Chapter One Hundred and One

“…… The first time I saw them was on a very ordinary California afternoon, drizzle and haze. I ran under the canopy of the bus stop, and he (Ahn Joon-hyuk) stood beside me, alone, quietly looking out at the sky where the breeze blew the rain curtain...... He seems to be surrounded by a quiet atmosphere all the time, so rich that it is like walking in the forest after the rain, and with every breath, he smells the leaves washed away with dust, and the earth washes away the fragrance of decay......"

"Now that I think about it, they must have met for the first time that day, and I had the privilege of seeing it with my own eyes and documenting it. Many times in the future, I will look at this photograph I took with my own hands, reminiscing about that ordinary rainy afternoon, remembering that my eyes were filled with the cracked clouds in the distance, and the ray of sunlight that leaked through the gaps in the clouds like a ladder. ”

"The land of California is vast and majestic, stretching out to the end of the horizon, and there are vast mountains and rivers. The space rendered by the dim sky is gray, only the sunlight, which comes from the sky, it casts the changing shadows of the clouds on the earth, it makes the shadows, the yellow earth reflects the brilliant golden light, the trees sway out of the emerald green, it dispels the coldness of the heaven and earth, and also brightens. ”

"I'm so sure it's an inquiry from heaven! God has let it witness and let me witness it, so when I press the shutter and circle it all into the camera, I know it. ”

“…… I recorded history!"

—Excerpt from Lucy Kraft's acceptance speech, 2011. Because of the classic photo of Ahn Jun-hyuk and Steve Jobs meeting for the first time in front of Apple, he won the Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism.

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However, the future award-winning record is still a somewhat reckless and naïve intern at this time, and when she woke up from the initial shock, Jobs had already entered the door of Apple with An, and the back of the battery car was speeding away!

Ahn Junhyuk and Jobs, who were sitting in the battery car, didn't know the chagrin of an intern reporter at this moment, after getting into the battery car. Jobs told Phil not to go back to the office just yet. Instead, he walked around the park, and he personally led Ahn Joon-hyuk on a tour.

At this time, Apple was already the largest technology company in Cupertino, with a vast headquarters. Office buildings, factories, laboratories, staff dormitories. The brain and heart of the entire Apple company. It is constantly injecting Apple's unique cultural and artistic taste into the world, and it is also constantly creating profits.

When driving on the lawn, you can often see a wide road around the lawn. Trucks come and go, many factories are busy starting, uniformed employees have no intention of stopping to enjoy the scenery after the rain, enjoy the rare fresh air, in a hurry.

This huge campus is running at high speed like a machine.

"Ann, my friend, welcome to Apple!" Jobs said to Ahn Joon-hyuk with a slightly proud expression, pointing to the trucks and busy people.

He is proud of the fact that he has created the world's number one luxury electronic brand, and it is he who has saved the company from its decline and brought it out of depression and given it the exuberant vitality it sees today.

This is the holy place in the hearts of Apple fans, and it is also the most desirable place for the leaders of most electronic technology companies in the future world.

Some people say that there are three apples in human history, the first one seduced Eve, the second one woke up Newton, and the third one, right here!

A man's ultimate dream is to conquer and change the world, and in modern times, the only one who can do this is the old man with a proud expression beside him. Jobs was very happy with Ahn Jun-hyuk's envy, and he instructed Phil, who was driving: "Go to the laboratory, Phil, I'm going to give our guests and see my children!"

Phil agreed, and the battery car rolled over the soft lawn and drove deeper into the park, eventually stopping in front of a futuristic building.

This is probably Apple's most important secret area, the original green nursery, but the building is not around, the empty square around the building, all the way, monitoring equipment and sentinel booths, no dead ends to monitor the surroundings, because this building, there is the most valuable product idea of the whole Apple, or the design plan has been established, and the concept product of the test machine has been produced.

Ahn Jun Hyuk said that Jobs' so-called child is a concept product that Apple has changed the world - iPhone!

Sure enough, when Ahn Junhyuk walked into the building under the leadership of Jobs, and finally came to a laboratory, he arranged for Ahn Junhyuk to sit down in the rest area outside, and Jobs entered the laboratory, and when he came out again, he already had an extra box in his hand.

Although the closed laboratory building does not appear to be stuffy because of the good ventilation system, the light is relatively dark, and the rest area is only illuminated by lights embedded in the ceiling, and the light is cold.

In this cold light, Ahn Jun-hyuk watched as Jobs opened the box, took out a strange-shaped, palm-sized machine, laid it flat on the palm of his hand, and held it up in front of him.

The machine has a screen as big as the fuselage, and the shell of the metal combined with engineering plastics is not painted, which looks relatively clumsy, but when Jobs presses its power button, the moment the machine starts, the moving brilliance covers up all the flaws, and it also makes Ahn Junhyuk's eyes complicated!

iPhone……

In his memory, he has used the entire series of iPhones since they were approved for marketing in South Korea, and the "Ahn Junhyuk" in the dream has the same sensitive business acumen as him, and when "he" first came into contact with the iPhone3G, he was immediately keenly aware that this was an electronic product that was enough to subvert everything, and in order to be able to learn more about it, he also bought the iPhone2G that was not sold in South Korea at a high price.

That is, the model in front of you.

04 years from the dream to now, it has been 3 years, just like a person who has long been familiar with the computer and the Internet at the beginning of the 21st century, if you go back to 10 years ago, he will feel that the whole world is unbearable, this is because a revolutionary product has changed human behavior and habits.

After computers and the Internet, only smartphones can do this, and even the "Ahn Joon-hyuk" in his dreams has long been accustomed to doing things on his mobile phone - video conferencing, remote control, online payment, etc.

3 years.

Sometimes in the feeling, it is like a long life, especially for a person like him who has another memory with a different path, a different personality, and a different means, and who is often struggling to be influenced and firmly maintain his nature, the feeling of touching something that has long been familiar again, countless memories suddenly pour into his mind, and the feeling of constantly conflicting with the memory of the present across time and space makes his whole person lose his mind for a moment.

Jobs watched all this, but mistook his loss of consciousness for shock, the old man touched his beard, and said with a smile: "Don't you think it's incredible? When I listened to your explanation in the morning, I also felt incredible, because the basic conditions required for the various prospects you planned for the map in the mobile era are strikingly similar to the machine I designed." ”

Sighing and shaking his head, he joked, "For a moment, I even suspected that you were a commercial espionage!"

Ahn Jun-hyuk rubbed the corners of his forehead, barely holding back the memory of the conflict, endured his headache, and said with a smile: "In this case, can I also suspect that you are a commercial spy?"

"Haha......ha Two genius thieves!"

I have always heard that Jobs has a narcissistic complex, Ahn Junhyuk only then had an understanding, smiled bitterly, and was about to say something more, Jobs had already begun to operate the test machine, gushing about his feelings: "...... I've been feeling lonely for a long time, Ann, are you too? No one can understand how important our ideas are, and a few years ago, like you today, I struggled to convince the board of directors to allocate a budget to develop this little cutie! God knows how much I hated to tell those idiots about how much money this design would make. ”

"So, I can relate to how you feel today, where you erase 'location-based services' and turn them into 'location-based advertising,' which is almost like what I was in a situation a few years ago. He said with a serious expression, but he didn't pay attention to Ahn Joon-hyuk's strange face.

"But you're luckier than me, my friend, when I'm distressed, I'm surrounded by idiots, and you're shining today, at least I understand you! Speaking of which, you've had a great idea for this map product, in fact, I've been agonizing all along, how can I fully exploit the potential of my smartphone so that it can achieve my goal of merging the virtual with the real? Now, you've solved this distress for me, so I've been thinking about one thing all the time I've been waiting for you to come, and now it has an answer!"

I had long heard that Jobs was extremely self-centered, looking at the old man in front of him who was talking to himself, almost unable to interject, Ahn Junhyuk smiled helplessly, and had to interrupt: "Mr. Jobs......"

"Call me Steve, treat friends, I like to be intimate. ”

“…… Dear Steve, I wonder what you think of my proposal?"

"Opinion?" Jobs was stunned, and then patted his head, "What about cooperating to set up a map company?"

"Yes, in my vision, the construction and improvement of the map needs to mobilize Facebook's user manpower, so Facebook uses users as capital, accounting for 32%, Apple shares with technology, accounting for 32%, and 32% will be held by J.H Network, so what do you think?"

"Hmm...... Fair enough, a third each, and the remaining 4% set aside as a reward?OK, I agree with your distribution plan in principle, and it will help you convince the Apple board of directors to ......"

Ahn Jun-hyuk, who was ready to bargain, couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this, he didn't expect Jobs to be so simple.

But soon, he understood why.

Jobs continued: "...... However, I have a proposal that I need to think about carefully!" (To be continued......)

PS: I'm late to come back, and I'll make up for the less tomorrow!