Chapter 782 Your life is like a candle in the wind (4k)
"Dip, drip, drip."
The heartbeat monitor's chart was beating up and down. Jobs weakly opened his eyelids and saw doctors and nurses standing around him.
"Steve, Steve."
Laurenna was excited to see her husband awake.
Jobs woke up slowly and asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"
"Almost a day."
Laurenna had tears in her eyes, Steve, you scared me to death. Fortunately, the rescue was in time, otherwise you would..."
Jobs suddenly remembered that he was in a coma because of Apple's negative news, and pulled himself together, "How is iPhone 4s doing now? Is the news about E. coli exceeding the standard true?"
"What you should care about now is yourself!"
Laurenna looked dissatisfied.
"No matter how concerned I am, the disease will never get better and I won't live long."
Jobs waved his hand.
"Hey!"
Laurenna interrupted his frustrated words, "Can't you just ignore Apple's affairs for a day? You have retired, why can't you choose to trust Cook and leave these matters to them to handle? The most important thing for you now is to rest.
do you know!"
"I can ignore other things, but the slogan of iPhone 4s is 'My final masterpiece'. If there is a 'colon scandal', it will simply slap me in the face and ruin my reputation. You don't want me to miss the holiday."
Sure?" Jobs gritted his teeth.
"But……"
Laurenna was startled.
"Nothing but, help me up and give me the tablet. I'll read the news first." Jobs' eyes were firm.
Laurenna knew that he was stubborn, so she shook the handle to slowly raise the hospital bed, "Then you have to pay attention to your mentality and control your emotions. Never be in a situation like yesterday again."
"I promise!"
Jobs made a vow and did some mental preparation before browsing the news about iPhone 4s these days.
"Almost all of the iPhone 4s that have been exposed to hygiene and quality problems are produced by Tianzhu OEMs."
"The iPhone 4s produced in Tianzhu was found to have 'excessive E. coli', which is not only an embarrassment for Apple, but also an embarrassment for Tianzhu. An EU official said, 'This problem is very serious because it is related to the health of consumers. I am very suspicious of Apple.
The company's product quality and culture, they should pay more attention to hygiene and quality issues in the production process, but they don't."
“The YouTube video about the serious excess of E. coli on Apple’s mobile phone has exceeded 10 million views. After the iPhone 4 antenna scandal, iPhone 4s once again experienced an epic overturn.”
"Considering health issues, EU countries have banned the import of iPhone 4s, and European consumers are strongly boycotting Apple."
"iphone4s, huge disappointment! In addition to the worrying health issues, the high price, internal dust, and shoddy manufacturing of the OEM have forced me to re-examine Apple."
"..."
There is negative news about Apple everywhere in major media outlets.
On forums, post bars, Facebook, and Twitter, just like last year's "Antenna Gate", a large number of consumers gathered and organized to launch a rights lawsuit against Apple.
Compensate! You must compensate fiercely!
As much as Apple's stock price rose before, it has fallen as hard as it has now. It has only been one day since the news was exposed, and it has fallen by more than 5%.
"Ahem! Ahem!"
Jobs was so angry that he couldn't stop coughing and didn't bother to rest. He asked Laurenna to call Cook quickly.
"Steve, I heard Laurenna say yesterday that you suddenly became seriously ill and were sent to the emergency room? How is your health now?"
There was worry in Cook's tone.
Part of it is as an old friend and caring about his health.
Half of it is Jobs as the totem of Apple. Now is the time when Apple is in quagmire. At this juncture, although the death of Jobs can save Apple from disaster, life is more meaningful than death. The banner of Jobs cannot
fall.
At least for now, Steve Jobs can't die!
"Tim, I'm fine, but it's iPhone 4s, how could this happen! Why is this happening!" Jobs roared.
"Steve, calm down, you calm down first."
Cook was inspired.
"I can't calm down! Have Wistron, Foxconn and other OEMs done a good job in quality control? Do they want to cooperate with Apple for the last time! What's going on with E. coli!"
Jobs was like a sick lion, gnashing his teeth.
"We have made a preliminary investigation into the situation. The main reason is that there is a problem at the Tianzhu OEM factory, but it is not intentional by the OEM factory. In fact, there is a huge gap in quality and ability between workers in Tianzhu and workers in China." Cook.
Why?
"real?"
"Really, we overestimated Tianzhu. How can I put it? If we strictly follow the quality control standards of Huaxia OEMs, Tianzhu's pass rate may not be 40%, maybe less than 10%."
"..."
Jobs was speechless for a while. Tianzhu and China are both big countries. Why is the gap between big countries so big?
"But this mistake is tolerable. After all, it takes time to train skilled and high-quality workers. The Tianzhu foundry has only been built for about a year. We cannot give up on Tianzhu."
Cook warned.
"Of course I know that too."
Jobs sighed inwardly. Not to mention opening Apple's market in Tianzhu, Wistron and Foxconn, the "workers" in Apple's supply chain, had already invested hundreds of millions or more than a billion dollars in Tianzhu. He suddenly gave up.
,How can it be!
What's more, moving the production line to Tianzhu can not only reduce costs and avoid tariffs, but also reduce costs and increase efficiency, making more money.
As soon as I thought about it, I had already made plans for a global recall. Then I asked how many iPhone 4s would be produced in Tianzhu?
"Currently, there are seven to eight million sold worldwide, and those produced in Tianzhu account for 10%," Cook said. "We are considering recalling the iPhone 4s in Europe and the United States, and selling them to other places together with the iPhone 4s produced in Tianzhu later."
"Other places? Europe has banned the import of Apple mobile phones produced in Tianzhu, and the United States is definitely not allowed to do so."
Jobs sneered: "Where else can the market absorb such a large number of such expensive iPhone 4s? Tianzhu? Tianzhu does not have such a large spending power."
"It's impossible for Tianzhu, but it's possible for China, which has huge market capacity and purchasing power," Cook replied.
"When something like this happened, didn't China ban imports? Didn't China take corresponding measures?" Jobs asked curiously.
"No, not at the moment. Even the major e-commerce platforms in China are willing to cooperate with Apple. The supply exceeds the demand. It is expected that sales will exceed the European market. This is also a blessing among misfortunes." Cook couldn't help laughing.
"The iPhone 4s exported to China did not reveal any health problems?" Jobs was surprised.
"Not yet, because most of the ones in circulation are produced by Huaxia OEMs. The mobile phones produced by Huaxia workers are of very good quality, with a pass rate as high as 98%, and there are no hygiene problems."
Cook said quietly: "Perhaps we should have let a group of foundries go to Tianzhu and let a group of foundries stay in China. Now the production capacity of Foxconn's foundries in China is far from being able to meet the worldwide demand for iPhone 4s."
"If, if, all the iPhone 4s manufactured in Tianzhu were supplied to China, and the same amount of iPhone 4s manufactured in China were used to compensate and substitute for European and American consumers, what do you think?" Jobs touched his chin.
"I think there is no problem. Many multinational brands have quality crises. When they recall products globally, they always ignore China. However, Chinese consumers do not have any dissatisfaction."
Cook disagreed, "Just do it!"
July 7, Yanjing Wanda Plaza.
At this moment, the premiere of "Embroidered Spring Knife" was held as scheduled. As the first event of Wanda Pictures' opening, it naturally paid the highest attention to it, and even Wang Jianlin and Wang Sicong attended in person.
In view of the fact that this was the first cooperation between Hantang and Wanda Pictures, and because Hantang invested in Wanda Pictures, Gao Yuanyuan asked all the artists under Hantang to come and support the show.
Chinese entertainment forces from the Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai circles also came to help. For a time, the stars were bright and the momentum was huge.
Even "Avengers" doesn't have such a grand spectacle. What's even more unexpected is that Lu Fei is also here!
In the car, Gao Yuanyuan picked up a tissue and wiped the corners of An Muxi's mouth, "I didn't expect you would ask to come?"
"Hoo~"
To be continued...