By today's standards, the first iPhone was like a brick.
It only has 15 applications, which are the most basic ones such as phone calls, weather, notes, calendars, photos, calculators, etc. There is no Apple store, no video recording, no wallpaper change, no text message pictures, and even text copy and paste functions.
nothing.
But it is still an epoch-making product. The key lies in the concept. It killed the physical keyboard, set the standard for smartphones, and inspired countless latecomers - it even scared away Google's original Android system, and had to open source it and invite people from all over the world.
Designed by experts together.
The product was unveiled in January and went on sale in June, priced at US$600, later raised to US$499 for 4GB, and could be upgraded to 8GB for an additional US$100 - sales volume was 1.39 million units.
Now it has become a collector's item, with an unopened first-generation iPhone worth $50,000.
The iPhone only entered the mainland market in 2009 and cooperated with China Unicom. Until iPhone 4, Apple was a niche brand in the mainland. When consumers mentioned Apple, they thought it was very high-end, but few people used it.
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In the office in the morning, Yao Yuan finished browsing all the relevant news on the Internet and leaned on his chair in silence.
The financing agreement for the mall has been signed, and the funds will be credited in two tranches, with the first tranche arriving before the Spring Festival. At the same time, the community will also spin off the mall and turn it into an independent website.
After several years of incubation, the community currently has 70 million users and 20 million online shopping users, which is no less than Taobao. It has a deep foundation and the divestiture will not have much impact. The accounts are universal anyway.
The next step is the future of the community.
He wants to build Weibo, Maimai, and WeChat. These three products can completely replace the community and are of higher value. What needs to be considered now is how to deal with them?
There are two general methods:
Sell it directly and get a sum of cash;
Let go of financing, take a sum of money first, go public to cash out, and then take another sum of money.
Yao Yuan prefers the latter, because the community is an investment outlet, it is easy to get money, and the valuation and market value will be very good. The problem is that the persona he has established for so long, the spokesperson of Internet idealism, cannot be destroyed by financing, he must have
a suitable reason.
To put it bluntly, it’s time to stand up!
"What's the reason? It's easy to find..."
Yao Yuan straightened out his thoughts and immediately called Liu Weiwei and said: "Read the news about the iPhone, and then speculate it for me, making it unique in the world!"
"clear!"
Immediately afterwards, he called Bai Yongxiang and said, "Come to the capital right away and bring your Music Card...it's very complicated. Let's talk about it here."
"okay!"
After hanging up the phone, he had just received a glass of water when he heard the familiar sound of high heels outside, clear and powerful. Just as he was wondering, the door opened and Yu Jiajia, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, came in.
"Hey, why did you come back early? Isn't it the end of the month?"
"It's finished in advance, I'll be back!"
Yu Jiajia was still in a state of excitement, and she was in a very excited state, saying: "All the work in Jiahe has been completed, but you don't know that there are a lot of bad debts over there, and the Hong Kong circle is really fancy.
I fired a few and kept a few capable ones. Golden Harvest doesn’t have much business, it’s just distributing movies. I haven’t moved the heads of the various regions for the time being.”
"Where are the other shareholders?"
"We have already communicated. We will acquire the shares for RMB 400-500 million and sell them as soon as the money is available. However, Hong Kong stipulates that a single shareholder can hold up to 75% of the shares. In the meantime, we have to change hands and set up a shell company."
"Oh, how about Shen Nanpeng?"
"Hey, my eyes have been opened this time!"
Yu Jiajia was obviously very interested in this point. She put her butt half on Yao Yuan's desk, like a kang, and said: "He is getting the private equity fund license. The acquisition is completed here and it will be operational immediately. In Hong Kong As soon as the news got out, someone came over with money and said that the environment of Hong Kong Island is not good, blah blah blah..."
Yao Yuan also listened with great interest, but he couldn't talk too much. Yu Jiajia spitted for half an hour, then took a breath and said again: "I'm getting down to business, I have almost collected all "Ip Man"!"
"Director Wilson Yip, starring Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Fan Shaohuang, there are still a few supporting roles left, we will find them later. The budget is about 20-30 million, and it is said to be 60 million."
"It's less, maybe 100 million!"
puff!
Yu Jiajia choked on her water and gave a thumbs up: "You are more beautiful than those people in Hong Kong."
The two chatted about film projects. Yu Jiajia had never thought that film and television could be connected with finance. She was relatively unfamiliar with it and had been worried about Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li's remuneration.
Chow Yun-fa's salary is US$5 million, and Gong Li's salary is 10 million yuan. But everyone knows this kind of thing, and the remuneration can be high or low, or even free.
As the saying goes, filming is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships.
Since everything went well with Jiahe, Yao Yuan simply added the project of "Love Is Not Blind" to make it five films.
"Ip Man", "Manslaughter", "Crazy Racing", "Warrior" and "33 Days Out of Love", I feel guilty when I look at this list. This time I am not lying down to make money, I am standing up!
While we were chatting, there was another sound of brisk footsteps outside the door.
Yao Yuan knew who it was as soon as he heard it, but Yu Jiajia also knew it. He moved his butt off the desk, opened his arms and walked towards the door, then he hugged the person in his arms.
"Xiao Yinyin, I miss you so much!"
"???"
Yinyin, who had just walked in, looked confused. She looked down at Yu Jiajia and said, "Ah, why did you come back early?"
"I miss this land and water. Why did you go there?"
"I went to shoot an advertisement. Look, this is this year's new product..."
Yinyin raised her feet and shook them. She was wearing a pair of white shoes.
White shoes generally refer to white sports shoes, which are casual, comfortable, simple and versatile. They are a popular model created by Yao Yuan for Maiker Eslite in 2007. Of course, canvas shoes also continue to be sold.
These two types of shoes can be popular for many years.
"I changed 36 sets of clothes! 36 sets of clothes were paired with this pair of shoes to show how versatile they are."
"Isn't it too exaggerated?" Yu Jiajia is average about fashion.
"That's an exaggeration, look!"
Yin Yinyou pulled up her trouser legs and showed Yu Jiajia her socks. They were a pair of three-color mid-length socks that reached one-third of her calf. Sky blue, light pink, and light yellow were harmoniously blended together, fresh and fresh.
It is every girl's destiny to be unconventional.
"Socks alone can be used to match several outfits. I had a great time taking photos today..."
Yinyin suddenly put down her trouser legs and pulled back her feet. A trace of regret flashed in Yu Jiajia's eyes, and she waved her hand to Yao Yuan: "Okay, I'm going back too. I still have to see how Xu Meng is doing at work."
After she left, Yinyin patted her chest and said, "Wow, the way she looked at me just now was so dangerous."
"Yes, yes, that woman is super dangerous. Showing your thighs in front of her is tantamount to throwing yourself into a trap..."
Yao Yuan repeatedly warned, then opened his hand: "Come on, come on, let me see!"