After Li Zetian and Tian Shuai finished the phone call, he called Zhang Yan and called him over.
"Chronos li, what's the matter?" Zhang Yan asked after pushing the door in.
"The headset accessories for the Walkman tape player are also a huge income, and I want Apple to do it themselves! This time, I want you to form a team to develop headphones."
"It's no problem, our company's own engineers can do it!" Zhang Yan agreed.
The headset is indeed a bit simpler than the computer.
However, there are specialties in the art industry, and Li Zetian is more inclined to poach people from other companies.
"The developers of earphones are all found from outside, especially some people with relatively strong skills, dig a few!" When Li Zetian said this, he looked like he had a lot of money. The financing of Dolby Laboratories this time only cost 4 million US dollars, and the loan of 6 million US dollars is left. In addition, Apple itself is very profitable, and it is natural to poach people with high salaries.
"Okay, then I'll find someone from outside the company!"
"Well... By the way, I remember that there was a Chinese-American named Li Meisheng at the National Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in the United States, and you poached him too!" Li Zetian paused and explained, "I heard someone talk about it in a Chinese club. This guy, he graduated from Caltech in 1971 with a degree in electrical engineering, he is very skilled! You hired him to be the head of the headphone department!"
"Li Meisheng? Okay, I remembered this person's name!" Zhang Yan couldn't help laughing, "Looks like we're going to have one more Chinese in the top management of Apple, hehe..."
Li Zetian said with a smile: "It's not easy for the Chinese to mix in the United States. Naturally, we must help and unite with each other to improve the status of the Chinese in the United States!"
"That's right, we Chinese should unite!" Zhang Yan nodded, quite agreeing, and then said, "Then I'll go set up a headset team now, and dig Li Meisheng into our company by the way!"
"Go." Li Zetian smiled and nodded.
After Zhang Yan left, Li Zetian began to ponder.
Right now, the Walkman is missing one crucial thing—the battery.
Without the battery, the Walkman has no power.
Of course, users can buy the batteries themselves, but when you first buy the Walkman, Apple will definitely give away a pair of batteries, so battery companies that cooperate with Apple will benefit a lot.
Headphones are mainly related to the field of electronic engineering. In this regard, Apple has the ability to do a good job.
But batteries are in the field of chemistry. Apple has been established for less than two years and has insufficient background, so it is difficult to achieve outstanding achievements in this area, and Li Zetian himself does not know much about battery technology. Therefore, choosing a battery company for cooperation should be the most correct choice.
In Li Zetian's memory, Duracell and Nanfu battery are the most impressive.
However, the Nanfu Battery Company has not yet been established at this moment, but Duracell Battery is already a world-renowned battery giant. It was established in 1920, and it has been 55 years so far.
Nanfu Battery is undoubtedly the most famous battery brand in China. Duracell has been in China for many years, but it has never been able to shake the leading position of Nanfu Battery in China. Unfortunately, Nanfu Battery cannot resist the evil capital force after all. It was acquired by Geely, and the parent company of Duracell battery is Geely.
When Li Zetian thought of the tragic fate of Nanfu Battery, he couldn't help but feel sorry for it.
Gillette's Duracell battery has entered the Chinese market for ten years, but it has never been able to open up the situation, and its market share is less than 1/10 of Nanfu's. After Geely acquired Nanfu Battery, its biggest competitor disappeared, and it also gained a battery manufacturer with an annual profit of 80 million US dollars and more than 3 million points of sale, and more importantly, more than half of the Chinese market. Originally, Nanfu's high-quality alkaline batteries have entered the international market, and this is a good time to develop overseas. However, in order to avoid competing with the parent company for market share, Nanfu has to rush to withdraw. And because it can't confront Duracell head-on, at least half of Nanfu's production capacity is idle. Gradually, the Nanfu battery lost its vitality and finally disappeared!
Li Zetian shook his head, sighed slightly, and immediately said: "Damn, let Nanfu battery annex Duracell battery in this life! Li Zetian will save China's famous brand!!! Not only Nanfu battery, but also Dabao, Zhonghua, Jianlibao, Supor, Little Nurse, Phoenix Bicycle, Harbin Beer, the oldest beer brand in China, etc…”
At this moment, Li Zetian suddenly felt that he was shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the national brand, and this heavy responsibility would always motivate him to move forward, and it would also create huge profits for him, allowing him to have stronger capital and the world's top consortiums Contest! ! !
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The next day, Dr. Dolby came to Apple with five technicians.
As soon as he saw Li Zetian, he couldn't help sighing in his heart, as if he lived a lot of age to live on a dog.
"Welcome, Dr. Dolby!"
"Chronos·li, you look younger than you see on TV! Ah, it's unbelievable that an 18-year-old can achieve such a great deal! I heard that you designed Apple-l, Apple-ll and Walkman. , it's really amazing!!!"
"Thanks to the praise, Dr. Dolby is unmatched in the field of sound noise reduction!" Li Zetian smiled humbly and said, "Please come with me, I will take you to the Walkman laboratory and introduce the Walkman project to you. Principal, Dr. Tennyson. You'll be working together for a long time until the Walkman is developed! Dr. Tennyson is the CTO of the former Advent Corporation, is in his fifties and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley…”
"Oh, it turned out to be Dr. Tennyson. I know him. Dolby Laboratories has cooperated with Advent several times before!" Dr. Dolby laughed.
"This is even better, saving the time of running in!"
Li Zetian smiled slightly, thinking about it too, Advent manufactures Dolby B-type noise reduction recorders, which naturally has a connection with Dolby Laboratories.
When I came to the Walkman laboratory, people on both sides greeted me cordially.
Li Zetian said to Dr. Tennyson: "Dr. Tennyson, Dr. Dolby and his party will leave it to you to make arrangements."
"Chronos li, don't worry, I will arrange it!"
Li Zetian nodded and turned to say goodbye to Dr. Dolby and others.
Back in the office, Li Zetian picked up the phone, called George Lucas, asked him to come to Apple, and had two things to talk to him about.
San Jose and Hollywood are both in California, and the distance is not too far. After Li Zetian called in the morning, George Lucas came in the afternoon.
in the office.
Li Zetian did not talk about things at the beginning, but smiled and asked about the shooting situation of "Star Wars".
"Director Lucas, did the shooting of "Star Wars" go well?"
"It went well, but... the budget seems to be insufficient. One-third of the filming has not been completed, and nearly 4 million US dollars have been spent. I am afraid that less than half of the filming will be spent, and the budget will be spent..."
After George Lucas finished speaking, he looked at Li Zetian with burning eyes, and his eyes clearly wanted Li Zetian to spend more money to invest in this movie.
Li Zetian rolled his eyes, Nima, why did you come to see me so actively, it turned out to be an investment!
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