webnovelvip Chapter 209 Entrusting His Orphan to His Sickbed
Chapter 209 Entrusting His Orphan to His Sickbed
The person who arrived immediately interrupted the meeting; it was Jobs' secretary.
The newcomer immediately attracted everyone's attention, especially Steve Jobs's faction... but the secretary ignored them.
He walked up to Cook in a slightly hurried manner and whispered a few words in his ear, and Cook's expression immediately changed drastically.
"real?"
The other person nodded slightly, then said anxiously again, "There's no time to lose, Mr. Cook, please go quickly!"
"Okay, I'll give them some instructions and then head to the office. Wait for me outside."
The other person nodded and left the office directly.
"The meeting is over. Next, you should focus on investigating whether there are any new technologies on the market that can help us surpass Transsion."
We also need to focus our R&D efforts on semiconductors, particularly the communication baseband project, and develop a solution within a week.
I'm going to the hospital...
Cook kept thinking about a question on his way to the hospital.
After he takes over, who will be the biggest competitor for fruit?
He always thought that Apple's biggest competitors were Samsung, Google, and even Qualcomm, which was constantly expanding.
But now he realizes he was wrong.
The real competitor came from a market that Jobs had never given a second thought to.
China? Africa is a place where fruit is sold, and they don't even open direct-sale stores there.
But then a ferocious beast suddenly appeared out of there.
It not only caused the fruit company huge losses, but also repeatedly brought shame to the entire United States.
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Stanford Medical Center, 4th floor, this is where Steve Jobs's ward is located.
As a top billionaire, Steve Jobs' treatment is unparalleled, but at this moment he is surrounded by various instruments, clearly indicating that the doctors have just finished resuscitating him.
When Cook walked in, he was leaning against the headboard, his face still flushed from the resuscitation efforts.
"Tim," Jobs turned around, forcing a smile, "Is the meeting over?"
"It's finished." Cook sat down beside his bed, glanced at the numbers on the monitor, and said, "Steve has been working so hard; you should get some rest."
"Rest?" Jobs shook his head. "The thing I'm worst at in my life is rest."
But God doesn't want me to continue changing the world; maybe even God needs a cell phone now.
Cook managed a slight smile.
But after watching for a while, Jobs noticed Cook's problem, looking at the expression on Cook's face.
"Are you in trouble?"
Cook hesitated for a few seconds, but decided to admit his incompetence and then simply recounted the contents of the meeting.
After all, this wasn't due to his incompetence, but rather a problem that had accumulated since the Steve Jobs era.
No one expected that Transsion, a Chinese company, could develop so rapidly.
Of course, he could also admit his incompetence in front of Steve Jobs, since there was no one else who could command respect.
Steve Jobs remained silent for a long time after hearing this; the Chinese market was the market he looked down upon the most.
Jobs looked down on both China Unicom's agents and their strange rules, finding them barbaric.
He has never given this market a second glance.
"Steve?" Cook couldn't help but ask.
"Cook, do you remember 2007?" Jobs suddenly asked.
Cook paused for a moment, then said, "Of course I remember. Back then, we launched the Apple product, ushering in the global smartphone era?"
"Yes." Steve Jobs' eyes darted around a little. "Back then, everyone said we were crazy. A computer company going into making cell phones."
Everyone was laughing at us, saying that phones aren't like that.
Some say we don't understand communication, some say our mobile phones are toys?
Cook perhaps nodded in agreement; Motorola was right, they really didn't understand communications.
Especially in China and other markets besides the United States.
But Motorola, which looked down on them, had become a vassal of others. Strictly speaking, however, Steve Jobs still lived in his own fabricated reality.
"And the result? In just four years, Nokia was nearly dead, Motorola was acquired, and BlackBerry was also struggling to survive."
Cook nodded, but he knew in his heart that if Jobs couldn't let go of his pride, his trip today would have been in vain...
"Steve, you mean to say..."
"What I'm trying to say is, never underestimate an outsider." Jobs looked at him and said something that surprised even Cook. "Turns out we were the outsider back then, so we won."
Two years ago, Transsion was also like that...
But now they have not only defeated Sanson in the African market, but also shared the same market share with us in the American market, and have completely revitalized Motorola, which was on the verge of failure.
In fact, it made those people unwilling to issue sanctions against them.
Therefore, they are a formidable opponent.
Cook looked at Jobs in disbelief. He hadn't expected the arrogant Jobs to say such things; he had thought the other would stick to his plan.
This is simply a miracle...
Cook quickly realized that this wasn't a joke, but rather like entrusting his orphan to someone.
However, it's relying on this behemoth of a fruit company. Could it be that just now...?
He coughed a few more times, spitting out more blood. Jobs sighed again, knowing his days were numbered.
Cook also keenly observed this. It seems... Jobs' condition is more serious than he thought. Could it be that he really won't make it through this year?
"Cook, what you just told me..."
Chips, screens, sensors, supply chains—this doesn't just mean they're doing what we did 10 years ago." Jobs' voice trailed off, his breath becoming increasingly shallow.
"Moreover, they've gone even deeper than we have; they're building a complete ecosystem."
From the very upstream to the very downstream channels. Waiting for the day this ecosystem is complete…
Cook stared at him, not reacting for a long time, but Jobs still said:
"They will surpass us."
This left Cook speechless; he truly hadn't expected Jobs to value that market so much.
"Steve, do you think they can do it?"
Jobs didn't speak, but after a moment of silence, he said, "You can take me to see the Chinese market. I feel that it should be different from the China I remember."
Next, you can focus on entering that market, and you can lower your expectations a bit, after all, you are Cook, not Jobs.
That was my personal behavior before; you can be different.
I've studied them, but that's precisely why I look down on that market even more.
People there place great importance on foreign brands. If you conduct a few market surveys, the market share of your fruit in China might double.
Cook nodded: "Going to the Chinese market, I do have that idea."
At the same time, I'm also very curious: who exactly is this person who was able to take so much technology from the American market ahead of time?
Jobs chuckled again: "Do you know why I've been putting off the surgery?"
Cook shook his head.
But all he knew was that Jobs had undergone many surgeries, only the last one hadn't been very successful, leading to...
Is my body already unable to support it...?