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The next day, as Ive headed toward Dublin, Vincent had to fend off Jobs, who was still having second thoughts.
第二天，就在艾弗飛往都柏林的途中，文森特馬上去做喬布斯的工作，希望他轉變心意。
"I don't know if we're doing the right thing," he said. "We don't want to do this for anyone else."
喬布斯說：“我不知道我們是否在做正確的事情。我們不希望為任何人這樣做。”
He was worried about setting the precedent of artists getting a royalty from each iPod sold.
他擔心的是，一旦為某些藝人在每臺iPod中抽版稅的問題上開了先河，接下來會后患無窮。
Vincent assured him that the U2 deal would be special.
文森特向他保證和U2的合作只此一家。
"Jony arrived in Dublin and I put him up at my guest house,
“喬尼到了都柏林，我把他安頓在我的客房，
a serene place over a railway track with a view of the sea," Bono recalled.
很安靜，向窗外眺望還可以看見鐵軌和大海。”波諾回憶道，
"He shows me this beautiful black iPod with a deep red click wheel, and I say okay, we'll do it."
“他給我看了這款漂亮的黑色iPod，上面配著深紅色的轉盤，我說很好，我們就這么做吧。”
They went to a local pub, hashed out some of the details, and then called Jobs in Cupertino to see if he would agree.
他們還去了一家當地的酒吧，討論了一些細節，然后打電話給庫比蒂諾的喬布斯，問他是否同意。
Jobs haggled for a while over each detail of the finances, and over the design, before he finally embraced the deal.
喬布斯針對合作的每一項細節和設計都討價還了一番。
That impressed Bono. "It's actually amazing that a CEO cares that much about detail," he said.
這著實讓波諾印象深刻，他說：“有這樣一位如此注重細節的CEO真是太出乎我的意料了。”
When it was resolved, Ive and Bono settled into some serious drinking. Both are comfortable in pubs.
當一切都敲定之后，艾弗和波諾痛快地喝了幾杯。他們都很喜歡酒吧。
After a few pints, they decided to call Vincent back in California.
幾杯下肚之后，他們決定給加州的文森特打電話。
He was not home, so Bono left a message on his answering machine, which Vincent made sure never to erase.
但是文森特不在家，所以波諾給他的電話答錄機留了言，文森特說他永遠不會刪除這條留言：
"I'm sitting here in bubbling Dublin with your friend Jony," it said.
“我正在和你的朋友喬尼在一起，在美得冒泡的都柏林。
"We're both a bit drunk, and we're happy with this wonderful iPod
我們都有點兒醉了，而且我們對這個新的iPod贊不絕口，
and I can't even believe it exists and I'm holding it in my hand. Thank you!"
我甚至不敢相信它確實存在，而且就拿在我的手里。謝謝你！”
