Chapter 1991 The Frustrated Person

Leader Qiao has been super depressed recently.

As early as April, he was removed from the position of CEO and only retained the status of chairman of the board of directors.

But in Europe and the United States, the most important thing in a company is the chief executive officer, also known as the CEO. The chairman of the board of directors is rarely useful.

This is not like our mainland China, Xiangjiang, and Baodao. The CEO is the general manager, who is only in charge of specific things. The one who really controls the overall situation is the chairman of the board of directors, or simply called the chairman.

With no real power in Apple, and seeing all the projects he was focusing on being cut off, the heartache of Qiao Gangzhu is really incomprehensible to outsiders.

He has been working hard, trying to communicate with the directors and shareholders, hoping that they will believe in him again, help him again, and give him a chance to prove himself again.

It's a pity that at Apple, few people are willing to believe him-this still includes the number of all R&D personnel and employees.

It's the end of July now, Gang Leader Qiao, who has worked hard for three months but still has nothing, is very disheartened.

So after finding out that Yin Jun was still in the United States, he deliberately called Yin Jun through a friend and wanted to talk to him.

Of course Yin Jun readily agreed, and warmly received this genius in Lin Qingxia's manor.

Compared with three months ago, Leader Qiao looked much more haggard.

In fact, he is only 30 years old now, belonging to a very young stage, but this rebellious young man has suffered some setbacks in fighting spirit after experiencing great joy and sorrow, and his spirit is not very good.

"Stephen, don't take it to heart. You are not the first person to be kicked out of the company you founded, nor will you be the last." Yin Jun said, "This is the law of the capital market, and there is nothing strange about it."

Leader Qiao looked at Yin Jun with a surprised expression, "Are you comforting me, or are you adding salt to my wound? I haven't left Apple yet!"

Yin Jun blushed.

He was filming during this time, how could he know so clearly, when he saw Gang Leader Qiao coming to find him, he thought he was kicked out, and ended up having an own mess.

Coughing lightly, the young man said, "Is the matter unclear? What's the point of you staying at Apple now? Are you just letting them humiliate you? You're not that kind of person, are you?"

This sentence actually reached the heart of Gang Leader Qiao.

He has been the most stubborn person in his life, and he doesn't know what compromise is, at least for now.

Seeing that his company was messed up by those Wall Street funds, he felt so uncomfortable. He really wanted to leave the company immediately, out of sight and out of mind.

"I'm leaving." Gang Leader Qiao spoke very straightforwardly. Since he came to find Yin Jun, he didn't hide it, "I don't want to have anything to do with this company, but I don't want to put myself Mr. Yin, are you interested in buying the Apple stock in my hand? Although it is not worth much now, I believe it will get better."

"purchase!"

When Yin Jun heard this, he immediately made a decision, "Stephen, I will buy as much as you have, and I will not bargain."

Leader Qiao was a little moved when he heard it, this is a good friend!

This is a genius like me!

Look at his demeanor, it's really different from those idiot investors!

Of course, if Yin Jun said "no counter-offering", Gang Leader Qiao would not directly increase the price so much, and take the opportunity to sell it at a good price.

In fact, he had already thought about the price before he came.

What's more, he can't do such a thing as a temporary price increase, and Gang Leader Qiao can't afford to lose this person.

Yin Jun was not at all surprised that Gang Leader Qiao wanted to sell Apple's stock.

This is what he did in his previous life. The first thing he did after leaving Apple was to sell almost all of his stocks, leaving only 1 share, which he used to collect Apple’s annual report every year, to see how Apple would die. .

In fact, now is the best time to buy Apple stock.

Today's Apple company has not developed such a large scale, so even if the computer is still selling well, due to various mistakes, the stock price has plummeted all the way. By April and May, the stock price fell to 1.98 per share. The all-time low price of the US dollar.

Over the past few months, it has been hovering around 2 dollars, and there has been no upward trend.

However, this $2 is the lowest point for Apple.

In the 1990s, Apple's lowest price was in 1996, when it was around $6.

After the dot-com bubble burst in the 2000s, its stock price was $7.

Then came the return of Joe’s gang leader, leading Apple’s counterattack all the way, and the stock price soared to about 666 US dollars at one time.

So now that I bought Apple's stock, after 30 years, it will naturally appreciate three to four hundred times. This business is absolutely worthwhile.

"I currently own 15% of Apple's stock. Calculated from the market price, it is about 300 million U.S. dollars." Qiao Gang said, "I want all the cash, okay?"

"Can."

Yin Jun said, "You can trade whenever you want."

"That's cool enough!" Gang Leader Qiao laughed, "Oh, by the way, you leave me 1 share so that I can receive the company's annual report every year."

"Hey, Stephen, you still can't let it go?" Yin Jun pretended to say, "I thought you had to leave simply!"

"How is that possible?" Gang Leader Qiao shook his head repeatedly, "Apple is mine, and I will definitely go back! I will definitely be able to create brilliance with it again!!"

"Then how do you sell me the stocks in your hand?" Yin Jun asked.

"Does it matter if I have shares in Apple?" Qiao Gang asked him back, "You see, I am still the largest private shareholder of Apple, but they want to drive me away, and I have nothing to do. This is the consequence of my loss of support and failure to make achievements! It proves that the number of shares held is not important at all, unless I, like you, do not let the company go public, or directly hold more than 50%.

Now that Apple has gone public, let's not talk about this possibility. What I wondered was, if I had what it took to bring Apple back to being the biggest and best company in the world, would they dare to kick me out? Are you asking me to stay? In this case, even if I don’t have shares in Apple, what’s the difference? "

Yin Jun couldn't help but compared his thumbs, "Stephen, this temporary setback has really made you mature a lot!"

Joe's analysis was very correct and thorough.

Maybe others can't see the benefits of Leader Qiao's change of mind now, but Yin Jun knows that the development of future generations is just as Leader Qiao thinks.

After he returned to Apple for the second time in 1996, he still only had 1 share of Apple.

Gang Leader Qiao doesn't even get paid. His annual salary is 1 US dollar, but he has an agreement with the board of directors that if he does a good job, there will be equity incentives.

Gangzhu Qiao, who has no shares, has led Apple to move forward one after another. Starting from IPOD, Apple has been soaring all the way. Since then, even if Gangzhu Qiao has no shares in Apple, there are no investors or shareholders who dare to treat him. Make irresponsible remarks.

They all regarded Leader Qiao as a god, worshiped him, and obeyed his orders.

Therefore, at that time, for the leader of Qiao Gang, whether he had shares or not was not a problem at all.

Of course, before Lord Joe goes to heaven, he can still receive millions of Apple shares as rewards every year.

In the end, he became Apple's largest private shareholder, but this has nothing to do with his power.

"What's the use of being mature? These idiots will ruin my company! And now I can only watch from here, there is no way, this is the most painful thing for me." Qiao Gang leader With a sigh.

Yin Jun didn't speak anymore.

He will not tell Mr. Joe that at the current stage, it is really none other than Mr. Joe who is about to bring down Apple.

Because of his stubbornness, because he does not look at the market recklessly, and because of his advanced consciousness, Apple has reached the point where it is almost at the end of its rope.

The shareholders also have no choice, if they don't take away Gangzhu Qiao, all their money will be wasted.

It was several years later, after a long period of precipitation, as well as constant reflection and serious pondering, that Qiao Gangzhu understood this truth.

But his second success, to be honest, was completely lucky to catch the pulse of the times, and then follow the trend.

How many people know that when he first made IPOD, he just wanted to embed this music player software in other people's mobile phones?

It's just that others don't want it, so he can only make such a music player by himself, and it immediately explodes, becoming the darling of the market.

Does anyone know that when the first generation of Qiao Gangzhu's iPhone came out, it was only popular but not very popular, and could not be sold at all. It was only sold by relying on the contract phone model of major operators?

Even in the few years when Mr. Qiao returned to Apple, Apple was still in trouble.

Especially when the Internet bubble burst around 2000, Apple almost fell into a desperate situation.

Forced to have no choice, he could only call his old enemy Bill Gates, saying that we should stop fighting our patent lawsuit, Apple cannot fall down, so you pay the patent fee, buy some of our shares, and give us some help, ok?

If it was the leader Joe from ten years ago, he would rather announce the bankruptcy of Apple than make this call.

Although Bill Gates is not a good person in business, after consideration, he agreed to Joe's request, immediately reconciled with Apple, and bought shares in Apple, giving Apple support to tide over the difficulties.

So you see, even a genius like Chief Qiao can only achieve success after going through all kinds of hardships.

Those easy successes, really don't dream anymore!