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   "Bruno Song, didn't agree to Apple's conditions?" Phil Schiller asked Jobs.

   Jobs shook his head slowly, "Bruno Song agreed to let Apple enter the conditions for MP3..."

   Just when all Apple executives took a sigh of relief, they heard Jobs say, "But Apple is not allowed to implement its own online music store!"

   When Steve Jobs said these words with a blank face, this group of Apple executives who have already understood Jobs' character over the past year know that Jobs is already very dissatisfied with this result.

Forstall, who is in charge of Apple's software development, also had a sad look on his face at this time. Apple wanted to enter the MP3 market. Jobs had already discussed with them. According to Jobs' plan, it was to use the MP3 player as well as online music. The store was launched together.

But now, the situation has obviously changed. Forstall doesn't know what Jobs' plan is, but now Apple wants to compete with the Saipan Music Store. It's the question of how to die, but the question of how to die.

   Even if iMacs sell out, by next year, if they can sell 1 million units, it will only earn billions of dollars. It looks like a lot, but it depends on who you are comparing with.

The parent company of Saipan Music Store is Alcatel Mobile. The shipment volume of the other party in one quarter is close to several million mobile phones. The shipment of Alcatel mobile phones this year will definitely exceed 30 million mobile phones. More than one or two billion dollars, a proper giant company is enough to crush the current Apple, even if Apple's qualifications are much older than Alcatel mobile phones.

   Really want to fight hard, Alcatel mobile phone and a large group of brother companies act as thugs, Forstall is afraid that Apple will be crushed by the other party...

The most important thing is that Song Yang is still there. Forstall dare not pat his chest and say that if he can defeat Song Yang in the Internet field, even if Jobs is there, Forstall would not dare to make this guarantee, let alone him. If everyone in America's technology industry has a name and a surname, who would dare to say that he can overwhelm Song Yang in the Internet industry?

The shadow of the famous tree of people, Song Yang is now "unintentional" in the Internet industry, but if I really want to say that in the Internet industry, I have had a fight with Song Yang, then Forstall doesn't know if he is floating, or he feels that Song Yang mentions it. Stop the knife!

   "Maybe now, it's not the best time to compete with Bruno Song in the Internet industry." Forstall finally reminded Steve Jobs and Apple executives.

   Listening to Falstad's words, Jobs glared at him sharply.

"Now is really not the best time," Cook, who is in charge of Apple's supply chain and responsible for Apple's production, also said at this time, "Now Apple cannot do without the support of manufacturers from PA Semiconductor, Alcatel mobile phones, and Panda TV, especially Now that iMac is mass-produced, even if an alternative supplier is to be found, it may take the end of the year to restore production capacity, which is not unexpected!"

What is the accident that Cook said, everyone present knew that when it accepted Song Yang's investment, it was stipulated that Apple must use the parts produced by those companies in Song Yang's hands. This is a long-term contract. Apple now thinks about it. Breach of contract is okay, if you don’t lose your family and owe a lot of debt, don’t even think about producing another iMac!

   Hearing that many Apple executives were admonishing him not to turn his back on Song Yang, Jobs also knew that even if he was dissatisfied at this time, he could not really turn his face.

  Apple's design director, Jonathan, also asked Jobs at this time, "Do you want to continue the design of Apple's iPod player?"

  Even before I came to see Song Yang today, Apple had already started the design of the MP3 player. I told Song Yang today that it was just a "routine business", but I didn't expect it to be beaten.

"continue!"

Jobs said in a deep voice, not to mention whether the online music platform can be developed, but the launch of MP3 is indeed as Jobs said, Apple needs new business to increase revenue, to pay off that debt, although this part of the debt, a large part, It's all what Apple owes for the acquisition of Jobs' broken computer systems company...

   "Apple held a global launch of the iMac computer today, and Steve Jobs declared that this is the best computer in the world!"

   "Bruno Song attended the Apple iMac launch event and predicted that the iMac will sell more than 500,000 units this year, making it one of the best-selling computer models in the world!"

   "Dell executives claim that the world's first computer without a floppy drive has appeared, which may be the world's dumbest design."

   "Wall Street analysts announced that they would raise their expectations for Apple's stock price. After a year, Apple's stock was rated as a buy again!"

  The technology industry gives Apple a lot of credit. After the iMac conference, various media began to report overwhelmingly, some touted and some to belittle. The media with close ties to computer giants such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard naturally have nothing good to say about Apple.

Of course, there are also many media, including "Wired" magazine, "America Computer News" and other media, who have expressed their appreciation for the design of iMac. In the electronics industry, companies that dare to innovate are generally very tolerant. , after all, the cookie-cutter design is really tiring, and it is enough for the technology media to tout it by daring to play with Apple's all-in-one computer, transparent and colorful casings, and extensive use of USB interfaces!

And then, after Apple's press conference, it received orders for more than 50,000 units, which made the computer industry feel that the iMac might really explode. Few people will buy it.

In addition to these news, another news related to Apple has begun to spread. Apple is going to enter the currently very hot MP3 player market. It is hard to say whether this news is true or false, but it makes the already noisy MP3 market even more. Restless.

   "Song, is it true that Apple wants to enter the MP3 market?"

  Good day, William Schedler, the president of Dimeng, who had only a few days passed, called Song Yang in a hurry.

   Song Yang, who had just arrived at Blackwater's training base in New York, couldn't help laughing after receiving Schedler's call, "President Schedler's news is very well-informed!"

   Ignoring Song Yang's ridicule, Scheidler, who had just passed a few days of prosperity, had raised his CEO's salary by a large amount, but he really didn't want to go back to the hard times before.

Relying on the support of Alcatel mobile phones, the Diameng Rio300 player launched by Diameng has now sold more than 6 million units worldwide at an astonishing rate. Even if the price of a single unit is only $99, it can generate revenue. It also exceeded 600 million US dollars, and Dimeng Company is making a lot of money.

From the research and development expenses, it is almost impossible to make up, and now there are several hundred million dollars in cash flow in the account. For Dimeng, it is like a roller coaster. All these are Alcatel mobile phones, which are given to Dimeng. bring.

   Now America and overseas, there are many manufacturers entering the MP3 player market, and Schedler is not too worried. Diamond has established a certain brand advantage in the field of MP3 players.

But when he heard that Apple was going to end the MP3 game, Schedler couldn't help but feel a little worried. He was mixed in the circle of the electronics industry. Jobs's name was well-known. Alcatel's mobile phone can be true to Apple, but it does not mean that it is an alliance. Virtual Jobs.

  In addition to Microsoft, IBM, and Dell, which Apple can't beat, other electronic technology brands are still in the hands of Apple.

   "Jobs talked to me, Apple is going to enter the MP3 player industry and will launch an iPod player, positioned as a high-end music player!"

Song Yang didn't mind, and told Schedler the news. Anyway, the left hand is the right hand. Regardless of whether Dimeng or Apple produces MP3 players, they have to pay patent fees for Alcatel mobile phones, and key components must be purchased from the Alcatel mobile phone supply chain. Purchasing and earning a quarter or even a third of the earnings will be donated to Alcatel mobile phones, and they will also contribute to the Saipan Music Store.

Hearing that the news was true, Schedler couldn't help but scolded Jobs, and then said to Song Yang dissatisfiedly, "Song, how can you agree to let Apple enter the MP3 industry, don't forget, you are the second tier in the DI League. Major shareholder..."

   A "bang" sound came from the phone, which startled Scheidler who was about to get angry.

  Song Yang fired a shot at the shooting range of the training base of the Blackwater Security Company in New York, and said lightly to the other end of the phone, "It's only the second largest shareholder!"