The phone in the office suddenly clanged, Li Zetian picked up the phone and asked, "Hello, who is it?"

"Hello, Chronos, I'm Li Jiacheng. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Oh, Mr. Li, hello, is there something wrong?" asked Li Zetian, wondering what Li Jiacheng meant by calling at this time.

"Oh, that's right,"

Li Jiacheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Hong Kong's real estate is showing an upward trend, and Cheung Kong Asset Company plans to spend a huge amount of money to enter the market. You've talked to me about investing in Apple before, I'm really sorry, Cheung Kong is having trouble withdrawing funds for a while, if there is a chance in the future, let's work together again......"

When Li Zetian heard this, his face changed slightly, obviously, Li Jiacheng saw that Apple was in trouble, so he no longer planned to invest.

"Okay, if there is nothing else, I'll hang up first, I have something to be busy here!" Li Zetian didn't want to say more, so he directly found an excuse to end the call as soon as possible. When Apple's benefits are good, everyone is scrambling to invest, and once Apple is in trouble, they really can't run......

"Okay, okay, then I won't bother you!" Li Jiacheng said.

After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian snorted coldly and sneered: "If you don't invest, who is rare! You still want to invest in Apple in the future -- there is no !! door."

As soon as Li Zetian finished complaining about Li Jiacheng, there was a knock on the door, and Tian Shuai walked in with an unnatural face.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Maxwell from First Intercontinental Bank is here and is waiting for you in the reception room......"

When Li Zetian heard this, he frowned, "He's here to urge us to repay?"

"It should be ......"

Li Zetian nodded, didn't say anything, stood up, "Let's go, go meet this creditor!"

Soon, the two arrived in the reception room, where Maxwell sat upright in his chair, unable to see any expression on his face.

"Hello, Mr. Maxwell. Li Zetian said hello, and then asked directly, "I don't know what you have to do with Apple?"

"Chronos, Apple has borrowed a total of $20 million from First Intercontinental Bank, and the bank's board of directors wants Apple to repay it as soon as possible!" Maxwell said lukewarmly.

"Mr. Maxwell, First Intercontinental Bank thinks that Apple is no good, so you want us to repay the loan immediately, right?" Li Zetian said unceremoniously and bluntly.

Maxwell smiled awkwardly, the language being organized in his head.

But before he could say anything, Li Zetian said: "Mr. Maxwell, let's open the skylight and say something, you must know Apple's current situation, so, can you give Apple a little time? You know, it will take a little time for us to collect the payment from the retailer!"

"Of course, how about a month?" Maxwell said.

Li Zetian said in a deep voice: "How can one month be enough? at least three months!"

"Two months, that's the longest I've been able to fight for Apple!"

Li Zetian was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! Two months is two months!"

Maxwell nodded, then stood up from his chair.

"Please ask Apple to repay the loan within two months!"

After Maxwell finished speaking, he said goodbye to Li Zetian.

As soon as Maxwell left, Apple employees began to talk in private.

"Mr. Maxwell is not here to urge our company to repay the loan!"

"Yes, yes, exactly! When Mr. Maxwell came to our company before, when was he not smiling, did you see him smiling this time?"

"Damn, bankers are so snobbish!

"Needless to say, look at those Wall Street guys, which one is not a demon who 'eats people and doesn't spit out bones'?"

"It can't be said that Apple is indeed in big trouble, and the bank is worried that its loan will become a bad debt. ”

"Anyway, I don't have a crush on bankers!"

“……”

At this moment, Li Zetian and Tian Shuai were talking in the office.

Li Zetian asked: "How much money does Apple still have?"

"We still have more than $50 million on our books, but we haven't paid the Walkman and Apple-ll accessories suppliers yet. In addition, the company has more than 3,400 employees, and has to pay more than $5 million a month's salary. ”

Li Zetian frowned and said: "If we repay the bank loan of 20 million US dollars, then we only have more than 30 million US dollars left, and the financial pressure is very great!"

"Yes," Tian Shuai nodded, "And the payment from the retailer, I'm afraid we won't be able to collect it for a while!"

Li Zetian thought for a while and said: "In order to save money, the construction of Apple's new headquarters was immediately stopped, and the three factories in Hong Kong announced the suspension of work. At present, the company has stopped expanding, slowed down the pace of development, and after overcoming this difficulty, it is accelerating the speed of development. ”

"Well, that's all there is to it. ”

……

At this moment, Zhang Yan happily ordered people to post the new statement notice on the outside of the glass doors and windows of Apple's flagship store, and the "Anti-Walkman Alliance" learned the news as soon as possible.

"Apple is so shameless that it has started to guide people to buy pirated tapes at commissaries, convenience stores, supermarkets, bookstores, etc."

"Alas, although it is a repetition of the old trick, it is very effective, and many people have actually gone to these places to ask if there are any pirated tapes!"

“……”

The popularity of everyone is not light, I didn't expect Apple to be so difficult to deal with!

Of course, Apple isn't having a good time right now.

Not only the bank is dunning, but even the parts supplier is dunning.

At this time, the media sang about Apple. Of course, behind this is the fall of Apple's competitors.

The Wall Street Journal reported: "The Walkman has been opposed by the vast majority of record companies, resulting in unsold products. Apple suffered Waterloo for the first time, and the company faced a huge crisis. Standard & Poor's has re-rated Apple's credit rating from AA to CCC. It is reported that the First Intercontinental Bank has asked Apple to repay the loan ......"

The New York Daily News reported: "Apple is now facing bankruptcy due to blind expansion!" The Walkman tape walkman has become Apple's most failed product, and it is also the culprit that led to Apple's bankruptcy!"

USA Today reports: "The legendary myth of Chinese-American billionaire Chronos Li is about to fall !!"

“……”

Almost all the overwhelming news is singing about Apple and Li Zetian, Li Zetian himself is okay and ignores it, but the atmosphere of the company is becoming more and more tense, and many employees are already panicking.

Apple's competitors didn't miss the opportunity.

Soon, Apple employees were poached by people from other companies one after another, which made Tian Shuai very anxious and hurriedly held a meeting to discuss countermeasures!

Tian Shuai said: "Mr. Li, in order to retain talents, I suggest that more shares be used to establish an equity incentive mechanism!"

Li Zetian nodded and said, "I agree with your suggestion, take out another 10%!"

After saying that, his gaze swept to the others and asked, "Do you have any other suggestions?"

The crowd shook their heads.

In addition, the department manager should strengthen the communication with the employees, talk to them about feelings, culture, and ideals, although we have no money now, but we can promise them a better future!" Li Zetian paused for a while and said, "If they still want to leave, then we can't do anything, it's going to rain, my mother wants to get married, let him go." The people who can stay and share Apple's weal and woe are the people that Apple needs most!"

"Yes!!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel passionate and enthusiastic.

After the meeting, the content of the meeting quickly spread throughout the company, and Apple's morale was significantly improved. However, there are still people who can't stand the lure of high salaries from other companies, and Apple's difficult situation and little future, so they jump ship. Li Zetian personally sent them away every time, and when he left, he said to them: "You have thought clearly, it is not so easy to walk out of this gate today and come back in the future!"

"Mr. Li, I'm sorry, we can't ...... either"

Li Zetian waved his hand and said, "Let's go, I dare to promise that you will regret it in the future!"

These people have left in disgrace, most of them were poached by Li Zetian from other companies, and now they have also tasted the taste of their own company's poached talents.

Ma Yun is right, talents poached from other companies have no sense of belonging to the company...... It seems that in the future, we should cultivate talents from our own company and establish a standard and scientific talent training system!"

In the following period, Apple went through an uphill battle, facing many troubles including users' difficulties, bank and accessories suppliers' collections, retail department store groups' arrears, and media declines.

The pressure on Li Zetian's body is the greatest, and his face has become a little haggard recently, and he often calls Zhang Yan to his office to inquire about the situation of pirated tapes. Every time I hear about the increasing number of pirated tapes, my mood improves.

At this moment, someone was very happy, and this person was Wang Lie.

The worse Apple is, the happier he is.

He hugged his new girlfriend, a sexy and beautiful white-skinned blonde girl, and said triumphantly: "Among the Chinese, my father Wang An is the most powerful and famous, what is Chronos・Li!"

April was Apple's most difficult period, and Wang Lie has been in a good mood.

By mid-May, however, the situation had taken a turn for the worse!!

PS: A new week is about to begin, begging for subscriptions, all kinds of begging