Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 250 How dare you point a gun at me!
America, Spotify headquarters.

Like Microsoft and Nintendo, Redmond, which is located in Seattle, is not located in a metropolitan area because it is plagued by rats, such as New York, where the number of rats is twice the population.

On the clean floor, several pairs of shoes rattled.

Lu Fei walked in the bright and spacious aisle of the work area. There were all kinds of skin colors, and the most were Chinese and Asian faces.

As he walked, Guo Xing said, "Mr. Lu, the Microsoft team has withdrawn. Among these people, Ballmer gave the green light. It's really strange that Mizuki and Beijing University were recruited from the Microsoft Huaxia Research Institute. The same treatment made them stay. The country refuses, but wants to stay in the United States.”

"Then what can we do, give it to Microsoft for nothing? Building nests to attract phoenixes won't work for them, so let's build nests for phoenixes!"

Lu Fei waved his hand with great arrogance.

Build a team around talents, instead of keeping people in China, where the talents and resources are, the logic will be there.

The job of a research and development staff is thousands of dollars. If you give the other party 2 dollars to come to China, he may not agree.

But to open the R&D center in front of his house and give him $2 back, he will definitely be tempted.

"President Lu's opinion!" Guo Xing savored it carefully, as if enlightened, with admiration in his eyes.

Lu Fei shrugged and stepped into the modern and minimally decorated meeting room. When the door closed, he restrained his smile:
"What did Apple do to us?"

Guo Xing did not report immediately, but first submitted the sales statistics for the previous and last three months.

You can see that the first generation of lmusic and fantasy are clearly written on it, and there are nearly 60 units in the European and American markets.

And Apple's ipod sales for the whole year last year were only 55 units.

He had no choice but to be proud: "Although the price of ipod is high, 399 to 549 US dollars, the supply chain cost is also low, and the overall net profit is very high, but since we went public, Apple's sales in the first quarter were not high. Not even 5 units."

Yo, I haven't seen you for a few months, Apple has pulled it off like this.

Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, and then flipped through the Sony walkman, the player market completely gave way to MP3.

"So Apple slanders lmusic for copying the appearance and the rotating wheel of the ipod. Of course, this is nonsense. We have international patents, so we are not afraid at all. The key point is that it threatens to file an anti-dumping lawsuit with Sony and several companies, demanding a 57% dumping tax! "

Guo Xing's tone showed a hint of worry. Although China's accession to the WTO and the United States' opening up of the market, they have repeatedly set up obstacles, repeatedly using dumping, infringement and other names to deceive China, and they have only won few lawsuits.

What the hell, did Jobs dare to point a gun at me?
Lu Fei narrowed his eyes, "What is Apple's condition?"

Guo Xing said angrily: "We must increase the price, especially fantasy, and it is not allowed to be lower than 149 dollars."

"No, qtmd!"

Lu Fei will not give in at all. Once he compromises, the brand value will be severely damaged if the price is raised rashly. The price increase is only a small profit, but it will definitely be a big loss. The logic follows Lei Jun's routine——

Sell ​​advertisements, send mobile phones.

The biggest profit of thick rice is not the mobile phone business, but Internet revenue such as advertising, games, etc. Logic mp3 is sold at such a low price. Like Xiaomi, it harvests a large number of users and uses hardware sales to pave the way for Spotify, so it is impossible to increase the price price.

"But if Apple and Sony really initiate an anti-dumping lawsuit, Mr. Lu, at present, only Fuyao Glass has won the lawsuit from Huaxia."

Guo Xing is very worried. Even Huawei is deeply involved in the joint anti-dumping lawsuits of Cisco and Ericsson this year.

"My legs and feet are bad, I can't kneel down, do you have good legs and feet?"

Lu Fei rubbed his chin, he must not admit to being cowardly in the face of overseas lawsuits, the more cowardly he is, the easier it is to be bullied, such as Lianxiang.

Not only will it lose a large piece of market territory, but it will also be felt by domestic and foreign counterparts and the public that the logic is really problematic.

After all, you are right, what are you afraid of!

"I'm not good either."

Guo Xing thought to himself, tnnd, the boss is not afraid, I am afraid of a fart!
"I will find Ballmer and ask him to introduce a team of professional lawyers in this area, as well as Bill Gates, whose mother was the chairman of the United Way. Although he is dead, his contacts are still there. Spend some money to find out. "

Lu Fei crossed his hands, recklessly returning to reckless, but with a brain, "After finding the strategy, I should think about how to trouble Apple. When will Apple's press conference start?"

Guo Xing frowned, "From the usual 28th to the 14th, it is estimated that the ipod3 will be released at this press conference, and the price of the first two generations of ipods will be reduced. If it is reduced by one or two hundred dollars, it will affect lmusic 2G at most. "

"There is also the iTunes music store, and the news from Doug Morris and the others may be announced by Apple at the press conference."

As soon as Lu Fei's words fell, there was thunder in silence.

The whole hall was shocked, and every face was full of surprise and fear.

Guo Xing looked solemn: "Mr. Lu, is the news accurate?"

"Of course!" Lu Fei was categorical. No one knew Apple's product line better than him, including Jobs. He was a fruit seller, and he knew an apple with a hammer?

He reassured everyone and said, "Relax, Spotify will definitely beat iTunes. How many songs are there in the music library now?"

Zhang Tianmei reported truthfully: "68 songs have been recorded. Like Eminem, he is only willing to release some old songs to test the waters. DIVA, Tianwang, and many other frontlines are waiting to see, and some directly refuse, thinking that the digital music style is low. Insulting the identity of the artist..."

"Tch, it's just that the money is not in place."

Lu Fei didn't take it seriously. He understood the promotion plan, and after reading the advertisement designed by the Cooper Brothers, he couldn't find any major faults this time. Then he asked:
"How about the cooperation with McDonald's and KFC?"

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"Logic's digital music player easily defeated all competitors, the world's first mp100 with a sales volume exceeding 3 million units, and the best-selling digital player in 02, but soon ushered in a most powerful competitor.

This challenge does not come from anyone else, but Apple, which has been robbed of the 'Iron Throne', hopes to regain the lost No.

Jobs read the news from the "New York Times", his tone was hoarse and gloomy, and his complexion became increasingly ugly:
"Dan, why didn't it say that lmusic copied the design of the ipod and infringed Apple's patents, why!"

Riccio advised: "Relax, Steve, we all know this is fake, and the New York Times doesn't want to risk libel."

"Hmph, don't they slander less?"

Jobs sneered, he didn't need to prove logic patent infringement, he just poured dirty water on it to create momentum for the third-generation ipod.

Riccio suggested: "How about we add logic to the PPT of the press conference?"

"No, don't even think about it. Logic is not eligible to be dissed by me. Apple will always be the number one in the industry. I don't bother to belittle the second place!"

There was contempt in Jobs' eyes. Even so, when he thought of the Spotify mall, it was like a nail was buried in his heart, and he asked with concern about the test results of the itunes4.1 version, especially the itunes store.

"It is fully compatible with the Microsoft system, and there are 20 songs available for sale. However, Spotify's music community and software development have not yet grasped its essence. If you give it some more time..."

I didn't even understand what Rizio meant!

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Jobs exploded in an instant, yelling loudly and calling the head of the software development department to brainstorm, and he outputted it all over his head and face.

In an instant, there was no sound, like a chilling cicada.

One by one, like the obedient ministers under the hands of a tyrant, trembling, not daring to rebel, not even having the courage to try to resist, because it is easy to die if you try.

The atmosphere is filled with panic, fear, anxiety and depression.

"If iTunes fails, it's all because of you!"

After Jobs scolded, he didn't want to accuse anyone, it was just to vent the pressure, but he would never apologize to the employee who accidentally injured him.

The failure of the boss is the responsibility of the subordinate!
The credit of the subordinates belongs to the boss, just like Jonathan Ivey designed the ipod, but the outside world thinks he created the ipod!

At this moment, there was a soft knock on the door.

Cook hurriedly walked, with a hint of anxiety in his tone:

"Steve, the release date for the newest version of Spotify has been announced."

Jobs rolled his eyes and asked, "When?"

"April 4." Cook swallowed.

"April 4st?" Jobs was surprised, and chuckled, "Tim, it's not April Fool's Day yet, so if you're kidding me again, are you sure it's April 1st?"

"Yeah."

Cook and Riccio looked at each other with delicate eyes, and counted to three silently, and as expected, Jobs roared like a sick tiger:

"fuxk!"

His pale face was flushed with anger, and his eyes were bloodshot.

April 4st is the founding day of Apple, which is equivalent to the founding day of a country, and Lu Fei openly declared war.

What a blatant provocation!
How dare you point a gun at me!How dare you fight me!

　Thank you Yuanjun, 20201124231453061 for the 100 starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)