Chapter 727: iPhone Test Machine

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Ji Hong stayed in New York for a week and left. There are still children to take care of over there in the Demon Capital, and she can't be away for too long. As for the New York side, there is naturally a special person in charge to pay attention, she only needs to pay attention to the progress and do a good job of inspection.

Guo Shouyun took Stephen Bryan to Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. Compared to the amazing spaceship of later generations, the current Apple headquarters is just an ordinary industrial park.

Guo Shouyun, who has been here many times, can be said to be familiar with the road.

"Why don't we go to the R&D zone?"

After following Guo Shouyun into his Apple office, Stephen Bryan was surprised.

Steve sees the development of the iPhone as his life. For the security work of the R&D area, it has achieved the ultimate he can think of. Therefore, even I, the chairman, cannot just bring people in. So let's wait, I've already called him. ”

Stephen Bryan nodded and sat down on the couch next to him.

"By the way, Steve, you're no stranger, right?"

"Apple used to be a Goldman Sachs client, but I didn't have much direct contact with Steve Jobs, so I didn't know much about it. … As for now, I know Bill better. ”

Bill Oppenheimer, Chief Financial Officer of Apple. Apple's 401(k) pension asset investment planning, the company's payroll, and the company's liquidity management are all partnered with Phoenix Bank. And these questions are basically communicated by Bill Oppenheimer and Phoenix Bank. Naturally, there will be no strangers between the two sides.

“… But I've heard that Steve Jobs is a stubborn guy with a weird temper!"

Noticing the way he looked at him, Guo Shouyun smiled and nodded.

"Geniuses always have some unusual tempers and hobbies. However, such people's minds are usually not so complicated. As long as you find out his personality traits, it is not as difficult to get along as the outside world thinks. ”

As soon as Guo Shouyun's words fell, footsteps came from far and near.

"Probably here!"

Stephen Bryan stood up with Guo Shouyun and turned his head to look in the direction of the door.

"Bang!"

The closed door was pushed open.

This impolite behavior directly made Stephen Bryan frown. However, Guo Shouyun didn't care. He has become accustomed to Jobs's solipsistic style and personality.

Looking at the guy wearing a black turtleneck, gold wire glasses, and excitement on his face, Guo Shouyun opened his arms to greet him.

After the two sides hugged vigorously, Guo Shouyun smiled and said, "Steve, after the operation, your guy's body is as strong as a bull again." ”

"Bruce, I've always had a strong body. I was the one who climbed Mount Everest!"

Looking at his smug look, Guo Shouyun smiled and nodded. He knew the life of Steve Jobs, knew that he was an avid fan of Zen Buddhism, a great believer in vegetarianism. In 1974, after dropping out of Reed College and working for Atari for a while, Jobs made a pilgrimage to India. Even shaved his head.

However, the matter of climbing Mount Everest, compared to the real climbing of Wang Shi, Jobs only stayed in the town of Manali in India, which is close to the west of China, for two weeks, and did not really make the climb of Mount Everest a fact. But this did not prevent Jobs from boasting about it, after all, except for a few people, few people knew the real inside story. The reason why Guo Shouyun knew was because Wendy told him. And Wendy's source is her best friend, Jobs's wife Laurenna.

"Steve, this is Stephen Bryan, the CEO of Phoenix Bank. Brian, this is Apple's CEO Steve Jobs. ”

Guo Shouyun introduced the two.

"Mr. Jobs has always been a well-known elite in the American technology industry. Under your leadership, Apple has launched a series of amazing products, and I am a loyal Apple user personally. Even now, I remember my first computer being an Apple 2 from Apple. It's excellent. ”

Although he didn't like Steve Jobs' impolite behavior, it didn't stop Stephen Bryan from complimenting him with a smile.

This is the communicative skill and superb emotional intelligence honed by Stephen Bryan on Wall Street for more than 20 years. And, of course, the superior education he received from an early age.

Compared to his parents, he was just an ordinary person, and Jobs, who rose completely from the grassroots and had a somewhat weird personality. Stephen Bryan was the kid of a traditionally white elite family. Rigorous homeschooling, aristocratic private schools, and then to Williams College, the top aristocratic university in this tradition.

After graduating, he entered Wall Street, and because of his outstanding connections, he could quickly gain a firm foothold in investment banking. Then get everything that ordinary people need dozens of times more effort and talent to get.

Two of the easiest words to use to describe Steve Jobs and Stephen Bryan. Guo Shouyun will choose 'Phoenix Man' and 'Gao Fu Shuai'.

After holding Stephen's right hand, Steve Jobs smiled and nodded. After being kicked out of the apple, coupled with the experience of almost returning to the arms of the Buddha, Jobs changed his personality somewhat. Make him less extreme and arrogant.

"Bill has told me many times about Mr. Brian's talent in finance. In particular, after you became the CEO of Phoenix Bank, Apple's wealth management income increased by 13 percent. ”

"Getting more capital in return for our clients is what we should be doing. ”

After complimenting each other, the two politely let go of their right hand.

Guo Shouyun is still very satisfied with their harmonious relationship.

"Steve, I'm bringing Stephen this time to see the development of the iPhone. ”

As soon as his words fell, Jobs's brow furrowed.

"Rest assured, Stephen is his own. And, I've almost got him to sign a non-disclosure agreement. If he reveals the news of the iPhone to the outside world, he will lose all the money he makes in this life to Apple. ”

After taking the confidentiality agreement from Guo Shouyun's hand and reading it, Jobs nodded.

"Come with me. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded and followed Jobs out of the office. The group walked through the corridor and came to Apple's R&D area.

"Bruce, you know the rules!" Jobs said after a pause.

"Of course!"

After Guo Shouyun nodded, he took out his mobile phone, keychain, etc. and put them in the barcode safe on the side.

Seeing him like this, Stephen Bryan naturally took out his own things. Matthew, Wang Jue, and Wu Xiaojing are of course the same.

But that's not all, after going through two security gates, they actually entered Apple's R&D area.

"It's getting more and more exciting!"

Stephen Bryan looked at everything around him and said in an excited tone.

Guo Shouyun glanced at him, smiled and did not speak.

After passing through the security gate, there is a long hallway. The offices on both sides of the corridor are popped in and out from time to time. Jobs walked to the end, pushed open the door and walked in. Everyone entered one by one, and what appeared in front of them was a room of 150 square meters.

It's not as well-organized as in science fiction movies, and it's full of technology. On the contrary, there is a bit of clutter due to the relationship between the placement of many different types of components.

"Jonathan!"

Steve shouted, and a middle-aged man with a slightly thin figure and a thick beard on his chin looked a little raunchy.

"Steve... Bruce?"

"Hi Jonathan!"

Guo Shouyun waved his hand at the other party.

Jonathan Rubinstein, Apple's head of hardware R&D, along with Scott Foster, head of software R&D, and Jonathan Ivey, head of design, are the troika of Apple's core R&D positions.

"Why are you here?"

Jonathan asked, putting down what he was holding.

"I heard that there has been a breakthrough in your work, so I rushed over to check it out. ”

While the two were talking, Stephen Bryan kept looking around. Soon he was placed in Jonathan Rubinstein's hand, and what looked like a cell phone attracted attention.

In fact, it's not just him, Guo Shouyun also saw it.

"This is what you made?"

Guo Shouyun asked as he looked at the adult-slap-sized, black shell on the table, but nearly two centimeters thick.

After nodding, Jonathan Rubinstein excitedly picked up the black mobile phone on the table, opened the button and handed it to Guo Shouyun.

"Multi-touch technology, one-button return technology, manual page turning technology, we have all achieved it. ”

After getting it in his hand, Guo Shouyun looked at this stupid and black iPhone, which was like a brick more than a mobile phone. Although very primitive, the pass-through screen, which is different from the button phone, has begun to take shape. Multi-touch technology, one-key return technology, manual page turning technology, Guo Shouyun tried it, and it didn't feel very smooth. The software in the mobile phone goes back and forth, and there are more than a dozen of them, all of which are Apple's own products.

Of course, it's very good to be able to do this to this extent.

"When will the thickness of the iPhone be reduced to only a quarter of it? We're ready to officially launch it on the market. ”

Steve said the same thing. However, with the current level of hardware development, I am afraid that we will not be able to do it in a short period of time. ”

"I'd rather wait. I don't want to put a flawed product on the market!" Jobs affirmed.

Guo Shouyun nodded appreciatively.

"Apple wants to lead the development of the consumer electronics industry in the future, of course, it must strive for excellence and put the most perfect products on the market!"

Jonathan Rubinstein shrugged. Both bigwigs said so, and of course he would not object.

"Boss, can you show me?"

"Of course!"

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