Boss Jia's headlines were quickly and violently snatched away by Jobs.
Apple announced that it had re-invited former chairman Steve Jobs to return. After a vote of all shareholders, Steve Jobs became the new chairman of Apple.
To give Jobs peace of mind, the board announced that it was willing to give Jobs a 5% stake. After all, Jobs had sold all of his Apple shares in a fit of pique.
It would be ridiculous to let someone who had no shares in Apple be the CEO and chairman of Apple. And to be honest, Apple shares were not worth much now, especially with the rumors that Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy. Otherwise, the directors would not have been willing to slap themselves in the face and invite Jobs back.
The first thing Jobs did after his return was to gather all of the company's employees and executives together and give them a rousing speech.
The content of the speech can be found online. Anyway, according to Jobs, it was a very successful speech, which greatly boosted the morale of the employees, and gradually reversed the decline of Apple's morale. In any case, the speech was highly regarded in history.
Only this time, when Jobs returned to his office after his speech, he was gasping for breath and his face, which had been flushed with adrenaline, was a little pale.
"I haven't heard such a rousing speech in a long time, Joe. You're still young!" exclaimed an old man sitting across from Jobs.
His name was Woolard, and he was Jobs's only friend at the company. He was also the last board member to support Jobs.
"It's not good. The apple is rotten now. Even if it's me, it's hard to save him!" Jobs said wearily, "I spent two days and two nights going through all of Apple's financial reports and business situation, and the situation is much worse than I thought. I really don't know what you've been doing for the past few years. How did Apple become like this?"
"Ah!" Jobs's words left Woolard speechless. He just smiled awkwardly and finally said, "If it weren't for this, those old guys wouldn't have swallowed their pride and agreed to invite you back!"
"Joe, tell me, what's the situation now? Do you have a way to save the company? "Woolard couldn't help but ask.
"I can't!" Jobs shook his head. Woolard's face changed, and he was about to say something when Jobs suddenly laughed. "Apple hasn't gone bankrupt yet. How do you expect me to save it? I can't kill him first, can I? "
"You..." Woolard breathed a sigh of relief. If Jobs was still in the mood to joke, then there must be a way to save Apple.
"Then what is your solution?" Woolard asked.
"Have you ever heard of Chinese medicine in Hua Xia?" Jobs asked.
"Never heard of it? What does this have to do with the doctors of Hua Xia? "Woolard asked in confusion.
"When I was cultivating in India, I came into contact with and understood some Chinese medicine from Hua Xia. Their doctors are different from western doctors. They pay attention to using Yin, Yang, and the five elements to treat illnesses … Well, that's not important!"
"These Chinese doctors have their own set of theories when treating a seriously ill patient. That is, in the face of a seriously ill patient, they need to first use some mild medicine to fill the patient's hollowed out body, make their physical condition a little better, and restore their vitality. Then, give them a strong dose of medicine, and use lightning speed to get rid of the root of the disease. Finally, use mild medicine to nourish the body, and the seriously ill patient can be saved! "
"Joe, what do you mean?" Woolard felt that he seemed to understand something.
"What I mean is that Apple should no longer engage in all kinds of strange innovations on computers, and should no longer compete with Microsoft for the position of the number one operating system. We must admit that we have failed in the competition with Microsoft, and then find ways to make up for our hollowed out body!
"My suggestion is that in the next one to two years, we should focus on stabilizing our original, most basic product line, and deal with all the businesses except for Apple computers and laptops!
"If we can sell it, sell it to others. If we can't sell it, just shut it down. In short, we must get rid of all the rubbish that is sucking our blood. I have checked the sales performance, and our PC sales are not bad. We still have a large number of loyal consumers in China. It's just that those idiotic CEOs had created too many trashy products. It's these trashy products that brought Apple down! "
"I understand!" Woolard nodded, then frowned and said, "Joe, you're right, but this idea is not new. The board of directors already had this idea before. If you just do this, I think you can delay the decline of Apple. But in the end, Apple still can't escape death!" Woolard sighed. "You're right. But in fact, this idea is not new.
With the rise of Microsoft, more than 95% of computers were now installed with the Windows operating system. This led to almost all new software and games on the market being developed around the Windows operating system, while Apple insisted on using its own closed operating system.
This led to more and more software and game companies giving up on releasing their products on the Apple operating system. As a result, there were fewer and fewer software and games available on the Apple operating system, and they were all old things. With such a computer, no matter how good the hardware was, the sales could only decline year by year!
"So we still need a strong dose of medicine!" Jobs licked his lips.
"What is your strong dose?" Woolard was curious.
"I can't tell you yet!" Mr. Jobs smiled, which made Mr. Woolard feel a twinge of pain. It was the most abominable thing to do in the middle of a sentence.
"By the way, I have a question for you!" Jobs suddenly said.
"What is it?" Woolard asked subconsciously.
"Tell me, who did a lot for me to come back this time? Don't tell me it was you, or I don't know how to thank you!" Jobs said curiously.
"It was me … But I didn't do a lot!" Woolard scratched his head and then said, "A few days ago, I felt that the company couldn't be like this. Only you could save Apple, so I proposed to the board of directors to invite you back as CEO.
But I didn't expect the board of directors to approve it in less than a day. They also took the initiative to say that in order to welcome you back, they were willing to let all shareholders allocate 5% of their shares to you. At the same time, they would also sign a contract with you. Unless you voluntarily quit or died, you would never be ousted from the position of CEO again! "
"Logically speaking, I thought that the board of directors wouldn't agree to such conditions without at least ten days to half a month. I didn't expect that it only took one day for everything to be approved!" Woolard said incredulously.
"Who's in charge of the board of directors now? Or who has the highest equity stake? "Jobs asked after a pause.
"It's an investment foundation called United States First. They already own more than 70% of the company's shares!" Woolard said.
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