Although the answer given by Zheng Yan was a bit shameless, Larry Ellison and Jobs found that they could not find a reason to refute. Putting aside the known shares of Cisco and Oracle, it is just one of the ways to invest in oil futures.

Twelve billion US dollars is not something ordinary people can come up with. Even if things are like what Zheng Yan said, the money comes from elsewhere, it is not something ordinary people can do, but this kind of trust is hard to come by.

"Zheng Yan, do you know what the outside media say about me? They all say that I am a spendthrift and extravagant. If they know what you said today, I am afraid that these titles will fall on you."

Larry Ellison has never cared about the judgments from others, but now after listening to Zheng Yan's words and thinking about the evaluations of himself by the outside world, he suddenly felt a little unbalanced. In his opinion, who spends money like water?

He couldn't compare to Zheng Yan in front of him.

"I think so. Young billionaires are not uncommon, but people like you who are young, rich, and willing to gamble are really rare. Think about it, compared to your investment this time

When it comes to oil futures, investing in Apple is really nothing.”

Although Jobs became famous at a young age and had superhuman talents in company management and operations, overall, he was more like a technician, so he preferred to be down-to-earth when investing. For Zheng Yan's extremely high-risk investment

I don't agree with the method.

Of course, although Jobs did not agree with Zheng Yan's investment methods, he admired Zheng Yan's courage. They say that successful people are all the same, but unsuccessful people are different. Jobs believed that there must be an unknown secret behind Zheng Yan's success.

firmly believe.

"By the way Steve, as far as I know, isn't your new company in California? Why did you suddenly come to New York?"

Zheng Yan's purpose was to make friends with Jobs, rather than dwell on things that hadn't happened yet. There was a good reason for Larry Ellison's arrival, but Zheng Yan was still a little curious about the appearance of Jobs.

"Actually, it's nothing. Our company has developed a new computer this time. I named it ion. I came here mainly to carry out some publicity work before it is launched."

"By the way, Zheng Yan, since you have so much confidence in me, do you think the computer we produce this time will be successful?"

From Zheng Yan's speech just now, Jobs could see that Zheng Yan was optimistic about Apple after his return, but he was also very curious about Zheng Yan's thoughts on his current company.

"Steve, if I can directly predict the success of a product, then I don't have to run around. I can just find a company and reduce their early R&D costs and I can live a very comfortable life. You know, I have

I’ve never seen any of your company’s products.”

Although Zheng Yan is very clear about the fate of the ion product and even the fate of the computer company, Zheng Zheng does not want to express more opinions in this regard. Occasionally revealing something will make everyone feel that he has extraordinary investment vision, but if

Revealing too much would be a lame person's butt, and it would be evil.

Although Jobs and Larry Ellison never thought that Zheng Yan's words could determine the fate of ion, they could also see that Zheng Yan's words had reservations.

"Zheng Yan, of course we understand what you said, but we are just communicating privately between friends now, so what does it matter if we talk about it?"

Larry Ellison had already seen Zheng Yan's investment or bold predictions, so he was also very curious about Zheng Yan's thoughts on the questions raised by Jobs.

"Okay, then let me tell you my opinion."

Zheng Yan knew that if he didn't express his opinions, Larry Ellison and Jobs would not let him go.

"To be honest, although I haven't seen the actual product, in my heart, I am not optimistic about your new product."

Rather than making people doubtful, Zheng Yan did not want exceptions to the things he could accurately predict every time.

"I don't understand this. Aren't you very optimistic about Steve? He completed this product by himself."

Larry Ellison was a little surprised by the answer Zheng Yan gave. According to what Zheng Yan just said, he was only optimistic about Steve Jobs himself. In this case, regardless of Steve Jobs,

Whether Booth is at Apple or at a computer company, Zheng Yan should have the same confidence in him.

Although Jobs was a little surprised, he did not speak, but quietly waited for Zheng Yan's next words.

"Actually, this is not difficult to understand. First, any new product needs to pass the test of the market before it can be recognized by consumers, especially for valuable items such as computers. The time when computer companies were established is too short, and for most people

For me, the computers he produces are definitely not the first choice."

"Second, Steve, although you have participated in the design and development of all Apple products, when you left, the relevant technologies must have belonged to Apple, not to you personally. In other words, you

The products produced today need to circumvent some of the technologies you were once familiar with, but developing a new technology cannot be accomplished in a short time. From this, it can be concluded that your new products are not particularly attractive."

"Whether it is the development of new technology or the improvement of original technology, it requires a collision of ideas, and today's computer companies lack exactly this kind of collision."

After all, both Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs were technicians, so they naturally knew that what Zheng Yan said was true.

"By the way, Zheng Yan, I once heard Leonard say that you provided him with ideas for the development of Cisco's new generation router. Steve is also our friend. I wonder if you have any suggestions for him.

?”

Although Larry Ellison was not present when Cisco went public and did not hear Leonard's introduction to the media, as Leonard's friend, he had already known some information from him. It seemed that it was not

It’s an eye-catching idea, but as a technician, Larry Ellison naturally understands the importance of these ideas.

"Stop it Larry, the reason why I was able to give those suggestions was because I had a full understanding of Cisco's products before meeting Leonard. And now, it goes without saying that I have no opinion about Steve's products.

I understand, I’ve never even seen him.”
Chapter completed!