Vol 6 Chapter 148: optimism

Seeing this gentleman who came to the door, calling himself Robinson, Joshua refused without thinking, "Sorry, I want to go out now," he didn't mean to invite anyone into the house. ◢Щщш.suimeng.lā

Robinson smiled, not embarrassed at all, "Look at Joshua, I only need a few minutes."

"I believe that the issue I asked you to talk about is also a rare opportunity for you,"

Joshua took another look at this Mr. Robinson. From the briefcase he was carrying to the suit over his T-shirt, his clean-shaven cheeks, meticulous hair, and like a diplomat, always With a smiling face...

He originally thought that this was an HR he had just dealt with, but now he felt that this looked a bit like a door-to-door salesman.

"You should make an appointment first," he said.

After years of training at Apple, he has not only become arrogant, but also has a bad temper.

——This is the irony. On the one hand, they feel that Jobs' violent temper and style are really unbearable, but on the other hand, they now have the same tendency.

"Who said we didn't?" Joshua was still smiling, "From the day after you left Apple, we used the contact information we know to make an appointment with you,"

"Up to now, we have not only sent 3 emails to your mailbox, but also left a message 3 times on your mobile phone, but you have never responded."

This time, it was Joshua's turn to feel a little calm.

After a difficult career, Joshua, who felt that his body was already hollowed out, has completely released himself these days.

The computer, the phone is not turned on, and I don’t know where it was left. Even the fixed line at home is too lazy to listen to messages.

The verbal confession of his wife and children, his left ear went in and his right ear went out, so that they had to leave him messages on the refrigerator frequently.

The reason why he was anxious to go out at this time was because he spent most of the day in bed, and after spending a long time in the game room, when he got a beer for the third time, he saw his wife's message on the refrigerator, so he must go there. Supermarket.

Therefore, Mr. Robinson’s words should be true. They have used available methods to make appointments with themselves, but they have never received a response.

Speaking of it, Jobs, who had a bad temper, had never done such a thing before—his secretary would help him deal with these things in time.

Joshua looked at his watch, "Well, I can probably spare a few minutes to come."

"Thank you," Robinson handed him a business card. "Get to know me officially, Toby Robinson."

"Hello, Scott Joshua," Joshua shook his hand and finally opened the door to let him in.

But wait, he looked at Robinson’s business card, are you officially acquainted?

Why do you not even write the company name and position on your business card? who do you think You Are?

You a guy who came to me to talk to me, what kind of boss do you still play?

Obviously, Robinson was not the first to encounter such a situation. Before Joshua asked, he proactively said, "Sorry, our company is still a start-up, and there is no name yet. What the boss meant is to wait until the team is almost formed. At that time, we will discuss together and see what our company is called."

"Similarly, because it is a start-up, we do not have a clear division of labor now. The most important job for everyone is to contact target talents like you."

Hearing Robinson say this, Joshua suddenly regretted.

The sound of closing the door was still reverberating, and he wanted to pull the door open again so that the gentleman he had invited in could get out no matter what.

You seem to be reliable, but how come your company sounds unreliable?

The name is undecided, the division of labor is undecided, that is, there is probably no fixed team.

But just like that, you still want to start a business and want to pull me in?

It's not that he thinks highly of himself.

With so many years of experience in Apple's core design team, he can easily find a good job in any high-tech company in the world if he wants to.

It's just that he is somewhat reluctant to work at the moment.

The current Apple is not the one that was on the verge of bankruptcy a few years ago. With the improvement of Apple’s performance and the rise of Apple’s stock price, the compensation and the shares of Apple held by core employees like him after leaving their jobs are enough to allow He had a very comfortable life.

What he originally planned was to relax completely for a period of time before considering the next step.

It may be to start a business in a field of interest.

It is also possible that, like others in Silicon Valley, they are small and wealthy, but after the previous high-intensity and high-pressure work, at least temporarily some people who resist entrepreneurship, incarnate as investors or coaches, give some aspirations to entrepreneurship. People, provide technical and financial support, and hope to further increase their assets.

But now, an unreliable company like you comes to the door, and you want me to work for you. Who gave you the courage?

"Joshua," Robinson smiled and sat down, as if he hadn’t seen the gloom on Joshua’s face at all. "In fact, it’s mainly because of our elites like you. Some of our previous experiences. At the beginning of its establishment, we hope to build our new company into a company that can make us feel happy and comfortable."

"Oh," Joshua stunned.

If it is for this purpose, it is not incomprehensible. At least, such a statement is worthy of him to entertain this Robinson for something to drink. "What would you like to drink?" he asked.

"Water is fine, thank you," Robinson breathed a sigh of relief, and finally made some progress.

God knows why these guys from Apple are so difficult to get along with.

While pouring the water, Joshua thought of a question, "It seems that you are familiar with us?"

"How many people are not familiar with Apple?" Robinson laughed.

Joshua doesn’t know how to describe his feelings at this moment. Although he has successfully escaped from Apple, even though he knows that Robinson’s saying this is equivalent to not responding to his question positively, he still hears this sentence. I can't help but feel some glory.

It seems that even if you leave, you will inevitably be marked by the Apple people.

The fluctuations in his heart made him a little irritable. He frowned and asked, "This company has not yet determined its name, have you determined its direction?"

He thought that if Robinson did not respond positively on this issue, he would immediately ask him to close his door from the outside.

"Of course," Robinson put down the glass, "our direction is the field of smart hardware,"

"Smart hardware?" This is an answer that Joshua won't be surprised to hear.

On the contrary, if it is currently more popular social or other projects, he will be surprised.

He immediately asked, "You also want to develop smart phones? Are you from Chicago or White Plains?"

At present, the two major mobile phone giants in the world, Motorola's headquarters are located in the suburbs of Chicago, while Nokia's US headquarters is now in White Plains, New York.

"No, I want to reiterate that we are a start-up company, our direction is smart hardware, smart phone projects, we have not ruled out at present, but at least this is not the key project we currently hope to develop,"

These words of Robinson made Joshua a little confused. Where are you from? What do you want to do?

Robinson did not answer his questions in time this time. "Frankly, Joshua, we have reached agreements with many of your former colleagues at Apple. We appreciate and recognize your talents and your work experience. For this reason, you and your colleagues have some rare qualities,"

"The company's investors especially appreciate this characteristic..."

Many Apple colleagues? So targeted? That is ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Is this a long-planned plan? Joshua immediately interrupted him, "The company's investors are familiar with us?"

"Of course," Robinson said. Otherwise, why did our emails go to your mailbox the day after you left?

"Is this investor familiar?" Joshua continued to ask.

"I think so," Robinson said, "but until we know more about your wishes, it is not convenient for us to reveal his identity for some reason."

"I need time to think about it," Joshua stood up.

"Of course," Robinson also stood up, looking optimistic, "If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me."

At the door, looking at Joshua's gray 911, he smiled and said, "Good car!"

"Thank you,"

"By the way, are you interested in that electric sports car from Tesla?" he asked with a smile.