As soon as the terminal launch event in Jiangnan concluded today, almost all mobile and smart device companies worldwide convened emergency meetings at the earliest opportunity, with Apple and Google being the most anxious.
Due to his cultivation practice, Jobs had developed an excellent habit of maintaining regular hours: he absolutely did not work between 6 PM and 9 AM, but he also never left the company, staying in the entire floor of the Taoist temple he had specially built within the company to meditate, almost never accepting disturbances.
However, Jobs was disturbed this time. After reviewing the detailed intelligence on the Tianzhou terminal provided by his secretary, Jobs convened an internal meeting overnight to discuss Apple's next course of action.
Yet, compared to Jobs' caution and urgency, other Apple executives were quite calm, even somewhat unhappy. After all, not everyone enjoyed being summoned to the company at midnight for a strategy meeting.
“I don’t think we need to pay too much attention to this Tianzhou terminal. While I admit that the Tianzhou terminal is not inferior to our iPhone in all aspects, once it uses some damned quinary chip and system, the Tianzhou terminal is destined to be a self-amusing toy. No one will abandon their already proficient binary system to engage in their quinary system.”
“I think the heads of Jiangnan Group are simply out of their minds. Do they think such a damned terminal can change the entire industry?” this executive said with great force.
“In our company's projections for the future development of mobile phones, we have long concluded that future mobile phone development will inevitably be an integration of miniaturization, multi-functionality, and multi-third-party development. Only by integrating products from a large number of third-party developers can the market be satisfied!”
“The entire CP market in the future will depend on who can gain the support and participation of more software developers. I understand those famous software development companies too well. Everyone in these companies, whether ordinary people or so-called big shots, cannot abandon their binary system to pursue their quinary system.”
“Gentlemen, to put it bluntly, if we ourselves were to leave binary, what are we worth? We would probably be worse than fresh graduates, because fresh graduates can work overtime for three consecutive months without complaining, but if we are even a little late, we might have to meet God.”
“Therefore, I believe no company will develop a quinary system for Jiangnan Group. Jiangnan Group is entertaining itself and digging its own grave!” This statement was met with enthusiastic applause, and the executives present agreed wholeheartedly.
But Jobs said solemnly, "Don't speak so absolutely. Nothing is impossible in this world. Let alone a few years ago, even just 24 hours ago, could any of you have imagined that someone in this world would actually produce a quinary computer, chip, and accompanying system?"
“And this company was just a shoe seller six years ago, and now it has become the world's top electronic device manufacturer. Even we have to purchase the company's storage chips, and even entrust all product manufacturing to them. Could you have believed such a thing would happen six years ago?”
“For instance, if I tell you now that Apple can have a market value of trillions of dollars in the future, would you believe it?” Jobs' question left everyone present speechless.
It wasn't that they couldn't refute him, but everyone knew that Boss Jobs' words were not to be refuted, or else you would have to prepare to leave Apple.
“Indeed, in the future, the manufacturer that gains the favor of more third-party software developers will occupy more market share. But no matter how good the software is, without powerful hardware to run it, it is all empty and baseless!”
“The performance of this so-called terminal from Jiangnan Group is simply beyond my imagination. What makes me even more furious is that we cannot produce equipment with such performance! What does this represent? This represents that what happened during the mobile phone era will repeat itself, and Tianxing phones will become an insurmountable target pressing down on all mobile phone manufacturers.”
“Moreover, the price of the Tianzhou terminal is simply unimaginable to me. I can almost imagine how terrifying the sales of the Tianzhou terminal will be in a short period. And as long as the sales of the Tianzhou terminal increase, the market will increase, and then it is not impossible for third-party development companies to be willing to develop software for the Tianzhou terminal.”
“I believe that Apple should abandon all illusions and complacency and devote all its energy to the development of higher-performance products. I hope to see the prototype of the next generation CP within half a year.”
“This CP must have 3G network, and it must also have a new generation of high-performance chips, reaching the same performance as Zixiao… well, at least seventy percent of its performance. At the same time, all the functions and software that Tianzhou possesses must also appear on the iPhone. Only then can we win this war!”
“Yes!” The entire Apple organization responded with great spirit. The executives had no hesitation; after all, it was not them who worked overtime day and night on development. They only needed to provide high-level opinions and tasks.
Under Jobs' leadership, Apple intended to catch up with all its might, seizing the opportunity before the Tianzhou terminal gained market acceptance to fully match the Tianzhou terminal's hardware level.
Meanwhile, Google also held a meeting, but the atmosphere within Google was far from tense. On the contrary, almost everyone was optimistic, expressing with great confidence that those who are one year ahead of their time are geniuses, those five years ahead are lunatics, and those ten years ahead are heretics.
This quinary computer system from Jiangnan Group was at least a hundred years ahead of its time, and it would definitely be educated by the entire industry.
Larry Page himself was in software and platforms and did not have many personal thoughts on the development of this matter. Since his subordinates were so confident, he naturally put aside his worries.
However, Larry Page also expressed with full confidence that even if Jiangnan Group used a binary computer system, it wouldn't matter, because he held the ultimate means to deal with Jiangnan Group, which could directly destroy the entire Tianzhou terminal, and that was Goldman Sachs Group.
So, Larry Page turned around and called Goldman Sachs, reporting the entire matter to them completely. That evening, Dr. Cooper, an elderly gentleman from Goldman Sachs, directly called Huang He.
“Mr. Huang, I have always believed that integrity is the most important thing in doing business. Do you agree with my opinion?” Dr. Cooper asked as soon as he opened his mouth.
“Alright, stop saying these useless things. If you have something to say, just say it!” Huang He rolled his eyes. Dr. Cooper was choked for a while before he said, “Alright, I’ll be direct. I am a person who values integrity the most and hates others breaking contracts. Since your Jiangnan Group has done such a thing today, do not blame us for tearing up the contract and completely clearing Jiangnan Group from the US market!”
Dr. Cooper threatened directly.
“What? I broke what contract?” Boss Huang asked in shock. “Dr. Cooper, you need evidence when you speak and act. Which contract did our Jiangnan Group break? Point it out to me!”
“Stop feeding me this nonsense!” Dr. Cooper retorted, throwing Boss Huang's words back at him, and then said, “Tianzhou terminal, this is the thing. We wrote it down in black and white in the contract: once Jiangnan Group sells Android, it is no longer allowed to engage in industries and fields related to Android.”
“Today you released the Tianzhou terminal, which completely violates this contract?”
“No way? Are you mistaken? I admit that there is such a clause in our contract, but we have not engaged in any industries or fields related to Android at all! Android is a mobile phone, and our Tianzhou is a personal terminal. These are completely different products and fields, so how can you say we have engaged in industries and fields related to Android?” Boss Huang argued reasonably. “Let me tell you, Android is a mobile phone, it can only make calls, it is a product of the old era.”
“But our personal terminal is different. It is a portable computer, a device that can only help users handle various electronic tasks. The functions that our Tianzhou terminal possesses are all absent in Android. Android and ours are not things of the same era at all.”
“Moreover, most importantly, the two products are fundamentally different in their underlying logic!”
“Android is a product developed using binary language, but the Tianzhou terminal is a product developed using quinary language. Fundamentally, they are completely different, so how can they be the same thing?”
“The binary system of Android is like a bicycle; not only do you have to pedal yourself, but it is also slow, it is a human-powered device. But the Tianzhou terminal is different. We use a quinary system, which runs on gasoline, does not require pedaling, and can run on its own. ”
“We are cars, supercars. If you insist that bicycles and cars are in the same field, then where can such an unreasonable thing be found in the world?”
“At most, we both have the function of making calls, but just like bicycles and cars both have wheels, you cannot say that things with wheels are in the same field and are the same product. A wheelchair also has a wheel, so can they be the same thing?”
“Remember, we are a terminal, and Android is a mobile phone. These are two completely different products, please do not mistake them!” Boss Huang’s words almost made Dr. Cooper spit blood with anger.