giants of the era

Chapter 91 Save the National Brand
After talking on the phone with Tian Shuai, Li Zetian called Zhang Hao and called him over.

"Chronos li, what's the matter?" Zhang Han asked after pushing the door open.

"The earphone accessory for the Walkman tape player is also a huge profit. I want Apple to do it by itself! This time I call you here because I want you to form a team to develop earphones."

"That's no problem, our company's own engineers can do it!" Zhang Han agreed.

Headphones are indeed a bit simpler than computers.

However, Li Zetian is more inclined to poach people from other companies because of his specialization in the technology industry.

"The developers of the earphones are all recruited from the outside, especially those who are more skilled, so dig a few!" When Li Zetian said this, he looked rich and powerful.This time, Dolby Laboratories only spent 400 million U.S. dollars in financing, and there is still a loan of 600 million U.S. dollars left. In addition, Apple itself is very profitable, so it is not a problem to poach people with high salaries.

"Okay, then I'll find someone from outside the company!"

"Well... By the way, I remember that there is a Chinese American named Li Meisheng in the National Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in the United States. You can also recruit him!" Li Zetian paused and explained, "I heard someone say in a Chinese club Speaking of this guy, he graduated from Caltech with a major in electrical engineering in 1971, and he is very skilled! You get him to be the head of the headphone department!"

"Li Meisheng? Okay, I remember this person's name!" Zhang Hao couldn't help laughing, "It seems that our Apple company's senior management will have another Chinese, haha..."

Li Zetian said with a smile: "It is not easy for the Chinese to mix in the United States. Naturally, they should help and unite with each other to improve the status of the Chinese in the United States!"

"That's right, we Chinese should unite!" Zhang Hao nodded, quite agreeing, and then said, "Then I will go to form a headset team now, and get Li Meisheng to our company by the way!"

"Go." Li Zetian smiled and nodded.

After Zhang Han left, Li Zetian began to meditate.

Right now, the Walkman is missing one key thing—the battery.

Without a battery, the Walkman has no energy.

Of course, users can buy batteries by themselves, but when they first bought the Walkman, Apple will definitely give away a pair of batteries, so battery companies that cooperate with Apple will benefit a lot from this.

Headphones mainly involve the field of electronic engineering, and Apple is capable of doing well in this regard.

But batteries are in the field of chemistry. Apple has been established for less than two years and has insufficient background. It is difficult to achieve outstanding achievements in this field. Moreover, Li Zetian himself does not know much about battery technology.Therefore, choosing a battery company to cooperate with should be the most correct choice.

In Li Zetian's memory, Duracell and Nanfu batteries are the most impressive.

However, Nanfu Battery Company has not yet been established, but Duracell Battery is already a world-renowned battery giant. It was established in 1920, and it has been 55 years so far.

Nanfu Battery is undoubtedly the most famous battery brand in China. Duracell Battery has been in China for many years, but has never been able to shake the leading position of Nanfu Battery in China. Unfortunately, Nanfu Battery cannot resist the evil capital power after all. It was acquired by Geely, and the parent company of Duracell Battery is Geely.

When Li Zetian thought of the tragic fate of Nanfu Battery, he couldn't help feeling sorry for it.

Gillette's Duracell battery has been in the Chinese market for ten years, but it has not been able to open up the situation, and its market share is less than 1/10 of that of Nanfu.After Geely acquired Nanfu Battery, its biggest competitor disappeared, and it also got a battery manufacturer with an annual profit of 8000 million US dollars and more than 300 million sales points. More importantly, it gained half of the Chinese market.Originally, Nanfu's high-quality alkaline batteries had entered the international market, and it was a good time to develop overseas. However, in order to avoid competing with the parent company for market share, Nanfu had to withdraw in a hurry.And because it cannot directly conflict with Duracell, at least half of Nanfu's production capacity is idle.Gradually, Nanfu battery lost its vitality, and finally disappeared from the public!
Li Zetian shook his head, sighed slightly, and immediately said: "Damn, let Nanfu Battery take over Duracell Battery in this life! I, Li Zetian, will save the well-known Chinese brands!!! Not only Nanfu Battery, but also Dabao, Zhonghua, Jianlibao, Supor, Little Nurse, Phoenix Bicycle, Harbin Beer, the oldest beer brand in China, etc..."

At this moment, Li Zetian suddenly felt that he was shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the national brand, and this heavy responsibility would always inspire him to move forward, and it could also create huge profits for him, allowing him to have stronger capital and the world's top consortium Contest! ! !

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The next day, Dr. Dolby came to Apple with 5 technicians.

When he saw Li Zetian, he couldn't help sighing in his heart, as if he had lived a long life like a dog.

"Welcome, Dr. Dolby!"

"Chronos·li, you look younger than on TV! Ah, it's unimaginable that an 18-year-old boy can achieve such a great achievement! I heard that Apple-l, Apple-ll and Walkman are all designed by you , is really amazing!!!”

"Thanks to the praise, Dr. Dolby is unmatched in the field of noise reduction!" Li Zetian smiled modestly and said, "Please come with me, I will take you to the Walkman laboratory and introduce the Walkman project to you The person in charge, Dr. Tennyson. Before the development of Walkman is completed, you will work together for a long time! Dr. Tennyson is the chief technology officer of the original Advent company, in his 50s, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley..."

"Oh, it turned out to be Dr. Tennyson. I know him. Dolby Laboratories has cooperated with Advent several times before!" Dr. Dolby laughed.

"This is even better, and saves the time of running in!"

Li Zetian smiled slightly, and thought it was true. Advent, which manufactures Dolby B-type noise-cancelling recorders, naturally had contact with Dolby Laboratories.

When they came to the Walkman laboratory, people on both sides greeted each other cordially.

Li Zetian said to Dr. Tennyson: "Dr. Tennyson, Dr. Dolby and his team will be arranged by you."

"Chronos li, don't worry, I will arrange it!"

Li Zetian nodded, turned his head and bid farewell to Dr. Duby and others.

Back in the office, Li Zetian picked up the phone and called George Lucas, asking him to come to Apple and talk to him about two things.

San Jose and Hollywood are both in California, and the distance is not too far. After Li Zetian called in the morning, George Lucas came in the afternoon.

in the office.

Li Zetian didn't talk about things at the beginning, but smiled and asked about the filming of "Star Wars".

"Director Lucas, is the filming of "Star Wars" going well?"

"It's going well, but... the budget seems to be insufficient. One-third of the filming has not been completed, and nearly 400 million US dollars have been spent. I'm afraid the budget will be spent before half of the filming..."

After George Lucas finished speaking, he looked at Li Zetian with burning eyes, his eyes clearly wanted Li Zetian to spend some more money to invest in this movie.

Li Zetian rolled his eyes, Nima, I said why you came to see me so actively, so you came to invest!
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