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Ye Dongqing's own company will definitely not have any problems, because whether it is a financial company like Tamsui Investment Group or an Internet company like Facebook, Skype, and YouTube, there are currently no other shareholders, and all the power is in his own hands.

This kind of eating alone is not a good habit, but so far there is no need to raise funds, and equity rewards are not on the agenda for the time being. The main reason is that it is difficult to find jobs these days, and there are a lot of unemployed software engineers and software engineers at home. Hardware engineers are waiting for work. Even if they are not given equity rewards, there is no need to worry about them running away. What's more, Ye Dongqing is very generous in terms of salary and cash rewards. As long as equity is not involved, everything is easy to negotiate.

Taking a step back, even if financing and listing are done, it will definitely be done in the form of AB shares. This means that as long as Ye Dongqing himself does not have any major problems, he can continue to firmly hold the right to speak in the company. , Amazon, Netflix, and Tencent all have core leadership and are major shareholders with the right to speak. He can just contact and communicate with them directly. The only one that is prone to problems is Apple.

Strictly speaking, it is like Apple has a group of outsiders who like to point fingers. However, they have turned around and bullied Ye Dongqing. If they want to say how helpful these people are to Apple, he has not discovered it until now. , his determination to kick these people out is getting stronger and stronger, and he is calculating how many chips he has available.

At the beginning, he could have invested his own money and developed in the direction of Apple in the future, but Ye Dongqing finally chose to put his money on Apple. To be honest, he now values ​​this company far more than Tamsui Investment Group. degree of importance. Not only does it have greater profit prospects, but also because he wants to try it and see how far Apple can go with his help. How could he not pay attention to it?

After finishing two half-cups, Ye Dongqing casually placed the cups on the wine cabinet. It was only noon now, and he didn't want to talk about things drunkenly. What happened on his birthday on March 2nd had already taught him a profound lesson. , until now he still thought that Laura knew about the ridiculous things that night and was angry.

The conversation continues.

Ye Dongqing waited until Mr. Tim Cook arrived before telling him: It is unreasonable to let board members manage the company. I mean leaving aside the major shareholders and setting up so many independent directors, especially when some directors follow me. When there are interests involved, I don't think they can be 100% fair.

In the past, there were no major shareholders, and it was reasonable to adopt the independent director system. But now that there is a major shareholder, that is, me. Apple must carry out a reform of the decision-making mechanism. I don’t want my interests to suffer in vain, so I hope that like other companies, we will adopt a management system that appoints board members in the form of shares. For example, if a company holds 3% of Apple's shares and holds them for more than one year, it can appoint a director. I haven’t read Apple’s charter of management yet, but I believe the terms in it can be modified. There is no law that stipulates that a company can only have eight board members. Judging from the current size and equity distribution, this board system is Obviously unreasonable.

Mr. Tim Cook heard such breaking news as soon as he came in. He was a little confused for a moment. He was a little disappointed when he heard that he had not been approved as interim CEO in the morning. At this moment, he became energetic and guessed that Ye Dongqing was here to support him. , asked: Sorry to bother you, which director is specifically interested in you?

Bill Campbell, in addition to serving as an independent director of Apple, also serves as an independent director of Google. I have a good personal relationship with Google's competitor, Jerry Yang, the founder of Yahoo, and I also target Yahoo. I had every reason to believe that Mr. Bill Campbell was seeking revenge on me.

In addition, there is the guy from Disney. Being able to manage a children's park well does not mean that he can manage a technology company well. For the sake of my own interests as a major shareholder, I have every reason to request that the ancient rules and regulations be revised and that the old rules and regulations be changed. Throw out the slate and start over, that's my plan, unless I ask you to be the interim CEO, Mr. Cook.

By the time Ye Dongqing finished speaking, Cook was so grateful that he didn't know what to say. If his subordinates took away the CEO position, he would lose not only his power, but also his face and glory. But now that he has the support of the major shareholders, everything is possible. It may become different. After all, shares have decision-making power, while independent directors mostly just work and serve shareholders.

Ye Dongqing has every right to convene a shareholders' meeting to reshuffle the entire board of directors and gain more than ten percent of support. It is not impossible for him now, unlike in 2002, he is already a businessman who has won the support of many businessmen and A successful entrepreneur recognized by investors. Others think he has a magical power and can always make big money at the right time.

For example, in the case of crude oil futures this time, Tamsui Investment Group did not conceal the specific amount of investment, so people knew that it had made money again. Although there had been slight fluctuations in the past two days, it was still making profits.

Steve Jobs finally understood the meaning of the sentence Do you want him to take over as strongly as I do? Ye Dongqing's support is very powerful, which means that if the board of directors' vote results are Once he is not satisfied, he will exercise his shareholder rights, break up with the directors, and want to shake their power foundation.

Calculated based on Ye Dongqing's shareholding, if so many people are really placed on the board of directors, will these directors still have the power to make decisions?

I find it interesting, but also very worried in my heart. The reason is that if it comes true, Jobs is worried that he will jump from one cage to another. Now the dispute can be resolved through negotiation, but if it becomes Ye Dongqing's decision, by then What to do if Apple is brought to a point of no return.

In the past twenty years, Jobs has met many amazing people, such as the founder of America Online and the founder of Sun Microelectronics Group (SUN). They rose rapidly and then declined. Even if Ye Dongqing can come up with some good ideas now, Suggestion, in Jobs' view, does not mean that it will be possible in the future. This is the main reason for concern.

Therefore, he hurriedly said: Wait a minute, give me some time to discuss with the board of directors. They don't know your wishes before this. Maybe the next vote can get a perfect result. I personally prefer to let Cook take over my duties...