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Perot to the Rescue
救星佩羅
In late 1986 Jobs sent out a proposal to venture capital firms offering a 10% stake in NeXT for $3 million.
1986年底，喬布斯向風投公司發出了招股說明書，300萬美元可購買NeXT公司10%的股份。
That put a valuation on the entire company of $30 million, a number that Jobs had pulled out of thin air.
也就是說整個公司的估值為3000萬美元，這一數值是喬布斯憑空想出來的。
Less than $7 million had gone into the company thus far,
NeXT公司已經消耗了近700萬美元，
and there was little to show for it other than a neat logo and some snazzy offices.
但這筆錢毫無成效，只體現在優雅的標識和時髦的辦公室上。
It had no revenue or products, nor any on the horizon.
沒有收入，沒有產品，也沒有即將發布產品實現營收的跡象。
Not surprisingly, the venture capitalists all passed on the offer to invest.
因此，毫不奇怪，風投公司都沒有參與投資。
There was, however, one cowboy who was dazzled.
不過，倒是有一位頗具膽量的牛仔為NeXT公司神魂顛倒。
Ross Perot, the bantam Texan who had founded Electronic Data Systems, then sold it to General Motors for $2.4 billion,
羅斯·佩羅是個矮小精干的得克薩斯人，他創辦了電子數據系統公司后以24億美元的價格賣給了通用汽車公司。
happened to watch a PBS documentary, The Entrepreneurs, which had a segment on Jobs and NeXT in November 1986.
1986年11月，佩羅碰巧看到了美國公共廣播公司的一部紀錄片《創業者》，其中有一部分是關于喬布斯和NeXT公司的。
He instantly identified with Jobs and his gang, so much so that,
佩羅當下就很欣賞喬布斯及其團隊，
as he watched them on television, he said,"I was finishing their sentences for them."
他邊看電視邊想，“我會幫助他們完成想法。”
It was a line eerily similar to one Sculley had often used.
這句話與斯卡利過去常說的話極其相似。
Perot called Jobs the next day and offered, "If you ever need an investor, call me."
次日，佩羅就打電話給喬布斯，提出，“如果你需要投資者，給我打電話。”
