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These words obviously shocked the other party. After at least ten seconds, the other party asked quietly: "If I understand correctly, you mean that Apple is willing to open up its ecosystem and cooperate with us? If that is what you mean. , I think the possibility is unlikely. The main problem is not on our side, the main problem is that Apple should not be a traitor to the United States, right?"

Ning Wei replied seriously: "Don't say it so harshly. I think this is called win-win cooperation. In fact, just five minutes ago, after I made this suggestion, Mr. Cook said very seriously that he would think about this proposal carefully. , but only if you are really interested. If we can get a good reply, Apple may soon form a delegation to China to discuss the feasibility of this matter with you in detail."

"Really?" Yan Ming's voice still seemed a little unbelievable.

"Mr. Yan, I think you should believe in Tim Cook's determination. In fact, if Tim is a very pragmatic person and has contributed to Apple for most of his life, you have to believe that he is really for Apple. People who are willing to give it a try in the future.”

"But he's retiring soon, right?"

"Yes, he will retire next year. Even if you start talking now, it will be at least half a year before the negotiation can be completed. This is probably the last big thing he will do at Apple. I think he probably wants to take the pressure off. It will give his successor a perfect starting point. But you have to consider whether this cooperation is beneficial. "

Yan Ming immediately replied: "There must be benefits! If we can really share Apple's ecology, the consumer division will probably be crazy about it. But if we share research on 3D display technology with Apple, will there be any problems in the future? Of course I don't distrust it. Mr. Cook, but after all, he is retiring. If we share technology, but in the end the ecosystem has not been consolidated, and there is a problem with the cooperation, it will be very troublesome."

Ning Wei nodded and said vaguely: "Well, of course technical cooperation cannot be without reservation...especially the source code handed over to the other party must be kept, whether it is a three-dimensional display or the bottom layer of the system, in There are many mathematical methods that can do this without affecting performance, just like the previous turbulence algorithm. In fact, I don't agree with this, but as you said, the old Cook is retiring soon, so there is nothing wrong with taking precautions. .”

"Of course, these can be matters after the specific cooperation has been negotiated. After all, I am the middleman in this cooperation, and I should also do some technical consulting work for you. This is very reasonable, and there is no need to feel psychological pressure. There are many methods, and Now with the help of March, we can do it more covertly. But this is just a precaution. We all have extremely high moral standards. As long as the other party does not break the contract, we will definitely not use these small tricks, right?"

This time, a cheerful voice immediately came from the microphone: "That's for sure. This method is just for prevention. As long as both parties cooperate happily, we will definitely not use this method to make trouble! Even if future cooperation does occur, If there is a problem, we will only protect our rights in a reasonable way if we communicate reasonably but do not get a correct reply."

"Well, Professor Ning, I will discuss this matter with you right away. I personally don't think the problem is big, but a decision still needs to be made. In this way, there will be a result this afternoon, and I will call you after it is confirmed."

"Okay, I'll wait for your call."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Wei let out a sigh of relief.

How should I put it, he never thought that he was just too bored at home and just came to the office to find someone to chat with, and he could actually broker such a big deal. It is no exaggeration to say that if this cooperation can really be negotiated, it will be a business of at least 100 billion US dollars.

Now Ning Wei really believes that many major events in this world really happen because of various coincidences.

For example, if the child would rather go to an early childhood education class instead of making a fuss today, the family would spend the weekend happily at home, and he would not be so idle that he would come to the office in a panic to chat with Tim Cook, so there would be no such thing. levels of cooperation...

Therefore, if Huawei and Apple really succeed in their cooperation this time, the most fundamental reason is that they would rather go to early education classes. Thinking that his daughter, who was less than three years old, could lead the cooperation between two world-class large enterprises, Ning Wei felt extremely proud. She was worthy of being his daughter, and she had a lot to achieve since she was a child.

Now he even really hopes to bring the two companies together to reach a cooperation immediately. After all, it has happened. He can brag about his daughter's awesomeness for the rest of his life. At this moment, he even began to worry about what kind of man he would need in the future to be worthy of his kid Keke. After all, this was a girl who was two years old and eight months old and could take the initiative to cooperate with Apple and Huawei.

Just when Ning Wei's mind was filled with issues that would need to be considered at least twenty years later, there was a noise outside the door, especially Zhang Dingxi's voice that was the most alarming.

"Everyone, slow down and be careful. Don't get damaged when you pass the door..."

Listening to this sound, before Ning Wei could react, he heard the door handle being moved, and then Zhang Dingxi walked in directly.

Obviously, this beloved disciple did not expect Ning Wei to stay in the office. After seeing the instructor sitting at the desk, Zhang Dingxi was obviously stunned, blinked twice, and then said: "Uh... Director Ning, are you here?" Ah, yesterday I asked Brother Liu, didn’t he say that you were going to give yourself a day off today?”

As they were talking, several people had carefully moved several bundles of materials into Ning Wei's office. They were obviously a little stunned when they saw Ning Wei sitting there.

"What are you doing?" Ning Wei looked at Zhang Dingxi and asked.

"Director Ning, didn't you order a set of three-dimensional display equipment for the Olympic venues before? I also prepared a piece of material for you. It has been debugged and will be installed for you today..." Zhang Dingxi quickly explained .

"Oh... I really didn't plan to come today, but I had something to do so I came to take a look." Ning Wei nodded. How should I put it, his students' filial piety is commendable. Needless to say, I booked this one by the way. Lao Chen most likely paid for the material. Although he didn't care much about the small amount of money, he still felt warm to the attitude.

"Then this..."

"You're already here, so you just pretend. By the way, Ding Xi, you just booked a set? Dean Tian and Professor Lu, didn't you consider it?"

"Hey, Director Ning, don't worry. I have ordered five sets. I am not going to install them for you first. I will go to the offices of Academician Tian, ​​Professor Lu and Professor Ron in the afternoon to arrange them for the next two days. superior."

"Okay, Ding Xi, you are interested. I won't disturb you anymore."

Ning Wei stood up, patted Zhang Dingxi's shoulder and encouraged him.

"Thank you for the compliment, Director Ning. It won't take too long. It can be debugged in half an hour at most."

"Okay, I'll go to Brother Liu's place for a meeting. You guys can get busy first." After saying that, Ning Wei left the office.

…

Neither Tim Cook nor Yan Ming could have imagined that Ning Wei, as the middleman, would put the matter aside after he made the two bosses angry. However, both parties obviously attach great importance to Ning Wei's statement.

Especially Tim Cook…

After all, Huawei is in China. Although today is Sunday, for many Huawei executives, especially the rotating presidium, Sunday meetings are a common occurrence.

But for executives far away at Apple, this time is not working time. In fact, it was already evening at this time. Many people had turned on the TV at home and were enjoying good family time. Some were even watching the broadcast of the Olympic Games, but they were all forced to join the video conference immediately by Tim Cook’s accompanying secretary. .

Although Tim Cook told Ning Wei that he would discuss it after Huawei releases the news. But for such an important matter, he still needs to communicate with the company's executives, especially the technical executives, to at least make everyone mentally prepared.

…

I have to talk about Tim Cook’s daily accumulation of prestige and execution ability.

Within twenty minutes of hanging up Ning Wei's phone, an internal encrypted video conference had begun. A total of more than a dozen executives, including Tim Cook's successor Job Bozankert and Apple's Greater China general manager Ge Lingyue, were notified to attend the meeting.

"I'm sorry to disturb everyone's rest time and come to this meeting. It's just that this meeting is very important and may be related to Apple's development plan for the next ten years, so I hope to fully listen to everyone's opinions."

Tim Cook pointed out the importance of this meeting straight to the point. It can be seen in the video that everyone sat up straight and began to listen carefully.

"I just finished talking to Dr. Ning Wei. He made a suggestion. Apple and Huawei will cooperate in depth. The cooperation content includes Apple sharing our entire ecosystem with Huawei, including opening the system and application mall to each other. In return, , we will be able to cooperate with Huawei to establish a research institute to jointly study the application of 3D display technology on small devices and share all results. What do you think about this?"

After informing everyone of Ning Wei's suggestion concisely and concisely, Tim Cook stopped talking and gave everyone time to think.

You can see how impactful this suggestion is, because most people have blank looks on their faces...

It's like being at a loss after being suddenly woken up from a deep sleep...

The conference system also fell into silence, and Cook's breathing could even be heard.

Tim Cook waited patiently for three minutes. Seeing that no one had taken the initiative to speak, he said directly: "Job, what do you think of this?"

"Ahem... Well... Mr. Cook, if we share our ecosystem with Huawei, does it mean that we will lose our pricing power? Including the revenue from the Apple Store, we need to share it with Huawei? Is this price too high? "

"Well, we did pay a lot of money, but let me ask you, if we don't cooperate, what do you think when Huawei and many other mobile phone manufacturers in China, including Samsung and Microsoft, start to promote mobile phones that can freely switch between plane and three-dimensional Product, if we can't launch the same type of product immediately, how long can our loyal customers wait for us? One year? Two years? Or three years?"

After raising a question, Tim Cook did not wait for his successor to answer. Instead, he looked at Christian Coram, the director of the IOS laboratory on the other side of the screen, and asked: "Christian, what do you tell me about Uncle, if we can't get this technology, how long will it take for our labs and scientists to develop products with similar functions? Consider the extreme situation, because this research will definitely not be assisted by the March Intelligent Platform."

"Um...I can't give you an answer to this. In fact, we haven't got first-hand information about three-dimensional display so far. Of course, if I must give an answer, I am pessimistic. Although we There were once research plans in this area, but there was not much accumulation in this direction, so three years is probably not enough..."

After the words fell, Tim Cook turned off the scientific director's microphone and asked Job Bozankert again: "Okay, now that we have a reference, Job, tell me, if we all Unable to launch similar products, what methods will you use to ensure the sales of the third generation of Apple products? Or how to make our customers continue to favor our products, and how to ensure our competitiveness in high-end products? This is also the most important thing you need to consider next year The problem."

"..."

"Our ecosystem is built on countless users. Without these high-quality users, the ecosystem we rely on will become like a castle in the air. If you are not willing to share, then we must ensure that our developers and our customers will not Leave us. We even need other developers to wait for us. Think about it, everyone, if in three years, when people browse Amazon, if they can use Huawei mobile phones or tablets to observe products in 360 degrees, Are they still willing to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars to buy an Apple, only to be able to shop through pictures?"

"If three years later, the most popular games can no longer run on a flat screen, but transcend the concept of a screen, what methods will you use to dissuade our customers from staying and continuing to use our products? How to ensure that those IOS developers do not Will we go to our competitors to develop more promising 3D applications?"

“If in three years’ time, professional 3D drawing software begins to support 3D display, and people can use products with built-in 3D display to conduct modeling in a WYSIWYG manner, how will you retain those who need to frequently use this kind of professional 3D display? Customers of drawing software? Everyone, think carefully and give me an answer. I hope your answer will make me change my mind, otherwise I hope you will start thinking now about how we position ourselves in this cooperation and how It can ensure that our interests are maximized.”

At this point, Tim Cook glanced at the time on the computer and said: "In ten hours, we will hold a second meeting on this topic. During this period, you can discuss and communicate, but please wait until the next meeting. , tell me all your thoughts! The meeting is over."