Giant of the times

Li Zetian thought about it for most of the night and finally thought of a way, so he lowered his eyelids and fell asleep contentedly.

The next day, the sun shone brightly and the weather was very good.

Li Zetian drove the Les Les at a fast speed on the dangerous road, the wind whistling in his ears.

When they arrived at Apple, Li Zetian asked everyone to come to the office for a meeting.

When everyone arrived, he said: "I believe everyone knows the current situation of Apple, so I won't say more. If you have any ideas, please tell us and work together to solve this problem!"

After Li Zetian finished speaking, the office fell into a brief silence.

After a while, Tian Shuai said: "Mr. Li, why don't we spend a lot of money to win over a large record company, for example, give it an extra subsidy for every music tape sold? As long as it is profitable, maybe it will favor us... As long as a major record company favors me, the 'Anti-Walkman Alliance' will be in chaos!"

Zhang Hao said angrily: "I don't agree. Doesn't this mean that we are giving money to the record company? It's really frustrating!"

Li Zetian smiled and asked, "Zhang Hao, what do you have in mind?"

"I can't talk about it. I think we simply don't need music licensing and can directly produce the music tapes of these record companies. If users buy the music tapes, they will naturally not cause trouble. If the record companies are unhappy, they will sue us at worst, and we will try our best to file the lawsuit. Postpone it later. By then, Walkman will have occupied the market, become popular all over the world, and earn a lot of money for Apple! Even if we lose the lawsuit in the end and lose money, we can still afford it!"

Damn it, so domineering! ! !

Li Zetian couldn't help but look at Zhang Hao with admiration.

In fact, many large companies do this. They know that the patent belongs to others, but they use it themselves, and then they litigate with the other party. The lawsuit drags on for a year and a half, and then they occupy the market during this period, even if they lose in the end. If you win a lawsuit, it’s no big deal to pay some money.

This world is a world where the weak eat the strong, and shopping malls are like battlefields, very cruel.

When Jobs heard this, he frowned and said, "This is not a good idea. It will seriously damage Apple's image!"

Zhang Hao immediately became unhappy when he heard that Jobs was against him. He was already a little dissatisfied with the arrogant and arrogant Jobs, and now he was even more dissatisfied.

"My method is not good?? OK, I would like to hear what good method you have?" He said in a very targeted tone.

Jobs said: "First of all, we fell into a misunderstanding. Why should we produce music tapes ourselves?" He paused, looked at Li Zetian and said, "We can secretly support other factories to produce pirated music tapes. This will solve the problem. Does it solve the problem of the lack of songs in our current Walkman? And the record company has no way to settle the score with us, Apple!"

When Zhang Hao heard this, he couldn't think of an excuse to refute. Jobs's idea was better than his. "This Steve Jobs is really quite capable. No wonder he was entrusted with such an important task by Mr. Li..." Zhang Han said to himself.

Li Zetian smiled at this time and said: "Everyone's ideas are good, and they can help Apple get out of trouble! However, I am more satisfied with Jobs's method. However," Li Zetian glanced at everyone and said, "If anyone doesn't know , unless you do nothing! If the record company finds out that Apple secretly supports other factories to produce pirated music tapes, it will also discredit Apple! So," Li Zetian paused again.

Zhang Hao was impatient and couldn't help but said: "Mr. Li, please stop showing off! Looking at your expression, I know that you have already thought of a solution and are confident, right?!"

"Haha," Li Zetian smiled softly and nodded, "I did think of a way, and it is closer to Steve Jobs' idea!"

"Speak quickly, we are all ears!"

Li Zetian nodded and said: "Marx once said, 'If there is 100% profit, the capitalists will take risks; if there is 200% profit, the capitalists will flout the law; if there is 300% profit, then Capitalists will trample on everything in the world!', millions of Walkman users need new songs, this is a huge demand and market! In fact, there is no need for us to secretly support those pirate factories to produce music tapes, they also We can produce it ourselves, and what we need to do now is actually very simple, which is to let them see and discover this huge demand, so as to speed up the production of pirated tapes! I think there should be many 'smart' businessmen in this world... …”

When Li Zetian mentioned the word "smart", he deliberately raised it a few decibels.

Everyone nodded frequently, feeling that what Li Zetian said made sense.

"Mr. Li, what should we do?" Zhang Hao asked.

Li Zetian smiled and said: "Let someone post a message at the entrance of Apple's flagship store, which reads:

'Recently, Apple received a letter from an anonymous user reporting that pirated tapes of famous singers such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Aretha-Franklin, etc. have appeared in some video stores, and the prices are $20, which is more expensive than genuine tapes. 10 USD. Here, Apple issued a statement, seriously condemning this illegal behavior, and calling on everyone not to waste money buying pirated music tapes. Apple is in contact with record companies, and may reach an agreement with record companies in six months...'"

Zhang Hao almost burst out laughing when he heard this, "Haha, Mr. Li, the word 'half a year' is a good choice. How can Walkman users afford to wait so long? When they see this news, they will definitely go to the video store and ask the boss if There are no pirated music tapes. By then, the video store owner will be very surprised that there are so many people asking, and he will definitely realize that this is an opportunity to make a fortune! No one will let money slip away from his eyes, absolutely Won't!"

Li Zetian nodded and smiled, "Yes, I think it won't be long before there will be pirated tapes in these video stores!"

Tian Shuai couldn't help but praise: "Mr. Li's method is really wonderful. We do not produce pirated tapes, nor do we support pirated factories. The record companies have nothing to do with us! When a large number of pirated tapes appear on the market, this will be the end of it." The record company has a headache!”

Zhang Hao laughed loudly, "I really want to see their expressions when they have a headache. It will be very exciting!"

Li Zetian said: "Okay, everyone, the meeting is over. Do what I just said immediately!"

"yes!!!"

That morning, a notice was posted on the glass doors and windows of Apple's flagship store, which immediately attracted countless people to watch.

After that, the news spread little by little, and more and more Walkman users knew that there were pirated music tapes in the video store. They thought it was a bit expensive, but they could listen to their favorite songs. So they all ran to the nearby video store to buy it.

"Boss, do you have the tape?"

"What?" asked the video store owner.

"It's the music tape that plays in the Walkman - I want a pirated version!!!"

The video store owner was confused.

At this time, several more people walked in at the door and said, "Boss, I want a pirated music tape. Do you have any Elvis Presley tapes here?"

Before the video store owner could speak, four or five more people walked in at the door.

"Boss, do you have any pirated tapes? I want the Beatles songs!"

"..."

The owner of the video store was in great pain when he saw so many people coming to buy pirated tapes, but it was a pity that he didn't have any in his store. However, the owner of the video store is also a "shrewd" businessman. He smiled and said, "Oh, I'm really sorry. Before you guys came, all the pirated tapes were sold out. How about you come back after a while and I'll do it right away." Going to restock?”

"Damn it, it's sold out? Boss, do you think we can place an order in advance?"

The video store owner hesitated for a moment, but immediately said: "No problem, you can order in advance!"

As a result, customers in the store placed orders in advance at the video store.

Seeing so many orders, the owner of the video store suddenly smiled from ear to ear!

At the end of the day, there were orders for more than 2,000 pirated tapes.

"Hey, Jack? I heard you say before that your factory used to produce tapes? The kind that you could put songs on!"

"Well, yes, that's the case," Jack nodded, and then asked, "What's the matter? Abigail?"

"Oh, Jack, you're going to be rich!!!"

"Abigail, please stop joking, I'm going bankrupt right now!"

"Jack, I'm not kidding! You know, my store received an order for more than two thousand pirated music tapes today. Each tape sold for $20, a total of $20,000! Oh, God, it's only been one day. ! Since others can produce pirated music tapes, so can you, Jack!" the video store owner said beguilingly. If he didn't confuse the other party, he wouldn't be able to buy the goods.

Jack was very surprised when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Abigail, what is going on?"

So Abigail made the statement on the notice outside Apple's flagship store.

"Jack, there are over a million Walkman users, and I believe that as more and more pirated music tapes become available, there will be more and more Walkman users, and they will buy more tapes. Oh, Jack, you are indeed You're going to make a fortune, if you can seize this opportunity..."

At this moment, Jack was so excited that he didn't need Abigail's continued persuasion. He decided to have a big fight.

"Abigail, thank you very much for providing me with such valuable information. I have decided to start producing pirated music tapes immediately!!!"

"Jack, let's complete the order I have first!"

"No problem, Abigail, you will be my most loyal partner from now on, and I will be the first to complete your order."

"Then I will fax you the order information now?"

"OK!"