Chapter 86: Giants Never Bow to Ants

Apple's headquarters conference room.

The atmosphere was a bit dull. At the conference table, the directors in suits and leather shoes all focused on the first Cook.

Apple's stock fell and fell, and they were losing money every moment, and their value was shrinking.

This is not good news.

"Cook, you went to Huaxia, what is the harvest this time?" Opposite Cook, a middle-aged man with glasses asked.

Those who know him in the circle will admire him three points.

When he joined the gene technology company as a scientist, he transformed the gene technology company from a small company on the verge of bankruptcy into a giant in the biological field with an annual income of 13 billion US dollars and a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars, creating a Wall Street myth.

He is the chairman and CEO of Genentech, the largest pharmaceutical company in the United States. He is also the member of Apple's board of directors with the highest shareholding. Currently, the chairman of Apple's board of directors, Levinson.

After Levinson spoke, Cook immediately cheered up. Although Apple is under his management, he is also constrained by the board of directors.

"Levenson, going to China this time, to be honest, I didn't get too many useful things, but did a bunch of stupid things." Cook said.

"We are not interested in listening to your stupid things, we just want to know what you have gained." An old man who was close to 70 years old in the seat said.

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone in the conference room straightened up.

Sugar, former CEO of Northrop Grumman Worldwide. This is the third largest arms dealer in the world. The famous B2 stealth bomber, Global Hawk UAV, and Nimitz-class aircraft carrier are all products of this company. No one in the outside world knows how much stock he holds in Apple, but those who know him are in awe of him.

This old man with a two-stroke beard is definitely one of the people at the top of the American food chain.

Hearing Sugar's opening, Cook's heart froze. Although he is the CEO of Apple, he is beautiful, but the person who really controls Apple is the board of directors.

"I met with the chairman and president of Army Ant and came up with the idea of ​​buying their company."

"The results of it?"

"It was rejected, and they refused without hesitation. They said they wouldn't sell the company," Cook said. "So I talked to them about the idea of ​​developing a smart assistant for iOS."

All the directors present looked at Cook and listened to Cook's words expressionlessly.

Former Vice President Al Gore, Disney's current chairman and CEO Robert, former Avon Group chairman Zhong Binxian, East BlackRock partner Susan, and former Boeing CFO James, this is the most luxurious board lineup.

No one, facing this lineup, has no bottom in their hearts.

"Finally, they asked us to open the source code of IOS. Because of the design of smart assistants, we must understand the core code of IOS, otherwise we cannot develop it." Cook said with a black face.

Even he didn't know whether what Chen Mo said was true or not, so he could only bite the bullet and believe it.

The crowd did not answer, so Cook continued to speak.

"I proposed that both sides open source code. We open source code for IOS to them, they open source code for smart assistants to us, but they were rejected. They insisted that unless we open source code of Apple system, we can't develop it. The smart assistant on the IOS side, the conversation has no results."

"Tell me about the company." James said.

"The mobile phone business in Greater China fell by 9% in the last quarter, and its market share fell to the fourth place. After the introduction of intelligent assistants in Marching Ant, the sales volume has been undergraded even more. If it still cannot support intelligent assistants, or we There is no technological breakthrough in Siri, and soon, the mobile phone segment will bid farewell to the Chinese market."

Cook had a sullen face, which was the reason why he had to go to Binhai City in person.

Smart assistants have upgraded the mobile phone by a whole generation, and it does not keep pace with the times. This part of the Apple mobile phone business is the next Nokia. In the future, when Army Ants enter foreign markets, they will be even more dangerous.

"Do you have any better ideas? Or open the source code of the mobile phone system to Army Ant?" Cook asked.

Several people pondered, Marching Ant Company is in China, not in the United States, and it is not a listed company. They want to move the army ant company, but they can't pass the hurdle of the Huaxia government. After all, China is not the United States and Europe, where only the Chinese government has the final say, not the capital predators.

If you are abroad, everything is fine. They can do whatever they want, but not the red land, any tentacles that break the rules will be cut off, and there is no mercy to speak of.

Thinking like this, they really have no way to take the Army Ant Company. The meeting room was dead silent, and everyone was thinking about countermeasures.

"It is impossible to open the source code of IOS. Giants never bow their heads to ants." Shuger said calmly.

The others looked at each other calmly and didn't say much.

"Our company's S2 will hold a press conference soon. If there is a smart assistant, its performance will surpass any mobile phone on the market." Cook's tone was calm: "But if not, I'm afraid this time. It's troublesome."

The people on the field didn't speak, they all made their own calculations in their hearts.

It was not until the meeting was dissolved that everyone left the conference room.

After getting in the car, Shugel took out his mobile phone, with a cold light in his eyes, and when he heard the call was connected, he flashed slightly: "Find two people to go to Huaxia, I want to get something, 10 million ."

"Okay sir, I'll make arrangements now."

After hanging up the phone, Sugar had a sinister smile on his wrinkled face. After the vehicle starts, it leaves Apple with the vehicle. Other people's vehicles also followed.

...

After Cook quietly left, the turmoil about the Army Ant Company also slowly subsided. Everything has returned to normal, and the army ant company is also operating normally, as if the rumors on the Internet have never appeared.

And Apple, there is no unusual move.

However, the topic of the second generation Butterfly Eye and Butterfly appears in the media's field of vision from time to time.

As the flagship machine of Army Ant, the Butterfly Eye has already sold more than 2 million units during this period. This pre-sale volume is far beyond everyone's expectations.

This pre-sale volume means that Army Ant has been recognized by users.

The first batch of mobile phones has already been shipped, and the supply is a bit short of demand, and will continue to be shipped in the future.

Zhao Min has also sent someone to contact European telecom operators to prepare the butterfly eye mobile phone to the European market. As for the US market, they are not considering it for the time being.

Even a unicorn like Huawei has no choice but to enter the U.S. market. It took so many years to open a gap. They don't think Army Ant's current energy will allow them to enter the US market.

Therefore, Zhao Min's eyes are fixed on the European market, maybe it can replace the status of Apple mobile phones in the future.

The company is developing rapidly, and Chen Mo is not idle.

Chen Mo hung the last design drawing on the wall of the laboratory, clapped his hands, and stared at the design drawing on the wall in front of him.

Seven blueprints, these are robot designs. Including the design of the head design of the machine, the design of the limbs and the body. The design of the body is the most complex and delicate, and this is the most important part of the robot.

Many functions will be concentrated here, so the design is very careful.

The design drawings of the parts have been handed over to Zhao Min, and the senior fitters in the workshop can build them according to the requirements, and they will be completed soon. At that time, his task is to assemble.

Before that, though, the robot's battery needs to be made.

While Chen Mo was busy designing the robot, on a small road in the southwest border, two big men came out of the forest with a frightening aura.

"I heard that this is a forbidden place for mercenaries? Hey, I don't think so much." said the black man on the left.

"Bor, don't be too happy. Complete the task first, leave safely, and then say this sentence, it's not easy here."

"Okay, Timid Jack."