Chapter 2406 Persuasion

Palo Alto, Waverly Street, Jobs parked his car beside the street covered with fallen leaves, took out his mobile phone, and walked towards home with a gloomy face.

Seeing that his iPhone had no signal again, he cursed in a low voice, and the apples on the branches of the apple trees next to the house also swayed slightly.

"Steve," Laurene came to the door and saw Jobs holding up his mobile phone to find a signal in annoyance, knowing that he was in a bad mood again.

The inventor of the iPhone often couldn't get a mobile phone signal at his doorstep, which could be said to be the easiest point to vent.

Sure enough, Jobs began to complain, "Can you imagine that in a place like ours, there are so many people who are so ignorant that they are extremely distrustful and fearful of mobile base stations,"

"Yes, no one in the world can imagine it," Laurene echoed him.

At this time, there was already a signal on the phone, but Jobs didn't mean to make a call. He just wanted to use that reason to curse a few words.

"This happened after the iPhone was launched, so this is a good thing, isn't it? This shows that the popularity of the iPhone is increasing, right?" Laurene tried to say what Jobs liked.

Because some users in the town believed that mobile base stations may cause health risks. There were not many mobile base stations in Palo Alto. With the launch of the iPhone, the number of mobile phones connected to the network is increasing. During some peak hours, they really couldn't find the signal at their doorstep.

Jobs's expression finally eased a little. He kissed Laurene on the face and hurried into his office at home.

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At night, when the children fell asleep, Laurene came to Jobs' office, "Steve, Feng, haven't come back yet?"

Jobs was angry when he heard this. He asked someone to call again today, but he could only call Feng Yiping's office. The answer from the other end was, "Feng is currently on an important trip in India."

Important trip in India? In a country where few people can afford Apple computers or iPhones, what important trip can there be?

Besides, don't think we don't know that it's Diwali in India. All companies and government agencies are on holiday. What important schedules can there be?

In addition, the heads of high-tech companies in Bangalore and Chennai have not heard that Feng Yiping has arrived there, so what important schedules?

"No, he is deliberately delaying time," Jobs said.

"Steve, I think your reaction is too intense," Laurene said.

Jobs really didn't like to hear this, "Intense? Do you know how much impact his Android system will have on us?"

He led such a large group of outstanding talents, worked hard for so many years, and overcame so many hardships, and finally led Apple to a rare strategic advantage in another field, and also won a precious time window. However, once Android was born, both the strategic advantage and the time window, if not to say it was gone, at least, they had to be greatly discounted.

What does this mean?

This means that Apple will soon have a rival, and judging from Feng Yiping's arrangement, Apple will face competition from not one or two rivals, but all other well-known mobile phone companies except Nokia and Blackberry.

According to everyone's speculation, with the help of Android, those mobile phone companies that are already strong will be able to launch their smart phones in the second half of next year at the latest, that is, a few months later than the 3G version of the iPhone, which may be only slightly more mature than their performance in all aspects.

In addition, with the iPhone as a benchmark, I believe that the product strength of their products must be considerable.

Jobs believed that without the help of Android, by 2009, in addition to the iPhone, the smart phone market would only have some so-called "smart phones" equipped with the Symbian system.

However, it is not Jobs' arrogance. What impact can a smart phone equipped with the Symbian system have on his iPhone?

It is Android that will make his unique business have many participants.

It is Android that will make the iPhone, which he has painstakingly developed, usher in many powerful competitors.

It was Android, which might make their expected huge profits vanish...

With Jobs's temper, how could he not be annoyed?

"But Steve, he is Feng. Think about it, how many valuable suggestions has Feng made for you and Apple in recent years?" Laurene advised.

Feng Yiping is one of the few people she has heard more affirmation and praise from Jobs than criticism.

It is precisely because of the value that Feng Yiping brought to Apple that their family became friends with Feng Yiping's family, and they accompanied Feng Yiping in the hospital and waited with him on the night Amanda was born.

Besides, after contacting Feng Yiping, Laurene really liked Feng Yiping. The young man from China had their unique humility and gentleness, so it was very comfortable to deal with him, and he was completely unlike other people who had been invited to Jobs' home.

Those guests with too strong personalities are often not liked by the hostess.

When Jobs heard this, he stood up excitedly and walked around in the home office, which was simply furnished with only a table and a chair. "It's just because he did this and not anyone else. That’s what makes it even more difficult for me to accept,”

"You know, over the years, many people at Apple and I have considered him one of our own. Even for the iPhone, he was one of the first people to know about the development progress,"

Jobs did not continue.

Because what he says next will make him look weak.

Because of Jobs's reaction, Feng Yiping felt a little discouraged and powerless. Similarly, because of Feng Yiping, Jobs felt even more indignant about being betrayed by someone close to him.

It's like being stabbed in the chest by someone you regard as a confidant. The damage and blow it brings is double, even multiple.

"Steve," Laurenna held Jobs's hand, made him sit down, and let him drink some water. "You know, I have never interfered with your work, and this time, it is the same."

"I just want you to think about how Feng has treated us since you met him until now,"

"He respects us and treats us as his true friends without reservation. As for the fund this time..."

"Stop talking," Jobs interrupted her, "It was premeditated. Everything he did was premeditated."

Thinking of this, Jobs felt even more angry.

Looking back on what Feng Yiping did and looking at his Android, he felt like a fool after he made so many preparations around Android.

This was especially unacceptable to him.

No one in this world could do this to him, not even Bill Gates before, nor Feng Yiping now.

"Steve, are you saying that everything Feng did before was so that he would not be attacked by you and Apple when he launched Android?" Laurenna said still calmly.

"You're saying that before he first met you, before you and Apple decided to develop the iPhone, he knew what you were going to do next?"

"If this possibility really exists, then why doesn't he develop a product similar to the iPhone? Instead of acquiring Android in a few years?"

However, Jobs couldn't listen to any advice at this time. "At least from the time he acquired Android, he had premeditated it,"

"Judging from all his recent actions, he is even more premeditated. He is deliberately targeting me and Apple."

"He will soon see the consequences of challenging us. All his businesses in the United States will be targeted by us..."

"Steve," Laurenna grabbed Jobs again, "Even so, have you ever thought about the possibility that as the founder and leader of a company, Feng often had to make some decisions that he actually I don’t really agree with it, but it is a decision that is beneficial to the company?”

Lorena's words made Jobs silent for a while.

Frankly speaking, although he and Bill Gates despised each other, to a certain extent, they somewhat sympathized with each other. However, because of the relationship between the two companies, they had to drift apart in the end.

"...I don't have any other requests. I just want you to stop targeting Feng first and find someone else. For example, the person who develops Android, Rubin, right?"

Jobs was furious again, "I hate hearing this guy's name,"

"That's a hateful guy who I hate when I see him, a hateful guy who imitates me in everything from his hairstyle to his glasses..."

ps: Sorry everyone, it seems that tomorrow morning’s update may have to be moved to noon tomorrow.