With the arrival of An Rong, Irvine Villa has become a world for two.

Even Molly, who has always come unexpectedly, is staying at home at the moment, looking at her long legs, and living on fine wine.

The breakfast pancakes were burnt, and the pasted skin was peeled off, but the inside still exuded a fresh fragrance.

With the warm milk, the breakfast was very pleasant and warm.

So it's not about what you eat, it's about who you eat with.

However, this short-lived warmth did not last long.

After breakfast, Wu Tao was stuffed with a cup of black coffee and rushed up to the second floor.

And An Rong herself is like a hostess, taking on the preparations for the Lunar New Year alone.

Wu Tao, who returned to the second floor, sat down in the study, turned on the computer, and felt at ease.

That's what a home feels like.

No matter what you do, you feel comfortable.

Of course, having said that, since An Rong took the initiative to be the hostess again, then Wu Tao should pick up his own stalls.

At the same time, in China, when the year was approaching, all the companies under the Tian Yuan Consortium had completed the year-end summary and had the busiest period of the year.

With less than a week's worth of workdays left, it's basically a paddling rhythm, and there won't be much to think about.

Wu Tao made a phone call to Xiao Zixia, who assisted An Rong in handling domestic affairs, and made preliminary communication.

The response was very surprising.

It turned out that An Rong had already sorted out all the big problems before going abroad.

In the end, Wu Tao picked a few important industrial directions, asked for some information, and then hastily ended the call.

The senior management team of the Tian Yuan Consortium is indeed a team with strong growth.

Wu Tao was very pleased.

Since there are no specific matters, the next step is to return to the retreat.

Specifically, it is to determine the focus and direction of next year's work.

While pondering, the mobile phone on the table rang, and when I looked at the number, it was an international call.

After connecting, I heard that it was Qin Xiaoxiao's call from Frankfurt.

Looking up at the time on the wall, Frankfurt should be at night now, nine hours ahead of California time.

Qin Xiaoxiao's voice was a little tired, faintly hoarse, but it was still difficult to hide the joy of successful negotiations.

"Boss, fortunately, we have made significant progress in our negotiations with Putzmeister today. Mr. Carr showed great sincerity, and we gave us the right amount in return. I have sent the details of the negotiation to your email via encrypted email. ”

While listening to the other party's narration, Wu Tao opened the mailbox and glanced at it roughly.

The concessions made by Qin Xiaoxiao on behalf of the Tian Yuan Consortium were all within her purview, and there was no problem.

So he immediately replied to the other party on the phone: "First of all, congratulations to you and your team on the significant progress made, and I hope you will make persistent efforts and come back for the New Year as soon as possible." ”

"Also, I took a cursory glance at the contents of the email, and there was no problem. I'll get back to you later. ”

After quickly dealing with Qin Xiaoxiao's problem, Wu Tao returned to his previous plan.

Obviously, after the year, the focus of the work of the Tian Yuan Consortium is still focused on international promotion and expansion.

But for Chinese enterprises, the work of internationalization itself is not so easy.

The traditional industry of Western countries is a relatively grouped industry. Not to mention factors such as consortium power and political factions on this basis.

Therefore, the work of the Global Strategy Department still has a long way to go.

On the one hand, it is necessary to continue to maintain the strategic partnership with several consortia, and continue to open up the situation with win-win cooperation as a springboard.

On the other hand, it is also necessary to take advantage of the favorable conditions that the international development environment is still in a moderate stage before the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis in the West, expand rapidly, and strengthen the internationalization attribute of the Tian Yuan Foundation.

Setting the tone of the international business, Wu Tao's thinking naturally returned to the problem of domestic business.

Among the many domestic industrial directions, the development of semiconductor chips is the first to bear the brunt, and will be the key investment direction in the next five or even ten years.

As for the competition with TSMC in the domestic market, Wu Tao has not yet taken the other party into account.

After establishing a cooperative relationship with Cao Yicheng at the beginning, his goal has always been to international semiconductor companies such as Intel and AMD.

In contrast, the real estate industry and the Internet industry will enter a stage of steady development one after another, and can provide good cash flow and become high-yield cows under the consortium.

Of course, real estate and the Internet are different.

As a real estate industry, Huayao Group only needs to do a good job in the scientific management of finance and cash flow, which basically belongs to taking advantage of the high speed of social development and making money lying down.

The Internet industry is different, it is undergoing a stage of transformation from the traditional PC to the mobile terminal.

At this stage, another take-off of the mobile Internet market will be opened.

Although the Tianyuan Consortium has also taken the express train of the real estate industry, from the bottom of his heart, Wu Tao still hopes that the software valley projects led by him can blossom everywhere and bring a different situation to the domestic economic development.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if there are a few more cities with the same development concept as Jiangdong, it is good.

It's just that in this regard, Wu Tao himself understands that he can only do his best and obey the destiny of heaven.

After all, the interests and fundamentals of too many groups are at stake here.

Time passes before you know it.

It wasn't until An Rong came upstairs to call him for dinner that Wu Tao found that it was close to noon.

Lunch is very simple, steak with red wine, it is not difficult to make, and it is easy to show a sense of quality.

Sitting on the terrace, facing the blue sea and blue sky, is even more refreshing.

In addition to chatting about some domestic people and things, An Rong quickly shifted the topic to the local customs of the United States and imperialism.

"The domestic real estate market is very hot now, but I didn't expect the secondary market of the real estate industry here in the United States to be very prosperous. Many investment funds and small institutions are in this industry. ”

Wu Tao was not surprised, "You have found out all this?"

An Rong glanced at him and said: "Now that the real estate industry is already a hot topic, when you come abroad, you will naturally pay attention to this aspect of the problem." Early this morning, I read a few local California newspapers and websites, and as many as half of the pages and advertisements about the secondary market. ”

"Do you think about the business and opportunities in your Global Strategy Department?"

Wu Tao said with general interest: "After all, the U.S. real estate market is different from the domestic market, and we can eat meat and drink soup in China, but the Western market should still be less touched." Someone proposed this idea before, but I privately rejected it. ”

"Why?" An Rong's curiosity suddenly came up.

This question is both difficult and easy to say.

Wu Tao originally planned to pass by in a few words, but who knew that this discussion would be the work of a whole meal.

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