The conference room fell into silence after Satya Nadella's speech.

Including President Brad Smith, Microsoft Chief Science Officer Eric Horwitz, Microsoft Chief Technology Officer and former LinkedIn head Kevin Scott, Microsoft Corporate Strategy Executive Kurt Delbain,

The four big bosses within Microsoft clearly showed thoughtful expressions.

After a moment, Kurt Delbain said: "It would be best if we could acquire TikTok, but will the Chinese really sell this software to us? You must know that TikTok is already the third most downloaded product of its kind in the world.

The cumulative number of downloads of this software has exceeded 2 billion, and the number of downloads this year has even exceeded Facebook. IMHO, no company will be sold by this hen that will surely lay golden eggs in the future."

This is indeed true.

TikTok belongs to China's Alphabet. Although Alphabet has only been established for just eight years, it has developed rapidly and now has a market valuation of nearly 200 billion US dollars.

This valuation is of course incomparable to that of big companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Intel, etc., but after all, Alphabet is still a young company, and it can be said that there are unlimited possibilities in the future. In addition, TikTok has become a hot item, and it has become a

The software of choice for countless young people around the world, no one with any foresight would be able to sell TikTok at this time.

"This issue does not need to be considered. We may not be able to shake the status of Changxiang Technology, but it does not mean that we cannot shake the status of other companies. For Alphabet Jump, the best choice is to package and sell TikTok in the near future.

, what we have to do is to determine a reasonable price and be ready to operate TikTok!" Satya Nadella said forcefully.

If I had to translate what he said, it would probably mean that if Microsoft can’t compete with Changxiang Technology, it can’t compete with a Chinese software company?

Do you really think the Silicon Valley Alliance is just a show-off?

When an entire tech conglomerate decides to block a piece of video software, they can even render the letters hopping unable to fight back.

This is probably Satya Nadella’s last stubbornness.

"If you put it that way, I think it is acceptable to acquire TikTok for less than 20 billion US dollars. Of course, we must also be prepared to compete with Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg will probably be restless." Kurt

Delbain said.

The Microsoft strategy executive isn't exaggerating.

After all, TikTok has almost become a thorn in Facebook’s side.

This is despite the fact that China Software has many restrictions in the United States.

If Microsoft really acquires TikTok, it will inevitably acquire TikTok's data center, which also means that TikTok will become a software operated by an American high-tech company and will no longer have anything to do with the original Chinese company.

In this case, it would be strange for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg not to jump in.

This is because TikTok is essentially a short video content media, and the media’s main profit model is advertising. Its growth in overseas markets, like Snapchat, Twitter and Facebook, is competing for advertisers’ budgets.

Although Facebook is still the number one social network player in the market, as a social product, Facebook has higher tool attributes. Apart from social interaction, it has not deeply bound and cultivated users’ basic necessities on the platform.

In terms of consumption and entertainment needs and user habits, Facebook's ecological foundation and stability are not as good as WeChat. Therefore, if TikTok continues to develop and grow, it is likely to take away Facebook's advertising plate.

This is not only Microsoft's judgment, but also Facebook's own judgment.

You must know that Mark Zuckerberg has directly attacked TikTok’s operating model on multiple public occasions. He has even directly questioned TikTok on many public occasions for stealing Facebook’s technology, and that its data center and review methods have violated Americans’ freedoms and

privacy.

In addition, Facebook has also tried to use software that copies TikTok's similar functions and uses Facebook's social functions to promote its own products, including short video software such as Lasso and Instagram Reels to seize TikTok's market.

However, what was severely slapped in the face was that after the launch of Lasso, the total number of downloads worldwide was only more than 40,000.

At that time, the number of downloads of TikTok outside China had reached 640 million, which really could not even catch up to a fraction.

Instagram Reels is obviously not very useful.

Even though Facebook spends a lot of money to invite Internet celebrities on TikTok to settle in, it seems that consumers still don’t buy it.

Probably young people in the United States have become accustomed to TikTok and are very satisfied with TikTok's intelligent push mechanism, so naturally they will not choose other short video software.

This is very embarrassing.

Of course, Facebook's series of risqué operations are also very tangled for parent company Alphabet.

After all, it is not a good thing for any company to make good software and be inspected every three days and then inspected every two days.

If you add in the fact that there is a rogue company that is causing trouble all day long in your territory, it would be false to say that it is not a headache.

And now Microsoft is even more interested in TikTok. If the acquisition is successful, it also means that Facebook will have fewer reasons to fight. And for Facebook, the most terrifying thing is that it will start with an established American high-tech company.

A direct contest, and this is when the current battle situation is not dominant.

Of course, TikTok’s parent company’s letter jump is definitely the most confusing in this operation.

Damn it, the short video push algorithm is good, who did you offend?

"Then let's do it. Everyone is proceeding as planned. We will be in contact with Alphabet in the near future, but this does not mean that we will give up on Windows

We will consider selling the entire Asia-Pacific R&D center headquarters building to Changxiang Technology, and also announce that Microsoft will suspend all business in China!"

Finally, Microsoft President Brad Smith made the final summary.

…

Chen Cheng really didn't know that when he invited Wang Yufei to have a meal, Microsoft, thousands of miles away, made several decisions in succession that would shock the world.

The suspension of business in China means that Microsoft has completely given up on the Chinese market. Of course, this does not have a big impact on China. After all, Microsoft's market share in China is not much left. China also has cloud computing and server fields.

Ready-made replacement products.

Microsoft decided to sell off the entire Asia-Pacific R&D center and contact Alphabet to acquire TikTok, officially launching a model to compete with Facebook for advertisers.

At the moment it was announced, it was a series of decisions that would definitely shock the world.

In theory, this is obviously beneficial to the promotion of Changxiang Technology's new system. After all, no one would have thought a year ago that there would be an operating system provider that could make Microsoft give in.

If Chen Cheng knew this, he would probably feel much better.

After all, even Microsoft has given up, and compared with Microsoft, he is definitely worthy of saying "nothing!"

So this meal was tasteless.

It was okay to lose face, but I was still worried about whether Wang Yufei would release him from the blacklist.

Extremely painful.

Ge Lingyue and Gu Bingjun recovered their emotions after a brief period of shock.

I lost no time in reporting to Wang Yufei on the current situation of the company.

Of course it's nothing confidential.

Some big contracts are meant to be announced. For example, we have reached strategic cooperation agreements with several domestic car companies. In addition to starting to design power batteries in accordance with the requirements of the car companies, we will also tailor a set of special batteries for these car companies.

In-vehicle smart systems, and sending technical personnel to participate in the in-vehicle intelligent hardware systems of these car companies, and jointly develop future-oriented driverless systems.

Several production lines for relatively simple electronic supplies batteries have been successfully debugged and will soon produce a new generation of solid-state mobile phone batteries for brands such as Huawei and Dami.

In addition to these domestic brands, negotiations for electronic product platforms such as Apple and Samsung are also proceeding step by step.

Of course, with the expansion of business, Ge Lingyue has also begun to plan the next step of the company's development, such as registering branches, subsidiaries, or opening offices in other cities in China and overseas according to different situations.

Of course, this is actually a work in progress.

Because data centers are being built all over the country, Changxiang Technology’s touch has also begun to be deployed in the country through these data centers.

Wang Yufei listened patiently to Ge Lingyue and Gu Bingjun's reports.

Compared with Bill Gates who likes to discuss business while walking, Wang Yufei prefers to listen to these reports while eating.

Less time wasted.

Moreover, listening to the report did not delay his meal at all. After all, his ability to multi-task is not something to be boasted about.

As for Chen Cheng and Lu Jia...

Lu Jia followed him to listen to some company decision-making and development issues. This was originally Wang Yufei's arrangement. This can also be regarded as cultivating Lu Jia's business thinking ability.

In Wang Yufei's view, Lu Jia's temperament and complete concentration on research are still a waste.

Becoming a technical management talent is more in line with his expectations.

As for Chen Cheng, it doesn't matter if he hears this.

By the time he was 80% full, the entire table of food was almost gone.

Ge Lingyue and Gu Bingjun also almost reported on the current situation of the company.

Chen Cheng glanced at the almost empty dish, then at Ge Lingyue and Gu Bingjun, who really hadn't eaten much. Taking advantage of the conversation between several people, he asked weakly: "How about adding two more?"

A dish?”

I feel very uneasy.

He ordered ten dishes, which is usually enough for ten people. Why did it feel like he, Ge Lingyue, and Gu Bingjun had finished all the dishes without eating much? This was even when no one had drank.

ah.

Does this seem like he was very insincere in his invitation this time?

"I don't need it, I'm full!" Ge Lingyue smiled and waved her hand. She really didn't eat much.

"I think people have a good appetite and can be full." Gu Bingjun said with a smile.

I don’t know if it’s true or not, but Chen Chengdao couldn’t force it.

"Okay, if you're all full, I'll tell you what I think." Wang Yufei said.
To be continued...