"Aokawa-kun, I hope you can think about it again, I'm serious, if you agree to work at Apple, we will definitely be able to create the greatest product in the world, and we can change the world together!" Jobs enthusiastically persuaded Sony's chief industrial designer Masashi Aokawa on the phone.

"On the board of directors, you can rest assured that all the board members except Ed Woolrad have resigned, and the current Apple board of directors will never be an obstacle for us. ”

"Of course, yes, that's one of the conditions for me to return to Apple. ”

"Anyway, I hope you'll reconsider. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply. ”

Jobs leaned back in the swivel chair and exhaled, irritably loosening the tie around his neck, which he had never been used to, but Ed Woolrad demanded that he have to dress for work within a month of his return. Jobs also knew that it was the moment of life and death for Apple, so he was no longer willful and agreed to Woolard's conditions.

"Didn't go well?" Fred Anderson saw Jobs' irritated expression and guessed that Jobs had touched his nose again this time.

Jobs frowned, biting his nails, and was dull and silent.

Fred Anderson persuaded: "You just took over, don't be too anxious to replace, I think you can first examine whether the ability of the existing designers meets your requirements, I talked to O'Brien two days ago, and he also thinks that you can start to adjust from the inside." ”

Jobs rested on his desk with his bare feet and said disdainfully: "Dig inside? If those doggy designers can design excellent works, how can Apple fall to the point where it is today? You see, such a thick stack on the table is their bullshit design, I am tired of this group of fools who only know how to mess around, and the design department must make adjustments!"

Fred Anderson was helpless: "At least you should go to the design department and talk to them, the company has not increased the departmental budget for the design department for five consecutive years, you know, even geniuses can only make mediocre products for various reasons." ”

Jobs bit his nails and thought about it for a while: "Maybe you're right, I'll go to the design department right now and take a look, what floor is their office on?"

Fred Anderson laughed: "They don't have an office at Apple headquarters, they are in the Colton Center, I can take you there." ”

Jobs waved his hand and said: "I know there, no wonder I haven't seen them in the company, inform them, I'll be over soon, I want to see what the hell they have done for so many years." ”

Steve Jobs walked to Apple's design room with his feet open and hunched over, and when he saw a group of dejected and listless design rooms, he was even more angry.

"You've handed over all this garbage over the years?" Jobs, as he quickly skimmed through the design brochures that the designers had called, "well, I finally understand why Apple is where it is today." ”

"You think you're designing this garbage because you don't have the funds or permissions? No, that's because you're only designing this kind of garbage! Okay, I don't want to hear any more explanations, I'll find a qualified design lead for Apple and let him decide whether you want to stay or not! But I can give you a piece of advice right now - hurry up and get your next job!"

"Huh?" Jobs was about to step out of the place that made him feel disgusting, but his eyes froze on a design drawing hanging on the wall.

This design drawing is not big, only the size of A4 paper, and there is a handheld portable PDA drawn on it, and the rounded and smooth curves made Jobs obsessed, and even the special-shaped full keyboard design is so beautiful that Jobs can't help but reach out and caress it.

"What is this, whose work is it?" asked Jobs.

Julian, Apple's current head of design, wiped his sweat vigorously, "It's a PDA, and Joni came up with the idea when he was there, but the management didn't pay attention to it." ”

"Jonny?" Jobs frowned.

Julian rubbed his hands nervously: "It's Jonathan Ivey, the former head of design, who just left a few months ago. ”

Jobs' brows furrowed even tighter, "Go find all his works for me, quick!"

Julian was pardoned, and hurriedly commanded his subordinates to find out all the design drafts of Jonathan Ivey in the past few years, because these things were designed by Jonathan Ivey during Apple, the copyright belongs to Apple, and he was not able to take them away from Apple when he left.

Jobs looked at each of Jonathan Ivey's works seriously, "Oh my God, this Jonathan is a genius! Look at this simple line! Although the cost of one-piece molding will increase, there is no doubt that this is a real genius design!" Jobs was amazed in his heart.

He's the guy I'm looking for! Jobs secretly made up his mind in his heart.

"Which company did he go to?" Jobs asked, looking up.

Julian thought for a moment: "It seems to be a small company called Matrix, and there are several colleagues who have jumped ship with him, and they are all former department leaders. ”

The muscles on Jobs' face twitched a few times, it's this kid again!

"Give me his contact information!" Jobs said to Julian without question.

"Uh, no problem, his number is XXXXXXXX. Julian found Jonathan Ivey's contact information and reported it to Jobs.

"You can pray that Jonathan Ivey can stay with you when he returns, what the hell, Apple has such a designer, but the product is like this! The world is crazy!" Steve Jobs scolded and left Apple's design center, leaving only a group of trembling designers looking at each other.

"Hey, Jonathan, I'm Steve, Steve Jobs. Jobs was a resolute man, and as soon as he walked out of the building, he couldn't wait to call Jonathan Ivey.

"No, no, don't say that, we can meet and I'm sure all your doubts will be dispelled. ”

"Maybe we can take a walk and talk? Where is your company? Mountain View? Oh, the environment in that place is terrible. ”

"Hey, listen up, Johnny, Apple is where you can use your talents, as long as you... Hey, hey, fxck!

Jobs continued to call Jonathan Ivey a few more times, and Jonathan Ivey got tired of it, so he had to pick up the phone, "Mr. Jobs, thank you very much for the invitation." But I can't leave Matrix now, we can keep in touch, what do you think?"

Jobs was puzzled: "It's impossible to leave Matrix? Is it a matter of liquidated damages? No problem, Apple can pay, no matter what your liquidated damages are, Apple can bear it." ”

Jonathan said helplessly: "This is not a matter of liquidated damages, now that our products are about to be officially launched to the market, I can't choose to change jobs at this time, and we can cooperate again if there is a chance in the future." ”

Jobs exaggeratedly shouted: "Do you really think that Huaxia kid can succeed? Don't forget, Huaxia is the world's largest producer of counterfeit goods! And your current so-called new products are destined to be just clumsy electronic waste!"

Jonathan frowned: "Mr. Jobs, I want you to pay attention to the wording, our iCom is not garbage. ”

Jobs stroked his forehead with one hand: "Oh my God, it's called iCom, what an unimaginative way of naming, Jonny, come back, we can change the world together." ”

Jonathan Ivey was unmoved, although Jobs had a force field that distorted reality, but Zhang Chen also had the blessing of the protagonist's aura: "At Matirx, we are changing the world." ”

(End of chapter)