Chapter 104: Handjob
"Because I believe I'm going to succeed, like, I'm sure you're doomed."
Wen Ming was surprised when he received Donnas's call, because Donnas hadn't contacted him for a long time.
Since Donus saved him, he was only contacted when his condition was announced, and he offered to fund some medical expenses, and after he refused, Donus did not contact him again.
Wen Ming didn't understand it very well before, but later it was determined that Donnas still minded what he said about the inevitable failure of the WP mobile phone system.
When Donus heard Wen Ming's answer, he instantly felt that the wine was a little up, and after shaking his head a few times, he said with some dissatisfaction: "Are you taking revenge on me for hitting you in the first place?" ”
When Donus rescued Wen Ming from the sea, Wen Ming wanted to make Donus his subordinate, so he made a bet. What disappointed Wen Ming was that Donnas, who was a senior technical executive at Microsoft, was 'disdainful' of Wen Ming, who had nothing, and did not give him a chance to bet at all.
Even though, Wen Ming's words at that time made Donus doubt himself for a long time. What's more, with the success of the iPhone, Donners's inner doubts have grown.
Just as when he makes this call now, the tone of his voice is a little lower, which is completely different from the attitude of the savior towards the rescued.
A Harvard student who says he will fail is not the same as a man who has been defined by many media as having reinvented the cell phone and says he will fail.
Wen Ming looked at the twelve constant temperature warehouses in the glass window, and said with a smile: "No, this is not revenge, and besides, I don't think you hit me at the beginning, because what you said at that time was the truth." As I said earlier, I am simply telling a fact, a fact that I have been sure of from the beginning. ”
Donus on the other side of the phone was silent for a while, and Wen Ming didn't have any urging in the process, just looked at the twelve incubators.
More than a month has passed since the 'made' dinosaur eggs, and the 400 dinosaur eggs that have been created have been almost wiped out in the process of hatching for more than a month. Because there are still twelve active dinosaur eggs, which only account for 3% of the total.
In fact, if it weren't for Wen Ming's general 'simulation' of the real dinosaur gene template in advance, then this live experiment would be a real annihilation.
And those genetic codes that are destined to fail, this is still under the guidance of Wen Ming, which was studied and simulated by Benjamin and Cui Chuanming. It is conceivable how much time and effort and money were spent by those scientists in "Jurassic Park".
"There's only one thing I want to know right now."
Donus, who had hesitated for a long time, finally spoke, and what he said was what Wen Ming couldn't ask for at the beginning.
"If I promised you a bet at the time, what exactly is the bet?"
Wen Ming couldn't help laughing, at that time, he only proposed a bet, but he was directly interrupted and rejected by Donnas. And now, it was Donners who took the initiative to ask, and the changes in the middle are definitely directly related to the current global sales of the iPhone.
Donners can learn about the achievements of the iPhone through the news, as the sole founder of Apple, how can Wen Ming not know?
In fact, compared to the reported 20 million units, the actual sales of iPhones are a little more.
"The bet I was trying to make was that you would resign from Microsoft and join my Apple."
Donus had actually thought of this bet, and he also noticed a word in Wen Ming's words that seemed to be inadvertently emphasized-at that time.
In Donnas's opinion, Wen Ming was ready to start a business at that time, and even had a complete iPhone design idea, as well as the idea of the iOS system, so he needed someone to help him complete this.
And now?
Will Apple still be short of technicians?
The 20 million iPhones brought in more than $10 billion in revenue for Apple, because the iPhones were priced at $499 and $599, which is only a lot more even with dealer prices.
Apple, which has revenue of more than $10 billion in three months, has not yet announced its total net profit, but according to the previously exposed iPhone cost, Apple can make at least $3 billion in profits.
On top of that, iPhones are still on sale and in short supply.
Will such a company still lack people?
Donnas smiled wryly and said, "Maybe I missed out on joining a company that can do wonders, like Microsoft once was, but I don't regret it, because I still think that the WP system can't fail." ”
Wen Ming also laughed, but compared to Donnas's wry smile, his smile was from the bottom of his heart.
"I don't agree with what you're saying at all, whether it's what you're saying misses, or what you're saying that the WP system won't fail."
Hearing this, Donus was a little puzzled, perhaps the two glasses of wine he had just drunk made him slightly drunk.
Wen Ming said into the phone: "Mr. Donnas, I formally invite you to make a bet with me to decide whether you will stay at Microsoft or join my Apple based on the popularity of the WP system and the number of installed units sold over a certain period of time." ”
Donnas, on the other end of the phone, widened his eyes and asked in disbelief, "Are you sure?" ”
Wen Ming smiled: "I'm sure! ”
After hanging up the phone, Wen Ming began to look forward to the time when Donus would join Apple, and so far, Apple still lacks enough good technical executives. There is no shortage of people when you have money, this is the normal state of the enterprise, but the really suitable people are not so easy to find, and it takes time to accumulate.
Although the WP system developed by Donnas has not been recognized by the market, its technical strength cannot be ignored, and it is definitely the top in the industry.
The root cause of WP's failure is that Microsoft has not found the right system positioning in the smartphone market. This has little to do with Donus, who is in charge of the technical level.
Moreover, when the WP system released the version codenamed 8, it directly replaced the kernel of the WP system, resulting in the users of the previous generations of WP system not being able to update to WP8. Normally, when the kernel is also replaced, the technical lead has already been replaced.
The end result was that WP8 also failed, and it wasn't until Microsoft began to learn from Apple and launched Windows 10 that could be applied to mobile phones, tablets, laptops, 2-in-1 devices, and PCs, that Microsoft truly became a system supplier for multi-platform devices. Even the company itself began to learn from Apple and launched hardware products including systems.
For Wen Ming, if Donus can become his helper, then he only needs to propose a plan for Apple's R&D tasks, and he no longer needs to do it himself.
Of course, Donnas, as Wen Ming's savior, naturally deserves to be repaid by Wen Ming if there is no problem.
"Looks like you're in a good mood, boss."
Aaron Martin, who had been standing behind Wen Ming, saw Wen Ming hang up the phone and said, "So, can we train today?" ”
Wen Ming looked at the dinosaur eggs in the hatching cabin with some fascination, just like Cui Chuanming's eyes when he looked at the dinosaur eggs.
"Of course, what's the training today?"
Aaron Martin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Handjob!" ”