"Honey, are you ready?"

Pushing open the door of the locker room, Duke walked in, and the top stylist from Hollywood had already assisted Ivanka in changing her clothes, said hello to Duke, and left quickly with his assistant.

"Am I pretty?" Ivanka asked, turning her head.

Duke laughed, "It's beautiful. ”

Ivanka's blonde hair is coiled at the back of her head, without any ornaments, except for a white gold necklace set with diamonds around her smooth and slender neck, and below the necklace is a hand-made white evening dress from Chanel.

"Isn't the dress a little tight?" Duke walked over.

Ivanka looked in the mirror and said, "I think it's just right." ”

She probably understood what Duke meant, rolled her eyes slightly, leaned into his ear, and whispered, "I have prepared another tighter gauze dress, which I will wear to you in the evening." ”

Duke's eyes lit up immediately, "Okay. ”

Smiling, Duke handed the box in his hand to Ivanka, "Your birthday present, dear, happy birthday." ”

"Thank you." After Ivanka took it, she picked up the gift box and shook it, "Is that okay?" ”

Duke made a gesture of please, and Ivanka opened the box, which contained a beautiful watch.

"It's beautiful."

Ivanka looked closely, it was supposed to be a top-of-the-line Patek Philippe watch, obviously from a hand-made order, and no matter which angle you looked, the outline of her head could be seen on the sapphire-encrusted dial.

"I love it." She said again.

The watch is exquisite, elegant and restrained, very similar to herself.

Ivanka took off her bracelet and handed the watch to Duke, then reached for her wrist again, "Can you put it on for me?" ”

"Willing to help." Duke rubbed her wrist slightly. “My.Lady。”

"Am I that old?"

Duke shrugged his shoulders, took his watch for Ivanka, looked at the time again, and reminded her as he pulled her up and walked out, "It's almost time." It's time for us to go down. ”

Walking to the spiral staircase leading to the banquet hall, Duke took the lead and walked down, the music in the banquet hall stopped abruptly, the eyes of countless guests looked this way, he raised his hand upward, and led the protagonist of today's banquet down, when Ivanka turned the spiral staircase and appeared in front of everyone, the banquet hall erupted in warm applause.

Ivanka's look is predominantly sweet. Carrying Duke down the spiral ladder, he greeted the guests who came over to say congratulatory words generously, both in terms of etiquette and temperament, which were impeccable.

"Evie, you're so pretty."

Doug? Walter came over with his girlfriend, and after greeting Ivanka, he made a joke. "Duke, you're going to have to pay attention tonight. Beware of someone else eyeing Ivanka. ”

"If anyone dares to rob me of ......," Duke replied duly, "I will surely throw him into the sea." ”

"What if it's me?"

A loud and somewhat unruly voice rang out from the side, Duke said to Doug? Walter smiled apologetically and turned over, "Hello, Donald. You're late. ”

Donald? Trump seemed a little upset, "There was a traffic jam on the way over. ”

"Daddy......"

Ivanka let go of Duke's arm and walked over to Donald? Trump hugged him, and Donald said with a hint of grumbling in his tone, "I'm all ready in New York." But you will not go back. ”

Turning to look at Duke, Ivanka whispered, "My career is in Los Angeles, and this is a good opportunity to expand my social circle." ”

As Ivanka said, although this is an extremely important 21st birthday in the United States, after the cake cutting and other rituals, it inevitably becomes a social person.

Duke's face is big enough, not only Hollywood celebrities and executives of some big companies, but even many celebrities from Silicon Valley have attended his elaborate birthday party for Ivanka.

Just like Ivanka always accommodates him in public, Duke will also consider her, Ivanka is obviously a very enterprising woman, Duke invited people in the IT industry, more for Ivanka, from the practical point of view, Ivanka is also very happy to be able to make friends with successful people in Silicon Valley.

Many of them are, in a sense, or have been Duke partners.

Like Jerry from Yahoo? Yang, the two founders of Google, and the famous Steve from Apple? Jobs.

"I'm also very optimistic about the future of virtual socialization."

After a brief understanding of Ivanka's company, Jobs began to use his eloquence again, "It's just that Apple is currently in a critical stage of transformation, and it can't be distracted from this aspect." ”

Ivanka said with a smile, "I heard that Apple is preparing to reintegrate resources? ”

"That's right." Although Jobs was talking to Ivanka, his eyes kept looking at Duke, and he suddenly said, "Evie, if the social networking site wants to expand, it needs a lot of money, are you interested in accepting Apple's investment?" ”

"I'll reach out to you if you need to." Ivanka is not very old, but it is not difficult to cope with this.

Duke raised his brow slightly, he could tell, Steve? Jobs is not joking, so he is very optimistic about the future of Ivanka?

These true business geniuses and successful people naturally have their own unique vision.

Finishing his words with Ivanka, Jobs turned to this side, "Duke, can we talk?" ”

"Absolutely."

Duke would also love to talk to him, as he and Warner Bros. have never forgotten about Pixar Studios.

Ivanka was smart and immediately said to Duke, "I'm going to introduce my dad to my friends on the West Coast." ”

When Ivanka left, Duke and Jobs walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the sea, which was relatively quiet and could talk about some work.

"Duke, I need your support."

Steve? Jobs didn't go around in any circles, and said directly, "I'm pushing for Apple's reforms, but I'm running into a lot of resistance......"

Duke nodded slightly, whether it is a country or a company, every reform will touch the interests of inherent forces, although a company like Apple has a deep imprint of Jobs, it has not yet reached the future of the future, Jobs itself does not have many shares, and there is no existence without opposition in the board of directors.

"What do you need me to do?" Duke spoke equally directly.

"At the shareholders' meeting, give me my full support!"

Hearing Jobs's words, Duke laughed, most of the Apple shares in his hands were the kind with voting rights.

If it weren't for Apple's deep quagmire, he wouldn't have gotten his hands on this stake. Of course, Steve? Jobs is unlikely to return to Apple.

What kind of person Jobs is, Duke knows a little bit, after returning to Apple, he has been eliminating dissidents, but the current Jobs is not the future Jobs after all, and some enemies are not something he can easily defeat alone.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Duke looked at Jobs and naturally asked, "What about the conditions?" ”

"In the future, Apple will inevitably raise funds and expand its shares." Jobs was prepared and said slowly, "I promise that in the next five years, you will have the right of first refusal to invest, and you can guarantee the share of Apple shares you hold now." ”

It's a tempting promise, especially for someone like Duke who understands how scary Apple's future is, but really?

Duke shook his head and said, "Steve, Apple's stock price has been declining since 2000, and its market value has shrunk from nearly $10 billion to $6 billion now, how can I be sure that my investment will not be lost?" ”

Jobs gave only one answer, "Because Apple's leader is called Steve?" Jobs! ”

"That doesn't be a reason for me to support you."

In some ways, Duke does admire the other party, but he will not make some decisions that do not meet the needs of his own interests, this is a business meeting, and interests are the criteria for deciding a qiē.

And with Steve? People like Jobs talk about friendships, all of them are false, which of these business giants will casually bring personal emotions into business negotiations, Steve? Jobs needs support now, but Duke believes that if the timing is right, Jobs can definitely turn around and sell him.

Think about it, in order to rise again, Jobs can let go of Bill? Gates's preconceptions accept high investment from the other party.

Friendship, relationship, and friendship with these people? Even if Duke wanted to, I'm afraid that the likes of Jobs would question the true purpose of his approach.

Duke looked at Jobs, and he knew very well that this was just the first condition that Jobs threw out, and even if the other party was arrogant, he would not be naïve enough to think that this would impress him.

Silence for a few seconds, Steve? Jobs' eyes turned slightly to Ivanka's direction and said, "Personally, I and Pixar Studios will be stationed on Miss Trump's social networking sites, and we will make sure that every three to five days, we will update some information about Apple and Pixar cartoons." ”

Although when it comes to personal assets, now Steve? Jobs may not be as good as Duke, but when it comes to influence and appeal in the business world, it is many times stronger.

His entry into instant sharing will undoubtedly attract the attention of many business people.

After thinking about it for about half a minute, Duke took the initiative to extend his hand, "Happy cooperation, Steve." ”

"It's a pleasure to work with." Jobs shook his hand gently.

At the end of this meeting, Duke did not mean to let Jobs go, "Steve, I heard that Pixar Studios' contract renewal negotiations with Walt Disney are progressing slowly, Michael? Eisner didn't want to make any concessions? ”

While Duke and Jobs were talking about Pixar's studio, a Latino drove to the door of the Duke's Manor, took out the invitation and gave it to the security guards, entered the manor, parked the car, and walked in the direction of the banquet hall.

His eyes are bright and bright, and his fluffy and messy medium-length hair has a unique literary atmosphere in the independent film industry. (To be continued......)