Chapter 227 Whispering Conspiracy

On the morning of September 10th, in a private jet parked on the private apron of San Francisco International Airport, in a restaurant with a magnificent and luxurious interior.

The table was already set with a team of high-end airline chefs that had been contacted long ago, and they were preparing a sumptuous breakfast on the plane.

In the early morning, Milo's plane had landed at San Francisco Airport.

But Milo would naturally not get up before he woke up. The huge round Simmons mattress on his private jet was comfortable enough, and he could get the most rest by sleeping until he woke up naturally.

After the plane landed, around six in the morning, the chef team that had been on standby boarded Milo's private plane with top-quality ingredients and prepared the most sumptuous breakfast for him in the kitchen of the plane.

For these high-end chefs, serving top wealthy people requires making the food rich and delicious, which is just the basic necessity. What is more important is to understand the habits and tastes of the customers and create surprises.

Money makes the world go round. In this world, there is no such thing as wrong if you spend money.

Private jet meals are not subject to cost constraints and are prepared entirely to Michelin star standards.

The high-end team in charge of Milo's airplane meals this time is very clear that the young wealthy man they are facing is not like the previous rich and stupid people who emphasize the origin of the raw materials, use some 24-karat gold foil for decoration to raise the level, and flatter and deceive people to get their money.

This family has a history longer than that of the United States, and has an orderly inheritance. It can be said that they are the heirs of an ancient family of American aristocrats.

Such people are not as easy to fool as the desert tycoons or the new generation of American nouveau riche.

Therefore, all the chefs put 100% of their energy into preparing this meal for Milo.

After Milo washed up, put on his pajamas, and went to the restaurant to enjoy his delicious breakfast.

"Hmm! Very good, I like this sweetness, it's just right. You don't have to cut it for me, you can eat it too, it won't taste good if it gets cold." Milo ate and praised, and gestured to Gina who was cutting the steak into small pieces for him.

Gina smiled and put the plate in front of her in front of Milo. The steak on the plate had been cut into small pieces.

To be honest, Gina, who has not received any special training, is not as easy and comfortable doing these tasks as the original Monica.

After all, she is a top student who studied law and financial accounting and graduated from two top universities, Harvard and Yale.

Milo's arrangement for her was never that of a life assistant.

His idea was simple, to let Gina work by his side for a few years first.

Examine and cultivate their abilities and loyalty.

When she is ready, he will transfer her to another company to serve as a senior executive in one of the companies under his name.

And wait until some special moment, when the situation is right.

Then Milo would take the initiative to push her onto the stage and perform a high-end revolving door operation.

This is a very normal thing in the United States - elites who were once executives of large companies become the heads of a department of the empire.

It's like in a parallel universe, the CEO of Goldman Sachs will become the US Treasury Secretary a few years later.

After taking a bite of the delicious steak, Milo couldn't help but sigh that it was great to be rich.

The freedom that money brings to people is more choices. When others encounter difficulties and have no way out, you always have room for maneuver. This is an extremely lucky life.

After enjoying breakfast, Gina, standing in front of Milo, carefully helped him tie his tie, turned down the collar of his white shirt, and unfolded his haute couture suit.

Well-dressed, tall and handsome Milo walked down the ladder of the private plane with several assistants and a group of bodyguards, and got into the Cadillac fleet that had been waiting for a long time. The fleet quickly drove away from the private apron and headed towards the Mosconi Center in downtown San Francisco.

At around 9:30, Milo's convoy arrived in front of the square of the Mosconisi Center.

When I got off the car, what I saw was huge Apple logos on both sides of the building and a row of iMac promotional banners.

Milo's appearance immediately caused a stir among the surrounding reporters, who rushed over in a rush, and the scene quickly became noisy.

Some participants looked in the direction where Milo was surrounded with curious eyes.

There were questions coming one after another around him, but Milo had no intention of paying any attention to them and walked towards the venue with his bodyguards clearing the way.

As he moved forward, the group of reporters who were surrounded also moved forward, just like a group of people gathered together and tried to rush into the venue.

Walking into the conference hall, I finally got rid of those annoying reporters. Inside the venue, there was an iMac graphic on the back wall of the registration desk.

There was a banner with the words "Computer of the Future" on it, and Milo just smiled slightly when he saw it.

Without stopping for long, he walked towards the conference hall amid the curious and excited gazes of the people around him. When Milo was about to reach the door of the auditorium, Apple's Steven Jobs was already coming over with a few people, smiling.

"Oh, Milo, it's great to see you here!" Jobs smiled happily.

I was happy about Milo's arrival, but also happy about the subsequent misfortune of my good friend and old enemy Bill Gates.

But Jobs didn't think there was anything wrong with what Bill Gates did.

The Internet's instant messaging software is clearly a brilliant blue ocean market.

Anyone who has the ability and opportunity wants to get in.

Although it is somewhat shameless for Bill Gates to directly ask Microsoft to copy ITK.

But if you are in the business world, you cannot have shame. In this world of intrigue and deception, having shame will not end well.

However, precisely because Bill Gates had to make this choice, Apple also received huge traffic and financial support.

Look! Milo Blackburn showed up in person to support the first product after his return to Apple!

It can be seen from this that Mr. Blackburn is very angry about this.

Haha, William is going to be in trouble! "Hello, Steve, thank you for your invitation, I am looking forward to your new products." Milo said with a sunny smile on his face, shaking hands with Jobs.

"Come this way, Milo..." After shaking hands, Jobs smiled and gestured with his hand, then walked side by side with Milo and led the way to the front row of the auditorium.

Milo looked at the layout of the auditorium and saw a banner at the top that read: I era, I future, iMac!

He couldn't help but smile.

The iMac G3 that Steve Jobs launched today was actually a little late.

From 1993 to 1997, personal computer penetration in U.S. households soared from single digits to 40%.

With the huge success of Windows 95 and the popularization of graphical interfaces, the market has basically been dominated by Windows PCs.

Against this backdrop, Apple Computer's market situation has become increasingly difficult.

Because most software on the market is Windows software, many people also use Windows software in schools and companies.

In this era of native applications only, without a software ecosystem, Mac basically cannot break through.

But the iMac released now is not completely without chance.

Jobs was a top product manager, just like Xiao Ma in China in the future.

They may not be good at running an entire company and need to rely on the management team and other executives.

However, when it comes to launching products and having a keen grasp of the market, people like them have very accurate sense and vision.

The difference is that Jobs has a terrifying paranoia that Pony Ma does not have.

Because of his paranoia, Jobs could not allow any flaws in the products he led.

Therefore, he can make products more and more perfect, which is what Xiao Ma Ge lacks.

The technological gap brought about by the basic technologies of the two countries is another matter.

But in essence, these two people are excellent top product managers.

For this reason, in the development of the iMac G3, Jobs seized another key opportunity: the Internet.

The iMac G3 was one of the first computers to have a built-in modem and to promote networking capabilities as a major selling point.

The "i" at the beginning of iMac originally stood for "internet", symbolizing its ability to access the Internet.

Network functions played a crucial role in the sales of iMac.

Because as long as it is connected to the Internet, the iMac can also realize functions similar to Windows PC, such as browsing the web, sending and receiving emails, etc. through the browser.

This is the main use of home computers at present.

It can be said that it was the Web that provided a window of respite for the iMac and ultimately opened up a path for Apple to break through.

Of course, all of that happened in a parallel universe.

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Now, because of Bill Gates, Microsoft blatantly copied ITK and released a brand new MSN.

This made Milo very unhappy.

So it is obvious that he now wants to support Apple and let Apple's Mac OS system fight against Microsoft.

Regardless of whether it can be done or not, at least it should disgust Microsoft.

This is also the reason why he accepted Jobs' invitation and personally attended the iMac launch conference today.

Jobs is very busy today. iMac can be said to be his first battle after his comeback.

If he succeeds, he will be the return of the king.

Those people who kicked him out of Apple were idiots.

What if the iMac failed?

Then Jobs would really be doomed and would most likely have to step down.

Regardless of whether Apple would survive at that time, it was highly likely that Jobs would never return to Apple, the company he founded.

"Please sit here for a while. The press conference will start soon."

Jobs very politely invited Milo to sit down, and then said, "Forgive me, dear Milo, I still have to host for a while. I really don't want anything to go wrong today."

"Go ahead, you will succeed. Dear Steven."

Milo raised his eyebrows, nodded and smiled, and at Jobs's signal, he sat in the front row near the middle of the auditorium.

As a large number of reporters poured into the hall, Milo, who was sitting in the front row with his legs crossed and texting his women with his mobile phone, did not notice that the empty seat next to him was already occupied.

"Hey, Milo, you shouldn't pretend you can't see us."

"You're right. We're here for you today."

Milo didn't even raise his head when he heard the two voices. "You don't have to come. That way I can eat more apples."

"Hey, that won't work. Good things should be shared. That's always how we do it, right? Hahaha..." Hector said with a grin, sitting next to him.

And on the other side of Milo, this is his cousin Edward Wilson.

In fact, Milo started buying Apple stock as early as the end of 1995.

By the time Jobs returned, Milo privately owned 6.9% of Apple's shares.

At this point, in order to fight against Microsoft and support Jobs, it is actually also for the huge benefits in the future.

He controls 11.5% of Apple's shares, making him the company's largest shareholder.

The reason why Jobs could have more and more say in Apple's board of directors was because of the full support of this major shareholder.

And that may be the reason why he is optimistic about Apple and Jobs.

Plus, the market was really looking forward to Jobs.

So the First National Bank of Boston managed by Hector and Wells Fargo controlled by Edward also bought a large amount of Apple stock.

The three of them are now Apple's first, second and third largest shareholders respectively.

Today is a very important day for Apple.

In addition, long before today, Jobs announced that Milo Blackburn would personally appear at the press conference.

At the same time, Apple will reach a strategic partnership with Yahoo.

After knowing that Milo would appear, the two of them came over in person.

After the friends’ pleasantries and complaints, the press conference officially started while there was no one around.

Milo whispered softly to his cousin and best friend, "I have an idea that may cause some international disputes. But I also feel that if it is realized, this idea can bring me a lot of Franklins in the future. What do you think, should I give it a try?"

"Since it may cause international disputes."

Edward smiled: "Then it would be better to bring in more friends, like me."

"Boston will always support you." Hector's statement was more straightforward.

“Bingo!”

Seeing that these two people didn't ask any questions, they all expressed their opinions like this.

Milo knew that he was good at two things: the Southeast Asian financial crisis and the Internet.

This has made the California and Boston consortiums basically believe in their investment vision.

Then the next little thing I want to do will be much easier.

"Okay then."

Nodding, Milo began to plot in a low voice: "SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, you remember this name. After you go back, start preparing to short this listed company. Then at the beginning of next month, the company's senior management team will come to California for a business visit. At that time, I don't care what name you use, just arrest them and put them in jail first."

"SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, does this name sound related to semiconductors?"

Hector did not even ask him why he did this, but asked another question.

Milo nodded. "Yes. Remember the Global Electronic Technology Protocol Alliance I mentioned to you? This is part of my plan."

"OK!" Edward nodded directly. "SGS-Thomson Microelectronics? I'll have people pay attention to it later. Just lock them up? Do you want to make some arrangements for them?"

"I will contact you again when the time comes to tell you what to do."

(End of this chapter)