Red Rebels

Xiao Yu attended Apple's flagship store in New York.

Unlike previous stores in other regions, Apple attaches great importance to this flagship store, and specially invited people to design the exterior of the entire building. At the same time, the interior and decoration have also been carefully arranged, so that the flagship store can reflect Apple's image as much as possible. smell.

As a well-known brand in the United States, Apple's flagship store has attracted the attention of countless fans before it opened, and some of them even lined up at the gate of the flagship store in advance, waiting for the opening.

According to the usual practice, the first batch of customers received at the opening can receive some gifts, and these gifts are very unique, belonging to the kind that even the rich may not be able to buy, so many fans are very keen.

"I can't see that Apple's appeal in New York is so great!" Xiao Yu and Jobs looked at the line of people outside the flagship store behind them, and smiled in surprise and joy. The grand occasion when the store opened in China.

I still remember that there was a well-known fan who lined up three days and three nights in advance to become a customer of the first Apple store in Beijing. feel very sad.

If you look at it from another angle, that customer is a bit like those fans who lined up to buy tickets at the ticket office of the stadium, and some of them also lined up in advance. Are they also fools?

"Did you see that guy?" Jobs pointed to one of them, who was operating something with a large mobile phone.

Xiao Yu nodded. This man was wearing a suit, but his image was a bit slack and slovenly.

"If I'm not mistaken, he should be from Wall Street, and that person..." Then Jobs pointed out a few more at once, and then laughed: "I dare say, more than half of them are rushing people." I'm following you."

"Me?" Xiao Yu couldn't believe it.

"Of course, you don't know? They even set up your fan website on the Internet. You are a fan of many venture capitalists, but you usually stay in the UK and rarely get news. It's rare that you appeared in New York this time. Naturally, they want to come to see your demeanor!"

There was a bit of cunning in Jobs's smile, and it's not hard to imagine that he must have spread it deliberately.

Xiao Yu stared at Jobs and gave a wry smile. He really had nothing to do with the old urchin, but he didn't care, anyway, as long as Apple benefited, he would also benefit, so what does it matter?

From the moment he decided to come to the United States, Xiao Yu was already prepared for the human sacrifice, and I was mentally prepared for the fish.

"Don't look unwilling, you are their idol, you have to smile!" Seeing that the time was almost up, Jobs patted Xiao Yu's shoulder and smiled, he was very proud of his decision.

"I like to play cool!" Xiao Yu pouted.

Jobs laughed!

The two walked out of the store side by side, and there was an immediate uproar at the scene.

From Xiao Yu's investment in Apple to the present, almost no one has seen Xiao Yu and Jobs appear in public at the same time. On the contrary, in separate interviews, Jobs highly praised his good friend many times, and Xiao Yu did the same , which made many people very interested to know what it would be like for the two to be together.

The result is obvious, sarcasm!

Xiao Yu seemed unable to bear being sold by Jobs. After cutting the ribbon, when he was interviewing the reporters, he created difficulties for Jobs time and time again. In a cold sweat, he fought back unscrupulously, and taunted Xiao Yu in turn.

The two unscrupulously teased each other, making the atmosphere of the scene extremely active, but this also confirmed one thing to everyone, the friendship between them is indeed extraordinary, otherwise, it would be difficult for anyone to be like them.

After opening the ribbon-cutting ceremony,

Xiao Yu and Jobs went to the store to help again, and the first ten customers who bought Apple products could all get a request to take pictures with Xiao Yu and Jobs, which made many customers who were more than ten away secretly regret it.

If I knew it, I should have come to queue earlier!

After finishing all these tasks, Apple’s flagship store also launched more interactions with fans, which further exaggerated the atmosphere of pursuing technology applications in the flagship store, and there were even some encouragement programs specially launched by Apple. Activities for customers to unleash their creativity.

"Xiao Yu, how is the construction progress of your stadium?" Jobs asked with concern.

When Xiao Yu thought of the stadium, he couldn't help being a little proud, "According to the progress of the project, it will be completed in one and a half years and put into use in two years. Don't worry, Steve, the company's development of the European market will not be delayed."

For Xiao Yu, Jobs trusted him. He had already seen the design drawings of Apple's flagship store and the design drawings of the Red Rebel Stadium sent by the company that served the stadium operation. He could only say that it was almost a kind of architectural art.

Apple's store in front of the Red Rebel Stadium is arranged in the basement. The area is not small, but the entrance is on the square in front of the stadium. Above it is a very exquisite glass frame design and a spiral staircase designed by Xiao Yu himself. Hovering down, coupled with the lighting inside, the whole shape looks like a crystal clear Apple logo. Jobs had to sigh, it was really great.

When Lamborghini launched the Red Rebel sports car in North America before, Jobs only supported it out of flattery, but when he saw the sports car, he had no choice but to be convinced by Xiao Yu's design, and immediately paid for one, and then He knew that this limited-edition sports car set off a huge storm of buying around the world.

And the Apple store designed by Xiao Yu at the Red Rebel Stadium was also full of praise from Jobs. After negotiation, it was unanimously decided to operate it as the largest and most complete flagship store in Europe.

In addition to Apple, the Red Rebel Stadium is also surrounded by famous brands, including Audi, Adidas, Vodafone and other companies and brands will open flagship stores there. At present, the new Manchester United is also looking for partners around.

As Xiao Yu said to Jobs before, it will become another area of ​​attention in Manchester, especially when the surrounding land is mobilized as a whole, that area may become the most prosperous area in Manchester in the future.

Thinking of this, Jobs had to admire Xiao Yu's ability. Once he decided to operate something, he could always make amazing masterpieces, such as investment, football, and architecture.

"Now the outside world is very interested in the value of the companies you own. Do you plan to transfer part of your equity or go public?" Jobs asked with concern.

Xiao Yu smiled, "It's not yet time, Steve, the blog company is currently developing a new core technology called Twitter, once this service is launched, I believe it will change the Internet information exchange mode all over the world , In addition, the social service website under its banner does not have enough users at present, and there is still great potential."

"What about the video-sharing site? I heard that Google is going to buy him!"

"It's not the time yet!" Xiao Yu pretended to be mysterious with a smile.

According to his calculations, going public is inevitable. An Internet service company operating in the United States cannot become bigger and stronger without going public. The reason why Xiao Yu has been procrastinating is to obtain higher value.

It's not that he cares about the money. In fact, the money is nothing more than some statistics to him. What he cares more about is the recognition. It's like the players ask for a higher salary. They regard salary and transfer fee as A recognition of his own strength, while Xiao Yu regards the value of the company as a recognition of himself.

Jobs has nothing to do with Xiao Yu, just the few companies he holds in his hand, if sold, the market value will be at least several billion US dollars, but he still doesn't care about the old god, and spends all day in In football, sometimes even Jobs can't tell whether Xiao Yu in football is better? Xiao Yu from the United States is still better.

Or both are equally good!

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After coming to the United States and attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Apple's flagship store, Xiao Yu had to go to Hollywood.

Since investing in DreamWorks with George Clooney and others, Xiao Yuke has never been here, which made George Clooney, Brad Pitt and others complain a lot, thinking that he is just a shopkeeper.

Knowing that Xiao Yu had arrived in Hollywood, a group of friends came immediately after hearing the news. Some of them were filming, some were on vacation, but they all rushed back, so they got together and chatted, talking about the situation of DreamWorks, talking about What's going on in Hollywood.

Xiao Yu is still the same old saying, he thinks that animation, comic heroes and other themes will become a new source of movie creativity. Previously, under his suggestion, DreamWorks had already bought [Transformers], [Iron Man], [Nani Sub-Legend】Copyright.

But this time, Xiao Yu suggested that DreamWorks contact the famous game manufacturer Blizzard. He felt that Blizzard's classic game "Warcraft" is very suitable for developing into a fantasy epic movie similar to "Lord of the Rings".

After Xiao Yu received positive feedback from Blizzard, Xiao Yu realized that the current [World of Warcraft] online game that made Blizzard so popular has not yet appeared, and the market value of Blizzard at this time is not very high, so he immediately asked John. David went to evaluate it, and immediately began to work on buying Blizzard.

Blizzard has always been facing financial pressure from its parent company. If they can be acquired by Xiao Yu and get a relaxed creative environment, it will be a very happy thing for them. Therefore, they have given enough support for the acquisition.

Soon, the acquisition of Blizzard came to an end. Xiao Yu planned to make Blizzard a comprehensive game company integrating game development, publishing, and online game operations, and then let them operate independently.

After the acquisition of Blizzard, DreamWorks naturally obtained the copyright of the film version of "World of Warcraft", and the two parties negotiated an acceptable sharing plan.

In addition to [World of Warcraft], Spielberg also planned to shoot a film during World War II, which reminded Xiao Yu of the disasters that China encountered during World War II. He immediately talked with Spielberg and planned to use this as a subject , the latter strongly agreed, and suggested that Xiao Yu write the story script himself.

Xiao Yu didn't refuse, but he obviously sensed the "wrongful" look in Clooney's and others' eyes on him, and he knew that he shouldn't stay here for a long time.

That night, Xiao Yu boarded the plane back to Manchester.

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