Chapter 1396 Persuasion

In Cupertino, in the Apple Park, Feng Yiping didn't let Irving follow him. He just stood there with his hands behind his back, aimlessly wandering between the buildings.

Some of the Apple employees who passed by him recognized him and smiled at him, while others proudly treated him as a passerby, just glanced at him casually, and then strode to the next destination.

It should be said that these people do have reason to be proud.

In January this year, Apple launched a new iPod. In fact, at the beginning of its launch, many industry analysts did not have any expectations for this product because it only had a 4G capacity and a price of $249.

At that time, the 15G iPod was only sold for $299. In comparison, this new product was completely cost-effective.

But this player, named iPod mini, quickly caused a sensation after it was released at the Apple Summit in January.

This small micro hard drive mp3 player has 5 colors to choose from, silver gray, khaki, pink, sky blue and grass green.

It is a treasure from God for those who love music and love music, especially its pleasing appearance, which successfully attracted the attention of many women. It can be said to be a successful example of making women fall in love with digital.

This thing can only be described in one way, that is, "cool!"

Then you have only one thought without thinking, "I want it,"

In this case, no one considers the cost performance. Is the cost performance as good as ours? - It has to be said that everything depends on the appearance.

So the previous analysts and experts were slapped in the face again. Fortunately, this is not a new thing. It is new that those experts are not slapped in the face.

The crazy number of pre-orders has made this iPod mini still hard to find, and it seems that this situation of supply and demand will continue for quite a long time.

Such things really give these guys in this park reason to be proud.

But Feng Yiping's seemingly aimless wandering today has nothing to do with iPod.

His purpose today is to find a building where a groundbreaking product is being researched, and the progress of that product is related to his other income.

The Gorilla Glass that was previously leaked from Corning was pointed at the emergence of this product.

Yes, that is the iPhone, the product that will make people in this park more proud in the future.

At this time, the research and development of the iPhone should have been launched. According to the relevant information disclosed later, the project should now be on the first floor of a building in the park, with very strict security.

And it is not only for the outside, but also for the inside.

All employees of this project were recruited from within Apple, and no new outsiders were hired.

And these selected people only know that they are engaged in a highly confidential project, but they may not even know the real name of the project.

If you can communicate with other colleagues in the project, you will know that even if they are engaged in the same work, the project names told to them are completely different.

But the agreement clearly states that you are not allowed to discuss your work with others.

In this case, except for those responsible, the employees who do basic work below, at least for a long time at the beginning, have no idea what their work is and what the purpose is.

They only know that this project is of great importance.

Because to enter this building, all employees need to swipe their cards and pass through camera inspection. Sometimes, even if a project team member wants to enter a certain office, he must swipe his card five or six times before he can do so.

And many areas in the building are full of people in black.

But no one clearly stated where the building that Feng Yiping wanted to see was. It was just revealed that there seemed to be a sign outside the building, "FightClub,"

which meant that he had to keep it strictly confidential like the characters in the 1999 movie of the same name.

But Feng Yiping couldn't find the building with such a sign outside, so forget it.

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In the office, Jobs seemed a little annoyed. Of course, this was his normal state at work.

Especially now that he has started such an important but also very challenging project, he is afraid that he will not be too happy for a long time.

Adding the function of a mobile phone to an iPod, since the release of iPod in 2001, many fans have been suggesting this to them.

This is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do, even with Apple's background.

In fact, Jobs had discussed this matter in a small circle since 2002, but at that time, everyone came to the conclusion that, not to mention the future sales, the difficulty of developing such a product was no less than landing on the moon, so it was unrealistic.

But now, with the gradual popularization of 3G applications, the threat of mobile phones to iPods is getting bigger and bigger, and Apple has to start this project.

But the difficulty is so great that even Jobs had to bow his head and ask for help from another senior IT veteran in Silicon Valley, Ed Zander. They had dealt with each other when they were at SUN before, and Ed Zander was the CEO of Motorola at that time.

Motorola had just launched the ultra-thin V3 mobile phone that was also popular all over the world, and Jobs wanted to learn from them.

It is understandable that the proud Jobs, who has led Apple to regain its prestige, will definitely feel very aggrieved when he has to ask for help. It is strange that he is in a good mood.

However, when he saw Feng Yiping, he still smiled and said, "Please sit down,"

Feng Yiping took a serious look at him. He was still wearing his usual attire. However, Feng Yiping, who had not seen him for several months, could still tell the difference at a glance. He was still thinner and his hair was whiter. He looked very tired, or rather weak.

Of course, it can be seen that his fighting spirit is still very strong.

However, news like that, even for a strong person like him, would inevitably have an impact.

"The two products you recently launched are very good," Jobs said with a smile.

His smile has always been reserved for smart people and genius products.

Feng Yiping's previous commendable acquisitions and other business actions did not receive such praise from Jobs.

In other words, Comrade Lao Qiao looks down upon things like that.

"Thank you and Apple for your support," Feng Yiping said. These were not polite words.

Especially in the promotion of Facebook, Apple helped a lot. Their employees, including Jobs himself, were the first users of Facebook. Apple was also the first user of the official account launched by Facebook.

Their demonstration will definitely attract a large number of fruit fans from all over the world.

"This era is very exciting," Jobs said. He stopped what he was doing and remained silent for a while.

Yes, in such a wonderful era, who wouldn’t want to move forward with it?

But he soon became excited, "But even in such a wonderful era, there are not many products that can make our eyes shine. These two items you just launched are very good,"

"Feng, I suggest that you should concentrate on these products that can change the world, and don't spread too much energy on other business activities,"

Looking at the enviable young man in front of him, Jobs couldn't help but say, "In the end, you will find that what we lack most is time."

"Jobs, I suggest once again that you should have the surgery as soon as possible. There is no need to drag it out day by day. The doctor also suggested the same, right?"

Regardless of whether it was useful or not, Feng Yiping decided to persuade him again, "I think the current medical technology can still be trusted,"

"No, it's not that I don't believe it." It was also because the two products recently launched by Feng Yiping made his eyes light up. Jobs also said a few more words, "I'm working hard too,"

"This actually reordered my life," he said, not looking at Feng Yiping, but looking out the window.

Maybe it was because there were too many things left unfinished that he decided not to waste time in the hospital?

"Stephen, the doctors say now is the best time for surgery,"

"You know Feng," Jobs looked up at Feng Yiping, "when I was 12 years old, my father was about to die, and now my son is 12 years old,"

Feng Yiping really didn't believe that he said this. This seemed to be fatalism!

"I'm a Buddhist," Jobs said as if he knew what Feng Yiping was thinking.