The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 389 I Look Down On You

"I think the best choice is to purchase computing servers from HP Compaq and storage servers from Jiangnan Group. This is the most natural result!" In Apple's internal review meeting, an executive said.

"But this is a server made in China. Do you really think this is reliable?"

"Why is it unreliable, didn't it pass the stress test?"

"The stress test has indeed passed, but the stress test does not represent everything. At least the stress test cannot calculate the service life!" Someone said.

"..." The executive who was trying to buy the Jiangnan server was suddenly dumb, and the other person went on to say, "Yes, I also think that there must be a huge problem with the service life of the Jiangnan server. And we don't have time to verify the Jiangnan server at all. service life issues."

"If these Chinese people increase efficiency at the expense of service life through deliberate adjustments, is that normal?"

"Nonsense, I've never heard of chips that can be used like this. Memory chips are not computing chips, they can be used for overclocking!"

"Then who knows, anyway, there must be something wrong here, how could the Chinese in those mountainous valleys create such a high-tech memory chip?"

"Anyway, there is definitely a problem here! I am firmly opposed to purchasing Chinese chips!" The executive's speech won the nods of almost all the executives present, and the few executives who had no choice but to strive to purchase Jiangnan servers could only sigh.

In fact, they also think that there must be problems with the servers produced by these Chinese people, but they think that there is no reason not to purchase such cheap and effective servers.

The debate among the executives soon came to a conclusion, and the remarks against the Jiangnan server had an absolute upper hand, so all the attention was focused on Jobs, and he nodded and said, "Yes, Chinese things are too It’s unreliable, since everyone is against it, let’s skip it!”

After Jobs finished speaking, he tossed the tender for the Jiangnan server aside.

But I don’t know if it was too hard, so that the tender document fell to the side of the desk, and finally slipped slowly, fell to the ground, and was stepped on by Jobs.

There is one thing to say, Jobs is also against China from the bottom of his heart, or he hates China from his bottom of his heart.

This is not to slander a so-called great man, but a fact.

After the birth of the iPhone, both the first and second generations of the iPhone were prohibited from being sold to China.His reason for this public explanation is that China is full of copycats and copied products. If the iPhone goes to China, it will definitely be copied to the bottom.

This cannot be said, nor can it be said that it is wrong.

Because China has indeed copied the iPhone to the bottom, and copycats of various iPhone shapes are rampant everywhere.

But China has never really copied the real iPhone, because the key to the iPhone lies in its chip and the closed IOS ecological cycle, which cannot be copied by counterfeit manufacturers anyway.

Of course, the facts may prove that Jobs was right in the end, because mobile phone manufacturers from China have encroached on Apple's mobile phone market, and in addition to chips and systems, they have already sold more than Apple.

However, chips and systems are always the huge conditions that restrict mobile phones, which China cannot copy.

If it is true that Jobs banned exports to China because he was concerned about knockoffs, with the iPhone 2 selling well in China, even through parallel imports, after selling more than 30 units within a year, Jobs is decisive. Let the iPhone3GS enter the Chinese market.

To put it bluntly, Jobs still looks down on China, thinking that Chinese people cannot afford Apple mobile phones.

Of course, this incident does not serve as evidence that Jobs hates China.

And Jobs almost went to India or Japan several times a year, and even many countries in Southeast Asia, but he just didn't come to China.Well, of course, this cannot be used as evidence that Jobs hates China.

Of course, even if Apple’s mobile phone entered the Chinese market later, the Chinese market will never be the first market for Apple’s mobile phone, and it will often be launched a month later than other markets. This also cannot be used as evidence that Jobs hates China.

When Cook came to power, the iPhone 5 will be launched in China and the world at the same time, which is also a very normal thing.

Finally, Jobs once publicly stated that the Chinese market is not as important as the Southeast Asian market, and this cannot be used as evidence. Maybe Jobs just has cerebral palsy?
All in all, although Jobs allowed the Jiangnan server to enter the second round of bidding, like Jerry Yang, he eventually threw the bidding document under the table without taking another look.

In the end, with Jobs' decision and the unanimous approval of many executives, America First became the big winner of this bidding, and won all 3 million storage server orders out of the 2.5 million US dollar order.

Even if it is finally calculated, the unit price per TB of the Jiangnan server is only a pitiful US$625, which is more than half cheaper than the US priority offer of US$1333, but the Jiangnan server was finally defeated.

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On the second morning, the five companies that participated in the bidding came to the cafeteria yesterday. At this time, Jobs never appeared on the scene again. He was replaced by the head of Apple's procurement department. He announced dryly that America First became the final The winner of the 2 award received a $5 million order for storage-class servers.

And IBM has secured orders for the remaining 5 million computing servers.

This result is not surprising, but also a little surprising.

Not surprisingly, the U.S. took priority over all storage server orders. After all, it is a U.S. company with a price advantage, so it is only natural to consider them.

The small surprise is that the final calculation service order was actually won by IBM, which is actually the company with the highest quotation among all companies.However, considering that the products provided by IBM also have the most amazing computing power, far surpassing the other two products, coupled with the reputation of the other two in the server industry for many years, this is just a small surprise.

However, the deputy manager of IBM still had a smile on his face. Inside the company, they believed that the bidding was over for this time, so the manager from yesterday had already left, leaving him as the deputy manager to complete the final process. , I didn't expect him to pick up a bargain in the end, and the representative signed the order this time. This is also a small achievement, and it will be very helpful for my promotion and salary increase in the future.

And Kappard's expression was very ugly. The original managers of Samsung and IBM had already left. Only he felt that at least 5000 million of the order belonged to his own company, so he stayed and prepared to sign the contract. Unexpectedly It is very uncomfortable to see loneliness.

But when he saw the backs of those Chinese leaving sadly, he felt very happy. Anyway, whether it is IBM or America First, it is rotten in his own pot anyway, and it is better than being snatched by those damn Chinese. Much more comfortable.

"But it's time to think about how to deal with this guy who suddenly appeared. How did this company get such advanced technology?" Kappard muttered to himself.

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"All the goods have been shipped, and it is expected that they will all be sent to the port next month. They are declared as semi-finished products. In fact, all the things have already been manufactured. I specially asked them to match them with nameplates without any labels. At the same time, apart from the internal chip, there will not be any marks of the Jiangnan Group!"

"You must set up the packaging workshop as quickly as possible these days. After the goods arrive at the port, you must arrange for workers to repack the products as soon as possible, put the American priority brand on them, and replace them with your packing boxes. Finally, the product will be shipped out, so it will be considered as a server manufactured by you in the United States!" In the restaurant of Apple, Versailles and Huang He had a small meeting. commanded.

"Understood, I have everything ready!" Versailles nodded, and then the two shook hands before leaving, and then separated. No one could see that there was any special relationship between these two people.

Of course, no one will know that every screw in the storage server sold by America First is actually manufactured by Jiangnan Server.

The equipment they used to participate in the bidding this time was actually a set of equipment brought by Jiangnan Group.It's just that this set of equipment has temporarily replaced all the signs before leaving the factory, and it has become a server that is first produced by the United States.

After seeing this, I believe everyone understands that the so-called self-developed servers of America First are actually the products that completely purchase Jiangnan servers.Of course, the euphemistic name is to let Jiangnan servers do OEM, enter the United States in the name of semi-finished products, and then take a bath in the American assembly plant, and become a pure-blooded Made in USA.

Of course, no one will know that this set of equipment imported first by the United States is actually a storage server that is one level lower. State-of-the-art equipment, and $3499 less.

However, the U.S. Priority Coupon purchased this set of "OEM parts" at a price of US$6999, and then sold it to Apple at a price of US$7999.

America Priority doesn’t need to do anything, it’s just a hand in the middle, a net profit of 1000 US dollars, this batch of 2.5 million US dollars of orders, can make a net profit of 3 million US dollars, very pleasant .

On the other hand, Jiangnan Group is actually more happy. After all, the server that was originally sold for only 3499 is now sold for 6999, which is double the price, but the profit has tripled, and each server can make a net profit. A huge profit of almost $6000.

With this order, Jiangnan Group earned a profit of 1.8 million US dollars.

However, Huang He was not happy.

(End of this chapter)