Chapter 2970 Meeting (Part 1)

Not long after Amanda and the others returned home, the nearby pier gradually became busy, and the sailboats equipped with triangular sails were returning to the port one after another. By the time they finished their fun, the sky began to darken a little.

Owen gently knocked on the office door, "Boss, here you go,"

Feng Yiping rushed to the gangway and saw two cars driving slowly along the pier. Not long after, the leading car stopped steadily beside the ship. Feng Yiping strode down the gangway. When the car door just opened, Reaching out, "Steve,"

"Feng," Jobs, whose figure had changed drastically and was very thin, smiled and held Feng Yiping's hand, looking at the yacht in front of him, "How about it? Are you satisfied with our design?"

"certainly!"

Jobs let go of Feng Yiping's hand and said, "I'm okay,"

Indeed, although even his smile looked weak, he still seemed fine when walking and standing.

Jobs glanced back and forth at the Apollo. This was the first time he had seen the yacht since it was launched.

"Let's get on the boat," Feng Yiping said.

Jobs walked up the gangway slowly but steadily. After Feng Yiping, the entourage in the second car also boarded the ship one after another. Some of them were still carrying boxes in their hands. They were the accompanying medical support team.

And the preparations for this do not stop there. The helicopter platform in front of the yacht was also used for the first time after the ship was launched. There is a Sikorsky S-92 parked there that is ready to take off at any time. , a helicopter also known as a helicopter bus.

The two sat down in the softly lit living room on the first floor. Outside the window, the sky was still blue. Jobs looked at it for a moment and said, "It's really beautiful!"

"The simpler it is, the more people will never tire of it," Feng Yiping said. "When I was a child, I herded cattle in the mountains, and what I did most was look up at the sky."

But in my impression, I really didn’t watch it because I liked it. I just had no choice and nothing to watch.

What Feng Yiping said made Jobs silent for a moment. He couldn't help but think of the days when he was a child on the farm with his adoptive parents, but soon he turned around and looked at Feng Yiping, "Cook Reported to me,"

"Your point of view is still very reasonable. In addition to Samsung, choosing your company to become our chip supplier will have a positive impact on ensuring the security of Apple's supply chain,"

Feng Yiping nodded, "I'm glad you can see this,"

"Steve, I can tell you clearly that in the field of memory chips, my company will definitely be the industry leader in the future, and this will be confirmed in the next few years,"

"It is wise to choose to cooperate with us at this time,"

What he means is that whether you are willing or not, you will have to cooperate with me sooner or later, so the best thing is to cooperate with us now.

"Steve, I think Apple should view its cooperation with us more objectively and proactively, rather than being dogmatically bound by secular views,"

"Those ideas that mainly emphasize competition between us," he shook his head, "are too narrow-minded!"

Jobs paused briefly again. Feng Yiping's strong confidence made him a little envious. Was he the same back then?

However, in the next few years...

It’s great to be young!

He did not directly respond to Feng Yiping's words, "Out of trust in you, we believe in the quality of your company's products, but the price is extremely unreasonable."

He looked at Feng Yiping. Because of his weight loss, his eyes seemed sharper than before, "We are Apple, and our needs are huge. I think we should be the ones with the greatest needs among all your users." One, but you didn’t reflect this at all in the settlement price,”

Feng Yiping believes that this should be one of the focuses of this meeting.

"First of all, our settlement price should be lower than your original supplier's quotation,"

"I know that after Apple intends to cooperate with us, your original suppliers will most likely adjust their prices, but you should know best that the reason why they will do that will definitely be because of us,"

Jobs couldn't deny this.

If Feng Yiping's company hadn't vigorously promoted that whether it was memory or soft storage, they had the original price, then both Samsung and Toshiba would definitely insist on raising the price of Apple orders in sync with the market based on the original settlement price.

"Under such circumstances, if Apple insists that we should lower the settlement price further, I'm sorry, but that is unrealistic and extremely unreasonable,"

"For example, at a time like this, can Apple still ask Samsung and Toshiba to further reduce prices based on the original settlement price?"

Of course that's impossible. Even if it's due to Feng Yiping's pressure, it's already very good that we don't increase the price for you. How can we lower the price for you when the market clearly increases the price significantly?

"Even if they can do it, sorry, we can't do it," Feng Yiping said clearly. "You should understand that it must be an unsustainable short-term behavior, or simply a one-time behavior."

"And you should understand and trust me as a person. My company and I have significantly increased prices for strategic partners while keeping costs constant. We have not been able to do this kind of behavior before, and we will never do it in the future. out,"

On this point, Jobs was noncommittal.

If it is true as you said, when your company dominates the storage market, you will definitely still be the same as you are now?

If he were in Jobs' shoes, he could not guarantee that he could do this.

"Secondly, because our current factory has limited production, our products are in short supply,"

"Steve, don't you think that at this time, we insist on supplying at the original price, which is already very good?"

Please, the storage industry, at some times, such as now, can be said to be a seller's market.

"Finally, everyone knows how strict Apple's supporting requirements are, and Apple always has some additional requirements for the performance of supporting products, which of course will incur additional costs,"

"So, we promise to supply Apple at the same price as other users, which is actually a discount,"

"I think they should have mentioned this to you,"

Jobs once again did not respond directly to Feng Yiping's words, "Feng, can you assure me that you will not produce smartphones?"

Such a question, asked in Jobs' current physical condition, is particularly weighty.

Feng Yiping saw Jobs's worry, and the focus of this worry was worry.

It should be Feng Yiping's performance in recent years that made Jobs a little worried about his successor. After all, not everyone can be like himself and not afraid of Feng Yiping's competition.

And his planning for Apple's future product line is also limited.

In the future, if Feng Yiping, who owns the Android system, also produces smartphones, he can't say whether Apple can still maintain its current position.

He has seen enough unreasonable things happen to Feng Yiping, and such things will certainly continue to happen in the future.

When he thinks of the future, he always feels a little gloomy...

Feng Yiping also thought seriously for a while, so his answer made Jobs feel more credible.

"Steve, first of all, I told you a long time ago that we will certainly make hardware. You can see that we now have a lot of good hardware products,"

This is one of the reasons why Jobs is worried.

Feng Yiping's company already has a first-class design team, and his company also has a first-class execution team.

Jobs believes that they also have the ability to create demand, rather than simply comply with market demand.

"I have no interest in smartphone production at the moment," Feng Yiping said, "but I'm a little unsure about the future."

Unsure? This was the answer Jobs didn't want to hear the most, and his brows knitted tightly.

Feng Yiping looked directly at Jobs without hesitation, "I know, I promised you before that I would never get involved in this area, but now,"

He also paused, "I'm not as confident about the future development of smartphones as before,"

He looked at the blue sky outside the window, "So I can't rule out that when I see that the products provided by smartphone manufacturers in the future are not new, I will definitely just watch,"

"Can you understand Steve?"