Chapter 1525 Let the horse come over!
As soon as Bill Gates talked about a new ecosystem to be released, Li Mu immediately thought of msn. .
Just before that, through his own speculation and Lin Qingya's secret investigation in the United States, he had long determined that Microsoft would restart msn. Li Mu had long guessed that Microsoft was willing to return to the social field, but he was not worried about this, because judging from the current popularity of yy and the importance of users, no company could surpass itself, and the only one that could surpass itself is itself.
It’s like after QQ gained its foothold, no one could defeat it again. The only thing that could cause a major impact on it was its own WeChat.
So, Li Mu looked at Bill Gates with a calm look on his face and asked with a smile: "Mr. Gates, is Microsoft still not giving up on msn?"
Li Mu's words made Bill Gates' expression extremely unnatural.
The msn ecological plan was rebuilt by Bill Gates, inspired by the yy ecosystem of Muye Technology, and the internal confidentiality level is very high. He just told Li Mu that there is a new ecosystem to be released today. How did Li Mu immediately determine that what he wants to release is msn? Is it an internal leak?
Li Mu saw the change in Bill Gates' expression. He smiled slightly, patted the outside of Bill Gates' right arm, and smiled: "Mr. Gates should not be so surprised. In fact, it can be seen that Microsoft has always been very unwilling to give up in the social field. Moreover, in my opinion, Microsoft does have enough strength to do a good job in the social industry. It was a bit hasty to give up before, which is a pity."
Bill Gates' mood was greatly hit at this moment. He originally wanted to give Li Mu a "surprise", but he didn't expect that the feeling Li Mu gave him was "I had expected what you would do", which made Bill Gates feel like he was being upset and could not get out of no matter what.
Buddha competes for a stick of incense, people compete for a breath. Although Bill Gates had never seen Li Mu before, he had long regarded Li Mu as his biggest competitor in his life.
In fact, people like Bill Gates who are from science and engineering are the most competitive in their vision. In 1994, Microsoft's great success pushed Bill Gates to the world's richest man. Now, he has only missed the top spot in two years.
From 1998 to now, he has been the richest man in the world. Originally, the entire Wall Street believed that Bill Gates would be the richest man in the world until 2008 or even 2010. However, it was not until the young Li Mu emerged with Muye Technology that people realized that Bill Gates' position as the richest man in the world could no longer be preserved.
Bill Gates may not pay attention to the number of wealth, but he still cares about reputation very much. In any field, there is only one supreme halo, and it is only owned by the highest. Today, when the global IT industry is so huge, software, hardware, social, e-commerce, search and other sub-categories, Bill Gates was once the well-deserved first person, but now, these halos have been snatched away by Li Mu.
Li Mu is like an uncrowned king. The company is not listed, and there is no exact reference standard for corporate assets and personal assets. But everyone believes that Li Mu will surpass Bill Gates in the future, and Muye Technology will surpass Microsoft in the future.
The media in Silicon Valley and Wall Street have long begun to criticize Bill Gates. Even if Bill Gates didn't care at first, they all said on TV, newspapers, magazines and the Internet that Li Mu was about to surpass himself, and was about to leave himself far behind and create a new height in the IT field. After reading too much such news, over time, Bill Gates' competitive spirit will be infinitely stimulated.
Therefore, deep down, he couldn't wait to show two more tricks to the world so that they could know that he was still old and even had the ability to defend his throne.
And the Windows-live, which is about to be launched, is the full counterattack of the old king before he is about to be overthrown. If so, Microsoft's market value soars and Makino Technology's valuation plummeted, and one high and the other low will quickly widen the gap between the two sides. In that case, the throne will remain stable.
Before meeting Li Mu, or even before having a chat with Li Mu, Bill Gates was full of confidence in his new ecosystem that was about to be launched, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a little panicked.
The reason for the panic was that he didn't understand why Li Mu penetrated his intentions in advance.
Moreover, he didn't understand why Li Mu looked calm after he penetrated his intentions?
What he said seemed very polite and polite, but in fact, it made him feel a complete contempt.
Li Mu gave Bill Gates the feeling that he did not regard Bill Gates as an opponent at all.
At this time, Davidson said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li Mu, the dinner is about to begin. Why don't we take a seat first? After the banquet, we will have a salon. If you and Mr. Bill Gates want to continue chatting, you can speak freely."
Li Mu nodded slightly and said to Bill Gates: "Mr. Gates, then let's talk later?"
Bill Gates smiled unnaturally, and after a moment, he suddenly asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, why don't we sit closer and chat while eating later?"
Li Mu smiled indifferently and said, "I can do it, but it depends on how Mr. Gao Bai arranged the seats?"
Davidson smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you and Mr. Gates are both distinguished guests of the Gao Bo family, so you should naturally sit in the front seat. Since you are interested in chatting more, then just arrange for you two to be opposite each other. What do you think?"
Bill Gates nodded quickly and said, "No problem, thank you Davidson."
Li Mu nodded and said, "I'm fine, either."
Davidson made an invitation gesture to the two of them, guiding them all the way to the main row, and arranged them at the front of one of the guest seats, which is the closest to the main seat.
After arranging the seats of Li Mu and Bill Gates, Davidson said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, you came a little late. You probably don't know many customers yet. Do you want me to recommend them to you?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "It will take a long time to introduce so many people at once, and I may not be able to remember so many people. Otherwise, I will wait for the salon after the dinner. Besides, there are still a few days left in the future, so I can take it slowly."
Davidson nodded slightly and smiled, "That's right, then I'll introduce it to Mr. Li slowly in the next time."
At this time, everyone else began to take their seats gradually.
Davidson said goodbye to Li Mu and Bill Gates and communicated on-site matters with other family members.
After Li Mu sat down, he carefully observed for a while and discovered the rules of the goldberg family's seat arrangement.
As the master, the goldberg family members naturally sat in the row of the main seats, but there were only seven seats in the main seats. Davidson, as the leader of the family, sat in the middle, with his wife, his eldest son, his wife and the second son, sitting in a more outer position.
As for the other members of the goldberg family, they are basically distributed in two rows of guest seats, which can basically ensure that every three people there is a member of the goldberg family. Wendy Gaobo was arranged in the area where Li Mu was located, sitting next to Li Mu.
In the two rows of guest seats in front of Li Mu, in addition to the members of the goldberg family, they looked like entrepreneurs and some noble members. The row opposite seemed to be full of royal families, because Li Mu saw several familiar British royal members, including Prince William, who later married a civilian princess and seized global news headlines. However, he still looks very young and has relatively dense hair.
The British royal family is closest to the main platoon, and next to them are several Middle Eastern royal families wearing white robes and headscarves. Moreover, the headscarves of the Middle Eastern royal families are very particular. The pure white turbans with black edges are the royal families of several emirates in the United Arab Emirates; and the red and white plaids with black edges are the Saudi royal families, which is undoubtedly.
The Middle East royal family is all super rich and powerful, but the situation of the royal family is very similar to that of the big family. The total wealth is extremely large, but the distribution is relatively scattered. For example, the Saudi royal family, a royal family with trillions of assets, is really large enough to no one to match. However, a royal family has more than 5,000 princes, and 40% of the core members. From this, it can be seen that it is difficult for the Middle East tycoon to reach the top of the world as a matter of personal finance.
Everyone gradually settled down, and the originally lively banquet hall soon became quiet. A large number of male and female waiters in uniform stood behind the two rows of guest seats, with their awakened red wine in their hands.
Two minutes before the booking start time, Davidson made a gesture to the butler behind him. Then the butler immediately winked at the waiters waiting on both sides. The waiters on both sides received orders, and took a few steps forward at the same time, pouring half a glass of red wine into the wine glass in front of each guest.
After pouring the wine, the waiters immediately retreated back to the wall. Davidson stood up with his glass and gently tapped the wall of the crystal wine glass with a silver fork in his hand, making a crisp jingle sound.
Everyone turned their eyes to Davidson, who said with a blushing face: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a few words to say to everyone before the formal meal."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the members of the goldberg family who were sitting in the main seat with him stood up with wine glasses, and the guests stood up at this moment.
Wendy was afraid that Li Mu would not understand the social etiquette of Europeans, so she whispered in Chinese in Li Mu's ear: "Mr. Li, before the European banquet begins, there will be a toast session, that is, toasts in Chinese. However, generally, toasts are only this time before the meal. When raising the glasses together later, I will just drink a little, and I don't need to drink them all."
Li Mu smiled slightly and thanked her.
Davidson, who was in the center of the main seat, said with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much for coming to the goldberg manor and attending the goldberg family party. On behalf of all the members of the goldberg family, I would like to thank every guest for coming, thank you all!"
After saying that, Davidson raised his glass and said, "hee."
So all the guests raised their glasses and took a sip of red wine together.
The British wine table culture is relatively gentlemanly. There is no saying that red wine is toast. Generally, one-third of the glass is poured, and a maximum of half of it is to drink. Put down the glass, and the waiter will come forward and add the wine in the glass to one-third again. The glass will never be empty. If you don’t want to drink, you can mix it to the end every time you wet your lips.
After drinking the first glass of wine, everyone took their seats, and the chef and waiter began to serve the dishes.
Li Mu looked at the piles of meals in front of him with a little big head.
There are many specialties in Western food, especially when eating Western food in Europe, which may be the most tedious dining model in the world. The tableware in front of you alone makes it difficult for Li Mu to adapt. There are several types of cups, several types of knife and fork, and there are countless large and small dishes.
So Li Mu whispered to Wendy beside him: "Miss Wendy, if I have any presumptuous or unconforming Western etiquette later, please forgive me and inform me in time. I personally have no understanding of these Western rules at all."
Wendy smiled slightly and said, "The British are more rigid, so they pay more attention to it. Mr. Li doesn't need to care too much about Western etiquette. Just come as you feel comfortable."
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and smiled and said, "There is an old Chinese saying that follows the local customs. Since you are here, you must abide by the rules here, otherwise it will appear offensive."
Wendy smiled and said, "Then I will teach you slowly later."
Li Mu nodded and smiled: "Thank you."
Bill Gates, sitting opposite Li Mu, felt a little depressed when he saw Li Mu whispering to Wendy in Chinese.
From the first moment I met Li Mu until now, Li Mu has never had any interest in the "new ecology" he said, which has hurt Bill Gates very much.
He thought about this issue from the perspective of others. If Li Mu told himself in person that he was about to launch a new ecosystem, he would definitely pay great attention and eager to learn more. He would never take it seriously like Li Mu.
Moreover, Li Mu had already guessed that he would resurrect msn and enter socializing again, and directly became yy's head-on hand, but even so, Li Mu still didn't care at all, which really made him unable to understand.
After struggling for a while, Bill Gates finally took advantage of the time of serving the food and asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I'm very curious, what impressions and opinions do you have about Microsoft's former MSN?"
"Impressions and opinions?" Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "How to say it, it feels a bit like a carbonated beverage produced by Nasa."
Nasa is NASA and the strongest existence in the world's aerospace field. Li Mu said that msn is like a carbonated beverage produced by Nasa. Bill Gates couldn't help asking him: "Why did Mr. Li say this? Do you think msn is not good enough?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said seriously: "To be honest, the root of the problem is not whether msn is good or bad, but that Nasa should not try to do things that they are not good at. It should concentrate on studying its aerospace, carbonated beverages, and leave it to Coca-Cola to do."
Even though Bill Gates was calm, he was a little angry at this time.
The meaning of Li Mu's words is already very obvious. He thinks that Microsoft is not a social material at all, and the correct way to give up the social dream as soon as possible is to give up the social dream. However, he has no idea how much effort he has put in to get Microsoft to return to socialization and how thorough preparations he has made.
So, Bill Gates said to Li Mu without expression: "Mr. Li, whether Nasa is good at making carbonated beverages is not your final decision, nor is it me. The most important thing is to first see how the carbonated beverages it produces are. I believe that as long as the product is good, consumers will naturally not let it be buried. Even as long as it is done well enough, consumers will even give up Coca-Cola for it!"
Li Mu laughed and said simply: "Mr. Gates, if you think msn can have an impact on YY, then try it out, I personally welcome and support all competition."
Chapter completed!