Chapter Eighty-Nine: Apple Goes Public
"Smack...... Bang Bang ...... Bang Bang......" Annabelle shouted indistinctly as she walked towards Li Xu with her arms outstretched. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Well, Anna, try a little harder. Li Xu bowed his body and opened his hands with a smile.
The little guy walked upside down on the carpet, his legs seemed to be a little straight, he couldn't support the weight of his body, and he could fall to the ground at any time.
Even so, she finished the short journey and threw herself into her father's arms.
"Well done, my little darling. Li Xu happily lifted her up, and in her giggles, he proudly raised his chin to Isabelle, who was sitting next to her drinking coffee.
Isabel snorted, said nothing, and twisted her head to the side.
"Anna, call Mom. Li Xu laughed and immediately coaxed his daughter.
"Hemp...... Ma Ma ......" the little guy immediately called out very obediently.
She is already a year old, and she can already start imitating monosyllabic words, and she is more lively. It's a pity that when she turned her first birthday, he was in class in Cambridge and couldn't come to see her.
Well, it was Isabel who wouldn't let him because it was a party at their house.
Although it's okay to go, but Isabel was pressed too hard before, and now I have to make some concessions and lower my posture, so I can only regret it.
So she got Liz done in London, and accompanied Diana to the Royal Ballet - she quit kindergarten almost as soon as she returned from New York, and went to the ballet several times to ask the PR department.
Of course, the information he got was all that Li Xu wanted her to know, and he had already communicated with the head of the Royal Ballet through his father before this.
It is impossible for people to lie, but they can have a selective description and vague part of the information.
But this also shows a problem, Diana is indeed full of love for ballet, when they visited the Royal Ballet together, Li Xu asked her to receive some special administrative training before doing this, in a sense it is volunteer work, she agreed immediately, without hesitation.
It couldn't be more correct to use this to hang her appetite.
After doing this, he went to Paris to see his daughter, and by the way did the work of molesting or stimulating someone
"Hey, Anna. The daughter was looking for her mother, and Isabel had to stand up and pat her hands in front of her.
However, Annabelle looked at her mother, with a little doubt and confusion on her little face, as if she thought her mother's smile was strange.
"Relax, Isha. Li Xu immediately said, "Show your acting skills." ”
Isabel glared at him fiercely, immediately took a deep breath, showed a gentle smile, and clapped her hands again: "Anna." ”
"Ma Ma ......" the little one then grinned, stretched out his hand, and got out of his father's arms to his mother.
After playing for a while, Annabelle began to yawn, Li Xu beckoned the nanny to come over and take her to sleep, who knew that the little guy would not let him go alive or dead, and he would cry as soon as he left, and finally had to hang on him.
"The daughter really kisses her father. Holding the sleeping little guy, Li Xu said to Isabel proudly again.
Isabel snorted softly, looking rather disdainful, but the look in her eyes was a little complicated.
"Christmas is coming, take Anna to San Francisco, grandpa wants to spend it with the whole family. Li Xu then said again.
"Just take your girlfriend with you. Isabel replied coldly.
"You can be my girlfriend for a while. Li Xu shrugged.
"Not interested. Isabel replied without hesitation.
"You won't let me attend Anna's first birthday celebration, but I agreed. Li Xu immediately said again.
Isabel was a little speechless, and finally could only hate it: "I know." ”
Li Xu immediately chuckled twice and asked, "Are you used to living here?"
"Can I say I'm not used to it?" said Isabel.
"Of course you can," Li Xu said very seriously, "If you really don't like it, I'll change you places immediately, what do you think of the manor we met before?"
Isabel suddenly stopped talking.
Since she took Annabelle back to France, Li Xu arranged for her to live in a mansion in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, and arranged housekeepers and maids, the reason was for Annabelle's growth.
Isabel guessed his intentions, but couldn't refuse, especially under the banner of her daughter.
"You rest!" she said in a firm tone at last.
Well, there is still a long way to go, I really miss those days in Provence, but unfortunately if I want to reappear, I don't know when I will go.
After seeing his daughter and asking Isabel to promise to go to San Francisco for Christmas, Li Xu immediately returned to Boston.
In addition to continuing his studies and occasionally going to Yale to harass Jodie Foster, there is one more thing he needs to be involved in, and Apple is finally going public.
"Now, everyone, cheer to your heart's content!" shouted the bearded 25-year-old man standing in the middle of the stage, and everyone present also shouted enthusiastically: "Oh!"
"It was so special to see the celebration for the first time in a bar and not in a hotel. Donald Valentine, the head of Sequoia Capital, who was sitting in the corner, muttered, his crisp suit and out of place with the casually dressed young people around him.
"This is the style of the IT industry, young, individual, and uninhibited. Li Xu, who was sitting next to him, responded with a smile.
"You know, Add, you talk like an old man. Valentine shook his head.
"Someone has said this more than once, is it the old man's patent to express his opinion from the perspective of complete spectatorship?" Li Xu immediately asked.
"Of course not, but ......" Valentine thought for a moment and decided to change the subject, "Apple was so popular, in less than an hour, all the shares were sold out, and it closed straight up to $29." ”
"Of course, if it weren't for that, we wouldn't have invested, wouldn't we?" Li Xu said cooperatively.
"Let me guess, you should have more than 1 billion assets, right?" asked Valentine.
"It's going to be a while, and if Apple can maintain this momentum, it probably won't be long. Li Xu replied with a smile, "You know, they divided 1 share into 7 shares, which greatly reduced my income." ”
He has dealt with Valentine a lot, and some of the funds are handed over to him to take care of, but there is no need to hide this.
"I have to say, Add, every time I'm with you, I feel like the first half of my life has been in vain. Valentine sighed half-truthfully.
"That's not right, whenever you start to be proud, you can think about me and you can stay calm. Li Xu laughed.
Then, two Steves walked over one after the other with smiles on their faces: "Hey, Don, hey, Addy." ”
"Hey, Steves. Li Xu immediately stood up and hugged them.
Although Steve Jobs' Steve and Steve Wozniak's Steve had different spellings, the pronunciation was similar, so he just glued them together.
"I knew he would call it that. Wozniak immediately put on a very fake "I'm not happy" look.
"It's okay, Steve, next time he calls him that, we'll either say yes or ignore him. Jobs looked excited and smug and looked happy.
That is, the popularity of Apple's stock is a testament to his success, a recognition of his qualifications and ability to lead people forward, and he sees this as extremely important.
To be honest, Wozniak and Jobs in this era are quite good in terms of appearance. The former hadn't had a big belly yet, the latter hadn't been bald yet, and the latter, in particular, with his thick hair and beard, was a little similar to Ashton Kutcher.
Similarly, Wozniak and Jobs in this era were more closely related, and although quarrels were frequent, there was no trace of parting ways at all.
In fact, Steve Jobs was a very friendly, eloquent, and charismatic person who could stir up the atmosphere without being obnoxious, as long as he didn't discuss work. Once you talk about this, it's going to be a self-respecting attitude, I'm right, you're all stupid, that's the attitude.
Although it is not obvious at times, there is no doubt that it will only become more obvious with Apple's success.
There is no one in Apple who has not been yelled at by him, including Don Valentine, only knowing his temperament, so he doesn't care about business at all, and it is very refreshing to pay money, and Li Xu, who ran away after paying it, escaped.
Needless to say, Valentine simply took off his coat and untied his tie to hang out with a group of young people under the ridicule of the two Steves, but Li Xu patted his ass and left after 10 o'clock in the time, for the sake of his studies.
Although Jobs scoffed at him: "Can you really learn what you want to learn in that place? You should be developing games, you should be using your talents, not mixing up with people who don't do anything." ”
Li Xu really wants to do this, but instead of developing games, he plays movies or TV, but the problem is ......
"I'd love to do that, but if I did, my grandfather and my father would do anything to kick me back. That's what he said.
There is no doubt that this continues to be ridiculed by geniuses who were abandoned by their biological parents and have quite serious personality problems, but Li Xu didn't say anything more.
Steve Jobs was like that, not an engineer, not a designer, nothing, but he was able to capture people's preferences and then lead the trend half a step ahead.
It's like 30 years later when someone remembered him saying that Steve Jobs was always an artist at heart, and Cook was just a businessman.
Of course, after another major setback, no matter how much he boasted, he had to admit that in 85 years without Wozniak, if he was allowed to mess around, Apple might really be finished.
So what Li Xu has to do is to don't care about anything, stand quietly by the side and watch the play, and show the posture of standing on his side when necessary - well, this is Li Xu's attitude towards most of his investment in the IC and IT industries.
Anyway, with Apple's listing, his net worth has risen, his net worth has risen, he has more pocket money to use, and he can do more things.