Chapter 2188: Making Money While Lying Down

Maybe it was because of the ongoing rehearsals that Jobs was really exhausted mentally and physically. Maybe it was because they were together for a rare occasion. After lunch, the few people were not in a hurry to leave.

"Steve, have you noticed the popularity of your recent press conference on the Internet?" Brin asked, "Everyone is eagerly looking forward to the products you will launch this time. They are very much looking forward to it."

"Then what is your expected sales volume for this product?"

Feng Yiping immediately said, "I am actually more concerned about this issue, which is related to the sales of my optical company,"

This is obviously a question that makes Jobs more happy than asking about the preparations for the press conference.

"Our plan is to ship at least 3 million units this year," Jobs said. "If it weren't for the fact that we can't ship until June, then we estimate that this number will be 5 million units, and there will be no problem."

"That is, this product will bring at least US$1.5 billion in sales to Apple," Page said immediately.

They also probably knew at this time that the first-generation iPhone would have two versions, 4G and 8G, priced at US$499 and US$599 respectively.

Jobs nodded, "This is the minimum requirement,"

But he saw Feng Yiping's face, "What, Feng, you seem a little dissatisfied?"

Is Feng Yiping satisfied? Of course he is not.

Later, the sales volume of the iPhone was less than tens of millions. It was only 3 million units, which is really nothing to be proud of.

Even compared to the iPod, Jobs's most proud product before this, this quantity is also very inconspicuous.

In October last year, the fifth anniversary of the launch of the iPod, its total sales reached 68 million units, which means that the average annual sales volume was more than 13 million units.

"Well, I'm not very satisfied. Our production line can easily produce panels for 30 million to 50 million iPhones," Feng Yiping said.

Jobs smiled, "You are bolder than us, but don't worry, annual sales of 30 million units will not be a problem in the future,"

I have to say that he didn't blow his mind.

"I look forward to that day coming soon,"

"It's definitely not too late," Jobs said. "We set a sales target of 3 million mainly because of production issues."

"Our iPhone is an epoch-making product, completely different from existing products on the market, so the production of some accessories will still take time,"

"When the supporting system matures, our sales will definitely increase greatly,"

"We can fully predict that after delivery starts in June, iPods will be even more in demand than before. If production can keep up, sales this year will exceed 10 million units, which will definitely not be a problem,"

This was said somewhat domineeringly.

But the next sentence is very Steve Jobs again.

"We can also be sure of another thing. Starting from this year's Christmas holiday, our iPhone will definitely be everyone's favorite Christmas gift, and the same will be true in terms of sales,"

"Definitely," Feng Yiping and the three of them said almost in unison.

Because they all know that in recent years, the iPod has indeed been the most popular electronic product during the Christmas holidays in the United States, but in terms of sales, it is still Microsoft's Xbox 360.

It seems that Jobs has been worried about this for a long time.

"Should Google's website be ranked number one in terms of visits in China?" Jobs asked.

When communicating with Feng Yiping and the others, although he still had a strong personality, he was actually quite measured. Just now everyone was praising Apple, and now it was naturally his turn to praise his company.

"According to our statistics, the number of visits to our website has indeed surpassed Yahoo,"

Previously, due to its excellent email, instant messaging, address book and other tools, Yahoo's website ranked first in the United States in terms of visits in the past 10 years.

However, Yahoo is no longer comparable to Google.

According to data comparisons in financial reports, Yahoo's revenue in the first three quarters of last year was close to US$4.5 billion, while Google's revenue in the first three quarters was close to US$9 billion, which is nearly twice that of Yahoo.

"This is proof of Google's success," Jobs praised. "But for some guys, if the number of website visits is too high, that is not a good thing."

Great, that's very Steve Jobs.

At this time, Bill Gates, who was in Seattle, sneezed again for no reason. The richest man in the world thought for a moment, who is missing me?

The staff, however, was already notifying the doctor because this was not the first time he had sneezed today.

Jobs's last sentence was aimed at Microsoft again.

In 2006, in terms of visits alone, the number of visits to Microsoft's website surpassed that of Yahoo, ranking first in the world.

That's because Windows users around the world have gone to Microsoft's website to download patches to fix vulnerabilities.

It seems that Jobs' resentment towards Bill Gates will really last year after year.

In Feng Yiping's view, this is a very happy thing.

"Then what you should be wary of now is Feng's company. His Facebook and YouTube, plus NEXTDOOR, Netflix, the number of visits will definitely not be underestimated," Jobs praised Google and Feng Yiping's company in one sentence .

"Damn," he looked at his phone, "I really need to go back now,"

He stood up and said goodbye to everyone in a hurry. He held Feng Yiping's hand and said, "Go ahead and do it. Don't worry about how it will be fulfilled in the future."

"Rehearse well," Feng Yiping also encouraged him, "We look forward to you presenting a perfect press conference,"

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The two people at Google don't seem to be in a hurry to go back.

Speaking of which, the three of them haven't gotten together outside the company for a long time.

"Apple seems to have found a new growth point this time," Page said with emotion.

Apple has been making turnarounds one after another in recent years.

"Yes, after listening to Jobs' description, these mobile phones now can be thrown into the trash can," Brin said, looking at his BlackBerry with some disgust.

"But hey, Feng," he sat next to Feng Yiping, "Is your monthly income good now? How do you feel?"

Feng Yiping stretched out comfortably, "It's great!"

"Including when I sleep, I feel like income is flowing into my account every moment, which is really great,"

After Facebook and YouTube respectively launched their long-prepared business plans, Feng Yiping's income also increased steadily.

In the first month after Facebook's advertising platform was launched, its revenue was only US$30 million. However, by March 2006, it had reached US$60 million. By the second quarter, it had successfully exceeded US$100 million.

By last year, this figure had stabilized at US$200 million per month.

Sandberg and the others confidently told Feng Yiping that by the third quarter of this year, monthly revenue would exceed US$400 million, which would definitely not be a problem.

In comparison, YouTube's revenue is less than half of Facebook's, and its future growth will not double like Facebook's.

However, the revenue from various sections of YouTube plus NEXTDOOR has stabilized at US$200 million per month this year, which is not a problem.

Netflix’s global streaming users are also approaching the 50 million mark, and Coin Star’s user number and related revenue have also been growing steadily.

In other words, after years of struggle and years of spending money abroad, Feng Yiping's industry in the United States has finally entered a harvest season.

In other words, he finally waited until it was time to make money even while lying down.

Not to mention other things, with the accumulation in 2007, he will finally no longer worry about not having US dollars available.

Because obviously, the income of these three areas will increase year by year, especially Facebook and YouTube, which will increase significantly in the future.

"Have you ever considered taking Facebook operations public?" Page said.

"I really don't have this idea yet," Feng Yiping shook his head. "You know, the future situation is not optimistic. At least, we have to wait until the impact of this crisis has passed before we consider listing."

Brin patted him again, "I think you want to enjoy the good thing of having income flowing into your pocket for a few more years, right?"

"Hehe," Feng Yiping smiled, "Don't you think this is a result I should enjoy?"

From his personal point of view, Facebook is really not in a hurry to go public, but this is another project that cannot but go public.

After the listing, the shares in his name will definitely be diluted no matter what. At that time, Facebook's income will inevitably have to be distributed to others.

"What do you think about 10 years ago?" Page asked.

Feng Yiping glanced at him and said, "I think that in 10 years, we can really consider their listing."

But, he looked at Page. Is your purpose of asking this question consistent with what I think?

"After the successful development of Android, will you launch your own smartphone product?" Brin asked again.

This really confused Feng Yiping.