Chapter 579 579. Jobs' letter
At this moment, Cao Yang was suddenly in a trance—
He was thinking that when Jobs died, so many celebrities came to pay homage to him.
So what will happen when I leave this world?
However, it is certainly impossible for Cao Yang to know it himself.
It's like he still doesn't know what the original world will be like after he travels through time.
Now, all Cao Yang can do is continue to follow his ideals and see what he can accomplish in this life.
After Cao Yang and Pei Siqing laid flowers, they expressed condolences to the family members, and then returned to sit on the chairs in the church.
After a while, Laurene Powell, Jobs's widow, walked over to Cao Yang.
Cao Yang stood up immediately. It seemed that the lady wanted to say something to him.
Ms. Lauren gave a letter to Cao Yang, and then said to him, "This is a letter my husband wrote before he was alive. He wrote very clearly on it, saying that after her death, if Mr. Cao Yang rewards If you want to come to his memorial service, please give this letter to Mr. Cao Yang.
If there is no problem. I have brought his words. There are a few things I need to say goodbye to.
By the way, my husband once praised you before he died. He said that if there is any God's favorite and genius in this world, then this person must be Mr. Cao Yang. "
"Thank you, I'm really flattered." Cao Yang thanked her quickly and took the envelope from Ms. Lauren's hand.
Holding the letter in his hand, he sat on the chair and stared at him for a long time.
Cao Yang's name was written on it, and it was written in Chinese.
Although the Chinese writing was poor, Cao Yang understood that the person who wrote the letter had tried his best.
At the same time, this also shows how carefully Jobs wrote this letter.
There is no doubt that this was a letter that Jobs personally wrote to Cao Yang with his own pen before his death, but Cao Yang did not know what was written in it.
Cao Yang was very touched when he saw this letter.
After a while, Cao Yang opened the envelope.
The letter reads like this in English:
"Dear Mr. Cao Yang.
I don't know if you can read and understand English, or if you only understand Chinese. But I'm sorry, I only understand English, so I can only write this letter to you in English.
If you can read this letter, it will be the greatest honor in my life.
Because it means you have come to my funeral.
To be honest, there is only one person in this world that I admire most, and that is you.
Before this, before I got terminally ill.
What I think about every day is, how can I surpass this young man from the East? He has genius-like imagination and is very bold and dares to innovate.
Sometimes I even think, is this person a favorite sent by God?
When I saw the release of the first generation Bomi smartphone, I was extremely excited, even more excited than when I saw the release of my own phone.
At that time, I saw the video you posted about the Baomi smartphone, and I was thinking about it. Oh my god. Why does this design of the home button feel exactly like what I imagined, or even more perfect than I imagined?
I even thought in surprise countless times, Oops. This person didn't steal my ideas from my brain.
Cao Yang is a thief, he is a thief from the East.
Seriously, I've thought this a few times.
But the facts prove it. Mr. Cao, you are not a thief, but a genius.
If there is anything that can surpass human ideas, then Mr. Cao Yang, I dare say you have surpassed me.
I am very jealous of you.
Am I unable to catch up with you in this life?
I have a wish.
I just hope that in my lifetime, I can make a perfect product that will surprise you and amaze the world. After this product comes out, then the world will say, Hey, Steve Jobs. You are no longer the little kid following Cao Yang.
You are not the one chasing Cao Yang, you have already surpassed him.
If that day comes, I will definitely invite you, Mr. Cao, to come to my house for a gathering. We can eat some fruit salad and drink some wine together.
But last year, my doctor told me.
He said, Steve, your condition has deteriorated. You can't continue working like this or you will die.
Then what? Then I ask, how much time do I have left?
My doctor told me, he said, Steve, optimistically you have a year.
Do I have a year left?
I don't know, but my physical condition has indeed gotten worse recently, and I am also unable to do my job well.
As I became more and more exhausted, I knew I didn't have time.
It's cruel, isn't it?
After I really have my goal, I still have many ideas that have not been realized, and I have unlimited fantasies in my brain.
But God is taking me away.
At this point in time, I can no longer surpass this person in this life. This person's name is Cao Yang.
I really envy the talent of the man named Cao Yang.
At the same time, Bomi was also Apple's biggest competitor before writing this letter. I treat people as my biggest rivals and enemies in this world.
When I entered my final days and felt that there was not much left in my life, I realized that maybe there was one person in this world who could truly understand me, and that person should be Mr. Cao Yang.
You must understand that when idealists like us have genius-like ideas for our favorite products and to show off to the world how talented we are. You get the thrill of heartfelt joy.
Thank you for reading this letter I am writing to you.
Maybe we can be a very good friend in the next life.
At that time, I will introduce others and say, hey, this is Mr. Cao Yang, he is a very good friend of mine.
Thank you for having such a great creator like Mr. Cao Yang in this world.
Someone you've never met before—
Steve Jobs. "
Wow, Cao Yang was so moved that he almost cried.
From this letter, he read Jobs' unwillingness and his love for Cao Yang.
Although there are not many words, the feelings are all in it.
This was probably the biggest feeling in Zhou Yu's heart when he vomited blood and died in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms -
How can there be brightness when there is beauty?
Isn't that what it is?
Cao Yang couldn't help but think guiltily -
Mr. Jobs, in fact, what you envy is just your own talent.
The person who really defeats you is yourself, or the future.
After that, when everyone arrives, there will be a special memorial ceremony. At the ceremony, Apple's current CEO Cook will give a speech, and then friends who want to express their condolences to Jobs can also go up and say something.
It's just that the waiting time is a bit long—
Cao Yang found that people around him looked at him and Pei Siqing with more or less doubtful eyes.
After all, in their perception, Cao Yang and Jobs were mortal enemies.
Who would have thought that this yellow-skinned man from the East would appear here.
Not long after, a second Chinese person came into the church.
This person's name is Yo-Yo Ma.
He is a world-famous Chinese cellist from Xiangjiang, China.
He has been hailed as a child prodigy since he was a child. At the age of 8, he had already performed cello at the Vienna Concert Hall.
Yo-Yo Ma was Jobs' favorite cellist during his lifetime.
After Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer, he specifically requested musician Yo-Yo Ma to play at his future funeral.
Jobs originally planned to ask Yo-Yo Ma to play the cello for him at his wedding, but unfortunately Yo-Yo Ma had a performance commitment that time and was unable to do so.
A few years later, Yo-Yo Ma came to his home and played Bach for Jobs in his living room on his famous 1733 Stradivari cello, which made Jobs burst into tears.
(This cello was once owned by the very famous legendary cellist Dupree. Interested book friends can search for it. Here is a recommendation about a movie about her called "She's Lonelier than Fireworks")
In addition to being the head of Apple, Jobs is also a well-known classical music enthusiast. Listening to classical music is an indispensable part of his daily routine.
Jobs' iPod was loaded with classical music, including some Bach.
Bach was his favorite classical musician. In addition to Bach, Jobs also had three albums by Yo-Yo Ma in his iPod.
It is no exaggeration to say that without the hobby of classical music, Steve Jobs would probably not be so interested in making an iPod; without an iPod, of course there would be no iTunes; without iTunes, how could there be future iPhones or iPads?
In addition to Yo-Yo Ma, another musician Jobs liked was Gould.
Like any Gould fan, Jobs was obsessed with listening to and comparing Gould's 1955 and 1981 versions of the Goldberg Variations.
He didn't explicitly state which version he preferred, saying only that he used to love the earlier version, but now he could "feel everything he went through between playing it."
Jobs once said of the two versions: "They are like day and night. The first version is passionate, young and energetic, and plays very fast, like a divine revelation; while the second version is more concise and has a clear theme. You can Feel an experienced soul, deeper and full of wisdom.”
If Gould was still alive, he would probably be on Jobs' invitation list. Unfortunately, Gould was from the last century.
Yo-Yo Ma performed Bach's unaccompanied cello suites at a memorial service for Steve Jobs at the Stanford University Chapel.
When the music started, everyone at the scene burst into tears.
Although Cao Yang and Pei Siqing didn't know much about classical music, music is the common language of mankind. In Jobs' words, he didn't believe there was a God in the world, but after listening to Yo-Yo Ma's cello, he understood -
What better proof of God's existence than Yo-Yo Ma's cello?
Infected by the surrounding atmosphere, and perhaps because Yo-Yo Ma's performance was so good and affectionate, both Cao Yang and Pei Siqing burst into tears.
This was the first time Miss Mining had seen Cao Yang cry so sadly.
"Don't be sad," Pei Siqing handed him a tissue and comforted him, "You must have a good relationship with him. It will be uncomfortable for an important friend to leave."
Although she didn't know how deep the relationship between Cao Yang and Jobs was, seeing him crying like this, they must be very, very good friends, right?
"I just feel...
After Steve Jobs passes away, who else in this world can be my opponent? "
"Why?"
Pei Siqing suddenly stopped crying.
Fortunately, except for Yo-Yo Ma, who was concentrating on playing, there were no other Chinese people at the scene, so they couldn't understand what Cao Yang meant.
If it had been photographed by the media, it would have become a huge breaking news the next day.
Miss Mining raised her hand a little sullenly and gave him a light tap on the arm.
No matter what time, I am still in the mood to joke.
If others heard it, you should say how arrogant you are!
But she didn't know that Cao Yang was speaking from his heart.
Once Jobs dies, Apple's creativity will decline sharply in the future, or stagnate, and it will be difficult to produce creative products that can shock the world.
It can be said that Steve Jobs is the soul of Apple.
After a while, everyone was almost there. The chapel was full of people. Everyone gathered around Jobs's body to mourn, and the memorial service officially started.
Jobs' wife, Ms. Lauren, said at the memorial service:
"Thank you all for coming here to attend the memorial service for my husband, Steve Jobs.
Steve has been suffering from pancreatic cancer for almost 8 years. During this time, he has been living a very hard life.
However, he still devoted all his time to his career, family, and everything he loved and loved.
Steve was strong in the face of illness.
But in the end, God still took him away.
Steve passed away peacefully early this morning surrounded by his family.
When he died, there was no pain on Steve's face.
Accompanying him is beautiful music.
In his public life, Steve was often called a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family.
We would like to thank many people for their care and prayers during Steve Jobs's illness last year. A memorial website will be launched later to express condolences to those who wish to express their condolences and memories.
We are grateful to those who have shown their affection, support and love for Steve, and we know many of you will mourn with us and ask that you respect our privacy at this tragic time.
Next I will read a letter my husband wrote before his death, which he asked me to read at his memorial service to the people he wanted to thank. "
Ms. Lauren unfolded another piece of paper and read:
"Thank you, Tim Cook, for your extraordinary talent and selfless dedication to the company. Without you, Apple wouldn't be doing as well as it does today.
Although I always scold you and may be harsh in my language, I know that we all have a common goal, which is to make Apple the greatest company in the world.
grateful…"
… (End of this chapter)
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