Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 364: Chapter 363: Deadly

Oh? Not willing to give two hundred billion US dollars? This concerns the future of your company. If you refuse, it seems I must teach you a lesson. Wasn’t the previous lesson harsh enough?” Jiang Cheng said slowly over the phone.

Cook was fuming fury as he heard Jiang Cheng’s words. Of course, he knew what the previous lesson referred to—the launch of the Elf MIN1 phone. It was precisely because of the Elf MIN1 that the mobile industry fell into a winter slump, and all the mobile companies could hardly survive.

Only those Huaxia companies, which focused on phones priced at several hundred yuan, could find some way to get by and get some share in the industry.

For companies like Apple and Samsung, which focus on the high-end market, that incident was a fatal blow.

Not wanting to continue the conversation, Cook simply said, ”Suit yourself” and hung up the phone, unable to quell his anger.

The news of Jiang Cheng demanding two hundred billion dollars in compensation was really hard for him to accept, and his opinion of Jiang Cheng plummeted instantly.

After Cook, the CEO, hung up the phone, Jiang Cheng remained very calm. He genuinely didn’t think asking for two hundred billion dollars in compensation was too high. After all, the importance of the two technologies he possessed was incomparable; they are indispensable for future human life.

”Since they won’t negotiate with me... well, it seems it’s necessary to launch an attack on Apple Company.” Jiang Cheng looked at Lucy on the laptop screen and muttered to himself.

Lucy seemed to sense Jiang Cheng’s mood and asked, ”Master, is there anything Lucy can help with?” Jiang Cheng smiled and nodded, then said to Lucy, ”Lucy, what are some ways you can think of to completely bring down Apple Company?”

Lucy was silent for a while, seemingly thinking of ways, then she said to Jiang Cheng, ”Master, there are many ways to completely bring down Apple Company, such as scandals involving Cook and some product defects of Apple Company, as well as hitting Apple on the capital market and so on. Okay, organize the data on how to bring down Apple Company for me, and find a way to release it. If Apple Company dares to steal technology, they must pay a painful price.” Jiang Cheng took a sip of brewed coffee, shook his head, and smiled.

Lucy was quick in gathering data and intelligence. Jiang Cheng later found Zhang Manlin and asked her to find a way to acquire some famous magazines and media in the United States.

The first step to bringing down Apple Company officially began.

The next day, a scandal suddenly broke out on many social media platforms worldwide, involving the current president of Apple Technology Company in the United States, Cook.

Many around the world were familiar with Cook. Before the launch of the Elf MIN1 phone, Apple phones were very popular. Although many people no longer use Apple phones now, there is still a lot of attention on Apple Company.

Many still use laptops, tablets, etc., produced by Apple Company, so there is a lot of attention on this scandal involving Cook.

The identity of the publisher of this scandal is unknown, but it was released on many major social media platforms, showing several conversations between Cook and others, portraying Cook as the image of a heartless businessman.

For example, ”The phone’s quality just needs to be passable, curved screens and things dealt with in the next product,” and things like ”What did you say? Pricing in the Huaxia market, XX market? Of course, the higher the better,” undoubtedly made many consumers who had purchased Apple phones feel angry.

Many people suddenly received this message without any reason. Although surprised, after verifying the truth of the message, their view of Apple Technology Company dropped another notch.

The publisher of this message provided abundant evidence to prove these words were indeed spoken by Cook, which is why former Apple consumers, or those still using Apple laptops, were angry.

Seeing the timing seemed right, the publisher immediately released another explosive piece of news, that recently Apple’s laptops and iPads were made with inferior materials to save money, and hired cheap labor, causing concerns about quality.

Moreover, it was sufficiently proven that these Apple products, made with inferior materials and by cheap labor, were indeed not as good as before, and even the system’s fluidity and other aspects had undergone unnoticed changes.

This news further ignited the wrath of many people.

Apple laptops and iPads are still loved by many around the world, although there are Transparent Phones, but Transparent Phones have limited screens, and in some aspects cannot be compared to Apple laptops and iPads. So after owning an Elf Phone, they still buy products produced by Apple Company.

But after these revelations appeared online, their impression of Apple Company plummeted to the bottom.

The scandal involving Apple Company spread online at a frenzied pace.

Consumers of Apple Company worldwide, upon learning of this incident, collectively downgraded their impression of Apple Company to rock bottom.

Apple Company’s stock price, already shrinking countless times due to the market disruption caused by Jiang Cheng launching the Elf MINI phone, was further hit by the various scandals, reaching a nadir. The scandals involving Apple Company spread by Jiang Cheng instructed Lucy to release, were all true, and in the eyes of those netizens, highly credible, causing immediate repercussions upon release.

Everyone who still paid attention to Apple Company changed their impression instantly, with most stating they would never use any Apple products again.

Initially, after the launch of the Elf MIN phone, Apple Company had already shifted its core business to the laptop and tablet market, while maintaining the mobile business only due to military cooperation.

Now those few remaining users still buying and using Apple phones presumably do so purely out of habit. After all, Apple phones have accompanied them for countless years, and due to habitual reasons, Apple phones still have some users, though their number is small.