Chapter 81: Buying a Company?

Yan Kai yawned, standing in the corner and waiting foolishly. This morning, he was waiting here. It has been half a day now, and many of the people who have been with him have given up.

Cook doesn't know when he will come, and if it goes on like this, he doesn't know when he will wait.

He is waiting here, hoping to get first-hand information.

After all, it's hard to come out with interesting news, and it would be a pity to give up. If it is confirmed that Apple has come to the Army Ant Company to discuss cooperation, there is a lot to do here.

But for now, Cook still hasn't come over, so it's not the way to wait. If Cook doesn't come for a day, then he will die waiting here.

Just as he was about to pack up and leave, he suddenly stopped. He saw that several people came out of the company and were waiting at the door of the company.

Is there a situation?

Yan Kai reacted immediately and began to prepare the camera. The rest of the reporters who were as unwilling as him also noticed this scene and cheered up.

Not long after, a car stopped not far from the gate of the Army Ant Company. Li Lingfeng and others, who were waiting at the door, hurried up to meet the car when they saw the car approaching.

Cook looked at the building outside the window, the office building of the Army Ant Company. He didn't expect that he just returned from here this morning, and now he is going back here again, and now he is a little conflicted.

The chairman of the Army Ant Company was unwilling to come out, so he had to come. A small intersection, this time the initiative has been lost. He had to come. If there is no intelligent assistant, Apple's life will be difficult.

"Mr. Cook, welcome, the president asked me to come pick you up." Li Lingfeng said in English without being arrogant or humble.

"Well." Cook glanced at Li Lingfeng, nodded expressionlessly, and got out of the car.

As soon as Cook appeared, the few reporters, like cats smelling fishy, ​​all rushed over. The camera in his hand was shooting wildly at Cook.

It's just that they were stopped and separated by security before they could rush past.

"Mr. Cook, what kind of cooperation do you want to discuss with Army Ant Company this time when you come to Army Ant Company?"

"Is it because of Apple's recent sales decline, the Army Ant Company?"

"When is the Apple S2 press conference?"

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Several reporters who were stopped, regardless of whether Cook would answer or not, asked frantically in English.

Cook's face is not very good. As a public figure, he usually does not dislike reporters, but at this time, he is a little disliked by these reporters.

He ignored several reporters and followed Li Lingfeng into the Army Ant Company. All the way to the reception room, Zhao Min was already waiting in the reception room.

"Mr. Cook, welcome to Army Ant Company." Zhao Min said in fluent English.

"It's an honor." Cook also nodded politely.

"Please take a seat." Zhao Min was polite and sat back to his seat: "Mr. Cook, let's take a tour of Binhai City today. Is this city beautiful?"

Zhao Min has a smile on his face, and his appearance is neither arrogant nor humble. He is not inferior because he is the world's largest company by market value.

"This city is very beautiful, I like it here." Cook also followed with a smile.

Although the mood is not very good, it is impossible to express it at this moment.

"Then Mr. Cook needs to walk more. I believe he has not traveled all over Binhai City in one day. There are still many beautiful places here."

Zhao Min did not intend to take the initiative to enter the topic, and Cook, who came to talk about cooperation, was anxious for him.

"Well." Cook nodded: "Ms. Zhao, let's get to the point. This time, I want to talk about the cooperation between our two companies."

"Oh, it's our honor to cooperate with your company." Zhao Min said, "Mr. Cook, how do you want to cooperate?"

"We want to acquire your company." Cook said directly: "Before coming,

We had Brand Finance do a valuation of your company, $13 billion. "

Cook asked the secretary to take out a report from the briefcase and give it to Zhao Min. It was densely packed and all in English.

Zhao Min gave the report, glanced at it briefly, and then put the report on the table. Over the years, Apple has made a lot of money from all over the world.

Apple has a 20% market share, but it takes 70% of the profits of the entire mobile phone industry. Apple's hardware profits have been squeezed to the extreme, it's just that Qualcomm doesn't buy them.

In recent years, there is no room for the profit of hardware to be squeezed, so they have set their sights on the software market where there is still a lot of room for revenue.

As long as they're willing to sell the company, even if it's $13 billion in cash, Apple can definitely give it, and it won't hesitate to give it.

$13 billion is an absolutely crazy number. How many people earn a hundred lifetimes without earning a fraction of the money. It sounds very tempting, not enough for Zhao Min but not to catch a cold.

It seems to be a sky-high price, but the value of the army ant company is more than that. Don't say that the company is not hers, even if the company is hers, she will not sell it. This is a company with great potential, and this so-called valuation is too low.

If you change it to someone who likes money, you will definitely jump with excitement. But in Zhao Min's eyes, it's not that important.

What she pursues is higher life value, and builds a super unicorn herself, not just money. As for Chen Mo, if he were here, he would definitely not even bother to read these value assessment reports.

"Mr. Cook, this price is very attractive." Zhao Min said.

Hearing Zhao Min's words, Cook showed a slight smile and felt a lot relieved. This price is really not something that ordinary people can refuse.

"But I'm sorry, we have no plans to sell the company." Zhao Min pushed the report on the table back to Cook.

This sentence made Cook's heart cold.

I thought no one would reject this number, but it was rejected anyway.

"Ms. Zhao, do you feel that the money is less?" Cook asked.

"No, this is a lot of money. However, our company has no plans to sell, and it has nothing to do with money." Zhao Min said.

"Say one condition, how can we sell the company."

Cook couldn't see the anger on his face. This time, he came more for the Army Ant Company, and cooperation was the second option.

As long as the Army Ant Corporation falls into his hands, Apple will be able to take it to the next level. When the time comes to surpass Steve Jobs, he will no longer have to manage the company in his shadow.

No matter how good he is now, he is considered inferior to Steve Jobs. Even he was unavoidably upset, but he didn't express it.

If he can take Apple to a higher level, he will also become Apple's second great man, and even make Apple's market value the first listed company with a market value of more than one trillion US dollars.

"Maybe I didn't make it clear that no matter what the conditions are, we will not sell the company." Zhao Min said with a smile.

"The price is not satisfied, you can add it, 15 billion US dollars." Cook finished, staring closely at Zhao Min.

He wanted to see how this woman would react to judge her bottom line. But no matter how he looked at it, Zhao Min was still smiling. Can't see any difference and doesn't seem to have the $15 billion in sight.

Zhao Min shook his head: "If Mr. Cook came here this time, it was for this matter, I'm afraid he would come home empty-handed."

"If you feel that the price is not suitable, you can say a price and we are negotiating."

"No interest, the company will not sell. Huawei, Penguin, and Ali have all been here before. If it sells, it will not be your turn. If this is the cooperation that Mr. Cook said, then there is no need to talk about it, so as not to waste the time of both parties. Your time and mine are precious."

After Zhao Min finished speaking, the reception room fell into dead silence.

Xiaoyu stood aside and dared not speak. Her English was not bad, and she could understand what they were saying. Cook's secretary didn't speak either.

For a while, it was deadlocked.