Chapter 1449: Beautiful Apples, Ugly Apples

In this world, if you are doing the same kind of business, then some people must be happy while others are sad.

If Xiao Qi wanted to be happy, then he had to make his biggest competitor unhappy.

Obviously, at this stage, Samsung does not have the qualifications. The one who is qualified to let Xiao Qi take action can only be Gang Leader Qiao.

Leader Qiao is a genius that Xiao Qi respects very much. Unlike Xiao Qi, who has developed through the memory of later generations, Leader Qiao is an absolute hero.

Except for Gangzhu Qiao, no one has ever been able to come back so gloriously after being kicked out of the company he founded, and make the company the largest electronics company in the world.

However, from another aspect, Qiao's personal character is very much criticized.

What Xiao Qi was talking about was not that he never donated money for charity. That kind of thing can only be used to coax the children of China. Every penny of the rich people in the United States must be spent for value The reason why they donate countless money is just to obtain greater benefits-financially, reputationally and so on.

What Xiao Qi really criticized for Gang Leader Qiao was his tyrannical behavior of showing his subordinates and partners like slaves.

People who work at Apple, whether it is more than 100 global vice presidents, or the staff at the bottom, or the elites of the design laboratory, none of them are mentally ill, and they are all forced by the Qiao Gang.

Not to mention whether the famous "horror elevator" incident is true or not, but no one can justify Qiao's gang leader's merciless behavior and scolding at the hands of his subordinates.

Even though he entered Apple for the second time and his personality is slightly better, Apple is still under high pressure.

The same is true for all suppliers, whether it is a first-line supplier like Samsung or a bottom-level supplier like the Red Sea Factory. Qiao Gangzhu always gives the lowest price and the highest quality standard.

It is purely to let the horse run as hard as possible, not to eat grass.

Later, it was Samsung who struggled hard and raised the prices of a4 and a5 processor chips several times. As a result, Apple apparently agreed and raised the prices. In the name of technical infringement, Samsung was directly sued after changing hands, and Samsung was required to pay 2 billion U.S. dollars.

right.

You heard it right, a $2 billion compensation lawsuit.

At that time, Li Jianxi was dumbfounded.

This shows how cruel and merciless Qiao Gangzhu is.

Guo Taiming and the others didn't want to treat these workers too harshly, but the problem was that Apple gave too little money, and the Baodao people had to make money themselves, so they had no choice but to wrong the mainland workers.

It is because of Gangzhu Qiao's bad record in these aspects. When Xiao Qi was doing business with him, he was always on guard, for fear that at any time the old man would directly make a killing move.

Of course, Xiao Qi holds an increasingly powerful app store in his hands, so he is not afraid of Qiao Gangzhu tearing his face.

What the teenager is really worried about is the lowest-level foundries such as Red Sea, Pegatron, Bourne, and Flextronics.

In addition to complaining about those workers who work like bonded labor, the more important practical significance is that Xiao Qi sold 5% of the app store shares to Apple. From this, there was an agreement with Gang Leader Qiao, after the boy's father Xiao Xu officially became the secretary of the Daoyin City Party Committee. Qiaobang mainly opened an iPhone foundry in Daoyin with 150,000 to 200,000 people.

If according to Qiao Gangzhu's character, in exchange, I come to your Daoyin to open a factory, that's no problem.

But how the factory does it, how the salary and working conditions are determined, that is my own business. Don't try to meddle.

it is good.

If that is the case, Xiao Qi originally introduced the iPhone foundry to benefit the public, but it turned out to be a scam.

Such a low salary, such a harsh working environment, such a high-intensity job... Xiao Qi felt deeply. It is better for the Vietnamese people, the Indonesian people, and the Japanese people to do these jobs.

This is where the contradiction arises.

It is obviously contradictory in front of a tyrant like Gangzhu Qiao to set up an iphone foundry in Daoyin, but also to pay the foundry adequate wages and working conditions.

In order to get rid of this contradiction and seek some benefits for the millions of factory workers of various Apple products in the world, Xiao Qi can only adopt some not-so-high-level means.

In the Internet age, the most important thing is to be able to do things more secretly.

Xiao Qi used 8 account turnover, and through various secret means, entrusted a consulting company to find the "New York Times". After spending 10 million US dollars in various sponsorship fees, as early as May, More than 20 reporters from the "New York Times" set off from the United States and went to China, Vietnam, India, Indonesia and other places to secretly interview the living conditions of workers in Apple's foundry.

In the previous life, it was the "New York Times" that first disclosed the harsh working conditions of the Red Sea factory that produced iPhones and the inhumane treatment of employees, which caused an uproar.

It's just that it was in January 2012, and now it's 2007, which is more than 4 years earlier.

But the curiosity of The New York Times was just as strong.

Now that the New York Times heard about the possible problems with Apple, the New York Times immediately became interested. After accepting the sponsorship, it immediately began to fight for its reputation as a "just hero".

Don't doubt it, American newspapers and magazines are notoriously daring to speak out.

The Kennedy brothers shared the Monroe incident, Nixon's Watergate incident, Clinton's White House intern incident... all were first disclosed by newspapers.

As long as there is a sensational effect, they dare to report anything no matter who the target is.

What's the hottest thing in America right now?

In addition to the negative subprime mortgage crisis, it is the extremely popular Apple iPhone!

It's exciting to think about its ugliness under its beautiful appearance!

After more than three months of secret interviews and investigations, the "New York Times" has gained a lot. After returning to New York, it took more than half a month to sort out, and finally published a special issue on the morning of Monday, October 14th, US Eastern Time. , published a special report on "Beautiful Apples, Ugly Apples".

It lists the reporter's interview experience in several countries such as China and India, and secretly took photos, etc., all of which are listed in detail. There is no need for reporters to describe it.

As a result, the American people were horrified to discover that behind such a glamorous iPhone, there is such an ugly reality, which is really disgusting.

So, with a bang, public opinion in the United States exploded. (to be continued..)