Chapter 202: You can't catch a wolf without giving up your children (Part 1)

Although the estimated duration of the Fortech Technology Exhibition is three days, generally speaking, only the first morning and the closing ceremony on the last day will see the peak number of visitors. At other times, the number of visitors will obviously be much lower.

This is quite normal. After all, at the opening ceremony, many people came with the sense of adventure of seeing the latest technology products from Silicon Valley. Later, without this sense of adventure, the number of people naturally decreased relatively; as for the closing ceremony, as the finale of an exhibition, various activities are essential. It is for this reason that many people come not to view the exhibition, but to participate in the activities and watch the performances.

This is the norm for almost all exhibitions, and Jack Company is naturally no exception. Although in the morning, hundreds of people came and surrounded his small booth, it was packed with people. But after a little after noon, the crowd gradually dispersed.

Zhou Ming finally had a chance to sit down. He let out a sigh and said, 'Finally, I can rest for a while. This morning has been exhausting. I say, Jobs, do you believe in your own vision now?'

Jobs had just seen off a customer. In fact, he had left Apple and was now involved in investment and animation production. He didn't have a suitable identity and therefore didn't plan to attend this Forte Technology Exhibition; however, later, due to the popularity of the exhibition stand, Zhou Ming thought that all the participating technologies were the creations of Steve Jobs, and that only he understood these creations best. So Zhou Ming called and invited him to come.

Hearing Jobs turned around, sat down next to Ming and said after a long silence: 'Mr. Ming, thank you very much. You are truly a great figure like a father.'

Ming was stunned for a moment. 'Steve, you've got it all wrong. All the products on display at the Jeco stand are your creations. If anyone is great, it's you.'

Jobs seriously shook his head and said, 'Not really. I asked everyone who came here, and they were all attracted by your epoch-making speech. Everyone. They they all said you will be the great man who will change Silicon Valley and lead the world in technological innovation in the future. As for me, I am just a designer at best, and I may not be qualified enough for that.'

Zhou Ming also shook his head and said, 'Mr. Jobs, you mustn't think that way, because you are very capable of leadership. In fact, Apple really grew up in your hands. Although you have left Apple, but as long as you don't give up investing and proving your abilities, I believe you will definitely be able to return to Apple in the future, and that will be the moment when you truly reach the pinnacle!'

Zhou Ming said with a smile, 'So you must not give up now. If it is my fault that the world has lost a Steve Jobs, then I would be guilty of a great sin. I don't know how many Apple fans would tear me apart in an instant.'

It was just as if to prove what Steve Jobs had said. As soon as he finished speaking, the product manager from Apple walked over.

'Mr. Jobs, I am one of the first employees hired by Apple. Over the past ten years, this has been the worst trade fair I have ever attended! can't even imagine. I can still remember the faces of the customers who came to our booth this morning, and I can even remember what time they came. I can also remember that a few of them had to take a break because there was no room at the Jacko booth.

This product manager became more and more excited as he spoke: 'Mr. Jobs, you should come back to Apple. Only when you are there is Apple really Apple. Look at the products you exhibited at Jeco's products, how popular they are with the market, they have become the stars of this exhibition; and look at ours, oh my God, they are so mediocre it's almost a joke!

Jobs stared in disbelief, completely at a loss for words

(the chapter is not yet finished, so please turn the page), because after he had been driven out by Apple's current chairman, Ball, and CEO, John, he had always doubted his abilities, so he had switched careers and become an investor. It was only because of the last bit of dissatisfaction in his heart, he bought Pixar Animation Studios. Only now does he understand that there is nothing wrong with his abilities.

Zhou Ming Seeing Steve Jobs there in a daze, he went up to the product manager and said, 'Don't worry, Steve Jobs is just out gaining experience for now, he'll be back one day.'

With Zhou Ming persuaded the product manager to reluctantly go back, and Steve Jobs also came back to his senses at this time. He firmly told Zhou Ming, 'I understand, I won't give up, absolutely!'

Zhou Ming nodded silently, then patted Steve Jobs' shoulder and said, 'It's good to know that you're working hard, but don't take it so seriously. It's getting late, we've been busy all morning, it's time to go for lunch.'

With that Zhou Ming and Steve Jobs both stood up. Zhou Ming called Tang Ran to get ready to leave together, but before they even left the exhibition stand, they stopped in their tracks because they saw a few familiar familiar figures. They were none other than Suffolk's chairman, Mr. Hill, president Mr. Liebowitz and logistics director Mr. Brown. They all smiled awkwardly when they saw Zhou Ming and Tang Ran come out.

'Hey, Mr. Hill, what a coincidence! Are you also going to dinner now?' Tang Ran asked curiously.

With Tang Ran's question made the Suffolk company's group of people, who were already very embarrassed, suddenly become even more embarrassed. However, in fact, Tang Ran did not mean to embarrass them. Although at the beginning Tang Ran was indeed very angry with them, but as they returned to the booth, they were so busy dealing with the many customers that they had no time to pay any attention to them.

It was that Tang Ran had full confidence in herself at the exhibition, she didn't care about them, so now that she saw them, she subconsciously asked them this question.

But the speaker had no intention, the listener was interested, and since Tang Ran was naturally cute and naturally dark, her words sounded to Xilai like a slap in the face.

Xilai smiled and found an excuse for himself: 'We were going to go and eat, but we happened to be walking past here and saw that there were not many people at your exhibition stand, so we thought we would come and talk to you about the project.'

Hearing Hei Lai said, Tang Ran was surprised and said, 'Is it the project in your back-office database? But you said that our company, Jieke, was rubbish, and that kind of project should be done by the most high-tech company. Why are you looking for us now?'

Facing Tang Ran's question, Xilai felt even more embarrassed. If Tang Ran's previous words were like slapping him in the face, then his current words could be described as rubbing his face on the ground and frantically rubbing it.

However Even so, Hilaire put on a smile and said, 'At the time, I didn't understand the technology market, so I made a wrong judgment about the situation of Jieke. judgment. But now I understand that Jieke is a very powerful high-tech company in Silicon Valley, and since we at Suffolk are going to upgrade and update the information base of the logistics department, we must choose the best.'

This Zhou Ming stepped forward and said to Hillaire with a smile: 'That's right. If you choose to upgrade your equipment, you naturally have to choose the best, otherwise if you can't keep up with the times, you'll have to upgrade again soon, and then this project will have lost its meaning. let's go, we're just about to go to lunch, and Mr. Jobs is here too, he was the chairman of the original Apple company, Mr. Hilley, let's go together, we can chat more at the table.'

Hilley listened to Zhou Ming's words, which at first glance did not sound problematic, but looking at Zhou Ming's smile, he always had a chilling feeling, a feeling like a poor little white rabbit walking into a wolf's den all by itself.

Twenty minutes later, they were

both sitting in the restaurant of the Stanford Conference Center, having ordered food and drinks. Zhou Ming asked without preamble, 'Mr. Hillaire, tell me, do you have any requirements for the equipment that needs to be updated this time?'

At this by now, Mr. Hillaire had recovered from his earlier embarrassment. He put down his knife and fork and answered, 'Advanced. We need the most advanced capacity, operating speed, and software.'

'Forgive I beg your pardon, Mr. Schiele, but in computer software, advanced and backward are actually relative terms. And advanced is not necessarily the best; the best is the one that is most compatible and fits in best.'

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and then asked him, 'So, Mr. Schiele, have you seen our products today? I wonder if Mr. Schillai has any particular preferences?'

Schillai nodded vigorously, as if a chicken pecking at grain: 'I looked at your Mark model computer. Not only does it have all the top specifications, it also looks very beautiful. After listening to the introduction, that it is not a computer, the idea is so cool, and his data application system is also very convenient to operate, even non-specialised professionals can operate it easily.'

'And your operating system you developed. The technicians I brought with me have already conducted a preliminary assessment, and it is currently the most secure and stable system, which is crucial for the information security of our company,' said Hille.

'Why is that? Has your company encountered anything?' Zhou Ming asked curiously asked.

Hille sighed and replied, 'It's true, there was a data breach in our database once, so we have very high requirements for information security in our subsequent system software.'

'I see . In that case, I think our system is really the best for you, because we have also developed a security lock on our system that can effectively control the flow of information. Put simply, it means that in the event of a system system can be shut down immediately in the event of a system intrusion. Although this cannot guarantee 100% information security, it can at least minimise the risk of information theft,' said Zhou Ming.

Hilai nodded in agreement and said, 'Yes, that's exactly what it is. That's why, after looking at all the technology companies, I decided to choose you!'

'I'm very happy about that, so next we should talk about the cost,' Ming said.

This sounded like thunder in like thunderclaps, and he was stunned. He looked at Zhou Ming and asked, 'What's wrong with the price?'

'Of course there is. Mr. Hillaire, don't you forget that you are participating in a technology exhibition, and what we are exhibiting are all technological products that transcend the times, all of which currently only exist in laboratories. Don't you think you should pay more if you want to use them before we launch them on the market?'

Zhou Ming deliberately asked Zhou Ming, who looked at Hillaire's troubled expression and added, 'Of course, if Suffolk is having financial problems, I can understand that. Then there is no problem. We can cut some of the budget, for example, by installing the new system on the old machine, or installing the old system on the new machine. What do you think, Mr. Hillaire?'

Facing Zhou Ming's question, Hillaire gritted his teeth and asked, 'So what is your quote?'

Zhou Ming laughed, 'This I'm afraid I can't answer you for the time being, because I won't know until my technicians have visited your company. But I don't think you'll be disappointed.'

This made Xilie want to spit blood: who would be disappointed with this?

But on the surface, Xilie still had to put on a cool face. In the end, Zhou Ming held out his hand to him: 'I think that's enough to say that we have reached a preliminary deal?'

Hilien shook Zhou Ming's hand.