Chapter 1528 Request

"Please sit down," Feng Yiping bowed slightly and greeted Fang Xing who walked in with a smile, "Wait a moment, I'll be there soon,"

He quickly typed a text message to Jin Ling on his mobile phone.

"You are busy," Fang Xing said politely, sitting opposite Feng Yiping in a proper manner.

He looked at the surprisingly young young man holding a mobile phone opposite him, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Very modestly, he was a successful person anyway, but compared with Feng Yiping, he was really crushed into dust in a minute.

More than ten years ago, when he was proudly becoming a senior executive of a well-known multinational company like HP in China with the envy of people around him, the person in front of him should still be in elementary school, sitting in a leaky classroom in a mud brick house in the countryside with a bunch of children who didn't know many words, following a private teacher, reading the text in a serious manner.

Seven years ago, when he jumped to IBM, his title was several levels higher, and he received congratulations from an increasingly large circle of friends, he was still in high school and should not have started a business yet.

But now, after more than ten years of hard work and overcoming many obstacles, he finally became the general manager of Apple China, the highest-level person in charge of a multinational company in China, while this young man has become the richest man in Asia and the richest Chinese in a flash, and the people he interacts with on a daily basis are all people like his ultimate boss.

Thinking about it, it feels like a joke, but it is true.

More than ten years ago, there was a huge gap between him and me, and more than ten years later, there is a huge gap between me and him.

No, to be precise, the gap is getting bigger and bigger.

My experience can be perfectly copied or surpassed by other farm children like Feng Yiping, but Feng Yiping's current and future achievements should be difficult for anyone to reach.

It is true that every generation has talented people, and each leads the trend for hundreds of years.

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"The expected meeting has been confirmed, and the relevant preparations can be started immediately," Feng Yiping sent the text message he had compiled to Jin Ling.

As he said, they had expected and prepared for such a situation, but before the top had a firm word, they could only wait.

"Hello, Mr. Fang," he looked up and looked at the middle-aged man opposite him, and found that the other party seemed to be distracted, "Why are you in such a hurry to find me? What's the matter? Is it because of the schedule?"

He and Fang Xing had had several work contacts, and he could receive a rough performance report from Apple China every month. After all, he is still a senior consultant to Jobs and one of Apple's executives. He also exerted his influence and assisted Apple China in handling some things.

But his contact with Fang Xing was just that.

After all, he was just a consultant.

He thought the key to the word consultant was the question at the end. It was enough to ask occasionally. If you often "care" and interfere too much, it would definitely make some people unhappy.

From his few contacts, he knew that this was a guy who was a little arrogant, and of course, he had reason to be arrogant.

He is capable and treats people in a very Western way. As for his work ability, it should be good. After all, he has served as a senior executive in well-known high-tech companies such as HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Apple. If he doesn't have some skills, he can't do it.

As for work performance, well, this is indeed a comprehensive issue, but if we only look at his performance in the recent period, objectively speaking, it is indeed average.

Of course, if someone else with similar level does it, it will probably not be much better.

"Mr. Feng, I want to report to you on the recent business in China," Fang Xing said.

"No need, people from the US headquarters will come in two days, and you can find them more appropriately,"

"Mr. Fang, this is not the first time we have contacted each other, just tell me if you have anything to say,"

At this juncture, he was so anxious to report to himself, and Feng Yiping instinctively felt that this matter was not so simple.

"This," Fang Xing lowered his head, as if he was ashamed, and as if he didn't know where to start.

"Mr. Feng, this year Apple has launched more than 30 hardware products in China, released a new version of the MacOSX operating system with more than 100 new features, and introduced the world's first digital life application suite iLife. In addition to playing music and sharing photos, it can also help users achieve..."

"Stop," Feng Yiping waved his hand and typed a few more words on the vibrating phone, "Mr. Fang, there is no need to say these, I know everything, you should just tell me what the problem is, I really have a lot of things to do here,"

"Well, what I want to say is that under such circumstances, our overall performance in China is not very good," hesitantly, dodging, Fang Xing finally said the topic.

"Let's not talk about other things, by the end of this month, how many iPods will be sold?" Feng Yiping asked.

As Apple's hot-selling single product in recent years, the sales volume of iPod should be able to explain the problem well.

"By the end of this month, it should exceed 30,000 units," Fang Xing was a little embarrassed and said it in a rather indirect way except for one data.

"By the end of this month, what is the approximate sales volume of the entire domestic MP3 this year?" Feng Yiping continued to ask.

"It will probably be between 2.6 million and 2.7 million,"

"It's just over a point," Feng Yiping looked at Fang Xing seriously.

No wonder he was so awkward and shy today. This result, oh!

"What about the global sales of iPod?" Feng Yiping was not very clear about these data.

"According to the forecast of the headquarters, after the sales in the second quarter increased significantly and the global sales exceeded 1 million units, the sales in the third quarter should double to 2 million units." Fang Xing was able to get these data easily, but he was too embarrassed to look Feng Yiping in the eye.

"In other words, this year, iPod can only sell more than 40,000 units in China at most?"

"Yes," Fang Xing nodded, "but we are very confident that we can increase sales significantly next year,"

"Okay, okay," oh, Feng Yiping couldn't help sighing again, just shook his head, and stopped immediately. He understood that Fang Xing, who was originally quite arrogant, must feel very aggrieved when he said such a figure that was far from realistic, so he still had to take care of his emotions.

He finally understood why Lao Qiao was unwilling to come to China.

You know, iPod occupies more than 70% of the MP3 player market in North America, and it has always been in short supply.

The annual sales volume of more than 40,000 units in China is estimated to be the same as that of the United States in 3-5 days. If he were Steve Jobs, he would not be interested in the domestic market.

"First of all, I can't inform Steve Jobs to cancel his trip to China," Feng Yiping understood Fang Xing's concerns.

"Secondly, you should be prepared to be criticized now. This criticism may make you feel ashamed. You must not be lucky,"

"Finally, aren't you sure that the sales volume will increase significantly next year? Explain your basis and the measures to be taken one by one,"

"Okay? This is my personal suggestion," he picked up the phone on the table and prepared to dial.

"Mr. Feng, we all know that Mr. Steve Jobs can listen to your suggestions. I have an unwelcome request. I don't know...,"

"Since it is an unwelcome request, then don't say it. To be honest, with such results, I can't help you," Feng Yiping interrupted him.

After hearing the string of numbers, he understood the main purpose of Fang Xing's finding him today, which was nothing more than asking him to help speak well in front of Steve Jobs and beg for mercy.

If it were him, he would also be furious when facing such results of Chinese companies.

"Prepare for the worst and make the most active preparations, okay," Feng Yiping dialed the phone, "Wu Qian, help me see Mr. Fang off,"

Fang Xing stood up reluctantly, "Thank you, Mr. Feng, for taking the time to see me," and walked out of the office. He looked at Feng Yiping inside through the window, feeling a little resentful.

I still have a lot to say, but he just rejected me so simply.

If Jobs didn't come to visit China and didn't have a personal understanding of the domestic market, they could at least make a beautiful report and fully emphasize the difficulties of Chinese companies. Anyway, from top to bottom, Apple currently doesn't pay much attention to the Chinese market, so there is no understanding.

Or, if Jobs comes to China next year, the results will at least be better than this year, and the growth rate in the same period will be relatively large.

But just this year, you invited Jobs to visit China, which made the entire Chinese company face an insurmountable hurdle. In this case, can't you help say a few good words?

Feng Yiping didn't notice Fang Xing's gaze. He was calling Jin Ling. "Put everything else aside and accompany me to school."