"Yes, we have to do this," Jobs sighed and said to Brian: "Brian, my friend, I know what you mean, but you should understand that Apple has lost five consecutive quarters and has the possibility of creating a record of losing six consecutive quarters. There is basically no money on the company's account. I have to find some money, so that only in this way can I support my vision of Apple's future."

"But... we can go to the bank to borrow money." Brian was a little moved, but after hesitating for a moment, he said.

"Bank?" Jobs smiled bitterly: "Don't you know them yet? Those bastards are a bunch of damn vampires, and no bank is willing to lend us money."

Brian said silently. He knew that the economic situation facing Apple is very serious now, but he did not expect it to be so severe: are banks reluctant to lend money to Apple?

"But it's a pity to sell arm's shares. According to the plan, arm will conduct its initial public offering next year. As long as it can last until that time, based on arm's performance in recent years, it will definitely have a good performance. Perhaps it is a good way to take action at that time..." After hesitating for a moment, Brian advised.

"You're right," Jobs nodded, "It's true under normal circumstances, but now the situation is a little different."

"Oh?" Brian raised his eyebrows and signaled Jobs to quickly say: He knew that his old friend must have a solution.

"I'm going to sell the shares to icq."

Jobs's words shocked Brian so much that he could hardly speak. After a long time, he said with great difficulty: "If I heard it correctly, are you talking about icq?"

"That's right. It's icq, you know. Another company owned by the boss of icq has close cooperation with arm. I have entrusted my good friend Angelber to convey my meaning to icq. If icq is willing to take over the shares of arm we hold, I'm going to sell the shares of arm held by Apple to them in half the cash-based icq shares."

Hearing Jobs' words, Brian couldn't sit still, walked around the room excitedly, and kept saying, "If it really succeeds, it's really... but it's really..."

Yes. As an old friend of Jobs, Brian certainly knew that Apple is at its lowest point now, and Apple is now on the verge of bankruptcy. If it cannot raise a large amount of funds to create new products, Apple's bankruptcy is a foregone conclusion. When the bank refuses to lend to Apple, selling its arm shares to raise funds is indeed a non-sense.

The reason why Brian didn't agree with Jobs' decision before was because he didn't think there was any benefit to doing so. But if he cooperated with IQ and sold it in the form of half the capital and half the shares, that would be another matter. In the United States, who doesn't know that IQ is the most popular Internet company in the United States? As long as IQ goes public, the shares in his hands can immediately soar countless times! Now, Brian no longer thinks whether this is appropriate or not. Instead, he is worried whether IQ will agree?

"I believe they will agree," said Jobs. Before he finished speaking, the phone in his office rang. He glanced at the number displayed, and a happy smile appeared on Jobs' face: It was really time for the phone to come.

"Ha, my friend, do you have any good news to tell me?"

"It's true that there's good news to tell you," Angelber smiled happily on the other end of the phone: "Jobs, Lin is interested in your suggestions. I think you can contact him officially."

Lin Zheng agreed? Jobs couldn't help but clenched his fists: That's great! Holding back the excitement and excitement in his heart, Jobs said to Angelber: "Okay, I understand, thank you."

"You are welcome……"

Brian was a little stupid when he heard this, and pointed to the phone and asked in disbelief: "Jobs, this phone is..."

"Angieber, CEO of Texas Instruments," Jobs nodded excitedly before Brian finished speaking: "He told me that IQ is very interested in my suggestions."

"That's great!" Hearing the best news he had heard during this period, Brian stood up and couldn't control his feelings, he hugged Jobs hard: "Old friend, congratulations!"

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"Boss, what are so many people in front of you doing?" Pointing to the front of the building at Apple headquarters, Xiao Ding asked Lin Zheng: "Isn't this the headquarters of Apple? Why are there so many people at the door?"

Yes, in order to understand the most detailed side of Apple, Lin Zheng did not say hello to Jobs, and took Xiao Ding and Xiao Ma to the car and sneaked to the Apple headquarters. What surprised the three of them was that from afar, they saw a group of people surrounding the gate of Apple and shouting slogans loudly.

"What else can you do? protest or protest," Before Lin Zheng could speak, Xiao Ma looked at her face with a look of "You are so rare and weird" and said to Xiao Ding with a smile: "There are so many people in the United States that are so boring that they are all day long. They are so idle. It's normal to go out to protest. You can find excuses for protesting in everything. Even if you accidentally crush a cat, someone came out to protest. You have come to the United States many times. You should have seen such things too many, right?"

"I have seen many protests, but what are these people doing when they block the Apple gate?"

That's right? Look at the people at the Apple headquarters. They hold various placards in their hands, horns in their hands, and shout slogans in unison. Although protests are common for Americans, it is always a bit unreasonable to openly block the door of other people's company.

"This is protesting Jobs' withdrawal of the newton handheld computer project. Didn't you see what was written on their sign?" Lin Zheng smiled at one of the largest signs.

"No?" Xiao Ding was in a bad mood. The Americans' approach made it difficult for him to understand: "It is the company's own business to decide which project to launch or lay off. Are these people idle? Could it be that Apple still has to listen to them?"

Compared to Xiao Ding, Lin Zheng could understand these protesters better and explained to Xiao Ding: "It's not the case. Apple's newton handheld computer has been sold millions since its release, which means there are millions of users. Among these users, there must be many people who love newton handheld computers very much, and even like crazy. Now that Jobs decided to cut off the newton handheld computer project, it is no less than a knife in their hearts, which is almost the same as stealing their children."

"For the former newton handheld computer users, Jobs's abolition of the newton handheld computer project means that the newton handheld computer in their hands will have a high probability of not being able to enjoy official services in the future. For their own interests, they came to Apple's doorstep to protest, hoping to use this method to force Jobs to cancel his previous decision, which is normal."

Although I knew what was going on, Xiao Ding still shook his head: "But I still can't understand."

It’s not that Xiao Ding thinks so, he still has the same logic. Whether Apple continues the newton handheld computer project or lays off the newton handheld computer project, it’s all Apple’s own business. Apple naturally has its own considerations. The company’s previous project is to make money. Could it be that if the project loses money, it still has to continue to stick to it? There is no such reason! The actions of these people are really unreasonable.

Lin Zheng was quite curious about what Jobs would do. He originally planned to visit Jobs, but now he was not in a hurry. He found a place facing the protesters and the gate of Apple's headquarters, and sat down casually, waiting to watch the show.

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Jobs naturally knew about the crowd at the door of the company that protested his layoff of the newton handheld computer project. The first time he heard the news, Jobs's face turned ugly!

He is not stupid. How long has it been since the decision to cancel the newton handheld computer project? These practices are commercial secrets and need to be highly confidential. How could this news be known to these newton handheld computer users? There is only one reason. This news was deliberately spread out. Who would do this? Apart from those in the newton handheld computer project team, Jobs couldn't think of anyone else.

"Jobs, you don't have to worry about those outside. I'll just go down and deal with it. The emotions of those below don't seem to be very stable, so you don't want to go down." Brian is worthy of being a Jobs' old friend. At this time, he still considers his old friend like this... This is simply full of true love.
Chapter completed!