Chapter 50: The Mountain Rain is Coming
On July 15, at 8 a.m. China time, Samsung and Apple officially announced that they would hold a joint press conference at 7 p.m. on July 16 in Seoul, South Korea.
The theme of the conference was that we had some mysterious goodies that we wanted to show you.
After the announcement was issued, it immediately caused a global sensation.
People who are familiar with the technology circle are well aware that Samsung and Apple have always been rivals, and they are inseparable in the mobile phone market, laptop market and so on.
Could it be that these two mega-enterprises are really going to join forces now? Even the press conference was held together?
Lenovo a month ago, Samsung and Apple reached a strategic cooperation agreement, which has to make people think about it, full of expectations for tomorrow's press conference, I don't know what kind of epoch-making black technology these two super companies will bring.
On major websites and live broadcast platforms, netizens have a lot of discussions.
"Samsung and Apple are bound to be invincible to Smecta in the world!"
"The Big Four of China are dead this time! Even the mighty Apple company has to bow to our Samsung! ”
"Are you ready? Tomorrow let's attend the funeral of the Big Four of China! ”
South Korea from all walks of life rejoiced, in the past few months, Samsung has been too miserable by the Big Four, sales from the world's first, straight down to seventh, is completely historic humiliation.
At the same time, the sky over China was shrouded in a haze.
"Hey, this news has been rumored for a long time, and now it has finally been hammered."
"Samsung's hardware plus Apple's software, the Big Four should be difficult to deal with, right?"
"If I had known today, I should not have provoked this war in the first place."
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An hour after the joint announcement of Samsung and Apple, it was 9 a.m. on July 15, China time.
The Big Four suddenly issued a joint announcement, and a press conference will also be held at 7 o'clock tomorrow night.
The content of the press conference is that we also have some mysterious goodies that we want to show you.
Now the whole world is completely fried.
The announcement of the Big Four, the taste of Apple and Samsung is too obvious, but there is blood and rain in a simple sentence.
On the same day, at the same time, the six major players in the global mobile phone industry will hold a press conference at the same time?
This is the first time in history that the two camps are going to attack each other!
Apple. Samsung VS the Big Four Domestic Giants!
If the previous comings and goings were the prelude to the war, then tomorrow at seven o'clock in the evening, it will be the most tragic super battle in the entire war!
None of the six giant players is bad, and all of them are on the field to fight!
Global technology enthusiasts are all dumbfounded at the moment, no one expected that the reply of the Big Four would be so hard, it was completely a rhythm of pulling off the posture and stumbling to the end!
"Awesome my Big Four!"
"Don't be cowardly, just do it!"
"This Nima is a great battle, but what should I do if I have to work overtime tomorrow night?"
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The two announcements came out one after another, as if two bombshells had been dropped around the world, and all the news media around the world were shocked.
AP, AGF, REUTERS, ASAHI SMBUN, CNN, BBC, ABC, AGF, AL JAZEERA...
However, all the news media in the world began to pick up long guns and short guns, and immediately concentrated in Seoul and Shenzhen, not to mention the new online media and self-media, which have always been very sensitive to news events.
According to incomplete statistics, at 7 o'clock tomorrow night, more than 4,000 TV stations and websites around the world will broadcast live or rebroadcast, which is a unique grand occasion in history.
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On July 15, the peak showdown of the mobile phone industry has not yet begun, and the financial market is the first to usher in a bloody storm.
The world's major financial institutions have teamed up to support the consortium of Apple and Samsung, and aggressively shorted the shares of the Big Four and their supply chain companies.
For a time, A-shares and Hong Kong stocks staged a fierce long-short battle.
During the opening time, the stocks of the Big Four and their related companies seemed to be on a roller coaster, straight up and down, and fierce competition was launched at every important juncture.
Major financial institutions did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, and the short-term financing interest rate in the bond market soared by more than 200 points, and the trading volume of VAM contracts on the day reached an astonishing 4.35 million lots, a record high.
At the same time, the financial institutions that support the Big Four are killing KOSPI in South Korea and NASDAQ in the United States, and frantically shorting the shares of Apple and Samsung.
In just 30 minutes, Apple's stock price fell by 7 percent.
Subsequently, Wall Street began to move, and the giant chaebols led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan began to buy Apple shares in unlimited quantities, and pulled the stock price back.
As of the close of the NASDAQ, Apple's stock price closed down 3.47 percent, with a market value loss of nearly $40 billion.
"We don't know who the opponent is, but he's like a monster, and he's incredibly powerful."
After the stock market closes, the news organization interviewed the president of **** Jamie. Damon, he said.
News analysis said that Jamie. Dimon was alluding to a certain country in East Asia and participating in the financial turmoil.
The reporter's in-depth investigation also showed that about a month ago, Opal, one of the four domestic giants, was in financial difficulties and was forced to cut all salaries by 20%.
But soon after, Opal suddenly received a large amount of mysterious financial support, canceled the salary cut order, and re-entered the battle with an even more crazy attitude, throwing a staggering amount of marketing money around the world.
It is different from the crazy support of the whole people in South Korea, the nine major banks, the ten major chaebols, and the practice of directly shouting.
A mysterious force in a certain country in East Asia is quietly intervening in this war, sending large quantities of ammunition to the big four domestic manufacturers in a way that does not attract anyone's attention.
"In any case, this ancient and unparalleled peak showdown is really coming, we believe that the war in the mobile phone industry is not just a fight within the industry, but has risen to the level of a national war!"
Cronkite, a well-known host of CNN News Network, said in his closing remarks.
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Seoul, Samsung Group Headquarters.
It's late at night, but Samsung's crown prince Lee Jae-yong and Apple boss Tim Cook are not tired, they are still nervously preparing for every detail of tomorrow.
After all, this conference is too important for them.
The two super enterprises have unreservedly hollowed out their own funds and plunged into this war against the four domestic giants, and no one can afford to lose.
"It's the sixteenth again, and it's a vicious curse!" Prince Li Zaiyong said hatefully.
He now suffers from insomnia and headaches every 16 days, and the Big Four have launched two consecutive attacks on this day, causing heavy losses to Samsung.
Cook smiled and patted Lee Jae-yong's shoulder, "Li, you don't have to worry, I know those Chinese manufacturers very well, they are very good at marketing, but in this world, it is far from enough to only market, and in the end, you have to speak with strength." ”
"With the accumulation of science and technology between the two of us, I can't think of any countermeasures they can have."
"Don't worry, tomorrow night, we will completely crush them according to the plan and hold a luxurious funeral for them!"