"Hey, Paul~ How are you these days? Ha~"

Blinking his sleepy eyes, Carter dialed Microsoft an hour later. Then, he couldn't help but yawn...

"Is it Carter? We can still do it. Thanks to your $20,000, we can at least keep this small company. Brother, you sound like you are not in a good state?"

"It's okay. I just woke up after taking a short rest. I've been too busy recently. I have to work and go to school at the same time. I didn't get enough sleep at night... Don't worry, it's nothing serious. I'm much more energetic now.

!”

Microsoft is the big golden egg that Carter is most concerned about right now, and its founder coincidentally is about the same age as him. So when contacting Microsoft, Carter will always talk a little more about home affairs.

"Where's Bill? He's doing well lately, right?"

"He's not the same, we are all the same. We can't starve to death for the time being, but we can't make a fortune either... It's just... your $20,000, we may not be able to make it this year... Starting from January

, our sales situation is really optimistic. Compared with the same period last year, it has dropped by more than 30%!"

"Haha, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I'm not in urgent need of this money now... If you are still sad now, I can use my bank to invest some for you. The newly released "Deregulation of Depository Institutions and Currency Control" in the past two days

Do you understand the Bill?"

You can’t even pay 20,000 yuan?

If you want to say this, then we won’t be sleepy!

Carter, who had a hunch that the opportunity might be right in front of him, tried to keep a calm tone and said in a tone as if he was very happy to be able to help his buddy:

"This new bill has helped me a lot. You know I run a savings bank. I have been unable to make commercial loans and investments. So even if I want to help you and support you, I can only withdraw money from my own account."

We will mobilize funds to lend you money, but after all, we are in the minority."

"But now that this bill comes into effect, our savings bank can also make commercial loans and commercial investments to a certain extent. However, commercial loans have geographical restrictions. I cannot issue loans to companies that are more than 75 miles away from where my bank is located. So, I

I can only think of investing in you."

"I don't understand this, but I am very grateful. Really, thank you brother! You are still supporting us unreservedly as before. I...I don't know what to say!"

Paul's voice was filled with overflowing emotion and gratitude. Last year, when faced with Carter's support and facing the doubts of his good friend Bill, Paul Allen may have felt some psychological distress in addition to being grateful.

Shaken. I wonder if Carter has other intentions...

But this year, when Microsoft's performance fell year-on-year, or even dropped severely year-on-year, Carter's attitude remained unchanged...

To be honest, Paul himself didn’t even know where Carter’s confidence came from! This little brother, who was more than 2,000 kilometers away and ten years younger than himself, seemed to be more optimistic about the future of Microsoft than he and himself were.

Bill is more confident.

"I'm sorry, I, I can't ask for your investment. Brother, our future is really unclear now. I don't even know what we should do next and where we should go..."

"Investment is not a loan. If we lose money or we go bankrupt, you won't get back a penny! Carter, you have helped us a lot. As a friend who we have only met once, brother, I'm sorry, I'm not questioning it.

The feelings between us are just...just...you know, in this case, you can lend us twenty thousand dollars, that's enough! That's enough! I can't ask for your money anymore..."

"When I don't know the future, and I'm not even optimistic about the future, if I take your money now, I'm cheating you, and I'm destroying the relationship between us..."

Paul's words were a little stumbling, but his meaning was clearly expressed. Carter, who understood what Paul meant, had a strange look on his face at this time...

It seems...playing the emotional card and selling favors is a bit over the top??

Meow meow meow??

How come such people still exist in this damn capitalist America?! Your company is going to collapse, shouldn't you hurry up and make money?

Are you really a conscientious capitalist? Harmony between you and me??

"I...Okay, okay. Don't think too much, Paul. I'm still very optimistic about your prospects. Since you said so, I can only say that if you need it, please call me directly.

Call me, don’t be polite, okay?”

Carter, who just felt that he had exerted too much force just now, did not dare to continue to insist on investing. After sighing speechlessly, Carter began to talk about business:

"By the way, do you know why I am optimistic about your future?"

"I don't know... I was actually about to ask you. I don't know if it's my misunderstanding. I always feel that you have more information about Microsoft's future than I do, even more than Bill! This...

"

Paul wanted to say that this was unreasonable, but after thinking about it he took it back.

"Hahaha, maybe it's because I am a small banker. The profession and work I am engaged in are destined to know more about the market than you. For example, in the communication market, from wired to wireless, from telegraph to

A phone, and maybe a wireless phone or something..."

Carter's words were a bit vague. After all, Carter couldn't remember exactly when the core terminal of mobile communications, the mobile phone or the earlier bp machine, appeared. But this does not affect the expression of the general idea...

"Just like I'm on the phone with you now, do you think computers in the future can also communicate with each other? Its powerful computing power, if they are connected through communication means, will be so powerful.

..unthinkable!”

"Of course, it may be a little early to tell about the future. But just looking at our current situation, computers are needed in many places. In addition to those high-end laboratories, ordinary people, small businesses and small households are now gradually beginning to need them!

Take my bank as an example, I now need one or maybe several computers to help my tellers handle some work."

"At the same time, I also need it to help me connect to the Federal Reserve's payment system faster and more conveniently. But the original bank didn't need this at all, right?"

"As the number of computers increases, I believe that companies that provide software support for computers will have a very large space for development. So, have more confidence in yourself, Paul!"

After pouring a pot of chicken soup into Paul's stomach, Carter got back to business:

"In addition, I am calling this time to ask for your help. I need at least two people who can operate computers to work for my bank. When I discovered this, I thought of you first. I think

, you should know a lot of computer experts, right? How about it, do you have any candidates you can recommend to me?"

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