0022 Hollywood's Girl Star
Every time Jobs casts the Great Summoning Technique and pulls Tang Huan into the copy of Apple's office, there is a good reason, and this time is no exception. And Tang Huan, for next year's billionaire plan, can only choose to go against the grain.
Jobs seemed to listen to the suggestion of the graphical user interface, but for the ridiculous reason of being secretly unhappy with Tang Huan, he did not take immediate action, but recently Xerox took the initiative to send it to the door, and its investment department took a fancy to Apple's financing plan and wanted to buy $1 million of shares at a price of $10 a share.
Apple's financing activities, in addition to money, also need to consider the added value that investors can bring, such as personal connections, although Xerox is a long-established company, but Jobs really did not take it seriously.
During the period of evaluating whether to accept the investment, a man named Jeff Jeff at Apple was in charge of the investment. Ruskin's employees began to try to persuade Jobs to pay attention to Xerox's R&D center in Palo Alto, PARC, but unfortunately, Jobs did not like Ruskin, thinking that he was an unbearable ideologue, and in Jobs's original words, Ruskin was a "terrible idiot", so Ruskin's words were directly ignored by Jobs.
Ruskin, a former professor, is now working on a project code-named "Annie" with the goal of creating a "popular computer" as inexpensive as a household appliance that combines all the features of a computer, keyboard, monitor, software, and, more importantly, a graphical interface.
It was for this reason that Ruskin tried to lobby Jobs to pay attention to PARC, but it was clear that his efforts failed. But Ruskin didn't give up, and he found Bill, who had a mentor-apprentice friendship with him? Atkinson, let this former student come to save the country.
In Jobs's worldview of "either genius or idiot", Atkinson is undoubtedly a subordinate who belongs to the side of genius and is worthy of his appreciation, so Jobs began to pay attention to this suggestion, and remembered Tang Huan, although he is also a genius, but he can't become his own guy through brainwashing.
"What's there to hesitate about, PARC does have what we need, and after a visit, you won't regret it." Tang Huan said solemnly.
In fact, Tang Huan also yearns for PARC, just with the various descriptions in his previous life and Simone's introduction, he can't satisfy his curiosity, only by seeing it in person, can he fulfill his wish, and maybe he can take some valuable things from PARC like Jobs.
Seeing that Tang Huan said so resolutely, Jobs finally made a decision, picked up the phone and dialed it, and said very domineeringly: "If you are willing to unravel the mystery of Xerox PARC, I will agree to you invest $1 million." ”
The other party immediately agreed, but replied that he needed to communicate with PARC, and Jobs hung up the phone impatiently.
The deal was finalized, and Xerox agreed to show Apple its new technology, and in return, they bought 100,000 shares of Apple stock for $10 a share.
Tang Huan, who witnessed this process, was overjoyed, but also secretly felt sorry for Xerox, the unjust boss, admittedly, a year later, with Apple's listing, $1 million became $17.6 million, but after all, he made a wedding dress for Apple. Nima, invested so many resources in PARC, and in the end, many R&D results became the products of other companies to make money, which was simply too noble, and afterwards, Jobs still didn't appreciate it.
"Let's go, Don, let's go to Apple's new product development office to keep an eye on the progress of the project, so that your supporting office software can keep up with them." Jobs sent out the invitation.
Tang Huan nodded, according to the original history, Apple's third-generation machine is a failure, he really needs to evaluate it at any time, and he can't let his Zerone waste too many resources and fall into the pit.
But Tang Huan obviously thought wrong, and Jobs led him directly to the Lisa project team, yes, the name of this project is his daughter's name.
The recent lawsuit with his ex-girlfriend Brennan over alimony has been settled, and Jobs completely swept away the potential personal property risks before the company went public, but it seems that there has been some subtle change in his heart, which gave the project such a name.
The leader of the Lisa project team was former Hewlett-Packard engineer John Brown. Kutch and Atkinson are also in this R&D team, which shows how much importance Jobs attaches to it.
The Lisa computer is positioned as a $2,000 commercial computer, and it has a 16-bit CPU compared to the 8-bit microprocessors used in Apple's second-generation machines.
After the visit, Jobs pretended to be relaxed and asked, "What do you think of the Lisa computer?" ”
Tang Huan nodded, turned around and walked out of the office, and then said to Jobs, who followed closely, "This is just a decent computer, and when you visit PARC, you will know that what I said is true." ”
As soon as he heard this, Jobs's face suddenly darkened, Tang Huan didn't bother to pay attention to it, left here, and went directly to the project research and development area of Apple's third-generation machine.
Because Jobs strictly limited the size and shape of the chassis at the beginning, and refused to modify it by anyone, it can now be seen that the various parts on the circuit board of Apple's third-generation machine are very crowded, and the heat dissipation conditions are destined to be unavoidable.
Tang Huan shook his head secretly, Jobs is really in trouble.
At present, Apple's internal situation is roughly like this, Apple's second-generation machine sales are booming, but the research and development of successor products is very weak, and due to Jobs's restlessness, the company's management is also chaotic from time to time.
In short, the strong intervention of Tang Huan, a reborn, only made Apple's second-generation machine's ability to absorb gold to a higher level, and Apple's general trend is still developing along the original historical trajectory.
In this way, after Apple is successfully listed next year and Tang Huan cashes out, Apple will not become an overly powerful opponent, and now, in addition to continuing to escort Apple's second-generation machine and pushing up Apple's market value, there is no need to spend too much energy on its internal affairs.
After Tang Huan sorted out and summarized his relationship with Apple, he was about to say goodbye, when Jobs walked over again with a smile on his face like a Sichuan opera, "Don, the marketing ad you suggested last time is being filmed, Brooke Smalls and Jodie Foster are there, and the little Canadian girl you recommended here, let's go and see the excitement together." ”
It's not surprising that Jobs is so excited, after all, he is already young and golden, and in the original history, Jobs was a popular figure when he was young, and he was entangled with singers and writers. Men, there is no bad bite with a little capital.
Tang Huan was also aroused, so the two came together in a rare harmonious relationship.
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Standing outside the filming site, you can see the two most eye-catching beautiful girls, Brooke Smalls and Jodie Foster, Celine, a little girl from the countryside, directly obscure.
Jobs grunted and swallowed, his eyes shining with a fiery glow.
Seeing this, Tang Huan felt a little strange in his heart, in his memory, Jobs's hunting and glamorous taste was not so keen on small fresh meat, could it be that he had a wide range of interests when he was young and was not picky?
Brooke Smalls has Italian, French, Irish and British aristocratic ancestry, and her grandmother is an Italian princess, although she is now only a 14-year-old girl, she is tall and tall, and she can already see the hints of all kinds of amorous things, no wonder it was later touted as the standard of beauty in the eighties, and was even hailed as the "eighth wonder" of the world by Hollywood.
In fact, the little girl's glory is entirely due to the star-making campaign of her shrewd mother, who shot commercials for soap at 11 months of age, and her life is almost entirely under the camera for the media to hype.
Last year, Brooke Smalls entered the film industry by playing the role of a child prostitute in "Pretty Baby", but she had a similar experience to Jodie Foster, who also made commercials and played a young prostitute in "Taxi Driver" in 1976, but the latter was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress......
In the original time and space, Brooke Smalls was very famous, but she could never get rid of the label of the vase, and what impressed people was nothing more than all kinds of high-society suitors, the so-called love affair with Michael Jackson, and so on. However, Jodie Foster has achieved remarkable achievements, and the 1989 release of "The Robbery of Pear Blossom" won her the 61st Academy Award for Best Actress. "The Silence of the Lambs" released in 1991 won her a second Oscar for Best Actress.
Jobs squeezed his eyes at Tang Huan and made a gesture that all men understand, "Hey, man, which one do you like?" ”
Yes, one is a vase, the other is a talented girl, which one is better?
However, Tang Huan feels that there is no need to spend too much thought on choosing, no matter which one is used, he can quickly get in touch with the Hollywood circle and make a name for himself in the American fashion industry, which is conducive to promoting his products, just like Jobs did in his previous life to build momentum for the iPhone.
And in the future of these two people, the former will become a courtesan, and the latter will become homosexual, presumably to see the relationship between men and women very thoroughly, and will not turn his face and become an enemy after pulling out the bird and leaving.
During the filming, Brooke Roses appeared energetic and seductive, while Jodie Foster was a little arrogant and not as glamorous as Brooke Shields, but she had an outstanding temperament and a unique taste.
When Tang Huan focused his attention on Foster, he remembered that this woman had also been involved in a huge whirlpool of public opinion because her fans assassinated President Reagan in order to please her idol.
Well, there is too much to do about these histories.
"Tell me, which one do you like?" Jobs urged.
Tang Huan had long discovered that Jobs was wandering on the surface, but he was actually secretly observing and studying himself, which was always regarded as an opponent.
"You pick first, I'm free." Tang Huan smiled faintly, and at the same time scolded him, picking a hair, didn't you see that these two girls have family members acting as assistants, standing not far away? The care is so tight, and now there is a hole to exploit.
Tang Huan ignored Jobs's noise, his eyes fell on the camera, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, isn't this James Cameron, who has filmed "Terminator", "Titanic" and "Avatar", why did he come to shoot commercials.
However, Tang Huan was immediately relieved, this guy saw Lucas's "Star Wars" the year before last, and was deeply shocked, so he resolutely changed from a truck driver.
Cameron will make movies and play special effects in the future, and has his own special effects team, which is a potential big customer of his own IT products, no, he must find an opportunity to get to know and win over.
So, Jobs, who had been secretly observing Tang Huan's likes and dislikes, was stunned to find that Tang Huan ignored the beauty in front of him, and became obviously interested in the director behind the camera.
Tang Huan glanced at the nervous Jobs in surprise and walked towards the set.
At this time, it was time to rest, Celine was a little restrained during the filming, and Cameron was instructing his fellow Canadians.