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Chapter 420 The White Knight
Song Yang didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction with Jobs, but Greg, who was familiar with Song Yang, could clearly feel the meaning of Song Yang's words. It was obvious that today he was going to catch Apple and eat it hard.

Greg knew that Song Yang would not have been so patient if he hadn't regarded the apple as prey and took a bite.

A moment later, when Ella Woolard finally could bear it no longer, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Jobs pushed the door open.

After entering, Jobs looked around the meeting room like a falcon, and finally stopped on Song Yang, and sat down in front of him. Jobs just said to everyone, "It took some time to meet Lee Crow!"

What Jobs said was indeed the truth, but for the people on Song Yang's side, hearing this, it felt like Jobs was fooling them, and they didn't even find a plausible reason.

Lee Crow is Jobs' queen ad producer. He has worked with Jobs for more than 23 years. He started to cooperate with Jobs when he was [-] years old. This time, Jobs will also hand over the advertisement that changed Apple's image to Lee Crow. make.

"It seems that this advertisement should be very important to Apple!"

Regarding Jobs' attitude, Gleick couldn't help saying that Gleick and others could obviously feel Jobs' attitude towards the North American Global Investment Fund.

Hearing Greg's words, Jobs looked at Greg and nodded seriously, "Indeed!"

For a while, Gleick and Marcus were a little choked by Jobs' words. They had heard of Jobs' maverick, but faced with the door-to-door North American Global Investment Fund, the big money maker who might save Apple , Jobs still has this attitude, which is somewhat beyond their expectations.

Compared with the cash that Apple is most short of, which may be as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, Jobs actually thinks that advertisement is more important to Apple, which makes Gleick, Marcus, Doble Poole and others full of words. , They were holding back in their stomachs for a while, and they had learned the style of Jobs.

Ella Woolard had a headache, but he was helpless. As early as when he welcomed Jobs back, he had already thought that Jobs would be in this style.

At this time, Song Yang looked at Jobs and Apple executives, and said with a smile, "If necessary, Double Click and WPP Group can promote that advertisement for Apple!"

Song Yang said to Jobs who had met once at the Microsoft Developers Conference.

This sounds like nothing, but it is to remind Jobs, don’t forget the current situation of Apple, the current Apple is neither the existence of kicking IBM and punching Microsoft more than ten years ago, nor is it the existence of the future generations. The existence that takes away 90% of the profits of the mobile phone industry is a company that can only survive for no more than 60 days on the books...

Double-clicking can distribute advertisements to major Internet platforms for Apple, and it can also allow WPP Group to place Apple advertisements on major media. This is to remind Jobs and Apple who is taking the initiative now!
Jobs couldn't help being silent for a while, cast his eyes on Song Yang, and let out a sigh of relief. Indeed, as Markkula said, the most important thing for Apple right now is to survive, not to let him be angry.

At this time, Ella Woolard, as the chairman of Apple, said to Jobs and Schiller and other executives, "This time the North American Global Investment Foundation and PA Semiconductor have new plans. Work with Apple!"

"We have also heard about Apple's situation. Apple is the most important company in the history of American science and technology. It should not fall like this..."

Doberpool was the first to say, this time, the first thing is to take away the equity of ARM from Apple, which is the most important thing.

"Apple will not fall, and it will be great again!" Jobs said decisively before Doble Poole could finish speaking.

As soon as the words came out, the two veterans in the technology industry immediately stared. Others were not as qualified as Jobs and were afraid of Jobs, but he was not a vegetarian.

DEC, known as the king of microcomputers, had a much larger spectrum than Apple at its peak. Even now, both DEC and Apple are half-dead, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. DEC’s influence is still there today. As the chief engineer of DEC's semiconductor department, Doble Poole's qualifications are older than Jobs, and he was also a well-known industry genius back then, not worse than Jobs!

Song Yang rubbed his brows. Song Yang had already learned about Jobs' character. He was really aggressive and did not back down.

"Chairman Ella Woolard, President Jobs, we are here this time, hoping to change Apple's situation, not to argue about..."

Song Yang said directly to the people in the conference room that he was not going to dawdle any longer, "We regret Apple's situation, and are willing to provide some funds and other cooperation to change Apple's situation, just as President Jobs said. Let's make Apple... great again!"

Pointing to the direction of Jobs, Song Yang said with a smile, and then looked at Marcus, who immediately coughed knowingly, "The biggest shortage of Apple is time and liquidity, we are willing to provide Apple with funds !"

To raise funds for Apple, Pete Oppenheimer, whose sad hair was turning gray, couldn't help but say at this moment, "How much money can you offer Apple?"

"PA Semiconductor and the North American Investment Foundation can provide Apple with no less than US$[-] million in cash by subscribing for Apple's bonds and purchasing stocks!" After Marcus exchanged glances with Song Yang and Doble Poole, Finally, the price was quoted.

Hearing the [-] million dollars, Oppenheimer and all the Apple executives in the conference room couldn't help but let out a low cry, let's not talk about whether the [-] million dollars can save Apple, at least it can make Apple live until Next Christmas, there is an opportunity to develop a new generation of computers.

But when Jobs heard it, he seemed to hear the sound of a knife and fork cutting Apple, and said with a serious face, "What does PA Semiconductor want?"

The originally noisy conference room became quiet again for a while. Oppenheimer and others also knew that PA Semiconductor was definitely not here to spread money. It is impossible for such a thing to exist in America, it is not impossible , but it is too rare, at least it is impossible to happen between PA Semiconductor and Apple.

Dobpoor looked at Jobs and finally said, "PA Semiconductor wants to cooperate with Apple further, and PA Semiconductor wants to acquire Apple's share of ARM!"

When they heard that PA Semiconductor was going to acquire Apple's ARM equity, everyone in Apple couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.

ARM undertakes Apple's long-cherished wish to independently develop chips, and has already had some brows. At this time, it encounters PA Semiconductor to take advantage of the fire. Although PA Semiconductor claims to be a white knight and saves Apple in distress, but from Apple's point of view Looking at it, this is out-and-out taking advantage of the fire.

Ella Woolard, Oppenheimer and others are actually quite excited about this acquisition. The amount of the acquisition is negotiable. The key is that with this dollar, Apple can survive. The only concern is whether Jobs will agree...

While Ella Woolard and Oppenheimer were still worried, Jobs unexpectedly said, "The price is too low, ARM is about to go public, and its valuation after listing will exceed one billion U.S. dollars." knife!"

Jobs didn't object, but thought that the purchase price was too low, which was beyond the expectation of everyone in Apple. Song Yang's side, Dubpool and others, originally thought that it would take a lot of talking and arguing before they could proceed. Going down, but I didn't expect Jobs to say this.

Jobs' goal is very simple, that is to keep Apple alive. He has already sold so many businesses of Apple, and he doesn't care about selling one more. Jobs believes that as long as Apple survives, it can invest in a second ARM company...

Song Yang could vaguely see what Jobs was thinking. At this time, he probably had no plans to enter the mobile phone industry at all. ARM only eats and does not work for a long time. Leader Qiao didn't pay much attention to ARM, but sometimes, maybe If you don't answer a certain thing today, you may not be able to climb it tomorrow...

"PA Semiconductor can provide Apple with more than just funds. If the acquisition is completed, PA Semiconductor can cooperate with ARM to develop the latest chip processors for Apple computers, and there may be more than that..."

Song Yang said to a large group of Apple executives, "Apple is now suffering from internal and external troubles. Once we start to cooperate, PA Semiconductor, ICQ, Double-Click, American Telecom, Fortinet, Amazon, eBay and other companies under the North American Investment Foundation will all be involved. We can start cooperation with Apple, Fortinet can launch customized software for Apple, Sierra, a subsidiary of ICQ, can give priority to launching games for the Apple system, and stores under American Telecom can stock Apple products..."

Hearing this bunch of company names, Ella Woolard couldn't help being surprised at Song Yang's current net worth. Before, he didn't have much impression of Song Yang being on the Forbes list, but now listening to these names, Ella Woolard La Woolard somewhat understood how Song Yang's worth came about.

Jobs became even more jealous of Song Yang's side. Song Yang's strength in the Internet industry was somewhat beyond his expectations. The company behind the pile of names is probably going to have a fight with Apple!

"It's not just these cooperations, we also have a way to make Apple change its situation in the computer industry, at least let Microsoft no longer target Apple, and even let Office develop an Apple system!"

Hearing this, Jobs froze for a moment, then frowned. Ella Woolard and the others didn't know if Song Yang was talking nonsense or if he was really sure.

(End of this chapter)