Chapter 197: The Butterfly Effect?

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"Could it be that history has changed because of my factors?"

Thinking of this, he subconsciously shook his head. Although the strength he has in his hands now is not small, a major event like the Argentine economic crisis is not something he can influence now.

"Boss, in fact, everything is still inconclusive. Argentina's economy is in terrible shape, with a GDP of only 0.3 percent in the first quarter of this year, inflation exceeding 5.4 percent, unemployment reaching 8.3 percent, and a trade balance of negative $8.7 billion. Other similar government debts as a percentage of GDP and price indices are not ideal. Therefore, there is a very good chance that she will default on her debt this year. Zhang Shaoling said.

Guo Shouyun nodded.

Looking at the slowly falling curve on the display, although the news of the Argentine economic crisis did not break out on March 5 as he expected, the good thing is that the downward trend of gold prices is very slow, and there has not been a substantial loss of his principal so far.

"What time does Hong Kong close?"

"10 a.m. the next day. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, "Tomorrow is Saturday, and the day after tomorrow is Sunday." Although the global stock exchange market is closed during this period, we will not stop collecting financial information on Argentina and South America, and notify me as soon as there is important news. ”

"Yes!"

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On Saturday, Guo Shouyun spent the morning in the 'Golden House' of Hanshan Villa, and there was no good news he was expecting, except for a 13 basis point drop in the gold price. After having lunch at noon, taking a half-hour nap after one o'clock, he took the materials he had prepared at about two o'clock in the afternoon, surrounded by a group of Blackwater bodyguards, and left the villa with Wendy in the car.

The car drove slowly down the streets of San Francisco, and after about an hour, it stopped in front of a not-so-ornate office building.

After getting out of the car, I glanced at the bitten apple logo next to me, tidied up my clothes, and strode towards the entrance of the office park.

When they come in, they are naturally very conspicuous. However, for more than a year, Guo Shouyun has become accustomed to this kind of attention ceremony.

When he looked at the lobby of Apple's main entrance, a middle-aged woman in a black suit with short ear-length hair hurriedly greeted him.

"Are you Mr. Bruce Guo?"

"I am!" Guo Shouyun nodded.

"Hello, I'm Alisa, Mr. Jobs' assistant. ”

"Hello!"

He shook hands briefly and said hello, "Mr. Guo, please come with me." Mr. Jobs is already waiting for you in the reception room!"

Guo Shouyun nodded and followed. After walking through Apple's office area and taking the elevator to the third floor, Alyssa led him to a glass door, knocked on it, pushed it open and walked in.

"Mr. Guo, please!"

"Wendy, you come in with me. The others stay outside!"

After explaining, Guo Shouyun walked in. A very ordinary reception room, about 80 square meters in size, there is nothing too unusual or luxurious. But no amount of luxury was enough to make Guo Shouyun's eyes move away from the middle-aged man in front of him who wore black-framed eyes, deep eyes, and a serious face with a thin face.

Looking at the 'Qiao Gang Leader', who was much younger than the later generations, Guo Shouyun took two steps forward and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand to the other party.

"Mr. Jobs, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Guo Shouyun's enthusiasm was a bit surprising to Jobs, but it somewhat relieved him. After all, this young talent, who owns nearly half of Apple's shares and is even continuing to acquire through Wall Street financial giants, is not difficult to reach.

"I have heard of Mr. Guo's name for a long time. And I personally like your Da Vinci Code!"

"That's my pleasure!"

"You're welcome, please take a seat!"

"Please!"

After the two of them sat down, "I heard that Mr. Guo likes to drink tea, so I specially prepared some West Lake Longjing from Huaxia, I hope Mr. Guo can like it!"

"Of course I like it, West Lake Longjing is one of the best green teas in China!"

Jobs nodded, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, Jobs was going to get straight to the point.

"Mr. Guo is planning to buy Apple?"

"Yes!" Guo Shouyun nodded without hesitation.

"Can I find out why?"

"Of course... The reason is not complicated. There are three main points: First, I appreciate Mr. Jobs' business acumen, so I am convinced that Apple will be a great success under your leadership. Second, I am optimistic about Apple's corporate culture of innovation. Although it is currently limited to a predicament, I believe that this predicament is temporary. Finally, I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in computer science, so I naturally have a strong investment interest in high-tech companies. And right now, Apple is the one I'm most interested in. After a pause, "Is Mr. Jobs satisfied with such an answer?"

Steve Jobs took a deep look at the man in front of him, and said after a moment of silence: "Thank you very much Mr. Guo for your attention to me and Apple, but we don't seem to need to sell it at the moment...!"

"Mr. Jobs!" interrupted him, "I would like you to ask you to come to a conclusion after reading all this stuff I have prepared!"

After the words fell, Guo Shouyun beckoned, took the lockbox from Wendy's hand, opened it, took out some documents from it and handed them over.

After a little hesitation, Jobs took it, and after flipping through a few pages, his face became shocked and ugly.

"These are...!"

Guo Shouyun smiled: "These are some industrial design materials of MP3 that I designed in my spare time, and they include the material, as well as the function and position of each button. That's about 27 copies!"

How could he, who had been paying attention to Apple since the day he was reborn, not prepare in advance.

"How did you know we were working on MP3?" Jobs tightened his face, his sharp eyes pinned to the young man opposite.

He doesn't suspect that his company's designers have leaked company information, because Apple itself doesn't have any of them. Instead, I was surprised by the amazing talent of the man in front of me.

"I've always loved this new kind of electronic technology. It's just that at first, because of limited energy and financial resources, I didn't get into it. By the time I was about to start turning this hobby into a career, I realized that Apple was a good fit for my needs, which is why I bought you. Guo Shouyun spread his hands and said.

Steve Jobs' brow furrowed tightly. Subconsciously squeezed the hand of the information hard, and the cyan meridians were a little protruding from the surface of the skin, which showed that the emotions in his heart were not calm.

In fact, he was really struggling at this time. He resisted Mr. Guo's takeover of the company because he was unwilling to be kicked out of the company he had worked so hard to build a second time. But it's something that's right in front of you for Apple's new business. Especially when the Mac G4 Cube is not selling well, and it is all relying on the MP3 that is being developed to reverse this unfavorable situation and keep its shaky position.

"Mr. Jobs, if you are worried about your control of Apple. Then I can guarantee that after the successful acquisition, all the voting rights of all the shares will be exercised by you until the day you launch the company. And this guarantee can be implemented into a legally binding contract!" Guo Shouyun threw out his killer feature.

Jobs' eyes lit up, and Guo Shouyun's promise was indeed a huge temptation for him. Because he owns less than 1% of Apple's shares. So he doesn't care who owns the rest of Apple's equity, he only cares whether he can take charge of the company he founded and develop according to his own plan as he wants.

"Is Mr. Guo serious?" Jobs asked.

"Of course!" Guo Shouyun nodded.

Don't say that Jobs is willing, even if he is unwilling, Guo Shouyun will also spend a lot of money to give him the position of Apple CEO. This is the most talented business elite of the 21st century.

“… I think Apple should have its own legal counsel. If you bring him in now, I'd love to sign this license now. ”

Looking at his serious appearance and serious tone, Jobs nodded slowly, "What about this information?"

"Of course it belongs to Apple. But you're going to have to pay me royalties!"

Hearing this, Steve Jobs finally had a smile on his face.

"Alyssa, call Ray!"

The latter nodded, quickly took out his mobile phone and walked to the corner to make a call.

Jobs's directness surprised Guo Shouyun, who still maintained his implicit thinking in the East. But that's not a bad thing for him.

After a short time, there was a knock on the door. After receiving permission, a bald middle-aged man in a suit walked in.

"Lei, this is Mr. Guo... This is Ray Bowen, Apple's chief lawyer. ”

"Mr. Guo, it's a pleasure to meet you! You yourself are younger than the outside world describes. ”

"Thank you!"

After a brief handshake, after Ray Bowen sat down, Jobs said everything Guo Shouyun had promised just now.

"Mr. Guo, have you decided?" said Ray Bowen in surprise. It is really rare for him to see this kind of situation after acquiring a controlling stake in a company, but then giving up the management rights.

Guo Shouyun nodded, "Mr. Bowen, please draft the contract according to Mr. Jobs' words." ”

After looking back and forth between him and Jobs a few times, and seeing that they didn't seem to be faking each other, Ray Bowen shrugged his shoulders slightly, and didn't say anything more.

As a lawyer by profession, Ray Bowen is very efficient in his job. Besides, it's not a complicated contract. So in less than ten minutes, the two contracts were drawn up.

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