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Toy Story premiered in November of 1995
玩具總動員在1995年11月舉行首映
and became an instant blockbuster.
然后很快成為票房冠軍
Soon it was the third most successful
之后更成為有史以來第三部
animated movie ever made.
最成功的動畫電影
Steve Jobs saw his opportunity
喬布斯看到這是他的機會
And he said I am going to take this company public
他說我要將這公司上市
on the strength of this one movie
就憑這部電影動畫
that we've come out with.
這么成功的機會上市
And it worked.
之后他真的實現了
Pixar went public and immediately
皮克斯動畫成功上市
Steve Jobs became a billionaire.
史蒂夫喬布斯立刻成為億萬富翁
Despite his success with Pixar,
雖然皮克斯動畫那么成功
Jobs didn't forget about
但喬布斯并沒有忘記他的
his other company, NeXT.
另一間公司NeXT
He was looking at an unlikely partnership:
他在想一個沒什么可能的合作關系：
his old company, Apple-
就是和他的舊公司蘋果電腦合作
on its second CEO after Sculley
繼行政總裁史考力辭職之后
and plagued by tinancial osses.
該公司正面臨重大的財政問題
Steve Jobs got back into
喬布斯展開了
talks with Apple,
和蘋果電腦公司的談話
a company he had been away from for more than a decade.
就是那間他離開超過10年的公司
So Apple and NeXT did a deal
蘋果電腦公司最終
for almost $400 million
和NeXT達成協議
to buy NeXT software.
以4億美元購入NeXT的軟件
Steve Jobs went back to Apple
喬布斯終于在11年之后
after 11 years -
回到蘋果電腦公司
at first as an advisor,
首先出任顧問
but his role grew
他的職權
when it lost its CEO.
因第二任行政總裁的離開而擴大
Almost immediately, Steve Jobs filled the void -
史蒂夫喬布斯幾乎立即填補當中的缺口
filled the power vacuum
即是權力上的空缺
and essentially took control of the company.
結果接管了整間公司
Jobs was named interim CEO,
喬布斯獲委任為臨時行政總裁
and he made some immediate changes.
他馬上執行了一些改變
He eliminated dozens of projects
他取消了很多計劃
and employees in an effort
和解雇了不少員工
to cut costs.
希望可以為公司節流
In August of 1998,
在1998年8月
he introduced the iMac.
他推出了iMac
