Capítulo 754: Chapter 245: On the Same Wavelength!

The key point is that the strategic planning of cutting-edge technology research by super-large corporations already carries a certain inertia. This is naturally due to the enormous and unavoidable sunk costs.

With twenty years of investment, tens of billions of US Dollars have been casually poured in, not to mention the more expensive time costs. You can’t fall behind before even launching.

Moreover, Microsoft is essentially a private enterprise.

If public funds are lost, so be it; there’s always Commissioner Smith to balance the books, and no one needs to be held accountable. But if capital’s money is lost, someone must step forward and take responsibility.

So, even during negotiations with Qiao Yu, there was constant internal debate.

The extent to which classical electronic computers can simulate quantum computing is questionable. Theoretically, implementing quantum computing through hardware is the way to go.

In addition, Qiao Yu’s strong stance during negotiations only amplified the opposition.

From the perspective of the company’s CEO, Satya Nadella, he also looks forward to Microsoft’s breakthroughs in quantum computing hardware.

After all, Microsoft is currently the world’s largest gaming company, controlling the PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms.

For a tech-driven CEO, Nadella believes that if Microsoft can master leading technology in the Quantum Era, it will enhance Microsoft in every aspect.

By laying out AI through quantum computing and accelerating the development of game AI, they could also seize Quantum Dominance.

This would allow operating systems, AI services, cloud computing, and gaming to simultaneously exert strength, directly forming an ecological closed-loop once again. If successful, the post-Microsoft era could still be great for at least a hundred years.

In this situation, after Google first faltered and planned to compromise, Nadella finally decided to go with his research institute’s plan and launch Majorana.

After all, although Microsoft has a ‘soft’ character in its Chinese name, that’s a translation; ‘Micro’ represents small, ‘soft’ represents software. So that ‘soft’ is software’s soft, not the “soft” of bones.

On the contrary, deeply influenced by Bill Gates, Nadella felt it was necessary to let a certain Huaxia teenager know how tough Microsoft is. Even if this youngster just indisputably won the Fields Medal.

Exceptional leaders tend to be strong-willed.

So, he decided in the wee hours to host this epoch-making product launch and even to host it himself!

Of course, given Microsoft’s strength, even a spontaneously held event is not small in scale.

For media in the tech world, it’s just a matter of a phone call.

Moreover, this is a self-media era anyway; the spread of information is no longer limited to how many people must be on-site.

As for the objective…

Honestly, no matter how proud Nadella is, he knows he can’t make Qiao Yu give in.

This is about strength, but it has nothing to do with whether Microsoft is strong or Qiao Yu is weak. It only concerns the strength of what backs them both.

Unfortunately, the forces that can support both are very powerful.

If Qiao Yu weren’t Huaxia, if he were from any other country in the world, things would be much easier.

However, regardless of the situation, Nadella still believes that both sides must negotiate on equal footing, not through one-sided “bullying.”

He hopes to use this launch to let the younger generation understand the foundation of a world-class tech company that has operated for decades and can leverage hundreds of billions of US Dollars.

Indeed, he and Qiao Yu are on the same page.

Both feel that, from a standpoint of strength, each side should offer the other the most basic respect.

It really is quite a coincidence.