giants of the era

Chapter 208 We Are Number One (First update)
The next day, major media around the world reported Li Zetian's return to Apple.

The "Wall Street Journal" is full of confidence in Li Zetian, and the headline on the headline reads: "Chronos Li returns to Apple, the world's major computer manufacturers are trembling!!!"

Of course, some media newspapers are not very optimistic about Li Zetian's ability to re-develop Apple after returning to Apple.

For example, RB's "Daily News", the newspaper reported: "In the Walkman market, the market share of Sony's Walkman has surpassed that of Apple's Walkman. With Sony's development and design capabilities, Apple is not its opponent at all! In the personal computer market, it is already dominated by compatible machines, and Apple is outnumbered, so it is obviously not their opponent. Even though Chronos Li is very talented, it still cannot save the terminally ill Apple!"

People all over the world are also discussing and making various conjectures about what will happen after Li Zetian returns to Apple.

"Apple has fallen in the past few years, but the return of Chronos Li will definitely make Apple stand up again!"

"Apple-l, Apple-ll, and Walkman were so amazing back then, what a pity... I hope Apple can develop new products after the return of Chronos Li!"

"Chronos Li is so handsome, he is a mysterious man!"

"..."

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Apple CEO Vincent Gay offered to submit his resignation to Li Zetian at this time.

During his tenure, he was inactive and even made Apple almost go bankrupt. Although Thomas Rockefeller was mainly responsible, he also had unshirkable responsibilities. Taking the blame and resigning was the best and smartest choice.It would be even more embarrassing if he was fired by Li Zetian.

Of course Li Zetian approved. He wanted to find a CEO who could help Apple rise. Vincent Gay obviously did not have this ability.

Right now, Sun Microsystems is full of talents, and Li Zetian wants to dig Jobs and Wozniak to Apple.

So, after Vincent Gay resigned, Li Zetian asked Jobs and Wozniak out.

The news of Vincent Gay's resignation was already spreading all over the city. Li Zetian invited the two of them out at this time, and they could roughly guess what was going on.

When Jobs and Wozniak came to Li Zetian's villa, Li Zetian asked directly: "Jobs, Wozniak, would you like to come to Apple?"

Jobs always wanted to go back to Apple, so he immediately nodded and said, "I do!"

Wozniak looked at Jobs and nodded, "I would too!"

"Very good," Li Zetian laughed, "Steve Jobs will be the CEO from now on, and Wozniak will be the chief scientist of Apple!"

In the study, Dongfang Yuqin poured three glasses of water for them, and then sat on a chair next to Li Zetian.

Li Zetian said: "I think you all know about Apple's current situation. I would like to hear your opinions on how to develop Apple again!"

Wozniak is good at technology research and development, but he can't manage and develop the company. He looked at Jobs again and asked Jobs to talk about it.

Before Jobs came, he naturally thought about this question, and he replied without hesitation: "If I were the CEO, I would cut off most of Apple's projects and lay off a large number of people, leaving only personal computers and software. The development department and the Walkman!"

Wozniak was taken aback when he heard this. If Jobs had said what he said, Apple would suffer heavy losses. Many projects would be for nothing, which would only hurt Apple.If he were the CEO, he would never dare to do this.Wozniak couldn't help worrying about Jobs at this moment. He glanced at Li Zetian secretly, and seeing his expressionless face, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing in his heart. Jobs might have no hope of returning to Apple... …

However, many times, things are often different from what you imagined!
When Li Zetian smiled and said to Jobs, "You and I think almost the same", Wozniak was dumbfounded at the time...

Seeing Wozniak's bewildered expression, Li Zetian explained with a smile: "Many of Apple's projects don't make money, or can only make a small amount of money. Instead of using the company's research and development capabilities in these places, what else can we do?" It's better to focus on developing personal computers and Walkman. Apple needs a drastic transformation now, and what Jobs said is exactly what I want!"

Wozniak didn't understand it very well, but he also felt that what Li Zetian said made sense.

Li Zetian turned his head to look at Dongfang Yuqin, and said, "Dongfang Yuqin, take out the documents from Apple."

"Ok."

Dongfang Yuqin got up and walked to a safe, took out the key, opened the door, and took out a document inside.Afterwards, Dongfang Yuqin walked to the copier and made two copies.

Li Zetian said: "In the past few days, I have sorted out Apple's future development direction and written them on these documents."

At this time, Dongfang Yuqin gave Jobs and Wozniak a copy of the document, and the two looked through it while listening to Li Zetian.

The title on the homepage instantly caught the eyes of Jobs and Wozniak, and couldn't help saying: "CD Walkman!!!"

Li Zetian said: "That's right, the tape player is outdated, and Apple is going to develop the CD player! Apple's subsidiary Seagate Technology and Philips have developed CDs, but Apple obviously doesn't know how to make good use of it!"

Li Zetian smiled, took a sip of water, and continued, "CDs are easy to use, and their storage capacity, sound quality, transportation, and service life are better than magnetic tapes. It will be a matter of time before CDs replace magnetic tapes. Vinyl records!!!”

CD records can also replace vinyl records. I am afraid that no one will believe it?Both Jobs and Wozniak were surprised to hear this!
Li Zetian said confidently: "CD records are different from the hissing and crackling sound of vinyl records. They give people a crystal-clear and clear music experience, and the sound quality is very good. The cost of producing CDs is estimated to be that of plastic. It costs a few cents, and the shipping volume is small, and it can be sold for tens of dollars. In addition, CD records will not jump, and the amazing profits and consumer acceptance and affordability are obvious.

However, the mass production of vinyl has cost a few dollars per disc just by pressing the copper mold. This does not include the cost of polyethylene raw materials, and the transportation is heavy and takes up space. The storage is not good and it is easy to wear and tear. If the line is sold for tens of dollars, I am afraid that the profit will not be large and consumers will not have high purchase intentions.In contrast, vinyl is bound to be replaced by CD in the mainstream market! "

Jobs nodded and said: "The production of CD records is obviously more profitable than vinyl records. Driven by profit, the replacement of vinyl records by CDs is an inevitable choice under market competition! Apple produces CD Walkmans, which can be made smaller. It is more refined, the sound quality is far superior to that of a tape player, and the CD stores more songs, so it will be very popular!!!”

Li Zetian nodded: "That's right! Besides, CDs are not just audio discs! You can notice that a 4.7-inch (about 12 centimeters) CD disc can store an astonishing 63 billion bytes of information! If you say Apply it to a computer, what kind of wonderful spark collision do you think will happen?!"

When Jobs and Wozniak heard this, their eyes lit up instantly, and their expressions were filled with excitement!
Wozniak said excitedly: "Mr. Li, we can redefine the use of CD and use it as a medium for computer software. In the future, software will no longer use tapes with small storage capacity, but CDs. -- ROM, CD-ROM drive!!!

In this way, the software is not only stored for a long time, but software developers can also develop more powerful software!The previous software was only a few KB, but the current software has several MB. The future software will only get bigger and bigger, and the capacity of a tape is simply not enough!
There is no doubt that CD-ROMs will be popular, and if Apple's computers are the first to have CD drives installed, then our computers will be very popular! "

Wozniak's face was full of excitement, wishing he could start working on the CD-ROM now.

"Don't worry, keep reading!" Li Zetian reminded them to continue reading the documents.

Jobs and Wozniak nodded, then looked down.Soon, they saw the personal computer article.

When they saw a picture above, the two couldn't help but gape.

"This is a desk lamp computer?!" Wozniak said in surprise.

Li Zetian smiled and said: "That's right! To be precise, it should be called a lamp-style all-in-one machine! Below is a white round box, which is equivalent to the main computer of the computer. The display is a 13-inch LCD, which uses a swingable arm to Positioning! The whole looks like a white desk lamp!"

"Mr. Li, your design is so cool, full of sense of fashion and technology, I want to buy one just by looking at the picture!" Wozniak said.

Jobs also nodded again and again: "The exquisite design, once launched, will surely shock everyone!"

"This is the first product of the iMac series, so it is called the iMac-G1 all-in-one! In the future, Apple's computer products will only develop desktop all-in-ones and notebooks, and concentrate on our focus. We are the first One!!!" Li Zetian said.

PS: I present the first update, there are at least 2 more updates today, as for whether there will be a fifth update today, I don’t know, hehe...

(End of this chapter)