Chapter 232: Muddy Waters
"The recent acquisition of XOS by Shensi Group shows that DTOS is facing a huge R&D dilemma, and on the other hand, it also shows that Shensi Group is trying to repair its bad relationship with Apple. At present, Shensi Group is facing the most serious situation in the year since its establishment. Chip technology was forcibly purchased, hardware manufacturers did not support DTOS, DTOS research and development was in trouble, and the honeymoon period of cooperation with Microsoft ended. In this state, the oriental genius Jiang Yuan is very likely to turn to seek cooperation with Apple to solve the current situation, and Apple may usher in a huge turnaround ......"--Economic Observer
"The cooperation between Shensi Group and Microsoft has been hit, Jiang Yuan is likely to lose the biggest help of indos, and Shensi Group's own DTOS has fallen into a difficult birth. For this reason, Shensi Group is likely to have to cooperate with Apple in exchange for the support of the world's second-largest client operating system vendor. Of course, Apple will never sell XOS/IOS, and replacing Microsoft as a new partner of Shensi Group should be a smart choice, which is also a smart choice for Shensi Group......" -- Wall Street Journal
“...... Apple has a unique advantage over Microsoft, it has a powerful operating system and a perfect software ecosystem, and Apple's brand image is more in line with Shensi Group's high-end consumer electronics, and there is indeed a certain degree of conflict of interest between the two, but it is not irreconcilable. For example, the price of the DT1, the flagship product of Shensi Group, is much higher than that of Apple's highest-equipped iPhone XS Max, and the possibility of a huge short-term price reduction is also very low. Once the two parties reach a partnership, Microsoft is likely to suffer significant losses in this business war that is not about ...... business" - Barron's
It seems that overnight, Apple has a tendency to come back to life.
There was a lot of news in the media about the huge opportunity that Apple was facing.
In the midst of the chaos, Apple's stock also began to bottom out and return to above $250 billion.
A large number of leek retail investors and weak investment and financial institutions were suddenly confused and began to find the real direction.
Many people began to try to buy Apple shares, and called it "buying the bottom".
They convince themselves that there is a lot of truth to their claims.
It's already so low, how bad can it be?
However, the strange thing is that although a large number of retail investors and small institutions have begun to enter the market to stock Apple, Apple's market capitalization has fluctuated repeatedly around $255 billion and has not risen.
On the other side of the incident, Microsoft has been quiet, allowing its market value to fall, and actually doing nothing.
It's just that Microsoft has bought some of its own shares in the stock market, and Nadella has come forward to explain that this is to reduce shareholder losses.
The wolves on Wall Street laughed and said nothing, they were all too familiar with the operation.
Isn't that what they liked to do before?
Now, Apple's stock is rapidly fighting, and the original major shareholder institutions are withdrawing and replacing them with a group of small investment funds that they don't know at all, the largest of which is the new territory fund, which has exceeded 8%.
All financial institutions turned a blind eye to this situation, and there was not a single expert who came forward to warn them.
In short, Apple's mess is completely muddy, and no one knows what's going on.
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The Caiyun is still floating in the warm and calm offshore sea.
Seeing the situation develop as he imagined, Jiang Yuan was very satisfied:
"How's it going on the operator's side?"
Li Qingyu smiled and said:
"Very good, it's already taken 3.5%, and now that Apple's market value is getting higher and higher, I'm asking them to stop for the time being. ”
Jiang Yuan smiled:
"Well, yes, it's a waste of money to buy now. ”
Cook said with a serious face:
"Secretly, there seem to be several forces quietly buying retail shares, one of which should be the Roosevelt family, and the other few don't know where it is. ”
Jiang Yuan nodded, not impressed.
With such a big move, it is impossible to completely hide it from everyone.
There are always some people who can get the truth about Jiang Yuan's cooperation with Roosevelt, and some people are purely lucky, and Jiang Yuan doesn't care about these hitchhikers.
Anyway, in the end, I got 51% of the shares.
He smiled and said to Li Qingyu:
"Leave them alone. In this case, I will add more fire, you can also prepare to leave for the Eagle Country, and after you meet, go to Apple's headquarters and find a way to continue to push up Apple's market value. ”
Jiang Yuan's ultimate goal, of course, is to suppress Apple shares as much as possible, so as to scare away most investors and get as many shares as possible at the lowest possible cost.
However, it is unlikely that the direct crackdown will continue to depress Apple's market value.
Apple's market capitalization is underpinned by its size, years of technology patents, a large number of existing users, and its own cash reserves.
250 billion is basically low to the limit.
If you want to be lower, you can only completely break the psychological expectations of the market and cause panic.
Jiang Yuan believes that there is nothing more desperate than failure after full of expectations!
Therefore, his main purpose now is to push up market expectations and let Li Qingyu talk to Apple for a few months.
As soon as the DTOS beta version came out, Shensi Group took the opportunity to announce the cessation of negotiations, and at that time, the psychology of Apple's shareholders can be imagined.
Surely countless MMPs!
Then immediately sell off Apple's shares, which is the best chance for Shensi Group to buy a large stake.
Li Qingyu's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Okay. ”
Jiang Yuan turned off the virtual meeting room function of DT1, and the scene of Li Qingyu and Cook disappeared.
He no longer hesitated, and summoned several reporters on the Caiyun for an interview:
“...... I still have no comment on DTOS, which is a trade secret of Shensi Group. However, I would like Mr. Art Levinson to talk about buying XOS. At the same time, I have solved the technical problems of DT1, and now it can run on IOS, maybe Shensi Group can cooperate more with Apple......"
As a figure on the cusp of the storm, Jiang Yuan's request to cooperate with Apple was immediately sent to major media.
Apple Chairman and CEO Art Levinson complied with the wishes of shareholders and caught the kindness thrown by Jiang Yuan in the air:
“...... In conclusion, Apple is also very interested in the DT1. ”
After receiving this signal, Li Qingyu immediately went to the Eagle Country in person, and after meeting with Cook, they went to Apple's $5 billion UFO headquarters, and Art Levinson personally received Li Qingyu and his party.
This is great good news!
As photos of Levinson shaking hands with Li Qingyu appeared in the media, Apple's stock began to skyrocket.
Although the negotiations between Li Qingyu and Levinson lasted for two weeks and still did not have a final result, Apple's market value has returned to the $300 billion mark after Jiang Yuan posted some extremely unfriendly news about Microsoft on his personal blog.
From time to time, Levinson threw out some remarks that the negotiations were relatively smooth, which made the retail investors and small institutions who had entered the market before burst with confidence and increased their purchases.
In the chaos, Apple's original institutional major shareholders have accelerated the pace of fleeing.