Reborn IT Giant

"Of course, I don't mean to underestimate Oracle. I hope you don't mind."

Although Oracle and Apple are currently facing some difficulties, Zheng Yan was worried that his words would make Larry Ellison feel uncomfortable, so he quickly explained.

"Don't worry, I'm not that stingy."

No matter what Zheng Yan says, or which company Zheng Yan is optimistic about, in Larry Ellison's heart, Oracle's only rival will always be Microsoft. As for other companies, he doesn't take him seriously. This is Larry Ellison.

Ellison's madness is also his confidence.

"According to what you said, it seems that I made a wrong decision by selling all my shares in Apple. However, I am still a little curious, why are you so optimistic about the future of Apple?"

Because Jobs was betrayed, he sold all his shares in Apple in a rage. Hearing Zheng Yan's answer, he couldn't help but make a joke.

"Steve, before I formally answer your question, can I ask you a question?"

Seeing Jobs nodding, Zheng Yan continued: "If one day in the future, Apple wants you to go back and continue to run the company, will you go back?"

Steve Jobs always advocated working with excellent people. This concept is not only reflected in work, but also applies in the process of making friends. Since Zheng Yan had plans to make friends with Steve Jobs, he naturally wanted to show his "excellence".

Faced with Zheng Yan's sudden question, Jobs didn't react for a moment. From the moment he left Apple, he had made up his mind to have nothing to do with Apple from now on. But if what Zheng Yan said really happened,

Under the circumstances, would he go back? Jobs also asked himself in his mind.

"To be honest, I have never considered this issue, or even thought about this happening. If it were now, I don't think I would go back."

After all, he had just experienced betrayal, and the resentment in Jobs's heart was still there. Even though he still had feelings for Apple, he couldn't erase the resentment in his heart. But Jobs didn't say anything to death. After all, how long can this kind of resentment last?

He couldn't tell for sure.

"Steve, can I understand that if this happens in the future, you might go back?"

After Jobs hesitated for a moment, he nodded.

"No Steve, they have done that to you, and you still want to go back? If I were you, I would find a way to make the current company bigger and stronger, and when I am strong enough, I would directly acquire Apple.

, take a good breath of bad breath."

After Larry Ellison heard Jobs's answer, he also felt unfair for Jobs.

Although the outside world's evaluation of Larry Ellison is mixed, Larry Ellison is indeed good to his friends. In 2010, Mark Hurd, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, was forced to resign due to a sexual harassment investigation.

As a good friend of Mark Hurd, Ellison directly hired Mark Hurd as the president of Oracle after condemning the HP board of directors. Although this matter was also controversial, Larry Ellison never took it to heart.

.

"Zheng Yan, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with your optimism about Apple, right?"

Jobs knew Larry Ellison too well and knew that once he explained to him, he would talk endlessly, so he simply ignored him and continued the conversation with Zheng Yan. Larry Ellison also understood

Steve Jobs didn't dwell on the problem either.

"No, Steve, there is not only a relationship between the two, but a very important relationship. The reason why I am optimistic about the future of Apple is because I think you will return to Apple one day."

If Zheng Yan's question just now surprised Jobs, now faced with Zheng Yan's answer, Jobs no longer knew what words to use to describe his feelings.

It is not strange in the investment world to be optimistic about a company's future and therefore make early investments. However, like Zheng Yan, betting that a person who has left the company will one day return to the company is not an uncommon problem;

Never heard of it at all.

"Zheng Yan, first of all, I would like to express my gratitude for your consideration. But have you ever thought that since I have been kicked out of the company, how could they let me go back? Even if they let me go back, I went back, so what could you do?

You can be sure that I will be able to lead Apple

How about leading to glory?"

"Yes, Zheng Yan, you should know that Steve now has a new company. If he returns to Apple, what will happen to his current company?"

Facing the answer given by Zheng Yan, it was not only Jobs who was surprised, but Larry Ellison who was standing beside him was also very confused.

"Steve, I don't know the reason why you were betrayed, but I feel that Apple's current development is very stupid. As far as I know, because of the loss of market share, Apple is currently focusing on promoting more openness and

Higher price."

"It's very open. We won't say it because it's hard to define, but higher prices are obviously a stupid decision. The computers currently produced by Apple don't have much advantages compared to other companies. The only direction is higher prices.

It will lead Apple to the abyss step by step. The company's shareholders can still tolerate it now, but what about the future?"

"When Apple was still under your leadership, although there were problems, such as the original computer Lisa, the sales situation was not ideal, but overall, both product design and sales positioning were better than they are now.

Duo. When Apple falls into greater trouble, I can't think of any other way they can do it except letting you go back and take charge of the company again."

"As for my confidence in you, I don't know how to express it. You can understand it as an intuition, a very strong intuition."

When Zheng Yan faced some problems in the past, he could use data analysis or analysis of events to explain it. No matter how likely it was, there was at least a certain possibility. But it was really impossible to analyze whether a person could succeed.

, so we can only use intuition to explain it.

"Zheng Yan, haven't you ever thought about what if things develop differently from what you predicted?"

In Jobs' view, although Apple's stock price is currently falling, 4.6% of the shares are still valuable, and he is not optimistic that Zheng Yan can win the bet, which means that Zheng Yan needs a 10% premium.

acquisition.

"Even if I lose this bet, I can sell my shares. For me, this is not a loss."

In a word, if you are rich, you will be willful!