Chapter 66: The Horizon Hidden in the Shadows

After the graduation ceremony, Ren Hong's trip to Beijing is also coming to an end, and this trip can be regarded as the longest and most frequent period of exposure in the public eye since he founded XlouS, but obviously, people's interest in him has not decreased at all.

There is no doubt that Ren Hong and his deeds are a miraculous dream story for the outside world, and the media naturally flock to him if the public wants to know about him, but despite this, these media will not be as unscrupulous as the paparazzi chasing stars. Ren Hong and the star are not at the same level after all.

There is no paparazzi who will squat unscrupulously, in the face of such a super-rich, the resources in their hands are not comparable to celebrities, even if they have so-called scandals in their hands, the general media dare not make it public, which is why such bigwigs rarely have lace news.

Because the resources and abilities in the hands of these people are not comparable to these small media and tabloids without any background, no one will be stupid to lose their jobs because of this, but Ren Hong obviously will not have any scandals or the like, after all, the technology party.

Ren Hong left his alma mater, but he did not immediately withdraw back to Hainan, the reason is naturally his brothers, this time in addition to participating in the forum summit, another important thing is to take his initial team away.

This takes time, in addition to handling the cumbersome procedures of the school, his brothers also have to communicate with their families, these things are not in a hurry, Ren Hong did not express too much anxiety, although the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recruited several times, but this person cannot be forced, whether it is the Chinese Academy of Sciences or Ren Hong will respect their choice, but their choice is the same, that is, follow the boss back to the company headquarters.

Just because of that sentence: change the world!

Senior Conference Room, Apple Spaceship Headquarters, California, USA.

At one point, executives from Apple got together. Cook doesn't know how many meetings he's had in recent days, and the most hateful thing is that his trip to China a few days ago made him even more miserable, after he saw the photo. At that time, Cook wanted to cry in the toilet and couldn't wake up.

He had cursed for I don't know how many times, that damn British journalist, he wanted to buy the Daily Mail immediately, but reason told him that it was obviously impossible to do so, it would be too bad to lose his identity and greatly affect his future, even if he was resentful, he had to endure it.

The picture published by the "Daily Mail" has a magical chemical reaction with Apple's recent dilemma, obviously, the world's media all think that Cook's "resentful" eyes in the photo reflect Apple's difficult situation at the moment.

The iPhone series has been almost helpless in the face of new products from Chinese tech companies, and Apple has not responded to the outside world's doubts, even if the few voices are vague and give people a sense of avoidance, which is undoubtedly disappointing, as evidenced by the collapse of the company's market value.

Not only for Apple and Apple, but also for many media in the United States, and even mainstream media, have also pointed to the entire domestic technology circle, especially the Silicon Valley technology circle, with a strong smell of accusation. The rise of XlouS has ruthlessly trampled on the technology that the United States has always been proud of.

A few years ago, "HUAWEI" appeared in that eastern country, and now there is a giant company that is even more ferocious than "HUAWEI".

The "territory" of the United States is "falling" step by step, and the red world from the East is like a young man at the peak of integrity, he is rushing fast, and the United States is already like a dying old man. Obviously, the country they once regarded as backward has created a technological product that they have no choice but to accept.

"So, what's the plan?" Cook said in a deep voice, looking at the people in the room.

At the oval conference table, Cook sat at the top and looked around at the company's executives on either side. After a while, as he spoke, an executive on the right took out a page of documents and said:

"To dredge up some channel relationships, I will launch a spokesperson or organization to sue for a monopoly on XlouS's products for 'instant online mutual translation', and a spokesperson or organization to sue XlouS for technology monopoly ...... for wearable smartphone devices."

"We will use the company's relevant resources to start with XlouS, send experienced commercial spies and even seek government agents to infiltrate to obtain the core technology of the other party, which requires communication with the government......"

"The use of resources to hinder XlouS's global expansion can be implemented as long as it is not good, and there is also ......"

Everyone listened to this executive for nearly eight minutes, and the plans he explained were all aimed at matrix technology, conspiracy, as long as it could be used, he would not be stingy, it was simply vicious.

"So be it!" After a long silence, Tim Cook finally spoke.

Born as an engineer, Tim. Cook was actually ashamed of doing so, which shattered his proud insistence on technology. But the pressure from the board of directors was too much for him to resist and deal with. Cook was well aware of what he had heard on the boardroom: Whatever it is, borrow it or steal it! The board has only one requirement, and that is profit! If you can't do it, let someone else take the position.

Even before Cook became the company's CEO, Apple's performance was not as good as it was back then, and although Cook had doubled Apple's market value since becoming the company's CEO, and has continued to maintain high profitability until now, its business growth rate has continued to decline, albeit subtlely, but it seems to be getting weaker, which also reflects that the potential of this giant company seems to stop there.

Now that the Chinese technology company XlouS has launched a global offensive against the iPhone with the "S-1", the iPhone is almost irresistible, and Cook has no choice.

Meanwhile, on the border of Wisconsin, USA, there isn't a single steel-concrete building over five floors, let alone skyscrapers, in the surrounding area. There is an old manor house that dates back to the end of the 18th century, almost as long as the history of the United States, which has seen the hegemony of the United States from its birth to its rise to the present day. The estate has a history of more than 200 years, and there is no dilapidated appearance until now, only the smell of ancient traces, which is a thick layer of heritage.

Three elderly people sat in a small room in the manor, while a young middle-aged man with a personal laptop stared intently at the screen without saying a word. The room is very quiet, and the facilities are out of step with today's modern world, with a European Renaissance atmosphere and a middle-aged man's modern clothes and personal computer in front of him.

The smoke from the cigar spread gently in the not-so-bright room, and the green wisps of smoke drifted slowly through the air.

The middle-aged man finally closed the computer.

"The result?" A man over 60 years old said to the middle-aged man, with a long, full-bodied gray-white beard on his face and a Cuban cigar in his hand.

"That's it, Mr. Mellon." The middle-aged man said.

"How much?" The other spoke, with a high nose and deep eye sockets, and a black mustache on his upper lip.

The middle-aged man replied respectfully: "If XlouS maximizes its commercial value through extreme operation, its net profit and revenue will be able to match the current market value of Apple." The other party is a complete novice in business strategy, at least on the surface, as far as their company is concerned, in fact, if it is split and reorganized, it can create more business value, and there are too many emerging technologies rich in it, and even can subvert a lot of contemporary hardware giant companies, which have huge potential in many fields, but they only use these high-end technologies to make an 'S-1' and only sell 'S-1', which is simply an outrageous huge loss......"

For these three people, this middle-aged man who belongs to the youngest person here is very afraid, afraid of everything about those three people, these three people represent the Mellon consortium, the Morgan consortium, and the Rockefeller consortium respectively, these identities alone are enough to deter him, not to mention that they have other identities, the people of the top ten consortiums in the United States are among them, in front of such an existence, the middle-aged man only feels that he is as small as an ant facing three elephants.

"Yes, sir!" When the middle-aged man saw the man holding the cigar signaling, he immediately understood it and quickly left. The identity of this person represents the Rockefeller consortium.

"$500 billion...... Pure Profit~" he muttered.

"It's a pity that this company is not listed and is not in the United States, otherwise it would not be so troublesome." The middle-aged and elderly man representing the Morgan consortium said leisurely.

"In that country of the East, it is indeed difficult for our influence to penetrate the past......" Rockefeller mused.

"Huh...... All we want is wealth. Mellon chuckled, a few wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes, and saw him take out a coin from his chest pocket and put it on the table, one of which was inscribed with a pyramid, the top of the pyramid was replaced by a one-eye, which was inlaid at the top of the pyramid as if the eyes of power were looking down on all beings, and the pattern depicted on both sides of this coin was definitely not the currency of any country.

"Let him in?" Rockefeller was slightly surprised and said.

"It's young, but it's a good way to do it." Morgan said thoughtfully.

"The value he can create is enough to join Freemasonry, regardless of age, as long as he can bring enough benefits, he has proven it, let's give him the position of 'deacon' first." Mellon said indifferently.

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(To be continued)