"Hey, you must be the kid who turned Hollywood upside down!" Sid didn't expect to see two middle-aged men take the initiative to greet him as soon as he walked into a villa in Malibu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info people arrived before the sound arrived, and the fiery personality came mercilessly with Jobs's opening.

"Then you're the old guy who made Bill Gates restless, hehe. Sid smiled and said without showing weakness.

If others hear the conversation here, I am afraid that they will look back in surprise, thinking that they have some quarrel.

"Wow, you're Sid? You look younger than you look in the pictures. At this time, a tall and bearded uncle next to Jobs, who seemed to be grinning, actually said in a round way.

"You're also more handsome than you look in the pictures, Mr. Ellison. Sid nodded slightly at Larry Ellison, the Silicon Valley boss who had been portrayed by the media as megalomaniac and looked very bright. Just looking at the reaction of the guy who just performed freely and helped Jobs and Sid play the round, you can see that he is by no means a simple megalomaniac.

"Introduce yourself, Sid Leonhardt. Sid said to Larry Ellison with his right hand.

"Larry Ellison. The boss of Oracle smiled and stretched out his right hand. Larry Ellison may be proud, but it also depends on the person, and he has always respected those who are talented and capable.

After greeting Larry Ellison, Sid turned to look at today's protagonist, "Looks like I've finally had the pleasure of meeting you in person, Mr. Steve Jobs." ”

"Didn't you expect to see me when you secretly bought Apple stock?" asked Jobs, expressionless.

"I don't think buying shares in the public markets is going to be a secret. Sid had a faint smile on his lips, unconcerned about the sinking face of Steve Jobs on the other side.

Larry Ellison watched the two of them say nothing, and then began to fight each other again, and said with a headache: "Let's go in and talk, otherwise standing at the door, others will think that we are not good at hospitality." ”

Jobs and Sid looked at each other and nodded slightly in agreement.

This is Larry Ellison's newly purchased ocean view villa in Malibu Beach, a perfect beach facing the Pacific Ocean.

Larry Ellison, a luxury fanatic who would later become famous, has now shown a tendency to collect mansions on a large scale, buying almost all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles to make his journey south.

"Come, sit down, what would you like to drink?" said Larry Ellison, taking on the role of host, and made a rare move over to the wine on display.

"The water was fine, I didn't want to drink early in the morning. Jobs said, and then he looked at Sid.

"Me too. Sid said with a faint smile.

"Okay, don't stand still, sit down. Larry Ellison saw that the atmosphere between the two was still a little stiff, and hurriedly said.

Then he poured three glasses of Fijian water, and the three of them took one each.

After they took a sip, the cold mineral water slowly dispersed, making the mood of several people slightly better.

"I have to say, two years ago, you squeezed out Gil Amelio's wrist beautifully. Sid spoke first.

"Oh, don't you think I'm too ruthless?" Jobs couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Back then, when Sid joined the crew of "A Natural Pair", Jobs wanted to return to the throne of Apple. He used a variety of ruthless tactics to attack his opponents, first convincing Apple's board of directors to seek an advisory role within Apple during the acquisition of his NeXT company by Apple.

Although then-CEO Gil Arimio was extremely jealous of Jobs' return, he even invited Steve Woznika, who co-founded Apple with Jobs, back to Apple, in order to use the hand of the co-founder, who had a bad relationship with Jobs, to counterbalance Jobs. But Jobs still used the pretext of building a core operating system for Apple to put his friend Rubinstein in a key position in the company.

Next, on the one allowed those, with the acquisition of NeXT, to seize power from the bottom up.

At the same time, his close friend and the founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison, also kept criticizing Apple's poor performance in the media, and instilled in the public the idea that only Jobs could save Apple.

Finally, by mid-'97, Jobs landed the final blow of a series of punches.

He threw away all the Apple stock he had. At that time, when NeXT was acquired by Apple, Jobs received 1.5 million shares as a gift from the other party.

In terms of value alone, the shares are worth just over $20 million, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the earnings made by Jobs when Pixar went public and NeXT was sold.

But it was a batch of registered stocks, so as soon as Jobs sold them, everyone immediately knew that it was the shares he sold. At that time, Apple was already on the cusp of the media, and the founder's large-scale sell-off was immediately interpreted by the public and the market as Jobs was pessimistic about Apple's prospects, and Apple's stock price was immediately severely impacted.

At this time, the so-called "Apple has 90 days left to go bankrupt" is rampant, and the board of directors is completely disappointed that Apple has evaporated hundreds of millions of market value in this round of shock, and CEO Jill Amelio is helpless.

In the end, the king of Steve Jobs' style sightseeing returned.

"You're deliberately crushing Apple's stock price and forcing the board to fire Gil Alimeo, regardless of the turmoil it causes, because you're sure you'll be able to bring Apple back to the top if you become CEO again. Sid's eyes flickered with a bright fire, a look that was familiar to both Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison across from him.

These are the eyes of ambition and wolf, and they are the eyes of conquerors and pirates.

"You're a madman, but you're a genius. That's why I'm going to invest $300 million, and I'm not buying apples, I'm buying apples with you and Steve Jobs. Sid made no secret of his ambitions, leaning forward, his eyes radiating a burning look, and stared directly at Jobs.

"Terrible boy, Sid Leon, you are such a terrible young man. For the first time, a deep smile appeared on Jobs' face, and his complicated eyes looked up and down at the young man about the same age as his daughter.

"But you don't hate it. Sid put away his domineering posture and put on a smile again.

"It's true, it's rare, and I'm not angry at all. Jobs nodded in acknowledgement.

"The most powerful wolf king also wants to have a companion who can gallop with him. Sid smiled faintly, "But the premise is that the other party is strong enough." ”

"It seems that your success in Hollywood is not accidental. Jobs finally smiled lightly.

"Success?heh, the Hollywood game has just begun. Sid raised his glass at him, "It's the same on our side. ”

"Yes, it's just getting started. Jobs also raised his glass and touched Sid.

Smart and urban, although young, he has created various business miracles one after another. In Sid, Jobs even saw a little bit of his own youthful shadow.

"Then what do you think about the current situation of Apple?" Since you want to cooperate as allies, of course, you must first understand the level of both sides, so Jobs asked as if he was thoughtful.

"A lot of product line withdrawals are right because it's not what can't be done, it's what can really be done. The current consumer-grade, professional-grade, desktop, and portable cross-classification strategies are no problem at all. Sid began by praising Apple's development over the past year.

"But......" Hild paused, "except for the assortment on these products." The real essence is to make our products 'Rolls-Royce'!"

Sid's words made Jobs frown, he didn't expect Sid to really say something.

"Oh, 'Rolls-Royce'? what do you say?" asked Jobs, knowingly, as the leader of Joe, who "historically" single-handedly turned Apple computers into fashion-grade high-end fields, and became firmly occupying high-priced, high-end "luxury accessories", how could he not know what Sid meant.

"Quite simply, as you (Jobs) said in the '70s, the PC will be the bike of the 21st century. And what is the characteristic of the bicycle? It is cheap and convenient. Coupled with Moore's Law, the price and cost of personal computers, whether desktop or portable, will go all the way down in the future. Then in the industrial chain of personal computers, the companies that can really reap high profits must be the companies that dominate key components such as chips and graphics cards, such as Intel and NVIDIA. ”

"And, of course, there are operating systems and software companies like Microsoft, Adobe (Phoshop's company). Although Steve Jobs sat across from him, Sid did not hesitate to say Microsoft's name. Larry Ellison glanced at his old friend and saw that he was not angry, but listening to Sid intently.

Moments later, Larry Ellison was also drawn to Sid's words.

"So if we're going to compete with Dell, Hewlett-Packard, these companies that have taken over most of the market. Then, of course, they have to avoid their existing areas and create a new market, just like Apple2 did back then. A high-end market like 'Rolls-Royce'. Sid's loud voice made Jobs smile in agreement.