giants of the era

Chapter 411 iPod
"Mr. Li, this is the plant information of the Chronos Iron and Steel Company!" Selina handed Li Zetian a document and said, "Kronos is planning to build a large steel plant in Nevada. The investment budget Control within 50 billion US dollars! The factory is ready to customize special robots from Robot-X, and purchase the best equipment and instruments, and strive to build the most advanced and technologically styled steel factory in the world!"

"Hehe, it sounds interesting. Don't worry about money. We must build the steel plant!" Li Zetian said with a smile.For Li Zetian, billions of dollars is a drizzle, as long as it is used in the right place, he is not afraid to spend more money.

"Yes!"

Li Zetian asked, "How long will it take to build the new factory?"

"It will take about two or three years!" Selina said.

After a moment of silence, Li Zetian said, "It took so long! Then...before, we could only do talent reserves and buy some steel factories for technology research and development."

"Yes, Mr. Li. Steel companies are no different than Internet companies, and it takes a certain amount of time to settle!"

"Well, I see. However, I also want to build a steel factory in Asia as well."

"Mr. Li, the competition among steel mills in Asia is even more serious than that in the United States. Steel mills in Japan, South Korea, and China are competing with each other. If we participate in it again, we may become cannon fodder."

Li Zetian just wanted to say that he was afraid of wool, and he had plenty of money, but when he thought about it, this way of doing things was really burning too much money and hurting others and himself.It is still a step-by-step process. After the establishment of the Nevada factory is completed, and the Cronos Iron and Steel Company has accumulated sufficient advanced technology, it will be qualified to compete with the Japanese, Korean and Chinese iron and steel factories.

Li Zetian said: "Well, what you said is still reasonable. The steel industry is a brand new industry for me, and everything must be done slowly!"

"Yeah." Selena nodded with a smile. The big boss listened to her suggestion, and Selena felt very happy, which showed that BOSS is not a self-willed and arrogant person.

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I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, the spring breeze in February is like scissors.

The leaves outside the villa have sprouted, full of vitality and full of spring.After lunch, Li Zetian took a walk outside for a while, and Dongfang Yuqin followed.The two walked and chatted.

"At present, Internet companies are still in a downturn. Even the market value of Yinhe Network and Microsoft has fallen below 2000 billion US dollars. I think it's time to buy the bottom!" Dongfang Yuqin said.

"Well, we can't wait any longer. We really should buy the bottom right away!" Li Zetian said, "People will open multiple trumpets to buy back shares in the stock market. In addition, on the bright side, they will continue to sell, causing investors to panic."

"You are so cunning!" Dongfang Yuqin laughed.

"I'm not trying to curb the growth of the stock price... When we repurchase shares, the stock price will definitely increase. If you sell less and buy more, you will be able to buy back most of the shares soon." Li Zetian took it for granted Said.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, have you had a check-up recently?" Li Zetian asked.

Dongfang Yuqin's expression darkened: "I did it, but I still haven't conceived."

Li Zetian put his arms around her and comforted her: "Don't worry, this matter can't be rushed, maybe it will happen one day. Let's work hard and change to a special posture tonight!"

"Hmm~~" Dongfang Yuqin blushed.

"Let's go, go back and have a rest. I'll go to Apple later, Apple has developed something good, you must like it." Li Zetian said.

Dongfang Yuqin gave Li Zetian a white look, and said, "I'm your secretary. Don't I know more about Apple than you? Has the iPod been developed?"

"Yes." Li Zetian smiled sarcastically.

"The iPod player is much better than the Walkman. Not only does the sound quality sound good, but it can also store more songs!" Dongfang Yuqin said with a smile, "Once this product is launched, it will definitely become popular all over the world!"

As early as the Asian financial crisis, Apple combined Walkman with MP3, and users could use Walkman to download MP3 music online. For a while, MP3-Walkman players became very popular all over the world, leading the fashion trend of music again. .Subsequently, various MP3 players appeared on the market, leading to a decline in sales of Apple's MP3-Walkman.

Jobs decided to innovate, and he decided to develop the iPod without Li Zetian taking the initiative to remind him.

As we all know, early MP3 players generally used flash memory as a storage medium, but limited to the technology at that time, the storage space was very small.An MP3 player can't save a few songs, and users always delete songs from time to time.As a result, some companies soon took this into consideration and developed hard disk MP3.However, it is a pity that while the hard disk MP3 brings large-capacity storage space, it also brings problems such as poor portability and high power consumption.

Therefore, the initial hard disk MP3 did not pose much threat to the traditional flash MP3.

However, Jobs saw business opportunities from it and decided to develop hard disk MP3, and named it iPod according to the naming method of iMac.

Jobs's pursuit of technology and product quality has always been too demanding and pursued perfection, and the iPod is just such an exquisite work of art.

Li Zetian had read the information that Jobs saw. The body design of the iPod is very exquisite and small. The thin and light body and the perfect color matching make this product as exquisite as a work of art.Its body size is 8.9×4×7mm, and its weight is less than 50g. There are two colors of black and white for users to choose from.

In addition, iPod is equipped with a 1.5-inch 176×132 pixel TFT screen, and the body material is made of plexiglass and body material. Its unique double-sided design fully demonstrates Apple's unique style.In terms of interface settings and control button placement, the iPod is quite simple and practical, and even its control buttons are designed as touch buttons, which makes it look high-end and elegant.

In the afternoon, Li Zetian brought Dongfang Yuqin, Selena, and Vanessa to the Apple company. For Selena and Vanessa, they came to familiarize themselves with the business.

Jobs led everyone to his office.

Li Zetian said: "Jobs, I heard you said that the iPod has been successfully developed, let's take a look at the samples first!"

Jobs was very excited and took out the iPod from the drawer. The iPod was a product he personally participated in the design and development of. He was very proud and had a sense of accomplishment.Previously, all of Apple's top products were basically designed by Li Zetian, and Jobs was only a manager, not a development designer.However, Jobs didn't know that Li Zetian had already designed a very mature iPod, but he just didn't take it out.

Li Zetian thought to himself, brother is already very good, and he no longer needs an iPod to prove how good he is.On the contrary, in this life, you Jobs is a little mediocre, I am really sorry, so I will give you the iPod.However, I still have to let me bring the iPhone... At most, I can give you the ipad, and let you have a little bit of Steve Jobs.

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