Sure enough, Bill Campbell waved his hand: "I'm not involved in your business problems, I'm here to catch up." ”

John Doerr said helplessly: "Okay, okay, but you know, what I just told Zack is the truth, in the Amazon case, if Tinder cooperates with KPCB, it will definitely make more money than they do it themselves." ”

Zhang Chen looked at Bill Campbell, who was concentrating on the fruit yogurt in front of him, and didn't look like he was talking.

Zhang Chen thought for a while, "John, I need to think about it, you said a lot, I have too little experience in this industry, so I can't make a decision right away." ”

John Doore nodded, "Okay, but I'm flying to Cincinnati tomorrow and then to New England, so if you've thought about it, you can call me." Oh yes, it's my satellite phone, and it's always available, even on a plane. ”

After John Doerr left, Zhang Chen smiled at Bill: "Bill, what are you looking for me? It's not just about catching up, is it? ”

Bill smiled heartily, "Haha, Zack, that's right, I'm going to hurry home after talking to you, my kids are still waiting for me to cut the turkey." Zack, do you still hold a grudge against Steve?"

Zhang Chen knew that Bill Campbell's Steve was referring to Jobs, picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip, and said with a smile: "No, I have never held a grudge against this guy." ”

Bill breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he wanted to speak, he heard Zhang Chen continue: "For Jobs, it is useless to hold a grudge, it will only make him more and more proud." A guy like this, using all means to knock him down is the best counterattack. ”

Come on, it seems that there is still a grudge.

Bill said helplessly: "Zack, Steve does have a lot of shortcomings, in a sense, he's a bastard, yes, but he's a good partner." ”

Zhang Chen sneered, good partner?

Adobe, Google, Microsoft, T-Maker。。。。。。 The names of this series are all former partners of Steve Jobs, and in the end, Apple under the leadership of Steve Jobs has become mortal enemies with these former partners. If Google is still because of a business conflict of interest, then Adobe is purely a personal vendetta of Steve Jobs.

Zhang Chen's eyes rolled: "Bill, you didn't come specifically to persuade me to reconcile with Jobs, did he?"

Bill smiled wryly, "Zack, you and Steve are both too individual people, and it's hard for me to be caught between you." ”

Zhang Chen smiled very happily: "Haha, Bill, you are lying again, you are a natural balancer, and the contradiction between me and Jobs will not even let you waste a unit of brain cells." Say, what does he want me to do?"

Bill Campbell smiled: "I can't hide it from you, Steve's NeXT wants to buy a few trademarks in your hand." ”

Zhang Chen pretended to be surprised, "The trademark in my hand?"

Bill nodded, "Yes, he recently planned to register a few new trademarks, and after checking them, he found that these trademarks were all registered by Tinder. Don't look at Steve's pretending to look down on you, in fact, he is very concerned about you, and knows that the source of the fire is your company, so he is furious, and he finds me and asks me to find a way to buy these trademarks from you. ”

When Zhang Chen heard this, he was still quite cool, and smiled: "Those few trademarks? You know, I have a lot of registered trademarks on hand." ”

"The logo of the i-series, which includes the iMac or something. Haha, Steve yelled in front of me that you were a shameful thief after hearing that you added an i in front of your Mac and registered your iMac as a new trademark, haha. Here is a list of specific trademarks. Bill Campbell handed Zhang Chen a list of trademarks.

Zhang Chen took the list and flipped through it, and said casually: "I'm also surprised that I was able to register successfully, I can only say that Apple is too careless." ”

Bill Campbell nodded approvingly.

Zhang Chen threw the catalog on the table, and the corners of his mouth grinned, "Jobs is ready to go back to Apple?"

Bill Campbell was stunned on the spot and didn't speak for a long time.

Zhang Chen smiled: "Bill, it's a pity, Jobs is my enemy, I can't be an enemy, frankly speaking, these trademarks are of little use to me, but I know that they are of great use to Jobs." Especially now that he's going back to Apple, any bit of rivalry will help him get back in charge of the company, and I'm not going to sell him the trademark. ”

Bill Campbell rubbed his temples: "Zack, you're scaring me, okay, he's really planning to return to Apple, but now it's all just a plan, not an implementation, how do you know?"

Zhang Chen shrugged: "It's very simple, Mac is Macintosh's nickname, Jobs's NeXT has completely withdrawn from hardware services, and with his character, if it is a product from NeXT, a new company, there will definitely be no Mac, but a new name." ”

"Since NeXT won't use the name iMac, but Jobs wants to buy it, isn't the answer obvious?" Zhang Chen said lightly.

Bill let out a sigh, "You're right, he wants to go back to Apple, but it's still unknown. Zack, you don't have a deep grudge against Steve, why don't you take this opportunity to reconcile? He didn't take advantage of you, you don't admit defeat. ”

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Bill, you are one of my best friends in the United States. But unlike Steve Jobs, I don't really care so much about winning or losing. I didn't have a crush on Steve Jobs, and it wasn't simply because of his attitude toward me when we first met. ”

Bill Campbell was stunned for a moment, you don't care about winning or losing? How many people in the entire Silicon Valley dare to fight Jobs face to face? Even Bill Gates, who had a war of words with Jobs, never took advantage of it.

"If not for that conflict, then why?" asked Bill Campbell.

"Because of respect. Zhang Chen took a sip of coffee.

Bill Campbell wondered, respect, he was a little arrogant when you first met Jobs, but you were just a rookie, and although Jobs's attitude was excessive, it wouldn't make you hold a grudge for so long, right?

Zhang Chen saw Bill Campbell's doubts and waved his hand, "I'm not talking about respect for me personally, but for my country." ”

"As we all know, Jobs has no good impression of Huaxia, which is his power, but he is not qualified to insult Huaxia people as thieves and liars. I guess when Jobs knew that I had registered the iMac trademark, and when he was furious, he would have scolded him like 'Chinese people are a bunch of shameful thieves!'

Bill Campbell looked embarrassed, obviously, Zhang Chen was right.

Zhang Chen's expression was indifferent and he was not excited, "I admit that there are many bad things in China now, and it is far inferior to the United States in terms of per capita quality." But this is not a question of ethnicity and culture, but of the economy. There is an ancient saying in China, which is called 'knowing etiquette and knowing etiquette when you are honest and having enough food and clothing'. As China's economic strength grows stronger, its cultural attractiveness and the people's moral level will become stronger and stronger, will Jobs still say that when the time comes? This kind of irresponsible accusation is the reason why I hate him, and he insults the Chinese people as a group. ”

In this chapter, I guess some people will talk about poison. The author rarely brings the protagonist into himself, but the protagonist's opinion of Jobs in this chapter is basically equivalent to the author's opinion of Jobs.

It's not about love or patriotism, just like someone who is upset by the regional artillery, no matter how good you are, you can't fire the regional artillery.

Note: Jobs has repeatedly made discriminatory remarks in public, especially against Chinese, and Jobs likes Japan very much, super like, which is one of the reasons why he hates China.

(End of chapter)