C213 Highly Arrogant
C213 Highly Arrogant
This was Cook's mentality, but Ai Ruike and Liu Hongfeng were not like him. Their minds were filled with thoughts of picking up scraps. They knew that this software could be easily seen by anyone who made a mobile phone software or a mobile phone system. The market potential of this software was too great. It had a bright future. It was definitely limitless.
It was no wonder that this software, which would shock the world five years later, would be taken out five years earlier. The shock it would bring to the world would only make them even more incredulous.
Cook thought for a while, but for a moment, he could not come up with a suitable price. The cheaper the price, the better, but this was only a one-sided price. Once both parties were sitting at the negotiation table, the staff who represented him to negotiate with the other party must know the bottom of his heart. What was the highest price he could offer? If they did not explain this to their own people, they would not be able to negotiate with the other party at all.
Then, Cook gritted his teeth and said, "How about this, according to the price of Instagram, the highest purchase price should not be higher than 700 million USD."
Ai Ruike and Liu Hongfeng nodded slightly. This price was quite reliable. After all, the situation of Instagram was different from the current photographic terminator. The former was a test of the market. As for the photographic terminator, it had yet to enter the market.
At this time, Zhang Yunfeng who was in porcelain country had already separated from Huang Yong. Apple had the intention to start the purchase negotiations, but Zhang Yunfeng was prepared to delay the other party for another day. Then, he would negotiate with Apple in a high position. At the same time, he also sent this software to Google and talked about buying it with Google. At that time, Apple would definitely not be able to sit still and there would definitely be room for the price to rise.
He returned to his dorm and waited until 8 PM. Huang Yong called. Zhang Yunfeng walked to the balcony and picked up the phone. Huang Yong said on the other end of the phone, "Yunfeng, Apple revealed that the starting price of the purchase was 100 million USD."
"What about sending off beggars?" Zhang Yunfeng asked with a frown.
Huang Yong smiled and said, "This is the lowest price similar to the starting price. There is still room for improvement."
"No." Zhang Yunfeng sneered and said, "With the example of Instagram, they set the starting price to this price. It's just that they are bullying us. Answer me, there is no need to start the negotiations. Also, let's go to Google tomorrow. "
"Go to Google?" Huang Yong asked in surprise, "You want to use Google to press an apple?"
"No." Zhang Yunfeng smiled and said, "I want to hang up the appetite of both families. At that time, the highest bidder will get it."
Huang Yong hurriedly said, "This is not good. This way, if the two families reach an agreement and don't buy it, then we can only operate it ourselves."
"It's okay." Zhang Yunfeng said faintly, "They don't want it. We can look for other companies. There are too many wealthy companies. There are more companies that have money, nowhere to spend, and who don't know where to invest in. If they really put on airs... When the time comes, I'll post it on WIn7 first. "
Huang Yong said, "But we haven't developed the software for Android yet."
"It doesn't matter." Zhang Yunfeng said lightly, "The core codes are all universal. We just need to do a conversion work. We just need to use the apple machine to demonstrate and let them see the nature of the software."
Huang Yong asked, "Then will you be with them tomorrow?"
"I'm not going." Zhang Yunfeng said, "You can go and talk to them. If Apple has any movements, you can let me know at any time."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunfeng was quite dissatisfied with the Apple. Such a rich company, at such a crucial moment, still did not show any sincerity? They even had the attitude of picking up scraps to discuss with him. One hundred million USD? Are you kidding me? If this software was priced at 100 million USD, even the real estate developers would want it. Was Apple looking down on him? Sure! I want to see who is the most anxious when this matter is dragged out to the end!
Huang Yong did not hesitate and immediately called Chen Wan back. He said, "Director Chen, I just called our boss."
Chen Wan had just told Huang Yong about the starting price of the negotiations at the headquarters and had been anxiously waiting for Huang Yong's reply. When she heard this, she hurriedly asked, "How is it? When is he going to start the official negotiation?"
"I'm sorry." Huang Yong smiled and said, "Our boss means that the starting price given by your company is a little unfair, so there is no need to start the negotiations."
Chen Wan was shocked and quickly said, "Director Huang, what are you saying? After all, it is just the starting price and there is still a lot of room for it to rise. How can your boss be serious about such a small matter?"
Huang Yong smiled and said, "Our boss just feels that the starting price cannot be set at a cheap price. Otherwise, we might as well publicly sell our intentions and get an auction to be more practical."
When Huang Yong said this, Chen Wan immediately thought of Google. In her heart, she was not very satisfied with the starting price given by the company. It started at 100 million USD. The highest was only 700 million USD. This did not mean that in Apple's eyes. The photographic terminator was not even comparable to Instagram?
Chen Wan wanted to persuade him, but Huang Yong said, "I'm sorry, CEO Chen. I have some urgent matters to attend to here. I'll hang up first."
Chen Wan was extremely depressed. She thought about the matter that she originally had the upper hand in. After being cheated by the company's pricing, not only did she not have the upper hand, but she also lost the upper hand. This could also be considered Cook's shortsightedness, right? But would Google be so stupid?
In fact, the way Google did things was even more open than Apple's. Their Android system opened the source just like that. And now, Apple... Not only would it never open up the source, but it would also continue to strengthen its technology. In order to prevent its own system from escaping, the consumers would be more and more dissatisfied with the limitations of Apple in the long run. Until now, many consumers had been restricted by Apple's restrictions on users. And they had changed to Andros.
Chen Wan immediately called Liu Hongfeng and scolded him angrily, "Is Cook out of his mind? This price is too much of a scam, isn't it?"
Liu Hongfeng had been waiting for Chen Wan's reply. Cook and Ai Ruike were also by his side. Chen Wan spoke angrily as soon as she arrived and scolded Cook. This made Liu Hongfeng break out in cold sweat. However, when he saw these two Western Meiyang Country men impatiently standing at the side, he knew that these two people did not understand Mandarin, so he generously said in Mandarin, "Cook is trying to pick up some scraps. Damn it, I don't know what he is thinking. Maybe he is trying to lower the cost." Liu Hongfeng said, "Did you give them the starting price? What's their attitude? "
"What attitude?" Chen Wan got angry when she thought of this and blurted out, "They feel that this starting price is an insult to them and are not ready to start the negotiations!"
Liu Hongfeng was shocked and asked, "What is going on? Didn't you tell them that this is only the starting price?"
"I told them." Chen Wan coldly said," What they mean is, since you said so, then don't make any starting price. Just start the starting price! "
"What do you mean?" Liu Hongfeng did not react immediately.
Chen Wan said, "I heard they want to sell it publicly. The highest bidder gets it."
"Google..." Liu Hongfeng immediately thought of it. He immediately hung up the phone and reported the situation to Cook and Ai Ruike.
Ai Ruike was very upset, but Cook, who was standing next to him, looked depressed. He hesitated for a while and said, "Liu, give a call to China. The starting price can be raised to 500 million. The highest price is one billion dollars. As long as they can get the software in one billion dollars. I'll give them a team bonus of 10 million USD! "
Liu Hongfeng thought to himself, Is this a team bonus? Whether they sell or not is not up to him to decide. It depends on whether the other party is satisfied. However, the starting price of 500 million is considered reasonable in Liu Hongfeng's heart. He immediately called Chen Wan. When Chen Wan wanted to contact Huang Yong immediately, she found that Huang Yong's phone was turned off.
The next afternoon, Huang Yong had just finished demonstrating from Google. This time, the person in charge of Google Porcelaino was even more shocked by this software than the people from Apple. Although Google wasn't as powerful as Apple's cash flow, it had an advantage that Apple didn't have. That was the operator!
Samsung had now become the boss of Android's smartphone, and had the momentum to overtake Apple. In addition to them, there were also most of the smartphone manufacturers in HTC, China, Dongwo, Western Meiyang Country and so on and so forth. At that time, even if he did not have much money, the partners would definitely be willing to pay for it. This was the perfect opportunity to get rid of Apple.
Google immediately expressed their intentions to buy Apple, but they still needed to discuss the specific price. However, from their intentions, this matter had to be reported back to headquarters and then to the major partners.
Huang Yong left the Google Building and turned on his phone. He was going to give Zhang Yunfeng a call, but he didn't expect that. He received more than 30 text messages in a row. The content was almost the same. They were all reminders from the communication company. A certain number had called you at a certain time.
These missed calls were not out of Huang Yong's expectations. They all came from Chen Wan. Chen Wan was really anxious, but Huang Yong's phone had been switched off for the whole night and the entire morning. This made Chen Wan even more anxious. Although she knew that Huang Yong might be deliberately putting on airs with her, it made her even more anxious. But she also knew in her heart that Apple needed this software to save her life. On the other hand, they did not really need that one billion USD.
Huang Yong did not call Chen Wan back. Instead, he set the phone to the do not disturb mode. The firewall intercepted all the numbers except for Zhang Yunfeng and his family and friends. Then... He called Zhang Yunfeng and reported to him about Google's reaction today.
There was only one reply from Zhang Yunfeng: Start the negotiations with Google!
Huang Yong naturally knew what Zhang Yunfeng was thinking. If they started the negotiations with Google first, apple would definitely regret it for picking up the scraps from before. At that time, not only would they show their true trump cards, but they would also show their true trump cards. It would also be possible to force them to increase the price of their purchases by a large margin.
In any industry, before travelling together with their peers, ... It was impossible to keep absolute secrecy. Google proposed this year's most important acquisition plan. The whole company and a few top partners were involved in this, and it could be said that it was a big deal.
Among them, the three stars were the leaders, and they were the most important.
Samsung was rich, and on the other hand, after Google bought Motorola for more than 10 billion USD, this caused the company to be in financial constraints. Although the Japanese were arrogant and arrogant, when they saw the good stuff, their plans were better than anyone else's.
After Samsung saw the photographic terminator, he immediately discussed it with Google. No matter what the final price was, as long as the price was acceptable, both sides could accept it. Then, they and Google would each invest 50% and each take 50% of the shares. There was only one requirement for Samsung: to exchange for two years of exclusive use.
That was to say, if Google agreed to this proposal, then after the software was bought, it could only be pre-installed in Samsung's phone. After two years, it would be opened to other Andros manufacturers.
Google wasn't a fool. If that was the case, he would take out that 50%. Actually, it would be a wedding gift for Samsung. At that time, Samsung would use this software as well as the capital of Andros' number one manufacturer. It was very likely that he would be able to monopolize the company. At that time, even he wouldn't be able to do anything to it.
What Google wanted was to invest together with a few of the top companies. Then, it would be equivalent to forming a high-end alliance in the Andros market. This software could only be used by the members of the high-end alliance in the future. If other producers wanted to join in, yes... He could just pay for it, but at that time, the ticket price of this alliance would definitely be extremely high.
Then, Google reached an agreement with the top five manufacturers in the world. This matter would be negotiated by Google, no matter what the final price was. Google offered 50%, while the other five offered 10% each. Once the software was in hand, these five companies would be the first to introduce it on Android.
With the six big companies working together, the price was also much higher. Google and the other five manufacturers were all optimistic about the prospects and far-reaching significance of this software, and the purchase price they set was soon set. It couldn't be higher than 2 billion US dollars.
At this time, Zhang Yunfeng did not know that Andros was ready to fight with all his might in this contest. Before this, he had always thought that Apple was a sucker. However, he didn't expect that although Apple was rich, it was so stingy that it made people speechless.
Chen Wan was really anxious. Huang Yong's phone had been ringing for 24 hours, but it still could not get through. There was no need to put on airs like this, right? After all, even if you are unwilling to sell the software to us, if you want to operate this software by yourself... After all, even if you don't want to sell the software to us, you should at least have a suitable platform, right? When the time comes, aren't you going to come online at our Apple store? There's no need to make things so awkward so early, right?
However, not long after, she received an extremely shocking news: Huang Yong had already made an appointment with the person in charge of Google and China, and Google was already preparing to buy it!
The same news was also confirmed by her competitor Samsung, which made Chen Wan realize the crisis of this matter. All Apple employees would rather this software never appeared. They definitely did not want it to fall into Andros's hands.
Chen Wan immediately reported what happened in China to Cook. Cook was dumbfounded. He did not expect that he would offend the unknown software company just because he lowered the price!
But Cook ignored one thing. On the international level. A very large company and a very small company. ... If they didn't have a partnership or competition relationship, then they were relatively equal... There was absolutely no one better than them, even though Dong Chen software was in front of Apple. It was like a fishing boat facing an aircraft carrier, so what if it was an aircraft carrier? The ocean was so large, there was no need for a fishing boat to look at your face. Besides, he'll never need you to fight for him. But you can't say for sure when you'll need to buy his fish to fill your stomach.
This time, Cook, who was far away in San Francisco, was annoyed. Liu Hongfeng said that the Porcelain people valued face the most. He didn't know what face meant, and he also didn't understand why the Porcelain people valued face so much. If you think I bid too little, then I'll just raise it a little. There's no need to act like an enemy and ignore me, right?
Ai Ruike said, "I think the starting price should be set at one billion US dollars. This way, the other party might still be interested in talking to us."
"One billion US dollars!" Cook's head was about to explode. He said, "Then the final price should be more than 1.5 billion. Spending so much money to buy a smartphone software, do you think the board of directors will support it? Although Apple has a strong cash flow, that money is not something that can be moved easily. 1.5 billion dollars, what kind of concept is that? If I spend 10 dollars per machine to upgrade their CPU, then 1.5 billion dollars can at least increase the hardware level of 100 million phones. If I spend 30 US dollars to upgrade their CPU and GPU, then I can at least increase 50 million phones. Could it be that these hardware upgrades... Is it not even comparable to a photo software? "
Ai Ruike hurriedly said, "But this software has the meaning of creating a new era! It can change people's need for photography and image processing!"
"So what?" Cook blurted out, "No matter how good and excellent it is, it is just a photography software!"
Cook said, "Set the starting price at 700 million, the same as Instagram, and the highest limit is no more than one billion. It is not worth that much!"