The news that Andy Rubin joined Makino Technology gave Apple a huge blow.

Tim Cook finally got most of the board of directors to agree to a plan to fully upgrade the next generation of IPODs, and even this plan was only at the top of Apple's company, Li Mu responded with practical actions.

Makino Technology recruited Andy Rubin, and its purpose was to comprehensively upgrade mangi-me. Although Apple did not know what Li Mu was going to do, from their understanding of Andy Rubin, they could infer that the direction Li Mu chose was consistent with the direction Apple had just reached a consensus.

In fact, even if Apple's senior management decided to upgrade the ipod in a comprehensive manner, or even develop an independent operating system for the ipod, named ios, this ios and Jobs' ios are just a simple coincidence.

os means operating-system. Starting from maos, "os" is synonymous with the operating system in Apple, and Jobs's "i" refers to the iPhone, but Apple's current "i" refers to the idiod.

Tim Cook is far from the long-term that Jobs considered in 2005. He does not have a smartphone or mobile Internet architecture in his mind, and his entire strategic thinking has not yet jumped out of the ipod.

It’s not a big mistake for Tim Cook to make it look good, it’s mainly because everyone is in a different stage, so the way of thinking is different. The ancients said that they think about it with fullness and warmth. In the last life, Jobs made a beautiful turnaround with the ipod and itunes, so he could plan and implement a longer-term strategy. Tim Cook was ordered to tighten his belt and tighten his belt and think about one thing in his mind, how to make the apple full and warmth. If the situation is really too big at this time, it is easy to lead the apple on a path of no return that will waste oneself.

Now, Tim Cook's sling version of iOS has been completely dead.

Apple would never dare to fight Li Mu head-on. They wanted to upgrade the IPOD in a comprehensive way, just to temporarily avoid its edge, slept with firewood and taste gall, and then took out a new generation of products to catch Li Mu off guard, but no one expected that Li Mu's reaction would be so fast.

In this case, the stop loss faction, who had just suffered humiliation from Microsoft, once again lost confidence in Apple's future, and the counter-offensive faction united again from division, and agreed that the possibility of counter-offensive Makino Technology no longer exists, no matter how it is used.

Tim Cook also lost confidence. After the meeting ended that day, he decided to resign to the board of directors. The excuse for resigning was that he did not have the ability to save Apple, so he hoped that Apple could find a new CEO that could lead Apple out of the crisis.

Anyone will say decent words, just like when a girl refuses a boy's courtship, she will say that he is a good person, she will say that she is not good enough, not worthy of him, and that he deserves better, but in fact she just simply looks down on him.

Tim Cook said that he wanted to quit because he felt that he was not capable enough. In fact, he didn't want Apple to end up smashing his hands. If a professional manager smashed a company with a market value of billions of dollars, the professional manager would definitely have an uncertain future.

Everyone is a good person who is out there. Who doesn’t know what Tim Cook is going to do? The Apple board of directors quickly summarized and told Tim Cook that it is okay to leave, but it must wait for another three months. Within three months, they will try their best to find a good buyer for Apple and sell a good price. If it cannot be sold, Tim Cook can leave after the expiration of the three months.

For Apple's senior executives, they are looking forward to taking away Apple as soon as possible after Li Mu's actions.

However, who to sell to, or who is willing to, becomes a bigger problem.

Apple executives have almost read all the big names and companies in the Internet industry, believing that there are very few companies that can now use enough funds to acquire Apple, and that it is of practical significance to acquire Apple. In any case, the value of Apple's current operations must be slightly higher than its market value. No matter how you calculate it, it is a business worth billions of dollars. Few companies can have such a big appetite.

Moreover, Apple has considered all first-tier Internet companies, but has not considered Makino Technology. It is not that they are unwilling to sell the company to Makino Technology, but that they think that Makino Technology will not be too interested in Apple, especially when Mango-me2 is very popular and Makino Technology is not ready to make an operating system, Makino Technology is really useless to ask Apple.

Of course, Apple would not know that what Li Mu wanted was not their current mess, but their huge market value worth hundreds of billions of dollars in the future.

...

Louis Martin has great news. On the night when Apple passed and abolished the iOS plan, Li Mu received the news from him. Louis Martin believes that the time window for the acquisition of Apple has arrived.

Li Mu felt that he should have sat down and chatted with Apple, so he asked him: "What kind of offer do you think we can give Apple now to ensure that they accept it at the lowest cost?"

Louis Martin said: "Apple's biggest pain point is where the IPOD business goes. No one is willing to ask for this part of the business now, and it will face huge losses. In fact, from the current situation, no one is willing to acquire the IPOD business. Now if someone clearly expresses his willingness to take over the IPOD business together and let all Apple shareholders sell all their shares immediately and leave, they will definitely agree without hesitation."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Let's do this, I'll ask my vice president to contact Apple's core tomorrow and let them meet first as soon as possible."

"Okay!" Louis Martin said with a smile: "I think the acquisition of Apple this time may be much simpler than we thought. Microsoft has indeed helped us a lot indirectly."

"Yes." Li Mu sighed and said with a smile: "Microsoft is really a magical assist this time. It is precisely because of their unconventional bargaining that we have given us a good opportunity to get to the bottom!"

...

When Tim Cook received a call from Lin Qingya, he was stunned for several seconds before he gradually recovered.

Lin Qingya is the vice president of Muye Technology and the head of Muye Technology's American branch. She is the most influential female executive in Silicon Valley. With the continuous development of Muye Technology, Lin Qingya's reputation in Silicon Valley has become increasingly popular, but this is not the reason why Tim Cook was stunned. The reason why he did not react after a long time was that he probably guessed the actual secret of Lin Qingya calling him.

So Tim Cook asked respectfully: "Miss Lin, I don't know what instructions do you have to call me?"

Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said, "Tim, I heard that Apple wants to find a capable individual or group to take over. I wonder if this is the case?"

"Yes," Tim Cook said without hesitation: "We are indeed looking for a capable buyer for Apple."

Tim Cook was not surprised by this. The whole Silicon Valley knew that Apple wanted to cash out and stop losses. Lin Qingya knew that it was even more strange.

However, Tim Cook was a little curious. Is Lin Qingya interested in Apple?

At this time, Lin Qingya spoke and said, "Tim, Muye Technology is a little interested in apples. If you have time, we can sit down and chat."

Tim Cook was immediately delighted. Although Makino Technology is Apple's mortal enemy, from a business perspective, Makino Technology is the most suitable company to acquire Apple.

However, Tim Cook thought carefully and said after a moment: "Ms. Lin, please remind me in advance that what we are seeking is that the shares of the core shareholder level are acquired by wholly owned and all-owned property. This is not financing nor is it a transfer of some shares. You must accept this first so that we can continue to talk about it."

Lin Qingya smiled and said, "Of course, we don't want to simply invest in Apple. That would make no sense to us. The full acquisition is barely operational."

"Whole-owned acquisition?!" Tim Cook asked, his voice sounded calm, but his heart was already full of storms.

Muye Technology wants to acquire Apple in full, which is really something Tim Cook didn't expect, because he feels that Li Mu can't use Apple at all, so why should he spend money to buy a defeated man who he can't use?

Moreover, why did Li Mu buy Apple's operating system and whole-machine business? These two sections have no practical significance for the current Muye Technology. As for the ipod, it's a good explanation. Li Mu may be like Microsoft, clearing obstacles for his own products.

At the request of Li Mu, Lin Qingya was too lazy to continue to circle with Apple's people, so she got to the point and said: "Tim, our chairman believes that Apple is a company with certain potential. Out of recognition of you and some needs of our own business line, he decided to acquire your company. And he heard that you were insulted by Microsoft because of this matter, including him, and he also felt that Microsoft was doing things too much, so let me talk to you. If an agreement can be reached, he will pay, and then all the people in your company's technology will be included in the Makino Technology organization. If the negotiation fails, you can accept Microsoft's split agreement and only sell the operating system to them."

When Lin Qingya mentioned Microsoft, Tim Cook felt particularly depressed. Microsoft really hurt the self-esteem of all Apple core personnel this time. In their opinion, the software and hardware they have worked hard to make are not the best in the industry, but at least they are ranked extremely high. But now, in Microsoft's eyes, these efforts have no actual value at all. Apple's only value to Microsoft is to ensure that Microsoft will not be controlled by antitrust laws anymore, just like a tool, that's all.

After thinking for a moment, Tim Cook asked Lin Qingya: "Mr. Lin, if we sell apples to Muye Technology, what kind of quotation can Muye Technology give us? In addition to the quotation, what other ideas do he have about our company and team?"

Lin Qingya smiled and said, "I don't know what Mr. Li thinks specifically, so we can make an appointment to have a good chat and see what you all want, and then I'll talk to Mr. Li again."
Chapter completed!