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Chapter 261 Power and Pressure

There are many lawsuits between large companies that make ordinary investors feel dazzled and confused.

Mergers, acquisitions, antitrust, and various patent lawsuits in which you sue me and I sue you. A lawsuit between large companies can last for more than ten years.

There are even many people who won the lawsuit but lost their lives.

In short, it is basically impossible to understand the various games involved behind the scenes without sitting at the table.

Even if you are sitting at the table, it is impossible for you to have complete control over everything. Otherwise, there would not be such a thing as winning the lawsuit but losing your life.

But this time the situation is clearly different.

Under the huge external pressure, the people at the table unexpectedly reached a consensus, which was rare. This almost declared that whatever happened next was normal.

Unfortunately, although the effect that Satya Nadella hoped for was achieved and Qiao Yu stopped the live broadcast within ten minutes, it was obviously not that easy to pass.

In fact, after Qiao Yu's live broadcast ended, Satya Nadella still did not rest. When he found that global stock markets were still falling to varying degrees, and the prices of precious metals, especially physical gold, suddenly began to soar again, he knew that he was in big trouble.

Yes, when the mountain-like pressure swept in, it finally fell on this Indian elite.

There is no other way. Since this matter has been characterized as a provocation by Microsoft, someone has to pay the price. Obviously, there is no better candidate than Satya Nadella.

Indians in high positions of power are not expendable.

As for the fact that the sudden replacement of senior management of a high-tech company may affect the volatility of Microsoft's stock price, this is one of the prices Microsoft has to pay.

Someone has already tried hard to argue Microsoft's case at the dinner table, but without success.

……

"Mr. Nadella, the company's board of directors just held an emergency meeting. Based on the results of the meeting, it has been decided to remove you from your positions as chairman of the board and CEO of Microsoft.

On behalf of the Microsoft board of directors, I would like to thank you very much for your hard and valuable service to the company over the past decade. Unfortunately, the board has decided to give you a decent farewell ceremony. "

At two o'clock in the morning, Satya Nadella had just dragged his tired body back to his big house when he received a call from the company secretary.

For a moment, Satya Nadella couldn't even fully react. He was fired by the board of directors so quickly?

You should know that before today he was the chairman of the board and had firm control over Microsoft's board of directors.

"I can't understand it! If I remember correctly, I was still the chairman of the board of directors, and I didn't call an emergency meeting before I left the company. This is not in compliance with the company's board of directors' agenda!"

Satya Nadella said fiercely that in his opinion this was a shameless betrayal.

Before he left Microsoft's headquarters, he was the absolute ruler of the company. But he was fired as soon as he got home, which was obviously unacceptable to him.

Even if he really needs to take the blame, they should follow the normal company procedures instead of notifying him out of the blue. This is not only impolite, but also a humiliation.

"We convened an emergency board meeting in accordance with Microsoft's Articles of Incorporation and Delaware corporate law. The chairman of the board of directors was removed by three board members after he caused significant losses to the company.

All processes are guaranteed to be legal and compliant. And to be honest, Mr. Nadella, you are no longer able to handle many of the problems that the company will face in the future. In fact, your resignation now is a protection for you.

Of course... This is the original words that Mr. Bill Gates, the founder of the company, asked me to bring to you. He also said that Microsoft will be in a difficult period in the future and will need more than just an outstanding leader with vision and management skills. "

Satya Nadella remained silent.

To be honest, he has always liked this administrative secretary specially hired by the company.

Be efficient, obedient, and most importantly, know how to get along with others. Know who is the boss.

He was also never reluctant to give the secretary some benefits.

But now Satya Nadella suddenly found that such a person is not so comfortable, because he always stands on the side of the winner and is always liked by the proud people.

After a long while, Satya Nadella finally blurted out: "I understand."

"Okay, I hope you can come on time tomorrow to complete the resignation procedures. The board of directors hopes that you can complete all handover work as soon as possible. The 8-K form will be submitted tomorrow."

Satya Nadella couldn't help but ask, "Who will take over my position?"

"Mr. Bill Gates will temporarily take over as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Christian, the company's senior vice president, will temporarily take over as CEO, and a new CEO will be recruited globally at the same time."

Sure enough, those real big shots always arrange everything perfectly. He thought he was irreplaceable, but now he found that he was still too naive.

It turns out that no one in this world is irreplaceable. But what makes him most angry is that these Ansa people have no warmth at all.

He dedicated his life to Microsoft...

"Oh, by the way, there is one more piece of news that I think I should tell you in advance. In view of the significant losses caused to the company by your decision, the board of directors believes that this early termination of the contract will not trigger any compensation clauses, and..."

"And what?" Satya Nadella suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Let's talk about it when you come to the company tomorrow. I'm sorry, Mr. Nadella. Goodbye."

After saying that, the person on the other end simply hung up the phone.

Satya Nadella called back with a serious look, but got a maddening busy tone.

"Fuck!" Satya Nadella cursed viciously. He seemed to have thought these damn Anglo-Saxons were too kind!

……

In Huaxia, in the No. 2 conference room of the International Center for Mathematical Research at Yanbei University, Qiao Yu was sitting on the stage, staring blankly at the list he had just checked.

Originally, he only planned to select four people, but now he has increased it to eight. He had no choice. He had talked about his plan with Zheng Xiwen before, and he was too excited, so he got into trouble.

His dear Uncle Zheng almost ran out of his office at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

Then at noon, Chief Engineer Yu came directly to Yanbei University and invited him and Zheng Xiwen to have lunch together.

Well, it was more like he was forced to have a meal together than an invitation. Even though he was quite old, he was like a curious baby, asking him all kinds of questions. If it wasn't for the meeting that was planned for this afternoon to announce the project team members, he wouldn't be able to get away now.

Of course, he didn't completely get out of it at this time. Knowing that he had a meeting, Yu Yanjiang didn't pester him, but went to have tea with his mentor Tian Yanzhen.

He said he would come and talk to him after his meeting.

Qiao Yu couldn't even refuse because Chief Engineer Yu's reasons were very sufficient.

The China Science and Technology Development Commission will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the postponement of the moon landing plan in order to establish air and space superiority first.

The suggestion to postpone the moon landing plan and take the lead in establishing air and space superiority was first proposed by Qiao Yu. So he had to talk this issue out with Qiao Yu first, so that he would have something to say at the meeting starting next week.

Chief Engineer Yu made it very clear.

He did not come here for himself today, but came here under the guidance of the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the moon landing project, as well as the team of engineers and countless Chinese moon landing project personnel who had been busy for thousands of days and nights for the moon landing project.

Although everything Qiao Yu said at this meeting needs to be carefully verified by experts, everyone needs to fully present facts and reason before they can come to a conclusion.

But as a collaborator who facilitated Qiao Yu's collaboration on the lunar computing project, Yu Yanjiang had the power and the need to have a basic understanding of this so-called absolute advantage in aerospace before the meeting began.

The original words were that we couldn't let them attend this meeting blindly. The moon landing project could be postponed, but first we had to convince him.

If even he can't be convinced, then the chief designer, the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief, and all the moon landing personnel above him will not agree...

Moreover, Yu Yanjiang is not as easy to fool as Zheng Xiwen. After all, he is a veteran in the aerospace industry and has been working in the field of aerospace engineering. He cannot be fooled by Qiao Yu's random words.

So ask super detailed questions.

Qiao Yu said that if we launch a few satellites with laser transmitters, we can establish a planetary-level active defense system, and we can also link multiple satellites to respond in seconds...

Let’s talk more about the engineering details.

What is the power of laser weapons? What is the effective range? How to solve the space power supply problem of megawatt-class lasers? Have you considered the internal heat dissipation problem? How to resist interference?

What about the reliability of multi-satellite coordinated aiming? Can the sub-micro-radian beam synchronization problem be solved? What is the overall cost? How long is the early warning delay? How to ensure that there will be no misjudgment?
In addition, you want to postpone the moon landing project, so have you ever done a full-scale re-orbit experiment? If the project fails and the defense system is not built, it means that China may lose the priority of deep space exploration and strategic defense at the same time.

This would cause a serious blow to China's domestic and international reputation. After all, the timeline for the moon landing has been announced to the public.

Yes, China is different from those developed countries in the West. China emphasizes keeping its word and fulfilling its promise.

If you tell others that you can't finish it on time, everyone will feel embarrassed.

In short, at the dinner table, Yu Yanjiang almost pointed at Qiao Yu's nose and said that Qiao Yu's idea was just the technological romanticism of young people at work!
I have no experience in large-scale engineering, but I just want to do something big. But I didn't consider that engineering is completely different from theoretical construction...

In short, Qiao Yu was taught a good lesson by General Yu, and he also gained a deep understanding of how the senior intellectuals of the older generation could insult others in various ways without using a single dirty word.

Qiao Yu was not angry, but he was really eager to win at that time.

He is indeed not as clear about the specific engineering details as Yu Yanjiang, an old engineer who has been working in aviation for almost his entire life, but he has read a lot of relevant literature!

Especially after joining the moon landing project, he read a lot of the various documents in the project. Unless many of the things announced by the moon landing project were just bragging!
Otherwise, Qiao Yu felt that it was not that difficult to implement his space-based interception system. At least it would not be more difficult than completing the moon landing project! So the two of them argued fiercely during the meal.

But when he came to the meeting room, Qiao Yu suddenly felt that he was really free.

When you get carried away, you put a big shackle on yourself.

After this discussion, he successfully convinced Yu Yanjiang, and this project was completely tied to him.

Qiao Yu even suspected that even though he was so young, he would be assigned a position as the commander-in-chief.

Although he has never been in this position, he has seen pigs run.

Just look at Yu Yanjiang's daily life to know how much pressure this position puts on and how many things there are to do every day.

That is to say, once he is tied to this project, at least before the phased goals are achieved, he will probably have to live a dark life like other engineers.

And he can't just be responsible for the general direction.

After all, a large part of his space-based defense theory is based on quantum computing and quantum communication. This area must be personally responsible for him.

This involves the design of a complete set of quantum communication protocols and AGI intelligent technology based on quantum computing.

It is unreliable to rely entirely on humans to maintain 24-hour real-time space situational awareness and the ability to respond at critical moments.

After the missile is launched, the system has a short window of time to react. By the time someone makes a decision, it will be too late.

If he has to deal with all these things one by one, he won't be able to fully experience the wonderful college life and sweet love.

He was afraid that he would have to devote his best youth to the laboratory and engineering projects, just like his senior brother Liu Hao who worked on materials.

Thinking of Brother Liu Hao's face full of pimples, Qiao Yu suddenly shuddered and complained, "It's all Microsoft's fault!"

If Microsoft had not suddenly released a so-called quantum chip, he would not have taken the initiative to find three cryptocurrency exchanges to conduct quantum security tests.

Without this test, their quantum simulation computing would be like Schrödinger's quantum supremacy over the global financial system. No one is sure how far they can go, so naturally they won't provoke such a big reaction from the other side.

The other party didn't react so violently, so he certainly wouldn't have expected this...

So Microsoft is really bored! They signed a good contract with everyone, let them make a small profit, and then after those people were sent here, they would be used like cattle and horses for a period of time, and the suitable ones would stay, and the unsuitable ones would be kicked out.

Wouldn't it be good to cooperate like this? Why do we have to choose confrontation...

Just as the door downstairs was opened to let people in, the professors who had rushed to the corridor outside the conference room heard Qiao Yu's complaint with foul language and looked at each other in surprise.

Everyone watched Qiao Yu's live broadcast the entire morning. Everyone was afraid that this live broadcast would affect the project team's candidate selection meeting in the afternoon.

The result can only be described as quite good.

So what is this complaint about?
(End of this chapter)