"Dear, are you ready?"

Pushing open the door of the locker room, Duke walked in. The top stylist from Hollywood had assisted Ivanka in changing clothes, greeted Duke, and quickly left with his assistant.

"Am I beautiful?" Ivanka asked, turning his head.

Duke laughed, "very beautiful."

Ivanka's blonde hair was tied behind her head, without any ornaments, but she wore a diamond-set white necklace on her smooth and slender neck. Below the necklace is a handmade shoulderless white evening dress from Chanel. The close-fitting design particularly highlights her proud capital.

"Is the dress a little tight?" Duke walked over.

Ivanka looked into the mirror and said, "I think it's just right."

She probably understood what Duke meant, turned her eyes slightly, leaned into his ear, and whispered, "I have prepared another tighter yarn dress, I'll wear it for you to see for you tonight."

Duke's eyes lit up immediately, "Okay."

Smiling, Duke handed Ivanka the box he held in his hand, "Happy birthday, my dear."

"Thank you." Ivanka took it and picked up the gift box and shook it, "Is that OK?"

Duke made a gesture of invitation, and Ivanka opened the gift box, which contained an exquisite watch.

"very beautiful."

Ivanka looked carefully and found that this should be a Patek Philippe's top watch, which obviously comes from hand-made customization. No matter from which angle you look at it, the outline of her avatar can be seen on the dial inlaid with sapphires.

"I like it very much." She said again.

This watch is exquisite, elegant and restrained, very similar to herself.

Ivanka took off her bracelet, handed the watch to Duke, and then stretched out her wrist, "Can you help me put it on?"

"Happy to serve." Duke gently stroked her wrist. "mydy."

"Am I that old?"

Duke shrugged, put on a watch for Ivanka, and looked at the time again. While pulling her up and walking out, he reminded, "It's almost time, it's time for us to go down."

Walking to the spiral staircase leading to the banquet hall, Duke took the lead. The music in the banquet hall came to an abrupt end. The eyes of countless guests looked here. He raised his hand and led the protagonist of today's banquet. When Ivanka turned the spiral staircase and appeared in front of everyone, the banquet hall burst into warm applause.

Ivanka's style is mainly sweet, holding Duke down the spiral ladder, and greets the guests who come over to say congratulations with politeness. Both etiquette and temperament are impeccable.

"Yevie, you're so beautiful."

Doug Walter came over with his girlfriend, greeted Ivanka, and joked specifically. "Duke, you should pay attention tonight, beware that others are eyeing Ivanka."

"If anyone dares to rob me..." Duke replied in time. "I will definitely throw him into the sea."

"What if it was me?"

A loud and unruly voice sounded from the side, and Duke smiled apologetically at Doug Walter and turned around, "Hello, Donald, you're late."

Donald Trump seemed a little unhappy, "I encountered traffic jams on the way here."

"dad……"

Ivanka let go of Duke's arm and walked over to hug Donald Trump. Donald's tone was a little complaining. "I'm ready in New York, but you don't want to go back."

Turning his head to look at Duke Ivanka, he whispered, "My career is in Los Angeles. This is a good opportunity to expand the social circle."

As Ivanka said, although this is the 21st birthday that is extremely important to life in the United States, after the ceremony of cutting cakes, it inevitably turns into a social party.

Duke is worth a lot of face. Not only Hollywood celebrities and executives from some big companies, but also many celebrities from Silicon Valley attended his carefully held birthday party for Ivanka.

Just as Ivanka always accommodates him in public, Duke will also consider her. Ivanka is obviously a very professional woman. Duke invites people from the IT industry more to consider Ivanka. From the actual effect, 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 regarded as or have been Duke's partners.

For example, Jerry Young of Yahoo, the two founders of Google, and the famous Steve Jobs from Apple.

“I’m also optimistic about the future of virtual socialization.”

Having briefly understood 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 itself 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, his eyes kept aiming at Duke and suddenly said, "Evie, if you want to expand your social networking website, you need a lot of money. Are you interested in accepting Apple's investment?"

"If necessary, I will contact you." Ivanka is not old, but it is not difficult to deal with these things.

Duke raised his eyebrows slightly, he could tell that Steve Jobs was not joking, but he was optimistic about the future of Ivanka's company?

These true business geniuses and successful people naturally have their own unique vision.

After finishing his words with Ivanka, Jobs turned to this side, "Duke, can we talk?"

"sure."

Duke also wanted to talk to this person, and he and Warner Bros. have never forgotten Pixar Studios.

Ivanka was very smart and immediately said to Duke, "I'll go and introduce my friends from the West Coast to dad."

When Ivanka left, Duke and Jobs walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. It was relatively quiet and we could talk about some work.

"Duke, I need your support."

Steve Jobs said directly without going around the circle, "I am advancing Apple's reform, but I have encountered a lot of resistance..."

Duke nodded slightly. Whether it is a country or a company, every reform will touch the interests of inherent forces. Although companies like Apple have a deep impression of Jobs, they have not yet reached the future. Jobs himself does not have many shares, and there is no opposition force on the board of directors.

"What do I need to do?" Duke spoke equally straightforwardly.

"At the shareholders' meeting, I will fully support me!"

Duke laughed at Jobs' words, and most of the Apple shares in his hands were the kind with voting rights.

If it weren't for Apple's quagmire, he wouldn't have been able to get this share. Of course, Steve Jobs wouldn't have returned to Apple.

Duke knows more about what kind of person Jobs is. After returning to Apple, he has been excluding dissidents. However, Jobs is not the future Jobs after all, and some enemies are not easily defeated by him alone.

After pondering for a few seconds, Duke looked at Jobs and naturally asked, "Where is the conditions?"

"In the future, Apple will inevitably raise funds to expand its shares." Jobs was prepared and said slowly, "I promise that in the next five years, you will have priority investment rights and can guarantee the share of Apple shares you are currently holding."

This promise is tempting, especially for someone like Duke who understands how terrifying Apple will be in the future, but what about it?

Duke shook his head and said, "Steve, since 2000, Apple's stock price has been falling, with its market value shrinking from nearly $10 billion to $6 billion now. How do I make sure my investment will not be wasted?"

Jobs only gave one answer, "Because Apple's leader is Steve Jobs!"

“This cannot be my reason to support you.”

In some ways, Duke really admires the other party, but will not make some decisions that do not meet his own interests. This is a business meeting, and interests are the standard that determines everything.

Moreover, it is all false to talk to people like Steve Jobs. Which of these business giants will bring personal emotions casually in business negotiations? Steve Jobs needs support now, but Duke believes that as long as the time is right, Jobs will definitely sell him.

Think about it, in order to rise again, Jobs could put down his prejudice with Bill Gates and accept the other party's high investment.

Get into friendship with these people, get in touch with each other, and be friends? Even if Duke thinks, I'm afraid that Jobs and others will question his true purpose of getting close to him.

Duke looked at Jobs, and he knew very well that this was just the first condition that Jobs threw out. Even if the other party was arrogant, he 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 Studios will be on Miss Trump's social networking website, and we will ensure that some relevant information about Apple and Pixar cartoons will be updated every three to five days."

Although Steve Jobs may not be as good as Duke when it comes to personal assets, he is much stronger when it comes to his influence and appeal in the business world.

His entry to share instantly will undoubtedly attract the attention of many business people.

After thinking about it for about half a minute, Duke took the initiative to extend his hand, "Happy cooperation, Steve."

"Happy cooperation." Jobs gently held it in his hand.

After the talks ended, Duke did not mean to let Jobs go. "Steve, I heard that the renewal negotiations between Pixar Studio and Walt Disney are progressing slowly. Michael Eisner doesn't want to make any concessions?"

Just as Duke and Jobs were talking about Pixar's studio, a Latino drove to the door of the Duke's Manor, took out the invitation and handed it to the security guard for inspection, entered the manor, parked the car and walked towards the banquet hall.
Chapter completed!