"What? You don't understand what I'm saying?" Jobs had expected Zhang Zhongmou to be greatly shocked after his words and to admire his profound knowledge of Taoism!
After all, it would be a great accomplishment to make a senior intellectual from China admire one's Taoist knowledge. It would be like a American talking about the history of the Civil War with you, and being stunned by your profound knowledge that Lincoln was actually a slave owner.
But now Zhang Zhongmou looked completely clueless, which greatly diminished Jobs' satisfaction.
"That's it?"
"What is this all about?" Zhang Zhongmou wondered if he couldn't understand classical Chinese or if he wasn't a true Chinese. In any case, Jobs' words were utterly confusing to him.
So, he could only smile wryly and ask Jobs to repeat himself. Helpless, Jobs explained in Chinese, "This is the chip needed for our Apple's brand new generation of products. It's also the product that I've poured my life's final energy and dreams into. It is my Tao."
"Now that my time is short, I must bring my Tao to this world, or I will die with regrets!"
Well, this made it much easier to understand. It turned out that Jobs wanted his last work to be launched as soon as possible. Zhang Zhongmou finally understood everything.
"What exactly is this thing that you've invested so much into!" After understanding, Zhang Zhongmou asked with great curiosity.
"Fine!" After a moment of hesitation, Jobs took out a black object, like a large cigarette case, from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Zhongmou, saying, "This is my final Tao, the iPhone!"
That's right, what Jobs took out at this moment was the first-generation iPhone, originally scheduled to be released in 2007.
Some might wonder, since this phone was only sold in 2007 in the original timeline, why did it appear in 2005 in this world? Did Jobs also have a cheat code?
Of course, that was not the case. Only Boss Huang had a cheat code in this world. However, due to Boss Huang's butterfly effect, many changes had occurred in the entire world.
First of all, with Jiangnan Optoelectronics' continuous efforts in the chip field, especially in memory chips, they had completely dominated the entire market. In order not to be eliminated by history, all major chip manufacturers were...
Returning to the subject, Zhang Zhongmou was still looking at Jobs at the dining table with surprise.
Although Zhang Zhongmou had never succeeded in inviting Jobs to dinner before, they had dined together quite a few times, mostly in Apple's own employee cafeteria. Jobs didn't mind sharing a working meal with his friends.
However, according to Zhang Zhongmou's understanding, Zhang Zhongmou's favorite foods were various vegetable salads, sushi, and fruits. Although Jobs had never publicly stated he was a vegetarian, he had always eaten a more vegetarian and healthy diet.
But now, Jobs was eating a bowl of rice noodles... Although this bowl of rice noodles was still filled with various vegetables, it was undoubtedly a bowl of rice noodles.
After finishing the bowl of rice noodles, Jobs actually took out a delicate jade bottle from his embrace, poured out a black pill from the bottle, dissolved it with water, and took it, thus ending the dinner.
"Is this some kind of special medicine?" Zhang Zhongmou asked curiously. He naturally assumed it was a special medicine for treating cancer that Jobs was taking.
"No, this is the Tianmen Fuling Lingzhi Dan," Jobs explained with a smile. "This is a secret medicine from my sect. It requires the highest quality Tianmen, Fuling, and Lingzhi, along with 16 other medicinal ingredients, processed through stir-frying and dan formation. It can enhance the body's Qi and also gently nourish the body."
"I don't know if it can cure diseases, but my body, which had been weakening due to chemotherapy, has indeed stabilized a lot!"
"Jobs, you really believe in Taoism!" Although he had suspected it for a long time, Zhang Zhongmou couldn't help but say it now.
"That's right!" Jobs readily nodded and admitted, "To be honest, my channel actually has a Taoist name, Daqiao Daoren, and I am the 64th generation direct disciple of the Zhengyi sect of Longhu Mountain!"
"Holy cow!" Zhang Zhongmou's mouth fell open. Hearing this news, Zhang Zhongmou felt as exaggerated as if aliens were invading.
"You believe this?" Zhang Zhongmou hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Won't God blame you?"
"God wants me to go to heaven!" Jobs laughed heartily. "But I don't want to go, so I can only ask the Three Pure Ones to keep me here!"
"That's possible!" Zhang Zhongmou had always felt that Jobs was extraordinary. When he was still in the US, he was often shocked by Jobs' various antics. He thought that once he came to Taiwan, he wouldn't be shocked by him anymore.
Unexpectedly, he was greatly shocked again now!
After that, Jobs didn't hide anything. He even talked about his experience cultivating in Longhu Mountain a few months ago, and even the divination and prophecies his master had made for him.
"The Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain really have high professional standards to have tricked such a smart person as Jobs!" Zhang Zhongmou sighed in his heart.
"Speaking of which, the direct lineage of Longhu Mountain is actually in Taiwan. Maybe I should go and see it sometime!" Zhang Zhongmou felt a sense of curiosity. Just then, Jobs continued, "Actually, I'm here to see you for another very important matter, which is to retrieve the supreme treasure of our Zhengyi sect, the Tianshi Seal, also known as the Yangping Zhidu Gong Yin."