Chapter 69: Worldwide Developers Conference
"Mr. Li, what are the little goals in your mouth?" Tian Shuai asked curiously. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Zetian smiled and stretched out a finger.
"10,000?"
Li Zetian shook his head.
"100,000?"
Li Zetian shook his head again.
Tian Shuai grew his mouth and was stunned, "It won't be 1 million, right?!" Tian Shuai said in disbelief.
Li Zetian smiled faintly and said unhurriedly: "I mean to earn it 100 million !! this year."
After finishing speaking, Li Zetian took a sip of the fragrant chicken soup, and then continued: "Our Apple-ll personal computer has a low configuration of 4kb of memory and a high configuration of 48kb of memory, the price of low-configuration Apple-ll is 1400 US dollars, the price of high-configuration Apple-ll is 2600 US dollars, and the average price of the two is 2000 US dollars, this number is multiplied by 50,000 units, which is exactly 100 million US dollars. But usually, there will be a little more users who buy low-spec, so if you want to make 100 million dollars this year, you have to sell at least 50,000 Apple-lls. ”
After hearing this, Tian Shuai smiled bitterly.
The total sales of Apple's first-generation computer Apple-l have only reached more than 12,000 units as of today, and it is already May, and it is too difficult to sell 50,000 Apple-ll units in half a year!!
Li Zetian didn't care how surprised Tian Shuai was, and drank the chicken soup spoonful by spoonful. In fact, Li Zetian himself is not sure, but he must have a goal! Just as Ma Yun once said in his previous life: "Dreams are always there, in case they come true!"
For Apple, there are still small goals, and only when there are goals will we strive for them!!
Otherwise, why do people always say that people must have lofty ideals and aspirations? Because with these, they will work hard!
Li Zetian drank the chicken soup, and then said to Tian Shuai: "Later, you can ask people to make a placard and hang it in the company, and the placard reads 'This year's goal: sell 50,000 Apple-lls'," After a pause, Li Zetian continued, "Add a line of small words to the placard 'Achieve the goal, give out a bonus of two million US dollars', and motivate everyone to work hard!"
Apple has nearly 200 employees, and each person gets an average of $10,000 in bonuses, which is equivalent to seven or eight months' salary.
In fact, high-performing employees naturally get more!
Tian Shuai nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange it after lunch." ”
When I went to work in the afternoon, Apple suddenly became noisy.
Li Zetian asked Tian Shuai to make the placard to have an effect, and everyone talked about it and was full of fighting spirit!
"Oh my God, Apple's salary is already higher than the industry average, and it has to pay out a bonus of $2 million all at once, which is great! Everyone will work together to achieve the goal of 50,000 Apple-ll sales this year!!
“Fighting!!!!”
“Fighting!!!!”
“……”
Li Zetian leaned on a leather sofa in the office, and at this moment he was looking out through the glass window, and couldn't help but say: "Sometimes, all evil money is the strongest motivation!!
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Approaching the end of May, Apple will hold a press conference.
However, a successful press conference is not simply a matter of holding it, but also needs to choose a venue, invite guests, media, celebrities, etc., how to hold a unique press conference?
Li Zetian decided to change the name of the Apple-ll product conference to the "1st Worldwide Developers Conference", not only to release Apple-ll products, but also to invite Microsoft, Sunbird and other third-party software development companies to participate in the promotion of Excel, Microsoft-DOS, "Chinese Cube", "Pac-Man" and so on......
There is no doubt that this will inevitably attract the attention of the media and the computer industry! The name "Worldwide Developers Conference" alone sounds awesome and extraordinary, and then so many companies participated, which instantly raised the conference by several grades, and at the same time made the "Worldwide Developers Conference" worthy of its name, becoming a grand event in the technology circle!! Apple will definitely be able to respond to the "Worldwide Developers Conference" in the future!
In addition, it is necessary to choose a suitable venue, Li Zetian prefers the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, which is high-end and high-end, low-key and luxurious. And San Jose is the center of Silicon Valley, Apple is also in San Jose, and it's only a few minutes drive from the McEnery Convention Center.
Of course, Li Zetian had already arranged these things in advance.
The "Worldwide Developers Conference" has attracted a lot of media attention, and before it officially began, the news has already been published in the newspapers.
Competitors are eyeing Apple, and they are naturally the most concerned about Apple's situation.
Roberts, the CEO of MITS, scolded in a low voice: "Apple is too cunning, it is obviously an Apple-ll personal computer product launch conference, but it is like a grand event in the entire computer industry, which has attracted the attention of countless people!"
Roberts glanced at the invitation on the table and shook his head, feeling so tired......
At around 7:30 p.m. on May 30th, thousands of people came to the McEnery Convention Center, making it more lively than ever!
At 8 o'clock, the "Worldwide Developers Conference" officially began.
The host is Tian Shuai, and Li Zetian is very low-key, sitting in the audience.
The whole hall is full of scientific and technological colors, which is very dazzling.
"Welcome to the first 'Worldwide Developers Conference' held by Apple, I am Tian Shuai, CEO of Apple!"
As soon as Tian Shuai finished introducing himself, the audience immediately applauded!
Click!
Countless cameras are shooting at Tian Shuai, presumably it will make headlines in the newspaper the next day.
Tian Shuai's heart beat a little faster, and he was full of excitement, he experienced this kind of battle this time - standing on the best press conference stage in the world, presiding over the most grand event in the science and technology circle, if it were Exxon in the United States, he probably would never have such an opportunity.
If Chinese people want to get ahead in the United States, is it a "difficult" word?
After a while, the applause stopped, and Tian Shuai continued: "The Worldwide Developers Conference is a grand event held with Apple's products as the core and gathering third-party developers, and at the conference, Apple will release the latest product -- Apple-ll personal computers, as well as products from third-party software development companies! Without further ado, let's invite Zhang Yan, the head of Apple-ll development, to introduce Apple-ll !! to us with the warmest applause."
Zhang Yan was wearing a black suit and was very handsome.
"Hello everyone, I'm Zhang Yan!"
After Zhang Yan came to the stage, he first bowed to everyone to introduce himself, and then said, "Apple-ll has made great improvements on the basis of Apple's first generation computer Apple-l, first of all, I will introduce the microprocessor used by Apple-ll, please look at the big screen ......" Zhang Yan's voice fell, and the slide projector projected a picture on the screen.
"This is the 8-bit microprocessor Mos6502 jointly developed by Mos Technology and Apple, which supports a maximum memory of 64KB, which is the most efficient and fastest CPU at present. Due to the relatively low requirements for the manufacturing process, the yield rate of 6502 is surprisingly high, so its price is also very cheap, the price is only 40 US dollars, only one-sixth or even lower of similar products of Motorola and Intel!"
As soon as Zhang Yan's words were finished, the audience was in an uproar.
"Damn, such a powerful microprocessor is only sold for $40!!"
"Motorola and Intel have met a strong opponent!"
"The MOS6502 processor is so cheap, isn't it going to detonate the PC revolution? There is no doubt that more companies will inevitably enter the PC industry in the future!!"
“……”
"Everyone, please be quiet!!" Zhang Yan had to shout loudly, Made, I finally came on stage once, can you let me speak well......
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