Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 365: Chapter 364 Collapse

Even the 2400 yuan version of the Elf MINI phone completely outperformed Apple Company’s latest model; users weren’t blind, and it was normal for them to stop purchasing Apple anymore.

Cook’s view was that the next generation of Apple phones would still be produced, but the price should be set very low, and the generation after the next must have breakthroughs in performance and hardware.

For this reason, employees in the Apple Company’s mobile phone department have been studying the Elf System, trying to imitate the technology and develop the latest truly intelligent 10S system, but they find it extremely difficult.

Cook felt he was on the verge of collapse, thus, out of desperation, he devised a plan to bribe high-level executives at Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company, yielding quite good results — securing key technologies for the Transparent Phone, as well as Virtual Reality Device technology.

But he didn’t expect that it would trigger Jiang Cheng’s backlash, which is why Lucy exposed all of Apple Company’s scandals across major social media platforms globally, at which point Apple Company was already like a deflated balloon, utterly unable to recover.

On major social media, users were condemning Apple Company, criticizing its wrongdoings, and they indeed lost confidence in Apple Company.

The scandals Lucy exposed about Apple Company were mainly about the attitudes of various executives towards phone production and quality defects in Apple phones, laptops, tablets, and even with extremely compelling evidence, proving the fact that Apple Company was deceiving consumers. Anyone seeing these things would likely feel absolute despair about Apple Company. Internally, Apple Company was in turmoil, many directors were reprimanding Cook, having already lost hope for Apple Company’s future and planning to sell their shares.

But who would buy Apple Company’s shares?

Cook, with a mournful face, felt despair over the current situation. In fact, he wasn’t so desperate even when Jiang Cheng launched the Elf MINI phone.

Even if Jiang Cheng instructed Zhang Manlin to acquire Apple Company at a very good price, Cook, under immense pressure from the board, rejected it many times. Now, he truly felt an unparalleled sense of despair, a feeling he had never experienced since birth.

After Jobs passed away, Apple Company had always been managed by him. The Apple Company he took over had already developed into a very stable state, so he didn’t have to worry too much.

But ever since Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company released the Transparent Phone, he had slept uneasily, fearing that such a large industry as Apple Company would be ruined at his hands. Now, it seems as he predicted; Apple Company might really collapse.

”Cook! Tell me what is going on! Do you think that stealing from Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company wouldn’t be noticed by Jiang Cheng? You know his capabilities. What will you do now? Give us an answer!” A director, seething with anger, yelled at Cook.

The rest of the directors also had no kind words for Cook.

Cook, abandoning his former kingly demeanor, with a mournful face, sighed and said, ”Dear shareholders, after Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company released the Elf MINI phone, we all thought we would be like Nokia, but now it seems we might not be even as good as Nokia.”

After Jiang Cheng began his full-force attack on Apple Company, the global sales figures for Apple laptops and tablets were so cold that they caused deep despair.

At this moment, suddenly, everyone heard a hurried knocking on the door, and instantly, not only did Cook, but also the board members, furrow their brows.

Didn’t anyone know the company was holding an emergency meeting? What was this sudden urgent knocking about?

A subordinate went to open the door.

It was then that a manager from one of Apple’s departments rushed in, with a hoarse voice, crying out: ”It’s bad, it’s bad, dear directors, all our company’s computers have been hacked, everything stored has vanished, not even backups can be found. Our company might be finished!”

Our company’s technologies seem to have evaporated, anything stored on computers is lost!

What???

Upon hearing this news, everyone felt as if they were hit by a bolt from the blue.

Someone powered up their laptop, finding it wouldn’t boot properly! Instantly, they were scared half to death!

All the company’s computers were hacked, including key technologies stored, with even backups not retrievable?

What does this mean? Everybody knows!

This means their company might really be doomed; a company reliant on technology products with all research data gone, signifies they have nothing for the next generation of products!

Indeed, Apple Company did a good job on technology data security, but they wouldn’t anticipate that in Lucy’s eyes, all computer security safeguards in this world were like paper windows, easily broken through!

All company’s computers hacked?

Those technologies couldn’t be recovered?

With the detailed description from the department manager, everyone’s strength seemed drained, unable to imagine how big an impact this event would have on Apple Company.

At this moment, a board member directly picked up the phone, with a gloomy face, loudly said: ”FUCK, the news of our company’s computers being hacked started spreading wildly online; Facebook, Twitter, these social media platforms are now flooded with news about our company’s computers being hacked, heavily damaged, and even claiming we can’t release the next generation of products!”

Upon hearing this news, everyone who still wanted to save Apple Company had no response, because they were completely and utterly desperate.

Many people looked at Cook with a very indifferent gaze, not only desperate about Cook, but also feeling hopeless about Apple’s future.

How would they not know, it was precisely because Cook provoked Jiang Cheng that led to this severe consequence, now all they can do is try to minimize their losses, as for everything else, to hell with it!

Apple Company’s bankruptcy is already a fact in front of their eyes, the company’s stock price falls to a freezing point, everyone knows that Apple Company is beyond saving!

Previously, Apple Company could still rely on the market for laptops and tablets to strongly support the development of the next generation of phone products, but now, under Jiang Cheng’s real offensive, they are utterly helpless to reverse the situation!