The evolution of the world is always subtle and fascinating, maybe the swallow just flies over the surface of the water with a gentle tail, the ripples spread out and become waves across the embankment, maybe the butterfly just flapped its wings, and the flow of air blew a hurricane on the other side of the earth.

Ahn Joon-hyuk has never had too deep a plan, and he has always believed in a saying: the more delicate something, the easier it is to break.

This is true for machines, and so is human behavior.

Fate is full of many uncertainties, no one can be counted as a last resort, the so-called plan is in people, success is in heaven, such a statement is a little negative, but it really tells the truth. There are people who do one thing, like to go into the details, and demand that the process is under control, and he has always stayed away from this view.

The process is to serve the goal, and the pursuit of details is completely abandoned, so he never thinks about whether a process has other value before achieving the goal he has set - after all, people's energy is limited, and if they want to do everything in detail, I am afraid that in the end, most of them will end up doing their best.

For him, the current goal of the map company is to tie Facebook and J.H networks to Apple's chariot, and the future goal is to control the basic service entrance of the mobile device industry - the reason why it is a basic service is because the most important feature of the "mobile network" is its location attribute, a small, positioning function on the map, behind which it represents the user's offline activity information.

The final form of "intelligence" must be the integration of online and offline, and in the future, whoever can achieve a dominant position in the map market can become a leader. To lead humanity into the realm of true "intelligence".

J.H was too weak to do that even with Facebook, so he pulled Apple and hitchhiked.

So, when the process concocted for this purpose suddenly pointed out another way, he was caught off guard by unpreparedness.

In the coldly lit rest area, Ahn Junhyuk sat on the sofa and was a little stunned to hear Jobs say: "Ahn, I am in the name of the chairman of the board of directors of Apple." Invite you to be Apple's vice president of operations. As long as you promise......" Sitting opposite Ahn Junhyuk, he bent down slightly and got closer, and his eyes behind the lenses looked sincere: "...... I will prepare you with an annual salary of $20 million, including $2 million in cash compensation. and equity gains worth $18 million. If you promise. I will promise. Put you in charge of running iTunes and this little thing......"

As he spoke, he clicked on the tiny iPhone.

Ahn Jun-hyuk was stunned, also in the rest area. Phil Schiller, who was sitting not far from the two, was also stunned.

Vice presidents are not at the forefront of Apple's internal executive sequence, and above it there are senior vice presidents, as well as the chief operating officer, the top boss of the operational position, if you draw a tree structure, CEO Steve Jobs is undoubtedly at the top, and below him, is the current COO Tim Cook, CFO Oppenheimer, CMO Johnson and other chief executives.

Underneath these chief officers are senior vice presidents in charge of specific departments, such as Forster, head of software, Jonathan Ivey, head of industrial design, and many others.

Below that, there are many vice presidents, which is a rather awkward position with not much power.

Similarly, the $20 million in cash plus stock option compensation is not tempting to Ahn Junhyuk, and all those who have paid attention to Ahn Junhyuk, even if they don't specifically understand it, know that his basic information and the property he owns is a lot of money.

What stunned the two was the business that Jobs promised to entrust: iTunes and iPhone!

In the surprised eyes of the two, Jobs didn't care so much, after speaking, he wiped his gray hair, and smiled slightly: "These two little things have condensed my life's work, as long as you can run it well, maybe I can consider completely handing over them and the cause I have fought for all my life to you after I die!"

"Steve......" Phil couldn't be silent any longer and whispered.

Jobs's meaning has been made very clear, as long as Ahn Junhyuk agrees to his invitation, the position of vice president is only a short-term excess, once Ahn Junhyuk makes achievements within Apple, he will help him in the board of directors, and push him to the top of the senior vice president, or even COO, or even ......

Chief executive officer!

Make him the king of the entire Apple Empire!

Phil Schiller was incredulous about Jobs' decision, not because he didn't resent Jobs's near-paranoid attention to Ahn Jun-hyuk, but because it was so hasty that it might even split Apple.

Knowing what Phil was going to say, Jobs waved his hand: "Phil, for more than ten years, you left with me and came back with me, you have paid your youth for here, and you are the only one in the entire Apple company who knows best, how much I have paid for it...... That's my whole life!"

He sighed and looked at Ahn Junhyuk with fixed eyes, "What I'm most worried about is what will happen to this company after I die? There is an adage that says: A genius who is half a step ahead of the times is a madman!"

"Everyone said Steve Jobs was a megalomaniac and a genius. But only Steve himself understands that he is a madman who has been running for his ideals, and his crazy eyes can see the future, so he wants to find someone as crazy as him to take charge of this empire, so that it can last forever, so that it does not have to be run into a pile of garbage by those idiots...... Phil, I didn't think I could find someone like that, but today I came across, Ann, and I need to stress again that your brain weighs like Steve Jobs unmatchedly, more than everybody, your mind, your ideas, your ideas...... Those mediocre people won't understand, if you struggle alone, you will be lonely for a long, long time, but ......"

"But here!" he smiled, the light spilled from the top of his head, illuminating his hair white, his eyes, his whole being seemed to glow, and in that light, he looked at Ahn Joon-hyuk: "Here it is." You can inherit an inheritance of one of your kind. ”

"He's set the stage for you, waiting for you to stand up!"

……

……

Coming out of the heavily guarded laboratory building, Ahn Jun-hyuk did not speak, and Phil Schiller, who accompanied him out, was also silent.

After the rain, there is a cold wind, slowly blowing through the vast park, the branches and leaves of the green nursery in the distance are swaying, the water droplets hanging on the tips of the leaves are snapping and falling, and the battery car is quietly driving on the lawn, setting off the silent atmosphere between the two.

Jobs' proposal was too sudden. Ahn Joon-hyuk was not mentally prepared. How could Phil Schiller be prepared?

He couldn't imagine what it would have done if Mr. Jobs' decision had been known to a few others, even though Mr. Jobs had had a similar impulse in the past to appoint someone at will. It is also possible to fire a person at will—but Phil knows. This time Jobs was serious. He could see it in his eyes.

That sincerity, just like when he went to convince Tim Cook.

I don't know how long the silence lasted, a moment. Ahn Jun-hyuk finally asked, "Mr. Jobs...... How much time do you have left?"

Phil, who was driving the car silently, heard the words and returned to normal in an instant, his lips were tightly pursed, and for a moment, he replied with some expression: "Not necessarily...... However, the situation is not so rosy. ”

Ahn Joon-hyuk looked at him, waiting for him to tell.

Phil Schiller hesitated for a moment, this kind of thing could not have been said, if it was revealed, it would cause serious fluctuations in Apple's stock price, but thinking of Jobs's invitation, compared to that, there is no need to hide this kind of thing.

"The doctor said that it is difficult to ...... 5 years of survival," he said, his eyes darkened, "Since he was diagnosed in 03, he has undergone several surgeries in the past few years, and the condition has been repeated, and the treatment situation is very unsatisfactory, and the cell lesions have not been completely resolved, and they can only be barely controlled at present, maybe...... Maybe it will get worse at some point...... He's old after all. ”

Ahn Jun-hyuk was speechless.

This time, he came just to convince Jobs to be able to tie Apple's chariot, such a result was unpredictable, and it was a little messed up for a while.

Because of that invitation, it was a great temptation, especially for someone like him who had witnessed the third apple transform humanity and set off a huge storm in the future.

Thinking that as long as he nodded, in the future, he could take charge of this extremely powerful giant ship, and the heart lake suddenly turned upside down.

People live for a lifetime, nothing but fame and fortune.

With just a nod, he could easily write his own page in history – even if it's just a legacy!

Such a temptation......

He leaned back in his seat, one hand on his cheek, silently looking into the distance, his figure swaying slightly with the occasional bump of the battery car, the wind ruffled his short hair, and the strands of hair swept messily on his sunglasses, beside him, Phil didn't say anything, and then until the time of the gate, he maintained such a state of silence.

Speaking again, it was when Phil sent him out the door.

"I want you to think about it. ”

Saying goodbye, Ahn Joon-hyuk was about to leave when Phil said behind him.

Ahn Jun Hyuk glanced back at him: "I thought you would object to ......"

"Of course I'm against it, and if Steve really wants to hand over his business to you, I can assert that Apple is going to split up in no time. Phil said with a serious expression, "I don't know what other people do, and Tim is absolutely unacceptable." Steve's physical condition is not good, and the actual operation and management work in the past few years has been presided over by Tim, and all of us see him as Steve's successor, including Tim himself!"

But our views do not represent Steve's thoughts. ”

Phil smiled bitterly, "I have been with him for more than ten years, I know his character, since he has already sent you an invitation, it means that he has considered these things, although he is reluctant to say it, but I understand ......" He spread his hands, his expression was a little complicated helpless: "As long as you promise him, he will clear all obstacles for you, whether it is me, Tim, or anyone else." Just like when he dug me up, he did the same. ”

"Do you know why I have never left his side? It is because he has taken a fancy to a person in this way, and I will give my full support to the trust and sincerity of him, even if he has been betrayed. ”

Ahn Jun-hyuk was moved.

Phil didn't stop talking and continued, "So, although I don't think it's a good thing, I still want you to think about it...... I'll help Steve convince the board of directors about starting a map company. You don't need to worry too much about that, so be it!"

He turned to leave, leaving Ahn Jun-hyuk standing outside the huge park, his thoughts scattered.

Honestly, he was really touched, because of Steve Jobs, because of Phil Schiller!

How many such uncomplaining trusts and followers can be encountered in a person's life? The former Ahn Jun-hyuk had never seen it, or rather, when the first betrayal befell him. He threw away the word "trust." His methods of management became more and more ruthless, his wrists became more and more cunning and cruel, and he said that he would not give the betrayer another chance, so the moment his suspicion rose. Those who were suspicious of him announced the "death penalty" in his heart.

He doesn't care if he's wrong. "Ahn Jun Hyuk" in the world of the world. Only he is right.

Such a concept has conflicted with the memories of the mind countless times, in the three years of this long life. It still affected him somehow after all.

If there is no memory of dreams, if there is no dream life, if Ahn Joon Hyuk is just a simple Ahn Jun Hyuk-

He may make some decisions, and he will never leave the trust and loyalty, which is a very good philosophy of doing things, and he is shocked and moved by such qualities, but ......

Glancing at the back of Phil, who had already driven back to the depths of the park, Ahn Joon-hyuk put his hands in his pockets and paced back along the way he came.

The sound of the wind rustling the leaves, the sound of the factories running in the park, the honking of the cars on the road, the cry of the tired birds, the distant horizon, the sky filled with fiery clouds, in such a picture, everything is making sounds, but his sigh is not heard.

However, he is Ahn Joon-hyuk......

……

It is snowing in New York, and on the streets of Manhattan, the wind and snowflakes are crisscrossing the space divided by the building, as if the ice is wielding a blade to harvest all life.

It's just that for such a bustling metropolis, no harsh environment can stop the pace of life, people wearing umbrellas or hats, scarves, walking on the busy road, haha into clouds, and the exhaust of crowded vehicles like peers combined, composed of this cold weather, almost covered with wind and snow, permeating the entire city of clouds.

On the other side of the building, the waves of the Hudson River crash against the shore, the steamer roars leisurely, busily hovering the route on both sides, and sometimes an ambulance helicopter will brave the wind and snow, skipping the air of Manhattan's high-rise buildings, and the spiral wings will spin a hole in the dense snow curtain, and then it will be quickly filled.

The car stopped in front of the Sony Group's headquarters building in Manhattan, and Kazuo Hirai, who pushed the door and got out of the car, looked up at this towering, prosperous and beautiful building, but his heart was like the sky of New York, weighed down by the clouds.

Since 03, he has gradually entered the top level, and the more thoroughly he understands the current situation of Sony, the more worried he becomes.

The tentacles extend too much, the steps are too big, and the current Sony Group is like a huge giant, seemingly strong, but its huge size also leads to its inertia is also extremely powerful.

Other companies can respond quickly to unexpected situations, whether it is adjusting strategies or carrying out administrative reforms, they are flexible enough, but Sony, a giant, has a rich industrial chain that supports it while making it clumsy.

Stringer took over as CEO for two years, and in the past two years, he spent almost all of his time on balancing the interior, and the bloated personnel made every decision at the top decision-making level need to consider the interests of more people and the balance relationship, which shackled Stringer and most of his management's energy, so in the past two years, Sony's organizational adjustment has had little effect, including Kazuo Hirai.

Thankfully, those days are coming to an end soon......

Somewhat relieved, remembering the meeting he had just attended this morning, Kazuo Hirai smiled slightly.

PS3 sales,Today, it has begun to feed back one after another,The results are not ideal,In order to save PS3PS3 in the face of Microsoft's Xbox360 late one-year release,I have no patience to continue to keep improving,I had to rush to produce and release,The result of rushing work,The machine has various quality problems。

After more than a month on the market, the feedback from users has become less and less optimistic, and the sales of the PS3 began to plummet at the beginning of this month, which is a disaster for Sony Electronic Entertainment, but for Stringer and the members of his "cabinet", especially Kazuo Hirai. It's the perfect opportunity to pull out one of the last nail of the hardcore within Sony.

There has never been a bloodless reform in the world, or in other words, any reform is the subversion and destruction of the old system, only by bulldozing the decaying ruins of the old group, can the new and more vigorous group get enough space to develop and grow!

Internal struggle is not a glorious thing, and Kazuo Hirai is not happy about this, he is happy that the diehards who hindered Sony's rise, such as Yoshiki Kutsuki and Masao Morita, are about to come to an end on the imperial stage, without their obstruction. Sony, which once dominated the world. Under the leadership of Stringer and their new generation of "cabinets", they will once again climb to the top.

And he will also usher in the peak of his life.

This ease made him look at the Sony headquarters building, and the worry dissipated a little. Entered the building. Kazuo Hirai went straight to Stringer's office. Stringer has vaguely revealed that he will kick out Hiroshiki in two months to bring the internal struggle to a victorious end. Kazuo Hirai didn't miscalculate. After the dismissal of Ken Kusaki, the title of CEO of an electronic entertainment company will most likely fall to him.

Originally, according to the rules of the group, the CEO's daily office should be located in Tokyo, but Stringer could not adapt to life in Japan, which is probably one of the reasons for the conflict between him and Sony's old group - for those people in the era of Akio Morita, the head of the group was reluctant to even come to the headquarters, and they really couldn't believe how much he belonged to the group.

Howard Stringer was very happy with his arrival, listened carefully to his work report, and did not follow the American way of thinking, talking about what to do after business, but left Kazuo Hirai behind, deliberately set aside a private time, and the two chatted leisurely.

Perhaps he felt that this paternalistic approach to management in Asia could enhance his relationship with the "cabinet".

“…… I read the report you handed over last time, and I have a very special idea for the next stage of electronic entertainment to shift the focus from hardware to the development of content production, and cooperate with third-party game developers to create an entertainment industry chain for PS3, so as to attract consumers and boost sales by rich content......"

Outside the window, the wind and snow are howling, and the rest area is blocked by glass, but the air is warm like spring.

Sitting on the sofa, Stringer took a sip of coffee, nodded slightly in a loud voice, expressing approval: "It seems that you have learned from the successful experience of our old rival, but only intention is not enough, you have to come up with a practical plan...... Give you 2 months to sort out a detailed plan as soon as possible, and it can be regarded as a congratulatory gift for your new appointment!"

Stringer said, smiling.

The meaning between these words could not be clearer, and Kazuo Hirai captured the meaning in an instant - in 2 months at most, Stringer is ready to hold Hisakushi Yoshiki Ken accountable and completely defeat the diehards, and the new CEO of electronic entertainment will be taken over by him!

Although he had already been mentally prepared, when he suddenly heard such news, Kazuo Hirai was still excited.

Since 1984, at the age of 24, he has given half of his life in this group, step by step, and finally entered the decision-making level.

Stringer looked at his irrepressible expression of excitement gently, leaned over with a smile, and patted him on the shoulder: "Work hard, but don't be too stressed, in the future, I will have more places to use you, if you crush yourself first, where will I find a CEO?"

"......" Kazuo Hirai reluctantly adjusted his mood, and lowered his head and responded: "Yes, Your Excellency!"

"Okay, personal time, don't be too restrictive. Stringer waved his hand and stopped talking about business, but instead talked about an interesting anecdote he had just learned: "I heard that when you were in Japan, you met with that Korean Ann?"

As mentioned earlier, about Ahn Junhyuk, Sony once had the idea of inviting him to a senior management position, but it did not happen later, and Stringer is often in the United States and can often see Ahn Junhyuk's news in the newspaper, so he also has some impressions of this South Korean.

Because Sony Pictures is cooperating with J.H Entertainment, Kazuo Hirai and Ahn Junhyuk's meeting, although it is a personal relationship, has also been reported to the company's regulatory department, which is to prevent competitors from making a fuss about this kind of thing.

Kazuo Hirai wasn't surprised that Stringer knew about it, but he was a little surprised that he mentioned Ahn Jun-hyuk for something. Some thoughts swirled in his mind, but Kazuo Hirai remained silent on the surface, and just replied, "Yes, I invited him to dinner." ”

"Hehe, last year, you were quite concerned about inviting him to be the president of electronic entertainment, what do you think of him in this contact?"

Frowning a little suspiciously, Kazuo Hirai didn't know what Ludoszinger meant, was he going to hand an olive branch to Ahn Jun Hyuk?

It's not impossible, not to mention after Ahn Joon-hyuk became CEO. Facebook has grown exponentially in recent months. Not long after Kazuo Hirai arrived in the United States, he heard that J.H Entertainment had reached an agreement with InterPark, and the two sides started negotiations.

Negotiations involving hundreds of millions of dollars in cash. Even in a company like Sony, it's a big deal. Don't say anything else. Ahn Jun-hyuk's ability to accumulate money gradually exposed is enough for him to be appreciated by many people.

Thinking like this, Kazuo Hirai is not good at casually commenting. After pondering for a moment, he shook his head: "I only met with him once, and we talked about music and entertainment, and we didn't talk too much. ”

As if guessing his thoughts, Stringer laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, I didn't mean anything else when I asked you, but I just mentioned our old rival and suddenly remembered him." ”

Old rivals?

Apple?

Kazuo Hirai raised his head, has begun to get involved in the decision-making level, he naturally knows, Sony's upper management has not forgotten the pain of the fiasco defeat under Apple, the group in the impact of Apple, almost no power to fight back, even now, the loss of the audio-visual player business, is still a pain in the hearts of the senior management, otherwise, if the player business is still in hand, the group's financial situation is as difficult as it is now.

Therefore, the group has been paying special attention to Apple's movements.

Did he get any news?

Kazuo Hirai was thinking about it, and on the other side, Stringer had already laughed: "Just before you came, the information department just sent me a message, Apple, Facebook, and J.H Network jointly announced a message to the media, and the three parties each accounted for one-third, and they were ready to cooperate to establish a new company." ”

"What?" Hirai Kazuo was stunned.

"Just like you heard, that South Korean Ann, I don't know what sweet words Lu Dao said to Jobs, the three parties actually united a strategic alliance!" Stringer spread his hands, for him, the news itself was a sign of a tripartite alliance, but what surprised him was not the alliance itself, but why J.H was qualified to be an alliance with Apple?

He was more curious, how did Ahn Joon-hyuk convince Jobs?

It is said that your enemy is the one who knows you best, and Stringer is undoubtedly living up to this adage, Sony once lost to Apple, and he did not allow himself to take over and lose again, so he spent a lot of time getting to know Steve Jobs, and he thought he had a very accurate grasp of his character.

From his selfish point of view, Jobs is probably the most complex individual he has encountered in his life, on the one hand, he has outstanding talent and strong personality charm, which attracts countless people to worship, love and follow him, but on the other hand, he is stubborn and stubborn, confident to the arrogant style of doing things, and has a violent temper, which is hated and hated.

It could almost be called a composite of angels and demons, and he really couldn't think of how he could deal with such a person and finally convince him?

"What kind of company did they set up?" asked Kazuo Hirai.

"That's what interests me as well. Stringer stroked his hair, puzzled: "The company they set up is going to build a map product......"

……

……

In late January, Facebook, which has attracted attention because of the rapid increase in users and the continuous refresh of rankings, once again brought new topics to the US IT industry as the winter season is coming to an end.

On January 20, Facebook, Apple, and J.H Network jointly announced to the media that the three companies would work together to establish a new company, each with one-third ownership, and this new company would integrate the resources of the three companies to create a map product.

This was a storm of public opinion brought about by the newly inaugurated Democratic Party at the end of last year, and the US journalism, which was in a period of exhaustion, set off an enthusiastic atmosphere.

Among the three companies, Apple is naturally the most well-known, Facebook is also the new darling of the media with the growth of tens of millions of users, and only the J.H network is unknown. But no one underestimates it.

To this day, no media knows that J.H is the industry under the name of Facebook CEO Ahn Jun Hyuk.

No one knows how Ahn Joon-hyuk persuaded Steve Jobs, and no one knows what Steve Jobs did to agree to Ahn Joon-hyuk's proposal to cooperate with Facebook and J.H. on an equal footing.

The three companies have joined forces to enter the map product, which has attracted a lot of attention, and this product has only been promoted by Google in the past two years. Few people pay attention to it.

The first choice is because. Google has invested heavily in the mapping product and is charging for its premium version.

More than once someone joked. Saying that Google Maps is a big toy for Google. And now. Three more wrongdoers tried to play with the toy.

There is no shortage of people in the world who specialize in the opposite, and Chris Joela, a special correspondent for the New York Post, bluntly said that Jobs was confused. In the article, he said: "...... He's getting old, he's getting more and more confused, and when he's listening to Ann's nonsense, I think he's more likely to think about whether he's forgotten something.

Of course, Ahn Jun-hyuk was not let go by him.

"...... there's no doubt that the young CEO has excellent eloquence, and the concepts he once boasted about are still being talked about by some of my peers, but in fact, it's been so long since his promise, I haven't seen anything change from Facebook, I still use Google to surf the Internet, I still use my anonymous account, no one knows what I'm searching for, and when I'm browsing a page, I don't have to worry about whether there are a few disgusting guys on the other side of the network who are snooping on my privacy, and there's nothing happier than that！”

“…… Probably he also found out that he was unrealistic, so he switched the target, fortunately, this time it was no longer the user who suffered, unfortunately an old man was deceived by him!"

"This so-called map company is simply the product of grandstanding. ”

The New York Post's biggest selling point was such bitter satire, and the issue became a collector's item among Facebook's opponents, who spread it online.

However, other media will not be so unlimited, for example, "Explorer" in the latest issue, analyzed the background of the establishment of the three companies, and the reporter who wrote the article can also be called supernatural, he actually dug up the fact that Facebook had invited Jobs to watch the meeting through various information: "...... According to my investigation, just a few days ago, Ahn Joon-hyuk flew from Japan to the United States, and after a short break, he urgently convened a management meeting, and according to reliable sources, he made it mandatory for all management who could arrange time to be present...... At the same time that day, there was credible information that Steve Jobs, accompanied by Phil Schiller, spent more than an hour in his office, and that Jobs became so anxious afterwards that he casually fired a poor janitor......"

"We have reason to believe that Steve Jobs was watching Facebook management remotely, and Ahn Joon-hyuk was at this meeting to convince Facebook managers and Steve Jobs! Unfortunately, we can't get the details of the meeting, and the two companies have strict confidentiality restrictions in this regard. But this information is enough for us to analyze that Ahn Junhyuk went to Apple from the beginning, maybe it is related to Apple's new products, and he seems to have some new ideas, I will wait and see!"

Whether it is belittled or praised, in fact, the core meaning is almost the same, making it clear that the so-called map company is a waste of resources, or wait and see, in fact, they are all the same point of view that they are not optimistic.

In this regard, the San Francisco Chronicle deliberately asked Schmidt what he thought about Ahn Junhyuk's map product when interviewing Google, the largest electronic map supplier at present, but Schmidt did not answer.

Many media outlets interpreted this as disdain.

This is a very normal attitude, just like Bill Gates, president of Microsoft, was once asked if Xbox360 has the confidence to resist the impact of Sony's PS3, and Bill Gates has also used such an attitude.

A technical consultant who has a little understanding of electronic maps said in a consultation of a report article: "The construction of the map can not be started immediately, its underlying data is very simple, the difficulty lies in the process of enriching it, and the difficulty lies in the difficulty of its later correction accuracy, Google took 2 years to come up with a relatively mature product, they have lagged behind Google, and it is almost impossible to form a threat again." ”

But no matter what the outside world says, the three parties don't say a word, as if those remarks have nothing to do with them, only a few days after the news was released, a small function quietly appeared on Facebook.

It's a game...... (To be continued......)