Chapter 1431 Apple's IOS Plan!

A person with an extremely strong entrepreneurial belief in his heart will never be interested in any form of part-time work. Li Mu has seen many such people. They may not have strong abilities, but they all have strong beliefs. The type that doesn't look back.

Li Mu didn't understand Andy Rubin's character, but he knew that Andy Rubin's entrepreneurial belief was not strong, otherwise he would not have sold Android, which was founded less than two years ago, to Google in his last life.

The pig was sold in a hurry before it grew strong. There are only two possible reasons. Either he didn't want to raise it, or he couldn't raise it. No matter what kind Andy Rubin is, it proves that his entrepreneurial beliefs are not. strong.

Since the belief is not strong enough, it is natural to be shaken.

Faced with Li Mu's personal invitation, Andy Rubin seemed to be silent on the surface, but he was extremely excited in his heart.

In any case, for Andy Rubin, being able to get a personal invitation from Li Mu to join Muye Technology has already made a big leap in his status in Silicon Valley in an instant.

The world's top richest man and the founder of a top Internet company personally invited himself to join his company. Isn't that bragging enough? At least half a lifetime.

Li Mu's invitation, to Andy Rubin, is like an unhappy actor in China who suddenly received a personal invitation from Spielberg or James Cameron, hoping that he could be in his movie Playing an important role, as soon as Spielberg opens his mouth, the actor's worth skyrockets in an instant.

While Andy Rubin was excited, the entrepreneurial idea in his heart also began to undergo great changes under the influence of Li Mu.

Andy Rubin's will was shaken when he thought that he might really be unfit to be a CEO and manage a company.

At this time, Li Mu, who was as cunning as a fox, began to pour poisonous chicken soup into him again, and sighed: "Andy, starting a business is not easy, and there are too few successful people. For many entrepreneurs, starting a business is like a big gamble. The stake is not only all of their belongings, but also their own future. Some people can make millions of dollars a year, but they have to give up this opportunity to start a business. In the end, the business fails, not only millions of dollars a year. The income was wiped out, and millions of dollars of belongings were burned in vain. Finally, I went to look for a job, only to find that my worth in the eyes of the boss was greatly reduced because of the experience of failing to start a business. You said, this is Isn't it worth it?"

Andy Rubin nodded involuntarily.

Li Mu added: "So, I suggest that entrepreneurs, or those who are preparing to start a business, ask themselves a few questions before starting a business:

Is my project really OK? Am I really insisting on starting a business? If you start a business,

How much savings can I put in? How do I set my stop loss line? Should you stop after losing all your cash savings, or will you lose all your real estate after losing all your cash savings? Or after losing all of your assets, owe a loan several times your own assets? What should I do if my startup fails in the end? What if I have nothing left? What if I have nothing left and am ridiculed by the people around me? What if I don't have a rollover day? "

Li Mu's series of problems are like countless cannonballs, constantly bombarding Andy Rubin's psychological defense line, each blowing down his psychological wall, they are also like the powerful water plants in the water. , weaved together into an underwater net with huge resistance, one after another constantly entangled on the propeller of Andy Rubin's boat, constantly slowing down its speed and reducing its power until a certain In an instant, the propellers could no longer turn.

Suddenly, at such a moment, Andy Rubin's heart was as bright as the sun!

He asked himself a question in his mind: Why should I worry about this? As long as I accept Li Mu's invitation, I will become a top talent in Silicon Valley, and at the same time I can get the top salary in Silicon Valley, and I am doing a top-notch thing in a top-notch company. Such a great opportunity is in front of me. , why don't you agree, why do you have to worry about those illusory things? !

After thinking about this, Andy Rubin said to Li Mu without hesitation: "Mr. Li, I am willing to accept your invitation to join Muye Technology!"

Li Mu looked at Andy Rubin, who was almost bald, with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth. In front of him, Andy Rubin was like a soldier who was not determined during the war. In the face of sugar-coated cannonballs, he lost his position.

Afterwards, Li Mu extended his hand to Andy Rubin, smiled slightly, and said, "Welcome to join Muye Technology."

Andy Rubin is now full of enthusiasm for working hard and proving himself in Muye Technology, so he immediately asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, when will I join?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "If you want, I can arrange for someone to handle the onboarding for you now."

Andy Rubin asked again, "What's my job then?"

Li Mu said: "It is claimed to be the deputy general manager and technical director of the Mango business unit, responsible for the development of Mango's software and hardware technology."

After that, Li Mu added: "This is only an external statement. In fact, what you are going to do is to secretly form a mobile operating system business department, which is responsible for developing the first mobile operating system of Makino Technology. This operating system is temporarily The naming should use the Linux architecture technically, and at the same time design and develop with a brand-new mobile product thinking. The most important thing is that you must abandon the so-called mobile operating system foundation of Palm, Symbian, and Obile. They are not industry benchmarks. In the future We are!"

Li Mu's words completely entered Andy Rubin's heart. Andy Rubin originally wanted to make a subversive mobile operating system, and what he wanted was to adopt the Linux architecture. These key points are related to Li Mu coincidentally.

This also made Andy Rubin feel both fearful and fortunate, because if he was really determined to start his own business, with Li Mu around, it would be even more difficult for him to succeed; fortunately, because Li Mu became his own boss, and he also thoroughly gave up entrepreneurship.

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Apple is still fighting.

It was originally a battle between the stop-loss faction and the counter-offensive faction.

But now, the stop-loss faction has become unpredictable, but there has been a huge split within the counter-offensive faction, and the two sides of the split are now arguing more and more.

All these contradictions revolved around "whether or not to develop a new operating system for the next-generation iPod". When the two sides were at a stalemate, Stop Loss Pai received a huge blow when it communicated with Microsoft about the acquisition.

Obviously, Microsoft has conducted a more detailed investigation and analysis of Apple's current status, and reconsidered the entire logic of its acquisition of Apple.

First of all, they feel that Apple has a very high chance of exhausting itself. Because of the catastrophic failure of the iPod business, Apple has not only lost a cash flow business line, but is also about to bear huge debts and losses for this, which will continue to drag down and drag Apple down. Death, on this point, the avalanche stock price is the best proof;

Second, they also began to ask themselves, is it really necessary for Microsoft to buy Apple?

The reason for the acquisition of Apple is to hope that it will never be sanctioned by the anti-monopoly law again, but this requires Microsoft to use a very, very careful method to complete the actual acquisition of Apple through overseas funds and shell companies, which is very troublesome and has risks. , Maybe one day the Ministry of Commerce can get evidence that Microsoft actually participated in the acquisition of Apple, and it can use the unfair competition law and anti-monopoly law to get Microsoft.

Rather than this, it is better to let Apple fend for itself. If it dies, causing Microsoft Windows to passively dominate the martial arts, then Microsoft will never be threatened by the "anti-monopoly law" again.

No matter how bad it is, you can take a stand with Apple first, and wait until Apple’s market value drops a little bit, and the desire to stop loss and cash out is stronger, and it’s not too late to start, at least it can save a lot of money.

So Microsoft's attitude has changed a lot. Before, it never wanted to take the iPod business as a fuel bottle. Now it is not interested in acquisitions and the whole computer. Just when the stop loss group kept asking Microsoft to pack it and take it away When it came to the iPod, Microsoft's negotiator suddenly said that Microsoft's purchase price for the computer and the whole computer was cut by 25%. As for the reason, Microsoft only said that it was re-evaluated once.

This time, the face of the stop-loss party was greatly humiliated, and it also touched the bottom line of their hearts.

In everything, everyone has their own bottom line. Before the bottom line is touched, they have their own persistence and belief, but once the bottom line is touched, they will immediately make a huge change. For example, for many couples, Derailment is the bottom line of their emotional existence. Once one party derails, no matter how much the other party loves the other party, they will immediately make a decision to leave, and the same is true for the stop loss party.

Microsoft's humiliation made the stop-loss group turn into a counter-attacker immediately after the bottom line was touched.

A dramatic situation has emerged, the contradictions within Apple, from the contradiction of surrender or resistance, to the contradiction of how to resist.

After a night of heated arguments, Tim Cook still failed to get the vast majority of people to accept developing an operating system for the iPod.

The meeting continued until 7:30 in the morning the next day. Everyone was arguing with red faces and dry mouths, but none of them could gain an absolute advantage.

The short-term is quick, the cost is low, and the advantages are small; the long-term results are slow, the cost is high, and the advantages are large, so the public is right, the mother is right, and no one is allowed half a share.

In desperation, Tim Cook called and invited Jobs, who had been recuperating at home for a few days, to the company.

Jobs was originally reluctant to appear, but because it was related to the life and death of Apple, he finally decided to come to the conference site to support Tim Cook's decision.

The strong support of Jobs changed the status quo of the internal stalemate. Gradually, the short-term supporters who opposed the long-term began to be more and more instigated by Jobs, and began to decide to support Tim Cook's long-term battle plan.

Subsequently, in a vote that started at 9:00 sharp, the policy of developing the operating system and comprehensively upgrading the iPod received 77% of the vote.

Tim Cook proudly announced: We will build a new operating system for iPod based on the OS system, and fully upgrade this generation of iPod so that it can completely crush Mango-ME2, which is the key to Apple's counterattack.

Because it is a project developed for the iPod, everyone decided to name this project the IOS plan.

Half an hour later, when Apple was ambitiously preparing to launch the "IOS plan", Makino Technology suddenly issued an announcement:

Well-known IT expert Andy Rubin officially joined Makino Technology as the deputy general manager and technical director of the Mango business unit, and was fully responsible for the software and hardware research and development of Mango series products. Makino Technology believes that with the joining of Andy Rubin, Mango series The product is bound to achieve a more significant breakthrough.

These red-eyed guys inside Apple have a much uglier expression than a dog in the sun...

Half an hour ago, 77% of people in Apple believed that Apple should develop a dedicated operating system for the iPod in order to fully upgrade the iPod, so they fully supported the launch of the IOS plan;

Half an hour later, more than 77% of people inside Apple believed that the IOS plan could not be started because they knew about Andy Rubin's ability. After all, Andy Rubin had worked at Apple for several years, and Li Mu invited Andy · Rubin joined, and let him be in charge of the Mango business unit, which is the same as Apple's idea, to fully upgrade Mango-ME.

In this case, Apple, which is at an absolute disadvantage, has lost its most precious opportunity.

Even if this advantage is gone, what else is there to do with IOS?

At 9:40, Apple executives voted again.

Abolishing the IOS plan, got 87% of the vote.

Tim Cook waved his hands sullenly and said to everyone: "Everyone has not slept all night, go home and wash and sleep!"

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