Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 375: The Great Reconciliation of the Century, Net Profit of 20 Billion

After hearing Cook's discouraged congratulations, Chen Pingjiang raised his eyebrows and looked very excited.

The proud apple finally lowered its arrogant head.

The Orange Technology executives around were all proud and smiling.

There is nothing more refreshing than this.

"Thank you. Apple is a great company. It has made a wise decision this time. I have reason to believe that under your leadership, Mr. Cook, Apple will be even better than it was during the Jobs era."

The sedan chair is carried by everyone, and they have given a huge amount of 10 billion yuan. What's wrong with Chen Pingjiang praising it a few times?
As long as he is paid, Chen Pingjiang can keep bragging.

Looking at Chen Pingjiang's raised mouth, Cook felt very complicated.

This is the first time that Apple has to pay so much money in a settlement, and it’s not even because of a patent, but just a small trademark.

Although it can be explained to the outside world that this is the money for buying the trademark, who with a discerning eye would not know what is going on?

After doing so much preparation, this is the result.

The timing and angle of the shot were just perfect.

Cook finally recognized the big devil that made the US stock short sellers tremble with fear some time ago.

Fortunately, they reached a settlement, so the IPAD will not be banned from sale in China, which can be considered good news.

At the board meeting just now, all the shareholders criticized Cook to pieces, but Cook couldn't refute it.

He has only been in charge of Apple for less than a year and does not yet have sufficient control over the company.

Moreover, everyone is accustomed to looking at him through a magnifying glass, comparing him to Jobs, and now he has made such a serious mistake.

Yes!

Mistake!

If we had reached an agreement with Proview earlier and spent a little more money to acquire the trademark ownership, the subsequent series of events would not have happened.

Cook wanted to have a fight with Chen Pingjiang and put pressure on him with jobs.

But shareholders are not happy about this. They don’t want Apple’s stock to continue to fall.

Just like what Chen Pingjiang said, it's only 10 billion. It only takes 10 days for Apple to make back the money, and after that, the stock price can still rise.

They can't wait any longer.

"Mr. Cook?" Chen Pingjiang called out twice before Cook came back to his senses.

"The signing meeting will be scheduled for 4 p.m. I'll have someone arrange it. I'll accompany you to visit around from 2:3 to :?" Chen Pingjiang was in a good mood.

Cook almost died of anger.

Killing people and destroying their hearts! ?
Although he spoke nicely, he actually put himself and the entire Apple under the media spotlight.

This kind of settlement agreement could have been signed privately, but Chen Pingjiang actually held a press conference with such fanfare.

How dare you!

"Mr. Chen, I think there's no need for a press conference. It's not something that will bring honor to Apple."

"Oh, no, this is good news. It will boost the confidence of your shareholders." Chen Pingjiang took advantage and said, "In fact, if you ask me, our two companies can coexist peacefully. There is no need to fight to the death. Sometimes you will inevitably have to deal with my industries in China."

Cook nodded: "That's right, I am interested in cooperating with Mr. Chen's social channels and even Renrengou."

Chen Pingjiang slapped his thigh and said, "Look, isn't this the basis for our cooperation? Although our Orange phones sell well in China, they are still relatively average in the global market. Apple's opponent is not us, but Samsung. And I also don't like Samsung, so why don't we join forces?"

Cook looked at Chen Pingjiang with complicated eyes, and he really wanted to dissect the brain of this young man with a Chinese face.

How could they, after extorting money from me, turn around and talk about cooperation, and even more confidently say that we have a common enemy?

How ridiculous!

Chen Pingjiang's expression changed so quickly that Cook had never seen such a thing before. After taking a deep breath, he resisted the urge to beat him up and asked, "Mr. Chen, how can we work together?"

"I think the global high-end mobile phone market only has oranges and apples. As for Samsung, just stand aside. After all, our names are both fruits, so we can be considered relatives. Samsung is nothing. In the low-end mobile phone market, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo and others will rise sooner or later, and then Samsung will be in trouble."

Cook's expression at that moment was very interesting.

God damn apples and oranges are relatives.

Because we are fruits, we should be close to nature?
"Mr. Chen, this joke is not funny."

Seeing that Old Cook's face was a little blue, Chen Pingjiang hurriedly said: "China has many excellent companies, excellent workers, and excellent R&D personnel. Do you admit it?"

Cook nodded: "Of course."

"We can work together to support some local suppliers. I've seen that Apple currently has only a few domestic supply chain manufacturers. If we work together to support 30 or 40 of them, give them enough orders, improve their R&D capabilities, spread their production costs, and when they rise, prohibit them from supplying Samsung, what will happen?"

Cook is no fool.

"Of course Samsung will be very uncomfortable. Although it will take some time, I believe that Chinese component suppliers can do it. But how can we convince them not to accept Samsung's orders? And doesn't this mean that I am supporting your Chinese industry?"

Chen Pingjiang smiled slightly: "Oh, if I don't propose it, don't you plan to select more Chinese companies as suppliers? We just greatly accelerated the process. If any company supplies Samsung, we will kick it out. In addition, we can also establish a mobile phone alliance that does not involve Samsung."

After thinking for a while, Cook said, "There is nothing wrong with what you said, but I hope that your takeaway business can cooperate with Apple authorized stores. To be honest, I am very interested in the business of half-hour delivery by takeaway riders when the Orange S2 is launched."

"OK? No problem." After thinking about it carefully, Chen Pingjiang immediately agreed.

This matter will only help Renrengou and not harm it. It doesn't matter to Orange either. It's just a delivery method.

But through this incident, Chen Pingjiang keenly felt that Cook was not an ordinary person.

Buying a mobile phone through a food delivery platform and having it delivered within half an hour has greatly increased people’s desire to buy.

It saves consumers the trouble of having to queue up when new phones are released.

“Apple’s App store also wants to enter Weibo.”

"no problem!"

"You can't compare your iPhone with ours in future press conferences."

"..."

The two chatted and communicated and cooperated at the same time.

Both parties benefited.

Chen Pingjiang was helpless.

Let's get Apple together to fight Samsung first. It's better than offending both giants.

Moreover, this is also a good thing for cultivating domestic component suppliers, as it can be considered as an early layout.

After a conversation, Cook felt that Chen Pingjiang suddenly looked handsome. This kind look made Chen Pingjiang's anus tighten, goose bumps appeared all over his body, and he immediately thought of the bad rumors.

Unconsciously, Chen Pingjiang and Cook distanced themselves a little.

…………

Although this signing event was held in a hurry, all the people who were supposed to come were present.

Aren’t there so many Chinese and foreign media already available?

No need to notify individually.

As soon as the media heard the news of the signing meeting, they all became excited.

Great news!
Orange and Apple have reconciled and are going to hold a signing meeting.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the main executives of both parties appeared in the conference hall of Qingshan Lake Base.

Chen Pingjiang and Cook sat at the table, with a group of executives standing behind them.

Under countless flashing lights, the two men wrote quickly on the documents.

"It's been a pleasure working with you, Mr. Cook."

"Me too, Chen. You're excellent."

After the signing, the session began with questions from reporters.

"Mr. Chen Pingjiang, I'm a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. I'd like to ask, what are the terms of your settlement? Or how much did Apple spend to buy the trademark ownership from you?"

Chen Pingjiang smiled and shrugged: "Sorry, I can't tell you the specific amount. I can only say that this is a very good number and both parties are satisfied."

Cook looked over with some surprise. He didn't expect that Chen Pingjiang didn't disclose it to the public, which was considered to be giving Apple some face.

But not much…

Because within a few days, some reporters will definitely find out the real price from other channels.

However, this is also good, at least he doesn't have to be embarrassed on the spot.

Facing the camera, Chen Pingjiang spoke freely: "Apple is a very excellent and great company. I had a cordial and friendly exchange with Mr. Cook and reached a series of cooperation, which we will announce in other ways later."

The executives who came with Chen Pingjiang also had smiles on their faces.

Chen Pingjiang is a good person to deal with.

People really say nice things when they get paid.

Much better than those who take money and then say a few bad words.

Many domestic leaders, even Foxconn's Terry Gou, breathed a sigh of relief.

Ok!

Reconciled.

It didn't get to the point where it became too serious for anyone to handle.

Many people who care about this matter have somewhat different views on Chen Pingjiang.

What an extraordinary person.

He either doesn't take action, or when he does, it's quick, ruthless and accurate. His style of action is like an antelope hanging its horns, leaving no trace and making it impossible to figure out where he is going.

In the last battle between bulls and bears, privatization turned defeat into victory.

This time, Apple is being targeted.

But what’s even more amazing is that every time he raises it high, takes all the benefits, and then drops it gently, making others suffer the loss and still remember his kindness.

This is true for Cook and also for Carson Block of Muddy Waters.

the next day.

After seeing the news, Buffett murmured to himself: "What an interesting young man. It seems that I should buy more Renren shares."

Major media outlets around the world have published articles.

The Times: Oranges and apples reached a lightning-fast reconciliation of the century.

The Sun: Apple's share price soared after the opening. The settlement amount between the two parties was not disclosed to the public. Some people predicted that it would not be less than 2 million.

Asahi Shimbun: The fruit family has reconciled, so will Apple and our great Samsung reconcile?

The Wall Street Journal: An unnamed person familiar with the matter said that Apple spent $10 billion to acquire the IPAD trademark.

……

As soon as the news of the $10 billion came out, Chen Pingjiang's work phone was flooded with calls, and the same was true at Apple.

After seeing the news, Proview Technology almost vomited blood.

He only made 6000 million U.S. dollars from selling the trademark himself, but Orange Technology made 9 million by reselling it!
Why!
But after the initial impulse, the head of VicoTech calmed down.

Everyone is right.

The IPAD trademark is only worth 6000 million US dollars in the hands of Proview Technology, but it is worth 10 billion US dollars in the hands of Orange Technology.

On the third day, Chen Pingjiang came to work at Renren as usual. The first thing he did was to connect with Carson Block and Bu Housheng.

Chen Pingjiang looked at the two people on the computer screen and asked with a smile: "How is it?"

Carson Block on the other side of the screen laughed out loud: "Boss, this is great. When you sued Apple, I had already established a position. I bought back all of Apple's stock when it reached a low point the day before yesterday. This time, we made a profit of nearly 7 million US dollars. I couldn't be happier than this. The timing of this short selling was spot on. It was so easy."

Bu Housheng also smiled and said, "We invested part of the profit from the last time when it was at its lowest point. With the good news, Apple's stock price has risen. We haven't seen the peak yet. We don't know the profit data yet, but it is definitely a big profit."

Chen Pingjiang nodded with satisfaction.

The total amount of money spent was at least 10 billion US dollars.

Including the 10 billion from Apple, they easily made 20 billion.

Isn’t the money for making chips here?

"According to the rules, take your share of the reward."

"Thank you BOSS!"

Chen Pingjiang lamented that with asymmetric information, making money has become too easy.

Carson Block went short, Bu Housheng went long, a perfect match. (End of this chapter)

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