While Paul Allen was eating, he secretly looked at Fang Chen from time to time, a legendary figure who had caused an uproar in the European and American capital circles. Fang Chen also looked at this other founder of Microsoft.

As the founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen basically left Microsoft's management due to illness in 1982, only retaining his status as the second largest shareholder, so compared to Bill Gates, he is not so

Well known.

But the glory of Bill Gates has not completely overshadowed the achievements of Paul Allen, who is undoubtedly successful. Even the reason why Bill Gates entered the software industry was because of his introduction.

It's just that sometimes, Paul Allen seems a little tricked by fate.

After leaving the management of Microsoft, Paul Allen invested heavily in almost every field of the market, including the information highway, multimedia, cable TV and digital appliances, music, aerospace technology, etc.

He has personally invested and controlled more than 150 companies and organizations, and is touted by some as one of the most active investors in high technology.

Someone once calculated that Paul Allen made more than 30 investments every year, with an average investment of about US$5 million each.

It can be said that Paul Allen spent billions of dollars investing in high-tech industries.

But unfortunately, the returns from the companies Paul Allen invested in were very little, and his continuous failures also caused the media to redefine him: "he became a billionaire by accident" and "failed at will".

investors", "worst managers", etc.

Someone even wrote an autobiography about Paul Allen with him as the protagonist, titled "Accidentally Made Billions".

No way, when he was at Microsoft, Paul Allen behaved like a technology geek.

Contrary to what most people think, Bill Gates is responsible for Microsoft's technical framework.

In fact, at Microsoft, especially before 1982, Paul Allen focused on Microsoft's new technologies and new ideas, while Bill Gates focused on business, being a salesperson, technical director, lawyer, business negotiator and president.

Take it all.

If you are not good at business and investment, it seems not difficult to understand.

What’s more worth pointing out is that the first commercial rocket company in the United States was not the now-famous Space Exploration Technology Company of Musk, but a space company founded by Paul Allen in 1986.

I don’t know whether it’s because he’s really unlucky. He’s used up all his luck in his life to found Microsoft, or because he’s easy to break if he takes too big steps and was born at the wrong time. The rumored IQ is as high as 170.

, the ninth-ranked super genius in the world, has not made any outstanding contributions in this regard.

Most of people's knowledge of him focuses on his status as the chairman of an American cable TV operator, the founder of DreamWorks, one of the top ten film special effects companies in the United States, and the owner of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers.

However, for Fang Chen, Paul Allen seems to have a special role, or Paul Allen is exactly what he needs in the future, but the prerequisite is that he needs to confirm whether Paul Allen is someone he can cooperate with.

But judging from the current situation, he is quite satisfied with Paul Allen.

It's hard to tell whether he's smart or not, but it's true that he's dull and doesn't like to talk.

It had been half an hour since he had eaten, and he hadn't heard Paul Allen say a few words.

To be honest, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, Fang Chen wouldn't have believed it. Paul Allen was the owner of two sports teams. He was rumored to be a famous playboy, the lead singer and guitarist of a rock band, and he liked to play in space and take risks.

of big players.

As if he felt that Fang Chen's eyes were lingering on Paul Allen for a long time, Bill Gates smiled and said: "Sometimes, I suspect that there are two, no, three souls in Allen's heart.

There are completely different faces in front of acquaintances, strangers, and special people like you, Fang."

This time, Fang Chen looked at Paul Allen even more curiously.

"Alan is a generous gentleman in front of acquaintances. If you need to borrow money from him or ask him to invest in you, just become his friend. But in front of strangers, especially him

In front of those "playmates" is a bohemian, arrogant lunatic, doing all kinds of incredible things."

Speaking of this, Bill Gates's expression suddenly became strange, even slightly embarrassed.

"Do you dare to imagine him taking off his shorts and peeing in a swimming pool full of people?"

Bill Gates' tone was full of helplessness.

Fang Chen couldn't help but be stunned.

After a few breaths, he finally regained consciousness, and his expression became weird.

This move can indeed be called uninhibited and wanton. Even Paul Allen could sit in front of him and eat intact like this. Fang Chen could only sigh once again that the power of money is huge.

Otherwise, it would be really hard for him to imagine how Paul Allen could survive the anger of the angry crowd after committing such a heinous act.

However, is it really okay to tell embarrassing things about an old friend in front of someone he has met for the first time?

To be honest, if he did this and his friend told others about it in front of someone he met for the first time, he would definitely have the intention to kill his friend.

Fang Chen subconsciously glanced at Paul Allen.

But who would have thought that his face remained normal, and he just nodded to himself slightly shyly, without any intention of beating Bill Gates to death.

Well, the ideas of geniuses are indeed different from ordinary people. No wonder Bill Gates didn't feel any burden when he said such embarrassing things. He obviously knew that Paul Allen would not be angry.

However, he did understand somewhat of the famous photo of Bill Gates at home wearing a bathrobe, listening to music, and dancing.

The co-author is a master of ink, who either learned from Paul Allen or was infected by him.

It seemed that he could see through Fang Chen's thoughts at a glance, or the expressions and reactions on Fang Chen's face caused by the words he said satisfied his bad taste.

Bill Gates smiled and said: "The reason why I would say this is not because of the friendship between Allen and I, but because Fang, you are special enough!"

"Why?" Fang Chen asked in surprise.

This is the second time that Bill Gates has said that he is special.

But he really didn't realize that he was special, especially for Paul Allen, whom he met for the first time.

"Because you are strange enough, rich enough, and your status is high enough, you cannot be too contemptuous, so Allen can neither treat you like an acquaintance or friend, nor treat you like a stranger..."

At this point, Bill Gates paused and said with a bad smile: "So, Allen's reaction system has shut down, and I don't know how to face you."

Blinking his eyes, Fang Chen observed Paul Allen carefully, and then nodded involuntarily.

As far as Paul Allen's current performance is concerned, even if his computer is not down, it is because his brain is over-computing and stuck.

Otherwise, why would there be signs such as being dull, eating too much, being taciturn, and smiling in response to being exposed?

Seeing this, Bill Gates smiled even more happily. It was obviously a very happy thing for him to make his old buddy, old friend, and old partner feel so depressed.

This is a very wonderful thing.

Fang Chen is definitely not an acquaintance to Allen, so naturally he cannot deal with it in the same way as an acquaintance. Allen, on the other hand, treats strangers more as his playthings and tools for fun.

An attitude, especially now that Microsoft is becoming more and more successful and richer.

But obviously, given Fang Chen's status, Allen could not regard him as a plaything for fun.

Ever since, Allen was down.

"This is a very complicated thing, Fang, you don't have to worry about it, as long as you meet a few more times and have a few more meals, it will be fine." Bill Gates said with a smile.

"All right……"

Seeing that Paul Allen didn't show any discomfort or objection, Fang Chen could only shrug and responded.

This is a long time coming.

However, perhaps this is also the reason why Paul Allen, a regular in the top ten of Forbes' richest list, has never married.

"By the way, Fang, I haven't asked you yet why you came to this Silicon Valley conference. Do you want to invest in some technology companies?" Bill Gates asked curiously.

Silicon Valley Conference, as the name suggests, is a conference for computer industry practitioners, company bosses, and programmers with silicon as the core.

Just because many new technologies emerge every year, and many new companies with great creativity and financial potential appear, so many venture capital companies come running over like bears that smell honey.

And what kind of identity does Fang Chen have?

The former is definitely not the case. Fang Chen's companies are either in the manufacturing industry or in trade, banking, communications and other industries. They have nothing to do with Silicon Valley or the computer industry.

As for the latter, he had never heard that Fang Chen had invested in American companies, especially American technology companies and computer companies.

"If, Mr. Fang, you need to invest in a new company, I can share with you some projects that I think are pretty good, and introduce you to the founders of these companies, and we can even work together."

I don't know why, Paul Allen spoke, and he was shy but also a little excited, and his whole cheeks were tinged with a faint blush.

"Of course it is possible. I also hope that one day I can achieve some in-depth cooperation with Allen. Maybe we can create a second Microsoft together. After all, I don't think I am any worse than Bill."

Fang Chen smiled and pointed at Bill Gates, who looked surprised.

Obviously, Paul Allen's sudden voice just now frightened Bill Gates. After all, according to his understanding of Paul Allen, it would probably take at least two months and three or four gatherings before he would take the initiative to talk to Paul Allen.

Fang Chen talked, let alone took the initiative to introduce start-up companies to Fang Chen.

Paul Allen even nodded with a smile on his face.

The reason why he invests in start-up companies so crazily is not only because of his own preferences, but also because he wants to prove that he has the ability to create a great company even if he leaves Bill Gates.

Fang Chen changed his voice and continued: "But this is not the case now. This time I am attending this Silicon Valley conference as the boss of an IT software technology services company and promoting our company's products."

"What?"

Bill Gates and Paul Allen blurted out with surprised faces.

In the entire European and American capital circles, probably apart from Soros, they are the two people who know Fang Chen the most.

To be precise, it was Bill Gates. After all, Paul Allen heard all the things about Fang Chen from Bill Gates.

But that's enough, isn't it?

Because of their joint investment in Clinton and the deliberate interactions between the two, Bill Gates already knew Fang Chen very well, but he really didn’t know what kind of IT software technology company Fang Chen was the boss of, let alone Fang Chen.
To be continued...