Reborn IT Giant

The day after Zheng Yan arrived in San Francisco, Bill Miller went to Cisco to handle the handover of shares with Leonard, while Zheng Yan made an appointment with Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs.

Although Larry Ellison is famously crazy, his relationship with Zheng Yan is pretty good. Coupled with the cooperative relationship between the two parties, he is already one of Zheng Yan's identified future partners. As for Steve Jobs, although he is still

He is at a low point in his life, and his computer company is in turmoil, but in the future he will definitely be the best among the best, and he will also be the one that Zheng Yan can win over in the next twenty years.

Larry Ellison was originally going to pick up Zheng Yan in person, but Zheng Yan refused and asked the hotel to send a car directly to Larry Ellison's residence.

Although Larry Ellison will own a lot of real estate around the world in the future, it has not reached that level yet. Although his current residence in San Francisco is luxurious, it is not yet luxurious. It is just a villa with a nice environment.

"Oh, Zheng Yan, my friend, I'm so glad you still remember me." After seeing Zheng Yan, Larry Ellison hurriedly greeted him.

Larry Ellison was indeed very happy to see Zheng Yan in San Francisco. Originally, the relationship between the two was just a simple cooperative relationship, but since they last spent some time together, he has regarded Zheng Yan as his friend. Larry

Ellison makes friends based on his ability on the one hand, but the most important thing is his temper. If his temper is wrong, everything else is useless. His relationship with Bill Gates is the best example.

"Larry, Steve, long time no see."

Before meeting Larry Ellison and Jobs, Zheng Yan was sure that Larry Ellison would entertain her, but he was not sure about Jobs's attitude. Seeing that Jobs was there, Zheng Yan was very happy.

"By the way, let me introduce you to something. This is Lauren, Steve's fiancée. You're here at the right time. Steve and his wife will be having their wedding in a few days. Since you're here on your own, I don't have to inform you.

I just want to stay here for a while and attend their wedding."

Zheng Yan had long noticed the woman next to Jobs and guessed their relationship, but he did not expect that they would get married soon.

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Tiff, congratulations."

"Thank you! But you don't have to listen to Larry's nonsense. You must have a lot of things to do. Don't delay your own things because of my wedding."

It was obvious that Jobs was in a very good mood, but his relationship with Zheng Yan was not as familiar as Larry Ellison's, so he was not as casual.

"Steve, don't be deceived by Zheng Yan's appearance. In terms of assets, he is definitely far ahead of us. But if you want to say who has the most leisure time, it is definitely him. At least I have known him for such a long time.

I’ve never seen him work properly.”

Speaking of Zheng Yan's job, Larry Ellison was very jealous. Zheng Yan had a lot of assets in his name, but most of them were investments. Zheng Yan didn't care at all, but his assets kept increasing like a snowball. Only

Yanhuang Investment, which was managed by himself, was also handed over to Bill Miller. Unless there was a big event, Zheng Yan usually didn't take care of it and was completely idle.

"Larry, we have a saying in China that the top ones work hard, the middle ones work hard, and the bottom work hard. Since someone can help me make money, why should I waste my brains on my own? I want to enjoy life while I am young, otherwise

When I get older, I won’t have the chance to enjoy it.”

Jobs knew about the relationship between Zheng Yan and Larry Ellison, and also knew about Larry Ellison's temper, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with what Zheng Yan said, but Lauren on the side was shocked. She was

Knowing the character of Larry Ellison, it would be strange not to explode when he heard these words, but what happened was completely beyond his expectation.

"Although I am very unconvinced, I have to admit that I am indeed not as good as you in this aspect. The outside world thinks that I live a carefree life. Of course, this is just my own opinion. They should think that I am extravagant and obsessed with enjoyment.

But compared with you, I am nothing."

"Okay Larry, you don't have to envy Zheng Yan. To be honest, I am the hardest working person among the three of us."

Jobs has been holding his breath since he was kicked out of Apple. Later he founded a computer company and had the idea of ​​​​competing with Apple. So in the past few years, he has devoted himself to work, and he is considered the hardest among the three.

of one

position, but even so, the results are still unsatisfactory.

"Steve, when I heard you say that, I suddenly felt a lot better." Larry Ellison said with a smile.

"By the way, Zheng Yan, why did you suddenly come to San Francisco? Don't say you came here specifically to see us. I don't think we have such great charm."

After hearing Larry Ellison's question, Jobs also became interested. With Zheng Yan's current worth and reputation in the investment community, his every move is very noticeable, and he will definitely not appear in a place without any reason.

place.

"Leonard invited me here this time. You are also his friend. You must know that Cisco has had some problems recently. He is planning to sell his shares and leave Cisco. I have always been interested in the Internet industry.

Interested, it’s not like you don’t know this, since Leonard has contacted me, I naturally want to buy it.”

Although Zheng Yan would not mention this kind of thing in public, there was no need to hide it from Larry Ellison and Jobs. Both of them knew the stakes involved and would never talk nonsense.

"I didn't expect that he would reach this point. In fact, I knew about it before, and he also approached me. Unfortunately, I don't have that much capital, otherwise I would have taken his shares."

Larry Ellison didn't know how far Cisco would develop, but he believed in Zheng Yan's vision. Unfortunately, Oracle's changes last year cost him too much money, and he was completely powerless.

"In fact, for Leonard, leaving Cisco is not a bad thing. The conflict between him and the company's management has become irreconcilable. Even if he stays, he will not be able to control the company. Instead of staying in the company and suffering from the consequences, it is better to advance

Exit. And it’s just a break. After selling his shares, the cash he got was enough for him to spend. No matter what he wants to do in the future, he doesn’t have to worry about funds.”

Originally, Zheng Yan and Larry Ellison were talking about Leonard, but Jobs listened more and more uncomfortable. At least so far, he and Leonard had the same fate, both were forced to leave.

He joined the company he founded, but he didn't know that he still had a chance to turn around, while Leonard didn't.