Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 475 The Feast Prepared by Microsoft and OpenAI
"Beep beep!" *N
The unique alarm sound, created by the WeChat notification tones, became the only sound in the room.

Stepping on the slightly sunken carpet, Chen Xiu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the golden coastline, and turned to look at her phone on the sofa.

He picked up his phone to check, yawning as he replied, and went to the living room to eat the breakfast that the waiter had just brought in.

After seeing the four different perspectives on the Peach Blossom Village experience, Chen Xiu's eyebrows twitched, a strange look flashed in her eyes, and she opened Tian Xinwei's chat dialog box.

Why do you feel bad about the show?

"It just feels so pointless! A bunch of strangers gather together, and everything they do gets filmed. If I get filmed looking angry and it gets broadcast, wouldn't that cause a disaster?"

"Why are you angry?"

"I mean, just in case. I didn't say I had to be angry."

The angry emoji that accompanied the message made Chen Xiu chuckle.

Through the text message, he could tell that Xiaotian was a little anxious... There was still an hour and a half before the meeting time with Sam Altman and Microsoft. He should take a few minutes to comfort the Sichuan-Chongqing Tyrannosaurus.

Do you want to video chat with me?

"Okay! I'll call you now."

"You don't need to go to the toilet..."

Before the text was even finished being edited, Tian Xinwei's video call had already started.

Chen Xiu answered the call and glanced at the background. Good heavens, she had already gone to the bathroom to sit and chat.

Seeing Tian Xinwei with her hair down, wearing Crayon Shin-chan cartoon pajamas, and with no smile on her round face, Chen Xiu was amused by her resentful appearance.

"You're still laughing at me!! If you hadn't said this show was fun, I wouldn't have come!"

Xiao Tian angrily turned her head to the side, only squeezing a slit in her eyelid to cautiously check Chen Xiu's reaction, to see if he would try to coax her.

As a result, Chen Xiu simply took a calm sip of coffee.

"You video chatted with me just so I could watch you drink coffee?"

"No, I was just assessing whether you would look scary when you're angry. It seems fine now. Even if it's filmed and broadcast, you won't lose any fans."

Upon hearing this, Tian Xinwei could only manage to keep her eyes slightly narrowed, but her eyes still shone brightly, her full apple cheeks continued to rise uncontrollably, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up in a smile.

After a moment of adjustment, the big-eyed cutie, with an expression that made her think she had hidden her joy well but whose dimples were actually quite deep, made a suggestion to Chen Xiu.

"Um, boss, could I leave the show and have someone else take my place?"

Do you have any other more important plans?

"My visa hasn't expired yet, and I'd like to go to the US for a few days..."

"Not this time."

Chen Xiu put down her coffee cup and refused outright.

Seeing Tian Xinwei's downturned lips, he continued eating his breakfast without a care in the world.

After waiting for a long time without receiving any comfort, Tian Xinwei's voice became strange and choked with emotion when she spoke again.

"If you're busy, I'll hang up now..."

"By building popularity through Peach Blossom Village and getting familiar with the variety show atmosphere, you can have your own signature variety show next year. That's my idea."

Chen Xiu wiped her mouth, picked up her phone, stared at the stunned Tian Xinwei on the screen, and continued, "I originally wanted to surprise you, but you insisted on revealing it ahead of time."

"I didn't!!"

Tian Xinwei's expression shifted from sorrow to joy, and after a slight pause, she suddenly became coquettish.

"You said it was a surprise, so why did you tell me beforehand?"

"Um... if I don't tell you, you won't be able to sleep well tonight, will you?"

"I don't care, I didn't force you to say it. This surprise doesn't count, you have to prepare another one for me."

Xiao Tian was making a lot of noise on the screen, while Chen Xiu just watched with a doting expression.

Regarding the new surprise, he neither said it was good nor bad, and Tian Xinwei felt happy but not completely happy... This emotional tug-of-war made the big-eyed cutie feel a little unable to resist.

Just as she was getting more and more into the conversation and her enthusiasm was about to reach its peak, Chen Xiu suddenly stood up and ended the call.

"OK, I'm leaving now. You should get some sleep."

"Oh? Let's chat a little longer!"

"Next time, next time for sure."

"Huh? Well... tsk, okay."

Tian Xinwei smacked her lips reluctantly, then raised her hand to say goodbye to Chen Xiu on the screen.

After ending the video call, Chen Xiu didn't linger. She called her bodyguard from next door and drove straight to Open AI's headquarters.

On the way, he also sent a message to Musk, asking when he would arrive.

Musk replied: "I'll be a little late, but no more than half an hour. If I'm lucky, I hope I'll show up after you've finished talking to Sam and the Microsoft people."

“I remember you don’t have an avoidant personality.”

"Fake Squid!"

"Fuck squid!"

After a warm and friendly greeting, Chen Xiu didn't inquire further about Musk's schedule.

As one of the founders of OpenAI, returning to the OpenAI headquarters felt like coming home to him, and he didn't have to worry about getting lost at all.

On the contrary, Chen Xiu felt that this meeting with himself was somewhat unusual. During their phone call last night, Sam Altman was rather vague, as if Microsoft's original decision to invest had changed.

However, today's meeting proceeded as scheduled... I felt like I was missing a lot of information.

This feeling intensified when he arrived at Open AI headquarters and met Sam Altman and Ilyasutskvi.

When Chen Xiu went to the meeting room and met Satya Nadella, the Microsoft representative and current CEO of Microsoft, his strange feeling instantly reached its peak.

The moment they entered, Sam and Ilya, representatives from Open AI Inc. (a non-profit company), went around to Satya's side and sat in a row with the Microsoft representatives.

This change has put the combination of Open AI LP (a for-profit company) represented by Chen Xiu and Open AI Inc (a non-profit company) plus Microsoft in a passive confrontation.

Is this a trap set for me?

Chen Xiu thought to himself, but remained calm as he sat down, wanting to hear the plans of the two groups opposite him.

Sam broke the silence by speaking first after Chen Xiu sat down.

"Show, just like I said, Microsoft is interested in collaborating with us to jointly develop Azure cloud supercomputing."

"You've already made that very clear on the phone."

Chen Xiu tapped on the table. In order not to put himself in too passive a position, he still wanted to interrupt the other person's conversation.

"Sam, is OpenAI so struggling that it can't even offer coffee to its shareholders?"

"Uh……"

Sam's blue eyes widened in surprise, and he seemed a little taken aback.

Fortunately, Ilya was there to lend a hand: "Excuse me, Xiu, what would you like? Black coffee? Latte? Cappuccino?"

"Black coffee is fine, just add more ice, I feel it's a bit too 'heaty'."

For the first time, an embarrassed look appeared on Ilya's face. After turning to look at Sam, he took the initiative to leave the meeting room and go out to prepare coffee.

Sam sat in his seat and pondered for a while. Perhaps to cover up his embarrassment, or perhaps to convince himself that it was okay, he deliberately spoke in a normal tone.

“Show, let’s continue our previous topic. Microsoft is willing to collaborate with OpenAI to develop new technologies, but they have some concerns about our current equity structure.”

"Mr. Nadella, what are your specific concerns?"

Chen Xiu turned to look at the Indian man who had remained silent, and then noticed that his skin was very fair.

Thinking back to when they greeted each other earlier, and how the other person's accent didn't sound like curry, Chen Xiu understood Satya Nader's status in his hometown.

Upon hearing Chen Xiu's question, Satir casually adjusted her glasses and turned to look at Sam, saying:
“We have already discussed our concerns with OpenAI; this is now an internal issue for you.”

"Xiu, can you please continue listening to me?"

"Of course, please continue."

Chen Xiu raised her hand to signal, her mind already racing, analyzing the current situation by combining the information Sam kept throwing out.

“Satir felt that our equity structure was a bit complicated.”

The two mentions of equity suggest they want me out?

"However, they acknowledged the non-profit nature of Open AI and expressed their willingness to respect and maintain it."

This is the benefit given to the Open AI team, and then you all stand aside, ready to kick me out?
“Based on this, Satya believes that Microsoft and OpenAI need a closer partnership.”

OK, that's basically confirmed.

"After initial discussions, we reached a suggestion, just a suggestion: could you sell OpenAI LP and let Microsoft take over? Satya will give you a satisfactory offer."

It's 100% confirmed!

Chen Xiu tapped the table again, then looked up at Sam, who was expecting his reply: "Could I hurry up and ask for that coffee?"

"..."

Sam was stunned, his expression blank.

Satya, sitting next to him, also had a meaningful expression.

The two sides remained silent for a while, until Ilya, who had gone out to make coffee, pushed the door open and successfully saved the day.

"Wow, what happened here?"

Ilya, holding his coffee, deliberately spoke in a humorous tone, trying to ease the tension.

Chen Xiu chuckled and said, "Nothing happened, thank you."

"You're welcome."

Chen Xiu got up and took the coffee from Ilya, and found that there was indeed a lot of ice in it.

He took a sip, then sat down again, staring at Sam and Satir opposite him, and said:

"Gentlemen, you have clearly expressed your demands since I came in. Now I would like to share my understanding, is that alright?"

"OK!" *2
Chen Xiu put down her coffee, didn't put on airs, and simply addressed the matter at hand.

"If I understand correctly, the current situation is that Microsoft wants to invest in OpenAI and collaborate on the development of Azure supercomputing technology."

“Once this collaboration is finalized, the value of OpenAI will see a significant increase, and my investment will appreciate several times over.”

"But you want to get rid of me early and don't want me to enjoy this added value. In order to get me to agree, you even gave me a chance to make an exorbitant demand, right?"

The two people opposite, along with Ilya who had just sat down, did not speak.

Chen Xiu continued, "Have you ever looked into my net worth? Do you know what number would tempt me?"

(End of this chapter)