Chapter 553

"Director Greg Maffei!"

   On the golf course, a group of people came in a mighty manner. No matter when Microsoft's style is always there, it is the same this time.

  The person who led the team was Song Yang's old acquaintance, Microsoft's chief financial officer who had dealt with Song Yang many times, and Greg Maffey, who had helped Microsoft acquire countless companies.

   "Song!"

   When facing Song Yang, Greg Maffey was also smiling, as if seeing an "old friend".

   "Terry Meyerson, Robbie Bach."

   Greg Maffei introduced the people who came with him to Song Yang. When he heard that Terry Meyerson was the person in charge of Microsoft's WP system, Song Yang just smiled and nodded to him, without any strange expression on his face.

But it was this look that made Melson a little embarrassed and annoyed. The greatest humiliation for an enemy is not to regard it as the biggest opponent, but to... ignore it, and now Terry Melson is There is a feeling of being ignored.

If Song Yang didn't give him a good look, and even sneered at him, maybe Terry Melson wouldn't be annoyed, but now he treats him like a "passerby", it seems that Mel Sen took it as a threat, making him look a little ugly.

   Song Yang noticed Terry Melson's reaction, but he didn't care much. Microsoft WP system and Symbian were indeed competitors, but to be honest, Song Yang didn't care too much.

  It is true that Microsoft is an unshakable mountain in the field of computer operating systems, but in the operating systems of other electronic products, let alone fighting the five scum, it is always half a beat.

  Symbian is now about to become the mainstream operating system. Currently, the top five mobile phone brands with the largest shipments in the world, Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Sony, and Samsung, are all equipped with the "free" Symbian system.

   Besides, Symbian has started to establish its own software supplier, but Microsoft WP system has not yet been developed. When WP is developed, which mobile phone brand can carry it?

  Even if Microsoft learns from Alcatel mobile phones, produces their own mobile phones, and then installs the WP system, the day lily will probably be cold in the end!

There will definitely be a tough battle between Symbian and the WP system, as well as the Palm handheld system, but Song Yang is actually not that worried about that competition. It is not how powerful Symbian is, but Microsoft WP, Palm are too stretched...

   On the contrary, Song Yang was very concerned about the other person. Song Yang stretched out his hand to him, "Director Robbie Bach!"

Robbie Bach and Song Yang shook hands, and they looked at each other. The former's current name is Microsoft's "Entertainment and Devices" department. This department is freshly released and has a bit of enthusiasm. It is said that the entire Microsoft games and hardware devices are now under the control of Robbie Bach.

It is not known how capable he is to be able to sit in this position, but one thing is certain, that is, Bach is definitely Bill Gates' confidant, otherwise Bill Gates would not have pushed him to this position .

Robbie Bach shook hands with Ken Williams, Peter Moore and others one by one. He also knew that if Microsoft can negotiate with Sierra today, then he will ask Ken Williams, Peter Waiting for someone to deal with.

"I was in the gym in Microsoft town, playing basketball with Ballmer, and then I got a call from Bill Gates, asking me to go to his office, and of course I only had one thought, **** it, take it again" Tyrant "The anger is gone..."

The crowd sat down, and Robbie Bach talked about how he came to be the director of the "Entertainment and Equipment" department. Director relations are good.

When he was playing basketball with Ballmer and others before, as long as he was called away halfway, he would definitely be scolded by Bill Gates. Like Jobs, Bill Gates, who is gentle and gentle in front of the media cameras, Inside Microsoft, he is also a "tyrant" who smashes his fists on the table during meetings and is scolded face to face by Bill Gates, who doesn't know how much...

"But it's different this time," Robbie Bach pointed at Song Yang. "Because of you, Song, I went to Gates' office, but what I got was a new appointment. Maybe only Song can you change Gates' office." tz!"

Listening to this little flattery, Song Yang couldn't help but smile. To be a confidant of Bill Gates, he is indeed a man of all shapes and sizes. This means that Bill Gates attaches great importance to this cooperation and directly established the The new department also said that Song Yang is very important and can change Bill Gates' decision.

   "Then hope, this time, Robbie won't be unable to deal with Bill!" Song Yang said to him.

   "Song, I don't need to say more about the reason why we came this time. I just want to say that the board of directors of Microsoft attaches great importance to this cooperation."

  Greg Maffey said straight to the point that he had dealt with Song Yang many times, and he knew that it was useless to talk about it.

   "The same is true for Xueleshan, otherwise, I would not have sent a cooperation invitation to Microsoft in the first place!" Irene said at this time, and this time Microsoft was invited in her name.

   Greg Maffei looked at Song Yang and asked directly, "How does Xueleshan want to manage the Sega console business?"

   What kind of performance console to develop, what system to use on the console, and what games to carry, etc., are all things that Robbie Bach, Terry Meyerson and Xueleshan will argue about after the cooperation.

   Greg Maffei led the team this time to discuss cooperation with Song Yang. Other matters are not in his hands, and he is too lazy to care about them.

   "Xue Leshan will retain the Sega console business and let it return to the mainstream game console camp. Of course, in the middle, the Sega console may need some changes and the support of some allies!"

Song Yang didn't say anything bold, let Sega catch up with Sony and surpass Nintendo, that's unrealistic, the most important thing for Sega now is to keep the mainframe business, and then consider developing the next generation of mainframes, and now people are still in the ICU. , Don't even think about going to KTV to dance disco.

Hearing Song Yang's words, Greg Maffei was a little hesitant to say anything, but in the end he didn't say anything. Before coming, Microsoft had thought carefully about it. If possible, Microsoft wanted to buy Sega's mainframe business. Come down, but seeing what Song Yang meant, Greg Maffey felt a little unlikely.

Microsoft had been in contact with Nintendo before and wanted to acquire Nintendo. Greg Maffei met with Nintendo people. As a result, Nintendo people laughed when they heard Microsoft's proposal. The one-hour negotiation was a big deal for Gray For Greg Maffei, it was one of the most embarrassing moments of his life.

  The whole meeting that day, the atmosphere was very happy, but that was for Nintendo, and for Greg Maffey, that was the side that was ridiculed.

After hitting a wall once, Microsoft gave up the unrealistic fantasy, knowing that Microsoft would have to rely on itself if it wanted to develop a game console. I did it myself.

  The temperature on the golf course began to rise. Even sitting under the umbrella, Greg Maffei still felt a little irritable.

   "Song, Microsoft hopes to separate the Sega game console business, and Microsoft hopes to get 50% of the shares of Sega console!" Greg Maffei looked at Song Yang and said it directly.

  For Microsoft, Sega's most attractive thing is the console business. As for other arcade machines, game IPs, technologies, brands, etc., Microsoft doesn't care at all.

  Hearing that Microsoft wanted to get 50% of the shares of the Sega mainframe, Peter Moore immediately looked at Song Yang. Microsoft is the lion's mouth, and wants to directly occupy the Sega mainframe.

  Song Yang was not annoyed at Greg Maffei's lion's big mouth, but he was bargaining. If Greg Maffei dared to ask for a price, Song Yang could also bargain.

   "40%!"

   "Microsoft can take away 40% of the equity of the Sega console, but it has to be responsible for the hardware research and development costs of the Sega console!"

  Song Yang said directly, let Microsoft take advantage of it, no, it is an addiction to hardware research and development, let Microsoft pay for the development of the console for Sega.

Greg Maffei was a little choked, Song Yang was really rude, and he threw the **** pot at Microsoft. R&D hardware is the most expensive. According to this kind of cooperation, Microsoft worked hard to pay for it. After you figure out the machine, you will earn hard money in the end, and you may have to lose money!

Now the game console industry has become more and more obvious, that is, the machine is not making much money at the beginning, mainly relying on console games to make money. This trend has become more and more obvious. Losing money, but making money by charging for games on the machine.

"Song," Greg Maffei looked at Song Yang, "You know the situation of Microsoft, Microsoft's board of directors, and President Bill Gates have always hoped that Microsoft will have its own hardware business, and that Microsoft can bear the hardware research and development costs of the mainframe." , But, Microsoft wants to get 50% of the equity of Sega console, this is the only requirement of Microsoft!"

Robbie Bach also said at this time, "Song, Microsoft's request is by no means excessive. If the agreement is reached, Microsoft will immediately invest the first sum of $500 million in the development of new Sega console companies after independence. In addition, Microsoft can let EA become the game supplier of Sega console, and also acquire game developer Bungie, etc., to develop new games for Sega console!"

What is banknote ability? Microsoft's moves have always been mediocre. They just spend money. As long as you sign a letter, Microsoft will immediately invest 500 million dollars in Sega consoles. If it's not enough, you can still smash it. Kill all opponents with money!

   Peter Moore watched this scene, and all kinds of thoughts came to his mind. If the original Sega had such a benefactor, how could it be reduced to this situation?

  (end of this chapter)