Chapter 138 Honorary Citizen
In 1997, Apple was in a crisis and could not extricate itself, without a choice, invited Jobs, who was famous for creating the Nextuter company.
In order to invite Jobs back, Apple's board of directors acquired the nextuter under Jobs' name at a price many times higher than the appraisal price.
In this matter, both the public and Jobs himself knew clearly that the Apple board of directors was actually to compensate for the mistakes they had made.
As for Jobs, in addition to returning to Apple, he could get a lot of compensation, the most important thing was that he felt that he was driven away was a great shame. So, he fell there and got up there.
To succeed, you need great success to get rid of the anger you had in the past.
Therefore, for him, how much money is secondary, and making Apple a first-class computer company is his greatest motivation.
And the more he knows about Zhang Yi, the more he appreciates him, and is top-notch in technology.
In terms of business sense, no one can compare to it.
The original business model is amazing.
Although he knew that there might be traps hidden in Zhang Yi's agreement, he felt that business is like this. You take what you need, I take what I need, and everyone makes a profit, so that the business can last forever.
The goal he pursues is that Apple's products are unwilling to let go of, and that Apple's audience is growing.
Zhang Yi can greatly help the research and development of Apple's operating system. This is what he values the most and what Apple currently needs the most.
Launching the Apple version of the micro-hard software store will greatly enrich the user's selection content. These days, he has also tried software such as micro-hard players, compression software, input methods, game modifiers, etc.
These software give him the same feeling as Apple's purpose of making software, with powerful functions, simple interface, and excellent excellence.
Of course, the popularity of legendary online games in the Celestial Dynasty was also surprising.
In the past, he would never have thought that you would get online games on computers would be so charming. And this is exactly what Apple lacks.
What is even more enviable is that after Zhang Yi acquired Blizzard, Blizzard's StarCraft actually sold millions of sets in the Balcon Country. This is an amazing achievement, unprecedented.
These days, in addition to Zhang Yi’s street fighting scenes and the song “you
Many stock critics on Wall Street suddenly discovered that the game industry was so attractive, and the most famous game company Blizzard had been acquired by the Celestials, which made many Sam Chinese unhappy. However, when they thought that the person who acquired it was Zhang Yi, who became famous in Sam's country, they couldn't even hate it.
In a country like Sam's country, personal success is very admirable, and if this person is very young, it is even more likeable. Young, with a great force, and if he recites a good song, it will attract thousands of beautiful blonde girls to shout and make a fuss, and they are going to give birth to a baby for you.
Under Apple's strong demands, Zhang Yi pretended to agree to the introduction of the Blizzard series of games in the Apple system, and added the agreement content to the joint venture to produce Apple's high-configuration gaming computers.
It was just when Zhang Yi proposed to exclusively monopolize Apple's agency rights in the Celestial Dynasty. Jobs did not object, and even kindly reminded him that the income level of the Celestial people was too low. With such a low income, it was impossible to buy expensive Apple computers and spend huge amounts of money on building specialty stores in the vast Celestial Kingdom, which was completely unworthy of the loss.
However, Zhang Yi insisted on the agency rights of all Apple products in the Celestial Empire, and said that in fifteen years, if the sales volume exceeds the sales volume of Sam Country Apple, he would rather transfer all the Apple stocks under his current name to Apple management for free.
As soon as this statement was spoken, Jobs stared at Zhang Yi in front of him. If he hadn't known the young man in front of him very much during this period, he even doubted whether Zhang Yi in front of him and Zhang Yi a few days ago would have been transferred.
Looking at the current salary gap between the people of Tianchao and Sam, no normal person dares to say that in fifteen years, Tianchao's Apple computer sales will exceed that of Sam's.
But the young man in front of him dared to make this bet. Why is he the legendary person who can see through the future?
Thinking of this, Jobs almost couldn't control himself and laughed. The 5-year-old Apple stock was a huge sum of money, and someone rushed to give it money. Why not do it?
This is true for businessmen. If the immediate interests are large enough, they can cover up some things hidden under the surface.
And these things are just a little bit of ice tip that appears on the water from time to time. Without looking down through the ice tip, you have no idea whether it is a huge iceberg or just a piece of ice below.
In the business world, risks and profits are proportional. Such huge profits make people forget the huge risks hidden below. This is how Apple is now, and they only see huge benefits.
The negotiations with Apple, with the strong intervention and promotion of Jobs, the two sides quickly signed an agreement.
Although Apple cannot keep this package of agreement confidential, it is unwilling to make a big fuss.
However, under Zhang Yi's clever handling, the media accidentally learned about the entire content of the agreement.
Even the original copy of the agreement was published by the newspaper. The detailed contents made people amazed at the professional qualities of the paparazzi in Sam Country Media.
Inspired by this news, Blizzard's stocks were somersaulting, like floating green on the top. The US stock market is different from the Celestial Empire. Its rise is reflected in the K-line chart, which is floating green on the Celestial Empire. However, the stocks rise in Celestial Empire are red.
However, Apple's stocks are lukewarm and look lazy.
After all, Apple is an old high-tech stock, with huge circulating shares and scattered stock holders, so it is impossible to form a synergy. The most important thing is that the micro-hard software company from the Celestial Empire is not listed in Sam Country, and Sam Chinese people do not understand this company.
At present, I only know that Zhang Yi, who is famous all over the United States, is the actual controller of this company.
Considering Zhang Yi's business visa time limit, Jobs once thought about suggesting Zhang Yi obtain the nationality of Sam's Kingdom, but Zhang Yi refused without hesitation. For him, he would rather obtain the nationality of Britain, France, or even Germany than obtain the nationality of Sam's Kingdom.
Nothing else, it was just because the Celestial Empire and Sam Kingdom were difficult to truly be harmonious with each other. At that time, Zhang Yi, who was sandwiched in the middle, was neither left nor right, and it was difficult to achieve both.
In a helpless situation, Jobs had to use the local political resources and promoted it by the state legislature. The mayor awarded Zhang Yi the title of honorary citizen.
In fact, with Zhang Yi's popularity in Sam Country, it is not difficult to get this title, but the anxious Jobs did not want Zhang Yi to waste his time on this nonsense.
Chapter completed!