"Dead? Is it true?"
In the office, Lu Fei suddenly raised his head.
"Some unscrupulous media released gossip in advance. In fact, rescue operations are still ongoing. No one knows whether they are alive or dead. Many media have gathered in the hospital, all seeking information." Guo Xing sat down face to face and said, "But just now, Apple officially clarified the rumors of 'Jobs' death'."
"It's just a little trick to stabilize people's hearts."
Lu Fei took a look at the stock prices of computers, Apple, and related supply chain companies. They had dropped more or less on the second day after the logic conference. Now it is revealed that Jobs is not going to die soon, although he and Cook are stable. However, as Apple’s totem, Steve Jobs is dead. Does Apple still have a soul?
Ever since, there are signs that Apple’s stock price has plummeted.
After all, many Wall Street institutions believe that the advent of logic
The short-selling forces are ready to move.
"Mr. Lu, if Steve Jobs really leaves, it will be good news for us, but it may not be bad news for Apple."
Guo Xing looked solemn.
"Are you trying to say that the news of Steve Jobs's death and the news of mourning Steve Jobs will expose the iPhone 4s and cover up the past, and consumers will forget all the problems of the iPhone 4s because they remember Steve Jobs? "
Lu Fei crossed his arms.
Guo Xing nodded: "It can indeed help Apple survive this disaster. I didn't expect that Steve Jobs would contribute to Apple until his death."
"Sometimes, the dead are more useful than the living, but you don't have to worry too much. The death of Steve Jobs can at most save Apple's market in the United States, but Europe and China are still very defensive about iPhone 4s and have not lifted the import restrictions."
Lu Fei knocked on the table.
"Mr. Lu, do you want to take this opportunity to hold press conferences in Europe and China?"
Guo Xing suggested that the China-EU press conference be moved forward.
"Don't be impatient. We'll wait for the news to see whether Steve Jobs lives or dies. Maybe I will have to attend his funeral."
Lu Fei waved his hand and looked out the window at the starry sky.
A waning moon hung in the sky, and the moonlight fell on a ward.
"Zhizhi."
The metal detector emitted a faint green light. As Jobs was dying, he seemed to feel the breath of death approaching him.
"As for my will, the lawyer will tell you after I die." He looked at his wife and children with regret and guilt, "I'm sorry, Laurenna, I'm sorry."
"Steve!"
Laurenna grasped his thick hand tightly with both hands.
"I'm not a good father! I'm not a good husband! I'm probably a complete asshole!"
"But at least my achievements in business should serve as a good example, right? But now that I think about it, apart from work, I suddenly found that I don't feel happy."
Jobs looked back on his past, "Recalling my own life, I found that all the social reputation and wealth that once made me feel infinitely proud have become dim and meaningless in the face of imminent death, but after seeing Before God, the only thing that makes me unwilling is that iPhone 4s has caused so many problems and failed to defeat LogicX5!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Laurenna and other wives and children, as well as Cook and other Apple executives and colleagues, with a hint of helplessness mixed with resentment.
"My biggest regret is that I didn't live long enough to see Apple overturn logic!"
"I'm sorry, Steve."
Cook and other Apple executives blame themselves and feel sad.
"loigcX5's emotional offensive, you have also seen that if no action is taken, the sales of iPhone 4s will inevitably be greatly impacted. Have you figured out how to deal with it?"
Jobs looked left and right.
"We are discussing ways to deal with it."
Cook paused, "Don't talk about this now, don't talk about this, Steve, you are the most important now!"
"I'm almost dead."
Jobs smiled bitterly, "I have already thought of a way for you, and that is to use my death to make a fuss. Nothing can cover up Apple's negative image better than my death, and can make consumers temporarily not pursue the problems of iPhone 4s. It can also give iPhone4s a great emotional meaning."
In the sad and sad atmosphere, the whole audience was silent.
"Tim, you should understand how it works next, right?" Jobs was panting and speaking with great difficulty.
"Uh-huh!"
Cook was shocked and moved, his eyes slightly red.
"This is my last strength and my last time to save Apple. Tim, you must seize the opportunity. If it works well, you may not be able to reverse the reputation of iPhone 4s."
Jobs's eyes sparkled.
"I know, I know."
Tears rolled in the eyes of Cook and other Apple executives.
I didn’t expect that Steve Jobs would fight with Lu Fei until the end!
I secretly made up my mind that I would carry this legacy of Steve Jobs with me from now on and follow logic to the end! Break the logic!
"Tim, as hypocritical as it may be, you'd better say something more complimentary to me at my funeral."
Jobs secretly reminded Cook to engage in a god-making movement to deify himself as the soul of Apple, thereby giving Apple mobile phones a halo of style and injecting sentiment into the brand.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I will also ask Disney to make a better biopic for you than "The Social Network."
Cook nodded solemnly in agreement.
Jobs' face relaxed, as if he was relieved of a major concern, "
"Laurena, regarding the guests to be invited to my funeral, in addition to our relatives and friends, please also invite my old rivals and enemies, such as Larry Page and Bill Gates. Let them place a bunch of flowers in front of my grave, and by the way, Huaxia Lu, invite him here too."
"What!"
"Huaxia Continent!?!"
"Steve!"
Not only Laurenna and others could not understand, but also executives such as Cook could not understand that it was clearly Lu Fei, a bastard’s company, who had caused such misery to Jobs and Apple, and the result——
You actually invited him to the funeral?
Is it possible to ask him to sarcastically and dance in front of his grave?
But soon, Cook, who met Jobs's eyes, just wanted to understand that since he wanted to make Jobs famous after his death, in addition to the indispensable self-promotion, the comments of competitors were also crucial.
As for whether they will talk nonsense at the funeral, there is no need to worry. They are all foxes with thousands of years of history. They are not playing nonsense.
People of this class will give them all the dignity they deserve.
Even if you don't want to, you have to hold your nose and say a few words of praise against your will at the funeral. With many competing companies such as Google, Logic, and Microsoft endorsing Jobs, the road to becoming a god is not far away.
Apple, which is tied to Steve Jobs, has naturally reversed its reputation!
"Tim, you understand."
Jobs felt increasingly weak.
This is my last ripple!
"I understand, I understand."
Cook burst into tears.
"When this is over, you must remember to go to my grave and tell me whether my final strategy will win or not with logic! Will it win against Lu Fei?" Jobs' eyes widened.
"Woooooo~"
Steve Jobs's child was the first to be unable to bear it anymore and burst out crying, like a flying stone floating on the water, causing ripples and bursting into tears all at once. The entire ward was filled with cries.
Jobs' heart sank, and his eyelids felt heavy, but when he thought of Lu Fei's proud face, he reluctantly opened his eyes, and his eyes almost popped out.
"Uh, Huaxia Lu, you bastard!"
Cook and others were startled when they saw multiple expressions of survival, victory, regret, anger, etc. intertwined in his eyes.
"Huaxia Continent!!"
"China...Lu..."
Jobs spoke intermittently, his breath getting weaker and weaker, and finally he closed his eyelids in relief.
The ECG monitor then made a "ding" sound, and Laurenna, Cook and others couldn't help crying.
"Steve!"
As soon as the news of Steve Jobs's death came out, it immediately made the headlines of major media. Even the popularity of the logical press conference was not unexpectedly crushed. It was everywhere -
Remembering and mourning Steve Jobs!
The "New York Times", "Wall Street Journal", "Washington Post", "San Francisco Times" and other newspapers have repeatedly reported on Jobs and the current situation of Apple after Jobs's death.
"Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs dies."
"The savior Steve Jobs fell, and Apple fell into the world?"
"Apple's stock price plummeted again! CEO Cook said: The decline in Apple's stock price does not mean that Apple has reached the end of its empire, but it is precisely a new starting point for Apple's prosperity!"
"Can one white thing cover up a hundred ugliness? The death of Steve Jobs turned iPhone 4s from a 'dungeon' with excessive E. coli to a masterpiece!"
"The emotional battle between the two giants of smartphones: the logic of 'dreams come true' VS the Apple of 'love is gone'."
"..."
Looking at the dense news on the tablet, Ivanka was wearing a silk nightgown and lying on the bed, but her eyes looked at Lu Fei not far away from time to time. He was holding his mobile phone and making a call.
"Invite me to the funeral, yes, definitely!"
After hanging up, Lu Fei remained motionless.
"It's really unbelievable that you were invited to his funeral despite being Steve Jobs's sworn enemy."
Ivanka came over.
"Haha, you don't understand. We are both rivals and confidants. Perhaps no one knows me better than him. Of course, I also know him very well. He wants me to praise him more, and he wants me to help him ascend to the altar. "There was a hint of disdain in Lu Fei's tone.
"Isn't that just using your name to make Apple and Steve Jobs famous?" Ivanka hugged his waist, "You're still going to do this?"
"why are you not going?"
Lu Fei smacked his lips. It was understandable that Jobs did this, but he couldn't help but go, right? Looks petty!
But like Teacher Six, selling movies in mourning halls is even more difficult!
"Can I go with you?"
Ivanka's eyes were full of expectation.
"If you don't go with me, who else will go with me! Go and book a ticket for me to San Francisco, as well as carnations."
Lu Fei's lips curled up.
Ivanka trembled, excited.
"Without me, he and Apple would have gone smoothly. It's a pity that I am an obstacle that he cannot escape."
Lu Fei shook his head and laughed.
Ivanka curled her lips, are you repenting?
You are clearly feeling proud! Showing off! You Satan!
…………
Alta Mesa Memorial Park, California.
Jobs will be buried here, and the funeral will be held in a nearby church. Jobs's usual low-key style is maintained. There is no grand ceremony. Only his relatives and friends, as well as political and business leaders, including his lifelong enemies, are invited to attend. .
Bill Gates, Larry Page…
Lu Fei did the same, and he and Ivanka attended the event dressed in black to say goodbye to this lifelong "frenemy".
"you!"
"how dare you!!"
Cook and other Apple executives had complicated expressions. Although Lu Fei was invited to the scene, when they saw his face, some of them had a hot temper and could not control their anger.
Give me back my great governor!
Give me back my Steve Jobs!
Lu Fei always felt like he had seen this scene before.
Just like Zhuge Liang in the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" crying about Zhou Yu, it's like, really, everyone in Soochow hates Zhuge Liang to the core!
"I'm here to see Steve Jobs off for the last time."
Lu Fei faced Laurenna and others and sighed deeply.
"Thanks."
Laurenna looked at the man whom her husband regarded as his life-long enemy, and even refused to die in silence, and suppressed the resentment in her heart.
"Jobs and I were our biggest rivals during his lifetime. It can be said that over the years I have been in business, he was one of the toughest, most troublesome, and most formidable opponents I have ever encountered. Logic is what it is today, thanks to Steve Jobs." Rivals like Apple."
Lu Fei couldn't help but sigh: "Ashes return to dust, soil returns to soil. After a person dies, I hope all grudges will disappear."
Seeing his attitude, Cook and others felt uncomfortable and agreed that he would sit on the first row of benches reserved for VIPs.
The priest was seen standing in front of a coffin, and Jobs's body lay quietly inside, surrounded by white carnations.
"This world will not end. Your souls will continue to be dust. Now, they are still dust. I know that all the breath of life is in the hands of the eternal and loving Heavenly Father. Please let this soul rest in peace, Amen! "
After the priest finished praying, it was the important guest's turn to give a speech. The first person to take the stage was naturally the host of the funeral, Cook. After finishing the opening remarks——
Just start blowing!
In short, to sum it up, it’s Steve Jobs, yyds!
And Bill Gates's condolences will be very decent.
"Steve is a magician who is good at casting spells to keep Apple employees motivated and working long hours.
At first, when I thought Apple was about to die, I never expected that Steve Jobs would lead the company back to life and become one of the companies with the highest market value in the world..."
"Of course he also has bad things, and sometimes he is even a 'bastard'. But now that I think about it, we are indeed very harsh on each other, and sometimes it is indeed too much."
"Hiss."
Down below, there were bursts of sobbing.
After Bill Gates finished speaking, he closed his speech and when he passed by Lu Fei, he gave him a "it's your turn" look in his eyes.
When Lu Fei stood up, he could feel the eyes of everyone moving towards him, and he took out the carefully prepared manuscript from his pocket.
"All men are mortal!"
"But some people are alive, but they are dead, and some people are dead, but they can still live. Steve Jobs is this kind of person!"
"Because he is a crazy person just like me!"
"To crazy people."
"They are mavericks, they are unruly, they cause trouble, they don't fit in, they see things differently, they don't like to stick to the rules. They also don't want to settle for the status quo. You can agree with them, disagree with them, praise or praise them. You can slander them, but you cannot ignore them."
"Because they change ordinary things!"
"They push mankind forward. Maybe they are madmen in the eyes of others, but they are geniuses in our eyes, because only those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world can truly change the world."
Lu Fei said, with tears in his eyes and his voice choked with sobs.
"Wow."
Laurenna had to marvel, wiping tears and said: "I feel that he has a deeper affection for Steve than I do! I also need to understand him more! Is there something wrong with my feeling?"
"The people who know Steve best are naturally his enemies."
Cook felt particularly heavy. He thought that without Jobs, he would have to lead and face the terrifying Lu Fei alone in the future...
That scene made me tremble all over.
"You are the only one who can drive me crazy, Steve Jobs! But once you leave, there will be one less person in the world who can drive me and push logic to greatness! How unfortunate!"
As soon as these words came out, a tear flowed from the corner of Lu Fei's eyes.
No technique, all emotion, all onions.
In an instant, the entire atmosphere was filled with tears, and tears streamed down the face, which was surprising and emotional.
It's like Zhuge Liang cried and expressed sympathy for Zhou Yu.
"Now you are gone, but America is here, good, good, one thing should be sad, one thing should be celebrated, you don't have to worry that logic will stop here, don't worry that I will stop being crazy."
"What are you afraid of if you have a little difficulty? Sanctions. After ten or eight years of sanctions, all problems have been solved. Chinese people are not even afraid of death. Are they still afraid of difficulties? Although it is a bit inappropriate to say this, I still want to say that Apple has surpassed No logic."
"In the future, I will work hard not to give Apple a chance to transcend logic. Farewell, Steve Jobs! Farewell, my opponent!"
All of a sudden, there was silence, and you could hear a pin drop.
Ivanka was speechless for a moment. Fierce crying could be heard everywhere in her ears, all of which were caused by Lu Fei's tear gas. She curled her lips.
Is it real or staged?
If he acted, he would definitely be at the level of an Oscar winner!
(End of chapter)
