In Silicon Valley, there's probably no one better than Steve? Jobs is even more legendary. Steve Jobs was the only member of the American Academy of Engineering who did not finish a year at university. Bill? Although Gates did not graduate from college, after all, he has been in school for two years. Jobs only studied for half a year, audited for a while, and then left school altogether. He was elected to the Fellowship for "the creation and development of the personal computer industry"

But Jobs's legend lies more in his ups and downs in life, in 1976, when Jobs was twenty years old, and Stephen? Woznick and his wife started Apple in their garage, and they developed the Apple-I, the world's first general-purpose personal computer.

By 1985, Apple was on a thriving business, with 4,000 employees and a stock market capitalization of $2 billion. Jobs also went well personally, gaining fame and fortune. But then, Jobs encountered two things that no one else might ever encounter in his life—being kicked out of his company, and then going to hell again. And Apple has also begun to enter a fifteen-year trough.

He was not discouraged when he was kicked out of Apple, which he founded, and in 1986 he spent $10 million from George? Lucas acquired Lucasfilm's computer animation effects studio in Emeryville, California, and formed an independent company, Pixar Animation Studios. Over the next decade, the company became known as a 3D computer animation company, and in 1995 launched the world's first fully 3D stereoscopic animated film, Toy Story.

In 1996, when Jobs returned to Apple, he was asked to use the authority of the chief executive to carry out drastic reforms. He first reshuffled the board of directors, and then did something jaw-dropping — putting aside old grudges, shaking hands with Apple's arch-rival Microsoft, forging the world's high-profile "Covenant of the Century," and striking a strategic, comprehensive cross-licensing agreement to restore Apple to its glory.

Jobs is known as a highly nervous workaholic, but he is actually an arrogant and paranoid person, although he invited Duan Zetao to his home for a dinner, it does not mean that he has a good impression of Duan Zetao, so when Duan Zetao came in, Jobs just smiled and shook his hand, instead of giving him a warm hug as if he were a real partner.

Duan Zetao looked at this legendary figure who changed the world and made what was once an expensive and rare electronic product a part of modern life, and his heart was full of deep respect. He was a slender man in dark blue jeans, a black pull-over sweater and sneakers, very simple and lean, probably because of the long exertion and illness, his cheeks looked a little thin, and his hair was gone, but his eyes were extraordinarily deep and intense, and when he looked at you, he had the calming power of a Zen master.

It is said that Jobs had a very hot temper when he was young, and many Apple employees probably did not dare to take the elevator with him, for fear that they would be fired before the elevator was finished. BUT WHEN HE WAS IN THE AGE OF KNOWING THE DESTINY OF HEAVEN, HIS TEMPERAMENT WAS NOW MUCH MORE MELLOW, SO ALTHOUGH HE WAS WARY OF DUAN ZETAO, HE STILL SMILED KINDLY: "COFFEEORTEA?".

personally made tea for Duan Zetao, Jobs sat down opposite Duan Zetao, carefully looked at the overly young partner in front of him, and said curiously: "Mies Duan, you are really a wonderful person, I heard that your real identity is a small official of the Chinese government, but you have a huge wealth of tens of billions, and recently you have close contacts with the heirs of the Rockefeller family and the Rothschild family, and you bought the shares of our Apple company three years ago and became the second largest shareholder of our Apple. Can you tell me what it's for? ”。

Facing such a legendary figure for the first time, Duan Zetao was inevitably a little nervous, but he also knew that if he could win this legendary figure and friendship, the help to himself would undoubtedly be immeasurable, and he calmed down his mood and said: "Mr. Jobs, it seems that you have conducted an in-depth investigation and understanding of me before, so you should know that my vision is still good, if I tell you that the reason why I invested in Apple is entirely because I am optimistic about you and believe in you, will you believe it?" ”。

"Oh?!" , Jobs raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Just because you believe me, you invested tens of billions of dollars in Apple, don't you think it's too risky?" You know, I've had a history of failure, and although Apple is getting better and making a little profit, it's still very difficult to ......."

Duan Zetao was not so nervous at this time, he became more and more free, and said with a smile: "It is precisely because you have failed and had the experience of being fired by Apple that I will be more optimistic about you, and the Phoenix will be more beautiful after Nirvana, I never doubt that you will lead Apple back to glory!" ”

"I have only one suggestion, Apple's initial success was because it brought expensive computers into the home, and Apple's later failure was also because Apple took a closed road, it did not allow others to build compatible machines, and wanted to monopolize the PC market, if Apple opened up Mackintosh's hardware technology and allowed other hardware manufacturers to enter the market, we may not be using the IBMPC series today, but the Apple series, so I hope you can lead Apple to continue to innovate and continue to take the route of popularization, If computers and electronic products become simple and civilian, and the design caters more to the needs of ordinary people, so that expensive and rare electronic products become a part of modern life, then I believe that Apple will become one of the greatest companies in the world! ”。

Jobs was not only surprised at this time, because what Duan Zetao said was all what he thought in his heart, no one had ever understood him so deeply, and he suddenly felt a sense of bosom friend in his heart, and the prejudices against Duan Zetao before also disappeared without a trace, and said excitedly: "Dear Duan, you are simply amazing, how can you know me so well, I have only recently realized that being fired by an apple is the best thing I have ever experienced in my life, through this incident, I know what I should do and find my favorite, That's why I'm starting all over again, and your advice is exactly what I'm trying to do, and it's the ...... direction Apple is going to go in the future."

The two talked very happily, Jobs told Duan Zetao about his hesitation and perception after experiencing setbacks, and Duan Zetao was also very inspired, and Duan Zetao had the experience of rebirth, and some of the ideas he put forward ahead of this era also made Jobs feel very open, it is estimated that after this conversation, iPod, iPhone will be launched at least two years in advance, and Apple's development will be pushed forward by at least three years.

The two didn't even notice that dinner time had passed, and it was Jobs' beautiful wife Lauren who came to urge them, and the two realized that their stomachs were already growling with hunger, and they looked at each other and laughed.

The atmosphere of the dinner was very harmonious, Jobs affectionately called Duan Zetao "Xiao Duan", Duan Zetao called Jobs "Old Joe", Jobs said: "Too many things are regrettable, but the biggest regret is those things you didn't do." If I had understood it earlier, I could have done things better, but so what? The key is to grasp the present, life is short, and soon we will all come to an end, this is the reality. ”。

Duan Zetao heard Jobs's last words, and then remembered that in his previous life, in October 2011, this venerable old man died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56, which became an immeasurable loss to Apple and even the entire world.

"Old Qiao, I want to give you a suggestion, I heard that you are very keen on technology, everything must be done, I admire it very much, but as a manager of a large company, this is not a good habit, and we have a very magical Qi Hope technique in China, I feel that there is something wrong with your pancreas, you better check it, don't ask me what I am for, there are many things in ancient Chinese culture that cannot be explained, you must take care of your body, your health is the greatest wealth of Apple so shareholders and employees!" , Duan Zetao said very solemnly.

Duan Zetao didn't know that his words really changed the fate of Jobs, and also changed the fate of Apple, Jobs went to the hospital for an examination after this meeting, and really found that there was a very small tumor in the pancreas, because it was still early, so the treatment was very timely, which also made Jobs pay attention to his health, and many things were slowly authorized to the people below to do, thus changing the fate of his untimely death, which also made him grateful to Duan Zetao, and felt amazing, It provided a great boost to Duan Zetao's later career and the struggle with Jiang Zilong, which is a later story, so let's not mention it for the time being.

(PS: Readers in this chapter may most likely feel that there is a suspicion of making up the number of words, but I am really full of respect for Jobs, and I am shocked and regretful about his passing. ）