Chapter 557: A Great Success
"Jobs: There is no mobile phone on the market without a keyboard, we Apple came to create zào, it is called Iphone, it is a touch screen mobile phone."
U.S. Weekly reported in detail the next morning on Jobs' iPhone launch.
"Yesterday, at the Iphone press conference, Jobs fought back against the stupid theory of the iPhone that was spread some time ago, at the press conference, he counted the glory of Apple's company, he told the reporter, there is no mobile phone without a keyboard on the market now, so Apple came to create zào, it is called Iphone, it is a touch screen mobile phone."
"A new concept of mobile phones, Apple launched the touch-screen mobile phone Iphone, and strive to open the curtain of a new era."
"The stupid, clumsy, keyboardless mobile phone iPhone is officially on sale, let's guess the sales of this phone, I bet his total sales will definitely not exceed 100,000."
Whether it is sought after or belittled, the final battle is being carried out, because at this point, whether the iPhone can really be recognized by the public can only depend on the number of sales.
All slander, all praise, can only be truly recognized with the help of sales numbers.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, in front of the Apple counter in Manhattan, New York, the crowd surged, and young people looked at the counter with excitement in their eyes.
"I've been waiting for the iPhone to finally go on sale, and people say the iPhone is stupid and clumsy, but I've always felt that the iPhone is high-tech and artistic, especially since it doesn't have a keyboard. It's so different. ”
"Me too, I bought a phone with a keyboard that doesn't change, and I hate damn keyboards. I'd prefer to buy a smartphone like an Iphone. ”
"I love smartphones too, you know? My first reaction when I heard that word was that it was so cool, so when I heard that the iPhone was on sale, I immediately came over, and I didn't expect you guys to be faster than me. ”
"That's a must, my classmates all said they wanted to buy an Iphone, how could I not buy it."
No one cares about the words of the commentators. Because they have their own judgments, what they think is good is good, and what they think is bad is not good. The influence of commentators on the younger generation has simply been minimal.
They trust what their classmates or online friends are talking about more than commentators who always flaunt their expertise.
Everyone is talking about Iphone, then the iPhone must be good.
"It's sold."
The voice sounded like a command. Fruit fans immediately rushed to the front. The whole store immediately became a wave of people.
At Apple's headquarters, in the board of directors, a large group of Apple directors or directors' representatives looked at their computers, ready to wait for the day of judgment.
Whether it's life or death, whether it's a big hit or no one cares, all the qiē is concentrated in a small computer.
They have already spent hundreds of millions of dollars for the Iphone, and once the iPhone fails, Apple will immediately be doomed. So whether it's the directors who are in favor of the Iphone offering or the directors who are against the Iphone offering, at this moment. I hope that the iPhone will be a big seller.
"I'm getting nervous."
Steve Jobs, the great man who single-handedly brought the apple to glory, was as nervous at this moment as a prisoner waiting to be tried.
It is the user who judges him, the evidence is the number jù, whether he is alive or dead, right at this very moment.
Once he fails, he will leave Apple for the second time, and this time he leaves, judging from his physical condition, I am afraid that he will not want to return to Apple alive, even if Li Lin supports it, because once he fails, Li Lin will also slide into the abyss, he will not only lose the gold medal group in his hands, but also be unable to repay the debt because of the sharp decline in the price of Apple's stock, and finally make a wedding dress for others.
"Don't worry."
A smile appeared on Li Lin's face, but a trace of nervousness crept up in his heart.
He was also nervous.
He gambled everything, and he bet that the iPhone would be as successful as he remembered, and if it failed, he would go bankrupt, even if he made a comeback in the future, and it was impossible to return to today's heights.
Capital doesn't believe in tears, even if he has memories that span the times, even if he is a tall building, it is impossible for him to return to the current height after having nothing, because he has no time, his memory, only until 2014.
After 2014, his development can only rely on his own strength.
"I hope my butterfly wings don't fan off my Iphone."
The closer he got to the trial, the more nervous he became, and all sorts of reasons for the poor sales of the iPhone came to mind, and for the first time he realized that the memories he relied on could only be used as a tool for gambling in the mall.
The bet wins, and he makes a fortune; The bet was lost, and he had nothing.
The conference room was quiet, everyone held their breath, and suddenly, the sales number on the computer screen was one, and a big 3000 jumped out.
"3000."
"How is that possible?"
"That's just a minute in standard time."
"3000 a minute, is the iPhone going to recreate the miracle of the iPod?"
The conference room suddenly became a sea of laughter, and the directors who were so nervous that they were nervous just now all had happy smiles on their faces.
3000 a minute, even if it is only a minute of sales, but for those of them who are not optimistic about the Iphone, it is also very good news, you know, even the ipod, it was only 2000 units a minute.
And what is an iPod?
It was a digital music player that rescued Apple from the abyss, beating Sony's Walkman series to become the world's No. 1 portable music player in terms of market share, and establishing Apple's unshakable position in the commercial digital music market.
If the iPhone can sell as well as the iPod. It will only be a matter of a month for Apple's stock price to return to its previous level.
"He's making a lot of money."
The agent of the Blackstone Fund looked at Li Lin intently, with a look of envy in his eyes.
Other boards may not know. But isn't it clear to them that the Blackstone Fund? Li Lin, who integrated the stocks in the hands of VC, Sequoia Capital, and Morgan Stanley, made much money in this big gamble.
"But ......."
The envious gaze was replaced by a sneering gaze, "VC, Sequoia, you guys played with our Black Stone, and now, it's only been a few days of pride." ”
What VC and Sequoia did, it only took them three days for the Blackstone Fund to find out. After learning that VC and Sequoia had joined forces to set up the Blackstone Fund, all the top management of the Blackstone Fund went crazy.
They have always been the only Blackstone Fund to play with others, but now they are being put together by Sequoia Capital and VC Fund. The Blackstone employees lived in fear for days from top to bottom.
Well, it's not been a few days since Sequoia Capital and VC Funds were complacent, and Apple's stock reversed. It was replaced by the top management of Sequoia Capital and VC funds to be outraged.
And. The iPhone is selling well, the iPod is booming, Apple's stock price is back to high in the near future, Sequoia Capital and VC Fund have lost billions of dollars, and by that time, the board of directors of Sequoia Capital and VC Fund will definitely be lively.
Boom!
When the agents of the Blackstone Fund fantasized that VC funds and Sequoia Capital had become the laughing stock of the industry, Apple's statistical computer flickered wildly, and the speed of continuous rise continued. The hearts of the directors present are stimulated all the time.
"23,000."
Jobs felt his heart be grabbed hard, and his voice was trembling with excitement. "23,000, in just ten minutes, we sold 23,000 iPhones worldwide."
I don't know how much higher this sales number is than the iPod.
How ridiculous they expected the iPod's popularity to be.
Compared to the Iphone, the number of iPod sales is nothing at all.
"Is the Iphone really an epoch-making work?"
The idea flashed through the minds of all the directors present, and the originally hostile gaze had now turned into softness, and once the iPhone was confirmed to be an epoch-making phone, then they should not expect a return to Apple's previous stock price, but a Nokia stock price.
Many shareholders have begun to calculate in their minds what Nokia's stock price was at its peak.
In a few moments, they figured it out.
270 billion!
At its peak, Nokia was $270 billion, and if Apple can reach Nokia's market value of $270 billion, even if it's only half of it, they will make a lot of money.
They would never have imagined that nine years later, Apple's market capitalization would not only surpass Nokia's, but more than double Nokia's.
His profit is enough to beat the whole world.
Only the oil tycoons of the Middle East can compete with Apple in terms of profits, and the rest, even the banks, cannot.
"It seems that the brilliance of the iPhone is irrevocable."
Li Lin breathed a deep sigh of relief in his heart.
He won, not just won, but he won, and his butterfly wings didn't flap the glory of the Iphone, which would take Apple to the point of the world's largest market capitalization.
And he will also make a lot of money by virtue of Apple's hitchhiker, and his worth will skyrocket dozens of times.
In addition, his gold medal group will also take Apple's free ride and conquer cities in the era of smartphones.
ICQ, video websites, mobile games, and mobile music playback will all win a wide range of customers with the hot sale of Iphone.
Even on the future Apple platform, he will rely on his position on Apple's board of directors to achieve strategic priorities.
No one can resist the crushing of the gold medal group, because in the future, it is the era of the platform.
Any game cannot be popular without the support of the platform, and even if it is a garbage game, with the support of the platform, it will hand over a satisfactory answer.
This is like the era of online games in 02, in that era, when a game was launched, it was a popular one, and it was the golden age of real online games.
Boom!
Suddenly, Li Lin, who was thinking about the future, felt his body tighten, and Jobs hugged him fiercely, "Li, we succeeded." ”
The number of computers is fixed on the number of 100,000 iPhones in 30 minutes. (To be continued......)