Yan Kai yawned and stood in the corner waiting stupidly. He was waiting here early this morning. It has been half a day now, and many of the people who are traveling with me have given up.

Cook doesn't know when he'll come, and if it goes on like this, he doesn't know when he'll have to wait.

He is waiting here in the hope of getting first-hand information.

After all, it's hard to come up with a news that has something to watch, and it's a pity to give up. If it is confirmed that Apple has come to the marching ant company to talk about cooperation, there is a lot of article to be done.

But now, for this reason, I still don't see Cook coming, and it's not a way to do this and wait. If Cook doesn't come for a day, he'll die here.

Just as he was about to pack up his things and leave, he suddenly paused. He saw several people coming out of the company and waiting at the door of the company.

Is there a situation?

Yan Kai reacted immediately and began to prepare the camera. The remaining reporters, who were as unrelenting as him, also noticed this scene and cheered up.

Not long after, a car stopped not far from the entrance of the marching ant company. Li Lingfeng and the others, who were waiting at the door, hurriedly greeted the car after seeing it coming.

Cook looked out the window at the building, the office building of the Marching Ant Company. He didn't expect that he had just returned from here this morning, and now he was going back here again, and now he was a little conflicted.

The chairman of the marching ant company was reluctant to come out, so he could only come over. A small intersection, this time the initiative, has been lost. He had to come, and if there was no smart assistant, Apple's life would be very difficult in the future.

"Mr. Cook, welcome, the president asked me to come out and pick you up." Li Lingfeng said in English.

"Hmm." Cook glanced at Li Lingfeng, nodded expressionlessly, and got out of the car.

As soon as Cook appeared, the few reporters, like cats smelling fish, all rushed over. The camera in his hand snapped wildly at Cook.

But before they could rush over, they were stopped by the security guards.

"Mr. Cook, may I ask what kind of cooperation do you want to discuss with the Marching Ant Company this time?"

"Is it because of Apple's recent sales decline?"

"When is the Apple S2 conference?"

……

Several reporters who were stopped, regardless of whether Cook would answer or not, asked wildly in English.

Cook's face is not very good, as a public figure, he usually does not dislike reporters, but at this time he has some dislike for these reporters in his heart.

ignored a few reporters at all, and followed Li Lingfeng into the marching ant company. All the way to the reception room, Zhao Min was already waiting in the reception room.

"Mr. Cook, welcome to the Marching Ant Company." Zhao Min said in fluent English.

"It's an honor." Cook also nodded politely.

"You may be seated." Zhao Min politely sat back in his place: "Mr. Cook, have you taken a tour of Binhai City today, is this city beautiful?" ”

Zhao Min had a smile on his face, he didn't look arrogant or humble, and he didn't have any inferior actions because he was the world's largest company in terms of market capitalization.

"It's a beautiful city, and I love it." Cook laughed along.

Although the mood is not very good, it is impossible to express it at the moment.

"Then Mr. Cook needs to walk more, I believe he must not have traveled all the city of Marina in one day. There are also a lot of beautiful places here. ”

Zhao Min didn't plan to take the initiative to get to the point, Cook who came to talk about cooperation, he was in a hurry.

"Hmm." Cook nodded: "Ms. Zhao, let's get to the point, this time I want to talk about the cooperation between our two companies." ”

"Oh, it's an honor to work with you." Zhao Min said: "Mr. Cook, how do you want to cooperate?" ”

"We want to buy your company." Cook said bluntly: "Before we came, we asked Brand Finance to do a valuation of your company, $13 billion. ”

Cook asked the secretary to take out a report from his briefcase and hand it to Zhao Min, which was densely packed with English.

Zhao Min reported the results, glanced at it briefly, and then put the report on the table. Over the years, Apple has made a lot of money from all over the world.

Apple has a 20% market share, but it takes 70% of the profits of the entire mobile phone industry. Apple's hardware profits have been pressed to the extreme, and it's just that Qualcomm doesn't buy them.

In recent years, there has been no room for squeezing hardware profits, so we have locked our eyes on the software market, which still has a lot of room for revenue.

As long as they are willing to sell the company, even if it is $13 billion in cash, Apple will definitely be able to take it out, and it will not hesitate to take it out.

$13 billion, that's definitely a crazy number. How many people earn a hundred lifetimes, but they can't earn a fraction of this money. It sounds very tempting, but Zhao Min is not cold.

It seems to be a sky-high price, but the value of the marching ant company is by no means more than that. Don't say that the company is not hers, even if the company is hers, she will not sell it. This is a company with endless potential, and this so-called valuation is too low.

If you change to someone who likes money, you will definitely jump with excitement. But in Zhao Min's eyes, it is not so important.

She pursues a higher value in life and creates a super unicorn with her own hands, not just money. As for Chen Mo, if he was here, he would definitely not even bother to read these value assessment reports.

"Mr. Cook, the price is tempting." Zhao Min said.

Hearing Zhao Min's words, Cook smiled slightly, and his mood was a lot more relaxed. This price is really not something that ordinary people can refuse.

"But we're sorry, we don't have plans to sell the company." Zhao Min pushed the report back to Cook on the table.

This sentence made Cook's heart half cold.

I thought that no one would refuse this number, but it was still rejected.

"Ms. Zhao, do you feel that this money is less?" Cook asked.

"No, it's a lot of money. However, our company has no plans to sell and has nothing to do with money. Zhao Min said.

"Say a condition, how to sell the company."

Cook's face couldn't show joy or anger, this time, he was more here for the marching ant company, and cooperation was the second option.

As long as the marching ant company falls into his hands, it can take Apple to the next level. When the time comes, he will no longer have to manage the company in his shadow.

Now, no matter how well he does, he is considered to be inferior to Steve Jobs. Even he was inevitably unhappy, but he didn't express it.

If he can take Apple to the next level, he will also become Apple's second great man, and even make Apple's market value the first public company with a market value of more than $1 trillion.

"Maybe I didn't make it clear, we won't sell the company under any conditions." Zhao Min said with a smile.

"If you are not satisfied with the price, you can add it, 15 billion dollars." After Cook finished speaking, he stared at Zhao Min tightly.

He wanted to see how the woman would react, so as to judge her bottom line. But no matter how he looked at it, Zhao Min still looked like he was smiling. I don't see any difference, and it doesn't seem to take the $15 billion in sight.

Zhao Min shook his head: "If Mr. Cook comes here this time, just for this matter, I'm afraid he will return empty-handed." ”

"If you feel that the price is not right, you can say a price, and we will discuss it."

"No interest, the company won't sell. Huawei, Penguin, and Ali have all been here before. If you sell, it's not your turn. If this is what Mr. Cook is talking about, then there is no need to talk about it, so as not to waste time on both sides. Your time and mine are precious. ”

After Zhao Min finished speaking, the reception room fell into dead silence.

Xiao Yu stood on the side and didn't dare to speak, her English was also good, and she could understand what they were saying. Cook's secretary didn't speak either.

For a time, there was an impasse.