Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 332 The most difficult time

After seeing off Waite and his party, Cook rushed back to the office of Chief Joe on the fourth floor.

When he knocked on the door and walked in, Cook saw Mr. Qiao sitting on the small sofa with a lonely face, holding the TV remote control and changing channels in a bored manner.

After seeing Cook coming in, Leader Qiao's eyes were blank, and he asked blankly: "Cook, do you think our company can continue? With the current situation, how long can we last?"

Gang Leader Qiao, who has been so strong all his life, should now be the time when he is most helpless and has no confidence!
Cook walked over, put his hand on Leader Joe's shoulder, patted it lightly, and comforted him:
"Joe, have you forgotten the huge poster that hung in the park after you came back last year? It has the words extraordinary written on it! When you gave us a meeting, you kept saying, what we are going to do, The future is going to change the world. The difficulties we are facing now are just small difficulties that we will inevitably encounter on our way to greatness."

It has to be said that it is reasonable for Cook to win the trust of Chief Joe.

At least in terms of speaking, he is quite "accomplished"...

After hearing Cook's words, Leader Qiao's face softened a little, and he also squeezed out a little smile.

He reached out and rubbed his forehead, took off his glasses and wiped them, and asked, "Has the sales of IPOD improved a bit? Why is the sales of such an excellent product so poor?"

Cook shook his head and sighed:

"In terms of hardware, there is definitely no problem with the IPOD, and it is definitely better than all the MP3 players on the market!

The problem lies in the software. After all, since it is a music player, it still needs to listen to music.

In addition, MP3 can download songs on the Internet at will, without any restrictions at all, and supports a variety of music styles.

And our IPOD, the restrictions are particularly large, and there are many restrictions on downloading songs, and users report that they can't find any songs to listen to..."

Cook is still well aware of the company's hit products this year.

He also admits that the IPOD project that Qiao Gang is promoting with all his strength, the things produced are indeed very good.

在别的MP3容量普遍只有64MB，到了128或者256MB就能叫大容量MP3时，IPOD的容量起步就是一个G！

In terms of capacity, it really beats all the MP3 products on the market, and in terms of manufacturing process, Apple also spared no expense, with an all-aluminum shell and silver-white color, it is done perfectly.

After the product was launched, it also received unanimous praise from everyone, including the media and users.

But the problem is that there are no songs to listen to...

In the final analysis, the IPOD is also a music player, and when there is no music to play, sales will naturally be unsatisfactory.

How could Chief Qiao not know about this question?

He sighed and said: "Hey, the negotiations with several major record companies still need to continue. In addition, our own online music store has to be established at an accelerated pace. After all, we still have no money! If we have enough money, When negotiating with those record companies, we can show our sincerity and get enough music copyrights. If we have money, we can increase our manpower and build our own online music store as soon as possible..."

A penny is hard for a hero, not to mention that Apple is not short of a penny now, and the more cash the better!
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Seeing Chief Joe's sad face, Cook suddenly thought of something.

He said with a smile: "By the way, there is another investment company coming over tomorrow. It is said that it is an investment company from Russia. Maybe we can get a lot of money from them, and then all the problems will be solved! "

Leader Qiao was not as optimistic as he was, shaking his head and said: "Russia? Isn't it still in chaos over there? Where is there any serious investment company? I guess they also want to take advantage of the fire, and they don't want to pay much money, and the requirements are very high. "

"Hey, it doesn't take much time to see you anyway, let's see it tomorrow." Cook persuaded.

In fact, neither of them had any confidence in their meeting tomorrow.

Because a few days ago, when the head of the so-called Russian polar bear investment company contacted Cook, he did not disclose much information.

It just said that their company intends to contact Apple to see if there is any investment opportunity.

It is because of the face of the person in charge Milner who graduated from an Ivy League school and once worked in a major investment bank that Cook is willing to talk to him.

Otherwise, it is estimated that Cook would not bother to let them come.

Just kidding, are there any big companies over there in Russia?
Oh, there are, but they are all energy oligarchs. They are busy selling oil, and they don't like Apple, which sells computers.

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On October 10th, a five-star hotel in San Francisco.

In the presidential suite, Wang Ye temporarily held a small meeting.

Milner made a simple work report to him,

Including the establishment of the branch office, the branch office is located here in San Francisco and did not go to Wall Street.

Because this is Wang Ye's instruction...

In addition, he has made an appointment with Apple to hold preliminary negotiations this afternoon, which is also the purpose of Wang Ye's visit.

Of course, what is more important is the current situation of Apple, as well as information such as stock price, company market value, and financial status.

Milner has investigated in more detail.

After a brief understanding of the situation, Wang Ye flipped through the information about Apple that Milner had sorted out, and asked, "Is Apple's situation so bad that only half of the employees are left?"

In Wang Ye's memory, Apple's situation this year is indeed not good, but isn't the IPOD listed? Why is it still so miserable now!

Milner said with a smile: "It may be worse than what I described! You know, their company's new blockbuster product, which is also the IPOD that they are pushing this year, is getting worse and worse. And the company has invested a lot of resources and funds for this project. Now that the sales are not good, and in the current world, it’s not bad if we can survive without going bankrupt.”

Indeed, the economy of the United States as a whole is not doing very well this year, especially after what happened last month...

But for Wang Ye, this is good news.

Because the more difficult Apple is, the easier it is for him to buy shares.

He has a lot of cash in his hand, which should be what Apple needs most right now...

Looking at the time, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning. Wang Ye got up and said, "Let's go, go to the restaurant to have lunch first. Then leave for Apple, and try to get things done once!"

From downtown San Francisco to Apple's headquarters, it's about an hour's drive away, not too far away.

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After lunch, Wang Ye and his party set off for Apple in two Mercedes-Benz S600s provided by the hotel!

(End of this chapter)