Vol 2 Chapter 292: Steve Jobs

Chapter 292: Steve Jobs

Lin Feng looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, with bald forehead, half-black white hair, golden eyes, and a confident and wise smile on his face.

"Lin, let me introduce to you, this is..." Abby Cohen said.

"Abby, I know who this gentleman is, Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple." Lin Feng stretched out his right hand.

"I also know who you are, Lin Feng, the founder of'Second World' and the youngest and richest man in mainland China." Steve Jobs also extended his hand, extremely enthusiastic.

Both hands clasped together in the air.

Most of the guests in the banquet hall gathered together to chat. Few people noticed here. Even if they noticed here, they didn't care much. But I don't know that after this handshake, Lin Feng and Steve Jobs did not shake hands again for their entire lives.

Steve Jobs! Lin Feng's mind suddenly showed his information. As a computer enthusiast, there must be Steve Jobs among the top ten in the IT industry.

Steve Jobs, an American hero, has gone through several ups and downs, but still stands tall, just as Hemingway said in The Old Man and the Sea, a person can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated. He and Steve Watts created the "Apple", which sparked the wave of personal computers and changed an era, but was blocked at the peak, falling from a tall building to the bottom of the valley, but 12 years later, he made a comeback , Restart the second "Steve Jobs" era.

In 1977, Jobs and his partners founded "Apple".

In 1980, the "Apple" stock went public.

In 1983, the "Apple" company reached its peak, but it was also a time of decline.

In 1984, Jobs was swept out by the directors of the "Apple" company.

In 1997, when the "Apple" company was on the verge of bankruptcy, Jobs returned to Apple again. At that time, Apple was in debt of 1 billion U.S. dollars. By the beginning of 1999, Apple made a profit of 309 million U.S. dollars.

After returning to "Apple", Steve Jobs launched the "mac" laptop, and earlier this month launched the "ipod". It can be said that these two products have rejuvenated the "Apple".

While Lin Feng looked carefully at Jobs, Jobs was also looking at Lin Feng. For the young man in front of him, Jobs had naturally heard about it. However, the fields of the two parties were different before. Jobs was only interested in Lin Feng. After all, there are too many examples of getting rich overnight on Wall Street. The myth of becoming a billionaire overnight, Wall Street can cite many every month. Of course, there is indeed no billionaire as young as Lin Feng.

What really made Steve Jobs pay attention to Lin Feng, and to study carefully, was when his own "Apple" company launched "ipod" on the 8th of this month, Asia also launched an mp3 player called "Phantom". This "Phantom" mp3 player is very similar in appearance and quality to the "Apple" "ipod", except that the "Apple" "ipod" uses a micro hard drive, and the "Phantom" uses a flash memory. Although the "ipod" has an absolute advantage in terms of capacity, it is undoubtedly at an absolute disadvantage in terms of price.

Compared with the pros and cons of the two products, Jobs is more concerned about Lin Feng's idea of ​​using paid downloads of mp3 songs to make money.

This young man is extremely visionary and ambitious. ——Jobs' comments on Lin Feng. He had discovered the "Phantom" mp3 player on Jessica's chest just now. Jobs knew at a glance that it was not his company's "ipod", and immediately guessed Lin Feng's attempt.

Although the news that Lin Feng signed Jessica as the spokesperson of the "Phantom" has not been released yet, Jessica has put the "Phantom" on his chest so high-profile, as long as he is not a fool, he can guess the mystery. Jobs finally pulled the "Apple" from the edge of the cliff. The "ipod" is a major plan for the "Apple" in the next few years. He absolutely cannot tolerate the failure of the "ipod". And Lin Feng's "Phantom" is undoubtedly the most powerful competitor of "ipod".

When Lin Feng and Jobs looked at each other, Abby also looked at them. The attitude of the two is too strange. Abby can be sure that the two have not met before, but the first time they met, they gave people a sense of tension, which made Abby a bit at a loss.

Abby didn't know that Lin Feng's company had launched a "Phantom" that was almost the same as Apple's "ipod". If she knew, she would not introduce them so passionately.

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"Mr. Lin, when will your'Phantom' land in the United States?" Jobs asked lightly.

"Mr. Jobs, soon, I believe that the American people will soon see another mp3 player of excellent quality, and the price is extremely cheap." Lin Feng is not afraid that Jobs will know. Besides, this matter can't be covered even if you want to.

"Hehe, then I wish Mr. Lin's "Phantom" can be sold in the United States." After Jobs finished speaking, he politely apologized and left.

Let's wait and see! ——Lin Feng and Jobs said in unison.

"What's the matter, you two?" Abby asked.

"Haha, it's nothing, it's just that an mp3 player produced by one of my company's ‘ipod’ just pits against Apple’s ‘ipod’." Lin Feng said with a smile.

Abby shook his head and secretly said that he was confused. On this occasion, it is really inappropriate to introduce two people who are on the opposite side in business to meet. Fortunately, neither of them had any excessive behavior.

After that, Abby introduced several financial giants to Lin Feng, such as the president of Goldman Sachs, Blank Fein (first-year salary of investment bank). This charity party first announced the establishment of the "Lin Feng Charity Fund", and at the same time introduced some prominent figures in the American financial world to Lin Feng. As one of the most important customers of Goldman Sachs in the future, Abby naturally hopes that Lin Feng can get to know more of the giants in the US financial industry.

At the subsequent inauguration ceremony, Lin Feng and Abby delivered speeches one after another, and the guests at the meeting also generously donated. The "Lin's Charity Fund" (including Lin Feng's 30 million US dollars) raised a total of 41.2 million US dollars.

Of course, at the charity gala, Lam Fung's biggest gain was that he met several Hollywood stars through Spielberg. For example, Tom Cruise, Lin Feng wanted to invite him to be the spokesperson of Audition, but his agent directly scared Lin Feng away with a $3 million endorsement fee per year. Although this price is not expensive relative to Tom Cruise's position in Hollywood, Lam Fung cannot afford it. If it is 3 million yuan, Lin Feng can consider it. As for the Titanic hero Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been hot recently, Lin Feng doesn't want to try again.

With Tom Cruise’s precedent, for Leonardo DiCaprio, a super handsome guy who is more picky about the script than his wife, Lin Feng doesn’t have to think about it, or he won’t agree at all, or I can't stand the bidding.

However, in terms of signing endorsements for Hollywood stars, Lam Fung still reached the object he wanted to sign before coming to the United States-Keanu Reeves.

The Matrix that was released in 1999 allowed Keanu Reeves to instantly rise to the status of a Hollywood superstar. Although the salary was not as good as Tom Cruise's 20 million US dollars, it also reached 15 million US dollars, and Keanu . Reeves's extremely cool time to avoid bullets has made countless fans around the world go crazy.

Film critics once said so-when Keanu Reeves puts on a black cloak, wears sunglasses, and dodges bullets, no matter how high the pay is, it is reasonable.

Although Keanu Reeves is now becoming popular, Lin Feng is still extremely sure of finding him to endorse. As a Hollywood superstar, Keanu Reeves is also a crazy music lover (with his own band), and he is extremely heroic. He was once famous for the Matrix. In order to thank the members of the working group, he bought a "Harley heavy machine" for each member of the working group. To know that a "Harley heavy machine", the cheapest one is also 10,000 US dollars per person. Keanu Reeves bought 18 cars as a gift.

A person who loves music and doesn't value money, Lin Feng believes that he will be moved by his sincerity and audition.

This is indeed the case. After learning about Lin Feng’s intentions, Keanu Reeves asked Lin Feng about the audition game concept and learned that Lin Feng was going to use his character 3d model in the game and in the game. Keanu Reeves looked expectant when there was time to evade the bullet. In the end, the two reached an agreement.

"Second World" signed Keanu Reeves as the endorsement right in Audition at a price of 1.5 million US dollars per year. The contract period is 3 years. Although the price is high, Keanu Reeves is now popular, and with the upcoming Matrix 2 in the future, Lin Feng believes that this money can definitely be made back by himself, not to mention Keanu Reeves can also become an audition group. One of the signature characters.

After finalizing the endorsement contract of Keanu Reeves, Lin Feng's trip to the United States almost ended perfectly. At this time, Spielberg also finalized the cooperation team, and found good actors, and followed Lin Feng's introduction to the Fox River Prison in Salt Lake City, and began filming the escape. As for the actors, it is almost the same as the original drama, except that the heroine becomes Jessica Alba.

Of course, for his first TV series debut, and perhaps the only TV series, Spielberg invited many Hollywood movie stars to appear in the TV series through his contacts.

After this news was leaked to reporters "inadvertently" by Spielberg, it immediately drew huge repercussions. It should be understood that only popular stars from TV series have guest appearances in movies, but this time it is movie stars who have guest appearances in TV series. When many viewers were looking forward to the performance of Spielberg and Jessica in prison escape, they also began to look forward to seeing how many big Hollywood stars can be seen in this prison escape TV series.

Just when Lin Feng was about to leave the United States and return to Shanghai, a phone call came.