smith nodded confirming, "Yes, Professor Qiao, you heard right, it is ’surrender’.
"Hmm..." Qiao Yu nodded, then glanced at Xia Keke sitting beside him.
Well, this girl, who fears nothing but a chaotic world, looked equally puzzled. She probably didn’t expect this Microsoft CEO to be so straightforward.
"Hmm... Mr. Smith, I don’t know if you’ve heard there’s a saying in Huaxia that we never listen to what people say but look at what they do.
So why don’t we talk about what specific asures you an by surrender, or say submission? Or how Microsoft plans to move forward?"
Brad Smith straightforwardly said, "First, Microsoft will abandon Windows in the next five years. We will gradually reduce investnt in the Windows system, slow down updates, and gradually move away from OS-level research.
Second, Microsoft’s gaming and cloud services departnts will actively embrace the quantum simulation computing platform and contribute to the platform’s ecosystem. For example, Microsoft’s gaming departnt will fully cooperate in developing gas based on quantum virtual screens and quantum computing.
Third, as is well known, Microsoft also has a lot of cutting-edge research in the field of quantum chips. If the Quantum Simulation Computing Alliance needs it, we can share technology with the alliance unconditionally.
Fourth, I believe the Quantum Simulation Computing Alliance currently needs ample funds for research and developnt, Microsoft can provide low-interest special research loans to enterprises in the alliance with no preconditions."
After listening, Qiao Yu found himself even more at a loss.
He could only say the new Microsoft CEO is a good person, much better than the previous one, what was his na, Satya Nadella?
Coming right out with such good conditions makes him want to give Mr. Smith an award; what a patriotic businessman!
"Um, can you make this decision?"
"Of course, I can convince the board. In fact, I already convinced them once, I can naturally do it again!"
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