Capítulo 458: Chapter 461
"Honey, are you ready?"
Pushing open the locker room door, Duke walked in. The top stylist from Hollywood has helped Ivanka get dressed, said hello to Duke, and left with his assistant.
"Am I pretty?" Ivanka asked, turning her head.
Duke laughed. "Very beautiful."
Ivanka's blonde hair is on the back of her head, without any ornaments on it, but she wears a string of diamond-encrusted platinum necklaces on her smooth and slender neck. The design highlights her proud capital.
"Is the dress a little tight?" Duke walked over.
Ivanka looked in the mirror and said, "I think it's right."
She probably understood Duke's meaning, rolled her eyes slightly, leaned to his ear, and whispered, "I also prepared another tighter gauze dress, which I will wear to you at night."
Duke's eyes lit up immediately, "Okay."
Smiling, Duke handed the box in his hand to Ivanka, "Your birthday present, dear, happy birthday."
"Thank you." Ivanka took the gift box and shook it, "Can you?"
⊥☆, Duke made a gesture of please, and Ivanka opened the gift box, which contained a beautiful watch.
"very beautiful."
Ivanka took a closer look. This should be a top Patek Philippe watch. It was obviously made by hand. No matter what angle you look at, you can see the outline of her head on the dial with sapphires.
"I like it very much," she said again.
This watch is exquisite, elegant and restrained, very similar to her own.
Ivanka took off the bracelet, handed the watch to Duke, then stretched out her wrist again, "Will you put it on for me?"
"Happy to help." Duke rubbed her wrist lightly. "Mydy."
"Am I that old?"
Duke shrugged, took Ivanka's watch, looked at the time again, and while pulling her out, he reminded, "Time is almost up. We should go down."
When he reached the spiral staircase leading to the banquet hall, Duke took the lead. The music in the banquet hall stopped abruptly. The eyes of countless guests looked to this side. He raised his hand and led down the protagonist of today's banquet. When Ivanka turned the spiral staircase and appeared in front of everyone, the banquet hall burst into applause.
Ivanka's style is mainly sweet. Holding Duke down the spiral staircase, he generously and politely greeted the guests who came to say congratulations. Whether it is etiquette or temperament, it is impeccable.
"Evie, you are so beautiful."
Doug Walter walked over with his girlfriend, greeted Ivanka, and made a special joke. "Duke, you have to pay attention tonight. Watch out for others who are eyeing Ivanka."
"If anyone dares to grab me..." Duke replied in due course, "I will definitely throw him into the ocean."
"What if it was me?"
A loud and awkward voice rang from the side. Duke smiled apologetically at Doug Walter and turned around, "Hello, Donald. You are late."
Donald Trump seemed to be a little unhappy. "There was a traffic jam on the way here."
"father..."
Ivanka let go of Duke's arm and walked over to hug Donald Trump. Donald's tone was somewhat complaining, "I'm ready in New York. You don't want to go back."
Turning to look at Duke, Ivanka said softly, "My business is in Los Angeles. This is a good opportunity to expand the social circle."
Just like Ivanka said, although this is the 21st birthday that is very important to life in the United States, it will inevitably become a social party after the cake is cut and the ceremony is over.
Duke's face is big enough, not only Hollywood celebrities and executives of some large companies, but also many celebrities from Silicon Valley, also participated in his elaborate birthday party for Ivanka.
Just like Ivanka always accommodates him in public, Duke will also consider her. Ivanka is obviously a very enterprising woman. Duke invited people from the IT industry more for Ivanka. Considering that, in terms of practical effects, Ivanka is also very happy to be able to make friends with successful people in Silicon Valley.
Many of them, in a sense, can be or have been Duke's partners.
For example, Yahoo's Jerry Yang, the two founders of Google, and the famous Steve Jobs from Apple.
"I am also very optimistic about the future of virtual social."
After a brief understanding of Ivanka's company, Jobs began to use his eloquence again, "It's just that Apple is currently in a critical stage of transformation and cannot distract energy from this aspect."
Ivanka smiled and said, "I heard that Apple is preparing to reintegrate resources?"
"That's right." Although Jobs was talking to Ivanka, he kept peeking at Duke, and suddenly said, "Evie, social networking sites want to expand and need a lot of funds. Are you interested in accepting Apple's investment? "
"If necessary, I will take the initiative to contact you." Ivanka is young, but it is not difficult to deal with this.
Duke raised his eyebrows slightly, he could see that Steve Jobs was not joking, so he was optimistic about the future of Ivanka?
These true business geniuses and successful people naturally have their own unique vision.
After finishing the talk with Ivanka, Jobs turned to this side, "Duke, can we talk?"
"of course can."
Duke would also like to talk to this guy. He and Warner Bros. have never forgotten the Pixar studio.
Ivanka was very smart and immediately said to Duke, "I will introduce my dad to my friends on the west coast."
When Ivanka left, Duke and Jobs walked to the French windows facing the sea, which was relatively quiet and could talk about work.
"Duke, I need your support."
Steve Jobs did not go around any circles, and said directly, "I am pushing ahead with Apple's reform, but I encountered a lot of resistance..."
Duke nodded slightly. Whether it is a country or a company, every reform will touch the interests of the inherent forces. Although companies like Apple have a deep Jobs brand, they have not yet reached the future level. Jobs' own shares are not Not many, and the board of directors is not without opposition.
"What do I need to do?" Duke spoke equally directly.
"At the general meeting of shareholders, fully support me!"
Hearing Jobs' words, Duke laughed. Most of the Apple shares in his hands are those with voting rights.
If Apple were not in the quagmire, he could not get this part of the shares. Of course, Steve Jobs cannot return to Apple.
Duke knows a little bit about what kind of person Jobs is. After returning to Apple, he has been excluding dissidents, but the current Jobs is not the future Jobs after all, and some enemies cannot be easily defeated by him alone.
After thinking for a few seconds, Duke looked at Jobs and asked naturally, "What about the conditions?"
"In the future, Apple will inevitably raise funds to expand its shares." Jobs was prepared for a long time, and said slowly, "I promise that in the next five years, you will have priority investment rights and can guarantee your current share of Apple shares."
This promise is tempting, especially for someone like Duke who understands how terrifying Apple's future is, but in reality?
Duke shook his head and said, "Steve, Apple's stock price has been declining since 2000, and its market value has shrunk from nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars to the current 6 billion U.S. dollars. How can I be sure that my investment will not fall apart? ?"
Jobs only gave one answer, "Because the leader of Apple is called Steve Jobs!"
"This cannot be my reason to support you."
In some respects, Duke really admires each other, but will not make some decisions that are not in line with his own interests. This is a business meeting, and interest is the criterion that determines everything.
And talking about friendships with people like Steve Jobs is all false. Which of these business giants will casually bring personal emotions into business negotiations. Steve Jobs needs support now, but Duke believes, As long as the timing is right, Jobs can definitely turn his head and sell him.
Think about it, in order to re-emerge, Jobs can put down his prejudice with Bill Gates and accept the other's high investment.
Make friendships, relationships, and be friends with these people? Even if Duke thought, Jobs and his like would question his true purpose of approaching.
Duke looked at Jobs. He knew very well that this was only the first condition that Jobs threw. Even if the other party was arrogant, they would not naively think that this would impress him.
After a few seconds of silence, Steve Jobs' eyes turned slightly to the direction where Ivanka was, and said, "I personally and Pixar Studio will be stationed on Miss Trump's social networking site, and we promise to update every three to five days. Some related information about Apple and Pixar cartoons."
Although Steve Jobs may not be as good as Duke when it comes to personal assets, but when it comes to influence and appeal in the business world, it is much stronger.
His presence in instant sharing will undoubtedly attract the attention of many business people.
After thinking about it for about half a minute, Duke offered to extend his hand, "Happy cooperation, Steve."
"Happy cooperation." Jobs shook his hand gently.
At the end of the meeting, Duke did not intend to let Jobs leave. "Steve, I heard that Pixar Studios and Walt Disney's contract renewal negotiations are progressing slowly. Michael Eisner does not want to make any concessions?
Just as Duke and Jobs were talking about the Pixar studio, a Latino drove to the door of the Duke's Manor, took out the invitation card to the security inspection, entered the manor, parked the car and walked towards the banquet hall.
His eyes are bright and energetic, with fluffy and messy mid-length hair, with a unique literary atmosphere of independent film circles. (To be continued...)
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