What is the most visible to the wind and the rudder?

Some time ago, the major media in the United States sang about Apple, but now they are all praising Apple. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Wall Street Journal reported: "After record labels announced the production of music tapes. At the end of May, Apple's Walkman tape walkman was extremely popular, and there was a long queue of tens of meters in front of the flagship store all day long, and the situation was unprecedentedly spectacular! Standard & Poor's once again re-rated Apple's credit rating, rising from the previous CCC rating to AAA, which was highly sought after by investors! A professional appraisal agency on Wall Street evaluated Apple's market value and held that Apple's market value was at least $5 billion or more!

The Los Angeles Times reported: "According to an interview with this reporter, Apple sold a total of 335,000 Walkmans in the United States from May 29 to 30, with sales exceeding $100 million, shocking the world! In addition, Mr. Chronos Li, founder of Apple, said that starting in June, the Walkman Walkman will enter the United States overseas! At that time, users all over the world will be able to buy their Walkman!"

USA Today reported: "Apple has finally come back from the ashes after a difficult time. At the end of May, the Walkman became popular throughout the United States and became an icon of the fashion and technology worlds!"

Time magazine reported: "For the first time since the establishment of Time Magazine, such a big problem, I don't know whether to choose an Apple-ll personal computer or a Walkman tape walkman for the cover of the year......"

ABC TV special guest Jack Wilson said on the show: "Among American technology products, there is no product as alluring as the Walkman, which is the most classic and outstanding work, and Apple can compete with the world's record companies with the Walkman." Yes, there is no doubt about the result, Apple wins !!"

Tech critic Ike Sid said: "No one can stop the progress of technology, and no one can stop people from loving the Walkman! It's a masterpiece of God, I love the Walkman to death! I will keep it all my life!!"

EMI Records said in an interview with reporters: "Yes, the Walkman Tape Walkman is a very great product. When it was released, all the record companies around the world were shocked, and even scared so much that they wanted to join forces to fight it. However, our confrontation was always in vain, and we obviously could not stop its rise! When EMI Records realized this problem, they made a resolute decision! Yes, we want to embrace it and support it, EMI Records is the first major record label in the world to support the Walkman!!"

At this moment, Apple's headquarters has welcomed many people, almost overcrowded, and they all want to cooperate with Apple without exception.

Tian Shuai came to Li Zetian's office, with a different face, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, the front desk just called me and said that Mr. Maxwell is here and is waiting in the lobby downstairs. ”

When Li Zetian heard this, the corners of his mouth suddenly rose, he laughed, and then said in a sarcastic tone: "It's not yet the repayment date, so I came in such a hurry, hehe, it's really interesting......

"Apple has been reborn from the ashes and has become even stronger than before, the Walkman has become Apple's most profitable product, countless banks want to cooperate with Apple, Maxwell is definitely not here to urge us to repay at this time......" Tian Shuai asked with a smile, "Mr. Li, do you need to meet him?"

Far from helping Apple in its troubles, the First Intercontinental Bank fell into the trap. From now on, we will sever our cooperation with First Intercontinental Bank. We need to find a more reliable partner!" Li Zetian paused and said, "Don't go to see him, just let the finance go to see him, and repay the loan by the way later!"

"Okay!"

You must know that Apple's huge account funds are stored in banks, and banks can use the money to invest or lend money to make more money. Previously, Apple's main funds were in First Intercontinental Bank, but since the day First Intercontinental Bank asked Apple to repay, Apple began to transfer money to other banks.

Not long after, Apple's financial officer went to meet Maxwell.

"Mr. Li isn't here?" Maxwell asked.

"The chairman is very busy and doesn't have time to receive you!"

"What about Mr. Tian?"

"Busy!" said Michael, the treasurer, impatiently, "Mr. Maxwell, Apple has decided to repay all the loans of First Intercontinental Bank with interest now!"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood, I'm not here to urge Apple to repay the loan!" Maxwell quickly shook his head and said.

"The two-month deadline is coming up, and it's time for Apple to repay. Didn't the First Intercontinental Bank ask us Apple to repay the loan within two months?

Maxwell's face was embarrassed and very ugly, and he could naturally hear the other party's mockery.

However, as a banker, you have to be thicker than the city walls to be qualified, and Maxwell is obviously a master!

"Mr. Michael, in fact, the First Intercontinental Bank is not so eager to ask Apple to repay, if you want to repay next year, or even the year after, and the First Intercontinental Bank can also reduce the interest rate by 1%. ”

"I don't think so, Mr. Maxwell, I'll go with you to the First Intercontinental Bank to repay the loan now!"

With that, Michael, the treasurer, stood up.

When Maxwell heard this, he was stunned, half loud and motionless.

"Shall you not go along, Mr. Maxwell? or shall I go alone?"

Mr. Maxwell stood up weakly, he never expected that Apple would have won against the world's major record companies, and if he had known, he would not have proposed to the bank board to recover Apple's loan...... Self-inflicted iniquity!!

Maxwell shook his head and sighed inwardly.

"Let's go, Mr. Michael!"

……

In the past 5 months, the best-selling Walkman has made Apple a lot of money, making a profit of more than 50 million US dollars, and with the expansion of the world, more and more money will be earned! Li Zetian decided to give 20 million US dollars to the employees who shared the hardships this time!

As soon as the news came out, it caused a huge sensation and was immediately reported by the media.

After reading the report, countless people were envious.

"Chronos・Li is really generous, and with a one-time bonus of $20 million, Apple employees have made a fortune!"

"Chronos・Li is the best boss in Silicon Valley, there is no !!"

"Apple's treatment is so good, I also want to go to Apple~~~"

“……”

At this time, the employees who changed jobs all regretted that their intestines were blue.

"Alas, I wouldn't have jumped ship if I had known!"

"yes, in fact, this reward is only a small reward. As far as I know, the people who stay with Apple more or less have a little bit of options, and once Apple goes public, they make a fortune!"

"Wall Street values Apple at $5 billion, and after it goes public, it may be more than $5 billion, and if I stay at Apple, once the company goes public, I'll be a millionaire!"

I could have been a millionaire, but now I can only earn $3,000 a month, which is a high salary, but even if I work for 30 years, I can't save a million dollars! Hell, when I think about this, I even have the heart to commit suicide! Millionaire, millionaire...... I could have been a millionaire!!"

"I really want to go back to Apple......"

"We can't go back, when you left, didn't you hear Mr. Li say to us: 'Walking out of this gate today, and wanting to come back later, it's not so easy' We are the betrayers of the company, how could Mr. Li let us go back?

"Even if we go back, they won't give us too many options. One wrong step and you lose everything!"

“……”

The former Apple employees who jumped jobs all sighed, depressed, and lost motivation in life!

Immediately afterward, the media reported that there were many new cars parked outside Apple's headquarters, and even dozens of luxury sports cars...... Ah, that's undoubtedly 10,000 points of damage to those who are job-hoppers!

June 2, Hong Kong.

After Li Jiacheng saw the news and financial newspapers, he kept shaking his head and sighing.

The financial newspaper wrote: "On June 1, 1976, Chronos Li, the founder of Apple, announced Apple's Series A financing plan, and is currently actively in contact with the Rockefeller consortium!"

"Jiacheng, what's wrong with you?" his wife asked.

Li Jiacheng sighed: "Alas, I missed a big deal!"

"What big business?"

"The last time Chronos Li mentioned it to me and asked me if I wanted to invest in Apple, I said yes, but then Apple was in danger of bankruptcy, and I decided not to take the risk, so I told him not to invest in Apple...... If he can participate in Apple's Series A financing this time, Cheung Kong will be able to earn at least hundreds of millions of dollars!"

"Then you should call Chronos Li and ask if he allows Cheung Kong to participate in Series A financing?"

Li Jiacheng hesitated for a while, but still picked up the phone and dialed Li Zetian's office phone number.

"Hey, who?"

"Hello Chronos, I'm Li Jiacheng!"

"Oh, Mr. Li, what's wrong?"

"Well, yes. I saw the news, it said that Apple intends to carry out Series A financing, I want to ask, is there any chance for Cheung Kong to participate in this financing?

"Didn't you say no last time? So, Apple went to other companies. Now that we need to raise money, we can't kick them out, right? Apple is a company that keeps its word!"

When Li Zetian spoke, he especially emphasized the last sentence!

This is undoubtedly a kind of irony for Li Jiacheng.

Li Jiacheng naturally understood, and suddenly looked very embarrassed, and didn't know what to say.

But without saying it, Li Zetian continued: "Mr. Li, I have to say sorry to you, Apple doesn't need your financing...... Oh, I'm very busy here, Mr. Rockefeller is still waiting for me in the lobby, ready to discuss financing, I'll hang up first!"

After speaking, Li Zetian hung up the phone.

There was a "doodoo" sound on the phone, Li Jiacheng smiled bitterly, turned his head and shook his head at his wife and said, "Alas, the other party does not agree......"

Li Zetian was very disappointed with Li Jiacheng, originally thought that he was also Chinese, so he agreed that he would invest in Apple, so as to add a Chinese director to the board of directors, and hoped that he would stand on his side and increase his voice. But I didn't expect him to be in a difficult time at Apple, and he had no intention of helping at all......