Rebirth of the Internet: Starting from Games

Chapter 441 Apple is coming

January 2007, 1, New Year's Day.

The company was on holiday, and Chen Hao was alone in the office, looking at his notebook with important events.

Only two things I wrote about this year.

"Apple released the first-generation mobile phone, subverting the mobile phone landscape and redefining mobile phones. I don't remember the time.

Alibaba’s listing time and stock price. Who would remember this stuff? "

Chen Hao flipped through the pages. Basically, there were only years and events, but no specific time nodes.

During the 08 DNF public beta and the Beijing Olympics, nude photos were leaked.

You can ignore the fact that DNF got it yourself. Even if the Internet media of the Olympic Games are still in contact, what the hell is the pornographic photos scandal?

How could he still remember this then?Chen Hao didn't know what he was thinking a few years ago. Could it be that he was reminding himself a few years later to review his police uniform and tattoo?

Station B was established in 09 and Sina Weibo

In 10, Google withdrew from China and Meituan was established

The thousand-regiment war in 11 and the double-drop war in 12.

Until 19, I remember it very clearly.

WeChat exceeded 11 billion users, Douyin’s daily active users exceeded 3 million, and Lao Ma announced his retirement in September. It’s all useless information.

He suddenly realized that what he was doing was much more than what he had recorded.

Some were implemented according to the plan, and some were the natural product of unplanning. As expected, the plan did not change quickly.

Then he called Xu Pengkun and asked, "Does Alibaba have any intention to go public this year?"

"Ali? Why do you suddenly remember to ask this? I'll go check it out and call you back later."

An hour later, Xu Pengkun replied, "There is a plan, but the specific time has not been determined yet, probably in the second half of this year."

"Okay, let me know when you have news."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hao marked the date on the back. It is expected to be in the second half of the year, and the details are to be determined.

Then there was another major event. Chen Hao started looking for information about Apple on the Internet, but he didn’t know if he didn’t check it. When he checked it, Chen Hao was shocked.

Apple has announced that the Macworld 2007 conference will be held on January 1th.

Why is it so early?Shouldn't it be in autumn?

Squatting down to watch the Apple press conference every early morning is a habit that people only developed later.

Now everyone's perception of Apple is that computers are beautiful but not practical; iPods are beautiful and practical, but both are too expensive.

Therefore, except for a very small group of people who pay attention to Apple, such as Chen Hao and Xiaoliao, the public actually has no feeling about the Apple press conference.

Recently, most of Chen Hao's energy has been focused on YY. Although he can learn about the general progress of mobile phones in the company's monthly report at the end of each month, specific details still require someone to answer them.

Then Chen Hao called Lei Jun and Lao Luo to the company. After all, in his eyes, the company's executives did not have any days off.

After the two of them arrived in the conference room, Chen Hao got straight to the point, "How far is the progress on the mobile phone side now?"

<divclass="contentadv">Lei Jun said, "Currently everything is going as planned. The prototype is expected to be out before the Spring Festival. Then we will continue to debug and optimize the production line to ensure the yield rate. If we want to achieve mass production, it will probably be in July. It can be released left and right.”

As he spoke, Lei Jun took out a mobile phone and handed it to Chen Hao, "This is a demo version of the prototype. You can take a look at it first."

Chen Hao looked at the gadget in front of him. He was not surprised at all, but it looked familiar. It was not big in size and a little thicker. He played with it for a while. It was round and silky and could be held in one hand.

I tried out the overall function by lighting it up, and found that there were generally no big problems. It was similar to what I said before. I also found a few minor bugs while using it.

He expressed his opinions and suggestions on this mobile phone to the two of them.

Then in addition to mobile phones, Chen Hao asked about the development status of the Orange App Store ostore.

Finally, Chen Haoyi pointed out, "Are you paying attention to the Apple press conference?"

Lei Jun nodded and Lao Luo shook his head.

The former doesn’t know why Chen Hao wants to pay attention to this foreign company that makes computers and MP3 players. Could it be that

Lei Jun's head turned and he had a guess, "Is Apple planning to launch a mobile phone?"

Chen Hao nodded, "I learned from special channels that Apple will release a new mobile phone this year, and it will be a smartphone like ours."

"Apple's press conference is on January 1th. It will be communicated downwards. All the middle-level and above-level people in Orange Technology will watch the live broadcast for me, and then I will see their reactions so that everyone can understand. Apple may be what we will face in the future. The biggest competitor!"

"I decided to hold a mobile phone press conference after the Spring Festival. Lei Jun will be responsible for the mobile phone, Lao Luo will be responsible for the press conference, and I will be responsible for organizing it. Let the three of us perform our duties and prepare."

The same "um", but with different tones. Lei Jun was slightly serious, while Lao Luo's nervousness had a hint of unbearable excitement.

After New Year's Day, Chen Hao listened to the year-end performance reports of each group's subsidiaries for three consecutive days and gave guidance and plans for the coming year.

As the head of the group, he usually only lists the general direction and joint node delivery inspections, and leaves the communication to the board secretary Zhu Xu. The following will be dismantled, refined and implemented according to the granularity of each level.

The entire group is like a precise and rigorous machine, running from top to bottom and back and forth.

Far away on the other side of the ocean, there was also a huge machine that began to operate rapidly, showing the world the huge energy contained in it.

The machine was called Apple, and it was run by perhaps one of the greatest product managers of all time, Steve Jobs.

Perhaps countless geniuses chose hell difficulty in their childhood to start the game Earth Online, such as Messi, who suffers from growth hormone deficiency, and Xing Ye, whose parents divorced when he was 7 years old and lives with his mother.

Compared with Messi, who has a grandmother and parents who love him, and Xingye, who has a mother who loves him, Jobs was even more miserable. He was abandoned by his parents when he was just born, but fortunately, a kind-hearted couple adopted him.

Jobs lived near Silicon Valley, and his neighbors were employees of Hewlett-Packard.Under the influence of these people, he became obsessed with electronics since childhood and began to fight monsters and upgrade his skills.

For some reason, countless celebrities choose the same place to start a business, either in an abandoned warehouse or an old workshop.

Jobs was no exception. Later, he and Wozniak hit it off, and the two tinkered with the first computer in his garage, and the "Apple 1" was born.

Later, he attracted investment, founded Apple, and then went public. The stock was wiped out by the market. Four billionaires and more than 4 millionaires were born, which became the deepening of wealth creation at that time. But behind the seemingly endless glory, in fact, There is an undercurrent.

Perhaps genius' ideas are always lonely. Jobs' unique business philosophy and ideas were completely different from those of most managers at the time. The consequence of being a maverick was to be isolated and kicked out of the group.