The three of them had a very opposite attitude from before, and everything was self-evident.
Cook smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect...even you will betray Apple! Even the three major shareholders of Apple will betray Apple! Haha. It's so good, very good!"
The three of them looked at each other, very embarrassed, but they had to explain:
"Mr. Cook, this matter is quite complicated. The three of us naturally opposed it with all our might and firmly resisted all cooperation between AT&T, Verizon and Xingyi Technology."
"But unfortunately, most of the other shareholders of AT&T and Verizon support cooperation with Xingyi Technology."
"Yes, the three of us have only about 20% of the shares combined, and we can't withstand the union of other shareholders."
"Especially, T-Mobile and Sprint, as well as some small operators, have reached cooperation with Xingyi Technology, and they all want to make Xingyi mobile phone contract machines, borderless mobile phone contract machines, AT&T and Verizon are also worried about continuing to resist cooperation with Xingyi Technology
, it will lose a large number of users, a large number of market share, a large number of profits, and even lose its dominance, and be surpassed by T-Mobile and Sprint!”
"AT&T and Verizon cannot accept this, nor can other shareholders accept this, and we have no choice."
"In fact, not only AT&T and other shareholders of Verizon cannot accept it, but even our Pioneer Leader has differences. To be honest, many of the shareholders of Pioneer Leader have begun to support cooperation with Xingyi Technology."
"The same is true within BlackRock, and many shareholders have turned against each other."
"State Bank investors are also shareholders who support cooperation with Star Yi Technology, accounting for the majority."
"If we continue to boycott it, Pioneer will eventually lead, BlackRock and State Street will still support cooperation with StarYi Technology, AT&T and Verizon will still reach cooperation with StarYi Technology. The difference is that the three of us will be dismissed together.
That's it."
"!!!" Cook's mouth twitched, full of incredible:
"How could this happen? Pioneer Pioneer, BlackRock, State Street, you are the three major shareholders of our Apple. Why do most of the people inside actually support cooperation with Xingyi Technology?"
Cook couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out at all.
I felt even more frustrated and was abandoned by the major shareholder. This was so uncomfortable!
AT&T, other shareholders of Verizon, are fine to support cooperation with Xingyi Technology for their own interests and to make money.
But Pioneer Leader, BlackRock, and State Street are not only the major shareholders of T-Mobile and Sprint, but also the first, second and fourth largest shareholders of Apple. Shouldn’t they fully support Apple?
Why do shareholders who support cooperation with Xingyi Technology account for the majority?
This is unscientific.
Totally unscientific.
Cook's face turned pale and felt abandoned by the whole world.
The other senior Apple executives were also confused and puzzled.
At this time, Apple Vice President Palai Field spoke: "It's for risk hedging!"
Upon hearing this, Cook's face turned pale and he instantly understood everything.
Risk hedging!
At this stage, T-Mobile and Sprint have reached cooperation with Xingyi Technology. Even if AT&T and Verizon continue to fight and resist cooperation, it will have little impact on Xingyi Technology.
There are two major operators, T-Mobile and Sprint, plus other small and medium-sized operators, Amazon, Walmart, and Xingyi International's own channels, which are enough to not delay global sales.
But in this way, AT&T and Verizon will lose a large number of users without Xingyi mobile phone contract phones, lose many markets, suffer heavy losses, be surpassed by T-Mobile and Sprint, and the stock price will plummet!
Although Pioneer Leader, BlackRock, and State Street are both major shareholders of Apple, they are also major shareholders of AT&T and Verizon.
The palms and backs of hands are all flesh, and they don’t want AT&T and Verizon users to lose, profits decline, and stock prices plummet.
Is it for Apple that it continues to ban AT&T, Verizon and Xingyi Technology from cooperation, resulting in AT&T and Verizon's profits falling and its stock price plummeted?
Or give up Apple and support the cooperation between AT&T, Verizon and Xingyi Technology to maintain the profit and market position of AT&T, Verizon, and its stock price?
This is a big problem!
For this reason, there were differences within Pioneer, BlackRock and State Street.
Some people still firmly support Apple, believing that Apple is more important. For Apple, even if AT&T and Verizon suffer heavy losses, it is worth it.
But more people remained opposed, and even many major shareholders who once firmly supported Apple began to waver.
I also feel that Apple is not successful and may not be a rival to Xingyi Technology. Even if I fully support Apple, I still lose in the end and still can't withstand the internationalization of Xingyi's mobile phones.
In the end, Apple's profits will be cut in half and its stock price will plummet.
The difference is that in addition to Apple's heavy losses, it also has the vacancies of two communication giants, AT&T and Verizon, and the losses are even heavier.
Instead of doing so, it is better to change your attitude, give up maintaining Apple, and instead let AT&T and Verizon cooperate with Xingyi Technology.
In this way, even if Apple suffers heavy losses, AT&T and Verizon can still maintain their dominance through cooperation with Xingyi Technology and make a big profit.
Pioneer Pioneer, BlackRock, and State Street Bank only have the losses on Apple, while investments on AT&T and Verizon can make a lot of money. One goes up and the other goes down, and the overall losses are much smaller, and you can even make a little profit.
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It's also considered a risk hedging!
Should we stand firm to the end? Apple, AT&T and Verizon have all lost money in investment, or should we choose risk hedging to ensure profits between the two parties?
Any shareholder with a brain knows how to make a choice.
But in this way, the apple becomes an abandoned child!
"So that's it." Cook looked gloomy and understood everything completely: "What a risk hedging!"
"Oh! The situation is over!"
A sigh was helpless.
Not to mention AT&T and Verizon, even the three major shareholders of Apple have begun to shake their internal sway, and they have lost confidence in Apple. Instead, they have given up Apple, and instead bet on cooperation with Xingyi Technology to achieve risk hedging!
In this way, all the four major operator giants in the United States will cooperate with Xingyi Technology to make contract customized machines. The internationalization of Xingyi mobile phones will no longer be curbed, and Apple is even more out of the blue!
But Cook didn't want to give up and asked again: "Are AT&T and Verizon already contacting Xingyi Technology? They have even agreed to cooperate?"
The three representatives said nothing, just silent.
Cook's face looked even more ugly, but he didn't know that silence was certain.
In this situation, if this is not the case, they will comfort them.
But now I haven't said anything, so I can only say that it's not just a matter of contact. Maybe the contract is almost signed, and even how to cooperate has begun to advance.
"I'll ask you again, it's not just AT&T and Verizon that have reached cooperation with Xingyi Technology? And Best Buy, ebay?"
The three of them continued to remain silent, with a look on their faces extremely awkward.
They knew that although it had not been officially disclosed, these cooperations were for sure.
The simplest thing is that both of them are large chain supermarkets, Walmart has reached a cooperation with Xingyi Technology to launch a series of products such as Xingyi Mobile Phones and Unbounded Mobile Phones. How can Best Buy, as its rival, not take action?
Can you continue to watch Walmart, which is already stronger, and use it to win more users and get away from Best Buy?
This certainly won't work!
Best Buy did not agree, and all shareholders did not agree.
Even Pioneer, BlackRock, and State Street oppose cooperation, and other shareholders will unite to promote cooperation.
What's more, Pioneer, BlackRock, and State Street are also considering giving up Apple and risk hedging.
It can be said that the result is the same as AT&T and Verizon, Best Buy will also reach a cooperation with Xingyi Technology, as long as Best Buy does not want to lag behind Walmart more.
The same situation in the e-commerce field is the same.
Amazon, the largest e-commerce giant in North America, has reached all-round cooperation with Xingyi Technology to launch Xingyi mobile phones and boundless mobile phones worldwide.
That ebay, which is not as good as Amazon, dares to refuse cooperation?
Do you still dare to watch a large number of ebay users, in order to purchase Xingyi mobile phones, unbounded mobile phones, download Amazon and become Amazon users?
This is absolutely impossible!
Therefore, ebay, like Best Buy, AT&T, and Verizon, will also join the cooperation with Xingyi Technology.
But in this way, Apple will be in trouble!
despair!
Deep despair!
Cook sat on the ground with his butt, his eyes extremely gloomy.
The other senior executives also had their faces ashen and looked lonely.
Deep despair enveloped the entire Apple headquarters and was unable to struggle.
Pioneer, BlackRock, and State Street, as an investment in investment institutions, not only invested in Apple, but also invested in AT&T, Verizon, ebay, and Best Buy.
Even if Apple suffers heavy losses, AT&T, Verizon, ebay, and Best Buy can make a lot of money through cooperation with Xingyi Technology.
One rises and the other falls, Pioneer, BlackRock, and State Street risk hedging, with limited losses.
But Apple is in trouble and there is no way out!
After being silent for more than half an hour, Cook stood up.
He is not the type that just gives up casually:
"Although the situation is cruel and serious at the moment, we don't have any chance, let alone wait for death."
"At least, Xingyi mobile phones have just begun to be internationalized and have not officially launched globally. Our Apple mobile phones have been on sale worldwide for many years."
“That’s our strengths!”
"Even Xingyi Technology does not have the core advantage."
"What we should do is to take all our strength to fight Xingyi's mobile phone. Instead of surrendering directly and waiting for death!"
Hearing this, everyone nodded and ignited their fighting spirit again:
"Yes, we are so pessimistic. The internationalization path of Xingyi Mobile has begun. We still have a chance."
"The most important thing is that we have no way out and can only take full advantage of our efforts."
"We have defeated Nokia, which has been glorious for twenty years, and we have hope for Xingyi Technology."
"Yes, what we should do now is not to be depressed, but to respond actively. Everyone thinks about how to take action!"
Seeing this, Cook's expression improved a lot: "As for how to deal with Xingyi Technology, it is actually simple, a price war!"
"Since Xingyi Technology is available globally in three days, then we will start a big promotion the day after tomorrow, no, tomorrow!"
"All products have been reduced by 500 again!"
"Before Xingyi mobile phones were launched globally, we directly promoted iPhones and grabbed most users first."
Hearing this, everyone nodded:
"There are no products that are not good enough, only prices that are not beautiful enough. As long as the prices are in place, the iPhone 5 can also sell well."
"Yes, the iPhone 5S is indeed not as good as the xphone 3, but as long as we have a much lower price than them, it will be a big seller."
"The iPhone 5S and xphone 3 are on the same market time, and the price is similar. We sell 5288, and they sell 5499 to get dual members. Now the price of xphone 3 is still as high as 5299, and after several price cuts of our iPhone 5S, it has been reduced to 4500. Now we are back again.
It will drop by 500 and go directly to 4000!"
"There is more than a thousand gap, and the advantage lies in me. The iPhone 5S is very competitive!"
"Yes, the price is the first competitive advantage. For example, the price reduction of iPhone 5 is even more powerful. It has been released for more than a year and has dropped to 3,500. It will be reduced by another 500, and it will be directly achieved to 3,000 yuan! This price is very competitive!"
"Although we have lowered our profits by another 500, it is still worth it to increase sales."
"That's right, reducing the price means making less money. If you don't reduce the price, you won't make any profit!"
Cook nodded: "Notify immediately and be prepared. The global price reduction will begin after the early morning! This is also a surprise for us to give Xingyi mobile phones an internationalization, it depends on whether they can handle it!"
"Hahaha, this is a surprise."
"But Xingyi's mobile phone is really stable. We have dropped to 4,000, and they still sell 5,299! The problem is that it sells very well, and there is no place to deal with it!"
"Isn't it? The second-hand phones of xphone 3 are now more expensive than our new iPhone 5S!"
Listening to everyone's words, Cook's mouth twitched, but he didn't know what to say.
I can only say that people die more than others!
But there is no way. Xingyi’s mobile phone has no opponents and is already the strongest mobile phone emperor at the moment, no one.
Even if the price is not reduced, users and fans will still buy.
But iPhones are different. They will be reduced once in a while. Even so, they will still be sold in Xia Kingdom.
Soon, Apple immediately announced the news:
[Good things, don't have to wait for a long time. iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S are directly reduced by 500 yuan worldwide. iPhone 5 starts at 2999, iPhone 5 starts at 3999, welcome to buy it!]
As soon as this news came out, it caused another uproar:
"The iPhone 5S has been reduced again! It has dropped from 5288 to 3999! It's too fast, right?"
"Yes, whoever says that iPhone is more valuable than Android, I will definitely send him to see God!"
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"There is no way, the iPhone doesn't want to cut its price so quickly. It's all caused by Xingyi's mobile phones and Wujie phones."
"Yes, the 999's unbounded phone is better than the iPhones that are thousands of times. The iPhone cannot be sold without price reduction."
"The question is, 3999, should I buy an iPhone 5S or an Unbounded S1pro?"
"It's so miserable. Before, the iPhone 5S was still competing with the xphone 3, but now it can only compete with the Unbounded S1pro."
"There is no way. In terms of brand, the iPhone 5S is indeed bigger than the Unbounded S1 Pro, but in terms of performance and experience, it is really worse than Unbounded!"
"But the 3999 iPhone 5S is really delicious, so I'm ready to buy it."
"It's really good, but I have to wait and see if Xingyi Technology will lower the price."
"Two days before Xingyi mobile phones were launched globally, Apple's entire series cut its price. This was because Xingyi Technology was forced to make it difficult and felt the crisis."
"It must be so. Looking forward to Xingyi Technology's global press conference, there will definitely be surprises."
"Yes, don't rush to buy an iPhone, wait two days before you check it out."
...
Looking at these public opinion, Cook felt a little uncomfortable: "We have dropped 500 again, and they have dropped to 3999. Why don't they place an order immediately? Do you still have to wait and see?"
"It's really hateful! Damn!"
Apple Vice President Palai Field also said: "The 3999 iPhone 5S has a very high cost performance compared to the xphone 3. It is logical that there is no need to worry about selling it. I am afraid that Xingyi Technology will have a backup plan."
"Indeed, this is a big problem. If Xingyi mobile phones and Wujie mobile phones are downgraded significantly, it will be troublesome."
Cook's expression was complicated: "Their xphone 3 and Unbounded S series have not yet been greatly reduced."
Vice President Palai Field sighed: "I'm afraid that their backup plan will be more terrifying than the big price cut!"
"There is no other way. Take one step and look at it. This time, the price cut of 500 in advance should be able to increase sales."
As Cook expected, after the global drop of 500, the sales of iPhone 5 increased by 20% on the same day!
The sales of iPhone 5S have increased by 25% directly!
Such an increase is not small.
It made Cook smile.
Xingyi Technology Headquarters.
"Chairman, Apple is really afraid. In order to cope with our globalization, they once again dropped by 500, and sales surged by more than 20%. Should we reduce prices accordingly?" Zhu Changlin couldn't help asking.
Wang Yi waved his hand: "If you don't lose, Xingyi's mobile phones are to be high-end. If you just like Apple, you can easily reduce the price by 500 at a time, then won't it be an Android phone?"
Wang Yi knew that at first, the gap between Apple and Samsung, HTC, LG and other mobile phones was not big. They were both high-end phones and had many users.
But later, Samsung, HTC, and LG often cut prices significantly, directly causing fractures and backstabs.
This makes many old users very disgusted.
The simplest thing is, 5699 bought a Samsung note 3, and the price was reduced by 1,000 yuan per month after it was launched. It was reduced by 3,000 yuan after it was launched for half a year!
If you don’t maintain your value, it will be even more valuable to use second-hand products. Old users will be angry and collapse.
For friends who bought the xphone 3 at the same time, the price of the new phone is still 5,299, and the second-hand one can still be sold for about 4,000 yuan, which is enough to buy a new Samsung note3.
In this way, who will buy the new Samsung flagship next time you change the phone?
It is precisely because of the lack of value preservation that the high-end status of Samsung, HTC and LG in their previous lives has become increasingly unstable, and Apple stands out.
But now, Apple has also embarked on the rapid price reduction of Samsung, LG, and HTC, and will only follow in the footsteps.
Users will also worry that iPhones, Samsung and LG will not retain value, so they give up buying iPhones and choose to buy Xingyi phones with more value-preserving and more powerful value-preserving, or unbounded mobile phones with higher cost-effectiveness.
In fact, many users who buy such high-end mobile phones will pursue new ones.
It takes one year for the first generation of flagships to be sold, and immediately use them and add some money to buy a new flagship.
Therefore, the retention rate is the most important.
Apple's frequent price cuts have become a joke, and its positioning of high-end brands is over.
Of course, Wang Yi would not be like this.
Zhu Changlin nodded: "Then should our Unbounded S Series be reduced in price?"
Wang Yi thought about it and waved his hand: "Wujie's main focus on cost-effectiveness, can reduce the price, but not now. The release time of the Unbounded S series is too short, only two months, so the price cannot be reduced. However, we can price the Unbounded Note series.
Set a little lower, and use unbounded note to compare with iPhone 5S directly, and do iPhone 5S!"
Zhu Changlin's eyes lit up: "This trick is good. Using the Unbounded Note to turn the iPhone 5S over. It can not only lower the iPhone 5S, but also show the high-end of the Unbounded S series and the light luxury positioning of Xingyi mobile phones!"
"That's right, just use the Unbounded Note to do the iPhone 5S, even if the price is a little lower, it's OK." Wang Yi said with a smile.
In a word, the Unbounded Note series doesn’t have to make too much money. Just take away the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S and win the market as soon as possible.
What really makes money depends on the Unbounded S series and Xingyi mobile phones.
On the 21st, the Silicon Valley press conference of Xingyi Technology was officially held.
However, this time it was not Wang Yi, but Franz Quentin, vice president of Xingyi International.
As for Wang Yi, he was still in the imperial capital and did not go abroad at all.
Zhu Changlin wanted to go, but Wang Yi refused.
There is no way, Wang Yi is worried that once he goes abroad, he will be detained by Lao Mi, which is a silly person.
Now Wang Yi is specializing in training Franz Quentin and let him show up abroad, just right.
Wang Yi sat at Xingyi Technology headquarters and stayed up late to watch the live broadcast of the press conference.
There are many media on site, and top media in the world are here.
Everyone is very interested in this battle between Xingyi Technology and Apple.
Many elites from Silicon Valley came and attended the press conference of Xingyi Technology.
It can be said that except for Apple employees, senior executives of other Silicon Valley companies, all came to the scene and wanted to see the value of this press conference and the results of the battle with Apple.
Franz Quentin stepped onto the stage: "Thank you all for attending the Xingyi Technology Global Press Conference. This is the first time we held a press conference in Silicon Valley and the second time we held a press conference overseas."
"The last time, it was at the Global Communications Conference that the world's first quad-core phone, the xphone 1pro."
"But this time, we are not releasing new flagship phones, but instead, we only release one low-end phone."
Hearing this, everyone was a little disappointed.
Franz Quentin smiled and said, "Don't be disappointed. Although it's just a low-end phone, it's also more powerful than the iPhone 5S and better than the iPhone 5S!"
"roar!"
Everyone at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, and applause and cheers resounded throughout the audience.
The barrage is lively:
"Low-end mobile phones are still stronger than iPhone 5S. How many things mean? iPhone 5S is just a low-end mobile phone?"
"Hahaha, this is really right, it's so dirty to curse."
"I guess Cook is going to get angry, hahaha."
Sure enough, Cook was completely confident:
"Fake! Fake!"
"Low-end mobile phones are still stronger than iPhone 5S? It means that our iPhone 5S is a low-end mobile phone? Or is it not as good as a low-end mobile phone?"
"Over, too much!"
Franz Quentin smiled slightly: "What? Is there something wrong with my words?"
"No problem, isn't the performance and configuration of the iPhone 5S just a low-end phone?"
"To be honest, the performance of iPhone 5S is not even a low-end mobile phone in our Xingyi Technology. Our mid-range Unbounded S Series is much more powerful than them."
"To this end, we will release another new low-end phone, the unbounded note series!"
"Yes, today's protagonist, Unbounded Note1!"
The applause resounded throughout the network again, and everyone was full of expectations.
Everyone wants to see how this low-end phone is more powerful than the iPhone 5S!
"As a low-end mobile phone, the biggest advantage of Wujie Note 1 is its invincible cost-effectiveness. It has more powerful performance than the iPhone 5S, but it is much cheaper than the iPhone 5S."
"First of all, in terms of processors, it is equipped with the quad-core self-developed by Xingyi Technology, the Kunpeng 505 SOC, the 28-nanometer processor, and the integrated 4G full network access baseband! It is a real 4G full network access mobile phone!"
"Configure the same 1G running memory as the iPhone 5S, 16G, 32G, and 64G storage space."
Chapter completed!