Chapter 1432 Initiating Acquisition Negotiations

The news that Andy Rubin joined Makino Technology gave Apple a huge blow.

Tim Cook managed to get the majority of the board to agree to the plan to fully upgrade the next-generation iPod, and even this plan was only at the top of Apple, and Li Mu responded with practical actions.

The purpose of Muye Technology to recruit Andy Rubin is to fully upgrade Mangi-ME. Although Apple does not know what Li Mu is going to do, from their understanding of Andy Rubin, they have been able to infer that Li Mu The direction chosen is consistent with the direction that Apple has just reached consensus.

In fact, even if Apple executives decided to fully upgrade the iPod, and even developed an independent operating system for the iPod and named it IOS, this IOS and Jobs' IOS are just a coincidence in name.

From the beginning of &nbOS, "OS" is the code name of the operating system in Apple, and Jobs' "I" refers to the iPhone, but Apple's "I" now refers to the iPod.

Tim Cook is far from the long-term thinking that Steve Jobs considered in 2005. He still doesn't have a smartphone and the architecture of the mobile Internet in his mind, and his entire strategic thinking has not yet jumped out of the iPod.

This is not to blame for Tim Cook's lack of ability. The main reason is that everyone is in a different stage, so the way of thinking is also different. The ancients said that the premise is to eat and wear warmly. In the previous life, Jobs used iPod and iTunes fought a beautiful turnaround, making Apple full and warm, so he could plan and implement a longer-term strategy. Tim Cook was ordered to tighten his belt, and only one thing was on his mind. , How to keep Apple fed and clothed, if the pattern is really too big at this time, it is easy to lead Apple to a road of no return that consumes itself.

Now, Tim Cook, the hanging wire version of IOS, is also completely stillborn.

Apple will never dare to confront Li Mu again. They want to upgrade the iPod in an all-round way. They just want to avoid its edge for a while and try their hardest, and then come up with a new generation of products to catch Li Mu by surprise, but no one expected that Li Mu's response speed would be So fast.

In this case, the stop-loss faction who had just been humiliated by Microsoft once again lost confidence in Apple's future, and the counter-offensive faction also united again from the split, agreeing that the possibility of counter-attacking Muye Technology no longer exists. by any method.

Tim Cook also lost confidence. After the meeting that day, he decided to resign to the board of directors. His excuse for resigning was that he was unable to save Apple, so he hoped that Apple could find a new CEO who could lead Apple out of the crisis.

Anyone can say something decent, just like when a girl rejects a boy's courtship, she will say that he is a good person,

She will also say that she is not good enough, that she is not worthy of him, that he deserves better, but in fact, she simply despised him.

Tim Cook said that he wanted to resign because he felt that he was incompetent. In fact, he did not want Apple to end up in his own hands. If a professional manager smashed a company with a market value of billions of dollars, this professional Managers must have an uncertain future.

Everyone is a scumbag. Who doesn’t know what Tim Cook is thinking about? Apple’s board of directors quickly summed it up and told Tim Cook that it’s okay to leave, but you have to wait another three months, three months Within time, they will try their best to find a good buyer for Apple and sell it at a good price. If it can’t be sold, Tim Cook can leave after the expiration of three months.

For Apple's executives, they were looking forward to getting rid of Apple as soon as Li Mu did this.

But who to sell it to, or who wants it, becomes a bigger question.

Apple executives have almost sifted through all the big names and companies in the Internet industry, and believe that there are indeed very few companies that can provide enough funds to buy Apple, and that Apple has practical significance. In any case, the value of Apple's current shot is more than The market value is slightly higher, and it is a multi-billion dollar business. There are few companies that have such a large appetite.

Moreover, Apple has considered all the first-tier Internet companies, but it has not considered Muye Technology. It is not that they are unwilling to sell the company to Muye Technology, but they feel that Muye Technology will not be too interested in Apple, especially Mango-ME2 is very popular, and when Makino Technology is not ready to make an operating system, it is really useless for Makino Technology to ask Apple.

Of course Apple wouldn't know that what Li Mu wanted was not their current mess, but their huge market value of hundreds of billions of dollars in the future.

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The news of Louis Martin is very powerful. On the night that Apple passed and abolished the IOS plan, Li Mu got the news from him. Louis Martin believes that the time window for acquiring Apple has come.

Li Mu felt that it was time to formally sit down with Apple and have a chat, so he asked him, "What kind of offer do you think we are giving Apple now that can ensure that they accept it at the lowest cost?"

Louis Martin said: "Apple's biggest pain point is where to go for the iPod business. This part of the business is no one wants to want now, and it will face huge losses. In fact, from the current situation, no one is willing to buy the iPod business. Now if Someone has made it clear that they are willing to take over the iPod business and let all Apple shareholders sell off all their shares immediately, and they will definitely agree without hesitation."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Well, I will ask my vice president to contact Apple's core layer tomorrow, and let them meet as soon as possible."

"Okay!" Louis Martin said with a smile: "I think this acquisition of Apple may be much simpler than we thought. Microsoft has indeed helped us a lot indirectly."

"Yes." Li Mu sighed and said with a smile, "Microsoft is really an assist this time. It is because of their unscrupulous bargaining that they gave us a good opportunity to take advantage of the bargain!"

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When Tim Cook received a call from Lin Qingya, he was stunned for several seconds before he gradually recovered.

Lin Qingya is the vice president of Muye Technology and the head of the American branch of Muye Technology. She is one of the most influential female executives in Silicon Valley. With the continuous development of Muye Technology, Lin Qingya's reputation in Silicon Valley has also increased. It's been a while, but that's not why Tim Cook was stunned. The reason why he didn't react out of shock for a long time was because he probably guessed the actual secret of Lin Qingya's phone call.

So Tim Cook asked respectfully: "Miss Lin, I don't know what your order is for calling me?"

Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said, "Tim, I heard that Apple is looking for a powerful individual or group to take over. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"Yes." Tim Cook said without hesitation: "We are indeed looking for a strong buyer for Apple."

Tim Cook is not surprised by this. The whole Silicon Valley knows that Apple wants to rush to stop losses, and it is no surprise that Lin Qingya knows.

But Tim Cook is very curious, is Lin Qingya interested in Apple?

At this time, Lin Qingya said, "Tim, Muye Technology is somewhat interested in Apple. If you have time, we can sit down and talk."

Tim Cook was instantly overjoyed. Although Makino Technology is Apple's mortal enemy, from a business perspective, Makino Technology is the most suitable company to acquire Apple.

However, Tim Cook thought about it carefully, and then said after a while: "Miss Lin, please remind us in advance that we are looking for the shares of the core shareholder layer to be acquired by full ownership. This is not financing or granting some shares. You have to accept that first before we can move on."

Lin Qingya said with a smile: "Of course, we don't want to simply take a stake in Apple. That doesn't make any sense to us, and a wholly-owned acquisition still has a little room for manoeuvre."

"A wholly-owned acquisition?!" Tim Cook asked, his voice sounded calm, but his heart was already turbulent.

Muye Technology wants to acquire Apple wholly, which is really something Tim Cook didn't expect, because he thinks that Li Mu can't use Apple at all, so why should he spend money to buy a loser who he can't use?

Moreover, why did Li Mu buy Apple's operating system and complete machine business? These two sections are of no practical significance to the current Muye Technology. As for the iPod, it is easy to explain that Li Mu may be clearing obstacles for his own products, just like Microsoft.

At Li Mu's request, Lin Qingya was too lazy to continue circling around with Apple's people, so she went straight to the point and said, "Tim, our chairman believes that Apple is a company with certain potential, out of recognition of you and our Some needs of his own business line, he decided to buy your company, and he heard that you were insulted by Microsoft because of this matter, including that he also felt that Microsoft was doing things too much, so let me talk to you. Let’s talk about it, if you can reach an agreement price, then he will pay, and then all the technical personnel of your company will be compiled into Makino Technology. If you can’t negotiate, you can accept Microsoft’s split agreement and only sell the operating system to them."

When Lin Qingya mentioned Microsoft, Tim Cook felt extremely depressed. Microsoft really hurt the self-esteem of all Apple's core personnel this time. In their opinion, the software and hardware they have worked so hard to create, I dare not say that it is the first in the industry, but at least it ranks extremely high. But now, in the eyes of Microsoft, these efforts have no real value at all. The only value Apple has to Microsoft is to ensure that Microsoft will no longer be controlled by antitrust laws, just like a tool, nothing more.

After thinking for a moment, Tim Cook asked Lin Qingya: "Mr. Lin, if we sell Apple to Muye Technology, what kind of price can Muye Technology give us? In addition to the price, about our company and team, he Any other ideas?"

Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said, "I don't know exactly what Mr. Li has in mind, so we can make an appointment to have a good chat and see what you all want, and then I'll chat with Mr. Li."

Tim Cook agreed immediately and blurted out: "Then choose tomorrow, tomorrow I have time all the time!"

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