Chapter 322: Schrödinger's Cat

The Lombardi network has encountered an unprecedented crisis! At the press conference at the Stanford Hotel yesterday, Apple Inc. Chairman Steve Jobs went to the scene in person and announced in front of all the media that Lombardy Technologies had violated regulations when using equipment leased from Apple Inc. Therefore, Apple Inc. decided to terminate the contract with Lombardy Technologies as agreed, stop all services related to equipment and information, and seal the database.

Jobs said this was done to preserve evidence, and Apple would sue Lombardy over it. If Apple wins the lawsuit, Lombardy will face a sky-high compensation of over 500 million US dollars.

At the scene, Lombardi Vice Chairman Don An accused Apple of this move is a kind of perfidy, and said this is all other Internet companies against his conspiracy.

However, Jobs said that Don's accusations were groundless. Apple's actions were simply a reasonable and legal response to the contract. Don's accusations were simply an attempt to divert public opinion and win sympathy by playing the part of the weak. At the same time, Jobs said that if Lombardi could win the lawsuit, Apple would be required by law to pay any amount of compensation, but this kind of thing would not happen in the United States, where the law is sound.

According to the analysis of our special commentator, no matter what the final verdict is, Lombardi will be in a very difficult situation. Due to the suspension of the equipment and even the sealing of the database, . Everything connected to the internet will be rendered useless, and the company will have to rent new servers and re-code the website and email addresses.

But websites and email addresses can be rebuilt, but you can't buy back trust. After this crisis at Epay, Lombardi's customers and investors will definitely have doubts about him. What if he defaults again?

In this situation, his customers and investors will lose a lot, so this morning all fund companies and venture capital institutions have raised the risk of investing in Lombardi to the highest level. Put simply, the probability of getting a return on your investment in Lombardy is lower than giving a dollar to a beggar on the street and then waiting ten years for that beggar to come back as a millionaire and give you a million dollars.

This was the morning news on the San Francisco TV station's economic channel, and one of the news anchors, Steve Jobs, the chairman of Apple, was having breakfast with Ming Zhou, Ran Tang, Jingsheng Tang, and Huiyin Tang.

After the press conference ended yesterday, Ming Zhou and the others didn't hurry back, but stayed at the Stanford Hotel.

After watching the news, Steve Jobs said to Ming Zhou, 'The impact of the incident has already appeared. When the stock market opened today, the stock price of Lombardy Corporation fell by more than 20%.

On hearing this news, Tang Ran frowned at her own cuteness: 'Serves him right! Who let him dare to scold Ming Ge Ge, copy Ming Ge Ge's ideas, compete with Ming Ge Ge's Internet company, and try to split the Tang family? This result is what he got for his own doing! It's just an internet company, right? What's so great about it?'

Tang Jingsheng and Tang Huining were both a little overwhelmed by Tang Ran's words, because Tang Ran cared about Zhou Ming before anything else, and only then about the Tang family. It was estimated that she was the only one who could have made such a mess of things as the head of the family.

Zhou Ming then said, 'It is true that we have made a good start by being able to take down his Lombardy company, but that is not the most important thing. After all, no matter how powerful an Internet company is, it cannot shake the Tang family. This foreplay is over, and what is coming next is the main event.'

With these words from Zhou Ming, the atmosphere became tense, because this was exactly what they were worried about.

Steve Jobs said, 'I'm sorry, I'm not a member of the Dow family, and I don't understand the workings of a conglomerate, so I can't be of any help from here on. But if there's anything I can do, I'll do my best!'

Both Tang Jingsheng and Tang Huiyin thanked him, and then Tang Jingsheng said, 'This incident will lead to two possibilities: one is to give up, and the other is to come together.'

Tang Jingsheng held up two fingers: 'Giving up is easy. Tang An was able to persuade the other family members because of the shares he controls in Tang Bank and his advantage in the situation over Tang Ran and the ancestral hall clan association. This advantage gave the others the illusion that they could succeed by following him. Now that his advantage has disappeared with the defeat of Lombardy, naturally the others will give up.'

'Another possibility is that they will rally together,' Tang Jingsheng continued, 'In the past, the reason that Tang An and the others never took action was probably that they disagreed on the distribution of some benefits. Now, with the failure of Lombardy's strategy, them to feel a sense of crisis, which in turn will prompt them to give up some of the entanglement over trivial matters and quickly reach a consensus and rally together.'

'Two two diametrically opposed possibilities. We had no idea what the other side was thinking before they started to act. This is the Schrödinger's cat situation. Until the box is opened, we have no idea whether the cat is dead or alive,' Tang Ran said.

'In in fact, it is up to us to decide whether they should stay together or give up.'

Zhou Ming words surprised everyone because they had no idea how this decision-making power was in their hands. Zhou Ming then asked, 'I know you are very confused, so I want to ask you if you are worried that they will give up or stick together?'

'Of of course it's unity. We're only worried if they give up, because only they will take action. If they give up, what else is there for us to worry about?' Tang Huiyin said.

Zhou Ming immediately picked up the thread: 'That's right. According to Murphy's Law, if you worry about a situation happening, then it is more likely to happen. So since we are all worried that they will unite, then they will definitely unite.'

Faced with Zhou Ming's explanation, everyone was at a loss for words. Jobs also said, 'I really didn't expect that Zhou Ming you are actually also a philosopher.'

'I have no interest in boring philosophy, I am just a businessman who simply pursues making money,' Zhou Ming said, 'In fact, I just said a lot of nonsense. What I really want to say is very simple: we cannot pin any hopes on other people, but must rely on our own efforts. Because if we are well prepared, then it doesn't matter what the final outcome is.'

After hearing After hearing Zhou Ming's words, Tang Jingsheng immediately burst out laughing: 'That's right, look at my brain, the older I get, the more I go backwards! That's right, no matter what their outcome is, as long as we are prepared, we naturally don't have to be afraid of them.'

After about After about 20 minutes, after finishing their breakfast, Zhou Ming, Tang Ran, Tang Jingsheng, Tang Huiyin and Jobs all left. After all, they all had their own companies to take care of, and no matter how big the trouble caused by Tang An and Wood was, they could not always revolve around them.

After parting separated, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran arrived at the airport. Looking at the time, it was ten o'clock in the morning. A special plane from Port City landed at the San Francisco airport. Soon the plane came to a halt, and Zhou Ming and Tang Ran followed the airport ground crew onto the tarmac. The cabin door opened, and a familiar face appeared.

'Cousin Mu Qing, welcome back!' Tang Ran waved happily, because the person who had walked out of the plane was Lin Muqing, and behind her were Tong Gang, the chairman of Kongcheng Shipping Group, and Li Cheng, the chairman of Changhe Industrial.

Looking at Lin Muqing looked both mature and fashionable in a small-waisted blazer and a pair of pencil trousers, which also perfectly highlighted her impressive figure.

Although Tong Gang and Li Cheng are both well-known business tycoons in the city and even the world, but at the moment, Lin Muqing is walking in front of them without feeling any pretension at all, as if everything is very natural.

Zhou Ming was a little moved himself: how the environment really changes people! Although he had felt that she was mature and elegant from the first moment he saw her, that was only in the small place of 76o Factory. But Later, as she took over the Jinming Fund Company that she had left behind for her, and then became the chairman of the Hong Kong City United Investment Fund Company, her momentum became even more formidable.

Zhou Ming noticed that when Lin Muqing walked down the escalator, the airport staff below reached out to help her, but they didn't even have the courage to look up at her.

'Mu Cousin Muqing, I've missed you so much!'

Zhou Ming hadn't even had time to say anything, when Tang Ran shouted and pounced on Lin Muqing. Watching Tang Ran flop into Lin Muqing's arms, Mouqing Lin was rubbing her head with a look of adoration, and it was hard to imagine that they were actually rivals.

On the tarmac, Zhou Ming and Lin Mouqing simply exchanged greetings. After all, it was noisy and cold outside the airport, so they returned to the lounge.

They all sat down in the lounge. Since they were all on the same side, there was no need to be polite, so Lin Muqing reported to Zhou Ming first: 'We have already finished everything on our end. We have communicated with those companies have already been communicated, including some contracts that have also been signed by our authorised representatives. It can be said that apart from the formal handover, all other formalities have been completed.'

Zhou Ming nodded, then asked Tong Gang and Li Chengdao, 'So there are no problems with the investment? For example, will the investor will have any objections, or will the direction of the funds be obvious?'

They shook their heads together, and Li Cheng answered, 'None of the above. Because Chairman Lin Mucheng has been investing in the Kongcheng Joint Investment Fund for more than two years, all of our investors investors have great confidence in him. In addition, the Down family is also investing a lot of money this time, so there shouldn't be any problems. The only thing we need to worry about might be the flow of funds.'

Li Cheng continued, Our capital transfers were completed through offshore accounts and passed through the current accounts of companies such as casinos and nightclubs, but if someone is determined to investigate, they will always be able to find out.'

'After all, time is limited, and we were transferring such large sums of money that it was impossible to hide it completely.' Zhou Ming then changed and said, 'But time is equal for both sides. We don't have enough time, and neither does the other side. After all, you guys from Cheng's side also took the casino and nightclub money, so even if you want to investigate, it will be difficult. So the problem is not that big.'

At the end, Zhou Ming stood up and said, 'Okay, I know that Chairman Tong and Brother Cheng must be tired after the long journey back from Gangcheng. Then shall I take you back to rest first?'

Subsequently, Zhou Ming took them away from the airport. Zhou Ming arranged for two cars, one for Tong Gang and Li Cheng, and one for Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing and Tang Ran.

When getting into the car, Tang Ran knew that Lin Muqing had been gone for a long time, so she very understandingly took the initiative to sit in the front.

However, in this unsealed car, Zhou Ming would not really do anything sexual with Lin Muqing, but just patted her pretty face tenderly: 'Sister Muqing, you've worked hard.'

And Lin Muqing gazed at Zhou Ming with misty eyes, 'As long as it's for you, I won't feel tired. Besides, I don't want you to just pay lip service; it's good to take action sometimes.'

While she was talking, Lin Muqing's slender hands touched Zhou Ming's chest, causing Zhou Ming to take a sharp intake of breath.

After all, no matter how goddess-like or queen-like Lin Muqing was, no matter that others didn't even have the courage to even look at her, she was still a woman after all, and she still needed a man to keep her company. no matter how goddess-like or queen-like she is, no matter that others don't even have the courage to look at her, she is still a woman after all, and she still needs a man to keep her company. And there is only one man who can conquer her and make her let go of her pride on her own initiative, and that is Zhou Ming.