Crazy Entertainment System

Chapter 496 The Female "Siege Lion"

However, the operators have responded to the market quickly enough; their networks have already entered 3G operation overseas, although they are somewhat expensive.

However, major telecom operators have now launched numerous promotions to attract users.

After all, there are too many iPhone users, and they are all users with a mid-to-high level of consumption.

Therefore, major operators began to use various innovative tactics to attract users. Competition drives progress, so data traffic fees continued to decrease. By February 2008, they had reached a level that was acceptable to most people.

The Apple iPhone, released in November 2007, was somewhat disappointing and was even labeled as a copycat.

Steve Jobs was also kicked out by Apple authorities.

Zhuge Yun knew that Chen Yu had an exceptionally high opinion of Old Master Qiao, so as soon as Old Master Qiao was driven away, he personally visited him to poach him!

At first, Mr. Qiao did not agree; he was already disheartened after being kicked out of his own company.

Zhuge Yun promised him a dedicated department with an investment of 50 billion US dollars, providing him with manpower and technology, but he needed to produce a work that would be recognized worldwide within a year.

Jobs was tempted by this offer. He had his own ideas about the project, and a $50 billion R&D fund, plus access to both technology and talent, was unprecedented. He was just curious as to why the other party would do this.

This would be unthinkable for any company, and it would almost certainly not be approved by the board of directors.

Zhuge Yun's words were simple: "Because you are someone even the Crown Prince admires and respects, his evaluation of you is that of a fanatical, mad genius."

What Zhanlong Technology needs are these kinds of madmen. If you have an idea, if you have creativity, you can bring it up. As long as you can convince us, we'll give you whatever you want. Moreover, our Zhanlong Technology Madman Research Institute has many obsessive geniuses. Their research might be useless, without commercial value, but that doesn't stop them from pursuing their research. Research and invention are your mission; how to operate it and make it profitable is our business.”

Zhuge Yun's words shocked Jobs.

"Is this the Crown Prince's idea?!"

"That's right, the Crown Prince said this himself. He told me that a real technology company is not about how much money you make, how high your stock price is, or how high your market value is, but about whether your products are accepted by the public and whether they change people's lives."

So the Mad Scientist Research Institute was born. To be honest, the Mad Scientist Research Institute was only established for 7 months, but it has invested 29 billion US dollars. It contains a lot of research that the company's research institute considers useless, but we don't think so. Its existence has its value, it's just that we haven't developed it yet.

We recruit many talented individuals who haven't yet found their niche to work for us. We offer perfect research conditions, a salary, and a living allowance, but the research itself is ours!

"And for you, Mr. Steve Jobs, I plan to give you a salary of $100 million per year, but I will also give you three percent of the profits from the products you invent!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Qiao understood. Zhanlong Technology's approach was very similar to that of Googol and Microsoft. These large companies all had such research institutes, just not as large. According to his understanding, Microsoft only allowed $10 billion in funding for its research institutes each year! Googol, on the other hand, allocated a little more, $15 billion!

It's unbelievable that WarDragon Technology spent 29 billion US dollars in less than seven months. What can I say?

Rich and willful?!

After much deliberation, he agreed as Zhuge Yun was about to leave.

Because the research institute was located in China, Zhuge Yun invited the Jobs family to live in China.

After discussing the invitation with his wife, Jobs decided to go with her, leaving the rest to their children.

Steve Jobs' children, however, only planned to travel to China for a while and did not intend to stay there permanently.

The research institute was located in Xuzhou, so the Jobs family arrived at the institute on January 8, before the snowstorm hit China, and began their year-long stay in China.

Steve Jobs' first project at War Dragon Technology was the iPad!

He had been conceiving this iPad project for a long time, but it was not approved due to company resistance and the fact that the development of the Apple phone consumed a lot of resources.

The emergence of Zhanlong Technology's iPhone dealt a strong blow to Apple, causing Apple's opportunity to slip away.

Apple's stock continued to fall.

The price has already fallen to $20 billion, but there's still no sign of any interest. People have given up on Apple.

If Apple's iPhone had been released before Zhanlong Technology's iPhone, it might have been an undesirable product. However, Apple was clearly unlucky and was outmaneuvered by Zhanlong Technology. Moreover, Zhanlong Technology's iPhone was significantly superior to Apple's, resulting in Apple being disliked and abandoned.

After years of preparing a powerful move, ready to unleash its full potential and wreak havoc, it was wiped out by Zhanlong Technology in one fell swoop. It was incredibly humiliating.

As for acquiring Apple, Zhanlong has no intention of doing so, but Crazy does. However, the current acquisition price of $2 billion for Apple is still a bit high. According to Gao Feiyan, acquiring the fruit company would be at most $1 billion.

Steve Jobs also attended this press conference, mainly because it was hosted by Chen Yu. After being thoroughly defeated by Chen Yu last time, he wanted to see what Chen Yu was really going to announce.

At 11:55, a promotional video began playing on site.

There are four videos in total. One introduces cloud technology, and the other three introduce vivo, Yixiu, and Xiaomi.

The origins of the three companies. The first video played was naturally from cloud technology.

There was nothing particularly exciting about it.

However, the video immediately attracted a lot of attention after it appeared the next day.

"In this world, there is a profession called engineer. In people's impression, engineers are exclusively male. However, cloud technology has a unique landscape. They are female engineers who are just as capable as male engineers, and they also have a unique feminine charm."

They spontaneously formed a group, and after discussion, decided to establish a company specifically to design smartphones for women, naming it vivo!

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