What？

Is the sun coming out of the west today? Someone would invite me to dinner?

Roland's head was buzzing, very surprised.

Since he entered the circle, he has not participated in any gathering activities, compared with those well-connected social stars in the circle, he is boring like an eighty-year-old man, but, if you put aside the quantity and quality, and pick out a big guy who sits with him to eat, it can completely crush the grass platform team of those bullshit stoves in the circle.

And the party that can make Spielberg call him to go is obviously a high-end game, like James Cameron, who knocked on the door of Wall Street with himself, behind Spielberg, there is not only Hollywood.

It's a pity that before he could ask, the old man had already put down the papers, locked the office and left, so when Roland went home to change clothes, he really had a black eye and didn't know what to wear.

Dress more formally......

If you're having dinner with George Lucas tonight, isn't it boring?

Dress casually......

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I was dining with an unknown boss tonight?

After thinking of what the old man said before, 'It's free to bring your family or not, it's all your own anyway', Roland simply pulled Kate along and changed into a black and white couple's outfit.

Plain black shirt jacket and slacks, with a white short sleeve underneath.

White dress with a tie waist and calf-reaching hem.

Standing together, that is the golden boy and girl, a perfect match!

However, for Roland's sloppy approach, Kate had something to say: "You don't even know who you're going to meet, so take me with you?" ”

"Whoever you go to meet, I'll take you with you."

Roland is not stupid, but he is usually too lazy to deal with other people, "No way, who let you be by my side, I will have a sense of security?" ”

"Hey, look at your smugness, let's go."

Although Kate didn't say anything, she was very happy in her heart, took Roland's arm, and left the house with a dada.

When the two arrived at Spielberg's house, the old man who had already prepared just told them to follow him, and then led the way, and the two who were left behind were confused by his action.

Looking at the figure of the peerless horse, those who knew understood that this was going to an appointment, and those who didn't know thought that they were going to see their old friends!

After driving for more than an hour, the two sides stopped at the door of a private club in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles, and the two got out of the car and followed the old man into the car.

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It turns out that someone really invited someone to dinner today.

"Hi, Paul, I always invited you to come to Los Angeles to play when I had free time, but unfortunately you were very busy at the time, so we regretted missing it, but now when you have time, I was dragged down by various projects in the company, and I couldn't pick up the airport at all, it's really a pity......"

As soon as the two sides met, Spielberg burst into great enthusiasm for Paul Allen, but when he opened his arms and hugged him, the guy who stood up to greet him responded with 'disgust', "Oh! Come on! Steven! What are you polite to me? ”

"I don't want to come to you when your schedule is full, if you want to blame, just blame William......"

"He asked for it."

"Really?" Spielberg smiled and asked, "William?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Bill Gates, who also got up, also stretched out his right hand, smiled and shook Spielberg's friendly hand, although his movements were elegant, but his mouth was merciless, "Steven, what is he talking nonsense, obviously he is showing off to me, the dream factory he invested in has been crazy profitable, invite me to take a look, by the way, he is bragging about his talent in investment......"

"Oh? It would be an exaggeration to say that crazy profits, since its establishment, including this year, we have launched a total of four projects, although the prospects are very good, but according to the current results, it can only be regarded as on the right track. ”

When Spielberg heard this, his words immediately became sincere.

When Paul Allen heard him say this, he was immediately upset, "Hey! Steven, blow it! ”

"You can't talk about the company's prospects in front of me alone, William will talk about reality as soon as he comes, right?"

"I'm so shameless like this!"

"Because William is not an investor, we have a professional ethic, and we only paint a bright future to investors."

Singing and greeting similar to cross talk caused Jobs to roll his eyes, and when Spielberg turned around and hugged him, this guy didn't show mercy to the other two at all, and said bluntly, "I was pulled by them." ”

"I'm not seeing you, I'm seeing your students."

"Roland is now Apple's largest shareholder."

The crisp and neat words made Spielberg laugh again and again, and after patting his old friend on the shoulder, he turned to look at the little guy behind him, took a deep breath, and said with emotion: "I know." ”

Hearing this, Bill Gates and Paul Allen glanced at each other, and both saw helplessness in each other's faces.

Get......

This guy is really a topic buster.

However, after looking at each other, they also invariably turned their eyes to Roland on the side, took the initiative to step forward, and stretched out their hands.

"Hi, Roland, Hi, Kate, I don't think we need to introduce ourselves."

"Of course, Paul, Steven often mentions you to me."

"I've read a lot of books about your personal experiences."

"Hello, Roland, Hello, Kate, don't care about that guy's words, that's his character."

"Oh, Mr. Gates, I ......"

"No, No, No, you call him Paul, why do you call me Gates? William will do it......"

"Okay, William, my teacher is on the scene, even if I have an opinion about him, I don't dare to say it!"

They nodded their heads when they heard the merciless words, but before they could respond, Jobs, who had already come over, had a dark face and said, "I've heard it all, don't say it if you don't dare to say it......"

There was no trace of humanity in his hard words, but after that, he still stretched out his right hand and said, "Steve." ”

"Roland." Roland didn't care, but grinned.

"Alright, since everyone has arrived, let's go inside."

Seeing that Jobs was still that arrogant, Paul Allen greeted him directly, "Because it is a temporary location, many restaurants have not prepared it, but William and I brought some ingredients by ourselves......"

In between the steps, Spielberg also found an opportunity to whisper to Roland, "Steve, that's it." ”

"He only enjoys the joy of success that he brings; Back then, he was driven out by the shareholders, and now that you have become the majority shareholder of Apple, he will not like you when he sees you for the first time. ”

Although he only received the invitation in the last few days, after chatting with Roland about "Saving Private Ryan", the old man made people stare at Roland's every move, because he felt that there was really something wrong with the development ideas of Warcraft Film and Television.

It was obviously right to hoard copyrights like Amperin, but after looting copyrights, the company did not develop, and there must be a trick in it, so he wanted to know where Roland's large amount of cash every year was spent.

When he found out that Shouwang Ventures was conducting institutional sweeps against Apple and Microsoft in the primary market, and the number was no longer huge, but infinitely tending to be on the board of directors, he knew that today would come sooner or later.

Unexpectedly, before he finished all the things at hand, these guys had already met the appointment.

Of course, the old man's explanation was actually expected by Roland.

Jobs, no friends.

Isn't that something that everyone knows?

If he had seen Roland for the first time, he would have hugged the current major shareholder like he had seen his godfather, and he would not have been kicked out of Apple by the shareholders back then, but if his waist would have bent a little, there would have been nothing wrong with Microsoft now.

And the counterpart to Roland, who nodded naturally, is Kate, who is slightly restrained.

If a year ago, Kate, who accompanied Roland to Ronald Perelman, coped with those scenes with ease, and Roland didn't know what to talk to about those people, then now, the two sides just fell apart.

Kate has seen old money, she has experienced the tide of history, she knows how to communicate with those guys, and now, these guys in front of her are the tide of the times, not to mention the Internet, even personal computers, it is only after dating Roland that she has frequent contact - well, more often than not, she is researching, why Roland is fascinated by a broken machine!

Is this more fun than a woman? (Nonsense, this can see a lot of young ladies!) ）

"They all acted alone, and it seems that your decision to bring me here was a mistake."

"Where? It's just a private social dinner, and it's the first time I've met them, so it's good to talk more. ”

Unfortunately, Roland's expectations could not come true, and after entering the box and taking a seat, the purposeful Jobs asked straight to the point about Roland's intention to buy Apple's shares.

"I asked William and Paul, and they said they weren't in charge of it."

"So, did Steven tell you to do this?"

The same words appeared again, listening to Bill Gates and Paul Allen smile bitterly, and Steven Spielberg, who was passively involved in the matter from beginning to end, also shook his head helplessly, the three of them knew that if Jobs didn't understand Roland's intentions, then don't eat this meal today, just sit here, and you can laugh to your heart's content.

So, they wanted to get over the matter quickly, and at the same time they wanted to find out the reason.

"Yes, Roland, if it weren't for your big hand, we probably wouldn't have met today."

"If you don't develop Warcraft film and television, and invest all in technology, is it because you have tasted the fruits of victory in Yahoo's investment case?"

"If you don't tell us what you think, he'll be very uncomfortable, and if he's uncomfortable, we'll be uncomfortable."

Such words are like persuasion conferences, although the words do sound a little unauthentic (just meet to get to the bottom of it), but considering that these guys in front of him are all guys who go up and down in a Lamborghini for a few seconds, and they won't waste time for boring things, so Roland doesn't mind them asking like this, plus Roland voted for Apple just to get to know Jobs, so now, he won't hide it, but the reason he threw out made everyone feel insincere-

"Would I believe me if I said that I liked Pixar animation and wanted Steve's company to create more classics, so I thought about buying a stake in Apple and supporting a cause he loved in exchange for his inner pleasure, and turning it into a good motivation to run the company to meet my own needs, would you believe it?"

As soon as these words came out, the four of them were stunned.

“What？” Spielberg looked at Roland with shocked eyes, he found out for the first time that his student's brain circuit was so strange, "Roland, if you like Pixar, why didn't you tell me before." ”

"I'll help you with Steve, won't the matter be settled?"

"yes, isn't that just a phone call? Need to sweep away 10 percent of Apple's shares in the primary market? "Paul Allen is also a playboy who spends money without blinking, but for the first time he's seen someone spend money like that!

"It's funny with your joke, but I don't think Steve likes it." Bill Gates also wondered.

"Steve is not kidding right now."

As the three of them spoke, Roland, Jobs, who was sitting directly opposite Roland, had a black face like a Bao Qingtian.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Kate kicked Roland with her foot, signaling him not to take out this coaxing child's words to fool people, and to be serious.

And Roland, he felt that he was too wronged-

'The fundamental purpose of my investment in Apple is for Pixar animation! ’

'What a world! I tell the truth, why no one believes me! ’

'Does it have to be a conventional reason to convince these guys?' ’

Otherwise, this kind of arrogant guy will only be a joke for me? ’

Like Spielberg's kind of guy who can enter the circle after calling a teacher, the kind of truck driver who teaches shamelessly, the bald Perelman who is a good friend as long as he can make money, and the wolf king Icahn, who I can only see the value in front of me, Jobs also has his own character, and his biggest characteristic is extreme self-confidence.

He has the confidence to handle everything, he firmly believes that he is right and others are wrong, and if he can't put forward his eye-catching opinions, then Roland can only be a shareholder, not his friend.

After all, among the three present, Bill Gates used Microsoft to win Apple, while Spielberg used the game to crush the salesman who sold machines at the time, in other words, if you don't slap him and make him feel pain, he won't think you're a cow.

As the proverb goes-

'Friendship must be better than oneself, as if I am better than nothing. ’

But if you want to slap Jobs, it's a little difficult to think about it!

Seeing that Jobs's patience was about to reach its limit, and he was about to jump out and meow, Roland sighed, and he didn't want to pretend to beep, so he said directly: "Okay, I just want to express my admiration for Pixar in a joking way......"

"Since you want to know why, I'll be straightforward, in fact, investing in Apple is only one of the most common investment behaviors, because I think Steve can breathe life into Apple when he comes back to Apple."

"Oh? Why do you feel that? Bill Gates, who had been chatting with his friends in the office for a long time that day, was the first to ask.

Although he felt that Jobs's temperament was a little stubborn, it was actually convenient for him to evaluate Roland.

"Why?"

"The reason is simple......"

"If you don't mind me talking about history, then I'll say ......."

Roland cleared his throat, unprepared for the words that had come out of his head.

"Steven and I both like games, and we also know that the Atari impact back then was caused by him, so after I had money, when developing games, I deliberately bypassed Nintendo, which Steven didn't like, and at that time, the console market was limited in products, and personal computers were popular all over the world, so the research and development direction of the company under my name was computer games."

"In the process of developing computer games, we found that with the advent of Windows 95, the degree of game creation is higher than before, coupled with the rapid growth of the Internet market, our company has developed online battles last year."

"The virtual world continues to flood with incremental netizens, and Microsoft is the hegemon of the operating system industry, so even if Steve returns to Apple, Apple, the PC maker, will not be able to beat Microsoft in terms of personal devices right now."

"Not only that, Steven also told me before that Steve bought Pixar from George's hands, and the main purpose was to sell personal computers again, and the reason why Pixar made animation was purely to better show the creativity of its own computers to the outside world, but unfortunately, Pixar, which had gone through the road of animation production, lost in the field of personal computers, so ......"

"I don't believe Steve would be able to work on PCs with an understanding of the general trend."

"Or, when he returns, he will lead Apple to find a growth point for the company other than personal computers."

Uh-huh?

Although Roland just told about some broken things about the old sesame seeds and rotten grain, everyone's faces showed interest.

Since they can sit together, they have accepted the facts of the moment, and no one will quarrel and be sad about the bad things back then, and not only that, but the belief that Roland said has become more tempting with clear proof.

If before, Paul Allen just attributed Roland to a lucky little kid, then now, he also wants to know why Roland believed Jobs, and at the same time as he opened his mouth to urge, Jobs, who was elbowing the table, had already spoken.

"What do you think I'll be looking for?"

"Or is there any new growth point that makes you feel that you can hold a large number of shares in Apple?"

"Uh......" Roland hesitated, "I just have some immature ideas......

"It's okay, you just say ......it," Paul Allen added, "I know you're worried that if the idea is valuable, it will be used directly by Apple or Microsoft when you go back, but ...... You are now not only a shareholder of Apple, but also a shareholder of Microsoft, and the communication between us will increase your interests in the end......"

That's what Roland was worried about.

If Penguin is notorious, one second you developed a hit project, and the next second I will plagiarize you and then sue you, then Microsoft is even less reputable, in their eyes, there are only interests in the business field, no friends.

You can giggle in private, but at the same time, they won't let go of any ideas.

However, he also understood that if he didn't say it, Jobs would obviously not accept him because of a historical analysis, so, after a moment of silence, he turned his mind and changed his words, "Well, my immature idea actually started because of Yahoo and IMDb, when I first came into contact with IMDb in 91, I could only load text because the Internet speed was very slow." ”

"And then, the increase in bandwidth makes it possible to transfer pictures."

"By last year, IMDb and Yahoo were able to store some videos of less than 15 seconds and less than 3Mb......"

"Okay, I got it!" Before Roland could finish speaking, Jobs, who had been listening, had already interrupted.

His face remained the same, but his eyes were full of surprise and shock.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were also listening, narrowed their eyes, frowned at the same time.

What did Roland just say?

Isn't that what Steve Jobs did after Apple's return?

Because the field of personal computers has been occupied by Microsoft, Jobs has found another way, tinkering with music players iTunes and iPod, digital music playback software and music players have been sought after by music fans as soon as they are launched.

Unlike in the past, when you had to buy an album to listen to the songs, music fans can now buy them by the single song.

The sales volume of this product exceeded 100 million as soon as it was launched, and it soared to 1 billion in the second year.

By 08, its revenue accounted for a quarter of Apple's total revenue!

Sony, which also makes portable audio players, was beaten by Apple!

It is no exaggeration to say that it was from this day that Steve Jobs put down the PC and led Apple into the era of mobile devices!

However, the history told by Roland is not the point.

For Jobs, Roland's current thinking is fundamental!

How could he not see the wave of the Internet set off by Yahoo?

How could he not know about the small video ad on IMDb?

However, regardless of whether it is Yahoo or IMDb, it is only recently that these playback technologies have been used, and they have returned to Apple, and they are still grabbing power, and he has not yet finished cleaning up the entire board of directors, and he has not yet begun to think about these specific things!

Roland has already found that with the increase in the capacity of equipment, audio and video can become a future profit point?

This, this, this......

If he still felt that today's meeting was a game between Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg, then now, he really believes that Roland is just buying a large number of shares of Apple for investment considerations!

Because—

Bill Gates and Paul Allen, those two stupid beeps, apparently just found out about this problem!

So he had to stop Roland's story!

Because he doesn't trust Microsoft!

And just as he shouted to stop, Bill Gates and Paul Allen also looked at each other.

Bill Gates's eyes are full of certainty about his previous analysis, while Paul Allen is incredulous.

Invest in Yahoo, IMDb, and Blizzard Entertainment......

Isn't it a coincidence that these actions are there?

Roland, who will only come of age on January 1 next year, really understands the Internet?

Bill Gates, who holds the idea that some people are born to interpret success, is not surprised.

He even wanted to listen to the fact that when he returned to Microsoft and beat Netscape, it was the moment when Microsoft organized programmers to go on a frenzy of research and development around the new content that Jobs had discovered, following Roland's ideas.

It's a pity that Jobs, who seems to have discovered the same problem as Roland, doesn't seem to give him this opportunity.

"Uh...... It's okay, you go on, the video on the website, what's the problem? ”

"We at Microsoft are also working on MSN, and we have found that with the increase in network speed, videos can also be embedded in web pages for playback, and we have also noticed a series of problems......"

"If you have any trouble, you can tell us, we Microsoft can cooperate with Yahoo......"

The smiling tiger-like words made Jobs, who was still in shock, sneer.

"William?"

"Do you want to fool other ideas from Roland in the same way that you scammed Windows ideas from me?"

Hearing this, Bill Gates just shrugged his shoulders and was not embarrassed.

Seeing this situation, Jobs turned his head to look at Roland again, and said: "Roland, let me tell you, don't believe any of his words, if you have any ideas, you can do it yourself, they will only plagiarize." ”

"If I were you, I would sell more than 10 million shares of Microsoft and eat Apple directly."

"If you eat 34 percent of Apple's stock, you get a veto......"

"Don't you like Pixar? I can sell you half of the shares. ”

"You know, your teacher asked me to buy it before, and I didn't want to sell it."

When Jobs made such a statement, everyone in the audience laughed.

They knew that Roland's thinking was in line with Jobs's, so consistent that this old stubbornness was the same as he did with Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg, and felt that Roland was qualified to be his friend.

That's a good thing for Roland, but it's good for Bill Gates and Paul Allen......

Well, while they really wanted to know how Roland and Steve Jobs came up with it, they didn't want to ask now that the two parties were treating the same issue as a trade secret.

"Now that the problem has been solved, can we let the waiter serve the food now?"

Spielberg, who had not said a word since he encouraged Roland to help everyone solve their doubts, jumped out to warm up, and with his words, everyone who also didn't want to talk more on this topic nodded in response.

Under the greeting of Paul Allen, many ingredients that Roland didn't care about on weekdays were all served on the table.

"Glacial Lake Pine Needle Rice Boiled California Red Abalone."

"This is what the chef here dived to fish."

"Bigeye tuna."

"I chose it especially for you, although the wild bluefin is very easy to get, but compared to that, the fat content of the big order is less."

"We know you have to control your diet."

"Oh, this is the blueberry jam that William brought with him, and he grows it on his estate."

"Since last year, Melinda has been working as a stay-at-home wife, and she likes to make these things when she's fine."

"If it weren't for the kids at home, Melinda would have come over this time."

After getting rid of Jobs's stubborn guy, the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly eased a lot.

Spielberg and Paul Allen joked, and Jobs, who had the four big words "Don't Enter the Living" on his body at the beginning, also complained about Disney's treatment of Pixar, Bill Gates, who likes to engage in art collection, chatted happily with Kate, and only Roland chose to bury his head in the bitterness, as if he had a feeling of being abused all year round.

Kate was the only one who discovered Roland's true thoughts.

Take a small bite of an unnamed food, then take a sip of the wine they brought with Paul Allen.

The enjoyment that was confiscated at home on weekdays is now all recovered.

He picked up the cigarette on the table and stuffed it into his mouth, narrowed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

That's really a cigarette after dinner, and it's a race against the living immortals.

Of course, Roland didn't go too far.

Drain the small half bottle of wine, extinguish the cigarette butt, and then turn his head and smile at Kate, proving that he is just a daily social.

Such a style was also seen by the other four people, Spielberg shook his head, he was used to Roland's behavior, Bill Gates was originally chased by his wife, although he had all kinds of life vices, but to put it bluntly, in addition to raising Xiaomi, life was also managed quite ruthlessly, Jobs and his wife are both Buddhists, he is a madman at work, but in terms of life - it is said that I am the second and the third in the world, but that's it.

In other words, out of the crowd, only Paul Allen lived that kind of night-to-night life, the rest of the guys.

can understand Roland's little joy at the moment.

After dinner, a group of people did not disperse on the spot, firstly, because Bill Gates's purpose was not achieved, and secondly, because it was really early, and after finding a place to sit down, Bill Gates also asked about other things.

"I heard Carl say, you want to sell Yahoo stock?"

"But you don't want money, you just want Marvel?"

"Why? Is it because a flaw in the portal was found? ”

This kind of thief-like statement made Jobs roll his eyes, although he wanted to remind Roland, he also wanted to hear Roland's thoughts, after all, the audio and video that Roland said before was a surprise to him.

Of course, this is also related to Apple's lack of portals.

Roland, who also understood this truth, smiled wryly, swept his eyes over the people around him, shrugged his shoulders and said: "If I sell Yahoo shares because I just like Marvel, will you believe it?" ”

"When I first invested in Yahoo, I thought that Yahoo had an extremely broad money scene, and after the stock price soared, I cashed out and bought Marvel, which I had liked for many years, and now, it just happened to be a coincidence......"

As soon as these words came out, the other four people smiled helplessly again.

Roland, will you die if you don't pretend to beep?

Found an era outlet, but used it to exchange for a worthless comic company?

Aren't you sick in the head?

And Roland is really helpless, just like investing in Apple just for Pixar, his original idea is so simple!

Why is it so hard to tell the truth these days?

I really want to talk to all of you!

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"Well, we believe." Seeing that Roland refused to tell the truth, Bill Gates did not force it.

Because of Jobs's temptation before, he was already very satisfied, and now......

He has other topics to talk about.

"Roland, you said before that you and Steven both like games, but because of Nintendo, after founding the company, the research and development direction chose personal computers, but I found that your Blizzard Entertainment was developing "Warcraft" and "Diablo" at the same time, and also developed a game for the PS game console, which is the same as the movie, called "Spider-Man" ......"

"I've talked to EA before, and they said that the game "Spider-Man" is selling very well, and the point is that its appearance has also driven the sales of Sony's PS consoles, at least helping to stretch the sales of 400,000."

"What, are you interested in hosting?"

"Steven's Jurassic Park was just entrusted to Sony, and you did it yourself."

"Do you think Sony's console project is very promising?"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a cat's claw, scratching everyone's hearts.

Jobs thinks Bill Gates is talking about Microsoft's future projects, Spielberg really likes games, Paul Allen knows that his friend is testing Roland, and Roland himself-

He was stunned for a moment, and then frowned: "Sony's project idea is very promising? ”

"I didn't work with Sony on a console."

"I just don't want the game's profits to be embezzled by Sony, so I made it myself and let it sell it on my behalf."

"But ......"

However, before Roland's words were finished, he instantly felt that something was wrong.

Wait a minute!

Bill Gates, who controls Microsoft, suddenly talks to me about Sony's console games?

That's not right! Isn't this their future project?

The one who has spent money for decades and has never made a profit-

Xbox！

Hold the grass!

This guy wants to talk to me now, and it turns out to be a future console war?

Stop！

'I just talked to Steve Jobs about the iPod that crushed Sony's traditional CD, and now I'm talking to Bill Gates about Xbox, which has a place in the console wars by throwing money at it, and not only that, but Sony and Amperin and Spielberg hold a total of 50% of the shares in the overseas distribution companies of Warcraft Films, and Sony Pictures Entertainment's fist products are all in the hands of the Jewish Gang......

'Hold the grass! It turns out that two of Sony's six main businesses, the end of one of them, are in front of me? ’

'Hold the grass! It seems like it's okay to give a gentle push, and then something unexpected happens? ’

Thinking of this, Roland, who was paused for words, frowned.

He felt that he might have discovered something big.

A big thing that can wipe Sony's neck with a knife!