Chapter 85 Saving the National Brand

After Li Zetian finished talking to Tian Shuai on the phone, he made a call to Zhang Yan and called him over. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

"Chronos, what's the matter?" asked Zhang Yan after pushing the door in.

"The headphone accessories for the Walkman tape Walkman are also a huge profit, and I want Apple to do it themselves! ”

"That's no problem, our company's own engineers can do it!" Zhang Yan agreed.

Headphones are a bit simpler than computers.

However, there is a specialization in the art industry, and Li Zetian is more inclined to poach people from other companies.

"The developers of the headphones are all looking for them from outside, especially some people who are more technical, dig a few!" Li Zetian said this, his tone was rich, this financing Dolby Laboratories only spent 4 million US dollars, and there is still a loan of 6 million US dollars, plus Apple itself is very profitable, and it is natural to poach people with high salaries.

"Okay, then I'll find someone from outside the company!"

"By the way, I remember that there is a Chinese-American named Li Meisheng in the National Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in the United States, and you can dig him up too!" Li Zetian paused and explained, "I heard people talk about this person in a Chinese club, he graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1971 with a major in electrical engineering, and he is very skilled! You hired him to be the head of the headphone department!"

"Okay, I remember this person's name!" Zhang Yan couldn't help laughing, "It seems that our Apple executives are going to have another Chinese, hehe......"

Li Zetian said with a smile: "It is not easy for Chinese people to mix in the United States, so it is natural to help and unite with each other to improve the status of Chinese in the United States!"

"That's right, we Chinese should unite!" Zhang Yan nodded, quite agreeing, and then said, "Then I'll go and set up a headphone team now, and by the way, dig Li Meisheng into our company!"

"Go ahead. Li Zetian smiled and nodded.

After Zhang Yan left, Li Zetian began to ponder.

At the moment, the Walkman is missing one key thing - and that is the battery.

Without a battery, your Walkman has no energy.

Of course, users can buy the batteries themselves, but when you first buy them, your Walkman will definitely give away a pair of batteries, so battery companies that work with Apple will benefit a lot from this.

Headphones are mainly involved in the field of electronic engineering, and Apple has the ability to do a good job in this regard.

However, the battery is in the field of chemistry, Apple was established less than two years ago, and the foundation is insufficient, so it is difficult to achieve outstanding achievements in this area, and Li Zetian himself does not know much about battery technology. Therefore, choosing a battery company to cooperate with should be the most correct choice.

In Li Zetian's memory, Duracell and Nanfu Battery are the most impressive.

However, at this moment, Nanfu Battery Company has not yet been established, but Duracell Battery is already a world-renowned battery giant, established in 1920, and it has been 55 years so far.

Nanfu battery is undoubtedly the most famous battery brand in China, Duracell battery has entered China for many years, and has never been able to shake the leading position of Nanfu battery in China, but unfortunately, Nanfu battery can not resist the evil capital force after all, and was acquired by Geely. The parent company of Duracell Battery is Geely, which acquired Duracell Battery in 1996.

Li Zetian couldn't help but feel sorry for the tragic fate of Nanfu Battery.

Gillette's Duracell battery has been in the Chinese market for ten years, but it has never been able to open up the situation, and its market share is less than 1/10 of Nanfu. After Geely acquired Nanfu Battery, its biggest competitor disappeared, and it also got a battery manufacturer with an annual profit of 80 million US dollars, more than 3 million points of sale, and more importantly, more than half of the Chinese market. Originally, Nanfu's high-quality alkaline batteries have entered the international market, and it is a good time to develop overseas, but in order to avoid competing for market share with the parent company, Nanfu had to hurriedly withdraw its troops. And because it can't clash head-on with Duracell, at least half of Nanfu's production capacity is idle. Gradually, Nanfu battery lost its vitality and finally disappeared from the public!

Li Zetian shook his head, sighed slightly, and then said: "Damn, let Nanfu Battery swallow Duracell Battery in this life! China's well-known brand is saved by me Li Zetian!! not only Nanfu Battery, but also Dabao, Zhonghua, Jianlibao, Supor, Little Nurse, Phoenix brand bicycle, China's oldest beer brand Harbin Beer, ......and so on."

At this moment, Li Zetian suddenly felt that he was shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the national brand, and this heavy responsibility will always inspire him to move forward, and can also create huge profits for him, so that he has stronger capital to compete with the world's top conglomerates!!

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The next day, Dr. Dolby arrived at Apple with five technicians.

As soon as he saw Li Zetian, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he seemed to be living to a dog at a great age.

"Welcome, Dr. Dolby!"

"Chronos・li, you look younger than you see on TV!Ah, it's hard to imagine that an 18-year-old can achieve so much! It's amazing to hear that Apple-l, Apple-ll, and Walkman were all designed by you!!"

"Thanks to the compliment, Dr. Dolby is also unmatched in the field of sound noise reduction!" Li Zetian smiled humbly and said, "Please come with me, I will take you to the Walkman Lab and introduce you to the Walkman project leader, Dr. Tennison." You'll be working together for a long time before the Walkman is developed!Dr. Tennison is the former Chief Technology Officer of Advent, in his fifties, and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley......"

"Oh, it's Dr. Tennison, I know him, Dolby Laboratories has worked with Advent a few times before!" Dr. Dolby laughs.

"That's even better, it saves the time of running-in!"

Li Zetian smiled slightly, thinking about it, Advent manufactures Dolby B noise-reducing recorders, and naturally has contact with Dolby Laboratories.

When you come to the Walkman Lab, people on both sides greet you cordially.

Li Zetian said to Dr. Tennison: "Dr. Tennison, Dr. Dolby and his party will be arranged by you." ”

"Chronos, don't worry, I'll arrange it!"

Li Zetian nodded, turned his head and said goodbye to Dr. Dolby and the others.

Back in the office, Li Zetian picked up the phone and called George Lucas, asking him to come to Apple and have two things to talk to him about.

San Jose and Hollywood are both in California, and they are not too far away, Li Zetian finished calling in the morning, and George Lucas came in the afternoon.

in the office.

Li Zetian didn't say anything at the beginning, but asked about the filming of "Star Wars" with a smile.

"Director Lucas, did the filming of "Star Wars" go well?"

"It went well, just...... This budget seems to be insufficient, and a third of the film has not yet been completed, and nearly $4 million has already been spent, and I am afraid that the budget will be spent before half of the filming......"

After George Lucas finished speaking, he looked at Li Zetian with burning eyes, and his eyes clearly wanted Li Zetian to take some more money to invest in this movie.

Li Zetian rolled his eyes, Nima, I said why did you come to see me so actively, it turned out that you came to invest!

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