Chapter 2145 It’s Settled

Feng Yiping laughed. Could it be that you can throw that bottle of water at me?

Oh, this is a rare opportunity for the always tough boss Joe to take the initiative. If you don't take advantage of it, how can you live up to this rare opportunity?

"Steve, when my optical park was put into production, I took Apple's support into consideration. And I think you and Cook know that our products, whether in terms of quality, price, or supply time, are qualified to become Apple's top supplier, right?"

Seeing Feng Yiping say this, Jobs was not in a hurry.

He understood that Feng Yiping was not talking to him about this now, and he naturally didn't want to use this opportunity as a threat.

According to his description of the project, if he personally paid an extra $1 billion, how much return would he get? How much would he have to provide support for Apple to earn?

Does Feng Yiping need that $1 billion? Of course not.

So what he said can only show that he is confident in the project he mentioned.

"But I have been promoting this project for such a long time, but it has not been implemented yet. You know Steve, this has caused a lot of impact on my optical park," said Feng Yiping.

Jobs leaned back comfortably on the sofa, "Cook is quite satisfied with your inspection of your optical company, but you know our procedures, there are many processes to go through,"

"I know that you are so meticulous, and the approval of the supporting equipment will definitely be nitpicking," said Feng Yiping.

Jobs rolled his eyes, then smiled, he unscrewed the mineral water and took a few sips, "Your products are really good, but the specific price may need further discussion,"

"I don't care about this," he raised his hand to stop Feng Yiping who wanted to speak.

"Our offer is already very sincere, of course, I don't care about this," Feng Yiping spread his hands.

"I can also tell you a good news," Jobs paused and said something, "Cook is very interested in some of your products on the production line, so I think that in the future, you will get more orders from Apple than you can imagine,"

"This, well, you will know in the future," he said confidently, but vaguely.

"Some of our products on the production line?" Feng Yiping asked with pretended doubt.

In fact, he knew very well that it was not Cook who was interested, but Jobs who said this.

The so-called "some production lines" must be the Gorilla Glass production line.

His painstaking arrangements many years ago were finally not in vain, and it was finally... Oh, it would take another two years to harvest the big harvest.

However, Jobs was really very confident. You know, the research and development prospects of his iPhone project should still be very unclear, but he was so sure that he could do it.

Feng Yiping admired his confidence and paranoia, and at the same time, he sympathized with the research and development members of Apple's project team.

Judging from Jobs' temper, in the early stage of R&D, when the functions he envisioned could not find ideal solutions, Feng Yiping believed that more than one project team member would be on the verge of collapse due to pressure or Jobs' bad temper.

There is no way, this is the daily life of working with people like Jobs.

"Yes, you will definitely get more orders than you can imagine in the future," Jobs said again.

Feng Yiping felt that he should be saying this to himself, that is, the sales of our smartphone project will definitely exceed imagination.

"Yeah, then I am very much looking forward to it,"

"Do you know why I am interested in supporting your industry in your hometown?" Jobs asked.

Then he answered himself, "I admire their efforts to make their lives better. I appreciate people like them. People must save themselves first, and then others can save them,"

"But look at many of our residents and many industrial workers, all of them are..." Jobs used a few not very elegant words here.

"They only complain about not having a job. When they have a job, they complain that the work is too hard and the income is not high enough. They all want to make a lot of money easily,"

"I think their greatest achievement in the future is to destroy our entire manufacturing industry,"

I don't know what Jobs has encountered recently, or that he compared American workers with Chinese workers, so he had so many strong feelings.

But what he said is indeed very right. American industrial workers have destroyed American manufacturing.

But not only that, American financial practitioners are also trying to destroy the American financial industry.

"Okay, can you tell me about your plan now? Or do you have to wait until your company becomes an Apple supplier?"

"How could it be? As for the issue of supporting, it was you who took the initiative to bring it up," Feng Yiping said.

"But for some reasons, I can't tell you too much about my plan,"

Jobs nodded gently, and Feng Yiping understood that this did not mean his approval, that he was thinking.

"Roughly speaking, I want to set up a $4 billion fund, but it doesn't have to be a fund,"

"According to my analysis, this investment should be made in 2007, but considering some other factors, it may be delayed for a while, and I can get at least 2 to 3 times the return,"

He still said it was 2007, not 2008, because judging from the data, the large-scale default of the American people who bought houses with loans should appear in 2007, not 2008.

I believe that Page, Brin, and Jobs will all look at the data at that time.

So, if he clearly said 2008 this time, it would be difficult to explain.

2007, which may be delayed for a while, is the best statement.

"But I can't tell you what to do specifically at the moment,"

"Have you finished?" Jobs asked.

"Yes," Feng Yiping shrugged.

"That is, are you sure that the project you are running can get a total return of tens of billions of dollars in two years or more?"

Feng Yiping took a sip of water and said easily, "Yes, I think this is not a problem,"

"You, Page, Brin, each invest 1 billion US dollars?"

"Yes, so I hope you can do the same," Feng Yiping said, "So the question is, can you believe me,"

"My question is not whether I believe you," Jobs said.

With his understanding of Feng Yiping, he fully believed that Feng Yiping would not joke about such a thing.

"My question is, why did you choose me? I think it is not a problem for any of you three to come up with another $1 billion,"

This is the most normal reaction of Jobs after hearing Feng Yiping's proposal.

Since the return will be so high, why did you come to me for no reason?

"There are many reasons," Feng Yiping said.

There are indeed many reasons.

First of all, he hopes that after Jobs launches the iPhone in the future, his optical company will always be a stable supplier of Apple.

He hopes that after Rubin's Android system is successfully developed, he will not go to the opposite path with Jobs and Apple...

"But it is definitely not for no reason to find you," Feng Yiping thought for a while, "Let's put it this way, this project can finally proceed smoothly, and we can get the return smoothly, but we also rely on people like you who have influence and reputation in the business world,"

"Of course, don't worry, the operation of our project is absolutely legal," Feng Yiping assured first.

"You can only imagine, and you know better than me, what some people will do in the face of hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in spending,"

"And you also know that I am still a Chinese. Many times, this is the best point to make a fuss about,"

What he didn't say was that in the big environment of 2008, when the entire US economy was on the verge of collapse, if he didn't pull in such a strong teammate, then those people on Wall Street would be very happy to find that there was someone who came to their door to help them divert the anger of the American people.

They would say that it was not because of us, but because of Feng Yiping and China.

And Feng Yiping knew that such a routine was still quite effective in the United States.

More importantly, we all know that the United States, which has always liked to label other countries as "rogues", is actually the most rogue country in the world.

They bombed our Yugoslav embassy and were so rogue that they said they used expired maps.

But in the United States, it's not just the government that is rogue, many companies are the same.

If there is no such strong teammate, even if Feng Yiping has a good relationship with Wall Street now, even if those people on Wall Street are the most contractual, when the day comes and they have to take out hundreds of millions of dollars or billions of dollars, they will really use all means.

For example, they may say that the staff who signed the agreement with you has resigned, and we can't find your agreement now.

How is it possible? Even if the person in charge is not there, you should definitely keep such an important agreement.

Sorry, the warehouse where important information is kept caught fire.

Then there must be some retention in your server.

Sorry, our server also crashed...

At that time, even if Feng Yiping is very famous in the United States and the world, he can't expect Wall Street to give him the money he deserves.

But it's different to let Jobs, Page and Brin rush to the front.

Against Apple and Google, you try to rely on one?

"I understand a little bit," Jobs nodded seriously this time.

So it makes sense.

However, Jobs is Jobs, so he asked another question, "Even so, I think there are more candidates like me, for example, Bill in Seattle."

Feng Yiping had thought that it would be better if Bill Gates was brought in.

However, Bill Gates would definitely consult his good friend Buffett about such things.

Then, next, this matter might not be led by himself, and this is what he didn't want to see.

He couldn't turn his favor into Buffett's.

"Don't you know this? Although Bill and I have a good relationship, how can we compare with you?" Feng Yiping said first.

"Besides, comparing Microsoft and Apple now, I admire Apple more for constantly innovating under your leadership, rather than Microsoft, which always relies on its old capital and patchworks to launch a few software that are just a change of soup but not the essence every year."

"Hehe," Jobs was so happy with these words that he almost smiled behind his ears.

"About funding?" he asked.

"I plan to start this project at the end of this year, or at the latest in the first quarter of next year,"

In fact, the main reason why he asked this question now was because of Jobs.

Unlike the other three, $1 billion is not a small amount for Jobs now.

Back then, as the founder, Jobs once held up to 11% of Apple's shares. However, after being kicked out of the company he founded by the Apple board of directors in 1985, he was furious and only kept one share of Apple's stock, and sold all the others.

He currently has few Apple shares, only a few million shares, which he got when he returned to Apple as CEO in 1997.

Otherwise, he would have surpassed his old rival Bill Gates in financial resources later.

Although he sold Apple's shares at the beginning, and Apple later used $400 million to buy Next\Software, which he founded after leaving Apple, he is still not an ordinary rich man.

But Feng Yiping believes that if he wants to come up with $1 billion in funds, he may have to use his other important asset, Pixar's equity, to raise funds.

Feng Yiping brought up this issue at this time just to take care of Jobs.

However, he couldn't let him know this.

A person like Jobs is undoubtedly sensitive. If he realized that Feng Yiping did this to take care of him, he would definitely not appreciate it.

So Feng Yiping said, "Of course, it is also possible to advance, so I hope our funds can be prepared before the New Year."

"Before the New Year? It should be no problem," Jobs stretched out his hand, "Then I'll join,"