Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2916 Entering the Water

It's November now and the weather in the capital has turned cold.

Especially when fog and frost fall, smog will cover the sky and the sun.

At this time, Zhou Buqi had already taken his whole family on vacation to Europe. The first stop was Madeira Island in southern Portugal, a Pacific island group with spring-like weather all year round and picturesque scenery.

This will be a long vacation.

The so-called vacation does not mean that the whole family sails around on the sea on a luxury yacht at home, but chooses a dozen vacation spots, and then uses the yacht as the main means of transportation to move from one vacation spot to the next.

We usually stay in each place for 3-5 days.

They are all concentrated in the tropical and subtropical regions of Southern Europe and North Africa, where the climate is more suitable.

There are so many people traveling with this big family.

Three private jets were dispatched.

One flew from China to Portugal, carrying a large group of people including Zhou Buqi, Aunt Xue, Xue Baoshan, Dilireya, Yang Mi, Jiang Bingjie, Li Xinwan, Wang Yanan, and Wang Yihuan; one flew from the United States to Portugal, carrying Zhen Yu and Ning Yameng, as well as seven or eight Japanese maids brought from the United States; and another plane flew directly from Japan to Madeira Island, carrying Ning Yaxian and Ning Lu, with a group of more than a dozen new maids recruited from there.

In total, there are more than forty beauties of various kinds.

This put a lot of pressure on Zhou Buqi.

This is only part of it.

Wen Zhixia and Shi Jinglin will arrive in a while, as well as the young secretaries in the domestic office. After this round of female secretary auditions are over, Gu Zanli, Yan Qiqi, Zhao Limuge, Han Yalan, Zhang Zetian and others will also arrive one after another.

Aunt Xue saw that the situation was not going well, so she quickly discussed it with Ning Yaxian and Wang Yanan, and rearranged the itinerary, asking the maids and secretaries to come in batches.

If all the money were gathered here, Boss Zhou would be exhausted.

In Aunt Xue's opinion, the most important task for him during this vacation was to help Baoshan get pregnant. Everyone in the family knew about this and would be very humble and cooperate. Even when Zhou Buqi said that he wanted to favor Wang Yanan alone as a reward, he finally called Baoshan over and wanted to seize every opportunity to get her pregnant, not wasting even a little bit.

If those little secretaries and Japanese maids came over, it would be a den of foxes and there would be no chance to be humble.

After arriving in Madeira, Zhou Buqi forgot all about work for three days.

During the day, he sunbathes with his family on the private beach. While others go swimming, he often lies on the golden sand and takes a nap.

The sun is warm and the sea breeze is cool, which is very pleasant.

There is a sense of relaxation that is isolated from the world.

It was not until the fourth day that Ning Yaxian came and brought him back to the real world.

Even on vacation, it is impossible to completely put aside work.

"Cook is looking for you."

As soon as Ning Yaxian came back, someone assigned him work, but the other secretaries had not arrived yet.

Zhou Buqi had just walked around the private island with Wang Yanan and Wang Yihuan, holding hands with one on each side, when he heard Ning Yaxian's notification and asked casually, "What's the matter?"

Ning Yaxian said, "He said he wanted you to call him back when you are free."

"Okay." Zhou Buqi nodded and said with a wicked smile, "I guess Qualcomm has pissed them off."

Soon, the call was dialed.

Zhou Buqi took the phone and went upstairs.

Ning Yaxian looked at Wang Yanan and Wang Yihuan with a smile, "You two are wearing the same style of skirts. You look like sisters."

Wang Yihuan smiled and said, "My brother-in-law just said that."

"Oh..." Ning Yaxian drew out a long tone, testing intentionally or unintentionally, "Did you three go for a walk just now?"

"Ok!"

Wang Yihuan nodded slightly, looking very happy.

Ning Yaxian smiled and asked, "Just the three of you?"

Wang Yihuan said excitedly, "Yes, just the three of us. After dinner yesterday, the three of us went for a walk together."

Wang Yanan added: "Actually there were two bodyguards, quite far away."

Ning Yaxian squinted her eyes and lowered her voice, "You three, are you together?"

Wang Yihuan pursed her lips and kept silent, her face slightly red.

Wang Yanan smiled and said, "Not yet, Master... Master may be embarrassed and want to cultivate the atmosphere first. Let's get together when the atmosphere is right."

“Are you okay?” Ning Yaxian’s eyes were full of gossip.

Wang Yanan chuckled and said, "I can do anything. Master, you are the head of the family. As women, the most important thing for us is to take good care of the male owner. When we were taking a walk just now, I told the master that as long as the family is happy together, we are the happiest. Nothing else matters."

"Yeah, I should." Ning Yaxian reached out and stroked Wang Yihuan's hair, then smiled brightly, "By the way, where are Chen Yan and Tongtong? When will they come?"

Wang Yihuan rushed to say, "Tongtong is in school, so he may not be able to come. If he wants to come... he has to wait until the Christmas holiday! In my opinion, it's better to take a leave. It's useless whether he goes to school or not."

While they were discussing the ultimate meaning of life, Zhou Buqi had already gone upstairs and started chatting with Apple's CEO Cook.

"looking for me?"

"There is some very bad news."

“Is it related to Qualcomm?”

Zhou Buqi could basically guess that during this period, Apple and Qualcomm were probably already on the verge of a war.

Cook said in a deep voice: "Indeed, Qualcomm has not paid Apple's technology licensing fees, and has stated that it will not pay again in the future. They have crossed the line!"

"Oh."

Zhou Buqi is a bit baffled.

  What does this have to do with him?

He never sowed discord.

Cook asked: "When will you launch a formal antitrust investigation into Qualcomm?"

Zhou Buqi said vaguely: "It should be soon. Such a big thing cannot be decided in one or two days. However, I estimate that the results will be out in the near future. It will definitely not be like the EU with a lot of thunder and little rain. Qualcomm has gone too far, so we have to take action."

Tim Cook sighed, "You really messed up my plans!"

Zhou Buqi didn't admit it at all, "What do you mean?"

Cook said calmly: "Lee Jae-yong has told me that it was you who gave him the advice and asked him to accept the interview with the reporter, linking the Korean antitrust investigation to Apple."

Zhou Buqi had no intention of hiding it.

What Li Zairong said behind his back was all imaginary, just like Zhou Buqi and Cook would say bad things about Li Zairong behind his back, Zhou Buqi and Li Zairong would also say bad things about Cook behind his back, and Cook and Li Zairong would also say bad things about Zhou Buqi behind his back.

He doesn't care at all.

It was an open conspiracy.

It's just that they can do it. Even if they both know it, Zhou Buqi will not admit it. He said: "I have never said such a thing. I guess... I guess Li Zairong feels that Samsung is under a lot of pressure and wants to drag Apple into it and put the blame on me."

"Is it him or you?"

Cook had seen through all of this a long time ago.

"Of course it's him." Zhou Buqi said nonchalantly, "Besides, is Apple afraid of Qualcomm? Didn't you two sign a contract regarding the technology licensing fee?"

“There is a contract.”

"As long as there is a contract, it's written in black and white. What is there to worry about? Tim, I have done everything I can according to your requirements. I have officially started a war with Qualcomm, and I have also made moves in the financial market."

“Financial markets?”

Cook never paid attention to this.

Zhou Buqi said: "The fund I own is selling Qualcomm's stocks in a big way. You can ask and you will know whether there are large institutions selling Qualcomm's stocks in large quantities recently. This is my handiwork. Since I want to kill Qualcomm, I definitely can't hold Qualcomm's stocks. The recent drop in Qualcomm's stock price is all my credit. At this critical moment, don't be timid."

Cook was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "I'm waiting for a message."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What news?"

Cook said: "Your country's official announcement of an antitrust investigation into Qualcomm."

Zhou Buqi was very confident about this and did not lie at all, "It will be soon, very soon!"

Cook said: "I need to see the official announcement."

"And then?" Zhou Buqi vaguely heard something, "After the official announcement, will you take action against Qualcomm?"

Cook took a deep breath and said, "Yes!"

"Okay!" Zhou Buqi said without hesitation, "I'll go ask right away and try to move this matter forward as quickly as possible!"

  Very good!

Apple is finally taking the plunge!