Rebirth of the Evil Life

w Lin Feng wants to short-sell Microsoft. This is super breaking news. br /\u003e

Lin Feng is targeting Microsoft. Is this a counterattack against Ballmer for listing China as a key anti-piracy area? So how many lots will Lin Feng short "Microsoft"?

The answer came quickly.

The total share capital of 'Microsoft' is 8.38 billion shares. The current share price per share is US$18.2, and the total market value is approximately US$152.516 billion. And Lam Feng directly shorted 100 million shares of 'Microsoft'. The current share price of 'Microsoft' is 18.2 US dollars, and Lam Feng shorted it for a week. Today is February 26, which is March 5. Lam Feng will close his position. . At that time, for every US$1 that Microsoft's stock price fell, Lam Feng earned US$100 million, and for every US$1 that rose, Lam Feng lost US$100 million.

This is an extremely shocking futures gambling situation. Of course, this is by no means the largest futures bet. After all, there are many bigger games on Wall Street. So many venture capital companies quietly went bankrupt and financial giants sank. Most of them were because of mistakes in this kind of futures bets. They have evaluated the market situation carefully, and bankruptcies have occurred one after another because they have played too much. Lam Feng's mere 100 million share futures bet is really nothing. The total amount added up is only US$1.82 billion.

Compared to Lin Feng's assets, this is nothing at all. The reason why this is surprising is that Lin Feng made this matter clear directly. In so many times of futures betting, no one has ever made it clear. Because once you make it clear, the other party will do everything possible to oppose you, and you will want to sell short. The other party will increase its stock price. If you want to go long, the other party will sell short. This kind of thing is so easy to do. therefore. Even if those financial giants wanted to attack a certain stock, they would never say so clearly like Lin Feng.

"Damn it! This guy is working against us with all his heart!" Ballmer's forehead was filled with veins.

Lin Feng so arrogantly told the outside world that he was short selling "Microsoft". This is a slap in the face of Microsoft in front of the whole world. Didn't 'Microsoft' just announce three things? It also launched a patch for 'sta' and will officially launch 'sta' on March 1st. This is good news. If 'sta' solves the problem of high energy and low energy consumption, Effectiveness issues will once again bring huge profit returns to 'Microsoft'. After all, after the launch of the 'Microsoft' system, corresponding other supporting software will sell a lot of sets.

For example, ‘e’ is the most deceptive word in history. The most fraudulent office software. Every time the 'Microsoft' system is upgraded, 'e' will be upgraded, and every time it is upgraded, users have to spend money to purchase it. Of course, even if Microsoft's system is not upgraded, Microsoft will launch corresponding upgraded versions every year. For example 'e97', 'e98', 'e2003' and so on! And these ‘e’ software. Is there really a big difference?

For ordinary users, there is not much difference. Apart from a slight change in the interface, you cannot feel any other changes. And for this, you have to spend a lot of money to buy the genuine version.

therefore. The launch of the official version of ‘sta’ is definitely the biggest good news for ‘Microsoft’.

But Lin Feng sold short! It is said that 100 million shares of Microsoft were short-sold globally. This makes Ballmer angry. Of course, now that he is angry, no one will discuss it with him. In the past, he could still discuss it with Bill Gates, but now that Bill Gates has completely faded out of Microsoft's management and no longer interferes in daily affairs of Microsoft, Ballmer can only find a way to deal with Lin on his own. The wind is short selling.

One week! Ballmer gritted his teeth and decided to at least double Microsoft's stock price in a week. Yes, it is 1 times. He wants Lin Feng to lose US$1.8 billion. Although the money was not much, he wanted to make Lin Feng lose money and vent his anger on himself. Of course, if you want to vent your anger, you must come up with various countermeasures.

This is the first thing!

"Release the news and let those computer magazines promote the official version of 'ta', which has improved the previous high-energy and low-efficiency problems and will be the best operating system in the history of 'Microsoft'." Ballmer told the public relations director.

This was Ballmer's first move. As long as 'sta' is good, then no matter what happens, 'Microsoft' will win.

Suddenly, under the public relations of 'Microsoft', major computer magazines in the United States continued to promote the excellence of 'sta' and threatened the official version of 'sta'. After correcting several major loopholes in the beta version, the system ran The speed is at least three times that of before, the harsh requirements on hardware are reduced by 50%, and the memory management efficiency is increased by 130%. These computer magazines promoted ‘sta’ as the most powerful operating system in history.

"Hey, is it such an exaggeration? To say that Microsoft's operating system has always been like that is just because of its good compatibility. Do you deserve to brag like this! As long as programmers in the industry know that the best operating system in the industry is Apple's and Microsoft's systems have many bugs and are slow, but they have high penetration rates!" Ellison looked contemptuous when he saw these compliments.

"Haha, Ellison, a professional programmer like you will naturally understand, but a programmer idiot like me will not. Such flattery, look, so many numbers, how eye-catching, it is exciting to see it! " Lin Feng chuckled.

"Hey, Lin, are you okay with your brain? How can you speak for Microsoft and be so happy! You see, the current stock price of Microsoft is because the official version of 'sta' is going to be sold, and these computer magazines are sparing no effort to tout it. It's already gone up by $2, so you've already lost $200 million. Darling, if it keeps going up like this, you'll really lose a lot, but it's not a good idea to lose like this! But when it comes to making a bet against Microsoft, Ellison became anxious when he saw Lin Feng's relaxed expression.

Lin Feng smiled and poured Ellison a cup of coffee leisurely.

"Larry, don't be anxious, don't be anxious. It's still early to decide the winner! At least we have to wait until March 1st. Now is not the time!" Lin Feng smiled slightly.

March 1st is the day ‘sta’ goes on sale. Ellison nodded. Indeed, there is no point in being anxious now. ‘sta’ is in the hands of ‘Microsoft’. ‘Microsoft’ says it is good, and it is good. The outside world doesn’t know about it. If you want to argue, isn’t that just sticking your face out and being slapped? It is better to wait until it is officially released on March 1st to see whether this system is really as good as Microsoft says.

"It's just, Lin, if you don't fight back, then 'Microsoft' will keep attacking. And it will directly affect your company's stock!" Ellison said, pointing to the 'Second World' whose stock price dropped slightly.

Due to Lin Feng's short-selling bet, the stocks of Lin Feng's "Second World" and "Microsoft" were tied together. Of course, it is not the kind of situation where everyone is prosperous and everyone loses, but a situation where you rise and I fall, and you fall and I rise. In this case, if Lam Feng never responded, the stock price would plummet.

"Haha, Ellison, let's go down, it doesn't matter. If it goes down, it can go back up. Anyway, for me, I never intend to sell the company's stocks. Moreover, my 'second world' is rich in cash. The current cash reserves are more than 20 billion US dollars, which is enough to meet daily needs. Moreover, if I encounter any difficulties, I can borrow money directly through my "second bank", so the stock price is nothing to me! It’s just a bunch of numbers!” Lin Feng said with a smile.

Ellison shook his head helplessly. The only person who can care so little about stock prices is probably Lam Feng. After all, the net worth of most super-rich people is in the stock price. Just like him, Ellison's assets were about US$27 billion before. Now, leaving aside the US$18 billion in loans, his assets are US$1.3 billion. This is after Oracle received US$18 billion in aid from Apple. Later, the stock price rose by 200%, allowing Ellison to regain the qualification to be on the Forbes list. But compared with his previous net worth of US$27 billion, there is undoubtedly a big gap. The reason for this is that the stock price of Oracle is almost delisted.

There was no reaction from Lin Feng, which was indeed a bit beyond Ballmer's expectations. However, Ballmer is also ruthless. Since Lin Feng remains silent, he doesn't care whether Lin Feng has any back-up moves. In short, he has to attack first, attack, and then attack. The attack makes Lin Feng panic, and he doesn't believe that Lin Feng can continue to do so. Stay calm like this.

Next, Ballmer took his second move - cracking down on piracy.

'Microsoft' teamed up with the United Nations Anti-Piracy Association to find the China Administration for Industry and Commerce, requesting the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Commerce to strictly investigate China's piracy, and directly put pressure on China through the U.S. Department of Commerce, demanding that China strictly investigate piracy and eliminate any pirated copies of 'Microsoft' software. Behavior. And at the same time, 'Microsoft' issued an announcement that 'Microsoft' will crack down on piracy in the near future. Anyone who installs pirated 'Microsoft' system software will have a black screen on their computer screen every hour. The system will prompt the user to refuse to use pirated copies, and will require users to use genuine copies, otherwise they will be sued by 'Microsoft'.

This crackdown on piracy directly shocked the industry. Prior to this, when Microsoft announced its crackdown on piracy, the outside world did not take it seriously. After all, piracy is rampant in Asia. It has become a public knowledge that every software company in the world has adopted a resigned attitude towards it. Think this is inevitable. Cracking down on piracy is just a waste of money. The crackdown is temporary, but not permanent. At most, when you crack down hard, the pirates will restrain themselves a little. If you relax, the pirates will come back again. These pirates are very clever in using guerrilla tactics of retreating when the enemy advances, and advancing when the enemy retreats. Therefore, not many people believe that ‘Microsoft’ will crack down on piracy.

But I never thought that this time ‘Microsoft’ would come to play for real. But even so, what impact will this have on Lin Feng? You accused Shang Huai of saying that Lin Feng condoned piracy, which would at most cause Lin Feng a little embarrassment. What's the point of cracking down on him?

Ballmer smiled coldly. What is the use? Hehe, Lin Feng is going to be embarrassed this time! (To be continued)m