Chapter 2492 Not Easy

When the street lights came on, Jobs parked the car in front of the door. Looking at the withered yellow leaves on the roof of the parked car, he frowned. He didn't like this.

The apple trees next to the house made him feel more comfortable.

Those apple trees, although the leaves are now green with a hint of yellow, have not fallen yet, and the few apples hanging sparsely in the middle still look pretty good.

No one came to greet him, but he heard bursts of laughter from the kitchen. Could it be that the children were back?

Before going to the office, he took a look at the door of the restaurant, "Why are you so happy? Oh..."

He was not blessed to be one of the fathers.

The children are all there, and so is my wife, but there is one more person.

Although the extra girl is two years younger than her eldest daughter, she still gives me more headaches than her eldest daughter.

Of course, to a certain extent, it can also be said that he is better than all his children.

"Hi Steve," Feng Yiping, wearing a blue striped apron, waved to him with a bright smile.

"Dad, look, these are the dumplings we made," the youngest daughter Eve presented him with a dumpling that still had some shape in her flour-covered hands.

"Yeah," Jobs nodded, but what he was thinking about was that he didn't have an apron like that at home before. Did he bring it?

"How are you today?" Laurenna came over and touched his face, "Feng brought the ingredients, we will make dumplings tonight."

"It'll be ready soon," said the eldest son, Reed.

As a 16-year-old, there aren't many times when this guy is this active in the kitchen.

"Not bad," Jobs nodded to everyone, and called out before leaving, "Feng,"

Who knew that his request was actually rejected, "No, we want to make the package with Feng," Eve shouted.

"Okay Eve, look, it's almost done," Feng Yiping pointed at the few fillings left and said, "I just wanted to be lazy."

"Okay," Eve looked a little aggrieved.

Steve Jobs was even more angry. Are you so popular?

"Remember, when cooking, use hot water in the pot," Feng Yiping also warned.

Steve Jobs wanted to give him a push.

This is my home, but are you a guest or am I a guest? Why do I feel like my identity is somewhat reversed?

"This study of yours is really... special," Feng Yiping said, looking at the study with untreated walls and exposed bricks.

The reason why I hesitated is because, even from a minimalist point of view, this study is too simple. Except for a table, a chair, a computer and a lamp, there is not much else.

"This is my office," Jobs said with a cold face as he walked to the desk and turned on the computer. Perhaps thinking that Feng Yiping was there, Jobs immediately clicked sleep.

"What are you here for?" he asked. "Oh, did I forget to congratulate you?"

Feng Yiping smiled.

Jobs' reaction was not beyond his expectation, or in other words, it was actually better than he expected.

What am I here for?

Yes, I just advised Rubin not to provoke Nokia at this time. Why did I find this guy who is even more powerful than Nokia at this time?

"Don't worry, I never meant for you to say thank you," he said.

Jobs narrowed his eyes and said, "Thank you?"

His tone suddenly became quite cold.

From his point of view, even if Android does not copy Apple, but Android has become so popular after its release, it is definitely a challenge for Apple.

Not to mention, the alliance formed by Feng Yiping, which is composed of first-class companies in the industry, anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance who that alliance is mainly targeting.

At this time, you still say that I should express my gratitude to you?

What is the logic?

Feng Yiping calmly shook his head and smiled, "Come on Steve, let alone the Android conference, it did not provide inspiration for Apple,"

"I wonder if the R&D team for the next generation iPhone is working overtime at this time?"

"You're welcome, Steve,"

Jobs was stunned for a moment.

They predict that by the second half of next year, there will be smartphones equipped with Android systems on the market, and they are not sure how many they will be.

Judging from the composition of the Open Mobile Phone Alliance, even if there will be a gap between them and Apple in terms of hardware, the gap will not be too big.

From a software point of view, the newly released Android is much more exciting than their operating system. And there is still such a long time between now and next year when Android phones are officially launched. It is very likely that there will be better and updated ones by then. Version release.

So, if Apple doesn't work hard on the operating system, by the second half of next year, obviously, the iPhone may not be as attractive as some Android phones.

I have to say that the card-style multi-tasking mode of Android is indeed wonderful, and even he likes it very much. How can the iPhone not have such a function?

So, yes, as Feng Yiping said, the functions displayed by Android at the press conference did inspire them a lot.

At this time, the R&D team of the new iPhone is indeed working overtime to develop similar functions.

Of course, if it were in public, Jobs would definitely object, but in front of an understanding person like Feng Yiping, there was no need to waste his words.

So he didn't bother to talk about this issue and asked directly, "What on earth do you want to do when you suddenly came here today?"

"You see, I just want you to try Chinese food." Looking at Jobs' still cold expression, he raised his hand and waved, "Okay, okay, I'm here to express my gratitude to you. Okay?"

"I don't need your thanks," Jobs said, "and I don't dare ask for your thanks."

"Because I'm worried that your next sentence is that you have developed a mobile phone yourself,"

Jobs was always wary of this issue.

He still remembered the scene not long ago when Bezos suddenly came to the door with his kindle and asked for his opinion.

To be honest, he was a little confused at that time. Can't you just run your e-commerce business? In particular, kindle always reminds him of the project that he has always been obsessed with.

To put it simply, the kindle actually already has some of the functions he imagined for the iPad.

Amazon's launch of Kindle was an inspiration to Feng Yiping and Lao Ma, but Jobs felt threatened.

The popularity of Kindle made him feel threatened by these traditional light hardware Internet companies.

So, who knows if Feng Yiping's company has developed a mobile phone without telling him?

"Come on Steve, how many times have I told you, I'm not interested in making mobile phones," Feng Yiping said.

"Or I can understand it this way, are you worried that I will directly compete with you in the field of smartphones?"

"Haha," he smiled happily, and Jobs's face became increasingly sad. "Tell me, why are you here today?"

"I really want to express my gratitude," Feng Yiping leaned against the wall. "I think you should also know that because of your reminder, I successfully defeated Heiyan and Fidelity's plot."

For Jobs, who has been paying attention to Android conferences, he has naturally heard about this.

"Then, after a series of friendly negotiations, Black Rock and Fidelity happily agreed to some of my proposals,"

Jobs looked at Feng Yiping with a half-smile. He knew very well that the so-called negotiation was not friendly at all, and agreement had nothing to do with happiness.

But Feng Yiping was able to successfully control Heiyan and Fidelity, which he admired very much. Those two companies were not ordinary companies.

"So?" he asked.

"In short, they agreed to transfer to me some of the shares they held in the company," Feng Yiping said.

Jobs thought for a moment and stood up suddenly, "Apple? I never agree!"

Currently, Black Rock is Apple's second largest shareholder, holding nearly 5% of the shares, and Fidelity is the fifth largest shareholder, holding nearly 2.5% of the shares.

Although it doesn't seem like much, it adds up to more than 7%.

Their largest shareholder, Pioneer, currently holds less than 7% of the shares.

In other words, if Feng Yiping accepts the Apple shares held by Black Rock and Fidelity, he will naturally become Apple's largest shareholder.

How could Jobs agree?

"Don't forget, what is the current relationship between our two companies?" He walked around in the office at home, his eyes flashing coldly behind his lenses, "I can accept some of your explanations and try to maintain them." Our personal relationship, but," he stood in front of Feng Yiping, looked straight at him, and said word by word, "don't push your limits."

"Don't covet my apples!"

"Steve, calm down, calm down," Feng Yiping said.

Sure enough, this matter is by no means easy.

"How could I covet apples?"

But Jobs was not moved at all, and still looked directly at him, with that look in his eyes that made the air around him freeze.

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