Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Chen Yiran never imagined that Bill Gates would be able to get along with people from Google.

These two companies can be considered mortal enemies. In 2005, Microsoft launched MSN Search, preparing to directly challenge Google's search revenue.

Google responded the following year by launching Google Docs and Spreadsheets, both of which are software designed to compete with Office.

In 2008, Google released the Chrome browser and Chrome OS, aiming to take down Internet Explorer and Microsoft's operating system. Ballmer publicly mocked this in an interview, saying he only knew about their competitor, Firefox.

In 2010, Microsoft began a series of lawsuits against Motorola and started charging a patent fee of five dollars per Android phone.

Google sent lawyers directly to the ring, and the two companies engaged in a comprehensive confrontation.

This year, although Google's various software programs have lost most of their market share, the browser's high user stickiness has prevented them from achieving great results.

This year, Chrome has officially surpassed Internet Explorer to become the world's number one browser.

Although Bill Gates has stepped down from day-to-day management, he still retains the title of Chairman of Microsoft.

I still participate in weekly conference calls to follow up on some projects.

His position at Microsoft was detached; he wasn't responsible for any project, but he could interfere in any project. Even Ballmer had no choice but to obediently answer the phone and follow his instructions.

So his being with Google people definitely proves that there have been some subtle changes in the relationship between Microsoft and Google.

Without giving it much thought, Chen Yiran greeted Alan Mulally: "Mr. Alan Mulally, I specifically requested that I sit at the same table for a meal, hoping to get some of your services."

Alan Mulally chuckled. "While I'm pretty sure I won't accept it, it's still quite nice. The fact that you're the first person to greet me at this table is something I can brag about to my son when I get back."

Chen Yiran smiled and nodded, then turned to Bill Gates and said, "Hello, Mr. Bill Gates, has the chairman of Microsoft lost all taste these days, associating with people like this?"

Chen Yiran has never been friendly to anyone at Google, but this person today made him even more annoyed.

Because this person is Eric Schmidt!

Apple and Google also had a complicated history.

In the tech world of 2006, the relationship between Apple and Google was practically that of a romantic couple. When Apple announced that Google CEO Eric Schmidt had joined Apple's board of directors, everyone thought it was a match made in heaven.

The two companies' businesses appear to be perfectly complementary and do not constitute competition at all. Apple is unparalleled in the hardware field and focuses on creating products that people love.

Google, on the other hand, dominated the internet world and controlled search traffic. At that time, Google was the default search engine for the Safari browser, and Apple had no plans to develop a mobile phone.

In January 2007, Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at the Moscone Center, revolutionizing the world.

Schmidt sat in the front row, clapping along with everyone else. As a member of Apple's board of directors, Schmidt had inside information from the early stages of iPhone development. He knew everything about the touch interface, the App Store, and marketing strategies.

Just one year after the iPhone was released, in October 2008, Google launched the Android system.

The similarities between Android and iOS are almost too obvious: touch interface, app store, gesture operation.

It's worth noting that Google initially only wanted to create a smart camera system. After acquiring the Android team and transitioning to mobile phones, they were still working on designs similar to BlackBerry's full keyboard and trackball.

It's impossible for Android to have many features without directly copying Apple's. Apple's stunning designs on touchscreens—two-finger zoom, swipe to turn pages, long press to bring up menus—and its system's abandonment of traditional menus in favor of icons as app entry points, are all remarkable. Even the classic one-finger swipe to unlock and the notification bar interaction logic remain.

Everything has been moved to Android.

No one would question whether Eric Schmidt had served on Apple's board; it would simply be seen as a common industry practice. After all, Apple was the first company to establish a formula for touchscreen interaction.

Those who come later will inevitably have to add or subtract from this formula.

However, Eric Schmidt's complete involvement in and knowledge of Apple's project, followed by his own company creating a similar project, is not borrowing; it's blatant betrayal.

This person is not much different from Lei Jun; both are people who don't care about their friends if they are only concerned with their own ideas.

Chen Yiran was, after all, the one who inherited Steve Jobs' legacy. The yacht he designed was truly beautiful. Even for the sake of the Venus, he had to put on a show for this man.

Although Bill Gates had long heard that Chen Yiran had a bad temper, he never expected him to be so disrespectful.

He calmed himself down a bit before giving a brief explanation: "Google and Microsoft have had some competition and conflicts in the past. Now we might try to ease things, so he contacted me to see if the three of us could discuss ending this conflict."

Chen Yiran stared at Eric Schmidt, who seemed a little uncomfortable beside him, and said, "Tell me your thoughts, although there's a 99% chance I won't agree."