As long as there are interests in this world, the more individuals there are, the more difficult it is to reach an agreement.

Even if it can be achieved, it is nothing more than the compromise of the weak.

Google is definitely not a weakling.

Of course, there are other possibilities, such as the alliance really collapsed, and God knows who of these company bigwigs attending today's meeting will communicate with Wang Yufei privately, and then after paying some price, let the quantum computer run again.

That's probably why Tim Cook made this call and no one objected.

They can know Wang Yufei's attitude, but they don't have to worry too much about the final result.

What everyone can think of, Tim Cook can think of too.

This really made him feel tired.

is also a game, Wang Yufei only needs to play with his opponent, but he not only has to play with his opponent, but also with his allies.

That's what tragedy calls it.

"I am the rotating president of the alliance and I can represent the views of the alliance. Tim Cook said suddenly.

The reason for emphasizing his identity in making this call is because Tim Cook wants Wang Yufei to know that he is representing the opinion of the alliance, not Apple.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, he thought Wang Yufei could understand.

Of course, even if he doesn't understand it, as long as he says this now, he can explain it when he wants to be soft in the future.

"Oh, but it was Lov Dracula who signed the contract for the league before. I told Guha Seth that if it's about the contract, I'm only going to talk to the person who signed the contract in the first place. ”

"But he just told us that you want him to work at Yuxin Technology. ”

"yes, that's what I talked to him about. Since he signed the previous contract, and you violated the previous contract, is there a problem with holding him accountable? Don't you think what I did made sense?"

What kind of reasoning is this?

The words were thought of in his heart, but Tim Cook didn't say them.

At this point, he has confirmed that what Love Dracula said is true, and he probably knows what Wang Yufei thinks. This matter is no longer good, at least at the level of the alliance.

Unless they can really find a solution to the current problem of quantum intelligence.

And it can't be dragged on too long, otherwise it won't make much sense even if the problem is solved.

According to the information they obtained, the development of the second-generation quantum brain on the side of Yuxin Technology is about to close the palace, and it is about to enter the stage of boot testing.

Looking back on the previous month, I was still in a hurry.

I almost had a celebration dinner.

It's good that it wasn't opened, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.

After a moment's hesitation, Tim Cook said tentatively: "We continue to fulfill the contract, and the maintenance fee can be doubled." ”

"Do you remember when we first met?"

Wang Yufei did not directly answer Tim Cook's question, but seemed to ask casually.

Tim Cook hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Yes." ”

Of course he remembers, after all, it was about five years ago, when he went to Huaxia and met Wang Yufei and Lu Yuxin by the way, and solved the small thing that seemed to affect Apple's profit foundation at the time, but now it seems insignificant.

He bought the second system software at a premium for $100 million.

The money was well spent at the time.

Because it maintains Apple's policy of continuing to collect Apple taxes on the IOS system.

But in retrospect, that money may have been given too hastily.

Perhaps it was this initial funding that cultivated an opponent who was too strong for himself.

After all, the world with a second system may only reduce the amount of revenue generated through software, and perhaps expand the user base.

But this money may objectively accelerate the process of the emergence of the Xin system, and then bury IOS in the garbage heap of history, and the word Apple tax will forever become history. Apple is also not the world's most valuable company.

Wang Yufei's words evoked Tim Cook's memories, and he was in a trance for a while, and even made him feel resigned.

Compared to the energetic young man on the other side of the phone, is he already old?

"I told you back then that you can't make money from the apple tax for long. But I couldn't convince you. What's more, we were still very weak at that time, so Yu Xin told a story, do you remember that story?"

After a moment of hesitation, Tim Cook replied, "Yes." ”

Very memorable story.

After all, it was probably the first time that a beautiful girl compared him to a robber in front of him, or the kind of robber who forcibly abducted other people's children and did all kinds of evil.

"yes, I remember that too. At the beginning, I didn't want to sell the second system, because it involved a promise I made to Yu Xin, and there were nine easter eggs on the software in the promise, and I wanted to officially propose to Yu Xin when the nine easter eggs were made public. But we were too weak at the time, so we sold the software to you even if we were reluctant. After that, I thought about porting the easter egg to another software, but Yu Xin felt that there was no need for this. Because the first time I did it, it was touching, and the second time I transplanted it was a little less interesting, so after transplanting the second easter egg, I didn't upgrade the other easter eggs. ”

"Now Yu Xin has my children, but she doesn't want to marry me yet. I think it's probably because I sold the second system at the time, so there are no nine easter eggs in this world, and there is no way to make the nine easter eggs unified, so that there is a perfect marriage proposal. After all, I'm not a romantic person, burying nine easter eggs in the software, and then slowly revealing them on every memorable day, is probably the most romantic thing I can think of. But the romance of a science student is ruined by you. ”

Tim Cook didn't say anything, just listened silently.

Of course, my heart is not at peace, what does this mean in particular? Is it going to slander people again?

He even regretted making the call at the meeting, after all, what would it be like for others to hear it?

So now the revenge is because I went to Huaxia to buy a system worth $100 million?

Fortunately, Wang Yufei changed his words next.

"Of course, I didn't resent you too much, otherwise I wouldn't have cooperated with Apple in the future. If you think about it, we were too weak to compete with a behemoth like Apple. Even if we win the lawsuit, there are too many ways for your company to drag this matter to a point where we can't afford to drag it out. And I wasn't in a position to protect the people who helped me, supported me, and loved me and me. ”

"But now it's different. The alliance you have formed is strong. But I'm stronger. Your alliance relies on the technology provided by Yuxin Technology to occupy a place in quantum computing projects. But now I want to reverse the previous agreement and take what belongs to me. So do you really think that if everything is restored to its original state and pay a few painless losses, everything will be at peace?"

"The previous forbearance was to be able to swing his fist harder. In essence, the conflict of interests requires the consciousness of the weak. When you talk, the rule of this world is that the weak are out, and the winner takes all. If you want to stay in the game, you must be prepared for heavy bleeding. Why do you want to hold a board up high and put it down gently when I'm talking? I'm a reasonable person, but there is no such reason in this world. ”

"So if you want to talk, follow the rules I have set. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it. Don't always call and say what you don't have, it will only waste our time with each other. Of course, there are ways for you to ignore what I just said, for example, you can solve the problem on your own, or on the basis of the first generation of quantum brains, you can develop a second-generation brain that far surpasses the first generation of brains, and at that time you can say anything. Do you see what I mean?"

......

Tim Cook, who had been listening to Wang Yufei's preaching, nodded subconsciously.

Only then did I realize that this was not a face-to-face conversation.

Still in a trance, he seemed to have traveled back in time to five years ago, and he sat there looking at the two young men across from him with as calm a gaze as possible, until the girl annoyed him with an inappropriate metaphor, and then used the words "Gotta add money!" to him, which made him feel bored.

At that time he was looking down on two young men.

But listening to the voice on the phone, he felt compelled to start looking up at the two young men opposite.

In fact, it should have been looked up a long time ago, or because it has been self-hypnotizing, so it didn't realize it?

Until today, the young man thousands of miles away directly tore away all the warm and quiet and peaceful disguises through the phone, with a calm tone and sharp language, and put the most real situation in front of everyone.

Young man, don't talk about martial arts!

Fortunately, the bigwigs' minds were firm enough, and after a while, they realized that their movements could not be received by the other party, so they replied in an astringent voice: "Understood." ”

"Okay, oh, by the way, if you think that Love Dracula joining Yuxin Technology is also a good choice, in fact, I have a suggestion, Yuxin Technology is still a young company, and I don't want to spend too much effort on management, you know, after the company is big, there will be a lot of trouble, huge funds, complex personnel, internal dumping, and even corruption, these messy things will consume too much courtesy, because my pursuit is very pure, so I really worry about these messy things. ”

"But you have a lot of experience, and if you don't think Apple is boring, you can also come and try it with us. Think about it, if you still have feelings for Apple, you become the CEO of Yuxin Technology, maybe you can take care of it. As long as it doesn't violate the principles, I don't really care too much. Well, you can think about it as well. Of course, if there is a suitable introduction, it is also good. That's it, goodbye. ”

After speaking, before Tim Cook could react, a busy "beep" sound came from the phone, and the other side hung up the phone.

Tim Cook was stunned.

Everyone in the video conference was stunned.

They couldn't have imagined that at the end of the call, Wang Yufei would say such a thing.

Dig the chairman and president of Apple to become the CEO of Yuxin Technology?

This kid really dares to think about it!

But if you think about it carefully, is the current position of Apple's president really more attractive than the CEO of Yuxin Technology?

Everyone looked at Tim Cook's unwavering face and felt a little different.

That's probably the difference.

For example, they can now be loud and noisy in front of Apple's president and communicate on an equal footing.

But in front of the CEO of Yuxin Technology, especially in front of the CEO who really has the power to decide the ownership of quantum computers, it is necessary to maintain politeness and even compliments on face.

This Nima ......

......

Tim Cook subconsciously turned on everyone's voice permissions.

But it was still quiet in the room.

Or maybe it was too hard to argue just now, and now everyone doesn't want to quarrel.

Or maybe the amount of information on the phone just now is too large and complicated, and the bigwigs haven't fully absorbed it, and if you think about it carefully, no one is interested in talking.

Even Tim Cook himself didn't know what to say.

His mind was also in turmoil.

But the silence will eventually be broken.

It was Sundar Pichai, Google's president and CEO, the only man who had nothing to lose in this farce.

"On behalf of Google, I announced my withdrawal from the World Quantum Computing Technology Alliance, since we have been cooperating for two years, there has been no breakthrough, which shows that the existence value of this alliance is not reflected. Google's X Lab will stick to its own quantum brain research. Of course, some patents we can take out and share, but not in the name of the alliance anymore. We will contact the secretariat of the alliance as soon as possible in terms of financial and technology patent separation. That's it, I'll go offline first!"

After saying that, Sundar Pichai's screen went black, and the signal interruption was displayed in the center of the black screen.

The participants of the meeting finally reacted, and anger became the main theme, after all, Google's three quantum computers are still functioning normally, and they have no loss but quit the alliance at this time, which is completely unwilling to take any responsibility, a shameless behavior, and an act of betrayal!

What's even more infuriating is that Sundar Pichai actually ran away after saying this?

"I have applied to resign from the chairmanship, and you can choose another chairman. ”

Tim Cook spoke in the midst of the noise.

At first, there was no reaction, after all, everyone rebuked the betrayer, and Tim Cook's voice was slightly tired, so it was not loud.

But this time he didn't use his permission, but amplified his voice and said it again.

This time everyone finally heard it, and stopped arguing in amazement and looked at Tim Cook.

Naturally, my heart was full of questions.

How?

Shouldn't this guy be really excited, ready to go to Yuxin Technology as the CEO?

For a moment, everyone was silent again.

It's just that it's different from the previous silence, and everyone looks at Tim Cook with a look full of inquiry and shock.

......

Tim Cook didn't pay attention to these people's gazes, because he knew that the alliance was broken.

Indeed, what is the point of an alliance that has little influence in the first place?

In addition, he couldn't help but think about another question, was Wang Yufei's last sentence serious?