Chapter 1432

The news that Andy Rubin joined in Makino technology hit Apple hard.

It was not easy for Tim Cook to get the majority of the board of directors to agree to the plan of comprehensively upgrading the next generation iPod. Even if the plan only stayed at the top level of Apple Corp, Li Mu responded with practical actions.

Muye technology attracts Andy Rubin, whose purpose is to upgrade Mangi me in an all-round way. Apple doesn't know what Li Mu is going to do, but from their understanding of Andy Rubin, they have been able to infer that Li Mu's choice of direction is the same as Apple's just agreed direction.

In fact, even if Apple executives decide to upgrade the iPod in an all-round way, or even develop an independent operating system for the iPod, named IOS, but this IOS and jobs' IOS are just a coincidence of simple names.

OS means operating system. From MacOS, "OS" is the name of operating system in apple, while "I" in jobs refers to iPhone, but "I" in apple now refers to iPod.

Tim Kuk is far from what jobs thought in 2005. He doesn't have a smart phone and mobile Internet architecture in his mind, and his whole strategic thinking hasn't jumped out of the iPod.

It's not surprising that Tim Cook's ability is insufficient, mainly because everyone's stage is different, so the way of thinking is also different. The ancients said that thinking full of warmth is based on the premise that he first eats full and wears warm. In his last life, jobs made a beautiful turnaround with iPod and iTunes, making apple eat full and wear warm, so he can plan and implement a longer-term strategy. Tim Cook is in danger I was ordered to tighten my belt and tighten my pants to think about one thing. How to make apple eat, wear and warm? At this time, if the pattern is really too large, it is easy to lead apple to a road of death.

Now, Tim Cook, the hanging silk version of IOS, is also dead.

Apple never dare to be tough with Li Mu any more. They want to upgrade their iPods in an all-round way. They just want to avoid their sharp edges and suffer hardships for a while, and then come up with a new generation of products to catch Li Mu by surprise. But no one expected that Li Mu's reaction speed would be so fast.

In this case, the stop loss faction who just suffered humiliation from Microsoft lost confidence in Apple's future again, and the inside of the counter attack faction also united again from division, agreeing that the possibility of counter attack on Makino technology no longer exists, no matter how.

Tim Cook also lost confidence. After the meeting, he decided to resign to the board of directors. The reason for his resignation was that he was unable to save apple, so he hoped that Apple could find a new CEO who could lead apple out of the crisis.

Decent words will be said by everyone, just like when a girl refuses a boy's courtship, she will say that he is a good man, that she is not good enough, does not deserve him, and that he deserves to have a better one. In fact, she just simply does not look at him.

Tim Cook said that he wanted to resign because he felt that he was incompetent. In fact, he didn't want apple to end up in his own hands. If a professional manager's hand smashed a company with a market value of several billion dollars, the future of the professional manager would be uncertain.

We are all out of here. Who knows what Tim Cook is up to? Apple's board of directors quickly sums it up and tells Tim Cook that it's OK to leave, but they have to wait another three months. Within three months, they will try their best to find a good buyer and sell a good price for apple. If they can't sell it, Tim Cook can leave after the expiration of three months.

For Apple executives, they are also looking forward to getting rid of apple as soon as Li Mu does.

However, it becomes a bigger problem to whom to sell or who wants to.

Apple's top executives have almost combed all the big guys and enterprises in the Internet industry. They think that there are very few companies that can afford to buy apple and have practical significance in collecting apple. No matter what, the value of Apple's current sale is a little higher than the market value. In any case, it's a multi billion dollar business. Few companies can be so big The appetite.

Moreover, Apple has considered all the front-line Internet enterprises, but has not considered Makino technology. It is not that they are not willing to sell the company to Makino technology, but that they feel that Makino technology will not be very interested in apple, especially when mango-me2 is very popular and Makino technology is not ready to make an operating system. Makino technology really has nothing to do with apple Use.

Of course, Apple will not know that what Li Mu wants is not their current mess, but their huge market value of hundreds of billions of dollars in the future.

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Luis Martin's news is overwhelming. On the night when Apple passed and abolished IOS plan, Li Mu got the news from him. According to Luis Martin, the time window for Apple acquisition has arrived.

Li Mu thought it was almost time to sit down and talk with apple, so he asked him, "what kind of offer do you think we can offer apple now at the lowest cost and at the same time make sure they accept it?"Louis Martin said: "Apple's biggest pain point is where to go with the iPod business. No one is willing to take this part of the business now, and it will face huge losses. In fact, from the current situation, no one is willing to buy the iPod business. Now if someone clearly says that they are willing to take the iPod business together, all the shareholders of Apple will sell all the shares and leave immediately. They I will promise without hesitation. "

Li Mu nodded and said, "well, I'll let my vice president contact apple core tomorrow, and let them meet first."

"Good!" Louis Martin said with a smile, "I think the acquisition of Apple may be a lot simpler than we think. Microsoft has helped us a lot indirectly."

"Yes." Li Mu sighed and said with a smile, "Microsoft is really a god assisted attack this time. It is because of their unscrupulous bargaining that we have a good chance to get to the bottom of the bargain! "

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When Tim Cook received Lin Qingya's call, he was in a daze for several seconds before he gradually calmed down.

Lin Qingya is the vice president of Muye technology and the head of Muye technology's U.S. branch. She is the most influential female executive in Silicon Valley. With the continuous development of Muye technology, Lin Qingya's reputation in Silicon Valley is growing. But this is not the reason Tim Cook is so shocked. He didn't react for a long time because he was shocked I guess Lin Qingya's actual secret of calling him.

So Tim Cook asked respectfully, "Miss Lin, do you have any instructions for calling me?"

Lin Qingya smiled and said, "Tim, I heard that Apple wants to find a powerful individual or group to take over. Do you know if there is such a thing?"

"Yes." Tim Cook said without hesitation, "we are really looking for a strong buyer for apple."

Tim Cook is not surprised. The whole Silicon Valley knows that apple is eager to cash in and stop losses, and Lin Qingya knows nothing strange.

But Tim Cook is a little curious. Is Lin Qingya interested in apple?

At this time, Lin Qingya said, "Tim, Makino technology is interested in apple. If you have time, we can sit down and talk."

Tim kuxton's next joy is that, although Makino technology is Apple's deadly enemy, from the business level, Makino technology is the most suitable enterprise to buy apple.

But Tim Cook thought about it carefully. After a while, he said: "Miss Lin, let me remind you in advance that what we are looking for is that the shares of the core shareholder level are acquired by the wholly-owned whole property. This is not financing or transfer of some shares. You have to accept this first before we can continue to talk about it."

Lin Qingya said with a smile, "of course, we don't want to simply invest in apple, which means nothing to us. The wholly-owned acquisition is just a little maneuverable."

"Wholly owned acquisition?!" Tim Cook asked, the voice sounds very calm, but the heart has been rough.

Muye technology wants to buy Apple wholly, which is really unexpected to Tim Cook. Because he thinks that Li Mu can't use Apple at all, why should he pay for a loser who can't use himself?

What's more, why does Li Mu want to buy Apple's operating system and complete machine business? These two sections are of no practical significance to the current Muye technology. As for the iPod, it's easy to explain that Li Mu is probably cleaning up the obstacles for his products just like Microsoft.

At Li Mu's request, Lin Qingya was too lazy to continue to circle with Apple's people, so she went straight to the point and said: "Tim, our chairman thinks that apple is a company with certain potential. He decided to buy your company out of the recognition of you and some needs of our own business line, and he heard that you were Microsoft insults, including his feeling that it is too much for Microsoft to do things, so let me talk to you. If we can reach an agreement price, he will pay, and then all the people your company's technology provides will be incorporated into Makino technology. If we can't reach an agreement, you can accept Microsoft's split agreement and only sell the operating system to them. "

When Lin Qingya mentioned Microsoft, Tim Cook's heart was particularly depressed. Microsoft really hurt the self-esteem of all the apple core staff this time. In their opinion, the hard-working software and hardware they have made are not the best in the industry, but at least they are the most ranked. But now, in Microsoft's eyes, these efforts have no real value at all. Apple's only value to Microsoft is to ensure that Microsoft will no longer be controlled by anti-monopoly law, just like a tool, that's all.

After thinking for a moment, Tim Cook asked Lin Qingya, "Mr. Lin, if we sell apple to Makino technology, what kind of offer can Makino technology give us? What other ideas does he have about our company and our team besides the offer? "

Lin Qingya smiled and said, "I don't know exactly what Mr. Li thinks, so we can make an appointment to have a good chat and see what you all want, and then I'll talk to Mr. Li again."Tim Cook immediately agreed to come down and blurted, "let's choose tomorrow, tomorrow I can have time all the time!"