《乔布斯传》中文版，之前已读过，英文原版更原汁原味。《乔布斯传》中有很多类似场景，处处体现乔布斯对产品的艺术性和品质的极致追求，不惜成本。摘抄一段如下（后面附有翻译）：
In the spring of 1988 cash was running so short that Jobs convened a meeting to decree deep spending cuts across the board. When it was over, Lasseter and his animation group were almost too afraid to ask Jobs about authorizing some extra money for another short. Finally, They broached the topic and Jobs sat silent, looking skeptical. It would require close to $300,000 more out of his pocket. After a few minutes, he asked if there were any storyboards. Catmull took him down to the animation offices, and once Lasseter started his show—displaying his boards, doing the voices, showing his passion for his product — Jobs started to warm up......
Jobs said he would provide the money. "I believe in what John was doing,"He later said. "It was art. He cared, and I cared. I always said yes." He only comment at the end of Lasseter's presentation was, " All I ask of you, John, is to make it great. "
上面这段的背景是，乔布斯已被苹果扫地出门，创立了NeXT，之后收购了Pixar（皮克斯动画）。到了1988年春天，皮克斯动画现金流吃紧，乔布斯召*会集**议要求全面大幅消减费用开支。会议结束后，Lasseter和他的动画制作团队几乎不敢要求乔布斯给予另一部短片额外30多万美金的费用。不过，最后他们还是提出了这个话题。
乔布斯坐着沉默不语并面露疑色。几分钟过后，乔布斯问是否有故事脚本？Catmull领着乔布斯下楼到了动画制作办公室，Lasseter开始演示并配音，表现出了对他自己产品的激情。乔布斯一下就来劲了。...... 。乔布斯表示他会提供资金，乔布斯还说到：“我相信Lasseter所做的是艺术，他热衷，我也一样，我永远都会赞同。”在Lasseter演示结束后，乔布斯只提出一点要求，就是请Lasseter把它做成伟大的产品。
