Vol 6 Chapter 820: Meeting (Part 1)

Not long after Amanda and the others returned home, the nearby pier gradually became busy. The sailboats with spinnakers were returning to the port one after another. When they were over, the sky began to fade a little.

Ou knocked on the office door softly, "Boss, here comes."

Feng Yiping rushed to the entrance of the gangway and saw two cars slowly approaching along the pier. Not long after, the lead car steadily stopped beside the ship. Feng Yiping strode down the gangway and stretched out when the door just opened. Get out, "Steve,"

"Feng," the very thin Steve Jobs smiled and held Feng Yiping's hand, looking at the yacht in front of him, "How about, please be satisfied with our design,"

"of course!"

Jobs let go of Feng Yiping's hand, "I'm fine,"

Indeed, even though his smile looks weak, he still looks okay when walking and standing.

Jobs glanced back and forth at the Apollo, which was the first time he saw the yacht after it was launched.

"Let's ship," Feng Yiping said.

Jobs was a little slow, but walked the gangway very steadily. After Feng Yiping, the entourage of the second car also sailed one after another. Some of them were carrying boxes in their hands. They were casual medical security teams.

The preparations were more than that. The helicopter platform in front of the yacht was also used for the first time after the ship was launched. There was a Sikorsky S-92 that was ready to take off. Helicopters called helicopters.

The two sat down in the softly-lit living room on the first floor. Outside the window, the sky was still blue. Jobs looked at it for a moment, "It's really beautiful!"

"The simpler it is, the more people will never tire of it," Feng Yiping said. "When I was a child, I grazing cattle in the mountains and doing the most thing is to look up to the sky."

But the impression that I really didn't watch it because I liked it at that time. It was purely that there was no choice and nothing to watch.

What Feng Yiping said caused Jobs to be silent for a short while. He couldn't help but remember the days when he was a child and on the farm with his adoptive parents. But soon, he turned around and looked at Feng Yiping, "Cook said I made a report,"

"Your point of view is still very reasonable. Outside of Samsung, choosing your company to become our chip supplier will have a positive impact on the security of Apple's supply chain."

Feng Yiping nodded, "I'm glad you can see this,"

"Steve, I can tell you clearly that in the field of memory chips, my company will definitely be the industry leader in the future. In the next few years, this will be confirmed."

"It is wise to choose to cooperate with us at this time,"

What he meant is that, whether you like it or not, you will have to cooperate with me sooner or later, so of course it is best to cooperate with us now.

"Steve, I think Apple should look at its cooperation with us more objectively and positively, instead of being dogmatically constrained by secular opinions,"

"Those concepts that mainly emphasize the competition between us," he shook his head. "That's too narrow!"

Jobs paused briefly again. Feng Yiping's strong confidence made him a little envious. Was it the same for himself back then?

However, in the next few years...

It's great to be young!

He did not directly respond to Feng Yiping’s words, “Out of trust in you, we believe in the quality of your company’s products, but the price is extremely unreasonable.”

He looked at Feng Yiping, because he was thin, his eyes seemed to be sharper than before, "We are Apple, and our needs are huge. I think we should be all your users, the one with the greatest demand. But this is not reflected in the settlement price at all."

Feng Yiping believed that this should be one of the focuses of this meeting.

"First of all, our settlement price should be lower than your original supplier's quotation,"

"I know that after Apple intends to cooperate with us, your original suppliers will most likely also adjust their prices, but you should know best that the reason they did that must be because of us."

Jobs cannot deny this.

If it were not for Feng Yiping's company to advertise that whether it is memory or soft storage, they are all at the original price, then whether it is Samsung or Toshiba, they will definitely stick to the original settlement price basis and increase the price of Apple orders in sync with the market.

"Under such circumstances, if Apple insists that we should lower the settlement price, I'm sorry, it is unrealistic, it is also extremely unreasonable,"

"For example, at such a time, can Apple still allow Samsung and Toshiba to further reduce the price based on the original settlement price?"

Of course it’s impossible, even if it’s due to Feng Yiping’s pressure, it’s already pretty good that we don’t increase the price for you. How could it be possible to lower the price for you when the city has clearly increased the price?

"They can do it, sorry, we can't," Feng Yiping said clearly, "you should understand that it must be an unsustainable short-term behavior, or simply a one-off behavior."

"And you, you should understand and believe in my personality, my company and I, on the premise that the cost remains the same, to raise the price of strategic partners substantially. We could not do this before, and we will not do it in the future. "

On this point, Jobs is noncommittal.

If it is true as you said, when your company dominates the storage market, you will definitely be like now?

Moving around, Jobs cannot guarantee that he can do this.

"Secondly, because our current factory officially put into production has limited output, our products are in short supply,"

"Steve, don't you think that at this time, we insist on supplying at the original price, which is already very good?"

Please, the storage industry, in some cases, such as this time, can be said to be a seller's market.

"Finally, everyone knows how strict Apple's supporting requirements are, and Apple will always have some additional requirements for the performance of supporting products, which of course will incur additional costs."

"Therefore, we promised to supply Apple at the same price as other users, and we have actually provided a discount."

"I think they should have mentioned this to you,"

To Feng Yiping's words, Jobs once again did not respond directly, "Feng, can you assure me that you will not produce smartphones?"

This kind of question, asked in the current physical condition of Jobs, is particularly significant.

Feng Yiping saw that Jobs was uneasy, and the point of this uneasiness was worry.

It should be Feng Yiping's performance over the years ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ that made Jobs feel a little worried about his heirs. After all, not everyone can be like themselves and not afraid of Feng Yiping's competition.

And my own plans for Apple's future product lines are also limited.

In the future, if Feng Yiping, who has an Android system, also produces smartphones, he is not sure whether Apple will maintain its current position.

He has seen enough of the unreasonable things that happened to Feng Yiping. Such things will of course continue to happen in the future.

When he thinks about the future, he always feels a little sad...

Feng Yiping also thought about it for a while, so his answer made Jobs feel more credible.

"Steve, first of all, I told you a long time ago, of course we will make hardware, you have seen that, we now have many good hardware products,"

This is one of the reasons why Jobs is not at ease.

Feng Yiping's company already has a first-class design team, and his company also has a first-class executive team.

Jobs believes that they also have the ability to create demand, rather than simply conform to market demand.

"At present, I am not interested in the production of smartphones at all," Feng Yiping said, "but in the future, I am a little bit uncertain now."

Not sure? This was the last answer Jobs wanted to hear, and his brows wrinkled tightly.

Feng Yiping looked directly at Jobs without hesitation, "I know, I promised you before, I will definitely not get involved in this aspect, but now,"

He also paused, "I am not as confident as before in the future development of smartphone manufacturers."

He looked at the blue sky outside the window, "So I don't rule out that when I see the products provided by smartphone manufacturers in the future, when there is nothing new, I must just watch.

"Can you understand Steve?"