Chapter 45 Steve Jobs is back!
The industry was surprised by the sales of Apple-l personal computers, and even IBM expressed concern about it. However, as we all know, the larger the company, the slower the response. IBM has not decided to get involved in the industry, but some small computer companies have already taken action.
The competition will become increasingly fierce!
But Li Zetian is not afraid of competition and is certain that he can surpass other companies by relying on his past life memory and technology.
At this time, Li Zetian learned the news that Jobs had returned from India.
In fact, Li Zetian has been paying attention to the situation of Atari, not only because Jobs is an employee there, but more importantly, Atari is also one of Apple's competitors.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, Li Zetian made a phone call to Wozniak.
"Hello Wozniak, I'm Chronos."
"Hello Chronos, do you have anything to do with me?"
"I want to ask you for a favor!" Li Zetian said.
"Is there something wrong with Apple-l again?"
"No, I want you to help me invite Steve Jobs to Apple. I want to meet him!"
"Steve Jobs? Do you know him?!" Wozniak asked in surprise.
"I've heard of it, but never seen it," Li Zetian said. Indeed, in his previous life, he had only seen the video of his press conference online, and had never seen him face to face.
Li Zetian suddenly felt that he had a bad taste and wanted to collect business elites or business leaders from previous lives like collecting stamps, such as Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft, and Steve Jobs of Apple. And Steve Gary Wozniak, Alibaba's Jack Ma, Tencent's Ma Huateng, Baidu's Robin Li, Xiaomi's Lei Jun, Tesla's Musk, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Ellison of Oracle, etc…
Then he held a big boss conference and looked at the packed house. Li Zetian felt very satisfied.
Wozniak thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll help you date him..."
"Well, thank you very much!"
…
The next day, Wozniak and Jobs came to Apple together.
Jobs had just returned from India and had a bald head. I heard that he had been converted to a bald head by an Indian monk and had his hair cut in a daze.
When Jobs saw Li Zetian, he was very surprised. Although Wozniak had introduced Li Zetian to him on the way here, he was still shocked when he saw the real person.
The founder of the famous Apple company is actually so young! ! !
"Please sit down, both of you!"
Li Zetian looked at Jobs and asked with a smile, "You are Steve Jobs. I am Chronos Lee, the founder of Apple. In fact, I also worked at Atari for a period of time before, and I heard about it there. Some of your deeds!”
Jobs couldn't help but smile awkwardly. He thought that the deeds Li Zetian heard must be all bad deeds, because he was an arrogant and eccentric guy. Most of the Atari employees hated him, so they were assigned to a place with few people. Work the night shift at night!
Li Zetian continued: "I think there are two kinds of people in this world, one is a genius, a maverick; the other is an ordinary person. I think, Steve, you are the first kind of person I am talking about - a genius. !!! Therefore, I specifically asked Wozniak to arrange an appointment with you to meet at Apple, the purpose of which is to invite you to work at Apple!"
Li Zetian paused, looked at Jobs, and said sincerely and seriously: "Steve Jobs, quit your job at Atari. There is a bigger stage waiting for you here!!!"
During this time, the Vintage Computer Club had been discussing Apple and the Apple-l personal computer. Jobs was also an active discussant in the club. As a perfectionist, when he first saw Apple-l, he decided that Apple was his company. The company you yearn for. Unexpectedly, today the founder of Apple actually invited himself to join the company! ! !
Jobs couldn't hide his excitement and immediately agreed: "No problem, I will resign from Atari now!!!"
As he said that, he stood up immediately and couldn't wait to walk outside.
Li Zetian was stunned for a moment, looking at Jobs's figure, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Let me go, you are actually more anxious than me..."
At this time, Li Zetian glanced at Wozniak and said slowly: "Wozniak, even Steve Jobs is joining Apple, do you still want to hesitate?"
Wozniak was silent for a minute. Li Zetian invited him many times with full sincerity, more times than Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage. Wozniak said he was not moved, which was a lie.
"Chronos, I decided to join Apple!!!" Wozniak said solemnly.
"Welcome to join, Wozniak!!!" Li Zetian was overjoyed when he heard this, stretched out his hand to hug him, then patted his back and said: "With your joining, Apple will become even more powerful!! !”
On the same day, Wozniak submitted his resignation to HP, and Jobs submitted his resignation to Atari.
In order to retain them in the future, Li Zetian promised that they would receive more option rewards than ordinary employees in the future!
There is a saying: "Thousand-mile horses often exist, but bole does not always exist!"
Jobs never expected that as soon as he arrived at Apple, he would be appreciated by the founder. Not only would he become a product manager, but he would also receive option rewards in the future. While Jobs was excited, he was also very moved!
"Do a good job, Steve Jobs, and don't live up to my expectations of you!!!" Li Zetian patted Steve Jobs on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, Mr.li, I will definitely lead the team to produce the best work!"
"Yeah!" Li Zetian nodded, thinking that the Mac computer can be developed by Steve Jobs, which will involve the development of graphics operating systems, mice, etc. Jobs, who pursues perfectionism, is extremely picky, and values user experience, is obviously the best. The selection of the person in charge will probably take several years. As for the second-generation personal computer Apple-ll, Wozniak and Zhang Hao can solve it!
The joining of Jobs and Wozniak made Li Zetian feel that Apple suddenly became stronger and stronger, and it also greatly increased his confidence!
hiring!
expansion!
Rise up!
Apple has launched a massive recruitment drive!
Li Zetian spent money to rent out the entire office building next to it and turned it into a new headquarters. As for the original small red building, it became Apple's "skunk factory" - the Mac Laboratory, allowing Jobs to lead the team to develop Mac computer! ! !
Skunk Works was originally the officially recognized nickname of Lockheed Martin's advanced development project. With corporate operations and humane management methods, it led a group of proactive professional engineers to develop the U.S. defense technology center with unparalleled creativity. The most secret and advanced weapons products are also famous for their rapid and effective cost control, thus becoming a benchmark for large companies engaged in high-tech industries around the world to follow.
Driven by this organizational innovation model, Xerox's Polo-Alto Laboratory, AT\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;T's Bell Laboratories, such as the "Manhattan Project", IBM's "Chess Project", BMW's "i Project", etc. have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. These are typical representatives of commercial skunk factories.
Therefore, Li Zetian is preparing to learn from Lockheed Martin and establish Apple's "Skunk Works" - Mac Laboratory, dedicated to developing Mac computers! ! !
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