Science and Technology Library

"There are so many, are you feeding pigs?"

"You are feeding you." Xiao Yu smiled.

"Zhao Min is calling."

While the two were eating, the voice of the smart assistant Xiaodie came from the mobile phone on the table, and then the bell rang.

"Connected, hands-free." Chen Mo said without putting down the chopsticks in his hand, swallowing the rice in his mouth.

"Chairman, didn't I bother you?" Zhao Min's voice came from the phone as soon as the connection was made.

"What's the matter?" Chen Mo asked.

"Cook asked us to talk tonight." Zhao Min said.

"Talk at night? Is he jet lagged? Tell them, if you want to cooperate, come to the company to talk. If it is so difficult to come to our company, there is no need to talk about cooperation. We are not [-] levels of hell here."

The two didn't know each other formally, so Chen Mo couldn't possibly agree to ask him out for a chat.If you want to cooperate, you don't even want to come to their company. What does that mean?

Besides, he didn't have a good impression of Apple. When the smart assistant first came out, Apple employees were among the people who hacked into the company's servers.

"Such a flat refusal, okay, I'll ask someone to reply to them." Zhao Min said.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo continued to eat with Xiao Yu.After eating, Chen Mo sat in front of the computer and continued to make the design drawings of the robot.

He has sorted out the list of materials, components and parts needed for the robot, and asked Zhao Min to call someone to purchase.

Before that, it was necessary for him to design the robot, and when the time came, the materials would come and he would be able to directly enter the manufacturing stage.

"Aren't you going to rest for a while?" After packing up the lunch boxes, Xiao Yu walked behind Chen Mo.

"Go and lie down for a while, you have to go to work in the afternoon. I'm not tired for the time being, and I'm tired, I can rest at any time. You can't go to work and sleep in the afternoon." Chen Mo said.

"What are you drawing?" Xiao Yu looked at the design drawing on Chen Mo's computer strangely.

"The blueprint of the robot."

"You want to study robots?"

Xiao Yu's tone was full of surprise. In her impression, robots are tall things that only exist in movies. When Chen Mo said at the scene that he wanted to study robots, she had to be surprised.

"Get a small toy to play with. Anyway, there is nothing to do during this time. If you like it, I will give you one after the research is successful."

"No need, what do I need the robot for? I'll go to rest for a while, don't be too tired." After speaking, he walked to the sofa in Chen Mo's office and lay down.

Chen Mo continued to focus on the computer and began to design robots.

The robot consists of four major parts.They are the actuator, the driving device, the control system and the detection device.

What Chen Mo is doing now is the basic design.The technology obtained in the science and technology library is just a blueprint, not any other technology.

He intends to use carbon crystal-based batteries to equip electric drive devices for the driving device. At this stage, he never thought of installing the ark reactor on Iron Man's chest.He is not used to make any war robots, the storage capacity of the carbon crystal battery is enough for robots to be used in the laboratory.

At least let Mo Nu have a carrier that can help him carry out experiments.Now in the laboratory, there are no assistants, and I have to do many things by myself, which is too busy.

The control system is Mo Nu, which is controlled by Mo Nu, but a lot of data still needs to be tested and entered.There is also a CPU at each joint to perform interpolation calculation and control processing.

He is now designing the layout of the robot.

The final detection device is very important, the position of various sensors, laser sensor, photosensitive sensor, sound sensitive sensor, thermal sensor and so on.These sensors, the eyes, nose and ears of the robot, feed back information to the control system.

The design of robots is inseparable from sensors, and it is nonsense to design robots without sensors.

This is also the reason why he made the laser sensor first. With the laser sensor, the robot has a more accurate eye.

Chen Mo is designing a robot, but some people in the Binhai Hotel in Binhai City are not in such a good mood as him.

In the hotel, Cook frowned.

Trouble, big trouble now.The Army Ant Company couldn't make up its mind and had to let him pass, he was a bit messed up now.Never tried it, asked someone out and got rejected twice.

After contemplating for a long time, Cook got up from the sofa and left the room.

Chapter 81 Acquiring a company? (Add more rewards for The Lord of the Rings)

Yan Kai yawned and stood in the corner waiting foolishly.This morning, he was waiting here.It has been half a day now, and many people in the same industry have given up.

Cook doesn't know when he will come, and if this continues, he doesn't know when he will wait.

He waited here, hoping to get first-hand information.

After all, it's hard to come out with interesting news, so it would be a pity to give up.If it is confirmed that Apple has come to Marching Army Ant Company to discuss cooperation, there is a lot to do here.

But for now, Cook still doesn't come over. Waiting like this is not an option.If Cook doesn't come for a day, then he will die and wait here.

Just as he was about to pack up his things and leave, he suddenly stopped.He saw that several people came out of the company and were waiting at the entrance of the company.

Is there something wrong?

Yan Kai reacted immediately and began to prepare the camera.The few remaining reporters who were as determined as him also noticed this scene and cheered up.

Not long after, a car stopped not far from the entrance of the Army Ant Company.Li Lingfeng and others who were waiting at the door saw the car approaching and rushed to meet it.

Cook looked at the building outside the window, the office building of the Army Ant Company.He didn't expect that he just went back from here this morning, and now he is going back here again, and now he feels a little conflicted.

The chairman of the army ant company didn't want to come out, so he could only come here.A small intersection, this time the initiative has been lost.He has to come, if there is no smart assistant, Apple's life will be difficult in the future.

"Mr. Cook, welcome, the president asked me to come out to pick you up." Li Lingfeng said in English in a neutral manner.

"Yeah." Cook glanced at Li Lingfeng, nodded expressionlessly, and got out of the car.

As soon as Cook appeared, the few reporters rushed over like cats smelling fish.The camera in his hand shot wildly at Cook.

It's just that before they rushed over, they were stopped and separated by security guards.

"Mr. Cook, may I ask what kind of cooperation you want to discuss with Marching Ant Company this time?"

"Is it because of Apple's recent sales drop that you came to Army Ant Company?"

"When is the Apple S2 conference?"

……

A few reporters who were stopped asked wildly in English, regardless of whether Cook would answer or not.

Cook's face was not very good. As a public figure, he usually doesn't dislike reporters, but at this time he felt a little displeased with these reporters.

Ignoring the reporters at all, followed Li Lingfeng into the Marching Army Ant Company.All the way to the reception room, Zhao Min was already waiting in the reception room.

"Mr. Cook, welcome to Marching Ant Company." Zhao Min said in fluent English.

"It's an honor." Cook nodded politely.

"Please sit down." Zhao Min politely returned to his seat: "Mr. Cook, have you visited Binhai City today? Is this city beautiful?"

Zhao Min had a smile on his face, neither arrogant nor humble, and he did not behave inferiorly just because he was the company with the largest market value in the world.

"This city is very beautiful, I like it very much." Cook also smiled.

Although the mood is not very good, it is impossible to express it at the moment.

"Then Mr. Cook needs to walk more, I believe he must not have visited Binhai City in one day. There are still many beautiful places here."

Zhao Min did not intend to take the initiative to get to the point. Cook, who came to discuss cooperation, was the one who was anxious.

"Well." Cook nodded: "Ms. Zhao, let's get to the point. This time, I want to talk about the cooperation between our two companies."

"Oh, it is our honor to cooperate with your company." Zhao Min said: "Mr. Cook, how do you want to cooperate?"

"We want to acquire your company." Cook said bluntly: "Before we came, we asked Brand Finance to give your company a valuation of $130 billion."

Cook asked the secretary to take out a report from the briefcase and hand it to Zhao Min. It was densely packed and all in English.

Zhao Min glanced at the result report, and then put the report on the table.Over the years, Apple has made a lot of money from around the world.

Apple has a 20% market share, but takes 70% of the profits of the entire mobile phone industry.Apple's hardware profits have been squeezed to the extreme, it's just that Qualcomm doesn't buy them.

In recent years, there is no room to squeeze the profits of hardware, so they focus on the software market, which still has a lot of room for revenue.

As long as they are willing to sell the company, even if it is 130 billion US dollars in cash, Apple will definitely be able to take it out, and will not hesitate to take it out.

$130 billion is definitely a crazy number.How many people earn a hundred lifetimes, can't earn a fraction of this money.It sounds very tempting, not enough for Zhao Min but not cold.

It may seem like a sky-high price, but the value of the Army Ant Company is much more than that.Don't say that the company is not hers, even if it is hers, she will not sell it.This is a company with unlimited potential, and this so-called valuation is too low.

If you change to someone who likes money, you will definitely jump up with excitement.But in Zhao Min's eyes, it was not that important.

What she pursues is a higher value of life, creating a super unicorn with her own hands, not just money.As for Chen Mo, if he was here, he would definitely not even bother to read these valuation reports.

"Mr. Cook, this price is very attractive." Zhao Min said.

Hearing Zhao Min's words, Cook showed a slight smile, feeling a lot relieved.This price is really not something ordinary people can refuse.

"But I'm sorry, we have no plan to sell the company." Zhao Min pushed the report on the table back to Cook.

This sentence made Cook's heart cold.

I thought that no one would reject this number, but it was rejected anyway.

"Ms. Zhao, do you feel that the money is less?" Cook asked.

"No, this is a lot of money. But our company has no plan to sell, and it has nothing to do with money." Zhao Min said.

"Tell me one condition, how can I sell the company."

Cook's face showed no joy or anger. This time, he came more for the Marching Ant Company, and cooperation was the second option.

As long as the Army Ant Company falls into his hands, it will be able to take Apple to a higher level.When the time comes to surpass Jobs, he will no longer have to run the company in his shadow.

No matter how well he does now, he is considered inferior to Jobs.Even he was unavoidably upset, but he didn't express it.

If he can take Apple to a higher level, he will also become Apple's second great man, and even make Apple's market value the first listed company with a market value of more than one trillion US dollars.

"Maybe I didn't make it clear that no matter what the conditions are, we will not sell the company." Zhao Min said with a smile.

"If you are not satisfied with the price, you can add it to 150 billion US dollars." After Cook finished speaking, he stared at Zhao Min closely.

He wanted to see how this woman would react, so as to judge her bottom line.But no matter how he looked at it, Zhao Min was still smiling.I can't see any difference, and it doesn't seem to take the $150 billion seriously.

Zhao Min shook his head: "If Mr. Cook came this time just for this matter, I'm afraid he will return empty-handed."

"If you feel that the price is not suitable, you can say a price, we are negotiating."

"No interest, the company won't sell. Huawei, Penguin, and Ali have all been here before. If it is sold, it will not be your turn. If this is the cooperation that Mr. Cook said, then there is no need to talk about it, so as not to waste the time of both parties. Your time and mine are precious."

After Zhao Min finished speaking, the reception room fell into dead silence.

Xiao Yu stood aside and didn't dare to speak. Her English was not bad, and she could understand what they were saying.Cook's secretary did not speak either.

For a while, it was deadlocked.

Chapter 82 Pleasant communication?

Cook didn't expect that Marching Ant Company's attitude was so tough, and today was the third time it was rejected, and they were all so straightforward.There has never been a day as bad as today.Even if you are unhappy, you can only endure it at this time.Otherwise, let's not talk about acquisitions, I am afraid that cooperation will become a problem.

This road is blocked, so we can only find other paths.

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

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

"it is good."

After Xiao Yu 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 had surprise in his eyes.So young, too young.After being stunned for a few seconds, after waking up, Cook stood up and shook hands with Chen Mo, and simply said hello.

It wasn't until Chen Mo sat down on the sofa that Cook said, "Mr. Chen Mo, I'm here to buy your company this time. Before coming, we asked Brand Finance to make a valuation of your company, which is 130 billion US dollars. Personally, I think, This valuation is low, so we give a price of 150 billion US dollars and want to buy 100% of your company's shares."

"Sorry, the company doesn't sell it." Before Zhao Min could translate it for him, Chen Mo spoke.His spoken English is not good, but Cook understands what he means.

It was within Zhao Min's expectation that Chen Mo was so straightforward.After translating Chen Mo's words, Zhao Min saw that Cook had an ugly face.

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 as soon as he finished speaking, he didn't even think about it.

That was $150 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 was the day he was rejected the most. 150 billion US dollars, almost more than 900 billion in China, this figure is already a terrifying figure.