Chapter 339: The World Is Too Small (I)
'Compete but not fight' is actually nonsense that doesn't hurt your back when you stand up, but in a specific context, it's an ideal state. Especially in class, it is said that the two doctoral students brought by Li Jiaming himself, as well as a group of doctoral students who came to skip classes, are easily linked to the current economic globalization, and find countless reasons for his that does not hurt his back when he stands and talks.
Smart people always like to complicate simple problems.
However, smart people are always a minority, most of them still only believe in eyes and ears, they are obviously the richest man and a hot public figure, and they can win attention by rubbing him, so even if a large group of people defend Li Jiaming, 'competition without fighting' has still become the target of the media, used to ridicule and ridicule.
It doesn't matter, no matter how those show hosts and talk show actors ridicule and ridicule, it has been decided that the low-key Li Jiaming is still the same as if they were air. In his explanation in class, it was, 'Their job is to entertain the public, and I have no intention of changing jobs at the moment'.
But the world is still too small, and there are some people who can't avoid Li Jiaming, who is hiding in school to teach, such as Steve Jobs, who met at a party with a new neighbor, Wozniak.
Since this old man returned to the helm of Apple, although he was beaten by Hanhua on digital music players and smartphones, the company's life is still getting better day by day. Its business on PCs, laptops, servers, computer accessories, network connection equipment, and home audio-visual network connections is booming. Relying on these excellent products, Apple's market value soared from the lowest $5 billion to $71.358 billion in just over a decade, making Jobs a hero again and known as Apple's godfather.
Many years ago, when Hanhua had just tinkered with the iPod, Li Jiaming once said that if he created an era, he would take the initiative to visit Steve Jobs, who had already gained momentum in the era of personal computers. Time has passed, and the iPhone was born, in fact, creating the era of mobile terminals, but Li Jiaming has forgotten about it.
It is better to choose a day than to hit the day, Li Jiaming, who has not yet greeted his new neighbor, remembered the past after seeing a familiar face, and hurriedly walked towards the thin middle-aged man, who was still holding the bottle as a gift in his hand.
"Steve, I'm Ming, it's great to meet you".
Jobs, who was chatting with a friend in a low voice, looked up, stretched out his big skinny hand, shook it with Li Jiaming, and joked: "Ming, I've been waiting for your visit for seven years!"
"Sorry, you're someone I respect, and I always want to visit you after you've achieved your place in history. ”
"You're taunting?"
Sure enough, it is not easy to get along, it seems that his Zen Buddhism is not very cultivated, Li Jiaming let go of his hand and said with a smile: "No, you have created the personal computer era, changed the entire animation industry, and may well be changing the television industry, and I am looking for a third opportunity to catch up with you." ”
This was just a compliment, but it was quite satisfying for Jobs, who was falling behind in the competition. The two companies are rivals in many areas, and with GCA in its entirety overpowering Apple, it is certainly an achievement to win the respect of its rivals.
"Ming, you are a very respectable opponent, and I don't just mean commercial achievements, your inventions and theories are great."
This compliment also made Li Jiaming very happy, although he took the road of others and tried his best to block the way of others, he was still a respectable opponent.
"I agree with you, maybe we should change the competition to the competition, don't you think?"
This is not good, competition is just an ideal state, people still have to live in reality, of course, this should be said very beautifully.
"Of course, I've been emphasizing this point within the company: we don't compete with our competitors because we have an advantage over our competitors, but because we put our hearts and minds into developing new technologies, products, and ultimately the choices made by users. ”
This is too hypocritical, the competition between the two companies in the field of wireless office is in full swing, and Hanhua has used its partnership with Intel and telecom operators to do how many things that cannot be put on the table?
When Jobs unceremoniously accused, Li Jiaming, as the winner of the competition, shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "We sold more than 180 million iPhones last year, and the global sales of the members of the 'Excellence' alliance exceeded 690 million units, and it makes sense for them to choose us as a partner because we have generated enough profits for them." ”
Jobs was angry, the GCA Group did not take the usual path, gave the OEM companies a very reasonable profit, virtually raised their costs, and Apple's Aphnoe performance is not as good as the iPhone, and the sales volume is far less than the iPhone, resulting in the high cost of research and development spread on a single machine, so that they have no profit on the smart phone. If it weren't for the broad market prospects for smartphones, Jobs would have given up long ago, just as they had finally given up competing in the field of digital music players.
However, this is a public occasion after all, and after Jobs's ridicule was returned by Li Jiaming, he still maintained his demeanor and did not jump like thunder as the legend. But the tip of the needle between the two of them fell on the ears of others and had another meaning, which seemed to mark that the era of personal computers created by Jobs was about to be replaced by the era of mobile terminals pioneered by Li Jiaming.
After the two argued for a few words, Li Jiaming, who had not yet greeted the master, politely said goodbye, and still held the bottle of Alexander dry red ine as a gift.
The demeanor is really good, worthy of China Ming, Professor Li!
After the guests secretly praised it, they left the focus of Jobs just now and went to talk to Li Jiaming, who was polite to the host. This is not to blame for their snobbery, everyone is a person of fame and fortune, Apple's market value is less than 1/3 of Hanhua, becoming a friend of Li Jiaming is far more valuable than making friends with Jobs, not to mention that Li Jiaming is famous for attaching importance to friendship. Not to mention, before Apple went public, the ruthless Jobs kicked out many veterans and partners, but Hanhua even gave shares to the meritorious employees who had left.
And Mr. Lee, who had a good conversation with his new neighbor, Wozniak, also respected the new neighbor, not only because he was a co-founder of Apple, but also because he launched a "Woz Plan" 28 years ago - selling nearly one-third of his shares to the company's employees at a low price of $5 per share, and giving millions of dollars worth of shares to each of the early start-ups.