"There is still a week to go before the release of the small card mobile terminal, and I know that everyone has been working hard lately. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, some things have changed, and we have to adjust to them. Chen Wenhao did not go around in circles, and at the beginning of the meeting, he informed everyone of Apple's response.

"We don't need to find reasons for Apple's attitude, it's the other party's company decision." Chen Wenhao waited for a while, saw that the discussion was a little quieter, and pressed his palm to signal everyone to calm down, "But everyone must be responsible for their own decisions, and the company is no exception." Now the other side is obviously deliberately setting up obstacles for us, and if we don't show anything, it will be too demoralizing. ”

He turned his head to look at Zhang Mingshan, "Manager Zhang, I remember that I recently conducted a user survey for the promotion of the mobile phone, is there an option for the mobile phone system?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Chen." Zhang Mingshan flipped through the notebook, "The survey was conducted through the pop-up window on the computer side of the small card software, and a total of 460,000 valid answers were received. Among our domestic users, 34% use Apple's system, and the proportion of users in overseas markets, especially in Europe and the United States, is much higher, reaching 48%. ”

"I remember that Apple's market share in China is about 22%, and our user data is much higher than the average, so it seems that there are more rich people among our users." Chen Wenhao casually made a joke, but he was thinking in his heart, "Is this Apple's reliance on wanting to forcibly buy shares?" ”

"Even so, we can't show weakness. Isn't there a popular saying on the Internet, don't just do it! Chen Wenhao's previous joke didn't cause a reaction, but it made everyone laugh.

"Mr. Chen, I suggest that you can launch an Apple jailbreak version of the small card mobile terminal."

"You can also work with several mainstream jailbreak software to get our software bundled."

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After all, they are all young people, and after the nervousness of seeing the big boss at the beginning disappeared, they began to come up with ideas to fight with Apple.

"Some suggestions are good, and the jailbreak version can be done. But we can make a big fuss. Chen Wenhao listened to everyone's thoughts, "After the meeting, the marketing department immediately contacted the venue and the media, and we wanted to hold a grand product launch conference." ”

"Mr. Jin is in charge of specific matters, so I will make three requests." Chen Wenhao held up two fingers.

"First, the venue should be big enough, grand enough and stylish. To put it simply, it's just three words: tall. There are only a few days left, and the schedule of the venue that meets the conditions is estimated to be a bit tight, Mr. Jin, you can ask for help from the people over there of Tencent Investment, their connections are stronger than ours. ”

"Second, invite enough media. With the topicality of the previous company, I think this should be fine. However, we should pay attention to maintaining the relationship with key media, and some manuscripts need to be in line with our promotion priorities. ”

"Thirdly, considering the characteristics of our users, it would be desirable for this conference to be webcast. If you mention this to people at Tencent and Facebook, they will definitely be interested. ”

Jin Wei recorded these three requirements on the paper, and thought for a while, "Except that the time is too short and the venue selection may be laborious, the rest is fine." ”

"However, Mr. Chen, I still have some doubts, we will definitely help the promotion of the software by doing this, but it seems that it is difficult to have an impact on Apple." Jin Wei was a little puzzled, "The software features we want to promote do not overlap with Apple's business. ”

"There will be overlap soon." Chen Wenhao smiled, Jin Wei's reaction was very fast, and he got to the point, at present, no matter how grand the scene of the press conference is, it will have no impact on Apple.

It's like a software company launching a new antivirus software, even if the software is easy to use and surpasses similar products, Microsoft will not consider it a threat. However, if the software company's antivirus software can not only kill viruses, but also work as an operating system, and even perfectly integrate with Office documents, then Microsoft's feeling will be completely different.

Now, that's all he's going to do. Under normal logic, of course, this is completely impossible to do, but who made him have a small card.

"Tomorrow, I'll provide an improved version of the mobile app. Then you'll understand. Chen Wenhao looked at a room with a little confused eyes, and decided to sell it.

"I'll be the shopkeeper, and I will ask Mr. Jin for specific arrangements for follow-up matters. Come on, everyone. Chen Wenhao left the conference room early, and he consciously asked Jin Wei to pick up the burden, after all, he still had a lot of things to do next. At present, Jin Wei is doing well.

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Cupertino, which is a city located in the state of California, United States. This small city with a permanent population of less than 60,000 people is one of the core cities of Silicon Valley in the United States and is known as the "heart of Silicon Valley". Apple, the world's most valuable Internet company, is headquartered in this city.

Tim sat at his desk, did nothing, remained silent and thoughtful for a moment, then picked up the phone and dialed.

The phone was connected, and Tim paused for a few seconds before speaking, "The other party has rejected our request, and Mark is also very unhappy." ”

"I've said for a long time that the other side can't accept this threat, and the latest information I've received is that the company's monthly revenue has exceeded $70,000 and is still growing rapidly. They are not short of money, how can they succumb to the fact that the software cannot be put on the shelves. Tim's tone was irrepressible with anger.

"And don't forget that there are three other American companies among the shareholders of this company. Your decision is an unwarranted attempt to make enemies for the company. Even if half of their users in Europe and the United States use iPhones, so what? What we need to do is to adapt to the needs of users, not to deliberately create obstacles for users. ”

"Tim. You see, this is not a decision made by me alone, it was made with the agreement of a majority of the 15 members of the Board of Directors. We can't let this company grow like this anymore, we have to curb it. The voice on the phone was slow but powerful.

"Carl, you have to understand one thing, I'm the CEO of Apple!" Tim raised his tone, "You guys have something to hide from me, and I have the right to know everything." ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, "What I can say is that in order to contain this company, there have been many companies with huge energy that have joined forces, beyond your imagination. Tim, you don't need to know this, you just need to be responsible for leading Apple forward. Of course, the next plan to suppress this company also needs your full cooperation. Details will be notified to you in advance. ”

The phone was hung up, and Tim sat in silence.

He's a CEO, he's the CEO of the world's largest Internet company, but so what. He seems to be high in the face of the outside world, but he still has to succumb to the pressure of the board of directors. To put it more thoroughly, it is to succumb to the pressure of capital.

In the final analysis, the control of the company belongs to capital after all. For the sake of profit, it can temporarily give up the initiative and let the right people lead the company. But as long as it wants, it's still it.

He can't have the authority of "dictatorship" like Joe, who founded the company and has a tough personality. What's more, even Joe was kicked out of the company by the board of directors for 12 years, until someone needed to clean up the mess and found him back.

Tim sighed and leaned back in his chair, which he turned to the floor-to-ceiling window at the back, leaving only one with his back facing the office door.