It's no wonder that you are surprised, now whether it is OEM or ODM (original design manufacturers, such as Shenzhou's notebook, use blue sky public version of the mold, from design to production are blue sky to do, this is ODM, and OEM is different, OEM is pure foundry, ODM has more "design" than OEM This service) is provided by the OEM production equipment and personnel, and I have never heard of the brand providing equipment and production lines for the OEM for free.

Tim Cook paused and continued: "With Matrix bearing the cost of equipment and materials, Fox had to lower its own offer. After taking into account the labor costs of Huaxia Continent and considering reasonable management and depreciation expenses, we believe that the foundry fee for each iBook should not exceed 9.52 US dollars. ”

You Xiangfu gasped, 9.52 US dollars? 90 yuan?

Guo Shouzhen studied art, and because of his young age, he didn't understand what the $9.52 meant. But You Xiangfu and Chen Yifei have been in Foxconn for more than ten years and are well versed in every aspect of 3C OEM.

If only labor and management and reasonable wear and tear and taxes are calculated, the cost of Forsconn would be $8.96. The figure that Tim Cook said just left Forscon with a profit of half a dollar per unit, and it was very uncomfortable for Kade to swim to Fu.

Take the order, the investment is so large, but it can only be said that it is not a loss, carefully calculated, even if the total order reaches 1 million units, it can only earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. However, if the order is not taken, the company's cash flow will not be smooth, causing more problems.

You Xiangfu immediately decided: "Please Mr. Zhang and Mr. Cook give me a little time, and I will report to the chairman." ”

Zhang Chen made a gesture of please.

You Xiangfu walked to the door of the conference room, asked the staff of Matrix for a desk that could make international calls, and called back to Treasure Island.

"Lin Chunsheng's uncle is an employee of Forscon, and he asked me what I think? Let me ask you, what do you think of Chen Kaifeng? Who is Chen Kaifeng? He is the salesperson of the convenience store downstairs in our company. You don't know it? Nonsense! There are tens of thousands of employees at Forsconn, and I can know them?" Guo Taiming hung up the phone, this group of reporters simply had nothing to do, and they didn't know where to get Guo Taiming's call, saying that the brother-in-law of one of the arrested kidnappers was an employee of Forsyconn, and wanted to ask Guo Taiming's opinion.

Although Guo Taiming is not the richest man on Baodao now, he is also the chairman of the board of directors of a well-known listed company, and he is harassed like this by tabloid reporters every day, and it is impossible to be angry.

Baodao has been in a mess these days, and a large number of people are dissatisfied with the stupidity of the Baodao authorities in the case of Bai Bingbing's daughter Bai Xiaoyan being kidnapped and tearing up tickets.

Guo Taiming has to stabilize production and deal with the media, and now the people who have a little head and face in Baodao are being harassed by the media.

The bell is ringing, and the phone is ringing again. Guo Taiming picked up the phone angrily, "Which one?"

You Xiangfu hurriedly said: "Chairman, it's me, Matrix's follow-up cooperation, and I have important matters to report to you." Although he is nominally a generation older than Guo Taiming, in official affairs, he has always only called Guo Taiming the position, and does not take a step beyond Lei Chi.

Guo Taiming never regarded You Xiangfu as an outsider, not mentioning the relationship between relatives, and You Xiangfu's wife Huang Qiulian is also in Hon Hai, holding a higher position than You Xiangfu, and is the chief financial officer of the entire Hon Hai.

Guo Taiming received a call from You Xiangfu, and his brows furrowed: "I thought it was reporters again, these reporters are really annoying, what's the matter?"

You Xiangfu repeated the conditions just proposed by Tim Cook to Guo Taiming, and Guo Taiming just finished listening, and his breathing became heavy.

"Promise them!" Guo Taiming said immediately.

You Xiangfu is also inclined to agree to Matrix's terms, but he must explain the pros and cons to Guo Taiming so that Guo Taiming can make the right decision. "Chairman, in this way, we have changed from an OEM company to an outsourcing company that only provides human resource management, but the profit is 50% lower than other orders, is this okay?"

Guo Taiming spoke quickly: "Xiang Fu, why are you confused, our most important resource is employees, and the core capital is skilled workers." What is the most important thing about the word skilled worker? Not a worker, X agrees to provide us with a production line, although it is a big plus for us, the biggest benefit of this business for us is not limited to that. ”

Guo Taiming didn't sell it, and exhaled: "It's their technical team stationed with us." ”

"It's good for us to communicate with both parties, even if they are involved in our process transformation. I've read Matrix's supply chain management manual, and this Tim Cook is not simple. Although he is only in his thirties, he has a deep research in supply chain management. We now seem to be high-tech enterprises, but in fact, they are still the foundation of labor-intensive industries. Where can we spend other people's costs to train our own technical talents, and let others help us improve our technical strength and R&D level for free?"

"So, promise them!" Guo Taiming said categorically.

You Xiangfu hung up the phone and returned to the conference room, finding that Zhang Chen was no longer here, Tim Cook explained: "Zack has other arrangements for the evening, so I will leave first." Mr. You, what are the results of your report?"

You Xiangfu was slightly disappointed when he saw Zhang Chen's absence, but still said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Cook for giving us this opportunity, the chairman instructed us to serve Matrix well." Pengcheng Fushikang will urgently dispatch three teams to work overtime to complete the production of the remaining batch of ibooks within this month. We will ask the people in the logistics department to contact the relevant personnel of your company as soon as possible, so that the logistics systems of both parties can be smoothly connected. ”

Tim Cook was expressionless: "The remaining orders must be completed before September 25, and they can't be delayed, this is a dead line." ”

"Recently, the standard of many restaurants in San Francisco has dropped dramatically, and even the 'Aomori' teppanyaki near my house has changed its chef. When I asked, I found out that you matrix had poached all the famous chefs in San Francisco. Bill Campbell grumbled as he put a slice of tuna belly dipped in soy sauce in his mouth.

"Only this kind of treatment is worthy of the employees of Matrix. Zhang Chen took scissors and cut open a piece of roasted squeaky wagyu beef, and gave Bill Campbell half of it, "In the future, the competition in the restaurant industry in Silicon Valley will not be in Michelin restaurants, but in the canteens of major companies." It's always right to dig people first. ”

Bill Campbell shook his head: "Hell, it looks like I'll only have to come to you for dinner every day in the future." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "Okay, as long as you agree to come to Tinder Source to be the president, I can reserve a table here for you for a long time." Oh yes, and Matrix's board seats. ”

Bill Campbell put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Are you serious?"

Zhang Chen nodded: "Of course, it's more real than this Kobe beef." ”

This is the third time Zhang Chen has invited Bill Campbell to join Tinder. After being rejected the first two times, Zhang Chen did not continue to persuade him, the source of fire at that time was still too weak, and the temptation of Bill Campbell was not big enough. But now it's different, whether it's Matrix or Google and Amazon and eBay, they are all the star companies in today's world.

Although Google has only started operation for about half a year and does not have any plans to go public, it has already accounted for 30% of the global search share, and the number of users is still increasing at a terrifying rate of 120% every month. Many analysts believe that if Google opens a new round of financing, it will be valued at least more than $500 million.

Not to mention Amazon and eBay, these two companies go hand in hand, one on the New York Stock Exchange and the other on the NASDAQ, both of which have a market capitalization of more than $7 billion and are still rising, and are expected to break through the 10 billion market value mark within the year.

The most striking thing is the matrix.

This computer company, which has only one product in its recent existence, relies on an epoch-making i personal computer. In just four months, more than 400,000 units have been shipped worldwide. With a market share of more than 10 percent in the United States, analysts generally believe that Matrix's annual turnover of more than $1.5 billion is almost a foregone conclusion.

Except for the date of establishment, Matrix has met almost all of the NASDAQ listing conditions.

As long as Matrix is listed, it is easy to obtain a price-to-earnings ratio of more than 30 times, and it is a company with a market capitalization of $5 billion.

This is only the most conservative estimate, and according to analysts, if the new product released by Matrix in mid-September is still successful, it will achieve a higher price-to-earnings ratio.

With such confidence, Zhang Chen invited Bill Campbell for the third time.

Bill Campbell is the most suitable candidate for president of Tindersource Capital.

With good connections in Silicon Valley, integrity and character, strong leadership, solid professional skills, and close relationships with the top of both parties, Bill Campbell has everything he needs for Tinder.

Bill Campbell pushed the plate, and the waiter stepped forward to take the plate away, and Bill Campbell's eyes were blazing, "Zack, I have a good relationship with many long-time enemies in the business world, do you know why? It's because I never stand in line." Steve and I are also good friends, if I join your company, how will I deal with Steve?"

Zhang Chen disagreed: "Your personal relationship has nothing to do with me, to be honest, I don't care about the personal relationship between you and Jobs." Listen to me first. ”

Zhang Chen waved his hand, motioned to Bill Campbell not to interrupt him, and continued, "Jobs is not my long-cherished enemy, and frankly, he has lost this war since he returned to Apple. ”

Bill Campbell looked at Zhang Chen in surprise, although Zhang Chen has achieved considerable success in Silicon Valley, but in terms of achievements, compared with Steve Jobs, who pioneered the personal computer era, the gap is still very obvious.

Under this gap, Zhang Chen actually said that Jobs had lost, which is too arrogant, right?