Chapter Seventy-Four: Yang Mou
Hu Jia's eyes widened, Page actually lives in this hotel?
Event! There must be something big!
She hurriedly took out her mobile phone and quietly took a few photos.
After the front desk opened her room card, she didn't care about being discovered, and hurriedly followed Page and others into the restaurant.
Soon, Hu Jia found out that Page and the others had entered a luxurious box in the restaurant.
Hu Jia frowned, found a table to sit down, and beckoned the waiter to order food while observing the box.
It didn't take long for Cook, who had gone upstairs before, to enter the restaurant, and what surprised Hu Jia even more was that Cook and Page entered the same box.
This...... What's going on?
It's no secret that Apple and Google have long been seen as two giant rivals in the tech space, and the battle between the two sides in the mobile space is even more well-known. Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, denounced Google's Andorid system as a "big thief", believing that the system was developed on the basis of plagiarizing iPhone technology, and promised to use all of Apple's financial resources to destroy it.
Mr. Jobs vowed to wage a "thermonuclear war" against Google, and also said he would not accept any compensation because all he wanted to see was Google's destruction.
In the eyes of many, almost all of Google's products and services since the release of its first Android phone in 2009 are aimed at competing with Apple, and at Google's annual I/O conference, almost all new products are what Apple has launched in the past year, and news about Apple will also be filled with news content at Google's I/O conference.
The fact that the leaders of these two companies actually appeared in the same hotel box at the same time is really intriguing.
……
Cook is tangled!
In fact, anyone who sees a mortal enemy at the dinner table may not be in a much better mood.
During this time, Cook worked hard to make the company's shareholders realize the threat of [Matrix Optimization] to Apple, and of course, the excellent performance of [Matrix Optimization] in the Android market also made Cook's persuasion work a lot easier.
It was only after obtaining sufficient authorization that Cook secretly launched his trip to China.
To his relief, Matrix Digital welcomed his arrival, and during this time, Google did not reach any agreement with Matrix Digital.
This gave Cook a glimmer of hope that Apple would win the race.
But he never expected that on the first day of his arrival in China, he was greeted not only by the founder and CEO of Matrix Digital, but also by Google's technology president, Paige.
Yang Lin looked at Cook, who looked a little sluggish, smiled and stepped forward to shake hands with him and said, "Mr. Cook, welcome to China." ”
Only then did Cook come back to his senses and smile, "Mr. Yang, it's a pleasure to meet you!" ”
Then, Cook shook hands with Yu Donghua and Page.
Compared to Cook, Page is much calmer, yesterday Yang Lin's refusal made him realize that Matrix Digital may have other plans, so when he received Matrix Digital's invitation to feast him and Cook at the same time, he came over without much thought.
Yang Lin watched the scene of Page and Cook's handshake with great interest, thinking that if he used a camera to capture this scene, he might be worth a lot of money.
The dining box is very large, the outside is just a huge reception room, and the inside is the real restaurant.
However, Yang Lin estimated that Cook and Page probably didn't have the heart to eat without figuring out the details of the matrix digital, so he specially advanced the meeting time by half an hour, taking advantage of the thirty minutes to finish talking about the things that should be discussed, so that these two giants in the global consumer electronics industry would be in the mood to dine.
After the three of them sat down on the sofa, Yang Lin said, "Mr. Page, Mr. Cook, you must all be guessing what Matrix Digital has in mind, right?" ”
Cook and Paige looked at each other, and each saw a wry smile in each other's eyes.
Cook said, "Mr. Yang, if you have any ideas, please speak directly. ”
Yang Lin nodded and continued: "Yesterday, Mr. Page proposed to buy 500 million US dollars to buy 50% of the equity of Matrix Digital, but I refused, and I told him that it was not because of money. ”
Cook was slightly stunned, and glanced at Yang Lin in surprise, he thought that the reason why Google failed to reach an agreement with Matrix Digital may be because of differences in the acquisition amount, but the offer of 500 million US dollars is not low, Yang Lin actually chose to refuse!
Yang Lin smiled slightly: "I didn't tell Mr. Page why he refused, but now I can say it, because Matrix Digital also wants to launch a mobile phone operating system!" ”
As soon as his words fell, the entire reception room was suddenly silent.
Both Page and Cook looked at Yang Lin in shock.
Page frowned and said, "Mr. Yang, are you sure you want to enter the mobile phone operating system market?" ”
Yang Lin nodded firmly.
Page and Cook looked at each other, and they both saw a look of laughter in each other's eyes.
The mobile phone operating system market is so easy to enter, don't you see that the PC operating system Microsoft is struggling on the mobile phone?
Such a small company that has just emerged in the market dares to set foot in the mobile phone operating system market.
For a moment, they didn't know whether to laugh at this young man's lack of knowledge or admire his audacity!
In particular, he dared to speak out about his ambitions in front of the CEOs of Google and Apple.
Yang Lin seemed to have expected the performance of Page and Cook, and said with a slight smile: "The reason why I put this matter on the table today is very simple, because Matrix Digital is going to split into two companies, one of which is specifically responsible for the operation of [Matrix Optimization], I am ready to take out 60% of the shares from this company and sell them to two respectively, but I also have two conditions, if Apple wants to get this part of the shares, it must open the AppleStore to license the operating system launched by Matrix Digital in the future. Google can pay $200 million to buy this part of the shares. And most importantly, one month later, [Matrix Optimization] will officially launch the paid service, and as for the price of the paid service, the three of us can negotiate specifically. Of course, if Mr. Cook does not agree to this condition, Mr. Page will be more happy, and Matrix Digital can continue to negotiate with Google on the acquisition issue, otherwise, if Mr. Page does not agree, then [Matrix Optimization] will increase its fee in due course. ”
Yang Lin's words fell, and the conference room fell silent again.