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Jobs's successes came at a cost, since velvety diplomacy was still not part of his repertoire.
喬布斯的成功來之不易，因為“懷柔政策”仍然不在他的原則之內。
When he decided that a division of Airborne Express wasn't delivering spare parts quickly enough,
當他發現安邦快運下屬的一家分公司運送零件的速度不夠快時，
he ordered an Apple manager to break the contract.
他讓蘋果公司的一個經理去終止合約。
When the manager protested that doing so could lead to a lawsuit, Jobs replied,
這位經理說這樣做可能會導致法律訴訟，喬布斯回答：
"Just tell them if they fuck with us, they'll never get another fucking dime from this company, ever."
“你就告訴他們，如果他們糊弄我們，那他們永遠別想從我們這兒再拿到一分錢。”
The manager quit, there was a lawsuit, and it took a year to resolve.
那位經理辭職了，案子鬧上了法庭，用了一年的時間才解決。
"My stock options would be worth $10 million had I stayed," the manager said,
“如果我能繼續待下去，我的股票期權現在會值1000萬美元，”那位經理說，
"but I knew I couldn't have stood it -- and he'd have fired me anyway."
“但是我知道我不可能擁有了--無論如何，他都會把我炒了。”
The new distributor was ordered to cut inventory 75%, and did.
新的經銷商被規定把庫存減少75%，最終也做到了。
"Under Steve Jobs, there's zero tolerance for not performing," its CEO said.
“喬布斯絲毫不能容忍差錯。”這家公司的CEO說。
At another point, when VLSI Technology was having trouble delivering enough chips on time,
當VSLI公司出現問題無法按時送來足夠的芯片時，
Jobs stormed into a meeting and started shouting that they were "fucking dickless assholes."
喬布斯在會議上大發雷霆，大罵他們是“沒有生殖器的混蛋”。
The company ended up getting the chips to Apple on time,
最終，VSLI還是把芯片準時送到了蘋果公司，
and its executives made jackets that boasted on the back, "Team FDA."
該公司的高管們還專門做了背后印有“FDA團隊”的夾克衫。
