King of Hollywood Chapter 61: Fundraising Dinner (2)

"With the passage of time, the updating of computer technology will only get faster and faster. Think about it, gentlemen, in the 1970s, how many ways did we think of to make the computer a little bit more space? But now There is no difficulty in running a complex operating system! If Mr. Clinton’s information highway can be realized, it will be an unprecedented innovation, so the IT industry will definitely be the best investment in the future!" The middle-aged man talked openly. From his excited look, it can be seen that if he speaks these words in the auditorium, his body language will be very rich.

　　 "But at present, except for a few companies with good prospects, such as Microsoft; many companies have more or less problems, such as Apple." Those who said this were obviously not well-intentioned.

　　 "This is quite normal. Apple's current CEO may be quite skillful in operations, but he has no specific plans for technological updates." The middle-aged man replied quietly.

　　 "But we are very clear that after win3.0 was released, Microsoft has basically established its own monopoly position." The other party did not intend to let him go, a voice was inserted at this time: "Every company All have their own directions, Microsoft is taking the popular German route, then Apple can take the high-end elite route."

　　Middle-aged man's eyes clearly gleamed with light, and immediately turned his head to look at the voice. It was a young man in his early twenties, with a pair of bright black eyes, slightly curly brown hair, and a height of about 6 feet that made his tall figure slender, and with a decent suit, he smiled and had a temperament.

　　 "Hello, Mr. Steve Jobs, this is Adrian·Kewell." The young man reached out to the middle-aged man.

　　 "Hello, Mr. Kewell," Steve shook hands with him, "Nice to meet you."

　　 He didn’t open his mouth to inquire about the other party’s occupation. Those who were able to attend such a banquet were rich or expensive, but the tone was inevitable with a little arrogance. Very normal, if not, he is not Steve Jobs.

　　Only, the next sentence of Adrian made him frown: "Frankly speaking, I don’t like you, Mr. Jobs."

　　 This is the truth. In the past life, because of certain things, he knew a little about the black history of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. To put it simply, it was eccentric, arrogant, and arbitrary. He likes to take the results of others as his own. , Even the illegitimate daughter refused to admit. In particular, these two issues of arrogance and arbitrariness. If he had not offended all the board members, he would not be kicked out of Apple.

　　 Therefore, he did not like this person very much in his previous life. But it’s different now. After rebirth, Adrian is very similar to Jobs in some places. It is inevitable that there is a little bit of "smell similarity". More importantly, although this guy has a lot of problems, he has few commercial talents. Contrast, if he was not kicked out of Apple a few years ago, the war between Apple and Microsoft does not know who will laugh to the end.

　　For Adrian, who knows the future, there are many things he wants from Jobs. If the operation is good, the benefits will be very important to supplement his plan, so it is not a good relationship now. So, so...

　　 "However, there are no perfect people in this world, and there are naturally good and bad sides, so if you don’t like it or not, you should still have some respect." Adrian continued with a smile.

　　 This disguised compliment immediately made Jobs frown his brows open, nodded, and slightly raised his chin: "It is true."

　　 "I am a director, a new director, but also run media companies and investment companies with friends," Adrian continued. "The concept of Mr. Clinton’s information superhighway has given us a lot of new ideas. If it can be successfully built, I believe it will open a new door for the media industry. Plus we are all graduated from Stanford and have a relatively good understanding of the situation in Silicon Valley, so I am optimistic about the investment in the IT industry, I just heard Your conversation came over, I hope it didn’t bother you.”

　　 "No, no, of course not," the eyes behind Jobs’s lens lightened, "I have to say, you and your friends are very visionary, Mr. Kewell, the development of the IT industry has never been as rapid as it is now... …"

　　 followed a lengthy discussion. Although the current IT industry was analyzed from a global perspective, more of it was still promoting his own NeXT computer company. This company was created after he was kicked out of Apple, and his main business is to develop new computer technologies.

　　Adrian can't help but feel a little ridiculous. In his previous life, he had heard the saying: Jobs propagated in his autobiography that the reason why he can succeed is that he has the opportunity to promote himself anytime and anywhere. Now it seems that this statement is still somewhat credible. Frankly speaking, if he does not know what the future looks like, maybe he will be impressed by Jobs. This guy's eloquence is absolutely first-class, compared to the fundraising dinner just now. Clinton, who gave a speech, will also say.

　　 "Thank you for your comment, Steve, my friends and I will consider your suggestion." After Steve Jobs finished his long talk, Adrian quickly took the lead to prevent him from continuing.

　　 "I believe you will make a wise choice, Adrian." Jobs nodded and said nothing.

　　 "So..." Adrian looked at Claude in the distance at this time, "I think I have to leave, I will contact you later when I have time."

　　 said that he took out his business card and handed it to Jobs. Jobs also gave Adrian his business card, and then clicked apart from each other.

　　It's still a bit rewarding to talk about it. At least two of them have directly called each other's name. But this is the case for the time being. It will take a few more years to deepen the relationship, and then the good things in Jobs' hands will be of value. Of course, Adrian will not say so to Claude

　　 "He is a business genius, yes, he was very arrogant in the early 1980s, that was normal, and few people became billionaires in their early 20s. Staying sober is not an easy task, so it was Frustration is also normal," said Adrian in the RV on the way back. "At least Jobs didn't die because of this, so I think he is a noteworthy object. Remember,'Icing on the cake' is never as good as'sending charcoal in the snow'!"

　　 "Oh, please, don't tell me Chinese, please? I have a headache when I think of those square characters," Claude cried, "I know what you mean, so be it."

　　 "Well, let's talk about another thing," Adrian changed the subject, "How is the situation of the foreign trade company? Time is running out, and the Soviet Union can support it for another half a year."

　　 "Is it?" Claude raised his eyebrows, "Are you sure?"

　　 "No, this is just my own inference." Adrian knows what he is asking.

　　 "Don’t worry, I will make arrangements, Ed." Claude thought about it and added: "In fact, I have made arrangements, and after the negotiation that night I started to analyze, Then I made a plan."

　　 "Plan? What kind of plan?" Adrian immediately became interested.

　　 "Well... forget it, let's wait until it's finished," Claude said after thinking about it, "I was going to give you a huge surprise."

　　 "Huge surprise? Well, then I'll wait for it." Adrian didn't ask much.

　　After a few minutes he frowned again: "What are you looking at, Crow?"

　　 "Of course I was watching..." Claude looked at him for a long while and he laughed, "Is the life of a father in London for more than a month have any effect on you-but from your performance tonight, you No change at all."

　　 "Shut up, Crow! I said, I'm welcome if you talk like this again!" Adrian immediately threatened angrily.

　　 "Okay, okay, I didn't say anything," Claude laughed, "You really haven't changed at all, Ed."

　　 rolled his eyes, and Adrian turned his eyes to the car window. change? Of course not. Although in the time when London was always entangled by Emma, ​​Adrian almost thought he had changed, but when he returned to Los Angeles, he knew that he was still himself, he knew what he wanted, and It’s clear how to get ~IndoMTL.com~ the Democratic Party’s fundraising dinner to attend once, mainly to observe whether the highway proposed by Clinton is biased. Adrian was not interested in intermingling with politics, and these things were later handed over to Claude.

After 　　, Adrian immediately went into the later part of "The Redemption of Shawshank". To be honest, the abilities of the editors in the studio are still good, but their understanding of the film is far worse than Adrian, plus The shooting time was as short as possible, and the shots were very messy at the same time. Almost no one could figure out the order of these shots.

　　Although Adrian gave guidance through videophone when he was in London, he could not replace him to edit the film himself, so what he saw when he returned to Los Angeles was a basic story line that made it clear that the various twists but very Stiff finished products. Faced with this situation, Adrian had to make adjustments by hand.

　　 Fortunately, as he had expected before, it was always easier to modify than to create from scratch. It took about a week or so to edit "Shoushenk's Salvation". Then it took another week to deal with the piecemeal post-work, such as adding the soundtrack-the soundtrack made by Thomas Newman is completely different from the memory, but it is equally wonderful; or contact several leading actors to do the voiceover work- -This must be supervised by Adrian.

　　Finally, two weeks later, "The Redemption of Shawshank" is basically completed, the rest is to preview, release and publicize, especially the publicity work, which is very important, because the goal of this film is very clear, it is directed at the Oscar Go to the Golden Award.

　　 "It will be mine, the ticket to the Oscars next year." Adrian said to Laffern at the time.

　　 (I want to get a new book list, and ask for more votes~)