While Roy was embarrassed to go home and wait for a comeback because he failed to persuade Steve Jobs, a change within Apple had already brewed huge morale.

"Did you hear that? All of our options were downgraded to yesterday's closing price. An Apple employee excited.

"$13.81, hahaha, who would have dared to imagine it before. ”

"Yes. I've heard that Steve Jobs pushed for this plan, requiring the board of directors to lower the exercise price of employee options. ”

"Mighty!"

"Hehe, it seems that I have to work hard, and my work finally has a new head. ”

"Come on!"

……

The news spread throughout the company in a short period of time, and Apple's 8,000 employees immediately boiled, and suddenly there was endless motivation, which was unprecedented for the company for more than ten years, and greatly united people's hearts.

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Peanut Ventures, Inc.

"Huh, Steve?" Roy really didn't expect that Jobs, who left the scene yesterday, would take the initiative to call him today.

"Roy, the investment industry you work in is rubbish, and you don't have any future in your life, so why don't you work for me. From the other side of the microphone came a thunderous suggestion.

"Working for you?" Roy was momentarily stunned, was this a humiliation? He didn't know whether he should laugh or be angry, I am a man who wants to be your boss, and you still want to recruit me.

Jobs then concluded, "If you think about it, you're not making an investment at all. ”

It took a long time for Roy to come back to his senses, he really couldn't cry or laugh, and what was even more strange was that he didn't know why, he was completely shocked by the other party's arrogant temperament, and he didn't even think of a rebuttal.

Steve Jobs was really a man of God who could stir up emotional ripples and easily bring others into his rhythm.

In Roy's memory, Steve Jobs often played this conquest routine, trying and failing to recruit people.

Jobs once visited Xerox's R&D center and decided to use the GUI technology he saw to develop Apple's next generation of products.

In fact, Xerox himself relied on this technology to make a computer, called "Xerox Star". The Xerox Star uses graphical interface technology, but on the whole the product is very mediocre and the sales are poor.

When the machine was released, Jobs immediately went to the dealer to take a look, and after reading it, he called a hardware designer on the Xerox Star team and said, "The things you have made in your life are rubbish, and there is no future for staying at Xerox." Why don't you work for me? ”

As a result, although that person was humiliated by Jobs on the phone, he finally agreed to join Apple.

Jobs has always been like this, he doesn't care too much about what others think, and his emotional intelligence is really not high, but he can repeatedly rely on his personality charm to attract talents.

Roy's previous catchphrase: "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or change the world with me?", was also sung by Steve Jobs.

Just as Roy was flustered, Alice walked in and reported the latest news from Apple.

"What?

"Yes. Alice nodded, handing over a detailed document.

Could it be that the change has already happened? Roy watched the content for a long time as if he were on the verge of a great enemy, and suddenly said in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"Huh?" Alice was also stunned by Roy's nervous look.

"I mean, why did Steve Jobs lower the price of options, and Apple employees were as scrappy as chickens?"

"Oh. Alice hesitated, this is common sense, is the boss sick again, but she still patiently explained: "Because of the extremely poor performance of Apple in the past ten years, the stock has fallen for many years, so there is no difference between the options and waste paper that everyone takes." ”

"Oh, I see, Fake...... I'm really confused. ”

Jobs adjusted the price at which the option was exercised. The so-called exercise of rights is the "exercise of rights", in the field of options, the employee gets an option is actually that he can buy the company's shares at a price previously agreed upon by both parties.

So let's say the exercise price of the option is 10 yuan, but the Apple stock is currently 15 yuan, then the option is worth a lot of money, which is equivalent to an immediate surplus of 5 yuan on the book. But if the current Apple stock price is 8 yuan, the option price is worthless, which is equivalent to you having the right to buy 8 yuan worth 10 yuan, which is meaningless.

Therefore, when Steve Jobs lowered the exercise price of the option to Apple's closing price at that time, everyone was very motivated, because if the company's stock rose in the future, everyone would be able to make a profit together.

Roy said helplessly: "This Jobs is too chicken thief." He himself does not have a penny of options in the company, does not belong to the interest party, and can promote this plan with righteousness and awe, and others have nothing to blame for him. But it is all Apple employees who benefit from it, and it is simply impossible to buy the hearts of the people better. ”

The more Roy thinks about it, the more he has a sense of crisis, although Apple's stock is still falling, it will never stop rising from the second half of the year, which shows that Jobs' status as an advisor to the board of directors can also have a lot of positive impact on the company. If this acquisition drags on, it is likely to be completely ruined.

Alice watched Roy walk around anxiously, her eyes glazed, "Boss, if I don't have anything else to do, I'll go and get busy first." ”

"We can't sit still. Alice, tell Doyle to convene an S-class think tank meeting. This time I had to take it seriously. ”

"Okay. Alice just took two steps and turned around and asked, "What level is the S-class?"

"Urgent. ”

"Oh, how many levels are there?"

“a，b，c，d，e，f，g……”

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California, on a car bound for Merlin.

Debra hummed happily, her blue eyes flashed to the rhythm, her right hand tightly clasped Roy's left hand, and even her speech was a little more playful and gentle, which was really different from her usual cute appearance in the company.

"Roy, I really didn't expect you to come to see me, and I'm really happy to receive your call. ”

"Hmm. Just in time to come back for an important meeting, I stopped by to see you. "The two who used to get along day and night have not seen each other for many days now, and now Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and Roy also has a lot of feelings.

Debra snorted cutely and smiled, "Even if you say that, I'm very happy." I'll tell you a little secret, Jamie, she misses you too, but I sneaked out and didn't tell her about your return. ”

"Haha. Royle, "Is this a plastic flower friendship?"

"What?"

The meaning is: sisters are like plastic flowers, very fake, but they will never wither. ”

Debra thought for a moment and nodded seriously, "Makes sense, you know so much." ”

Roy laughed in his heart, I still know more, such as three women in one play, five women in six groups.

The two got out of the car at the side of the square and walked to the mall.

"Have you rested well during this time?" Because Debra was not in a good state at work, Roy couldn't bear it anymore, so he directly gave the other party a long vacation.

"I'm sorry. Debra couldn't help but feel sad, guilty, and heartbroken when she thought of the reason why she was on vacation.

"Stop!" Roy shouted softly, "Don't be like this, okay? You are such a big and slim girl of 1.8 meters, and you show a pitiful appearance, which makes people miss you very much. I blame you, I'm hard. ”

Debra snorted and smiled, "You're so annoying, I really feel sorry for you, after all, I didn't do my job well." ”

Roy said step by step: "Have you ever thought about another situation, that is, the real reason why you didn't do your job well is actually to take revenge on me." ”

Revenge?!Debra was immediately stunned, how is this possible?!

Roy continued to lead according to what Wen Xing taught him: "If you think about it carefully, I am usually very harsh, ruthless, and willful to you, right? So, you subconsciously deliberately forgot some important things, just to make me angry. When I get angry because of this, you will suddenly feel an inexplicable pleasure in your heart, as if the squeezing emotions have been released. ”

Debra inadvertently entered the memories of certain scenes, when she accidentally messed up her work, and then Roy yelled angrily because of it, she seemed to be really inexplicably happy in her heart, this special emotion was hidden very deeply, if it wasn't for Roy deliberately guiding her to reminisce, she wouldn't have realized it at all.

Why should I take revenge on Roy?!

Debra's eyes were dazed, and her mood became unstable.

Roy felt a chill in his heart, and it seemed that it was really as Wen Xing expected, because he was usually mean to Debra, he yelled at every turn, calling back and forth, and he didn't care about the other party's wishes at all, but Debra subconsciously used the "weapon of the weak" to carry out passive resistance. Even she herself didn't know she was doing such a dangerous thing.

"Roy...... I...... I didn't do it on purpose...... It's really not ......" Debra didn't know how to explain her weird counterattack, tears streaming down her eyes, and she burst into tears.

At this moment, Roy's heart is also fragmented, and the feelings between people are really too delicate. He hugged Debra tightly, soothed Debra's back, and whispered in the other party's ear: "You don't have to explain, I understand, I understand, it's all my fault, I shouldn't be **, violent, indifferent, it's all my fault...... Don't be afraid baby, we'll always be together......"

"You...... It's true...... Forgive me?" Debra said in a nasal voice, obviously more difficult for her to accept today's epiphany than the previous reflection at home.

"Of course you forgive me, will you forgive me?"

"I haven't complained about you, I really haven't complained!"

“…… Okay, okay, don't cry, we're going to go to Hermès to buy bags? Hey, I've always been a man of my word, and if I say I'll buy it for you in a month, I'll buy it for you in a month. ”

When it comes to bags, it goes straight to Debra's heart, she cries and laughs and wipes her nose, like a cute little nerd.

She hummed for a long time, and finally brewed a complete sentence, "If you hadn't had a meeting today and looked at me by the way, tomorrow would have been next month." ”

Roy explained awkwardly, "That's because...... Because I have every opportunity and no last resort, I happened to be stuck on the last day to complete my promise. ”

Debra was amused again, and sure enough, Roy was happiest when she was embarrassed.

Roy laughed on the surface, but his heart became heavier. Wen Xing taught him two tricks to break the game. One trick is to make Debra herself aware of the subconscious negative confrontation, so that when Debra has negative behavior, her brain will be aware of it and will take the initiative to avoid it, and the other trick is to let Roy take proper care of Debra's self-esteem and not ignore the other party's heartfelt appeals.

Everything that needs to be done has been done.

Can Debra stop making trouble for him, can he guard against arrogance and rashness, and can the two finally come together. God knows.