Chapter 248: The First Encounter
Americans are admitting death, it is difficult to be reasonable, Liu Meng once again realized that Hades is easy to provoke imps, so he can only wait impatiently at the door, only to hear Jobs's passionate speech inside, the biggest topic of this year's WWDC is the change of Apple's PC processor, giving up the PowerPC processor and switching to Intel processors.
In such close contact with Jobs, although the sun and the moon change and the stars change, Liu Meng is still very excited and looking forward to it, after all, he is an idol in his heart, a leader with great personality and charisma, who has changed the world with his advanced thinking, which is amazing.
Now Jobs is seriously ill, but he is still trying to change the world, I have to say that the value gap between people is very huge, and he is such a respectable and terrible opponent.
Liu Meng waited until 12 noon, WWDC was not over, and it didn't end until about half past 1 in the afternoon, and there were already many media waiting outside the door to interview Jobs, Liu Meng saw Jobs for the first time, with a stubbled beard and a thin person, but his eyes were shining with wisdom and had a powerful aura.
As soon as Jobs came out, the waiting media flocked to him, asking questions, "Mr. Jobs, I heard that Apple and Microsoft have reached a settlement over the patent dispute, are you afraid of Mr. Gates? Or is it because Apple is in a huge financial crisis?"
Another reporter also rushed to ask: "I heard that Apple and AT&T have reached a confidential cooperation project, can you reveal a little bit about what kind of product is being developed." Is the next generation of music players a PC or a server?"
Jobs spoke up and replied, "Why do you ask such stupid questions when you know it's a confidential cooperative project?"
Jobs pointed to another reporter and rebuked, "This lady." Apple is not reconciling with Microsoft, but Microsoft is reconciling with Apple, you see? Need to repeat it?"
The playful beautiful reporter made an exaggerated unclear gesture and exclaimed, "Oh, Mr. Jobs, I don't understand the difference between what you said and what I asked, which means that Apple and Microsoft have reached a settlement over the patent dispute." ”
Steve Jobs said with a smile: "Apple has always been at the forefront of the world in technological innovation, and we have always led the trend in the industry. Isn't that obvious enough that other companies are just following suit? Do we need to reconcile? No, we don't. We're just accepting a kind apology from an old friend. ”
Another reporter took advantage of the gap to ask another question: "Mr. Gates said that he only respects you in the industry, what do you think of Mr. Gates?
"No, no, no. Jobs wagged his fingers, "I'm just friendly to him as an old friend, in business competition." There is no one on this earth that scares me. ”
"Do you mean that you don't take Mr. Gates seriously at all? Will this lead to another round of lawsuits between Microsoft and Apple?"
Jobs shrugged. That means "Idonotcare!Anyway." ”
Several old black bodyguards stopped the reporters from continuing to ask questions, and shouted: "I'm sorry, we didn't arrange an interview time after the meeting, and now Mr. Jobs is going to have lunch." ”
Liu Meng had been watching, observing Jobs up close, and the evaluations that stayed on the Internet and on the materials were corroborating, and at this moment he hurriedly rushed up and said, "Mr. Jobs, delay you for ten minutes." We can talk a little more about mobile phones. ”
Liu Meng: This is not a question sentence, but just a faint expression of this meaning. Then look at Jobs.
Jobs's eyes flashed, staring at this inconspicuous yellow man, and he was immediately distracted by other things, Liu Meng saw that it was more difficult to figure out how to get his attention in this way, and it was more difficult to talk further, so he handed over the paper he had prepared before, and shouted loudly: "Mr. Jobs, this is my contact information, I think you will definitely be able to use it one day." ”
It was then that Jobs's attention was drawn to him, and he looked strangely at the young man and the paper he handed over, and then the reporters stopped and sneered: "Oh, where are you from, Mr. Jobs will not be interested in you." ”
The other smiled exaggeratedly: "This gentleman, I think you should have forgotten to take medicine in the morning." ”
Hahahaha...... , Everyone laughed, but Liu Meng didn't smile, he didn't care, he still had that firm and confident expression, Jobs couldn't help but be a little surprised when he looked at this young man, there was no exaggerated and exaggerated passion of young Americans, there was a strong confidence and indifference in his eyes.
As the most successful CEO of all time, Steve Jobs was not only a genius, but also a devil. He is arrogant, withdrawn, irritable, obstinate, and self-serving, but no matter how much people analyze his character, perhaps Yiqiē originates from the fact that he is an adopted illegitimate child, and the trauma of being abandoned by his biological parents makes him have to always face an ultimate question: Who am I? This question has always followed him, changed him, and shaped him.
As a young man, Steve Jobs was very rebellious, with long shawl hair and a beard, and he was uninhibited.
Even the first girl in my life was Chrissy, whom I met in middle school.
The main reason why Jobs admired the first girl in his life was her rebellion and strength, she was the first and only girl in the school to dare to skip school over the wall, which fascinated Jobs.
They walked together, drank alcohol, and smoked hemp.
Jobs later even said that one day, they even went to a wheat field to smoke psychedelics, and suddenly, he felt that the whole wheat field was playing Bach's minuet, and he felt as if he were conducting a symphony orchestra.
But Jobs didn't lose his way in rebellion forever. In 1974, at the age of 19, Steve Jobs traveled barefoot and in tattered clothes in southern India.
The trip to India made Jobs think a lot about "who I am", about his "self", about how to follow his heart.
Upon his return, he became almost a different person, wearing a yellow robe all day, shaved his hair, taciturn, and indifferent to people. In his early days when he was developing the Macintosh computer, whenever he encountered a problem, he would always take everyone to retreat, and a group of people would hide in a room, cut off from the outside world, and meditate silently in the silence of the world, listening to distant and mysterious voices.
It is precisely because of such a childhood and an unusual personality that the later genius Jobs was created, Jobs saw something familiar with his youth from Liu Meng's eyes, absolute confidence and firmness, but he was not so easy to fool.
Jobs quipped, "Young man, are you sure this broken A4 paper is what I need?"
For many people, being an employee of Steve Jobs is a very painful thing. "Hell's boss" was a nickname given to Jobs by Apple employees. He is extremely demanding of his team members and can't stand employees who aren't smart enough. Apple employees are said to be very scared of riding in the same elevator as Jobs, and he will ask you sharp questions, and if your answer is not to his liking, you may be fired before you get off the elevator.
Such rumors may be demonized, but Jobs did like a kind of intellectual wrestling, sometimes with a big fight, but it was often the most effective way to get to the heart of the matter.
It's just that for most people, it's no less than a test in a fire, and Jobs's attitude is often unfriendly, and it can even be said that it is quite rude.
He always forced others to listen to his own opinions, and if others were firm enough, he would defend his ideas with strong arguments, and it was in this way that Jobs was testing whether people really understood their ideas, and this was a moment to test real talent.
If you're a submissive person, you're doomed to die at the hands of Steve Jobs because he's so confident in what he knows, so he needs someone to challenge him.
"I'm sure, Mr. Jobs, this piece of paper is worth 100 billion dollars, you must keep it, you will definitely use it in the future. Liu Meng looked at Jobs fearlessly, although the invisible aura was very powerful and oppressive, but he did not flinch in the slightest.
It's like a drop of water standing in front of the Indian Ocean.
In the United States, there are not a few absolutely confident and passionate teenagers like Liu Meng, at least Jobs himself had such characteristics in the early days of entrepreneurship, reporters think that this teenager must be crazy, the beautiful reporter exaggeratedly exclaimed: "Oh my God, handsome guy, what God's code is written on this piece of paper in your hand, it is worth 100 billion US dollars." He said to the assistant next to him, "Oh my God, I heard you right, Susan, is it 100 billion? Or is it 1,000?"
"Young man, I take the liberty of asking, I seem to see a few numbers written on your piece of paper, is it written 100 billion, if you think it is worth 100 billion, I think you forgot to put the great President Washington on it. The American humor is customary and sarcastically said.
"Maybe we should give this young man a little time and let him paint a portrait of Mr. President Washington himself, so maybe this piece of paper is worth a hundred billion, oh my God, how could I not have thought of such a genius approach, Jim, can you please give me an A4 piece of paper and a paintbrush? Wait a minute, I'm the richest man in the world." A bearded reporter couldn't help but laugh out loud after speaking.
The young videographer known as Jim pretends to look for A4 paper and paintbrushes, and his funny expression is very similar to Chaplin in the silent film era, which attracts everyone's laughter. (To be continued......)
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