Chapter 2493 High Level

Fortunately, Feng Yiping had expected such a situation.

For Jobs, who had been expelled once, he would naturally be highly vigilant about changes in the company's shares.

Because a new largest shareholder means a possible reshuffle of the board of directors. Such changes, whether for him personally or for Apple, contain uncertain risks.

So at this time, facing Jobs, who might not be able to listen to his explanation, he called out to the outside, "Reed, can you send a chair in?"

Jobs glared at Feng Yiping coldly again and turned to his desk.

As soon as he sat down, Reed walked in with a chair, "Feng, here you go,"

"Thank you Reed," Feng Yiping smiled, and it was completely impossible to tell what he had just experienced.

Jobs's face also looked much better, and he nodded to his son.

"Mom said that dinner will be ready soon," Reed said.

Jobs looked at his son's performance in front of Feng Yiping, and he felt a little uncomfortable. Perhaps, in his son's mind, Feng, the guy with ulterior motives, is the biggest hero.

"We'll go there in a while," he said.

When Reed's footsteps could no longer be heard, Feng Yiping moved the stool to the opposite side of Jobs and leaned on it diagonally, looking very relaxed.

"You know, I was thinking that I could bring Huang and Amanda here tonight," he said.

If Huang Jingping and Amanda were there, Jobs would obviously control his temper to some extent.

"But I finally thought that last time, we didn't say some things clearly. You and I should have a more direct and thorough conversation, so, forget it, I decided to come alone,"

"Because I think that even if we have a big fight tonight, we will even break things again, it doesn't matter,"

Because this time, it's your things that are broken.

Feng Yiping once again looked around the office. Although there were few things, they didn't look cheap.

Unlike last time, he specifically told Huang Jingping to replace the teapot and teacup with the cheapest ones.

"Or rather, it's worth it, provided that we can talk it out,"

"You know, I don't want to have any estrangement with Apple or you, both in public and in private,"

"So Steve, can you listen to my explanation as quietly as possible?"

Jobs didn't say anything, but just did what he was used to: put his hands together and put them in front of his nose.

This is actually a listening gesture.

Feng Yiping felt that he had made the right choice again. This was in Jobs' home. In addition to his illegitimate daughter Lisa, his three children and his wife were all there, which would make him consciously control his emotions.

"First of all, you should understand that even if I want, Black Rock and Fidelity can't transfer all their Apple shares to me," Feng Yiping said.

This is natural. Black Rock and Fidelity can't be manipulated by others. Feng Yiping also knows that if his demands are too excessive, it is very likely that Black Rock and Fidelity will have to become enemies with him.

That will at least cause a lot of trouble for nothing.

Therefore, he hoped that his request would be moderate, neither too low to make the two companies feel indifferent, nor too high to make the two companies feel completely unacceptable.

"Secondly, you know, I don't want to raise my hand to a company like Apple at this time. Like you, I don't like dealing with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) either."

Like our A-shares, US stocks also require mandatory raising of hand after holding 5%.

"By the way, if it weren't for this series of reasons, I would want 17% of the shares, not to mention 7%. The main reason is that I am optimistic about the development of Apple under your leadership."

"The relevant funds are not a big problem. We can still get them together."

After listening to Feng Yiping's words, Jobs, who was somewhat proud, changed his color again.

Apple's current market value is around 75 billion US dollars, 17%, that is close to 13 billion US dollars!

But it seems that such an amount is not a problem for him at all.

"So in the end, specifically for Apple, the framework I discussed with them was to acquire nearly half of the shares they held, that is, more than 3% of Apple's shares,"

"Look," Feng Yiping spread his hands, "I definitely don't want to become Apple's largest shareholder,"

Jobs was finally relieved, but soon frowned again, because Feng Yiping followed up with another question, "If I want, will you support me?"

This clearly means that he does want to become Apple's largest shareholder.

Feng Yiping really thought so, so he chose such a time that was not actually very appropriate to talk to Jobs about this issue.

He only knew that the stock prices of Apple and Google would be very high in the future, but he didn't know how high they would be.

He also knew that the market value of Apple and Google would later reach hundreds of billions of dollars, but he didn't know the exact amount.

But he at least knew one thing, that Apple's market value once surpassed Google.

This actually clearly shows one thing, that is: Apple is more worthy of investment than Google.

Why do you say that?

Although Apple's stock price has performed well since the launch of the iPhone, Apple's market value has risen accordingly, and it currently exceeds US$75 billion, but it is still lower than Google's market value.

And last year, in 2006, when the difference in market value between the two companies was the largest, Google's market value was twice that of Apple!

Later, Apple's market value was higher than Google's, which naturally shows that, relatively speaking, the return on investment in Apple is higher.

Besides, considering that his shareholding in Google actually exceeds 15%, it is obviously difficult to increase his holdings. Therefore, if he can invest in Apple, he must seize this opportunity.

Otherwise, it would be a real pity.

Therefore, from an investment perspective, it is true that 7%, 17%, or even 27% are not what he said - but this is actually very unrealistic. For a company with a very dispersed shareholding like Apple, 17% It is very difficult, let alone a higher ratio.

However, looking at Jobs's cold and sarcastic expression, he smiled and said, "Okay, pretend I didn't say that."

"Are you done?" Jobs asked.

"It seems so," Feng Yiping thought for a moment and gestured to Jobs, "Please,"

"I think, first of all, I have to express my gratitude to you for being so optimistic about me and Apple," Jobs said.

"Although this doesn't sound like a sincere expression of gratitude, I'll take it as such," Feng Yiping said, "You're welcome!"

Jobs didn't smile, he was still serious, "There's just one question I don't understand."

"Everyone knows that after Android was released, your company was in direct competition with Apple. At this time, you also bought our stocks in a large amount. I don't think this is as thoughtful as you are. things people would do,”

"Since you said you hope to have a more direct and thorough discussion with me, can you explain this issue clearly first?"

He looked at Feng Yiping with sharp eyes.

"Well..." Feng Yiping had just stood up when he heard someone knocking on the door twice. They turned their heads at the same time and saw Eve standing by the door, "Mom asked me to tell you to prepare for dinner. ,"

However, looking at her big eyes rolling around and looking at the furnishings in the room, both Feng Yiping and Steve Jobs knew that her announcement to prepare for dinner was a lie. They wanted to see if they would quarrel again. That's true.

Jobs glanced sideways at Feng Yiping. Did you arrange this in advance?

"Thank you Eve, we'll be right there," Jobs said.

"Hurry up," Eve urged, and the look in her eyes when she turned around seemed to be uneasy about the two of them.

Feng Yiping almost wanted to laugh.

"Your question is on point," he continued as soon as Eve left.

Jobs's question is very simple. It is equivalent to Lao Ma suddenly spending a huge amount of money to buy some stocks of Dongdong one day.

Then his shareholders and all investors will obviously not understand why you would buy your competitor's stock?

Could it be that you are more optimistic about its performance?

This kind of suspicion will be reflected in the stock market, that is, the stock price of Lao Ma will definitely fall sharply, because, since you are not optimistic about your company, who else will be optimistic about your company?

But for a certain Dong, he might be so nervous that his hair would stand on end. Could this be a prelude to your hostile takeover of me?

"I declare once again that I have absolutely no intention of acquiring Apple. Not to mention whether I have the ability to do so, are you the one who would let someone acquire Apple?"

Jobs blinked, you know.

"More importantly, I know better than anyone else that Apple can develop better only under your leadership,"

"So, no one can acquire Apple without your cooperation, and you obviously won't cooperate on this issue, right,"

Jobs nodded slightly, of course he would not cooperate.

Apple's situation is so good now, and he has complete control over the company's board of directors and operations management. Why should it be acquired?

"As for the competitors you mentioned, yes, because of Android, there is indeed competition between us now. In fact, I think that even without Android, there may still be competition between us in the future, because when our company develops to a certain level In the future, that must be inevitable,"

"But first of all, I believe that many people can see from the blue ocean strategy that I completely disagree that competitors must fight to the death. The market is so big that both parties can develop and make progress together,"

"Judging from current practice, this is also the case, isn't it? You see, the release of Android will obviously have a great promotion effect on Apple. At least, the next generation iPhone operating system will be greatly improved, right? ,"

"I don't agree with that," Jobs said.

Feng Yiping raised his hand and waved, "Don't be nervous, I didn't mean to ask you to thank me,"

"In addition, from the current situation, the biggest competitor of iPhone is not Android at all. BlackBerry is Apple's most direct competitor at present,"

Jobs knew what Feng Yiping said was true.

Although the iPhone is very popular, it is BlackBerry that currently monopolizes the mid-to-high-end smartphone market in the United States.

Even Steve Jobs, who scorned BlackBerry's products, dare not say at this time that next year, or the year after next year, iPhone sales will definitely surpass BlackBerry's.

"Even compared to Android, Nintendo and Sony's handheld game consoles are currently your main competitors, right?"

"I have looked at relevant statistics. During this ongoing Christmas shopping season, the sales volume of these two handheld game consoles may exceed 20 million units,"

"And our iPhone is not inferior to them in terms of game functions. What's more, many of our games are free. So why is the iPhone not as popular as them at the moment?"

Jobs looked up at the ceiling, which was something that made them feel a little depressed.

You see, as a mobile phone, the iPhone is used to play games at zero cost and comes with additional functions.

In addition, the average price of Nintendo and Sony games is more than 30 US dollars, while our games are only 10 US dollars at most. There are many free games to choose from, so why don't you choose iPhone?

"So, at least for now, Android is not really your most pressing competitor,"

Steve Jobs looked at Feng Yiping who was talking eloquently, so don’t expect us to relax our vigilance against Android.

Because in the long run, Blackberry and other handheld game consoles are not a problem, Android is the big problem.

"Of course, even so, I will directly acquire Apple's shares, which will inevitably have a negative impact on my company, especially Android,"

"But Steve, do you remember we also have a mutual fund?"

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