Chicago.

The third largest city in the United States, located in the southern part of Lake Michigan.

After going to Boston to get the Red Sox, Guo Yongkun went to Chicago only one day later.

The Bulls are also an inevitable partner for him, and compared to the uncertainty of the Red Sox winning the championship, he knows very well that the Bulls will sweep the NBA starting in the 90-91 season.

In this way, working with the Bulls is even more important.

At the same time, business aside, he is also a fan of Jordan, and it is also very happy to cooperate with his idols.

Then again, what guy who loves basketball doesn't like Jordan?

In basketball, he's a god-like being.

Feng Jiawei didn't come with him on this trip, the company had just opened, there were a lot of affairs, and Guo Yongkun planned to talk about it in person, so it didn't make sense for him to come along.

So the group is still the old team: Guo Yongkun, Xia Ying, Wang Ziqiang, and Li Youyou.

The distance from New York to Chicago is a little farther, more than 1,200 kilometers, and the flight also took half a day, and the four of them checked into the Hilton Hotel on the Chicago Riverside, intending to stay overnight and meet each other tomorrow.

Have been contacted in advance by phone.

I have to say that this is just the right time, the NBA season is played from November to June of the following year, and now it is June, and the season is about to end.

This means that most of the team's sponsorship rights need to be re-planned.

In the evening, after dinner in the hotel restaurant, I listened to the warm and generous waiter girl who talked a little bit and said that the most popular place in their hotel was the bar on the 13th floor.

The design is said to be chic, with an open terrace with sweeping views of the nearby Chicago River.

Hearing this, Guo Yongkun became a little interested, thinking that he was idle anyway, and it was also a good choice to enjoy the night view of Chicago.

The four of them didn't change their clothes, they were still dressed in casual clothes, and they came directly to the 13th floor.

At least the waitress didn't deceive people, there is indeed a large bar here, and the design has taken a lot of thought at a glance, a bit of a sense of déjà vu in the air.

It leaned on this side of the Chicago River, like a rectangular cake, and it was like a bite from the middle, and the whole thing was recessed, and the head part was not topped.

The exterior is also not like the window design in the guest room, but a row of iron railings that are slightly higher and lost.

Although it may seem dangerous, the space and view are extremely open, and the surrounding air is fresh, so you must be very comfortable to drink here.

Because it was still early and the sky had just darkened, Guo Yongkun and the four of them could easily get to a table closest to the railing, and almost as soon as they reached their heads, they could see the bottom of the 13th floor.

Guo Yongkun and the three men all felt very excited, but Xia Ying's expression was a little unnatural.

"Are you afraid of heights?"

"I didn't think it before, but it was sitting too close, and it felt like hanging in mid-air. ”

"Do you want to change positions?" Guo Yongkun immediately wanted to get up.

"No, no, I'll just get used to it for a while. Xia Ying waved her hand again and again.

The three men are so elegant, this is undoubtedly the best seat to enjoy the night view, she doesn't want to ruin everyone's good mood because of herself.

Thankfully, she has been very adaptable.

"Well...... Then drink some wine, and as soon as you drink it, you will be bold. ”

"I'd better have a drink. Xia Ying stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm afraid of falling down when I'm drunk." ”

"Thinking too much. Guo Yongkun laughed and pointed to the side.

With such a dangerous design, how can a hotel fail to take precautions?

There is a security guard at each end of the railing to prevent guests from making any dangerous moves.

The sky is getting darker, and there are more and more customers in the bar, Guo Yongkun and the four of them are drinking special cocktails while looking down at the scenery downstairs, the cool evening breeze is blowing on their cheeks, and they are indescribably relaxed.

What a great place to drink.

"Sir, please lean back a bit, the railing is forbidden to touch, for your safety. ”

A voice suddenly sounded in his ears, Guo Yongkun subconsciously turned his head to look, it was a thin man wearing a peaked cap, who seemed to want to lie directly on the railing, but was persuaded back by the security personnel.

He was just watching the fun.

But within 0.05 seconds of retracting his gaze, he quickly reversed back.

'Isn't it?'

Guo Yongkun was stunned.

Although the thin man's black cap was pressed low, because he was sitting, he could catch a glimpse of the other man's face with his upward gaze.

Jobs!

That's right, it's Apple's Jobs.

Although just as foreigners look at Chinese people with similar appearances, it is difficult for Chinese to distinguish or remember the appearance when looking at foreigners, Guo Yongkun still recognizes this face.

And there's absolutely no mistake about it.

He really didn't expect that on a trip to Chicago, he would actually meet Jobs.

Could this be the legendary fate?

It's all like this, and if you don't go to get to know each other, it's inevitably a little unreasonable.

To be honest, he was still a little excited in his heart, he was a businessman after all, and there were only a handful of businessmen on earth who could change the world.

The one in front of you is one.

As a businessman, the other party's achievements have reached the pinnacle, creating products that change people's lives and create the world's most valuable company.

is jealous of talents, and their life span is shorter.

Now he probably doesn't know he has a nerve tumor.

If it were possible, Guo Yongkun really wanted to save him - tell him earlier, maybe he could be cured. After all, such a person lives and is the wealth of mankind.

His mind was spinning, trying to figure out how to get past without showing disobedience.

Jobs's mood didn't look good, alone, holding a glass of whiskey, silently looking into the distance, his wise eyes were blurred.

It's certainly not going to be any better. Guo Yongkun thought to himself.

The year 1989 was in the lost period of Steve Jobs.

He single-handedly created Apple, and two years ago - Guo Yongkun can't remember exactly when, but he was kicked out by Apple's board of directors.

This is a major business event, and Guo Yongkun has also done it to understand.

Steve Jobs is said to have a stubborn personality and a wild mindset that disagrees with most of the company's people – but shouldn't geniuses be like that?

This is Guo Yongkun's idea.

If most people can understand something, how can they highlight the wisdom and difference of genius?

After Apple went public through financing, Jobs began to develop the LISA database while designing the Apple IIE model, which is undoubtedly ahead of its time from the perspective of future generations.

However, people in this era cannot understand that the development of the LISA database is very expensive and expensive, and almost no one pays for it.

Coupled with the fact that IBM also began to launch personal computers during this period, internal financial constraints and external pressures hit, Apple's board of directors unanimously agreed that Jobs's development strategy was problematic, and he still stuck to his opinion.

As a result, it was jointly cleaned up by the board members.

Guo Yongkun put himself in his shoes, he can empathize with this mood, didn't he almost get kicked out of Jianlibao at the beginning?

If it really happened, he was afraid that his current mood would not be much better.

Of course, the light of genius cannot be hidden. Guo Yongkun still remembers a book written by an American writer in his previous life, which was called "Living to Change the World".

Even without Apple, Jobs's business talent is also shining, he used Apple's "scattering fee", about $10 million, to buy an animation production company, through careful construction, in 1995 launched the world's first full 3D stereoscopic animation film "Toy Story".

Therefore, the company became famous in one fell swoop and doubled its net worth.

The company was then acquired by Disney, and Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder.

And when his new career is shining, what is Apple's situation?

It is enough to describe it as stormy.

There has been a constant dispute with Microsoft over patents, but no good products have come out, and the market share has plummeted from 16% at its peak to 4%, and it is almost facing bankruptcy.

That's when Apple's board of directors realized who was a fool and who was a genius.

They had to put their noble heads down and send people to lobby Jobs to return to the helm of Apple.

And Jobs agreed to Apple's original intention after all, and after some persuasion, he agreed.

After he returned to Apple, he went hand in hand, designing the iMac and developing the OS X operating system. It's still the same old strategy of the past, but it quickly got Apple through the financial crisis and soared ever since.

"Xia Ying, follow me. ”

Xia Ying sighed, quickly got up, and although she didn't know why, she still followed Guo Yongkun to the left side.

It was a dimly lit corner, and there was only a skinny man with a duck's tongue pestle.

"Say hi to him. ”

Xia Ying froze for a moment, then a smile appeared on her delicate cheeks, and beckoned to the man, "Hi ......"

Jobs turned his head in astonishment and looked at the uninvited foreign couple.

Out of politeness, he smiled at Natsu Sakura who greeted her.

"It's Mr. Jobs, right?"

"You know me?" Jobs was surprised, and his gaze looked at the Oriental man.

He is a bit famous, but he is also self-aware, and he does not dare to imagine that he will be so famous that even an Asian who can't speak English knows.

Guo Yongkun smiled: "I have Apple 1, Apple 2, including Apple IIE models. ”

Dare is his fan, as soon as he heard this, Jobs also had a little more smile on his face.

As an inventor, there is nothing happier than for his product to be accepted and loved.

"Thank you very much for your support. ”

"And my sister is currently studying for a Ph.D. in computer science at Columbia University, so I still know Mr. Jobs well due to multiple factors. ”

The reason why Guo Yongkun said this is also to pave the way for some of the next words.

Otherwise, why does he know so much about other people?

"Ph.D. in computer science?" Jobs looked appreciative, and only an industry insider like him knows how difficult it is to get to this point in computer comprehension. "You have a very powerful sister. ”

Guo Yongkun thought to himself that if his sister was by his side now, Jobs should be able to talk to her very speculatively, after all, there are common topics.

"I wonder if you can invite Mr. Jobs for a drink?"

Guo Yongkun turned sideways slightly, pointing to his wine table, and Wang Ziqiang and Li Youyou stood up very smartly.

Jobs hesitated for two seconds, but the next sentence highlighted the nature of engineering men and unsociables. "Why?"

"Perhaps, we can work together. ”

Guo Yongkun smiled slightly, seemingly sincere, but like an old fox.

My sister is destined to be associated with computers in her life, and he thought that he really couldn't help her in this industry. Because I'm a computer idiot at all.

But if you meet Steve Jobs today, it's a different story.

He happened to be low, and he happened to be rich.

Do you guess it's going to hit it off?

There is no mistake