Chapter 82: Happy Communication?

Cook did not expect that the attitude of the Army Ant Company was so tough. Today is the third time it has been rejected, and it is all so straightforward. There has never been a day as bad as today. Even if you are upset, you can only endure it at this time. Otherwise, not to mention the acquisition, I am afraid that cooperation will become a problem.

This road is dead, and we can only find other paths.

"Ms. Zhao, can I talk to your chairman?" Cook broke the deadlock in the reception room.

Zhao Min smiled slightly and looked at Xiao Yu next to him. Xiaoyu understood and immediately called Chen Mo: "Chen Mo, Mr. Cook wants to see you."

"it is good."

After Xiaoyu hung up the phone, the reception room fell into silence again. Not long after, Chen Mo pushed open the door of the reception room and walked in.

"Mr. Cook, this is our chairman, Chen Mo."

After seeing Chen Mo, Cook looked surprised. So young, too young. After being stunned for a few seconds, Cook stood up and shook hands with Chen Mo, and simply said hello.

It was not until Chen Mo sat down on the sofa that Cook said: "Mr. Chen Mo, I want to buy your company this time. Before I come, we asked Brand Finance to make a value assessment of your company, which is 13 billion US dollars. I personally think that , this valuation is low, so we offer a price of 15 billion US dollars and want to buy 100% of your company."

"Sorry, the company doesn't sell." Before Zhao Min could translate for him, Chen Mo spoke. His spoken English was poor, but Cook could understand what he meant.

Chen Mo was so straightforward, as Zhao Min expected. After translating Chen Mo's words, Zhao Min saw that Cook's face was not good-looking.

When Zhao Min rejected him, he was still a little polite. Now Chen Mo opened his mouth, just a few words, and directly refused, almost after he finished speaking, without even thinking about it.

It was $15 billion, not $150. Chen Mo simply made Cook think he was wrong. But after it was confirmed, Cook was in a completely bad mood.

Today is the day he has been rejected the most. 15 billion US dollars, almost more than 90 billion of Huaxia's, this figure is already a terrifying figure.

"Mr. Chen Mo, it's $15 billion." Cook emphasized.

"I know, don't sell it." Chen Mo said.

This time Cook has determined that what he just heard is true.

"Since Chen doesn't want to sell the company, let's change the way of cooperation." Cook immediately found a step to go down, otherwise, there would be no way to talk.

"You said." Chen Mo said with a smile.

And Zhao Min, the president, also turned into a translator for the two.

"Can your company raise money? We can raise your company. $8 billion for a 51% stake."

"Our company is not short of money. Mr. Cook should talk about other ways of cooperation. The company's shares will not be sold." Chen Mo said.

Cook fell silent. He looked at it just now. Chen Mo's tone and appearance were very firm. It seemed that the way to control the army ant company was impossible.

"Then let me talk about cooperation." Cook said: "I hope that the smart assistant will be available for IOS."

"It's not that I don't want to launch the IOS side, but I can't. We must have the core source code and architecture of the operating system, and we can launch it according to the code and architecture design. Without these, it won't work, or it will be restricted by the mobile phone system as unknown software. Mr. Cook, will you open the source code of IOS to our company?"

It was a conundrum that stumped Cook thoroughly.

Open source code to Army Ant, which means that Apple completely bows to Army Ant, which is absolutely not allowed to happen. According to Chen Mo, without developing the source code, the smart assistant will be useless.

How to do?

A huge question mark appeared in Cook's mind, and the light in the bottom of his eyes kept flashing.

The reception room fell silent, and several people were waiting for Cook's answer. After a long time, Cook raised his head: "Chen, we can open source code, but there is a condition."

"you say."

"We open source code to both parties, we open source code of IOS to your company, and you open source code of intelligent assistant to us, this is a fair cooperation." Cook said.

"Impossible." Chen Mo refused without thinking.

The source code of the smart assistant is currently only known to them and the above. No other domestic company can get it, let alone a foreign company.

Besides, he is not interested in the source code of the IOS system. The Army Ant system is better than the Apple system in every aspect.

"Chen, you refuse every cooperation, we can't continue like this." Cook said with a sullen face.

"It's not that we have to cooperate, we just develop software, and the source code cannot be open to you. We also want to release the IOS side, but we don't have an IOS system architecture, and the smart assistant cannot control the mobile phone system, and the role of the smart assistant cannot be played.

The only way for us to develop the IOS side is for you to open the source code of IOS to our company. If this condition cannot be fulfilled, then Mr. Cook will return empty-handed this time. "

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he took a sip of the tea prepared by Xiaoyu and waited quietly.

At this time, Cook's eyes were constantly flickering, and his face was not very good. Chen Mo's request is too big, even he can't open the source code of IOS to Chen Mo casually.

Bowing down to a company that has just been established for half a year is not an ordinary blow to Apple. And the source code of IOS is related to deeper security issues.

It is impossible for them to unilaterally hand over such an important thing to a Huaxia company, and the board of directors will not allow him to do so.

"Mr. Chen, there is no other way?" Cook said.

"Mr. Cook, the security of your company's IOS system is too good. We can't bypass the mobile phone system and control the mobile phone. Besides, your company has siri, so we don't need our Xiaodie that much."

After thinking for a long time, Cook sighed and stood up: "Chen, I need to think about your proposal."

"Okay, do you want Mr. Cook to visit the company?"

"No, I'll go back first and look forward to our next meeting." Cook reached out and shook hands with Chen Mo.

"Zhao Min, go and see Mr. Cook." Chen Mo smiled at Zhao Min.

"OK."

Zhao Min nodded with a smile and led Cook out of the company's reception room. It didn't take long for the group to leave the Army Ant Company under the leadership of the staff.

Just walked to the door of the company, the reporter guarding the door of the company is shooting crazy.

The matter of Cook's entry into the Army Ant Company has already spread among the reporters.

Those reporters who left the Army Ant Company came back again. At this time, more than 40 reporters were outside the office building of the Army Ant Company, waiting for Cook to come out.

"Mr. Zhao, what kind of cooperation have you reached this time?"

"Mr. Cook, what is the cooperation between you and Army Ant Company?"

"Mr. Zhao..."

A group of reporters gathered around and began to ask frantically.

Cook walked to the door of the car, turned to look at the reporters around, a slight smile on his face.

"Thank you all the reporter friends, I am very happy to be invited to the Army Ant Company to discuss cooperation with them this time. I had a very pleasant exchange with them. Army Ant is a very promising enterprise. In the future, the two of us will There will be more opportunities for cooperation.”

After speaking to the reporter, Cook entered the car. After closing the door, Cook's smile immediately subsided, and his face turned bad. In the sight of many reporters, he walked away.