Pirates of Silicon Valley Page #3

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the IBM guys thought was, like, toys.

But what did they know?

- Where's your VW?

- Sold it.

1350 bucks. We're on our way.

- Steve.

- What?

- What's the problem?

- I don't know if I can build these.

Hey. Woz. I assume we're speaking

the same language. right?

Dan. Elizabeth.

I'm not speaking Swahili. am I?

I'm here to inform you

our universe is unfolding--

But I still don't think

I can build them.

I work for Hewlett-Packard sometimes.

- Yeah. and?

- My dad pointed it out...

...they get first chance

in anything I invent.

- What?

- I can't help it.

It's on the paper I signed.

Damn it. Woz!

We get our shot, our destiny...

...and now we gotta turn it

all over to these businessmen?

Steve. It is Steve. isn't it?

Yeah. Steve. you say

that this gadget of yours...

...is for ordinary people.

What on earth would ordinary

people want with computers?

What?

What?

They hated it.

They hated it.

They hated it.

Whenever Steve went

to a bank to get a loan...

...it was like they were Eskimos.

and we had a refrigerator to sell them.

Okay, so Steve didn't look

like a business guy. But who did?

Business guys and bankers thought

you'd just barfed on their shoes...

...if you tried to interest them

in computers for ordinary people.

I mean. go figure.

Where's your beard?

In the bathroom. Shaved it off.

Well. how come?

Because banks don't like beards.

So we called ourselves Apple...

...and started making

those little computers.

Me. Steve and his friends

Elizabeth and Dan.

All of us sweating away

in Steve's parents' garage.

It's like sometimes not knowing

how crazy something is...

...is a good thing.

You're just goofing around...

...until someone like Mike

shows up and says. Wow.

- Steve Jobs?

- Jobs.

Oh. right. I'm sorry. Mike Markula.

- Hey. Mike. How you doing?

- I'm well.

The man who put intelligence

into Intel.

- Yeah--

- No smoking in here.

Oh. I'm sorry about that. Yeah.

- Valentine said you might call.

- Yeah.

- Welcome to Apple Computers.

- Thank you. Here it is, huh?

I was looking for a venture

opportunity like this.

What kind of venture money

are we talking about. Mike?

We start with about a quarter million

dollars and see what happens.

Excuse me?

Quarter million dollars.

You must be Steve Wozniak.

- Yeah.

- Mike Markula.

A quarter million dollars into this?

- Yep.

- What's the catch?

- No catch. just business.

- That's the catch...

...because this ain't just business.

This is practically spiritual.

This is about overthrowing dead culture.

- Dead gods.

- Okay. look.

You guys wanna be operating out

of a garage. that's fine with me.

But this is a ground-zero operation here.

Steve Wozniak's employee number one.

You're number two.

Wait a minute.

I'm employee number one.

- Woz?

- Doesn't matter to me.

- I'm employee number one.

- I'm not saying anything.

- I wasn't implying anything.

- Then I'll be zero.

- Woz. you can be number one.

- I'll be zero. Okay?

Even though things

were changing like crazy...

mventure capitalists

and bankers and all that...

...some things still stayed the same.

especially with Steve.

- I don't want it. Steve.

- It'll make you nice.

Woz. you and me.

This is your mother telling you

to drop this beautiful acid--

Your mother wouldn't approve either.

- Get that away from me. Man.

- Man. come on.

I'd be careful.

Baby. it's you and me.

Take a little trip?

- No. thanks. Steve.

- Come on.

- Steve. no.

- What's the matter with you guys?

It's like living with a bunch

of squares and stiffs.

More for me.

Oh. I'm standing.

I'm standing in front of something.

It's a field of wheat.

Oh. and I hear classical music playing.

Do you hear it?

Do you hear it?

I'm conducting classical music!

Everything's moving with the wind.

Everything's moving with the wind.

Everything's moving

just the way I want it to.

Everything.

Steve.

Hey...

...how am I gonna get home?

- It's not bad when there's no wind.

- Yeah?

What is that?

Bring down a pallet with six more.

- Oh. man.

- What?

I was just thinking about Harvard.

It'll pass.

Hey. Paul.

Right on schedule.

How you doing?

- Good to see you.

- Hi. Ed.

So...

...are you--? Are you Bill?

Are you Ed?

Well. I'll be damned.

Signing bonus?

I've never given a signing bonus

in all my life.

You know. Ed. in our other contracts.

we always get a signing bonus.

- Other contracts?

- Yeah. our other contracts.

Well. I don't know.

I don't know.

Okay-

- Two thousand.

- Four thousand.

- What?

- Of course.

Next. Ed. this business

of a $15 royalty...

...for BASIC sold in every 4K Altair.

It's just not acceptable.

Let me tell you something. boy.

This ain't the way I do business.

And I especially don't like

being dictated to by some little--

Ed. Ed. this is not about dictating.

You see. this is about reality.

The reality is that your machine is

brilliant. but it needs our language.

And without it, you know.

It's just a tin box that lights up.

So let's double our royalty

from $15 to $30 a copy.

So back then I get postcards

from these guys.

"Wish you were here," and all that.

Yeah, right, Albuquerque.

Bill and Paul were living

in this crummy motel...

...acting like they had a clue about

being in the computer business.

- Eureka.

- What?

I created a program

that can play blackjack.

Chris. you've been here two days.

and you're into blackjack?

Yeah. so?

So you got work to do.

Oh. God. no.

Not Frank Sinatra. Not My Way.

Not again. Spare us.

So. Paul, I'm putting in $909.

and you're in for 606...

...and we're keeping

the Microsoft name.

You know how you told Ed that

we're leasing whole office buildings?

What if he finds out

our corporate headquarters...

...are in that roach motel

with two student employees?

You think they're hookers?

Either that or motel inspectors.

I saw that one going in and out

of the motel room...

...about a dozen times yesterday.

Oh. baby.

- I quit Harvard for this?

- You wanted glamour.

- You got glamour.

- Come on. baby.

Quit bitching

or else go get us that pizza.

Oh. yeah.

Oh. baby. come on. Yes!

Rise and shine. Wakey wakey.

Your 9:
30's here.

You left your MasterCard

in the restaurant again yesterday.

That's the third time this month.

The hotel in Dallas called and said...

...you left your suit in the room

when you checked out.

Hertz called back and said

they will never rent you a car again.

Two more speeding citations in the mail

and wash your hair.

No. comb your hair. wash it later

and change your shirt.

It's over there.

We're here for our 9:30

with your president. Mr. Gates.

Mr...

...Gates?

Hello?

Oh. I forgot to tell you.

Paul left a message. He said to tell you...

...if you get thrown in jail again tonight.

you're on your own.

You have to find somebody else

to bail you out.

Okay?

- Jeez. Bill. isn't this Paul's car?

- You know. I figured it out.

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