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Yan Kai yawned, standing in the corner and waiting foolishly.He was waiting here early this morning.It has been a long time now, and many of those who have been with us have given up.

Cook doesn't know when he will come over, and if this continues, he doesn't know when to wait.

He is waiting here, hoping to get first-hand information.

After all, it's hard to make a news item that is interesting, so it's a pity to give up.If it is confirmed that Apple has come to the Marchant Company to discuss cooperation, there will be a lot of articles to do.

But for now, he still doesn't see Cook come over, so waiting like this is no way.If Cook doesn't come one day, he will die and wait here.

Just as he was about to pack up and leave, he suddenly stopped.He saw that several people came out of the company and were waiting at the door of the company.

Is there a situation?

Yan Kai reacted immediately and began to prepare the camera.The remaining reporters who were as unwilling as him also noticed this scene and cheered up.

Not long after, a car stopped not far from the entrance of the marching ant company.Li Lingfeng and the others, who were waiting at the door, hurriedly greeted them when they saw the car coming.

Cook looked at the building outside the window, the office building of the Marching Ant Company.He didn't expect that he had just returned from here this morning, and now he was going back here again, and now he was a little bit conflicted.

The chairman of the marching ant company did not want to come out, so he had to come.A small intersection, this time the initiative has been lost.He has to come, if there is no intelligent assistant, the next life for Apple will be difficult.

"Mr. Cook, welcome, the president asked me to come out to pick you up." Li Lingfeng said in English, neither humble nor humble.

"Yeah." Cook glanced at Li Lingfeng, nodded blankly, got out of the car.

As soon as Cook appeared, the few reporters, like cats smelling fishy smell, all rushed over.The camera in his hand was shooting wildly at Cook.

But before they rushed past, they were blocked by security guards.

"Mr. Cook, what kind of cooperation do you want to discuss with the marching ant company this time?"

"Is it because of Apple's recent sales underline that came to Ant Corp?"

"When will Apple S2 launch?"

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Several reporters who were stopped, regardless of whether Cook would answer or not, asked wildly in English.

Cook's face is not very good. As a public figure, he usually doesn't dislike reporters, but at this time he feels a little unhappy with them.

Ignoring a few reporters at all, he followed Li Lingfeng into the marching ant company.Zhao Min was already waiting in the reception room until he reached the reception room.

"Mr. Cook, welcome to marching ant company." Zhao Min said in fluent English.

"It's an honor." Cook also nodded politely.

"Please sit down." Zhao Min politely returned to his seat: "Mr. Cook, I visited Binhai City today. Is this city beautiful?"

Zhao Min has a smile on his face, and he is neither haughty nor humble, and because he is the world's largest company by market value, there is no inferior behavior.

"This city is very beautiful, I like it very much." Cook also followed with a smile.

Although the mood is not very good, it is impossible to express it at the moment.

"Then Mr. Cook has to walk more, I believe he will not go to Binhai City in one day. There are many beautiful places here.

Zhao Min didn't intend to take the initiative to get into the topic. Cook, who came to talk about cooperation, was anxious.

"Yeah." Cook nodded: "Ms. Zhao, let's get to the point. This time, I want to talk about the cooperation between our two companies."

"Oh, it is our honor to cooperate with your company." Zhao Min said: "Mr. Cook, how do you want to cooperate?"

"We want to acquire your company." Cook said straightforwardly: "Before we come, we asked BrandFinance to give your company a valuation of $13 billion."

Cook asked the secretary to take out a report from his briefcase to Zhao Min, which was densely packed with English.

Zhao Min gave the result report, glanced briefly, and then put the report on the table.Over the years, Apple has made a lot of money from all over the world.

Apple has a 20% market share, but it takes 70% of the profits of the entire mobile phone industry.Apple's hardware profits have been suppressed to the extreme, but Qualcomm does not buy their accounts.

Over the years, hardware profits have no room to squeeze, so they focus on the software market where there is still a lot of room for revenue.

As long as they are willing to sell the company, even if it is $13 billion in cash, Apple can definitely take it out, and it doesn’t hesitate to take it out.

13 billion US dollars, this is definitely a crazy figure.How many people earn a hundred lifetimes without a fraction of this money.It sounds very tempting, not enough for Zhao Min but not cold.

It seems to be a sky-high price, but the value of the marching ant company is more than that.Not to mention the company is not hers, even if the company is hers, she will not sell it.This is a company with endless potential, and this so-called valuation is too low.

If you change to someone who likes money, you will definitely jump with excitement.But in Zhao Min's eyes, it is not that important.

What she pursues is a higher life value, to build a super unicorn with her own hands, not just money.As for Chen Mo, if he is here, he definitely doesn't even bother to read these valuation reports.

"Mr. Cook, this price is very attractive." Zhao Min said.

Hearing Zhao Min's words, Cook smiled slightly and felt relieved.This price is really not something ordinary people can refuse.

"But I'm sorry, we have no plan to sell the company." Zhao Min pushed the report on the table back to Cook.

This sentence made Cooke's heart cold.

I thought no one would reject this number, but I was rejected.

"Ms. Zhao, do you feel that this money is less?" Cook asked.

"No, this is a lot of money. But our company has no plans to sell, and it has nothing to do with money." Zhao Min said.

"Say a condition, how can we sell the company."

Cook couldn't see the joy or anger on his face. This time, he came more for the marching ant company, and cooperation was the second option.

As long as the marching ant company falls into his hands, it can take Apple to the next level.By then surpassing Jobs, he no longer has to manage the company in his shadow.

Now no matter how well he does, he is considered to be inferior to Jobs.Even he was inevitably upset, but he didn't express it.

If he can take Apple to the next level, he will also become Apple's second great man, and even make Apple's market value the first listed company with a market value of more than one trillion US dollars.

"Maybe I didn't make it clear, no matter what the conditions, we will not sell the company." Zhao Min said with a smile.

"The price is not satisfied, you can increase it, 15 billion US dollars." Cook finished, staring at Zhao Min.

He wanted to see how this woman would react in order to judge her bottom line.But no matter how he looked at it, Zhao Min was still smiling.I don't see any difference, and I don't seem to put the 15 billion dollars in my eyes.

Zhao Min shook his head: "If Mr. Cook comes over this time, it is for this matter, I am afraid he will return empty-handed."

"If you feel that the price is not appropriate, you can say a price and we are discussing it."

"No interest, the company will not sell it. China Micro, Penguin, and Ali have all been here before. If it is sold, it will not be your turn. If this is Mr. Cook's cooperation, then there is no need to talk about it, so as not to waste time on both sides. You and my time are precious."

After Zhao Min finished speaking, the reception room fell silent.

Xiao Yu stood by and dared not speak. Her English was also good, and she understood what they were saying.Cook's secretary did not speak either.

For a time, it was deadlocked.