Tim Cook spent about half an hour and made four calls. He never mentioned the fax he had just received, but he could feel that his friends had not received similar faxes yet. This should be considered from the sincerity of artificial intelligence.

Of course, this is just a feeling. Perhaps the competitors have also received sincerity from China's artificial intelligence, but they can act naturally. But no matter what, now Tim Cook needs to make a choice, which may determine the rise and fall of Apple. He does not feel that he can really bear the pressure and responsibility that comes with it alone.

So after hanging up the phone, Tim Cook pressed the landline on his desk and sent an order: "Allie, notify all board members that an online board will be held in half an hour, and everyone must not be absent."

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Half an hour later, when the chairman, nine Apple directors were collectively silent after reading all the contents of the fax documents.

Apple's equity is extremely scattered. In addition, Tim Cook's control over Apple has been widely criticized for its technological innovation over the years, but he can be said to have done extremely perfectly in creating profits for the company. Apple's annual profits even exceed the expectations of many shareholders.

Therefore, among the many high-tech companies in the United States, Tim Cook is definitely considered a super CEO and extremely strong. The so-called board of directors has a low presence in Apple. At this time, Tim Cook puts this invitation to cooperation in front of everyone. What does it mean? All board members actually understand it in their hearts.

If it weren't for the content of this fax, it would be difficult to disclose to the outside world before the company's senior management made a substantial decision. The board members had the idea of ​​convening a shareholders' meeting to discuss.

The more people make decisions, the smaller the responsibility they will share to everyone, especially with a strong CEO in front of them. Even if the board is more than the top, Tim Cook will be carried by them. As a director who does not have a very presence in the company, as long as the dividend profit can be guaranteed every year.

Unfortunately, Tim Cook also thought so. On the online board of directors, everyone's opinions will be recorded in full and can be reviewed at any time, so no one is willing to express his opinion at this time.

Fortunately, Tim Cook had already anticipated this situation and was not surprised. He spoke directly: "Does anyone want to express his opinion on the invitation you just saw? Everyone has five minutes to express their opinions. You can choose to express their opinions or give up these five minutes. Does anyone want to say something now?"

Everyone sat upright, but no one decided to express their opinions. Tim Cook waited for about a minute, then nodded and said, "I probably understand, so let's just ask a question, and then everyone expresses your approval or objection by raising their hands. Is it okay?"

Soon, everyone nodded and agreed to Tim Cook's proposal.

"The first question is whether the board members agree that the strong artificial intelligence platform launched by Huaxia is extremely important to Apple's strategic layout at this stage. Please raise your hand if you agree with this view."

No one hesitated at all, and almost all the directors in the video raised their hands at the same time.

"The second question is whether the board members agree that the strong artificial intelligence launched by Huaxia is also extremely important to Apple's competitors in various fields at this stage. These competitors include both our traditional competitors at home and abroad, as well as new competitors that are about to encounter in our strategic layout."

It was very straightforward, everyone raised their hands again.

"The third question is, do the board members agree that in addition to competition, Apple and Huawei also have complementary industrial technology and patent licensing?"

Many people hesitated this time, and only five of the nine directors who attended the meeting were sensible and raised their hands.

Tim Cook nodded and continued to ask: "The fourth question is whether everyone agrees that if Apple refuses to cooperate with Huawei, including Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Intel, Samsung, and other Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, if they choose to promote cooperation with Huawei, this will make Apple lose all the advantages it has now and may lose its market share that should belong to us in future market competition."

This time it was very neat and almost without hesitation, and nine more people raised their hands at the same time.

"The last question, do you think that the friendly competitors who advocate the establishment of intelligent alliances, including Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Tesla, Samsung, etc., are our trustworthy partners under this issue. Assuming that without the interference of higher-level external forces, they will choose to firmly refuse the same invitation? Even if it is an exclusive invitation."

This time hesitated for a longer time. Some people raised their hands hesitantly, but when they saw that most of the others seemed to have no intention of raising their hands, they struggled and shook for a few times, but finally gave up.

So when faced with the last question, no one raised his hand. This probably shows that no one dared to trust their allies 100%. In fact, if you think deeply about it, this alternative version of love was probably defeated by reality.

"Okay, I've asked all my questions, so I will send a senior consultant negotiation team to contact Huawei. Does anyone object?"

In theory, this is nonsense. When everyone chooses to distrust their allies in the last question, if they oppose contacting Huawei, their IQ is probably not enough to serve as a director of Apple Group, so no one objected.

"That's the decision. Thank you very much for your valuable advice. Of course, before we reach a formal agreement with Huawei, I hope everyone can strictly abide by our confidentiality policy. Meeting... Well, Mr. Ryan, do you have any questions?" Tim Cook asked, looking at one of the directors who raised their hands.

"Tim, I wonder if we need to continue to negotiate with several other companies about forming a series of alliances if we decide to contact Huawei." Mike Lane asked.

"Of course, until the agreement is finally reached, all the established strategies will not change. We will keep in touch with the members of the intended alliance and discuss various codes together." Tim Cook said without changing his face.

"So where is our bottom line when we are in contact with Huawei? Please ask for the requirements put forward by the Chinese?"

This question made Tim Cook silent for a moment before speaking: "I don't know where our bottom line is. If I have to make my statement, my bottom line is to make the most responsible concessions on the premise of ensuring the overall and long-term interests of you and all shareholders, and to ensure that Apple's brand will not be bleak in my hands. Of course, this is also the responsibility I need to bear as Apple CEO. Is there any problem?"

No one said anything, which also means that the board of directors has officially ended.

An hour later, a official letter was also passed to the Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen through encryption channels and entered the email address of Huawei's senior management. Of course, these contacts between the two parties had no impact on the outside world. If there was any impact, it was probably the video of Huawei that began to spread rapidly on Facebook after being subtitled. It made countless foreign netizens deeply feel Huawei's plan for the upcoming future.

"Oh my God, who can tell me whether Huawei's Hongmeng system can support Google architecture? Even if it cannot be supported, it doesn't matter. If you own a mobile phone and can help me deal with the woman who is BB on whatsapp every day, that's already a profit."

"Have you noticed it? The cat in the video wrote a program, which gave me a bold idea. If the program can be programmed, of course it can be used to make animation special effects, right? If this is the case, maybe my work can be much streamlined!"

"Hey, brother upstairs, now the question is here, think with your brain, when you prove that programs can be used for animation effects, would your boss notice this too? Then do you think he will be stupid to pay you thousands of dollars a month to do those jobs that only require one program? Don't be stupid!"

"God! All programmers should delete this video quickly. Please be careful not to let those bosses pay attention to these details. I think this function must be removed. Hey, have you discovered it? In fact, that program was copied from the forum. I have to say that if the video is true, it is enough to prove that it has strong search capabilities. I guess Google should be very worried now. Obviously, the kitten is unlikely to use the search engine provided by Google."

"Is this the kitten that became popular on the Chinese Internet two days ago? It's so cute! I don't believe it. Someone said that this kitten may destroy the world in the future! But seeing this statement Bill said, I probably understood that if this cat is from Microsoft, then it will be a blessing for the whole world. If not, then it will definitely destroy the world. Do you think I'm right?"

"Damn it, I don't care whether a cat can destroy the world. What I care about is whether this thing can immediately roll into my phone. I like it to reply instead of me. Of course, I don't want to use it to find my partner, but if it can deal with my dear mother like a woman, it is definitely the most wonderful thing in the world. I will no longer have to endure the endless nagging from my mother..."

"After watching this video, I logged on to Apple's official website as soon as possible. I was surprised to find that the great Apple company had no expression. So they don't want to be a cat on their private day, right? Of course, these are not important, either cat or dog, but Mr. Cook, as an Apple fan who always supports Apple, I really hope that the next generation of iPhones can also allow me to experience the fun and feeling of using smartphones similar to that in this video. Otherwise, you will lose an old user who has been faithful to Apple for twenty years and has not missed any generation of Apple products."

"Fake it must be fake! I have never seen such fake videos. Chinese people cannot create such smart programs? Even my motherland, Indian, which is already at the forefront of the world, cannot realize these. The software strength of Indian countries is well known. I suspect that Chinese people even cheat big companies like Google and Microsoft! But to put it this way, it's very Chinese!"

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I have to say that whether it is in China or abroad, whether it is in favor or opposition, with the heated discussion, it began to occupy all the pages. At night, even the actors of famous talk shows abroad began to make fun of artificial intelligence.

"You have seen the hot content on the Internet today? Yes, yes, the Chinese sent a virtual cat, and then we surrendered collectively! There is no way not to surrender, for example, I know very well that when my opponent is a cat, it has won! Yes, please imagine that when a cat stands next to me, raises his paws and greets you, saying 'himan, Iamaat. Ianspeaknotonly English, butalsoChine color." I can only surrender, because you understand, I don't understand beautiful Chinese. So I may be humiliated or even threatened by a kitten, and I will give it a thumbs up and keep saying 'Thank you, you are so beautiful'."

The exaggerated expression and exaggerated tone brought the audience's applause, and more people noticed the sensational kitten in China.

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Many big shots stared at the US stock market in this situation and had a thrilling day.

Really, many people are glad that Ning Wei did not take advantage of this time to post Weibo, which made the performance of the US stock market today very stable. Many technology stocks, especially game stocks, began to rebound due to the news of the artificial intelligence revolution, especially Chinese stocks. Taking advantage of the spring breeze in March, Penguin Group, which rose the most powerfully that day, even rose 12%.

The reasons given by market analysts are very simple and conform to everyone's cognitive logic. As we all know, games account for a large proportion of Penguin Group's revenue, and the launch of strong artificial intelligence is simply a shot in the game industry. Can you imagine what the situation will be like when NPCs in games have the most basic IQ? The same dialogue will become history, and players can even experience the fun of chatting with NPCs in the game.

In addition, artificial intelligence will allow more mission systems to be added to the game, greatly increasing people's expectations for games in the smart era. The logic of Penguin is leading the rise rather than other more famous game companies is clearer. After all, Penguin Group is a Chinese company, and this artificial intelligence technology is also in China. It is natural for both parties to cooperate in this direction. No one believes that Penguin Group cannot see the huge value of this and cannot grasp the public's expectations.

As for the old and powerful technology companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc., everyone is still watching, watching whether it is good for the alliance to be established or in a direction that investors do not want to see. Who knows what will happen?
Chapter completed!