Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1758 Almost took the life lawsuit
After the big frame is settled, it will be much easier later.

How much will the commission be reduced?

Zhou Buqi means that 10% is almost the same, after all, the Google App Store is still free of commission.

However, commission is justified.

Just like renting a store in a department store offline, if you don’t pay a commission, let alone open a store, the department store will disappear.

The cost of running an app store is very high, like some domestic app stores, because they can’t take commissions...and they have the need to make up for the shortfall, they can only play some marginal balls. The fringes of the yellow category are hard to guard against, and the wool comes from the sheep, so consumers still have to pay for it.

In fact, the truth is the same.

If you can make money standing up, who wants to kneel?
Later, the country strictly controlled and severely cracked down on such gray and black apps. Many app stores could not continue to do so, and they all closed down.There are still a batch of app stores left, and they all turned to the rake mode.

However, the "Apple tax" is notorious and cannot be learned.

How to do?
Then, a rake mode with local characteristics appeared - targeted rake.

The country is strictly controlling the game industry, and even the batch numbers of new games are not issued. Game companies have become fish on the knife and are divided up.Bullying the game industry, they can't tell if they are suffering, and they don't eat for nothing.

The Apple tax is 30% for all apps. In China, it can only be targeted at the game industry...with a lot of industry commissions missing, game manufacturers can only make up for that part of the "loss".

Then, a ratio that shocked the world appeared - 50%!

In Zhou Buqi's view, whether it is the 30% Apple tax or the 50% targeted commission model, it is unsustainable and is a serious monopoly behavior that will greatly harm the development of the industry.

Zhou Buqi affirmed the rationality of the "Apple tax", but 30% is too high, 10%!
Jobs disagreed, saying that the maximum discount would be [-]%.

That is 15%.

Zhou Buqi felt that it was a bit high, so he fought further.

That's kind of bullying.

He is in great shape, young and strong, and he is here to bargain for meetings, even for 72 hours!
Jobs couldn't do it. Looking at his sickly appearance, if the meeting lasts more than 2 hours, everyone present will be suspected of being a murderer.

Time is on Zhou Buqi's side!
At this time, you don't have to be polite, you can insist coldly.

The longer the delay, the weaker Jobs became, and this weakness can be reflected from the physical level to the psychological level... Sure enough, after only 15 minutes, Jobs flinched.

"If this is going to be realized, the app user guide manual cannot be packaged in the iPhone and iPad packaging boxes." Jobs seems to value this point very much, and regards it as a very important bargaining chip.

Zhou Buqi didn't like it at all. In his opinion, the "instruction manual" was just a short-term project with no long-term value. The "Apple tax" is different. The longer the timeline, the greater the interest.

If there is a choice, of course it is to make a fuss about the "Apple Tax"!
"no problem!"

Zhou Buqi agreed.

Jobs went on to say: "In addition to this, there must be a distinction. It is impossible for every company that Ziweixing invests in to enjoy the same treatment as Ziweixing."

Zhou Buqi's face sank like water, and he chose to remain silent.

Jobs said indifferently: "I propose a final plan. Ziwei Star... including Ziwei Star in the mainland and Ziwei Star International in the international market, can enjoy a 10% commission according to the plan you said."

Zhou Buqi felt as if warmth flowed through his heart, it was very comfortable.

The feeling of bullying the patient is really cool!
"For companies other than Ziweixing, a different plan should be adopted, based on 15%." Jobs also added some restrictions on this, "Moreover, only three external products are allowed at most."

Cook explained this.

There must be a quantity limit, otherwise there will be cooperation loopholes, and Ziwei Star can use this privilege to do whatever it wants in the future.

For example, the "Wall Street Journal" App, the normal commission is 30%.If Ziweixing invests in the "Wall Street Journal", the commission will become 15%... This is equivalent to Apple transferring its core resources to Ziweixing, which will suffer a big loss.

So be sure to limit the number.

Up to 3!
That is to say, Netflix, Spotify and Goal, the three Apps other than Ziweixing.

Zhou Buqi was dissatisfied, "This won't work, I have invested in too many companies, and the 3 quotas are too few, Ziwei Star Global will also launch a streaming media platform in the future, if you can't enjoy the commission discount, then you can only make a follow-up Now Netflix has made the same decision to close the payment channel of the Apple terminal.”

Jobs was a little pissed, he was tired.But this bastard is still messing around like a sticky cake.

Zhou Buqi went on to say: "Besides, 15% commission is too high, let's say 10%. I think this ratio is more reasonable. Well, let me propose a plan. Tim was right just now, to make some external The quota makes sense. I think... 10 places, 10% commission."

"impossible!"

Jobs resolutely refused, and some blood appeared on his pale face, obviously extremely angry.He wanted to make a quick decision so sincerely, but he didn't expect to be played like a monkey by this crazy kid.If he is healthy, he can pick up the mobile phone on the desk and throw it at it, and then leave in anger.

Zhou Buqi felt a little weak, and didn't want to provoke him too much, so he said hahaha: "Negotiation, this is just a suggestion."

When Jobs slapped the table, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, "5 places, 12% commission. This is the final plan. If you succeed, you will succeed!"

"to make!"

Zhou Buqi was terrified, how could he dare to provoke him, so he agreed immediately.

It wasn't that he was shocked by Jobs' aura, but by the doctors and nurses outside the meeting room, as if they were fighting.

Patients with severe illnesses of this degree are most taboo to get angry.

Looking at Jobs again, it seems that he is about to vomit blood and die.If Zhou Buqi refused to agree and continued to entangle, he might be arrested by the police for murder in the next moment.

almost!

Get it when you see it!

The next moment, doctors and nurses rushed into the conference room and ran towards Jobs, holding a lot of simple testing equipment in their hands to measure blood pressure and heart rate.

This scene made everyone panic.

The doctor is okay, he is very old and mature, and he only cares about testing.The little nurse was only in her twenties, and she was still a woman, so she was not very calm, and she would scold others all the time.

Even though people like Zhou Buqi and Cook are well-informed, they are all silent and stunned at the moment, and they are reprimanded like a schoolboy who made a mistake.

The good thing is that Jobs is in a good state.

He didn't seem to want to show his weak side on the negotiating table, so he prevented the nurse from taking the blood pressure test, and just stared at Zhou Buqi with burning eyes: "Is the negotiation over?"

Zhou Bu replied like a stress reaction: "It's done!"

"OK, bye."

Then, Jobs stood up, shaking a little, was quickly supported by doctors and nurses, and left the conference room.

……

The cooperation framework between "Ziwei Galaxy" and Apple has been fully negotiated.

8 aspects are covered.

1. Softbank will give up the exclusive right to sell iPhones in Japan and allow KDDI to also start selling iPhones;

2. iPhone and Aster join hands to promote the Top2 strategy in cooperation with operators;

3. The mobile phone supply chain system built by Astar in China should be shared with Apple;

4. To promote the "manual" through all channels under the Apple system, the channel commission is 30%;

5. The patent fee for the iPhone has maintained the previously negotiated terms of "normal 6 dollars, education discount 1 dollar";

6. Asda cannot launch corresponding versions of smart phones for Microsoft's new system.

The above 6 aspects are very simple.

It's basically settled.

For the next two points, the two sides need further detailed consultations.

In the afternoon, the two sides started talks at Apple's headquarters.

The specific cooperation terms are fully explained.

Point 7, commission.

The products of Ziweixing and Ziweixing International on the Apple terminal will still take 30% of the commission in accordance with the policy of the Apple Store to ensure that Apple is fair and just and treats everyone equally.

However, Apple will return a 20% commission through other channels and names, such as intellectual property rights, technical support, consulting expenses, marketing promotion, etc.

If one day in the future, the "Apple tax" is reduced to below 10%, the lower "tax rate" will prevail.

The same logic applies to the five external quotas, but the tax rate is 5%.

And these 5 external product quotas also have very strict additional conditions. They must have an in-depth business relationship with Ziwei Star and must be approved by Apple.Otherwise, Ziwei Star still has shares in Facebook and Google. Once the quota is allocated to Facebook and Google, Apple will lose too much.

At present, 3 places have been allocated, namely Netflix, Spotify and Goal.

The remaining 2 places must be used with caution. This stuff was hard-won and very precious.

The 8th point is aimed at Microsoft.

Originally, Apple's requirement was that it could not develop Helo adapted to Microsoft's new system, but Zhou Buqi put forward too many requirements, and Apple gave up too much profit, so that Apple had to increase the price.

It's not Helo anymore, it's everything!
None of the products under Ziweixing and Ziweixing International can develop adapted versions of applications for Microsoft's new mobile phone operating system.

In addition, the five external products that can enjoy commission discounts cannot develop suitable apps for Microsoft.

Maybe it was too strong in the morning, which made Jobs half dead, and Boss Zhou was terrified.In the afternoon negotiations, he was obviously weaker. He accepted such an "unreasonable" request from Apple to completely abandon cooperation with Microsoft's new system without any resistance.

That made Apple executives ecstatic.

On Ziweixing's side, there was a lot of panic.

(End of this chapter)