There was an inexplicable stagnation in the room, as if the air had just frozen.

Rubinstein's fingers rubbed the chair and saw Chen Zier's attitude...... He could understand it, because Steve's request was unacceptable to ordinary people, but this Chinese's attitude actually made him slightly annoyed.

Anything, since it exists, there is a reason, and Steve is not an idiot, on the contrary, he is very smart, although sometimes he belongs to people who are not forced to count, but since he mentions it, it naturally has its own logic.

Logic and morality have nothing to do with it.

After all, there is a logical basis that Apple is big and E-song is small, so he thinks that Steve is not out of his head.

Of course, because they did want to cooperate, there were some things that Rubinstein held back and didn't say it.

After waiting for a while, Chen Zier was still silent, and he didn't even look up at them.

Rubinstein got up, "I hope you, Mr. Chen, will think about our conversation." ”

Still ignoring him.

If he hadn't even achieved 'equality', Chen Zier didn't know what else to consider.

Smacking his lips, perhaps bored, he took a step out of the place with his companion.

As he left, Chen Zier called Fadel in again.

"Apple's FireWire technology...... It's unlikely at the moment, and we've discussed it before, is there anyone in the company who is currently responsible for this research?"

"No, that technology is indeed better than USB 1.1, but despite this, many manufacturers are still switching to USB, and if it comes down to cause and effect, it is still cost. Apple-led R&D coalition has more than a dozen companies, and some companies have wanted to use them, but Steve has demanded that each interface be paid one to two dollars. ”

Chen Zier thought to himself that this was too dark, "so I have to pay them a dozen dollars for each one." ”

"Yes, it's too expensive. Fortunately, it has been almost three years since USB 1.1 was launched, and I have been hearing that USB 2.0 is going to be launched recently, and I think it will still take a few months for E-song's products, so there may be a turnaround. ”

Chen Zier asked: "Is there USB2.0 data, and how much is it?"

Fadell shook his head, "It's not released yet, so I don't know, but it's definitely a huge improvement over 1.1, so it's not a problem, and our product may not be appealing at this point, but it's not bad either." ”

Chen Zier fell back in the boss's chair, if Apple has always had such an attitude, then even if Lao Qiao has made a huge contribution to the technology world, he will not give this face.

What a joke, complete bullying.

Maybe he's done a good job of secrecy? He doesn't know that some key technology patents are already in E-song's hands?

Maybe that's really the case, in their eyes, E-song is still a small company with no ability, and it doesn't even have a decent product.

But no one knows that Chen Zier is a reborn, relying on this, even if the scale is limited, he does grasp the more important nodal things.

Thinking about it like this, Chen Zier smiled.

He immediately said, "OK, Fader, we're going to use USB, and you should know that Steve, he's not going to budge." ”

"yes, I know a little bit about that guy, he won't give in easily. ”

Rubinstein still left room and thought about a few more rounds of negotiations, but he didn't know that he was walking on the front foot, and Chen Zier was looking for a way out on the back foot.

The icing on the cake, the icing on the cake, I don't want this flower, okay?

A tree lives a skin, a person lives a breath, no matter how awesome you are, I won't receive your salary! I don't want you to be angry, I want to look back,

What if you don't have a patent for the central control wheel!

What if you don't have a multi-touch patent!

What if you don't have a design patent for a music player!

Chen Zier still has residual anger in his heart, although he knows that Steve Jobs has always been a bit domineering, but it is really the first time he has encountered someone who has made such a condition to him!

Lao Tzu still doesn't believe in this evil!

……

……

And on the other side.

Jonathan Rubinstein returns to Apple and finds Steve.

He is scolding, Jobs since 1997 after returning to Apple in addition to the hardware in addition to the launch of the iMac in terms of hardware success, 98 also launched MacOS8.5, the same year there was MacOS9, but these two software in the face of indoss98 has no advantage, so Jobs has been staring at the software side.

That is, the MacOSX operating system that will be launched in 2000.

Rubinstein waited outside the door for a while, and Steve was very efficient, and although he often cursed, he didn't just curse or enjoy swearing, and he didn't waste a long time.

So within a few minutes, he was allowed into the office.

"Coming back so quickly?" the tyrant of Apple looked up and looked down for a moment, as if he didn't expect it to be Jonathan Rubinstein.

"Ok, what's the bad news, tell me, hurry up, don't be like a woman. Steve could probably see the meaning of his subordinate's expression at a glance.

Well, he's pretty obvious enough.

Rubinstein didn't sit either, he thought for a moment and then said succinctly, "I was kicked out of the office by him." ”

"Hat?!" Jobs frowned, his expression full of disbelief. "He blasted you out of the office?!"

"Yes, he threw me out of the office, I sat down there, said what we thought and what we wanted, and then he kicked me out of the office. ”

"Oh shit, why did that bastard do that?!It's Apple, God, it's Apple!"

Rubinstein gestured, "You'll have to listen to me, Steve, we need an E-song, if you want to finish the product you have in mind, maybe ...... I mean, maybe our conditions shouldn't be so harsh. ”

"Are you kidding me?!My dear Mr. Jonathan!What do you mean we need E-songs?" He laughed and exaggerated, "You said Apple needs E-songs!" This is the funniest joke I've ever heard this year. ”

Then he tidied up his face, rubbed his nose, and said seriously: "Okay, although I have always disagreed with this plan, you said, E-song has a good design, they also have Portal-Player, in fact, I have always insisted that Apple can do this product independently, we have the best engineers and designers in the world, why seek cooperation with a small company?"

Rubinstein was in a hurry, and the boss's temper rose again, "Wait a minute, Steve, this is the first time we've been negotiating, this is just the beginning, you can't just end it, ok?! I mean we have to be smart, just like you received a $150 million injection from Microsoft three years ago, and that helped us get through this! There's no shame in that, people will just say that Steve's decision is very wise!"

Jobs took the pen in his hand and pointed at him, "Don't interrupt me, and don't mention Bill's thief (who has been thinking Microsoft copied Apple for years), and finally, do you know what I'm going to say?"

Rubinstein glanced at the man sitting in his chair tilting his head and looking up at him, he looked calm, well, thinking too much about himself.

"Okay, you name it. ”

"Good. I would like to say that I originally disagreed with this proposal. But ......" Jobs said word for word: "They rejected Apple, they blasted you out of the office, don't you think...... Don't you think Apple is insulted, Jonathan?"

"I mean, I sent the top executive of the company's hardware department, an Apple executive, to a small company with a 23-year-old boy from China, and we said, hey, let's work together. Then he said 'You-can-get-your-ass-out-of-my-office' and ...... later."

At this point he paused, stared at Jonathan, and lowered his voice, "Does he use the word ass?"

Unexpectedly, did he burst into foul language?

Rubinstein wondered how Jobs would have reacted if he had nodded his head and Jobs learned that he had been scolded by a 23-year-old Chinese 'boy' from a small and inconspicuous company?