As long as there are interest demands in this world, the more individuals there are, the harder it will be to reach a consensus.

Even if it can be achieved, it is nothing more than a compromise made by the weak.

However, Google is definitely not a weakling.

Of course, there are other possibilities. For example, if the alliance really breaks down, God knows which of the company bosses attending the meeting today will communicate with Wang Yufei privately and then, after paying some price, get the quantum computer running again.

This is probably why no one objected to Tim Cook’s call.

They can know Wang Yufei's attitude, but they don't have to worry too much about the final result.

Everything that everyone can think of, Tim Cook can naturally think of.

This really made him feel tired.

It is also a game. Wang Yufei only needs to play with his opponents, but he not only has to play with his opponents, but also with friends and businessmen in the alliance.

This is called tragedy.

"I am the rotating chairman of the league, and I can represent the opinions of the league." Tim Cook suddenly said.

First of all, I would like to emphasize my identity in making this call because Tim Cook wants Wang Yufei to know that he represents the opinions of the alliance, not Apple.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, he thought Wang Yufei could understand.

Of course, even if you don't understand, as long as he says this now, he can explain it later when he wants to give in.

"Oh, but it was Love Dracula who signed the contract on behalf of the alliance before. I told Guha Seth that if there is an issue about the contract, I will only talk to the person who originally signed the contract."

"But he just informed us that you hope he can work at Yuxin Technology."

"Yes, this is what I discussed with him. Since he signed the previous contract and you violated the previous contract, is there a problem in making him responsible? Don't you think what I did makes sense?

"

What the hell kind of truth is this?

Tim Cook thought about this sentence in his mind, but did not say it out loud.

By this point in the conversation, he had confirmed that what Love Dracula said was true, and roughly understood what Wang Yufei was thinking. This matter could no longer be rectified, at least at the alliance level.

Unless they can really find a solution to the current problems with the quantum brain.

And the time cannot be delayed too long, otherwise it will not make much sense even if the problem is solved.

According to the information they received, the development of the second-generation quantum brain at Yuxin Technology was almost finished and was about to enter the stage of startup testing. One step was missing, one step was missing. They originally wanted to find some shortcuts to catch up with the opponent, but they didn't expect it.

But it happened to hit the hole of the gun.

Now when I think back to the previous month, I was still too anxious.

There was almost a celebration dinner.

Fortunately I didn't open it, otherwise it would be very embarrassing.

After hesitating for a moment, Tim Cook said tentatively: "We will continue to fulfill the contract and the maintenance cost can be doubled."

"Do you remember when we first met?"

Wang Yufei did not directly answer Tim Cook's question, but seemed to ask casually.

Tim Cook hesitated for a moment and replied: "Remember."

Of course he remembered, after all, that was what happened about five years ago. When he went to China, he met Wang Yufei and Lu Yuxin by the way, and resolved a matter that may have affected Apple's profitability at the time, but seems irrelevant now.

little things.

He acquired the software System 2 at a premium, US$100 million.

The money seemed well spent at the time.

Because it maintains Apple's policy of continuing to charge Apple tax on the IOS system.

But now it seems that the money may have been given too hastily.

Perhaps it was this initial capital that created an overly powerful opponent for himself.

After all, a world with a second system may only reduce the income generated through software, and maybe expand the user base.

But this money may objectively accelerate the emergence of new systems, and then bury IOS in the garbage heap of history. The term Apple tax will forever become history. Apple is no longer the company with the highest market value in the world.

Wang Yufei's words brought back Tim Cook's memories, and he was in a daze for a while, even making him want to quit.

Compared with the energetic young man on the other side of the phone, is he already old?

"I told you at that time that making money from Apple tax would not last long. But I failed to convince you. More importantly, we were still very weak at that time, so Yu Xin told a story. Do you still remember that story?

?”

After another moment of hesitation, Tim Cook replied: "Remember."

A very unforgettable story.

After all, that was probably the first time that a beautiful girl compared him to a robber in front of him, the kind of robber who kidnapped other people's children by force and committed all kinds of evil.

"Yeah, I remember too. I didn't want to sell the second system at first because it involved a promise I made to Yu Xin. In the promise, there were nine easter eggs in the software. I originally wanted to treat all nine easter eggs as

When it was made public, I formally proposed to Yu Xin. But we were too weak at the time, so we sold the software to you even though we were reluctant. Later, I thought about transplanting this easter egg to other software, but Yu Xin felt that

This is no longer necessary. Because the first time I did it, it was touching, and the second time it was transplanted, it was a bit less interesting, so after transplanting the second easter egg, I did not upgrade other easter eggs."

"Now Yu Xin has my child, but she doesn't want to marry me yet. I think it's probably because I sold the second system at that time, so there are no nine easter eggs in the world, so there is no way to let her

The nine easter eggs are unified, and a perfect proposal ceremony appears. After all, I am not a romantic person. I bury nine easter eggs in the software and then slowly reveal them on every memorable day. It is probably me

The most romantic thing I can think of. But the romance of a science student was ruined by you."

Tim Cook said nothing, just listened silently.

Of course, my heart is not at peace. What the hell does this mean? Are you trying to blackmail someone again?

He even regretted making this call at the meeting. After all, how would other people feel when they heard these words?

So the revenge now is because I went to China to acquire a system worth 100 million US dollars?

Fortunately, Wang Yufei changed the topic next.

"Of course I don't blame you too much, otherwise I won't cooperate with Apple in the future. If you think about it carefully, we were too weak back then and had no ability to compete with a behemoth like Apple. Even if we won the lawsuit, your company

There were too many ways to drag this out to a point where we couldn’t drag it out any longer. And at the time, I didn’t have the ability to protect the people who helped me, supported me, and loved me.”

"But it's different now. The alliance you formed is very strong. But I am stronger. Your alliance relies on the technology provided by Yuxin Technology to occupy a place in the quantum computing project. But now you want to overthrow the previous agreement and seek to seize the opportunity."

It's something that originally belonged to me. So do you really think everything can be restored to peace by restoring everything to the way it was and paying some painless losses?"

"The forbearance before was to be able to punch harder. In essence, the struggle for interests requires the consciousness of the weak. When you talk about things, the rules of this world are that the weak will be eliminated and the winner will take all. If you still want to

If you stay in the game, you must be prepared for heavy bleeding. Why do you want to raise a board high and then put it down gently when I am talking about things? I am a reasonable person, but this world is not like this.

reason."

"So if you want to talk, just follow the rules I set. If you don't want to talk, then don't talk. Don't always call and talk about things that you don't have. This will only waste our mutual time. Of course, you can also have a way.

If you can ignore what I just said, for example, if you can solve the problem on your own, or develop a second-generation intelligent brain that is far superior to the first-generation intelligent brain based on the first-generation quantum intelligent brain, then whatever you say will count. You know

Did I mean it?"

…

Tim Cook, who had been listening to Wang Yufei's teachings, nodded subconsciously.

Then I realized this was not a face-to-face conversation.

Still a little dazed, he seemed to have traveled back to five years ago. He sat there and looked at the two young people opposite him as calmly as possible, until the girl made him extremely annoyed with inappropriate metaphors, and then said "Yes"

More money!" These three words made him feel so bored.

At that time, he was looking down at the two young men.

But listening to the voice coming from the phone, he felt that he had to start looking up at the two young men opposite.

In fact, you should have looked up a long time ago, or maybe you didn't realize it because you have been hypnotizing yourself?

Until today, the young man thousands of miles away spoke on the phone, using a calm tone and sharp words to tear apart all the pretense of warmth, tranquility and peace, and put the most real situation in front of everyone.

Young people, don’t talk about martial ethics!

Fortunately, the big guys were determined enough. After a moment, they realized that their actions would not be received by the other party, so they replied in a tight voice: "I understand."

"It's good to understand. Oh, by the way, if you think it's a good choice for Love Dracula to join Yuxin Technology, I actually have another suggestion. Yuxin Technology is still a young company, and I don't really want to

Spend too much thought on management. You know, when a company becomes big, there will be a lot of troubles, huge funds, complicated personnel, internal strife, and even corruption. These messy things will consume too much time.

Because my pursuit is very pure, I really worry about these messy things."

"But you have rich experience. If you think Apple is no longer interesting, you can come to us and give it a try. Think about it, if you still have feelings for Apple, you might become the CEO of Yuxin Technology.

I can still take care of it. As long as it doesn't violate the principles, I actually don't care too much. Well, you can also consider it. Of course, if there is a suitable introduction, it would also be good. That's it, goodbye."

After finishing speaking, before Tim Cook could react, a busy tone came from the phone, and the person on the other end hung up the phone.

Tim Cook was stunned.

Everyone in the video conference was stunned.

They never expected that at the end of the call, Wang Yufei would say such words.

To poach Apple's chairman and president to become the CEO of Yuxin Technology?

This kid really dares to think!

But if you think about it carefully, is the current position of Apple’s president really more attractive than that of Yuxin Technology’s CEO?

Everyone looked at Tim Cook's unwavering face and felt something was different.

This is probably the difference.

For example, they can now argue loudly in front of the CEO of Apple and communicate on an equal footing.

But if you are in front of the CEO of Yuxin Technology, especially in front of the powerful CEO who really has the power to decide the ownership of the quantum computer, you must maintain politeness and even compliments.

This is crazy...

…

Tim Cook subconsciously turned on everyone's voice permissions.

But the conference room was still quiet.

Or maybe the quarrel was too loud just now, and now everyone doesn’t want to quarrel anymore.

Or maybe the amount of information on the phone call just now was too complicated, and the bosses hadn't fully absorbed it yet. They had to think about it carefully, and no one was interested in talking.

Even Tim Cook himself doesn't know what to say.

He was also very confused.

But the silence will eventually be broken.

The person who spoke was Google President and CEO Sundar Pichai, the only man who had nothing to lose in this farce.

"On behalf of Google, I announce my withdrawal from the World Quantum Computing Technology Alliance. Since we have been cooperating for two years and there has been no breakthrough, it means that the existence value of this alliance has not been reflected. Google's X laboratory will insist on its own quantum brain research. Of course,

We can share some patents, but not in the name of the alliance. We will contact the alliance secretariat as soon as possible for the division of financial and technical patents. That’s it, I’m going offline now!”

After saying that, Sundar Pichai's screen went black, and the signal interruption was displayed in the center of the black screen.

The participants of the meeting finally came to their senses, and anger became the main theme. After all, Google's three quantum computers are still running normally. They have not suffered any losses, but they withdraw from the alliance at this time. This is completely unwilling to take any responsibility.

, what a shameless act, an act of betrayal!

What makes people even more angry is that Sundar Pichai ran away after saying this?

"I apply to resign as the rotating chairman. You can choose another rotating chairman."

Tim Cook spoke above the din.

There was no response at the first call. After all, everyone denounced the betrayer, and Tim Cook’s voice was slightly tired, so it was not loud.

But this time he did not use his authority, but amplified his voice and said it again.

This time everyone finally heard it, stopped arguing in shock, and looked at Tim Cook.

Naturally, my heart is full of questions.

how?

Is this guy really interested and planning to become the CEO of Yuxin Technology?

For a moment everyone was silent again.

It's just different from the silence before. Everyone looked at Tim Cook with expressions full of inquiry and shock.

…

Tim Cook didn't pay attention to the looks of these people because he knew that the alliance had broken up.

This is indeed true. What is the point of the existence of an alliance that has little influence?
Chapter completed!