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Jobs paced back and forth in his office, his face very solemn, and there were three days to release the iPod-mini, enter the micro digital music playback market, and compete directly with ZenMicro and RioCarbon, this time with great ambitions, the goal is to directly defeat the opponent and completely occupy the digital music market.

However, there is a great omission and hidden danger.

"Idiot!" a faceless roar.

He has always attached great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights, which is very similar to Liu Chen, but just yesterday, the patent agency that has been cooperating sent a letter to the patent applied for by ipod-mini, 137 reviews have conflicting application problems, not long ago, a large number of PCT patent applications entered the United States, the number reached an astonishing thousands, a large number of total.

Jobs looked at the long list and suddenly felt that his head was big, this is a time bomb, for these technology tycoons, patents are just tools, not weapons, not what can be done if you master this tool, but it is a hidden danger after all, especially Apple's cash flow is still not enough.

When Smith, the person in charge of the research ipod-mini, reported to Jobs, no wonder Jobs was so annoyed, and the frightened Smith didn't dare to come out. ”

After scolding, Jobs, who calmed down, immediately asked: "Let Bob, the manager of the technology department, also come to see me, we must find a way to avoid these hidden dangers, if we are entangled in these patent technology disputes, our Apple will really lose the last chance to become bigger and stronger." ”

Smith said helplessly: "I have consulted Bob, if we avoid these patents, our iPod-Mini will lose all its features, and the first shipment has already been produced, which takes up a lot of cost, if it is destroyed......"

He didn't say any more, and the meaning was self-evident.

Jobs gritted his teeth with resentment on his face, he never liked to hide his emotions in front of his subordinates.

The atmosphere was stagnant.

Bob came, and at a glance, he knew that the big boss was angry again, and he was very uneasy, and Jobs asked directly with a cold face: "What means can we take to kill the opponent?"

Bob stiffened his head and said, "I...... We are working on countermeasures, and the other side has experienced several layers of layout, and it takes a lot of time to sort out the context...... Great......

Jobs's face became more and more ugly, even sarcastic, and Smith stopped as he spoke, apparently the boss didn't want to hear him say this.

"I'm going to see the deal today, as well as the worst-case losses, the details of the opponent. ”

"And this guy is still applying for division, which means that even if we improve, he can continue to divide and can't get around these mines anyway. ”

Smack, Jobs threw the analysis report he handed over to the ground and stared at Bob with disdain.

Cook walked in with an unwavering expression, as if he had no desire or desire.

Jobs's face softened slightly.

Cook's work has always satisfied Jobs, that is, he will estimate Jobs's reaction before reporting work, and do his homework in advance, which will save Jobs a lot of time, Jobs really deserves to be Jobs, from a penniless poor boy who experienced the rapid rise of his career after the exile, rarely after the second venture can also be successful entrepreneurs, after re-entering Apple, he seems to have re-found the dream and passion of entrepreneurship at that time, must let Apple once again attract the attention of the world, in order to achieve this purpose, he excluded dissent, arbitrary, and no one pointed fingers。

In the same way, there is a lot of pressure to make every decision.

Jobs quickly calmed down and asked, "Tell me the details, the more detailed the better." ”

Smith and Bob also looked at Cook.

Zhuo Ling, a native of China, was born in a prominent family, his father is an artistic family, his grandfather is a soldier, his mother is a political figure, he has excellent grades in middle school, he entered Jianghai University, a famous Chinese university at the age of 15, and is now a sophomore, he has entered the State Key Laboratory exceptionally, and is very interested in electronic science. ”

Jobs' brow furrowed, "That's all?"

Cook was obviously well prepared, and his face remained unchanged: "In the process of searching for a lot of information, an anomaly was discovered, and she seems to know Liu Chen. ”

"Liu Chen?" Jobs muttered, and immediately remembered, "The real founder of Yinba?" Yes, if it was him, then everything would make sense, but why did he use this girl's name to apply?"

"It's not clear. Cook told the truth.

Jobs's expression was particularly solemn, and he said after a while: "How is the Huaxia market?"

"The sound of the hegemony has occupied half of the country, in 2004 I am afraid that it will exceed seventy percent, and almost monopolized all the profits, most of the Korean system withdrew, the local former overlord was bought by Suoni's Sheng Tian Yukiko, a large number of small factories have sprung up one after another. Cook reported without the slightest emotion, although he has always wondered why Jobs did not enter the Chinese market in the first place, in his opinion, China is comparable to the big market in Europe and the United States, and last September was a golden opportunity.

But he has always reported objectively, without the slightest bias or advice.

Jobs looked at the second-generation machine still on the table, and in fact, he did get inspiration from it to decide to develop the iPod-mini, and he was sure that it must be a classic hot seller.

"Ku, help me arrange it, I'm going to arrive in Huaxia tomorrow, I must. ”

It's not a negotiating tone at all.

Cook said: "Okay, I'll help you arrange a ticket right away, but, Mr. Jobs, if you go to see Mr. Liu Chen, then you may not be able to see him when you go to Huaxia now." ”

"Why?"

Liu Chen is a freshman at Jianghai University, and according to the school's bulletin board, he and Zhuo Ling will both go to Harvard University for exchange and study for half a year. Cook looked at the table below and said, "It's almost time to take off from Jianghai to the United States." ”

At the same time, at Jianghai Airport, six young people were waiting for their flight, Liu Chen and Ling'er were sitting together, both with smiles on their faces, quite a bit of a feeling of staying and flying, and the novelty of an unfamiliar area. (To be continued.) )