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Before returning to Hong Kong, Su Cheng had already informed the housekeeper at home to prepare dinner for tonight.

Therefore, shortly after Su Cheng returned to the Su family's villa, he enjoyed a sumptuous dinner.

In the evening, Karen and Cherie Chung both called him.

Su Cheng's week-long trip to Japan had made them miss him dearly.

However, Su Cheng didn't plan to let the two of them meet for the time being, so he arranged to meet them at different times.

After dinner, Wayne's call came again.

Su Cheng had previously asked Wayne to call him around 8:30 to confirm if he was home.

He asked Wayne to bring Steve Jobs to the Su family's villa, and Su Cheng began watching TV in the living room.

Checking the time, Wayne's call was very punctual.

Although the presidential suite was comfortable, home was even more comfortable, where he was in charge of everything.

Twenty minutes later, the sound of an engine rang out in the parking space in the courtyard downstairs. Su Cheng knew that it should be Wayne bringing Steve Jobs over.

So, Su Cheng got up and went downstairs directly.

Although the current Steve Jobs was just a young man with little reputation, Su Cheng knew how great his achievements would be in the future. Such a person was worth him personally going downstairs to greet.

In the front yard parking lot, Su Cheng saw Steve Jobs, who had come from afar. Today, Wayne specially drove his private car to take Steve Jobs over.

Su Cheng looked at this future legendary figure, reached out and shook his hand, and smiled: "When I visited the United States, I heard about your story of founding Apple Computer. You are very good."

"Thank you for your praise, Mr. Su. I am very honored. I didn't expect that a small person like me would be fortunate enough to be recognized by Mr. Su," Steve Jobs quickly replied.

He couldn't help but feel a little proud of this.

At this time, Wayne also got out of the car.

"Let's go, let's go upstairs for tea and chat," Su Cheng said with a smile as usual.

"Okay," Wayne and Steve Jobs said in unison.

The two followed Su Cheng to the living room on the third floor.

Ah Jiao and Ah Mei had already tidied up the tea set in the living room and made tea, and then they went back downstairs.

"Mr. Jobs, would you like some tea? If not, we also have coffee here," Su Cheng asked Steve Jobs after sitting down.

At the same time, he also carefully looked at the young man in front of him.

Born in 1955, Steve Jobs was only 24 years old this year.

The young Steve Jobs had long hair, and the beard in his memory had been shaved off, making him look a bit gentle.

Wearing a suit and tie, it was certain that he paid attention to his attire and looked handsome.

"Thank you, I can also drink tea. I used to practice in India, and I also liked drinking tea there," Steve Jobs said with a smile.

In 1974, 19-year-old Steve Jobs became obsessed with methods to "enlighten" himself and wanted to explore how he should integrate into this world, so he embarked on a journey to India.

During his time in India, he sought enlightenment through meditation, asceticism, restraint of material desires, and returning to simplicity. After staying in India for 7 months, Steve Jobs returned to the United States and saw the madness of the Western world and the limitations of rational thinking.

So, soon after, he signed a contract with Wozniak and Steve Jobs' friend Ron Wayne to establish a computer company.

Subsequently, 21-year-old Steve Jobs and 2 Wozniak founded Apple Computer in their garage.

The company's name was decided by Steve Jobs as Apple, and their self-made computer was recognized as the "Apple I" computer.

"I heard that Mr. Jobs' current Apple Computer is facing difficulties, is that right?" Su Cheng asked after pouring a cup of black tea for Steve Jobs and Wayne.

"Yes, that's why we are seeking cooperation with Oracle Computer," Steve Jobs said helplessly.

At this time, he was still too young and did not have the experience of Steve Jobs that Su Cheng knew in his later years.

Therefore, when encountering such a thing, after discussing it, they could only helplessly choose to compromise.

If it was Steve Jobs in his thirties or forties, perhaps he could find a way that did not require compromise.

After the Apple II computer prototype was displayed at the computer exhibition, the Apple II computer successfully became a well-known new brand in the United States and even European and American countries in the year from 1977 to 1978, with sales reaching more than 100,000 units.

At that time, the three founders of Apple Computer began to prepare for the listing. As long as the sales of Apple Computer continued, they believed that they would directly become billionaires with this listing opportunity, and even easily expand the scale of Apple Computer many times.

However, after Oracle's first-generation computer was released, it seized a large market share and became the well-deserved new leader in computers. Affected by this, the sales of Apple Computer continued to be cut in half. So far, it has not been able to sell many units in a month.

After dragging on for more than half a year and trying many methods that didn't work, they finally had to take the initiative to contact Oracle Computer, hoping to find an opportunity for the company to turn around.

Although they had already admitted defeat and agreed to give up 30% of the equity, Steve Jobs did not want to easily sign a contract with Oracle Computer, so he wanted to meet Su Cheng to see if he really had, as he imagined, help for the future of Apple Computer.

After all, the reason why they agreed to this condition, in addition to being forced by helplessness, more importantly, they wanted to get the help they deserved from Su Cheng.

"I heard that Mr. Jobs has been in Hong Kong for a few days. What do you think of Hong Kong?" Su Cheng asked after drinking a cup of tea.

"This is the city with the best technological atmosphere besides Silicon Valley. I like it very much. In the past few days, I have not only visited Oracle Computer, but also visited Skyreach Semiconductor. After exchanging ideas with many top engineers, I have learned a lot. This trip was worthwhile," Steve Jobs said after thinking for a while.

Hong Kong's technological atmosphere is indeed very strong now. Influenced by Su Cheng's technology companies such as Oracle Computer, Skyreach Semiconductor, and Hutchison Telecom, more and more local businessmen are beginning to try to enter this industry, or become supply chain companies for Su Cheng's companies.

In addition, American technology companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and Intel have also opened branches in Hong Kong, resulting in more and more technology talents here.

(End of this chapter)