Vol 6 Chapter 572: Bullish

? Seattle, Ballmer is still busy in the office at this time.

Having officially taken over from Gates, he has truly become the helm of this leading high-tech company, and he has naturally become the envy of many people.

For many people, being able to become Gates' successor can definitely be the peak of life.

But for Ballmer himself, happiness is naturally also present, but even more stressful.

Gates was undoubtedly successful throughout his tenure. The Microsoft he founded and led not only monopolized the computer operating system market, but also monopolized the office software market, and once monopolized the browser market.

Not only that, but around indos, he also established a complete ecological circle.

The market value of more than 600 billion US dollars reached by Microsoft at the end of 1999 is the same as Gates' personal wealth. For many years, it has been proud of the world-until 2007, it was briefly surpassed by PetroChina.

On the other hand, although the parties themselves may not be convinced, whether it is the competition between Microsoft and Apple, or the personal PK of Gates and Jobs, Microsoft and Gates were previously winners.

Jobs had to borrow money from Gates to survive the crisis, which is the best proof.

But until now, after Ballmer finally sat in this position and faded from his joy and excitement, he found that all around him was pressure.

Microsoft’s destined old rival, Apple, has been getting better and more popular after the robbery, and the performance of a group of rising stars, such as Google, such as Feng Yiping’s NEXTDOOR, is also not much better.

The problem is that, in Ballmer's view, Microsoft, or Microsoft, still maintains a high level of leadership in the above three aspects, whether it is revenue or profit, it is still second to none among high-tech companies.

But let alone Apple, that is, Google, NEXTDOOR, eBay, Amazon, etc., are all rising rapidly, which shows that Microsoft is indeed in a lagging position in many new areas.

If competition in the field of science and technology is a relay race, Ballmer knows very well that Microsoft, after he took over Gates, is already in the race at this time, at least lagging behind rivals such as Apple, Google, and NEXTDOOR.

The burden that Gates, an old man put on himself, is really not light.

He looked at the picture on the screen again, which summarized all the products of Microsoft. He needed to determine the priority, the urgent need to strengthen, and the departments that could be abolished.

It has been determined that the search team must be strengthened.

Even if it can increase the share of this part to over 20% like Yahoo, it can greatly reduce the threat posed by Google.

Just thinking about it, the phone rang, "Steve, I just got the news. Many people have seen that Lu Zheng and Cummins are having dinner?"

"What?" Ballmer stood up suddenly.

Dr. Lu, that is the person he had hoped to dig up early in the morning. For this reason, he has communicated with him many times. Although he has not been able to speak correctly, he thought to himself that there should be no problems, but he is now Even had dinner with Feng Yiping's capable men?

Feng, that is really a good young man, and because of this, he is also a very strong opponent.

He is really accurate.

Ballmer immediately dialed it without thinking.

Dr. Lu, who was chatting with Rubin about Android, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, took a look, hesitated a little, and then clicked the call, "Rubin, you..."

But the phone that was just put back vibrated again.

Cummins naturally noticed this scene, "It doesn't matter Lu, you can answer the phone first,"

"I'm sorry," Dr. Lu took his mobile phone to the outside of the private room, and walked under the palace lantern in front of him, "Steve,"

"Hehe Lu, when will I hear your clear answer? You know, we are all ready, just waiting for you to lead our LiveSearch department,"

"Sorry Steve, I need more time to think about it,"

The words are the same, but Ballmer feels that he is not optimistic?

Could it be that this time, Feng Yiping still wants to achieve what purpose?

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In the private room, Rubin glanced at the door and asked Cummins, "Do you think it will be a Microsoft phone?"

"It must be Ballmer," Cummins said.

It is also difficult for Dr. Lu not to answer calls from people like Ballmer.

Seeing Rubin's worried look, he smiled, "There is Feng's letter."

"Aren't you in a hurry to open it?" Rubin said.

"But that doesn't mean not paying attention, does it?" Cummins smiled confidently.

"Is it more important?" Rubin hesitated.

Cummins laughed and said nothing.

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Cummins' confidence built on Feng Yiping is indeed right.

On the way home, Dr. Lu stopped by the side of the road shortly after staggering his car with Cummins and immediately took out the letter.

Of course he knows Feng Yiping very well. It can also be said that in Silicon Valley, not many people do not know Feng Yiping.

Not to mention, Jerry once proposed to let Feng Yiping serve as Yahoo's CEO.

And because of his understanding, he was really worried. He might make a decision immediately after reading Feng Yiping's letter-this is why he didn't read it just now.

He believes that Feng Yiping has such a persuasive power. This can be seen without looking at Feng Yiping's commercial achievements.

Think about it, let’s say that the two most difficult guys in the American high-tech industry, Jobs and Gates, before, no one can get back after offending any of them, but Feng Yiping, But after offending the two of them, he still maintained a very good relationship with them.

His company launched Android, which will have a great impact on Apple at first glance, but look at what Apple has done now? How is Jobs?

not at all.

Jobs only scolded Rubin a few times, but don't tell me, from the observation just now, Rubin is indeed somewhat similar to Jobs, from hairstyle to glasses to clothes.

Speaking of Gates, it is said that this time they failed to acquire Yahoo, the main reason is that Feng Yiping insisted on calling a stop.

As soon as Feng Yiping called a halt to such a large and important project, they really stopped it, and it still did not affect their relationship.

This really made him a little bit unbelievable.

Dr. Lu believes that if anyone else does the same thing, whether it's Jobs Gates or Apple or Microsoft, it will definitely not give up easily, but if you look at it now, it's really like nothing.

This must be a very persuasive person, so what will he say to himself?

When Dr. Lu opened the letter, it was unexpectedly short.

After the greeting, Feng Yiping bluntly talked about the benefits of joining his company.

Only the first one, after Dr. Lu saw it, he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"In this world, speaking of the grasp of future development trends, if I say that I am the second, then the first one can only be empty,"

Dr. Lu is also a proud person, but the pride and self-confidence in Feng Yiping's words really make him hard to follow.

But this is what makes people unable to refute.

Who dares to say that he has a better vision than Feng Yiping, and he sees farther than him?

"I believe many people think that in the future, artificial intelligence will do a lot. I agree with this view."

"But I believe that few people at the same time can really understand that when it develops to a certain stage, artificial intelligence will have a core need. This need is data."

If it was said just now, it made Dr. Lu feel that besides the shock, there was still nothing to say, then this point made him a little bit tempted to applaud.

Incisive! Hit the nail on the head!

This is the first time Dr. Lu knows that someone has such a deep understanding of artificial intelligence, can still think so far, and their views are unprecedented.

My soulmate!

"China has the largest population in the world~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and we also have the strongest physical industry in the world, which means that our data in this area is far ahead of other countries,"

"...As for the knowledge and use of data, I think you also know that I wrote a book "Big Data" a few years ago,"

How could Dr. Lu not know about this? He still remembered that Feng Yiping was also called the father of cloud computing.

Cloud computing and big data are precisely two aspects closely related to artificial intelligence.

At the end of the letter, Feng Yiping said, "Tow, my π department will not lag behind any organization in the research and application of artificial intelligence. You are welcome to visit at any time convenient, and I will definitely scan the couch. Wait."

Sweep the couch and wait!

So, should I go back to China or choose to go to Seattle? Seeing the flashing lights at the intersection in front of him, Dr. Lu was lost in thought.

But after a while, he took out the letter again...