Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 475 The Successor! (First Update!)

After most people received the order and turned to leave, Zhang Yiming seemed to suddenly remember something and slapped himself on the head.

When others looked over, he quickly added:

"Go and prepare an incense table for me!"

"Prepare an old rooster, and then send a few people to pray at all the temples in the surrounding area."

"Three hours, all of this must be completed within three hours."

"Oh right, tell those guys in the server room to shut it down right now!"

At first, the people present did not know what he wanted to do, but when he said he wanted to visit the surrounding temples, the group understood what he was going to do.

"Is it necessary?" someone in the crowd asked cautiously.

The others didn't respond to that, they just stared blankly at Zhang Yiming.

After receiving these people's gazes, Zhang Yiming nodded emphatically, "It's necessary!"

"We have made all the preparations, that is to say, we have the advantage of location and the support of the people."

"But we're still missing the right timing. To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, I think we should follow the ancient tradition and ask a question at this time!"

After hearing his explanation, the rest of the people nodded in agreement.

Indeed, they have achieved the advantages of location and people; the saying goes, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."

All that's missing now is a destiny.

Or rather, what's lacking is spiritual encouragement.

At that moment, everyone stopped worrying and quickly opened the electronic map on their computers to search for nearby temples that they could reach within three hours.

In less than 10 minutes, we found several target temples, confirmed the direction, confirmed the route, and set off!

An hour and a half later, in the corridor outside the computer room, Zhang Yiming stood before the incense table, lit the sandalwood incense sticks in his hands, held them with both hands, leaned slightly forward, and began to chant:
"We must succeed! We must succeed! We must succeed!"

He repeated this three times, and bowed three times before finally inserting the sandalwood incense sticks into the incense burner.

Beside him, another staff member stabbed the rooster he was holding to death while he was bowing to the incense table. He plucked the rooster's tail feathers, smeared them with chicken blood, and pressed the feathers onto a five-yuan "Good Fortune" talisman. He then turned around and stuck the feathers and talisman together onto the door frame.

As soon as the last picture was posted, the group quickly packed up their things. They were incredibly efficient, and in less than 5 minutes, the scene was back to normal.

If it weren't for the talismans and chicken feathers pasted on the door frame, no one would know that just a few minutes ago, an altar had been set up here and a bizarre ritual had been performed.

Reappearing in the office, Zhang Yiming was filled with pride. After the ritual he had just performed, he felt invincible!
He picked up the walkie-talkie beside him, turned on the channel, and calmly shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Start!"

"Simulate 10,000 users logging in simultaneously and accessing a large amount of data!"

Upon receiving the order, the person in charge of making adjustments at the nearby desk input the instructions, and the server started running, outputting data to simulate 1 people logging into the system and frantically generating data.

The server's log files began outputting data rapidly, while the built-in program responsible for processing them recorded the useful data and discarded the useless data, keeping it for later use.

An hour later, Zhang Yiming silently picked up the walkie-talkie and calmly said, "Adjust the number of simulated users to 10!"

"After running stably for two hours, adjust the data to 50."

At a single command, the people nearby immediately adjusted the indices and data, while the server's log files continued to output data at a frantic pace.

The log files were being generated at breakneck speed, and time was moving forward at breakneck speed; in the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

Suzhou.

After waiting for several days, Cook finally got what he needed: 1000 sets of parts that he urgently obtained from Foxconn.

One set is not too many, and one set is not too few.

When he received the parts, it was already past midnight. After inspecting them, he was about to rest when his phone rang.

It was a call from Steve Jobs.

As soon as the call connected, Jobs' tired voice came through: "Cook, I just heard that you're planning to make Xiaomi Heavy Industry a contract manufacturer?"

"Yes!" Cook didn't shy away from the question and admitted it directly.

There was a moment of silence on the phone, followed by a tired voice:
"reason!"

"Xiaomi Heavy Industries wants it, perfect timing! I also want to test their mettle and see if we can cause any trouble!"

"For example, we could cause partial bankruptcies at Foxconn's factories, making Foxconn even more dependent on us."

"At a deeper level, it has caused the local area where Foxconn is located to develop a dislike for Xiaomi Heavy Industry."

"Cook, we're just..."

“Mr. Jobs, I know you want to say that we are just a pure company, but I can tell you clearly that if our annual revenue is tens of thousands of dollars, then we can indeed ignore these things. But our revenue is hundreds of billions or even trillions. At this point, even if we don’t get involved, problems will come knocking on our door. If we take the initiative to get involved, at least we can find some people when we encounter trouble.”

A sigh followed, and then Jobs' weary voice:

"Never mind, just handle it yourself."

"I have prepared the documents here. For the next period of time, and after my unexpected death, you will take over as CEO of Apple."

"I'm telling you about this first. Once you've dealt with things over there, come back as soon as possible."

The call ended abruptly, and Cook, holding his phone, remained stunned for a long time.

He never expected that what he had been seeking would suddenly come true today.

I don't know whether to call it a surprise or an accident.

After all, besides him, there are at least five other executives within Apple who are on par with him, and each of them is very capable.

Besides Apple's internal staff, there are several members on the board of directors, and those members may even have more influence than you.

He was even considering whether to withdraw from the CEO competition and use the CEO spot as a pledge to align himself with Bill Campbell, the most likely candidate to become CEO among the board members.

And then suddenly today it all happened on its own?
Really...

Cook stood by the window, looking at the scenery outside. He started to cry, and after a while, he laughed again.

After his outburst, he dialed a number on his phone and held it to his ear:

"Wake up, pack those parts into boxes, and come with me to Xiaomi Heavy Industry now."

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"Has Cook gone mad?" Mao Xiaofei glanced at the moon overhead in front of Xiaomi Heavy Industry Communications Company and couldn't help but complain.

Beside him, Lin Yi, who had hurriedly woken up after receiving a call from Cook's secretary, glanced at his watch and calmly replied:

"He's not crazy!"

"Back then, to ensure the launch of the first-generation iPhone, he personally stayed at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen for four months. According to reliable sources, he was just as crazy, staying up late into the night to lead the team to meet the deadline."

"It's not surprising that he would do something like this!"

"You only need to do one thing!"

"Make the prototype as quickly as possible. The faster you make it and the better the quality, the greater our chances of getting orders." "Our unit price is $15, which is $8 more than Foxconn's. By making good use of this extra money, we can create more jobs. With more jobs, we can get more government support."

"If you make good use of it, you might even be able to become a model worker."

Mao Xiaofei paused for a moment upon hearing this term, which frequently appears on television.

He raised both hands in front of his eyes and moved a few fingers on his left side: "Young talent cultivation program? Academician?"

Then he moved his five fingers on the right: "Model worker?"

"good?"

Cook didn't keep them waiting long. The two had only exchanged a few words when trucks loaded with parts appeared in front of the factory.

Cook and Lin Yi personally handed over the parts. After the handover was completed, Lin Yi held up one finger to Cook: "I need 100 prototypes!"

"What's it for?"

"Testing software!"

"Go to the market and buy it!"

"I want to buy it!"

"You contact those smugglers!"

"I'm the CEO of a big company. You can ask me to smuggle some valuable things, but you want me to smuggle a cell phone, and for testing purposes no less? Don't I have any dignity? Also, give me the data interface for an iPhone 4. I need these things!"

Cook touched his nose, nodded, and agreed to the matter.

Having agreed to the terms, he raised his chin and nodded towards the workshop in the distance:
"I'd like to come to your workshop to see how they assemble it, is that alright?"

“Sure!” Lin Yi stood aside, pointed to the workshop, and said, “Anytime is fine!”

With permission granted, Cook, wearing a broad smile, walked up behind Mao Xiaofei and nodded to him: "Professor Mao, please allow me to follow behind you and observe!"

"It's alright!" Mao Xiaofei calmly replied, then turned around and started labeling the parts.

An hour later, the labels were affixed, and the group of people officially entered the workshop.

In the specially set-up workshop, yawning engineers and workers stood on both sides of the production line. When they saw someone come in, their faces immediately turned into smiles, especially when they looked at Cook, as if they had seen a god of wealth.

Once the parts were in place, the production line started operating. Cook stood beside it, touching each part from the very beginning to the very end of the production line, watching the phone motherboard go in and become a complete phone.

They watched as the phone was sent to the equipment they had coordinated, where the phone system was pre-installed and the system configuration was completed.

As soon as the system was configured, Cook couldn't wait to pick up the brand new iPhone 4, insert the SIM card he had prepared, turn it on, and the battery was at 70%.

The system was activated, connected to the workshop WiFi, and started downloading those small game apps. I ran multiple instances of the game simultaneously and began playing it like crazy.

After playing with it for about 20 minutes, an unnatural look of suspicion appeared on his face. He turned the prototype over and over in his hand several times before finally putting it down.

After putting down the prototype, Cook took out his own phone, opened several games with the same icons as those on the prototype, and started playing games like crazy again.

After playing for about 10 minutes, he suddenly let go of his left hand, then brought it to his mouth and blew on it continuously.

It's hot.

After playing around with the phone for a while, he cleared the apps on his phone and picked up the demo unit that was next to him. Only then did he notice that the phone still had 64% battery left.

After a few seconds of silence, he opened the mobile game again and started playing it like crazy once more.

This time, however, he had the countdown started.

10-minute countdown.

When playing games, 10 minutes pass quickly, almost in the blink of an eye. The 10-minute countdown rang, and Cook abruptly looked up, put the demo unit aside, and grabbed his own phone.

"10-minute countdown."

This 10 minutes passed quickly as well. When the bell rang, Cook subconsciously released his left hand and blew on it.

After blowing on his hands, he put his phone back in his pocket, stood up, and turned to look at Lin Yi, who had been standing beside him:

"Mr. Lin, is this your trump card?"

"What trump card? I don't know what you're talking about?" Lin Yi was pretending to be stupid, but Cook across from him was not. He picked up the prototype with two fingers and shook it: "The same parts, different batches, will have very subtle differences."

"But the difference won't be that big!"

"The same game, the same intensity of play, 10 minutes, and the prototype that came out of your place wasn't hot."

"And my phone is very hot!"

"As a senior executive at Apple, I can confirm that we did not change the design, and the system software optimization could not have been that significant."

"Can you tell me why?"

Lin Yi ignored his words, instead taking the phone from Cook's hand with two fingers and slowly holding it up between the two of them:
"So, can we place the order now?"

"Are you sure you can guarantee the plan won't fail?"

"can!"

Cook clapped his hands and extended his right hand: "Then congratulations, my dear partner!"

"The gap between your two companies is too big. The iPhone 4 has just been launched and is not going to be manufactured by you, and then ruin my own brand."

"This time when I go back to America, I will convince Jobs to take out the iPhone 4s that will be released next year, make some adjustments, and release it at the end of the year!"

"I hope you will have enough stock by then."

After shaking hands, Lin Yi didn't retract his hand, but casually flipped it over:
"Give me 100 prototype units first, I want to use them for testing!"

Upon hearing this, Cook stepped aside, placed his left hand behind his waist, raised his right hand in a gesture of invitation, and said very politely, "Please go ahead!"

"The data port key you requested will be sent over shortly."

The first phone to be taken offline will be a little troublesome, but the subsequent phones will be taken offline much faster.

To get these 100 prototypes, Lin Yi had to wait for Cook to send over the data ports. He turned to Han Shunfa and shoved the things into his hands.
"You personally escort them to Lin'an!"

"Remember to tell Zhang Yiming to use the funds to buy another 100 iPhone 4s from the market. Test these 200 units at the same time, but make sure they are sold separately."

"Use those 100 machines we bought from the market as calibration; these 100 machines will be the limit!"

Han Shunfa took the box containing the cell phones, repeated Lin Yi's words in his mind, turned around, got into the car, and led the team to Lin'an.

…………

"Has the boss gone mad? We can't buy any domestically. If we want to buy them, we have to raise the price. It has to be at least 8000 for 100 units, which is at least 80!"

"We have the machine; we don't need to spend money to buy it!"

Listening to Zhang Yiming's calculations, Han Shunfa opened each box, took out all the goods inside, and slapped them all into Zhang Yiming's hands: "Then I don't care about you!"

"That's what the boss said. If you don't do what he says, he'll come and twist your neck!"

(End of this chapter)