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The natural place to look was Asia, where the glass for the stores was being made.
很自然地，他們將眼光投入了亞洲，蘋果店的玻璃就產自那里。
But Jobs's friend John Seeley Brown, who was on the board of Corning Glass in Upstate New York,
但是喬布斯的朋友，約翰·西利·布朗，他是位于紐約北部的康寧公司的董事會成員，
told him that he should talk to that company's young and dynamic CEO, Wendell Weeks.
建議喬布斯先同年輕而充滿活力的CEO溫德爾·威克斯談談。
So he dialed the main Corning switchboard number and asked to be put through to Weeks.
于是，喬布斯撥通了康寧公司的總機，報上了自己的名字，說想要同威克斯通話。
He got an assistant, who offered to pass along the message.
威克斯的助理接了電話，說會把電話內容轉達給威克斯。
"No, I'm Steve Jobs," he replied. "Put me through." The assistant refused.
“不，我是史蒂夫·喬布斯，”他回答說，“叫他接電話。”助理拒絕了。
Jobs called Brown and complained that he had been subjected to "typical East Coast bullshit."
喬布斯打電話給布朗，抱怨自己遭遇“典型的東海岸那一套”。
When Weeks heard that, he called the main Apple switchboard and asked to speak to Jobs.
威克斯聽說此事以后，打到了蘋果公司總機，表示要與喬布斯通話。
He was told to put his request in writing and send it in by fax.
結果總機要求他寫下自己的請求傳真過來。
When Jobs was told what happened, he took a liking to Weeks and invited him to Cupertino.
喬布斯得知以后，喜歡上了威克斯，并邀請他來到庫比蒂諾。
Jobs described the type of glass Apple wanted for the iPhone,
喬布斯向威克斯描述了自己想為iPhone尋找的玻璃類型，
and Weeks told him that Corning had developed a chemical exchange process in the 1960s that led to what they dubbed "gorilla glass."
威克斯告訴他，康寧公司在20世紀60年代就研發出一種化學交換過程，能夠做出一種被他們稱為“金剛玻璃”的材料。
It was incredibly strong, but it had never found a market, so Corning quit making it.
這種玻璃非常結實，但當時找不到市場，于是就停產了。
Jobs said he doubted it was good enough, and he started explaining to Weeks how glass was made.
喬布斯懷疑他們的玻璃不夠好，開始解釋玻璃是如何制成的。
This amused Weeks, who of course knew more than Jobs about that topic.
威克斯被逗樂了，因為在這個話題上，他可比喬布斯在行得多。
"Can you shut up," Weeks interjected, "and let me teach you some science?"
“你能閉嘴嗎，”威克斯插話道，“讓我來給你講講科學好嗎？”
Jobs was taken aback and fell silent.
喬布斯吃了一驚，陷入沉默。
Weeks went to the whiteboard and gave a tutorial on the chemistry,
威克斯走到白板前，開始講解金剛玻璃的化學原理，
which involved an ion-exchange process that produced a compression layer on the surface of the glass.
離子交換反應在玻璃表面產生一個壓縮層。
