Chapter 2410 Plot

"It's just possible, just possible," Jobs said with a frown.

He felt unhappy when he heard such words. Do you think Apple under my leadership is so fragile?

Especially, the other party said it in such a calm tone, with a hint of condescension.

No one can talk to him like this.

"Haha," the other party chuckled, "So, it's really true?"

Are you trying to trick me? Jobs wanted to hang up the phone, "We are responsible for the business affairs, do you have anything else to do?"

To be honest, the person in charge of an ordinary American company can't be as arrogant as old Joe, because the board of directors of an ordinary American company is really arrogant. As the "supervisor", "caretaker" and "reflector" of the company, one of the primary tasks of the board of directors is to select and evaluate the work of the CEO, determine the salary for the CEO, and supervise the CEO's succession plan and its implementation.

And supervise the selection, development and salary of the company's senior management, and provide relevant reference and evaluation opinions.

And the board of directors, to put it bluntly, is an institution that reflects the will of major shareholders like Lawrence Fink.

And Steve Jobs is so arrogant because he is not only the CEO of Apple, but also the chairman of Apple.

After he returned to Apple, the reason why he wanted to be both the chairman and the CEO was naturally because he had learned the lesson from being expelled that year. He not only wanted to control the management, but also firmly grasp the board of directors to completely eliminate the possibility of others targeting him again.

Of course, the main reason why he could talk to the major shareholders in this way was the brilliant achievements he had made in leading Apple.

Otherwise, frankly speaking, there are not many people in the United States who can treat the person who talked to him like this.

The person who called him, Lawrence Fink, is the founder and head of the world's largest listed asset management company. His company is generally called BlackRock in China. In fact, his company is one of the two "Blackstones" on Wall Street in the United States.

Su Shiyi's company is called Black Stone, and his is called Black Rock.

Lawrence's Black Rock is indeed related to Su Shimin's Blackstone. This guy can be said to be a financial genius. Not long after graduating from college, he became the golden boy of First Boston Bank and the prodigy of Wall Street because of his outstanding work performance. At the age of 28, he was promoted to the youngest partner in the history of First Boston Bank.

But this is also a genius who is not very lucky. Soon after, the bond department he led suffered huge losses, and Lawrence was ruthlessly kicked out by First Boston.

When he was at his lowest point, Blackstone, which had just been established for two years, was recruiting externally. He joined Blackstone and soon proposed to set up an asset management department based on his past experience. He also successfully became the head of the department.

Five years later, the performance of the financial management department was booming, but because Blackstone Group always pointed fingers at them, Lawrence finally led the department out of Blackstone and changed its name to BlackRock.

Since then, his BlackRock has maintained a sustained high growth. After acquiring Merrill Lynch's investment management department in 2006, their asset management scale has exceeded one trillion US dollars.

Jobs was kicked out of the company he founded, so now he must be the chairman and CEO. Lawrence's investment losses caused by his reckless behavior at the time caused him to fall from a golden boy to a joke. In recent years, his style has been very steady.

The reason why he was called the prodigy of Wall Street was mainly because of the high returns he obtained in installment mortgage bonds, that is, MBS, and he was kicked out, and also because of the huge losses caused by investing in MBS.

Mainly for this reason, during this round of turmoil, when major Wall Street companies suffered huge losses due to their investments in MBS, his company was not affected at all.

Therefore, he, who manages more than one trillion US dollars in assets, is now a big celebrity on Wall Street and in the United States. Both Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve's Bernanke have asked him about his views on the current situation. The purpose is also to help Lawrence and his company when the turmoil is severe in the future - frankly speaking, whoever has more money at this time will be the mother of Paulson and Bernanke.

But Lawrence was not too surprised that Jobs wanted to hang up on him. As a major shareholder of Apple, who doesn't know Jobs' bad temper?

"Steve, don't worry, I certainly don't mean to interfere with Apple's daily operations, but I can express my concern about things that may harm our profits," he said.

"Also, if we remember correctly, this Mr. Feng has been hired as a special consultant by you before?" Lawrence said slowly.

Jobs stood up with the phone, you...

What Lawrence meant was that Jobs stupidly hired someone who would harm Apple.

"Yes, he was our special consultant before, but his authority..." Jobs sat down again, "I don't need to explain this to you,"

"Why we hired him, and what useful suggestions he brought to us after accepting the appointment, these are not secrets,"

"Okay, I still have a lot of work to deal with..."

Faced with such a stubborn Jobs, Lawrence really had no choice. "Steve Steve," his voice finally became more urgent, "Don't misunderstand me, I have no other meaning at all when I say this."

Steve Jobs didn't say anything, so what do you mean?

"Let me tell you frankly, we know that Apple, led by you, will not face huge setbacks just because of an operating system. We all believe that no matter how things develop, Apple will still maintain its leadership in the field of smartphones in the future. The same advantages as now,"

"I know this better than you do. Is there anything else?" Jobs asked.

Although Lawrence has a good temper and is confident, he is still a little depressed at this time. Do you think I will call someone easily?

But this matter must be approved by Jobs and supported by him. "Okay Steve, that's it. Since the Android system will inevitably have a negative impact on Apple,"

At this point, he quickly added before Jobs could say anything, "I mean, more or less, right,"

Jobs finally didn't object.

"So, can you lead Apple to attack Feng's companies in a big way?"

"I said that if we deal with the problems encountered in the company's operation, we will be responsible for it," Jobs replied coldly, "I can also tell you that we currently have the most effective way to deal with this issue. Good solution,"

"You can rest assured that our response plan is scientific, because no one in our management team has proposed a plan similar to yours,"

Over there, Lawrence's face suddenly became green, because Jobs's words made it clear that his proposal was very unscientific and reasonable, that is, very stupid.

When Jobs swore at people directly, his saliva could drown them, but when he cursed people tactfully like this, he could really piss people off.

He couldn't help but secretly curse a few words in his heart, and his voice became colder, "We know that considering the influence of Feng's several products, as well as Feng's strength and influence, we have been with him since the beginning. His full-scale confrontation is indeed irrational,"

"But Steve, we don't ask you to actually confront him in a full-scale confrontation. We just hope that, if possible, you can take Apple to create that situation,"

Want to use me as a gun user? All Jobs asked was, "Why?"

"Why Steve? Because the money we manage needs good projects to invest in," Lawrence said his reasons.

"And do you think there are any projects in the entire Silicon Valley that are more suitable for our investment than Feng's projects?"

This reason is naturally very powerful, but Jobs still doesn't take it seriously. What does this have to do with me?

Moreover, what does my targeting of him have to do with your ability to invest in him?

He wasn't good at the twists and turns here, and didn't want to ask, so he said directly, "I think you made a mistake about something, Lawrence. Will Apple become your tool?"

Lawrence didn't seem surprised by his words, and laughed again, "Haha, it really is like that,"

Before Jobs hung up the phone, he said, "Steve, we all know that you and the young Feng are very close friends. Even outside of work, they are very good friends, right?"

With a "Teng" sound, Jobs stood up again...