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"Well, okay, I will finish my work and return to Los Angeles as soon as possible."

In the early morning, Kaos woke up to Lin Yifei's phone ringing.

It seemed that because she was alone, Lin Yifei was not used to it. She rarely called him early in the morning, chatted with Kaos for a long time, and made Kaos promise that he would return to Los Angeles early before hanging up.

After reaching out and putting the phone on the bedside table, Kaos got up and washed himself. He came out of the bathroom and glanced at Penelope on the bed. She was so tired from last night that she didn't even notice the noise on the phone.

Traces of sobriety.

The most I can do is lie down on the bed, twist my body a little, change positions, and continue to sleep soundly.

Only the two petals of the peach are exposed, with red marks on them, telling how little pity the person who tastes them has.

This is the consequence of Penelope interrupting the conversation last night, and it is also a lesson that Kaos believes that he must teach the other party, otherwise it will not be a good thing if he is really arrogant in the future. After all, in the eyes of Kaos, the other party

Just a bed partner.

Even if Monica's husband hadn't been watching during this period, Penelope would not have been the first choice to accompany Kaos to relieve his boredom.

After breakfast, Kaos changed into a suit, and of course he did not forget to bring the brooch that Lin Yifei had given him. This gift from Lin Yifei has become almost a must for Kaos when wearing a suit.

spare parts.

After everything was packed up, Kaos took the car to Apple's headquarters.

With sufficient shares as a guarantee, the shareholders' meeting in the morning was basically a formality. After a brief election, Kaos sat in the Apple board of directors conference room in the afternoon.

The entire conference room is not very big, but it obviously does not have the sense of history of an industrial company. Instead, it is full of the sense of technology that Jobs liked. The transparent glass partition, one side of which is close to the floor-to-ceiling window, allows those present to see directly.

The scenery outside the building.

The tables in the room do not follow the rules. Instead, they present a weird shape and line, which gives people a very futuristic sci-fi feel and is also full of imagination.

Apple is very different from Google in this regard. Although Google is also a technology company, when it comes to internal design, Kaos puts more emphasis on color, which makes people imagine the virtual world instead of the real thing.

From this point, we can see the difference between the two companies. After all, one is creating physical electronic equipment, while the other is developing data codes.

"Kaos, welcome to join the Apple family."

As soon as Kaos finished it, Jobs took the initiative to introduce him and welcomed Kaos to join him with goodwill.

"Thank you for your welcome, but on the first day of today, I have to bring you some bad news."

Looking at the people applauding in front of him, Kaos showed a very embarrassed expression.

Following Kaos's words, Lin Zhiling, who had come with him, also stood up and distributed several documents one by one to everyone present.

This is a letter of intent to acquire Apple that has been prepared for a long time. For the acquisition of a listed company, it is not a trivial matter, nor is it easy. It cannot be decided in a few sentences.

And Kaos doesn't expect it to be approved in one go. The letter of intent only expresses Google's interest in acquiring Apple. The specific details still need to be discussed, including the board of directors voting to agree to the intention to be acquired.

"Kaos, what are you doing?"

Jobs looked at the letter of intent in his hand, his brows immediately furrowed, and he looked up at Kaos with some anger in his eyes.

Although there was no evidence, he was very sure that this was revenge for his refusal to be acquired by Pixar, but he did not expect that it would come so quickly, just one night later.

"Haha, gentlemen and directors, although in the past five years, under the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple has stopped the continued decline of its stock price, the final profit is still far from coming, and it is even expected that it will not come in the next five or six years.

There will be profits. Do you really want to continue under such circumstances?"

Kaos did not look at Jobs, but opened his hands, smiled and shared his views with several directors present.

Without the failure of iPod, Kaos would not have dared to do this. However, with the failure of iPod and Google occupying the market first, Apple will not have a big profit point in the next few years. This is for Kaos.

Si brought opportunities.

"Now we can easily solve this problem by selling Apple's full ownership to Google. Therefore, investors' stocks can be directly exchanged for Google's stocks, and with Google's capital, it will also give Apple's research and development a boost.

, and Apple’s hardware research and development will also give Google more possibilities in software.”

There are many things that Kaos did not say in full, but these alone can make Apple's shareholders excited.

After all, investing in Apple is not about a technological dream, let alone changing the world, it is just about making money.

Now that it has lost the success of the iPod, Apple still only relies on its original revenue from personal computers, which is obviously far from being able to support Apple's territory. For the next three or four years, there will be no growth in revenue, but instead

More money will be spent on R&D.

This is the most troublesome thing for all investors, but there is no way not to spend the money.

Now that Google accepts all this, they can now take advantage of the more prosperous Google to share a large amount of profits. Such an acquisition seems to be very good.

"So everyone, please think carefully about my letter of intent to acquire you."

Kaos said the last word with a smile, then got up and walked outside with Lin Zhiling, saving the discussion and research within the board of directors.

From Kaos's speech to his departure, the entire board of directors was silent. It was obvious that everyone was shocked by this unexpected situation.

Even Milad and Bill, who didn't feel any surprise, were quiet at this time and didn't say a word. Even the shrewdest Bill closed his eyes and looked like it had nothing to do with him.

"Assholes, you guys, Apple is going to be a company that changes the world, and there's no way we can sell it."

Jobs stood up suddenly, put his hands on the conference table, and spoke in a very affirmative tone.

Kaos unintentionally struck a chord with Jobs. Jobs' feelings for Apple were very deep.

At the same time, Jobs, who had some perfectionism in his personality, brought this not only into product research and development, but also into shopping malls and life.

Being kicked out of Apple back then can be said to be a lifelong shame, which is why he agreed to come back. In addition to being very confident about Apple's future, he just wanted to stand up from where he fell.

But now that the plan has just been implemented, this problem has arisen.

He knows very well how tempting Google's acquisition is to Apple, whose future is uncertain.

"But the failure of the iPod means that our prospects are not very good, and the subsequent research and development expenses are a huge problem."

Millard looked at the excited Jobs and told the problem calmly.

Without Google's sudden action, the booming iPod market would have brought Apple 100 to 200 million dollars per month, which would have greatly eased Apple's subsequent R&D needs.

But that was only the development that was originally expected, but it has not happened now. Instead, it caused Apple to lose a lot of money and caused some troubles in subsequent research and development.

"We can issue some additional stocks and issue some corporate bonds..."

Jobs also understood Millard's problem, so he was also looking for new profit points to enter during this period, but this was obviously not something that could be decided in a short time.

In the end, when faced with the company's difficulties, Jobs could only follow the routine of most companies.

"Yes, but the market doesn't see us now, so it may not be easy to get funds."

At this time, Bill, who specializes in supervising Apple's finances, once again interrupted Jobs's speech with a light word.

Millard and Bill's successive speeches obviously showed that they were very interested in the acquisition of Google. They also affected the will of other people on the board of directors, and the conference room became quiet for a while.

"Ahem... Haha, this is not something that can be decided at once. Why don't we break up the meeting, think about each other, and discuss it at the next meeting."

Seeing that the meeting was somewhat deadlocked, Jerry York smiled and calmed down the atmosphere. At the same time, he winked at Jobs, telling him not to be too anxious.

"Okay, I have no objection. After all, I don't want Apple to be acquired, but the company is indeed in difficulty right now. I hope Steve Jobs can come up with a solution next time, at least find a new financing channel."

Regarding Jack York's attempt to smooth things over, Millard and Bill looked at each other, curled their lips and nodded disdainfully in agreement, then stood up and walked out.

Regarding such a quarrel, the other three directors who had been silent looked at each other, stood up and walked out. They did not belong to any party, they just stood there to see which party could bring benefits to the company.

aside.

Just like what Millard and Bill said, if Jobs cannot find new financing or better profit points for the company, then in their opinion, selling the company to Google is not a bad idea.

"Millard and Bill, I'm afraid they have been bribed."

After Art Levinson saw the conference room door closed, he turned to Jobs and Jack York.

"This is not an obvious thing. I'm afraid that yesterday Jobs refused to sell Pixar, and they had already discussed it that night."

Jack York shook his head with certainty and said helplessly.

"Don't worry, I will never allow such a thing to happen."

Jobs sat on the boss's chair, clenched his hands into fists, frowned and said with certainty that being kicked out of Apple twice was something he absolutely couldn't bear.