Chapter 289: This is a big man
At the headquarters of Apple in the United States, CEO Cook was drinking the coffee made by the secretary in the United States, but he didn't expect the phone on the desk to ring. How can the call come?
You must know that the sales in Asia are the hottest place for Apple, especially Huaguo, which is their main sales country, and now many people use Apple mobile phones, Huaguo is undoubtedly a big market, and Apple has also earned enough capital and interests.
I thought about it, but I picked up the phone anyway, "Hey, John, what's the matter?" The president of Asia is John, "Boss, a shareholder just called me to buy our computers and equipment, and the whole five million dollars have been paid in advance. ”
Cook wasn't surprised by this, "Really? That's a good thing, and it's good for our company, isn't it? John thought the same thing, "Yes President, but do you know who called me just now?" It's a shareholder with five percent of the shares! ”
Cook didn't think about it that way, but the next second he was shocked, "You mean the most mysterious shareholder in our company, right?" John said, "That's right, it's him, and I don't have enough of the computer model on the guts, so I need to transfer it to the head office." ”
"And the other party also asked for a full version of the software to be used, not to use the castrated version." John explained the situation, and Cook was surprised, for this mysterious shareholder, not to mention him, many people have not seen it, only the deceased Jobs.
This shareholder is very mysterious on the board of directors, and he has not attended the board of directors once, so it does not mean that no one pays attention to him, and there are no representatives who come to attend, you must know that Apple's shares are very scattered, and even Jobs is only a few 3.0 percent.
The one who occupies the most privately is the mysterious person, don't look at those big conglomerates who have a share of seven or eight percent, in the end the possession is not so much, and the private occupation of five percent can be said to be completely able to enter the board of directors, but I have never seen it.
And Jobs once told him that this mysterious person is his friend, and it is true that he has five percent of the shares, but there are some consortia in the organization after him, and Apple has acquired one percent of the shares! And it's separated.
If you add it up, that's 15 percent! Apple is developing so well now, and Cook naturally knows what 15 percent of the shares represent, and not only that, but after Cook took over as CEO, he asked many people to come to a party.
But this mysterious person has never shown up as a gift, which makes him and many directors curious, worried that this mysterious person will be bad for Apple, but nothing has happened for several years, and Apple's development is still very good.
Cook came back to his senses, "John, I'll send me a copy of the information later, as for the source of goods, transfer from the head office, you will receive this batch of computers tomorrow morning, by the way, five million to buy computers seems to be a lot?" What kind of needs does he still have. ”
John was surprised by Cook's reaction, hung up the phone and sent the procurement information directly, and Cook was surprised after receiving it! This is a complete big purchase, and it is provided by a Chinese-funded branch in Singapore! Then it must have been the mysterious man who invested.
After thinking about it, Cook called his secretary, then called the director of the sales department, and put the information in front of him, "I don't care what method you use, some of these equipment are provided in Asia, and John has a great need there to meet him." ”
"And this is a single five million deal, although it can't alarm me, but the most mysterious person in our company needs, in addition to the computer, give me the best hardware equipment, notify the person in charge of Southeast Asia, and they will be responsible for after-sales service."
The head of the sales department looked at the purchasing materials, and sure enough, he nodded and went out, and Cook quickly found the members of the board of directors and said that there was a meeting, they had not met for a long time, and it happened that today was the time for the board meeting, so I just happened to talk to them about it.
When I came to the conference room, there were already a lot of directors coming, and everyone was very positive about the meeting, and after sitting down, Cook spoke, "Okay, there's nothing to do today, but there's something I have to talk to you about, and it's related to our company." ”
"The most mysterious shareholder of our company has appeared, and asked for a batch of five million dollar computers, of course, it is too much, but I have asked the people in the sales department to complete the relevant hardware facilities and after-sales service, I don't know what everyone thinks about this matter?"
It's just a shareholder, and it's not worth discussing in any company, but this shareholder is different, he bought the shares of Apple early, and all the people present here are the heads of the consortium, and they have the right to attend the board of directors and have a great say.
The shares in their hands are seven or eight percent like this, and they can naturally enter the board of directors, but some people in this mysterious shareholder know the situation, and the private shareholding is five percent! It can be said that Apple is the biggest! There are many other consortia.
The head of a consortium said, "Really? Has this mysterious shareholder appeared? It's really interesting to buy a computer, I don't even know who he is, Cook, can you introduce us to it? "That's what other people want to say.
Cook smiled bitterly, "I still want you to introduce me, I don't even know who he is, only Jobs knows, but he has left." Speaking of Jobs, Cook was depressed, and only the people he knew had never mentioned it to anyone.
But the people on the board of directors are all human beings, and it is not easy for a person to hide his identity for so long, and they all use their own resources to check the information of shareholders, but this shareholder is very mysterious, there is no chance at all, and it is very depressing to find any information.
Some people are a little worried, will the mysterious shareholder get them in trouble? In fact, they are too careful, they have been fine for so many years, and they know in their hearts that people are not worried that their identities will be found out at all, and the person in charge of the consortium will naturally not look for trouble.
But a person in charge heard from his boss that this mysterious consortium has also heard a little, it is a big man they can't afford to provoke, and financial resources are always a secret, so there is only one result, and that is the underground consortium! It's exciting to think about.
The person in charge knows that the financial resources in the world are already very luxurious, but the financial resources of the earthly world are the real financial resources, just like the legendary Rothschilds, they will never enter some lists, and everyone does not know how much money they have.
But his boss said that even they can't be compared with the underground consortium, but it's not a consortium but an organization, Cook looked at everyone thinking about things, obviously knowing that they all understood this mysterious person, and more or less checked some information.
"If that's the case, we'll definitely provide computers and equipment, and maybe we can also provide them with some mobile phones." One member of the board said, and others nodded and agreed with him, saying that five million dollars for a computer was too much of a luxury.
And the information that Cook showed them was just an entertainment company with ten floors of office space, and they didn't need so many computers, so it would be good to send some mobile phones over, and maybe they could deal with people, which is also a very good idea.
Cook nodded to show that he understood, in fact, he thought so in his heart, the mobile phone, of course, is the latest, and it has not yet been released, of course it can be sold in advance, but it will be done later, after all, they can't do things that damage their reputation.
When John, the president of Asia, received a phone call and the board praised him, he was very excited, he couldn't imagine that a person calling him would have such a good and vicious effect, and he thought that the chances of him being transferred back to the headquarters were greater.
The headquarters has fully agreed to his request, computers and equipment will be delivered in the morning, and new mobile phones will be delivered, but not in advance, but after two days of new product launches, computers and other equipment can be given priority.
John was dumbfounded when he looked at the information that came back! Oh, my God! The headquarters gave away dozens of computers and the right to use the software for nothing! It's too generous! That's at least a million dollars! The headquarters is really bold.
Since the headquarters are like this, he naturally can't be left behind, so he booked a ticket to Singapore tomorrow, contacted the person in charge there and went busily.