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  Chapter 976 Fertile water does not flow to outsiders

  The lights at the scene dimmed, and when Ertian arrived, Song Yang sat in a row with Gang Leader Qiao, President of HP, Yang Zhiyuan and others.

  Song Yang glanced at Gangzhu Qiao. Gangzhu Qiao seldom participated in product launches of other companies, but this time he made a special trip here, which inevitably raised some thoughts in Song Yang's mind.

Apple has weathered the storm since Joe's return. The iMac computer became one of the best-selling computer brands in the world last year. Apple not only paid off part of its debts, but also made a profit for the first time in several years, which also proves that The treasured sword of Gangzhu Qiao is not old.

Apple's luck can be said to be really good. Now is the time when Microsoft is at its weakest, unable to strangle Apple in the field of computer systems. The collapse of Nasdaq has a great impact on several major brands such as HP, Dell, IBM, and Compaq. Big, but the Apple boat is small and easy to turn around, and can make quick adjustments.

Apple is now on the side of the Song Yang camp. In the computer market, the largest partners, such as ICQ, Fortinet, PayPal, Google, Amazon, eBay, Saipan Music Store, Xueleshan online game platform, etc., are all in the Apple system in the factory program.

No matter what the relationship with Apple will be in the future, until now, many outside media have jokingly referred to Apple as the "little brother" company of Bruno's camp. Apple's system can be renamed Bruno's system, because the system, all Everything is the software of the Song Yang camp company.

But Leader Qiao turned a deaf ear to those ridicules. He is arrogant and arrogant, but he is not inflexible. When he first returned to Apple, even his arch-rival Bill Gates could bow his head, let alone cooperate with Song Yang. .

  In the past few years, Song Yang has provided Apple with a large sum of dollars, and subscribed for Apple's hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds that were considered **** by the outside world.

It seems that the Apple system is almost occupied by software from Song Yang's camp, but correspondingly, these software and games are the most popular software in the Internet industry today. With such software, it also attracts the Apple system. Huge traffic and users.

For the Apple system, the most important thing is not to say that it is easy to use or not, or how unique it is. The key is that there must be enough software to support it. There is no ICQ, Google, PayPal, Fortinet , Xueleshan Online's operating system, there is a ghost.

Just like the mobile phone operating systems of later generations, apart from Apple and Android, it is not that there are no other manufacturers who have launched their own systems, but in the end most of them are broken. Is it because they are not easy to use? Not necessarily, the key is Apple, On Android, there are more than one million application software. On other operating systems, there is not a hair. Users use it as a fire stick.

   You have to survive first before you can think about what kind of tricks you can play. This is something that Qiao Gangzhu knows very well.

   "Song, on behalf of Apple's board of directors, I would like to thank you for your continued support for Apple!"

   Leader Qiao also noticed Song Yang's gaze, and said to Song Yang in a low voice. Strictly speaking, Song Yang has almost become the largest shareholder of Apple now.

In the past few years, Song Yang has successively acquired a lot of Apple shares, especially when the Nasdaq crashed last year, the North American Global Investment Foundation, the Bruno Family Foundation, etc., swept up a lot of goods at low prices, among which Apple held The shareholding has also increased from the previous 6% to 13% now!

  If bonds are added, as well as the Bruno Family Foundation’s Apple equity, it may be able to reach about 16%, or even more!

Even if he bought the entire Apple now, it would actually not cost too much for Song Yang. The current market value of Apple is less than 6 billion US dollars. This is still after Apple launched the iPod, and the market value has soared a lot. Because of the previous Nasdaq crash, Apple's market value has also been greatly affected.

But it is easy to buy Apple, but for the current Apple, the most valuable thing is Jobs and his team, not a brand, there is a brand, and if there is no Jobs, can Apple become the Apple of the future? , Can it even reach one-tenth of the two trillion dollar empire? !

  Song Yang heard Qiao Gangzhu's words, and knew that there must be something to say behind him, so he continued to look at Qiao Gangzhu.

  Jobs glanced at William Shedler in the back row, and smiled at Song Yang, "President Shedler, seems to be a little dissatisfied with Apple's entry into the MP3 market?!"

Diamond MP3 player is taking the middle and low-end MP3 market route with large volume and full control, while Apple iPod is taking the high-end MP3 route. In terms of sales volume, the sales volume of Apple iPod is far less than that of Diamond MP3, but the profit is Much higher than the Imperial League.

   This made Diamond also want to enter the high-end MP3 market, but the market and users have already formed a fixed impression of Diamond, and it is not so easy to change it.

  “The MP3 market does not belong to anyone. Manufacturers such as Plam, HP, Samsung, Sony, etc. are all eligible to enter this market!”

Song Yang was noncommittal to Joe's words. Now the MP3 market is bloodshed. In America, there are mainly two brands of Diamond and Apple, but in overseas markets, MP3 brands have become various. Especially On the Japanese Benzene and Bangzi side, a large number of MP3 brands appeared, and even on the domestic side, a large number of counterfeit brands also appeared.

MP3 is trending towards bad streets. The sales of Diamond have been greatly affected. On the contrary, Apple, which is a high-end product, has been favored by many users. The same machine, how bad is the sound quality? Go, but other 3 machines that download MP3 can't be sold at a high price, but Apple can sell them, so there's no reasoning for this.

  iMac and iPod are considered to be the two masterpieces after Joe's return. It is also because of these two things that Apple's revenue and market value have soared.

  Of course, for Song Yang who spent a lot of money on Apple, the higher the market value of Apple, the more Song Yang will get in return.

  As for the popularity of the iPod, for Song Yang, although compared with the Diamond League, the dollars received directly may be a little less. After all, the dollars sold by the iPod cannot go directly to Song Yang’s pocket.

However, whether it is Diamond or iPod, they all download songs from the Saipan Music Store. The fat water does not flow to outsiders. The more Apple iPods are sold, the more users the Saipan Music Store will have. Meat in a pot.

Jobs was also a little greedy for the Saipan Music Store. He could see clearly that the famous MP3 brands are all working for the Saipan Music Store. Only by selling the machine can they earn a few dollars. On the contrary, the more MP3 users , Saipan Music Store cut leeks more powerful.

  Of course, Apple also wants to launch its own music platform, but due to Song Yang's side, let alone the patent of the MP3 player, it is pinched by Alcatel mobile phone.

  Song Yang is still the largest shareholder of Apple's board of directors. If he really recklessly launches Apple's music platform and turns his back on Song Yang, he himself is not sure whether the leader Qiao can continue to stay in Apple.

  If now, Alcatel mobile phone really kicks out the acquisition of Apple, then Jobs feels that Apple's board of directors and investors will be beating drums and welcome the acquisition of Alcatel mobile phone.

Between him and Song Yang, which side will Apple's board of directors and investors choose? Even if Jobs is unwilling to admit it, he still has a feeling in his heart. , turned around and sold it to him, and voted for Song Yang's camp without blinking an eye.

  When the lights gathered on Ertian, there was a burst of applause at the scene. Jobs also knew it was time, and whispered to Song Yang, "Apple is going to enter the mobile phone market and launch its own brand of mobile phones!"

   After saying this, Jobs stared at Song Yang closely, but he didn't seem to have much expression on Song Yang's face after hearing this.

   Laughed softly, Song Yang looked at Jobs, and said under Jobs' gaze, "Just like MP3, the mobile phone industry doesn't belong to any one company, of course Apple can also enter!"

   Hearing that Song Yang agreed so easily, Jobs couldn't help being a little surprised. He made a lot of preparations, but they didn't use them at all.

   "Of course," Song Yang looked at Ertian who was about to make an opening speech on the stage, "Apple needs to abide by the original agreement and carry the Symbian mobile phone system!"

  Jobs frowned, hesitated to speak, but did not speak again. He understood that the condition proposed by Song Yang was probably the last condition, and it was impossible to change it!

  (end of this chapter)