My Age of Investment

Renaissance Industrial Holdings Group's North American office campus is close to Facebook, YouTube, Android and Tesla. Several companies are all located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University, and are only a few kilometers apart from each other.

A dozen kilometers away from Palo Alto, there is another well-known small technology town in Silicon Valley-Cupertino, where Smart Fruit is a representative local enterprise.

In an elegant and quiet office, Ku Ke, who had just finished the iPhone 3G product launch conference, was watching and analyzing the product launch videos of the Renaissance FX2 and DJI Phantom 1 with Jobs.

After watching the video, Ku Ke frowned slightly and felt a little complicated. His opponent was growing rapidly and was becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

On the side, the skinny Jobs had a smile on his withered face, "I thought they would come up with some great work, but it seems I was overthinking it.

Mediocrity has been ingrained in the company's DNA since its founding, and its corporate culture is rife with speculation, over-marketing and plagiarism.

They will never know that product innovation is the correct way for a company to maintain its vitality forever.

If they continue to make mobile phones along the old lines, it will be a matter of time before they lose their current market share and market position.

Tim, are you confident that you can beat them in sales with iPhone 3G? "

Jobs turned to look at Cook. The muscles on both sides of the former's cheeks were so thin that they were sunken, causing his cheekbones to bulge. He looked like he was terminally ill, but his eyes were shining brightly and he was looking at him with vigour. Cool.

"I……"

Cook pursed his lips. He wanted to say "I don't have confidence," but he was afraid that he would make Jobs angry and make his condition worse;

But for him to answer "I have confidence" is pure self-deception.

Judging from the effects and functions shown in the video, the performance of Fuxing FX2 is no worse than iPhone3G in all aspects, and even surpasses iPhone3G in some places.

Seeing Cook's "cowardly" look, the smile on Jobs' face gradually sank.

He said calmly: "What? You don't have confidence? As an old technology company that has been established for more than 30 years, Wisdom Fruit can't beat them, a new company that has only been established for more than three years? And it is also a new company established in China, a technology desert. company!"

Jobs' questioning and mocking tone made Cook feel a little unhappy.

He went to China last year and gave lectures at Tsinghua University, Peking University and other universities, and had in-depth conversations with students.

He discovered that China is not the technological desert that Jobs said. On the contrary, Chinese universities can train hundreds of thousands or even millions of engineers every year. This is such a terrifying technological potential.

Even if the underlying technology cannot break through for a while, China can rely on a large number of middle and low-level engineers to become a world leader in supply chain, application layer and other fields. This is not a technological advantage.

As far as he knows, the cost of many mobile phone components of Fuxing FX1 other than chips is lower than theirs. The reason is that part of the other party's supply chain is built in China.

With a background in supply chain operations and management, Ku Ke is extremely sensitive to costs and inventory, and has an almost paranoid pursuit.

During last year's trip to China, Cook made many changes in his thinking, the most important of which was his determination to enter the Chinese market with smart phones.

In fact, the sales volume of Fuxing mobile phones exceeds that of Wisdom Fruit, which is also the increase from the Chinese market.

With so many reasons added together, can Smart Fruit still underestimate the Chinese market? Still unwilling to lower your noble head?

Ku Ke thinks that Steve Jobs is too small!

My former boss should take advantage of the last years of his life to go to China to see and walk around, and stop looking at China, which is developing with each passing day, from the narrow perspective of the past.

Thinking of this, Cook suppressed the evil fire in his heart and decided to persuade Jobs, who had been kind to him.

"Steve, China is about to hold the Olympic Games. It is said that they have invested a total of more than 40 billion US dollars in this project. They want to attract the attention of the world!

I think you and Laurenna can take the children to China to relax, which may be beneficial to your recovery. "

Jobs sneered, "Recovering? I'm afraid that after I go there, the overwhelming smog there will cause me to contract new respiratory diseases."

Ku Ke shook his head secretly. The other party's contempt for China is deep-rooted and may never change in his lifetime.

No matter how bad the environment is, it is still better than your favorite India, right?

"Okay, don't keep talking about China. What we are discussing now is whether iPhone 3G can surpass Fuxing Mobile in sales and leave it behind?"

Jobs lowered his body, stared at Cook, and said very seriously: "If I achieve this goal, even if I die tomorrow, I will die without regrets!"

Ku Ke waved his hand, "Steve, you are too pessimistic. Haven't Laurenna been helping you find a liver source recently? It will definitely be cured."

Jobs didn't say anything. If he could survive, he certainly didn't want to die.

In order to prolong his life, he spent a lot of money to convene medical research institutions at top universities such as Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University to conduct whole-genome sequencing of cells throughout his body.

According to statistics, he is the 20th human in the world to achieve complete genome sequencing.

In addition, targeted therapy, an anti-cancer technology that is not yet mature, has also been arranged. Next week, he will go to Switzerland to undergo a "peptide receptor radioisotope treatment" method that only the top wealthy can afford.

As his body continued to suffer from illnesses, he finally began to choose to believe in medical science.

Of course, he still insists on taking cow dung capsules.

The purpose of this multi-pronged approach is to live a little longer until the day when the fruit of wisdom tramples on the Fuxing mobile phone under its feet.

Jobs dismissed the thoughts in his mind and asked bluntly: "Tim, let's be honest, why are you so afraid of the revival of mobile phones?"

Ku Ke was a little embarrassed when he asked this question, and his expression was a little unnatural.

However, Ku Ke is a good old man, and he did not fall out, but patiently explained: "It is free to download applications for Fuxing Mobile, but we charge a fee. This matter has caused a lot of controversy on the Internet.

If we do not take reasonable countermeasures, I am afraid that a large number of smart people will give up using our products. At the same time, neutral users will be more inclined to choose Fuxing mobile phones that adopt a free strategy. "

Jobs said disdainfully: "This is a view full of shortsightedness! Paid software is a strategy that truly helps build a smart software ecosystem!

First of all, it allows developers to make money. Only by making money can developers eat bread and have a steady stream of motivation to optimize and upgrade software and develop new software.

Secondly, this strategy has opened up a new revenue channel for Smart Fruit. We can invest the money we earn in the research and development of new generation mobile phones and processors to build our technical barriers.

As for PASemi, you need to keep an eye on it and reach a new cooperation agreement with ARM as soon as possible. "

Speaking of this, Jobs sneered twice, "I didn't give Fuxing Mobile a Children's Day gift, so I'll try to make up for it as a Christmas gift next year!"

Ku Ke also laughed. Self-developed chips have always been a dream pursued by Zhiguo. Related projects have been launched since the 1980s, and countless chip partners were deceived. In the end, they were left with nothing.

PASemi was also tricked by them. After getting Jobs's approval three years ago, the company developed a chip for Wisdom Fruit. After the product was developed, Wisdom Fruit turned around and fell into the arms of Intel.

PASemi, which had lost a lot of its research and development expenses, suddenly fell into trouble. This year, they couldn't bear it any longer, and their corporate valuation dropped sharply, so they sold Wisdom Fruit at a low price of US$278 million.

This was actually a specially planned acquisition by Wisdom Fruit. Jobs had taken a liking to PASemi a few years ago, but he thought its valuation was high, so he took advantage of it.

With the acquisition of PASemi, the other party's 150-person chip design team joined Wisdom Fruit to form Wisdom Fruit's chip design department. It is full of talents and is also the first regular chip R\u0026D army in Wisdom Fruit's history.

Cook is very ambitious about this. No matter how arrogant and paranoid Jobs is, the "legacy" he left to his successor is extremely rich.

Let yourself inherit Steve Jobs’s “legacy”!

"Tim, just wait and see. Fuxing Mobile has put all his money and life in the hands of Samsung. The cunning Koreans will teach them what the dangers of the mall are!"

Jobs had a smile on his face, as if he was waiting to see a joke. He had suffered losses in chips back then, otherwise he would not have been so persistent in developing self-developed chips, and he also cheated his old friend PASemi. Somewhat unkind.

The founder of PASemi Company has been cooperating with him as early as more than ten years ago when he returned to Wisdom Fruit. The Newton computer chip was developed by the other party.

However, the mall is ruthless, and if the other party is cheated, I can't blame him. I can only blame myself for not being cautious enough.

"Steve, I heard that there is a company called Fuxing Semiconductor under Fuxing Industrial Group. Their chip manufacturing plant seems to be going into production?"

Jobs smiled and said, "Can a gun without bullets hit someone? What's more, it's an antique gun from the last century."

Ku Ke also laughed. To put it more seriously, Fuxing Semiconductor's manufacturing process seems to be quite backward. Moreover, it does not have its own design department, and the industrial chain has great flaws.

"By the way, Steve, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, the three social media companies, have all developed Android apps, but not IOS apps."

Cook said with some concern: "This also means that users who have purchased iPhone 3G cannot use social media, which will reduce the attractiveness of our products by more than one level."

Jobs finally frowned, "He is a Chinese, and he actually controls all the social media in the United States."

Ku Ke smiled bitterly, who said it wasn't the case? This is also a wonderful sight.

"He is only a shareholder of three companies now and does not hold any specific position. As CEO, you send an invitation letter to the three companies and invite them to develop IOS applications for users."

Jobs was still very rational and did not act unwisely.

"What if three companies say no?" Cook asked.

Jobs smiled, "Then tell the truth to the users of Wisdom Fruit. We invited the three companies with goodwill, but they rejected the goodwill.

In addition, Smart Fruit Company can immediately initiate a lawsuit against Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Android, and Fuxing Mobile for unfair competition.

A Chinese person can actually exert influence on so many important American technology companies. I believe that the people, media, administrative departments, and judicial departments will be interested in digging deeper. "

Ku Ke clapped his hands and laughed, "This is a good idea! Just do it like this!"