Not adding 1 billion, not adding 1 billion, but adding 1 billion directly. This does not mean that Masayoshi Son doesn’t regard money as money, but that he and Feng Yiping thought of going together.

He hopes that he will take the lead in increasing the acquisition price to more than US$50 billion, so that his opponent can retreat and simply lock in victory.

SoftBank's move quickly aroused strong response from all walks of life. No one could have thought that in 2008, we could have seen such a bold acquisition war.

Not to mention, among the three participating parties, Yahoo, Microsoft and Dr, are both well-known high-tech companies in the United States.

With such a bad financial environment, such a large acquisition has also given some people confidence that at least, we are not bad in all aspects.

Ballmer didn't expect that at the last moment, SoftBank could make such a big deal. The moment he heard the news, he knew that the acquisition, which he had high hopes and devoted great efforts, had come to an end.

Although he was mentally prepared for this after talking to Gates and Feng Yiping, the moment he saw SoftBank's offer, disappointment still surged like a tide.

But at this time, there are many other things he needs to deal with.

First, he had to notify the M&A team of his own decision, and then he had to appease the company's employees...

This is a heavy day.

But he didn't know that he had to deal with other things at this time.

The secretary looked at Ballmer in the office as big as an ordinary employee and only as wide as an office desk. His back was not as straight as before. He sat with his hands on his forehead and his back to the door. However, Ballmer had to know about this.

She knocked on the door twice, "Steve, Mr. Allen called, and he said, if you have time today..."

Ballmer quickly raised his head, "Reach me his phone number, now,"

This Allen, of course, is Paul Allen, another founder and major shareholder of Microsoft.

"Steve," Paul Allen's mood sounded equally low, "I would say, this time, we did a great job, but now, maybe it's time to give up, what do you think?"

"Thank you for your advice Paul, this is what I'm going to tell you, we're going to give up,"

"It's a wise decision Steve, we'll definitely have more and better choices," Paul Allen comforted.

After him, the shareholders' phone calls came one after another, and the content was very similar. We can no longer raise prices with irrational opponents like SoftBank. The 48 billion US dollars should be the final bid, and we must never add even a single slut.

At the end of the call, they would add without exception, "Steve, it's time to give up anyway,"

Ballmer was almost mechanically dealing with these calls. He was not Gates, so he still had to respect these people.

At the same time, relevant media and well-known technology blogs are also constantly calling his office, hoping to know their next arrangements.

At this time, Ballmer certainly would not pay attention to them. He was drafting a letter to his employees.

Maybe it was too busy, so when Tokyo walked from night to day and then to night, they never responded to SoftBank’s latest offer.

For SoftBank and Masayoshi Son, this is undoubtedly a very difficult time of more than twenty times.

During this period, he was also rare to be unable to work with peace of mind.

To be honest, if Microsoft raises the price again on the basis of $51 billion, even if it raises the price by $100 million, he doesn't know what to do next.

Like the company's executives, the Middle East funders did not fully support him in their pride increase. Like Microsoft's shareholders, they also felt that this should be the final offer no matter what.

That night, Masayoshi Son did not go home, he stayed in the company.

He hopes that after a working day, Microsoft and Dr will react clearly.

However, after the early morning and the time to respond to the possible external response was getting closer, he couldn't help but become irritated again.
Chapter completed!