Chapter 331 Take the initiative to stir up trouble
When reports of RNM refunds occurred somewhere in Shanghai in the afternoon, it was still around 10 p.m. on the 20th in the West Coast, which was 15 hours behind the times.
The other half of the Eastern United States will be around 1 a.m. on the 21st.
All in all, the American regional cyberspace is still in a very active period.
Overseas netizens are also very concerned about Apple's recent experiences.
Since the Kidney 4 era, Apple's sales in the Chinese market have been far beyond expectations, with a considerable market share and an explosive profit share - of course, the iPhone series has captured the largest share of the mobile phone industry globally.
profit.
Now, the iPhone 5 was met with a lukewarm reception in the Chinese market on its first day of launch, and overseas netizens are also chirping in their analysis.
After all... there are many people abroad who wish Apple would die.
At the same time, Apple is holding an emergency executive meeting, which is attended by not only the company's top management, but also major shareholders and directors from various places through multimedia calls.
CEO Tim presided over the meeting.
From the beginning, the rhetoric from all parties was sharp.
"Hey, Tim, what's going on in the Chinese market? Why are you encountering such a rare slow-selling problem?! That's the most stable market!"
"Why has the Asia-Pacific strategy been experiencing problems again and again since last month!!"
"We need an explanation!"
"A reasonable explanation!"
Tim opened his mouth several times, but was interrupted by various voices. He was under great pressure now and was far more anxious than he imagined.
The interest structure behind Apple is very complex.
Since the beginning of November, Apple has been embroiled in various troubles. The stock price has experienced unprecedented and violent fluctuations, which is very ugly and has caused passive losses to the interests of many major shareholders.
For a listed company with fully tradable shares, the interests of its major shareholders and market value are closely linked.
In overseas mature capital systems, stocks are very, very important assets. In the eyes of some giants, the importance of the stock itself far exceeds the importance of the company itself.
Because the secondary market can amplify the value of a well-run company with development potential tenfold or a hundredfold!
This value can be easily cashed out in a developed capital system.
And now, Apple, the largest market capitalization company in the Eastern United States, has experienced the rarest turmoil in its history, which has made many people dissatisfied.
This dissatisfaction will naturally be the first to be directly fed back to Tim.
“What is happening in the Chinese market!”
At the beginning of the meeting, all the fingers were pointed at Tim, and this was the core.
Of course, Tim was well prepared. He explained in a special tone: "A mobile device manufacturer has appeared in this market that attaches great importance to investment in research and development materials. According to the data, they have rich local social resources. The iPhone 5 is better than originally planned."
The planned one-week delay in listing on the Chinese market is related to this."
"They...Bo~Lang~ have done in-depth research on our company's development model, business philosophy, including the development of technical routes. XingHai1 is a product terminal they launched for iPhone5 devices."
"I have to admit that when mobile phones become smart, if there is enough investment and the right method, the direction of mobile phones redefined by us will also face unprecedented challenges!"
Tim gave a preliminary description before speaking, and all parties gave him the opportunity to fully elaborate, so his demeanor was actually quite calm.
"Of course, it's not that we can't make a better product than XingHai1 now, but there is a time difference and sequence. We need to admit that BoLang is qualified to become our competitor."
“Their emphasis on user experience, product quality, service, and every detail even exceeds our process requirements. Before the birth of XingHai1, I didn’t think any company could find a more transcendent goal in the pursuit of industrial design and commercialization.
Balance, yes, the person in charge of the XingHai1 project that we still don’t know about has pursued something more than Steven!”
"Moreover, XingHai1 is looking for ways to erode the system definition established by the iPhone series. This is something far more terrifying than our current poor performance in the capital market!"
"In eleven days, XingHai1 will be launched in ten regions. That is something we need to pay more attention to. XingHai1 is the most comprehensive smart mobile device currently on the market. When combined with BoLang's mobile games, it can play an important role.
Surprising effect!”
"I think we need to update our plans and strategies for the next generation of iPhone; I think we may need to launch a new series to respond to increasingly diverse needs; I think we need to invest more resources in software and product development
Go ahead and invest resources to improve services!”
Although Tim didn't seem to answer the question with a single word, every word he spoke expressed what was happening in the Chinese market.
Tim is sober.
After the release of Xinghai 1, he studied Xinghai 1 in a short period of time and quickly faced the opponent of Bolang Terminal.
He has been aware of Apple's turmoil for more than a month, and he believes it is inseparable from Bolang.
More importantly, he could see the market breadth and feasibility of the next direction defined by Li Ze through Xinghai 1.
However, Tim knows better that the reason why the iPhone is iPhone is because it redefines mobile phones, and this definition cannot be easily set aside to imitate.
Just as Xinghai 1 must be redefined, it must be distinguished from the iPhone through various expressions at the press conference, and it may even underestimate the iPhone in a real sense, never mention surpassing it.
"Beyond that, what's your solution?"
"Abandon iPhone5? Release new products at the spring conference?"
"We need exact solutions!"
Tim said calmly: "iPhone5 is very successful, why should we give up? The next series cannot be brought forward, it can only be released next fall. Our solution has and can only compete with product strength."
“The adjustment of the Chinese market from time to time will not affect the overall situation, and it is already an established fact that we cannot change. But if we do not make adjustments now for things that have not happened yet, then we will only repeat the bad market performance again and again.
.”
After a war of words, the big bosses who held Apple's voting rights were finally persuaded by Tim and basically agreed with Tim's plan.
"It looks like Wall Street elites are going to have a headache tomorrow."
"My assets are going to shrink again."
"Tim, you are a qualified CEO. I hope you have the courage to solve problems and the ability to solve them."
Tim: "..."
How dare he say more? He is just a professional manager.
In a real sense, it is this group of behind-the-scenes capitalists who can decide Apple's life or death.
After the executive meeting, Tim was retained.
Several major shareholders and directors who participated in the meeting through video chatted with each other through the camera. A white man in the middle said: "Tim, there are some things you should understand."
Tim: "..."
He was a little confused at first, but then quickly understood.
This supplementary meeting ended very briefly. After all the pictures went dark, Tim's face suddenly became very ugly.
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Bolang
Mr. Ze felt that he was full of energy and did not take a break after lunch. He immediately entered into working mode and went directly to the collaborative office center to sit down.
Based on the latest progress, Li Ze made arrangements one by one.
Soon, "Refund Brother", who was already quite popular on the domestic Internet, also appeared on the overseas Internet, of course, with a mosaic.
Weibo International Edition, Xiaocheng Book International Edition, QQ International Edition and other social media platforms have become active.
I publish all kinds of press releases for free.
Later, there were also related news on Range, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
Li Ze kept making arrangements: "Now we divide the working time into one period, and some people have rest during the day. Tonight is the focus."
"Our goal is to compete with Apple and further promote Xinghai 1, especially in terms of application systems. We need to promote more."
"The official international version of "Journey of Glory" will also be launched simultaneously. Not only that, there will also be several mobile games adapted from foreign IPs by MiHoYo and other companies."
"In a certain period of time, the most important overseas application suites will not take the initiative to develop star versions, such as Gmail and YouTube. As for Twitter and Facebook, they are still ambiguous. In this regard, we need to borrow the power of overseas people to
Achieved.”
After arranging everything one by one, Li Ze asked directly: "Mr. Xin, Mr. Tang, how are the affairs of the overseas mobile game studio going?"
Tang Pu was the first to answer: "We have acquired three well-known mobile game studios, and the main mobile game has developed the Star Edition."
"We have already prepared a promotion plan for related games." Xindai answered.
"..."
As a result, as the Bolang Collaborative Office Center became extremely busy, the overseas network also began to become extremely chaotic.
Of course, there are realGodMagic who goes out of his way to fan the flames and WindDa who helps.
realGodMagic: "fxxk! This is Apple after Steve Jobs! This is the consequence of not making progress! The abandonment of the times will never give you a chance to react. Yesterday you could redefine mobile phones, today you will be redefined!!!"
WindDa: "iPhone? It's like shit. You don't use it anyway, and neither do I. It doesn't matter."
Ah San: "Apple is really in trouble now. It is conceivable that if XingHai1 is launched in our local markets, it will make iPhone5 even more embarrassing."
Xiaoxihachi: "I suspect BoLang is related to our country."
Monkey: "Oh~ It turns out that people in this developed area are dreaming again."
Xiaori: "With the sales volume of 100,000 units, there are still so many fierce refunders. It's hard to imagine the real situation that has not been reported."
Ami: "Damn Apple, it should hit the bottom! I have prepared a short selling order!"
The hype on platforms such as Range is not enough.
realGM went to Twitter again to tease the elderly realDT: "At times like this, our DT is always pretending to be dead. I suspect that you hold too many Apple shares to benefit, so you jumped in a hurry and acted like you were just for the sake of it." The way the people look is really disgusting."
realDT: “fxxk, fuck you.”
realGM: "Old people, it's early in the morning, go to bed early, don't die suddenly, and learn how to curse from your dog."
realDT: "Shit, I'll report you."
realGM: "You are obstructing my freedom of speech. If you have the ability, you can buy Twitter and I can go to range!"
You were back and forth, and Twitter became a mess in no time.
As the social bridge between the East and the West continued to pass, there were a lot of incidents this night, most of which went straight to Apple. The overseas media were also very excited and jumped up and down.
Everyone is looking forward to the opening of the market the next morning Eastern Time, and interestingly, the U.S. stock market next Monday will be closed early due to Christmas Eve, and the market will be closed directly on Tuesday.
This time point is in a certain sense perfect.
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PS: On the third day of every month, the backend publishes the last month's manuscript fee statistics. After reading it, I immediately want to throw it away. Every time I think about how I could write a book with such a rubbish fee; to be honest, I have already felt that the market is changing too fast. As for the truth behind my elimination, I also opened a small account and made some attempts at transformation on other sites, but all ended in failure. That’s why I posted a single chapter to express my attitude; for more than 5 years, I have not been writing. How much money I earn from books, my desire to talk about all aspects is wasted in various attempts. In addition, I only get a lot of occupational diseases, not to mention severe sleep disorders, tenosynovitis is serious and irreversible, shoulder and neck problems It is common to feel discomfort in these parts of the back; in short, Bolang will complete what I want to express in the end. Although the results are terrible, I have never failed to show the content. Of course, I will definitely use my best ability to express it. The serialization is finished at the speed of persistence. Thank you to all the readers who are still supporting me~