The phone in the office suddenly jingled, Li Zetian picked up the phone and asked, "Hello, who is it?"
"Hello, netos, my name is Li Jiacheng."
"Oh, Mr. Li, hello, is there anything?" Li Zetian asked, wondering what Li Jiacheng meant by calling at this time.
"Oh, so it is,"
Li Jiacheng hesitated for a moment, and said, "Hong Kong real estate is showing a rising trend, and Cheung Kong is planning to spend a lot of money to enter. You have talked to me about investing in Apple before. I am really sorry. If there is a chance in the future, let's work together again..."
When Li Zetian heard the words, his face changed slightly. Obviously, Li Jiacheng saw that Apple was in trouble, so he no longer planned to invest.
"Okay, if there is nothing else, I will hang up first, I have some things to do here!" Li Zetian didn't want to waste any more words, so he just made an excuse to end the call as soon as possible. When Apple's profits are good, everyone is scrambling to invest. Once Apple is in trouble, it's too late for them to run...
"Okay, then I won't bother you!" Li Jiacheng said.
After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian snorted coldly and sneered: "It doesn't matter if you don't invest, who cares! In the future, you will also invest in Apple - no way!!!"
Just after Li Zetian complained about Li Jiacheng, there was a knock on the door, and Tian Shuai walked in with an unnatural expression.
"Mr. Li, Mr. Maxwell from First Intercontinental Bank is here, waiting for you in the reception room..."
Hearing this, Li Zetian frowned, "He came to urge us to repay?"
"should be… "
Li Zetian nodded, said nothing, stood up, "Let's go, go see this creditor!"
Soon, the two came to the reception room, and Maxwell sat on the chair, unable to see any expression on his face.
"Hello, Mr. Maxwell." Li Zetian greeted him, and then asked directly, "I wonder if you came to Apple for any business?"
"Netos, Apple has borrowed a total of 20 million US dollars from First Intercontinental Bank, and the board of directors of the bank hopes that Apple will repay as soon as possible!" Maxwell said lukewarm.
"Mr. Maxwell, First Intercontinental Bank thinks that Apple is dying, so it wants us to repay the loan immediately, right?" Li Zetian said bluntly and bluntly.
Maxwell smiled awkwardly, organizing language in his mind.
But before he could say anything, Li Zetian said: "Mr. Maxwell, let's open the skylight and speak up. You should know the current situation of Apple, so can you give Apple a little time? You know, we need to ask the retailer It will take a while to get the money back there!"
"Sure, how about a month?" Maxwell said.
Li Zetian said solemnly, "How can one month be enough? At least three months!"
"Two months, this is the longest time I can fight for Apple!"
Li Zetian was silent for a while, then nodded: "Okay! Two months is only two months!"
Maxwell nodded, then got up from his chair.
"Please make sure to repay Apple's loan within two months!"
After Maxwell finished speaking, he bid farewell to Li Zetian.
As soon as Maxwell left, Apple employees started talking privately.
"Mr. Maxwell is not here to urge our company to repay the loan!"
"Definitely yes, that's right! When Mr. Maxwell came to our company before, he never smiled. Did you see him smiling this time?"
"Damn, the bankers are really snobbish! They're going to get in trouble!"
"It goes without saying, look at the guys on Wall Street, which one isn't a demon that eats people and doesn't spit out bones?"
"It can't be said that Apple is really in big trouble, and the banks are worried that their loan will become a bad debt."
"Anyway, I don't like bankers anyway!"
"… "
At this moment, Li Zetian and Tian Shuai were talking in the office.
Li Zetian asked: "How much money does Apple have now?"
"There are still more than 50 million US dollars on the book, but we have not paid the ap1e-11 accessories supplier. In addition, the company has more than 3,400 employees, and a month's salary has to be more than 5 million US dollars. ."
Li Zetian frowned and said, "If we repay the bank's loan of 2,000,000 US dollars, then we only have more than 30 million US dollars left. The financial pressure is very great!"
"Yes," Tian Shuai nodded, "and the retailer's payment, we're afraid we won't be able to collect it for a while!"
Li Zetian thought for a while and said, "In order to save costs, the construction of Apple's new headquarters will be stopped immediately, and the three factories in Hong Kong will be suspended. At present, the company has stopped expanding and suspending expansion. Speed up."
"Well, that's all there is to it."
…
At this moment, Zhang Yan happily ordered someone to post the new statement notice on the outside of the glass doors and windows of Apple's flagship store. The "Anti-a1kman Alliance" learned the news immediately.
"Apple is so shameless that it has repeated its old tricks and started to guide people to buy pirated tapes in grocery stores, convenience stores, markets, bookstores, etc.!"
"Hey, although it's a repeat of the old trick, it's very effective. Many people actually went to the commissary, convenience store, city, bookstore, etc. to ask if there were any pirated tapes!"
"… "
The crowd is very angry, I didn't expect Apple to be so difficult to deal with!
Of course, Apple is not feeling well right now.
Not only the bank is dunning, but even the parts supplier is dunning.
At this time, the media have slandered Apple. Of course, behind this is the fall of Apple's competitors.
The Wall Street Journal reported: "a1kman was opposed by the vast majority of record companies, resulting in unsalable products. Apple suffered a waterloo for the second time, and the company faced a huge crisis. Standard & Poor's re-rated Apple's credit rating from the previous The aa level of the company has been downgraded to the ccc level. It is reported that the First Intercontinental Bank has asked Apple to repay the loan... "
"New York Daily" reported: "Apple is now facing bankruptcy due to blind expansion! The a1kman tape Walkman has become Apple's most failed product, and it is also the culprit that led to Apple's bankruptcy!"
"USA Today" reported: "The legendary myth of Chinese American billionaire netos Li is about to fall!!!"
"… "
Almost all the news is bad about Apple and Li Zetian. Li Zetian himself is fine and ignores it, but the company's atmosphere is getting more and more tense, and many employees are already panicking.
Apple's competitors did not miss the opportunity.
Soon, Apple's employees were poached by people from other companies one after another, which made Tian Shuai very anxious, and hurriedly held a meeting to discuss countermeasures!
Tian Shuai said: "Mr. Li, in order to retain talents, I suggest taking more shares to establish an equity incentive mechanism!"
Li Zetian nodded and said, "I agree with your suggestion!"
After speaking, he glanced at the others and asked, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
The crowd shook their heads.
"Then do as Tian Shuai said! In addition, the department manager should strengthen the communication with the employees, and talk with them about their feelings, culture, and ideals. Although we have no money now, we can promise them a beautiful life. The future!" Li Zetian paused for a while and said, "If they have to leave, then we have no choice. It's going to rain and my mother wants to get married, so let him go. Those who can stay and share weal and woe with Apple. , is the person Apple needs most!"
"Yes!!!"
When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help feeling passionate and enthusiastic.
After the meeting, the content of the meeting quickly spread within the company, and Apple's morale was significantly improved. However, there are still people who can't stand the temptation of high salaries from other companies, coupled with Apple's difficult situation and a bleak future, so they leave. Li Zetian sent them away in person every time. Before leaving, he said to them, "You guys can think clearly. Going out of this gate today and thinking about coming in later, it won't be so easy!"
"mr·Li, I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do..."
"Let's go, I can guarantee that you will regret it in the future!"
These people left in despair. Most of them were poached by Li Zetian from other companies, and now they have also tasted the taste of their own company being poached.
"Ma Yun is right, talents poached from other companies have no sense of belonging to the company... It seems that in the future, we will cultivate talents from our own company and establish a standard and scientific talent training system!"
In the next period of time, Apple has experienced an arduous and outstanding battle, facing many troubles including making things difficult for users, dunning from banks and accessories suppliers, delaying payment from retail department stores, and bad press from the media.
The pressure on Li Zetian is the greatest. Recently, his face has become a little haggard. He often calls Zhang Yan to his office to inquire about the situation of pirated tapes. Every time I hear the increasing number of pirated tapes, I feel better.
At this moment, someone is very happy, this person is Wang Lie.
The worse Apple was, the happier he was.
He put his arms around his new girlfriend, a sexy and beautiful white-skinned jinyang girl, and said triumphantly, "Among the Chinese, my father Wang An is the most powerful and famous. What kind of thing is netos Li!"
April was the most difficult period for Apple, and Wang Lie was in a good mood.
By mid-May, however, things had changed dramatically! ! !
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