The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 382 How did the Chinese do it [plus]

Little Swift moved very quickly, and immediately submitted an application for additional issuance to Nasdaq after negotiating with Jobs.

This is the benefit of owning 55% of the shares, and with the cooperation of the management, even without the permission of other directors, the application for additional issuance was directly issued.

Because all the financial operations of the company are public, Apple applied for additional issuance one second, and the news spread throughout Wall Street the next second.

Well, this is actually a bit exaggerated. It seems that Apple does not have such a big influence. After all, it is only a company with a total market value of about 60 billion US dollars. Although it is not small, it is not big enough to shake the entire market.

As for additional issuance, it is also a routine operation that we are accustomed to, so there is not much disturbance in the market.

Of course, there are also some people who are keeping an eye on Apple's additional issue this time, because according to the news announced by Apple, they will release a new generation of iPod6 in early June.

After the news was announced, Apple's stock price fell by 8% that day, losing nearly a dollar or so of stock price.

This is also a very normal thing. After all, if 2 million additional shares are to be issued, the stock price will definitely fall.

Therefore, even investors who hold Apple stocks for a long time think that they can sell their Apple stocks when the price is high, and then buy them back at a relatively low price after the additional issuance. You can make a small profit.

Therefore, Apple's stock has fluctuated within a certain range, but this is also a normal thing.

It is worth mentioning that, as the major shareholder, the Western Broncos did not sell their stocks during this period, but secretly consumed a lot of stocks. This is obviously a move full of confidence in Apple's stock price, so originally The restless market was immediately calmed down.

The current little Swift is a black star, and he can be regarded as a big or small financial star in the market, and the investors in the Western Broncos are basically black compatriots, so they still trust little Swift Yes, after seeing that Swift Jr. continued to increase his holdings, he was slightly relieved about Apple's stock price.

A few days later, Nasdaq approved Apple's additional issuance. Taking into account the necessary preparation time, this time Apple's additional issuance will be carried out two weeks after the release of iPad3.

Seeing this, everyone also understood what Apple was thinking. Apparently, Apple and Swift Jr. believed that the release of the iPad 3 would greatly increase the market's expectations for Apple, so even if additional shares were issued, the stock price would not be affected. It has too much impact, and at the same time it can improve Apple's liquidity. I have to say that this is indeed good news.

As a result, Apple's stock price rose back to $12 per share before the additional issuance, and even had a small climax. , Be sure to buy back the stocks you lost.

But the additional issuance is just the beginning, and soon, Apple also announced that they will purchase about 3 million US dollars of servers to serve itunes!

Spend [-] million to provide services for itunes?

Is Apple planning to enter the Internet instead of being a hardware manufacturer?
But now that Apple has thrown out the order, the major server companies in the United States are naturally gearing up.Although $20 million is far less than the $[-] billion order next door.

But this is also normal. After all, Apple’s total market value is only 60 billion US dollars now, while Yahoo’s total market value is as high as 1 billion US dollars, so Apple should have tried its best to spend 200 million US dollars.

Moreover, an order of 3 million US dollars is an absolute large order in normal times, so soon, major server manufacturers in the world also provided bids to Apple.

After Yahoo announced the end of the bidding on June 6th, Apple's bidding had just begun, but more than a dozen companies had already submitted bids, which were then announced by Apple, and the name of the Jiangnan server was impressively listed.

"Apple is getting better and better, and it actually gave Jiangnan a chance to bid for the server!" Yang Zhiyuan glanced at the news announced by Apple by chance, and saw this name that he hated, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Coincidentally, there was an interview with the media that afternoon, so Yang Zhiyuan complained about the Jiangnan server. Of course, Yang Zhiyuan was more restrained and did not directly name him. He just said that there was a server manufacturer from China that was always trying to use some crooked methods. To settle the bidding, the result was refuted by his righteous words.

Then he hypocritically stated that in fact, this manufacturer can’t be blamed, because doing crooked ways in China is a necessary way to get orders.

And the reporter interviewed by this company is also an elf. Although Yang Zhiyuan didn't name them, but after he investigated, isn't Jiangnan Server the only server manufacturer that went to the United States to operate the market?

So this reporter directly named the Jiangnan server in the report. Anyway, it is a Chinese company, and they are American media. They have the guts to sue themselves!

Not to mention, the reports here caused a little stir, making the Jiangnan server a little famous.

On June 6, the bidding on Apple's side also ended, and the internal evaluation process began.

"Let's take a look, these are the five companies we have passed after the first round of screening. You can choose one or more companies from these other companies to jointly purchase!" The person in charge of the purchasing department handed over the documents .

The executives picked up the document one after another, and after a glance, one executive asked in confusion, "Why is this Chinese company still selected? Aren't they here to make a joke?"

"No, although I also think they are here to be funny, but according to the various technical data and prices provided by their bidding documents, they are actually the most cost-effective company!" The person in charge of the purchasing department said with a wry smile.

"How is this possible? The Chinese can't even make chips, so how could they have the technology to make the servers we need?" the executive asked.

"We reviewed their bids, and the computing power servers used opportunistic methods to meet the requirements. They are medium-sized chips, and then four servers are connected in series to meet our server requirements!" Gao Pipeline.

"Things like this should be eliminated directly. One server can handle it, but he needs to use four, so the energy consumption will be quadrupled!" Gao said.

"But their prices are very low." The person in charge of the purchasing department said.

"How low can it be." High pipes.

"For equipment with the same computing power, Compaq's quotation is 180 million US dollars, and their 4 sets are only 40 US dollars."

"..." The executive closed his mouth instantly. A server is 140 million dollars cheaper, even if the energy consumption is as high as 4 times, but even if it takes 10 years, it will not cost 40 dollars in electricity bills!
"Ahem, this time the computing power server is ordered to be purchased on a small scale. There is only an order of 4000 million US dollars. The real big one is the storage server, which requires a large number of storage chips."

"It's not just about winning by volume, but more importantly, the need for the stability of stored data. Once the data of any server is lost, it will be a huge loss of reputation for our company!" Another An executive said, "Obviously, this sentence is aimed at the Jiangnan server."

"This... Also according to the data in the bidding documents, this time the Chinese storage servers are indeed at the world's leading level, and even surpassed."

"Among all the bidders, the IBM server with the best data has a single storage of 6TB, the shortest response time is 0.18 seconds, the longest response time is 1.24 seconds, and the power is 600W."

[PS: I can't find the data for 2003, so here are all blind. 】

"The storage server of Jiangnan Group can provide a storage server with a simple storage of 8TB, the shortest response time is 0.12 seconds, the longest response time is 0.98 seconds, and the power is also 600W," the person in charge of the purchasing department blurted out. To firmly in mind.

Well, I guess I was shocked by this data.

In fact, everyone at the scene was also shocked by this data. Didn’t this data crush all the storage server data in the United States?The Chinese have made the world's first storage server?

You might as well say that God is Chinese is more reliable.

"This data should be false. Aren't the Chinese the most bragging? I read their official promotional materials decades ago, saying that they can grow 3000 catties of rice in one mu of land. It's ridiculous!" A senior official with a reputation as a China hand.

"I don't know about this. Anyway, we reviewed every data and every decimal point on the bidding documents to make sure that the data written by the other party is indeed the data. As for whether there is any falsification in the data, that is something I can't be sure of. I can only see The real thing can only be confirmed after testing!" said the person in charge of the purchasing department.

"What about the price?" Suddenly someone asked.

"IBM's single storage server is priced at US$0.99, while Jiangnan Group's price is US$4999."

"Suck!" Everyone gasped, this is half the price, how did these Chinese people make such cheap storage servers?
"Hehe, such exaggerated data must be false!" an executive said immediately.

"But I think he can be selected, at least I'm curious, how these Chinese people made fakes!" Several executives sneered, and then continued to browse.

The other four selected companies are IBM, Compaq, and Samsung. These are three relatively normal companies.

"I haven't heard of this fifth company, and it has such a weird name, American first, or America first?" Some executives asked in confusion.

"This is a newly established group company. It is said that they have been involved in several network and high-tech industries and plan to develop in an all-round way, including the server industry!" said the person in charge of the purchasing department.

"Isn't this funny? If we say that we don't understand Chinese companies, but I've never heard of a company like America First, which has any technology accumulation in the server industry. What are they planning to bring out?" the executive said. Questioned, and other executives also expressed doubts about this, even more than they questioned Jiangnan Group just now.

"I just want to tell you one thing, this company is invested by the Western Broncos!" Jobs, who had been sitting at the top and kept quiet, said something lightly, and all the executives immediately shut their mouths.

And then unanimously passed the preliminary screening list.

[PS: Originally, these two chapters were not planned to be updated today, but a certain leader couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent me a leader, so let's change it! 】

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