When Lin Yi returned home, he was so excited that he couldn't sit down. Flipping through Apple's files, he chatted with his girlfriend: "Hahaha, April 1, the company's registration time, is actually April Fool's Day!

The boyfriend's excitement, Xiang Sunhua said that he couldn't understand: "The founder of Apple, who invested less than $1,500, borrowed 5,000 yuan in cash and parts worth 15,000 yuan, and now he is in debt, what is there to be happy about!"

Happiness can't be shared, there is a lot of taste missing, Lin Yi can only be happy alone. The greatest wish has been fulfilled, but there is no rest yet. The conditions promised to Jobs must be fulfilled as soon as possible. The faster Apple develops, the better it will be.

First of all, whether Jobs wanted it or not, the California factory had to be relocated to Asia, leaving only the second Delaware factory. 'Made in the USA,' the cost is really on the high side. Workers earn US$6-10 per hour, which is four or five times that of Hong Kong. 40 legal working hours per week, 1.5 times the salary for overtime, but Hong Kong does not have this requirement.

By moving production to Asia, profits can increase even as transportation costs increase. American businessmen all play like this, and Lin Yi is certainly not willing to be left behind.

At the meeting, Phelan agreed: "In recent years, Hong Kong and Singapore have experienced rapid development in the electronics industry. The foundation has been laid, and it is a good idea to set up a factory in Asia!"

Lin Yi pointed to the financial statements: "Last month, the second factory was put into operation, and the sales of arcade machines were 26,000 units, which exactly doubled! The after-tax profit was 6.7 million, which was just used to invest in Asia." ”

At the meeting, it was decided that Phelan would lead the team to investigate. On the company's side, Vice President Johnny acts as an agent for day-to-day affairs. The professional manager system liberated the hands of the boss and made Lin Yi full of praise.

It's just that Phelan is very hard, not long after returning from the East Coast, he has to fly to the far side of the earth. Breaking up the transnational couple again, Lin Yi went to the airport to see them off in person in order to apologize.

When he got back to the company, he instructed Johnny, "Stanford University, didn't we sign a contract?" I just invested in a company, and this time I will recruit more people to come over and give them priority support. ”

Apple's scale is not large, Johnny quickly finished busy, and when he came back, he asked his boss: "This class of graduates is of high quality." Our Paradise Game Company has made a profit of more than 10 million in two months, is it better to improve the corporate structure?"

Lin Yi thought about it: "Several departments were in charge of Ferran before. He's a workaholic, and he's able to handle it, but others can't. And the CEO must focus on the big picture and not be distracted. ”

After the decision was made, the company began to work vigorously. Finance, marketing, human resources, and the core departments are relatively perfect, so there is no need to make a big move.

Planning Department, R&D Department, Technology Department, Quality Control Department, Procurement Department, Audit Department, Channel Department, Public Relations Department, Investment and Development Department, the enterprise structure has been rapidly improved, and there is already a large company momentum!

Among them, the game R&D department is the most valued by Lin Yi. Counting part-time students, it quickly expanded to 30 people. Tom was dumbfounded: "The change is so big and so fast, I can't even recognize it!"

Lin Yi laughed: "In your department, almost all of them are otaku. Originally, garbage was flying all over the sky, and the documents could not be found. Now that the management is regularized, the boss no longer has to worry about it!"

It's a pity that not long after Lin Yi was happy, a phone call from Jobs made him extremely depressed. Apple Computer Inc., another investor, took a 12% stake. And Lin Yi's share will be reduced from 30% to 26%.

Based on the market value of 500 billion yuan, Lin Yi's lost shares are worth 20 billion US dollars. How can he be happy when Hongfei is so slim like this? Jobs is so willful that the aura of a grassroots hero is greatly reduced in his heart.

Lin Yi drove 15 kilometers to the city of Cupertino. After Apple formalized, it moved out of Steve Jobs' garage and chose this as the company's address.

After entering the company, Jobs introduced the two parties: "This is Makura, a former marketing manager at Intel, who became a millionaire because of equity incentives. After retiring at the age of 38, he looked around for investment opportunities. ”

Marku stretched his hand: "Paradise Co., Ltd., only three months after coming to Silicon Valley, it has achieved leaps and bounds. Tang of Sequoia Capital hopes that Mr. Lin can go to him first when he raises funds!"

The other party is backed by Sequoia Capital, and he is in love with Jobs, Lin Yi is not easy to attack, so he can only comfort himself: "Apple's angel investor must be this Makura." I intercepted the other party's beard, a small loss is nothing!"

Jobs introduced the new situation: "Marcula bought $90,000, accounting for 12% of the shares. I, Mr. Wads, Mr. Lin, all reduced their shares from 30% to 26%. The remaining 10% is used as equity incentives to attract senior talents. ”

Lin Yi was bitter: "My investment amount is also 90,000 US dollars. In just a few days, the stock price has tripled. I'm getting more and more confident in Apple!"

Jobs was excited: "Macoola is very capable, and the development and production plan of the new computer is comprehensive and perfect. He has promised to take this proposal and lobby venture capitalists to raise at least $600,000!"

Lin Yi's Apple shares didn't want to be diluted anymore, so he hurriedly intercepted: "Didn't I say that Apple is short of funds and can issue bonds, and Paradise Games is willing to buy it." ”

However, Lin Yi suddenly found that everyone's faces were not happy! He hurriedly began to think about it, recalling the financial class he was observing. After a moment, he rolled his eyes and added, "I'm talking about ordinary bonds, not bonds that can be converted into stocks." ”

This sentence shows that there is no ambition to usurp power. Apple will not be in power, and Jobs's face turned cloudy and even a little happy.

He immediately announced the appointment: "I am the chairman, Watts is the vice president of R&D, Lin is the vice chairman, and Makula is the executive vice president." Scott, the executive director of the National Semiconductor Corporation, has agreed to come to the company as CEO. ”

The next item is the examination and approval of the new computer development plan. Lin Yi began to talk eloquently: "The wooden shell is not good-looking, so it is still replaced with plastic." Keyboards, mice, monitors, should be fully equipped. Network cables, printers, and fax machines should all have interfaces. ”

However, when the other party said that he was excited, Jobs forcibly interrupted. He flipped out a magazine, pointed to a photo, and began a quick explanation: "In 1973, Xerox introduced the Otto computer. What you said, everyone has everything, let's just imitate it. Not only that, but there is also a graphical interface, you can see how beautiful it is!"

The Otto picture is very similar to the computer 20 years later, both in software and hardware. So Lin Yi was very confused: "It's been done so well, why isn't it sold on the market?"

At this time, Woltz interjected: "Although the performance is great, but the starting price of $10,000, where can ordinary people afford it? So Otto computers, either Xerox digests internally, or gives them to universities for research." ”

Makula joins in: "The consumers who are deterred by price are our target market. Apple focuses on low-cost computers, which is why I joined here. ”

Lin Yi had just covered the patent for the game console, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Won't imitating other people's patents be taken to court?"

Jobs's eyes flashed with a fine light: "Hehe, those guys who have no vision, they don't care about patents at all! After getting your investment, I went to Xerox and took it down with the floor price!"

At this point, Woz looked at Jobs, his eyes full of admiration. And Makula not only admired, but also applauded.

Seeing Lin Yi's confused face, Jobs couldn't help but say proudly: "This is the spirit of piracy, the number one driving force in Silicon Valley." If you can't master it, then Apple will soon surpass Paradise Games!"