Jobs was furious, what does that mean? Humiliate me?

Even if Apple was acquired, it did not affect Jobs's wealth and reputation in the slightest. After all, Apple's situation is now well known, and most people just sighed when the news of the acquisition came out - and it was.

Apple's current situation can only be described as terminally ill. After Jobs took over, he only gave investors some faint hope. Can Steve Jobs really save Apple? No one would dare to speculate like that, and the odds are even more incredible than Goryeo's victory over Germany.

The current ending of Apple can be described by one sentence to describe everyone's feelings: unexpected and reasonable.

Steve Jobs didn't have any shares in Apple, and in order to get rid of Amerio, he sold his last Apple stock, and now he only holds a portion of the outstanding options, which is very low, less than one percent.

This 1 percent option also does not have a large share in Jobs's asset structure. In addition to the $400 million he made from selling NeXT to Apple, the largest portion of Jobs' assets was the animation production company Pixar.

Pixar, which successfully launched Toy Story, has become one of Hollywood's hottest animation stars, with its market value soaring from $700 million at the beginning of its IPO to $1.7 billion in three years, and its stock price has more than doubled.

Jobs owns 80 percent of Pixar's shares, and with Pixar alone, Jobs is still an out-and-out billionaire.

Not just the average billionaire, it should be said that even if he fails to save Apple now, he is still a legend.

With Jobs' pride, how could he tolerate Zhang Chen humiliating himself so much!

Instead of being angry, Jobs laughed: "Could it be that psychedelics are legal in China? Are you taking pills and taking them to break your brain? Do you need me to introduce you to a better psychiatrist?"

Zhang Chen picked up the teapot on the table, poured three cups of tea, and said with a smile: "This is not the United States, and the Chinese people will never look for creativity from psychedelics." ”

Zhang Chen fought back slightly, everyone knows that Jobs was obsessed with DP when he was young, and he never shy away from this experience.

The muscles on Jobs' face twitched a few times, and Zhang Chen said with a straight face: "Steve, I'm serious." ”

Jobs still had a calm face, and the thoughts in his heart came and went, what kind of conspiracy did this kid have?

It is not an exaggeration to describe his relationship with him as powerful, although there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies in the business world. But any entrepreneur will not take the initiative to cooperate with his opponent when he has a choice, after all, there are too many hidden dangers.

Isn't he afraid that he will counterattack and swallow Matrix in one gulp?

As if hearing the question in Jobs' heart, Zhang Chen blew the hot tea in the cup and said slowly: "Steve, whether you believe it or not, you are always the most suitable iCEO candidate for Matrix in my mind. ”

Bill Campbell couldn't help but interject, "Zack, all I know is the CEO, what do you mean by the iCEO you keep mentioning?"

Zhang Chen put down the teacup and smiled: "Bill, you also know that we have launched iCom and iBook, which have a wide range of meanings, and more importantly, I hope to make i a symbol, as long as anyone sees something that starts with this letter, they will immediately think of Matrix." ”

"The same is true for this iCEO, and I hope that Matrix's investors and consumers will clearly understand that x is a company full of personality, so our CEO needs to be more personal. ”

Jobs' ability to perceive people's hearts is very prominent, and in just a few words, he suddenly discovered that Zhang Chen was indeed serious.

Jobs felt a wave of absurdity, how could he possibly agree? How could he make such a request?

"Huh. The corners of Jobs' lips showed a hint of ridicule, "I'm sorry, I'm not going to be the bullshit iCEO of this garbage company, you better keep it to yourself and play slowly." ”

The corners of Zhang Chen's mouth also showed a smile: "Steve, don't refuse in such a hurry, you know better than anyone else that the merger of Matrix and Apple is a win-win situation." We can give Apple a lot of cash flow, and we can make up for Apple's dwindling ability to innovate. At the same time, Apple can also give Matrix the greatest support in terms of intellectual property rights. Isn't that the company you want to build? And it's stronger and more vibrant than you ever wanted it to be. I can guarantee that there will be no interference in your product and market decisions, and you will have the freedom to use your creativity and leadership. ”

Jobs stood up, "If that's all you want to say, I regret wasting so much time in this country." I repeat, I'm not interested. ”

With that, Jobs picked up the jacket he put on the back of the chair and sneered: "Congratulations on buying a bunch of garbage, they match you very well." ”

After that, Jobs turned around and was about to leave, Zhang Chen quietly watched Jobs' movements, and suddenly said, "Don't you want to know how I got successful?"

Jobs's figure was stagnant, Zhang Chen's rise can only be described as a miracle, when he first saw this kid, he was just a hairy boy who had taken shit luck. But in less than two years, the other party has been able to sit on an equal footing with himself, and all the companies invested and founded have developed extremely rapidly, becoming one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Internet wave.

A person's success once may be accidental, and success twice may be a coincidence, but it is a miracle that he succeeds every time.

Jobs is a person who believes in miracles, but he doesn't believe in the miracles created by Zhang Chen, there must be a specific reason behind this kid's success.

"Not interested. Jobs raised his legs and continued to walk out, only to hear Zhang Chen whisper behind him: "Because of the Tao." ”

"Dao?" Jobs stopped, he had always been very interested in the occult, and he had heard that there was a metaphysics called "Tao" in the ancient East, but he really didn't know what it was.

Zhang Chen showed a solemn look on his face: "2,500 years ago, Lao Tzu of Huaxia once said that Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, and three to all things. As long as we master the Tao, we have mastered the laws of the world and the ultimate mystery of the universe. The reason why I have been able to succeed is because of the Tao. ”

Zhang Chen's words, in later generations, no one will believe them in three-year-old children, but for Jobs, it has a strong impact.

Sometimes, the more successful a person is, the more superstitious he is.

Because every successful person has a much stronger desire than ordinary people, and with desire, there is also the possibility of being deceived.

Just like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, he was wise and martial when he was alive, but he was still deceived by Fang Shi, thinking that there were really immortals in the world and trying to live forever.

The same is true of Steve Jobs, who went to India as a devotional when he was young, and became fascinated by Zen Buddhism in Toei, and regarded a monk as a spiritual teacher, Otokawa Hirofumi, and many of his decisions were influenced by Otokawa Hirofumi.

Moreover, Zhang Chen's rise is indeed too legendary, even more legendary than his success, so Jobs can't believe Zhang Chen's nonsense.

Sometimes, the more bizarre a lie is, the more people will believe it.

Jobs turned around: "What do you mean by 'Dao?'"

When Steve Jobs succeeded in saving Apple in '98, I was really surprised.

The news that Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy was published in domestic newspapers, and many newspapers even featured the news.

For a long time, including the domestic media, almost all of them sentenced Apple to death, and no one believed that Apple could really come back to life, at that time, a domestic newspaper once translated foreign reports, saying that Apple's best outcome was to be acquired, but because it could not find a buyer, the end of bankruptcy could not be avoided.

Apple is not famous in China after the release of mobile phones, the first batch of people in China to contact computers, almost all of them are Apple machines, most of them are Macintosh or apple II. When I was in the fourth grade of elementary school, there was a computer class in the school, and I had to wear shoe covers and anti-static clothing to enter the computer room, and there was a Macintosh in the computer room, which was '91.

The i in iCEO originally referred to interne, which means internship and temporary, and here Zhang Chen made some misinterpretations.

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