Chapter Ninety-Nine: It's Annoying
How much is 10 billion dollars?!
Of course much!
For 90 percent of the world's industries and 99 percent of the world's people, this is a daunting number.
But when it comes to the electronics industry, it's really not much.
Take, for example, the mobile phone, one of Apple's leading industries.
According to a set of statistics compiled by a special statistical agency, about 1.4 billion smartphones were sold worldwide last year.
Samsung ranked first, selling 310 million units.
Apples came in second with 225 million units.
It ranked third in China, with 208 million units.
Regardless of the factory data of other manufacturers, Li Yuanjie knows very well that Apple's global shipments of mobile phones last year were about 230 million units, so 10 billion US dollars is spread out to less than 50 US dollars per mobile phone.
An advanced operating system that cannot be surpassed for the time being, of course, more than a year.
With the same annual shipments, the system is in use for five years and is amortized to less than $10 per phone.
It can also save a lot of IOS R&D expenses, so this price is really not expensive!
It's not even expensive to just sell the perpetual usage rights!
But of course, the question is not just whether it is cost-effective or not.
When Apple has to use a different operating system. When it completely abandons IOS, it means that Apple has been forced to abandon the closed-loop ecosystem on which they depend.
Then put down your body and compete with other manufacturers in the market.
They are no longer the only rule-makers in the ecosystem, but at best the rule-makers......
What to do?
Why?
It turns out that in my BGM, no one wants to beat me!
Now that I'm being pulled out of my BGM alive, how can I mix it?
So Li Yuanjie knows very well what Apple's real needs are.
It is to continue to maintain a cold posture in the industry, rather than putting down your body to compete with a bunch of barefoot!
Premium is the soul of Apple, and if it loses its soul, can Apple still be Apple?
However......
"To be honest, your company is really not good! Why can't you learn from your-stirring buddy Google?"
"It's not that I look down on Apple, but when it comes to doing business, you really can't compare to Google! You see, even if Google doesn't do anything, people can make at least $60 billion a year by relying on their own search business and advertising alliances. ”
"Then you are looking at the layout of other people, do email, email is free, do system, Android is free, do Google Earth, free for ordinary customers, do word processing, software is free. ”
"Look at people, from space exploration to geothermal development, unmanned driving to virtual reality...... It doesn't matter if you make money or not, people do things first. ”
"And guess what? People have all the Internet entrances in their hands, and they can make money doing anything. Tens of billions of dollars a year are earned!"
"But you Apple can't do it! That day, the Apple phone was not good to sell, and the iPad was not cared for, and you were dead, really dead! At that time, what brand value and what glorious history are fake, believe me!"
"Don't want to forge ahead! Now the retribution is coming. Let's put it this way, at most half a month, our system will be put on the market, if your product does not replace our system, there is no future!"
"Revenues are declining, you are forced to lay off employees, and then you will find that the R&D investment is getting less and less, and the money is slowly running out, and in the end you can only sell, hey...... I feel bad to think about. ”
"Hey, it's time to do a good deed, and sell you the right to use it for 10 billion dollars. It's cheap for you, hurry up and buy it, at least it can make you last a little longer. ”
didn't give Li Yuanjie a chance to speak at all, Tang Pudding shook his head and went out, especially at the end, I don't know what came to mind, Tang Puding's embarrassed tone reflected full of sympathy.
This sympathetic emotion almost distorted Li Yuanjie's nose.
But Tang Pudding's expression was very sincere......
The meaning of Tang pudding is probably ......
Ten billion dollars to license the system to Apple is completely pitiful for Apple......
If it weren't for the pitiful nature of Apple, he wouldn't want to sell it at this price......
So this is not actually a business sale, but poverty alleviation? Yes! Yes, it is poverty alleviation!
It is Apple that is targeted for poverty alleviation......
Well, Li Yuanjie almost didn't choke to death by Tang Puding's last sentence......
"Mr. Don Pudding, are you serious?"
After hesitating for a long time, Li Yuanjie finally popped out such a sentence.
"It's still a kid ...... on the other side"
He can only keep comforting himself in his heart.
Because he didn't think so, he really wanted to be rough.
If Li Yuanjie and Xu Mengchang knew each other, the two would probably be able to become very good friends.
He also experienced a certain trait in Tang Pudding at this time......
A trait that makes people's hands want to greet him......
The legendary gravitational constitution......
Li Yuanjie subconsciously glanced at Xu Xiaotian next to him.
The top student was expressionless and silent the whole time.
"Of course you mean it, but I also know that your position is still too low, and you may not understand what I said, so you are just a mouthpiece, just go back and convey it. ”
......
Half an hour later, Tang Pudding was lazily half leaning on the comfortable sofa of the Xu family, his posture was very unsightly, as if someone had removed this guy's bones one by one, but he still maintained his body intact......
Contrary to Tang Pudding, Xu Xiaotian sat on the other side of the sofa, and the contrast between the two was extremely stark.
Li Yuanjie had already left with his men, and the two sides did not reach any consensus.
This is normal.
The system has just been obtained, and it will take time to evaluate and understand the system.
In addition to the attitude of Don Pudding.
Li Yuanjie was able to maintain a polite attitude when he left, and Xu Xiaotian felt that this guy was indeed hypocritical enough.
After Apple's people left, Tang Pudding "collapsed" on the sofa......
"I had insomnia last night and didn't get a good rest. Don Pudding explained.
Xu Xiaotian nodded cooperatively.
My heart is still not angry......
Hehe, it's finally exposed, and yesterday I was desperately coding the code again, right?
Insomnia?
Regarding this point, Xu Xiaotian did not want to debunk Tang Pudding.
Scheming is just a sideshow.
As long as he works hard enough, he will still be able to defeat the person in front of him after all.
Since the other party wants to act, he will cooperate.
"Do you really think Apple is inferior to Google?"
Xu Xiaotian asked.
"It's not that I think it's inferior, it's not as good as the medicine! Don't talk about apples, sooner or later you're going to die." I'm bothered?"
Tang Pudding said casually, his mind still a little empty.
He is really not alarmist today, but bitter.
In fact, in 6,665 lifetimes, at least 5,000 apples were played to death in later generations.
After all, it's really not easy to stay ahead of a certain technology......
Especially after he appeared.
"What are you bothered about?" Xu Xiaotian frowned.
"Hey, I'm going to be a billionaire soon, so much money, it's so tiring to spend!
The little boy complained with a sad face......