Rubinstein did come to E-song to find Chen Zier again.

But Chen Zier felt that he was wasting his time.

"You don't understand where our point of disagreement is, Jonathan, E-song is not unwilling to cooperate with Apple, but unwilling to cooperate with Apple unequally. ”

Rubinstein barely brought any constructive suggestions to negotiate, just trying to convince Chen Zier, and talked about some means that Apple can squeeze E-song, which is actually coercion, so he was blasted out again.

Portal-Player agreed to Jobs's harsh requirements, not because people were stupid, but because they chose the best.

Although before cooperating with Apple, their own music players were relatively advanced in terms of hardware and software. The reason why Lao Qiao agreed with his subordinates' suggestions and was willing to cooperate with this company is also because of his status as a 'leading pioneer' in the industry.

But in business, not about equality, not about dignity, as long as you can make money, is it okay to produce anything?

Well, for this startup, either it will have to go head-to-head with a giant like Apple, which is very likely to die, or it will cooperate with Apple and transform into a company in the iPod supply chain, which will be very likely to live.

You must know that they are different from Chen Zier, Chen Zier has some patents in hand, and he also knows what the future player should look like.

Portal-Player, on the other hand, had no idea if its product would be successful!

It is not a already successful giant, it is a baby that has been established for less than two years, and any failure may lead to the loss of the founders and investors!

Therefore, whether investors will be happy to see them go toe-to-toe with Apple is also an important factor affecting the CEO. This is also different from Chen Zier, he can invest in himself himself!

This company is not Apple Microsoft, set up a project today, find out in two years, no? Okay, then when the money is spent in vain, find the project again, for small companies, once the product fails, the rest is nothing.

In the following years, the transformation of Portal-Player into Apple's SoC Semiconductor and some firmware suppliers proved to be a more successful choice.

If you really rejected Apple in the first place......

Can Portal-Player design a better music player than an iPod?

But Chen Zier does not have these concerns, Portal-Player is moving forward in the fog, what kind of player does the market need? It's okay, he knows it.

At most, Old Joe may rely on his connections to get some of his spare parts supplied. Then if you are really so despicable, let's fight hard, I won't do anything when I look back, I will specifically recall Apple's important patents, apply for the same, even the packaging patent, this is not a joke, the packaging of Apple products is patented!

You disgust me, I explode your chrysanthemum! All in all, I am worthy of you.

When encountering Chen Zier with such a plan, Rubinstein really had no choice.

Don't talk about him, Jobs can't help it.

Chen Zier continued to stare at the company's R&D progress, and then discussed USB2.0 with Fader, by the way...... Wait for Jobs to come to him.

And the apples at this time,

Rubinstein was in a quandary, he really wanted to work with E-song, knowing that Apple had no achievements in digital music before that.

"Steve, we can't make those requests to that Chinese. He is like a husband who is in pain in the conflict between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, persuading both ends to be angry.

Jobs wasn't angry at anything that 'didn't go' his way, it was a child, and he was already a middle-aged and elderly man.

So he listened quietly for a while.

"Give me a few reasons. ”

"Ok, that Chen is not just an entrepreneur, he is an entrepreneur who has already achieved success. In Jobs' office, Rubinstein tried to explain the difference, "You know what I mean? I mean, his ambition isn't just to keep this company alive, I don't know if you're paying attention, do you know how much this Chinese boy is worth?"

It was a big deal.

"I know, $600 million, but that's not the point, no matter how rich a person is, he can't design a product as good as an iMac, it's about talent, it's not about wealth. ”

"Yes, you're right, but wealth allows him to support E-song, and he doesn't have to bow to any investor. Rubinstein frowned, "Let's put it this way, Steve, he wants to make this company a big success, not just a breather, he's not an entrepreneur who makes millions of dollars and is satisfied, he's made it." So our conditions, he will definitely not agree. ”

Jobs raised an eyebrow, "Even if E-song dies because of this?"

Rubinstein was immediately sure, "Yes, even if E-song will die because of it." ”

Both men were silent for a moment.

For them, this is the tricky part, if they are start-ups, they will have the fear of 'competing with Apple' because of the fear of failure, but Chen Zier does not.

"So we have to compete with him head-on, and I don't think Apple is worried about competing with a company with just over 100 junk engineers. Jobs finally said with his right hand outstretched.

Rubinstein felt like his head was going to explode, is it a billionaire who doesn't know how to bow his head?

"But our original purpose was to cooperate with him to speed up our research and development and reduce the difficulty of our research and development, we didn't want to compete with him!"

He thinks that it is not necessary to let E-song share the results of R&D.

"The problem is, according to you, he's going to compete with Apple. Jobs wanted to lose his temper, "Well, Jonathan, I'm going to meet with that Chinese boy, most of what you're saying today is speculation, I'll see for myself what kind of person it is, and then we'll make a decision." ”

Or is it all there is to it?

Rubinstein nodded helplessly, "Okay." ”

……

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Domestic, China Shipping.

The four girls took a taxi to the hotel where Zhou Zijun was staying.

Looking at the city outside the car, she was a little stunned, familiar and unfamiliar.

The journey was tiring, and she needed a break.

"When will he return to China?" Sitting on the bed, she asked Tan Wanxi this question.

Yifeng said that when the guest hotel opened, Chen Zier should come back. Although Tan Wanxi replied, she was a little reluctant, "Why are you still thinking about him, it's been so long." ”

Zhou Zijun pursed his lips and smiled, "Two years ago, I said goodbye to him at the airport, do you know what I said at the end?"

Tan Wanxi shook her head, Chen Zier hadn't told him about this.

However, Zhou Zijun did not speak immediately. She just smiled and said:

"In Australia, every night, my heart can only be said to the night and to the moon. You're right, it's been a long time, but just as the moon said to me about the sun, I also said to the moon,

Speaking of him. ”

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