Shenghai, Internet café.

Two lost American otaku finally sent out a distress letter, and then stupidly waited for Ding Ming to reply to the email.

It only took a few minutes for Ding Ming's email to come back, "Why are you lost?"

Sergei sat down and crackled the type: "This morning, I went out with Larry, and I just wanted to walk around the hotel." But I accidentally walked far away, and I forgot the name of the hotel, but luckily I found an Internet coffee house. Ding, can you come and pick us up?"

Ding Ming wrote back and said, "Call the administrator of the Internet café and ask him for his address." ”

"Okay. Sergey breathed a sigh of relief.

Ding Ming couldn't cry or laugh in the Time Cafe, and asked the store manager for the car keys, so he drove the broken van to pick up people.

Larry and Sergey, on the other hand, were quite laid-back, standing in Internet cafes and watching Chinese netizens surf the Internet.

Some people are in chat rooms, chatting and browsing the web. Some people are playing "Red Alert" and "Warcraft", and many people are linked, shouting. There are also a few who are actually practicing operating office software, and the five strokes are flying, and they can type at least 250 words per minute.

"Wow, magic Chinese input method," Larry exclaimed, "how did they convert letters into square hieroglyphs?"

"I don't know," Sergei shook his head, pointing to a netizen's text editing interface, "I'm more curious about the software they use, it's not word, it should be China's local software." ”

The webmaster has ended email communication and says "you friend" in terrible English...... Uh, well...... That go here, very, very quickly!"

Sergei actually understood, and said in the Chinese he had just learned, "Thank you!"

“no thanks。 The webmaster laughed.

Sergei pointed to the computer screen and asked, "Is this a Chinese word processing software?"

The network administrator was dumbfounded and said, "What?you say, slow down." ”

Sergey asked "why not word?"

"Oh, you said WPS," the webmaster gave a thumbs up, "this chese word, very awesome, very gd!"

"Very gd!" Sergey gave a thumbs up.

The network manager smiled and said, "Yes, very gd, awesome!"

Sergey followed up and said, "Fraud?"

"Yes, awesome! Awesome is very gd." ”

"Cheating!" Sergei followed.

"Awesome!" shouted the webmaster.

"Cheating!" Sergei shouted as well.

Two fools.

Sergei triumphantly said to Ali: "I learned another word of Chinese." ”

Ali complained, "You have a great talent for languages. ”

When Ding Ming came to the Internet café, Ali and Sergei were playing "Warcraft 2" online, crying and laughing, "Hey, two friends, it's time for us to go." ”

"Wait, it's over! I'm about to win. "Sergey is still busy operating.

"Dude, you'll never win against me. "Larry got into the groove as well.

Ding Ming couldn't help but want to roll his eyes, this was a cross-border negotiation, and he had to wait for a game to be played.

A few minutes later, Sergei said "Fake", announcing the end of the game.

Ali put on his coat and asked, "Do you want to go back to the hotel first, or do you want to meet that Mr. Song?"

Ding Ming looked at his watch and said, "It's almost 12 o'clock when I drive to school, Mr. Song just got out of class, and then we went to lunch together." ”

Sergei laughed and said, "Still in class, what a diligent student." ”

In fact, there were basically no classes in the second semester of his senior year, and Song Weiyang was busy writing his graduation thesis. In the morning, I have been reading materials in the library, basically determining the direction of the thesis, and after a while, I will do social research.

The three of them walked out of the Internet café and came to a shabby-yellow van.

"Get in the car. Ding Ming sat in the cab by himself.

Larry whistled and said, "Oh, this car is so cool!"

Ding Ming laughed, "Mr. Song's car, he has been using it for two or three years. Isn't that a surprise?"

Sergey asked, "Is this car worth $200?"

"I spent $4,000 when I first bought it," Ding Ming said casually, "In China, only people who don't have confidence in themselves will use luxury cars to raise their value." And Mr. Song is undoubtedly confident, he is not keen on luxury, only cares about the true value of one thing. ”

"Sounds special. Larry laughed.

The van drove out of the city slowly, and if it encountered a traffic police inspection on the way, it would definitely not be able to go, because Ding Ming had not taken a driver's license at all.

As he drove past the Changyang Valley Science and Technology Park, Ding Ming pointed to the distance and said, "Do you see the construction site over there?" Mr. Song's mobile phone production base is building a new factory, which is China's only independent mobile phone brand, with monthly sales of nearly 40 million US dollars, and it is still growing. If you're interested, you can go to the factory tomorrow. ”

"We will. Sergey said.

The road conditions were not good, and the road was bumpy all the way, and finally came to the Pentagon.

In 1998, the Wujiaochang was still relatively backward, and it looked like a small county town in the 18th tier more than 10 years later.

Larry said, "In my imagination, meeting a big boss who is willing to invest should be going to a big manor-style villa or walking into a skyscraper. I have to say that today's experience left a deep impression on me, and I may not forget it in 20 years. ”

Ding Ming smiled, "Don't look at this place is shabby, but there is one of the top 10 universities in China, one of the top 20 universities in China, and three of the top 30 universities in China." ”

"Amazing!" Sergei said.

Larry suddenly pointed to the side of the street, "Unbelievable, there's Colonel Sanders (KFC) here." ”

Ding Ming said, "It just opened not long ago, and I didn't even have it when I was studying here. ”

The van stopped at the gate of Fudan School for a while, and Ding Ming didn't bother to call Song Weiyang, so he sat in the car and waited.

Waiting until Larry and Sergei were almost impatient, Ding Ming finally stretched out half of his body and waved his hand, "Old Song, this way!"

Song Weiyang was holding a stack of borrowed periodicals and magazines in his hand, and was walking and chatting with Lin Zhuoyun, who was also holding a book, and there was a bodyguard about ten meters behind him.

Ding Ming got out of the car with two Yankees and said in English, "This is Dr. Larry Page and Dr. Sergey Brin of Stanford University." ”

"I'm a Ph.D. candidate, and I haven't graduated yet," Larry corrected, shaking hands, "Hello, Mr. Song, it's nice to meet you." I'm Larry Page. ”

"Hello, Paige. Song Weiyang nodded and said.

Sergei also hurriedly came over to shake hands, although he verbally disdained the capitalists, but he was still quite apprehensive in his heart.

Years later, Sergei described it this way in an interview: "The successful people of the 90s were often glamorous, always wearing suits and leather shoes, ties or bow ties, including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs." No successful businessman would do business in a sweater and jeans. Song is just like that, he is more like a college student, holding an academic journal borrowed from the library in his hand, which is very different. I knew at the time that this man was fundamentally different from Wall Street investors, and that Google might be the best choice to accept his investment......"

"There are two American friends here, and I want to talk to them about cooperation," Song Weiyang handed the magazine to Lin Zhuoyun and smiled, "Help me take it back to the store." ”

Lin Zhuoyun asked, "Do you have to wait for you for dinner that night?"

"Well, as planned. Song Weiyang said.

A new high-end Japanese restaurant has opened in the city, and their original plan was to try it together, but Lin Zhuoyun has never eaten Japanese food when she is so old.

Lin Zhuoyun waved his hand and said, "I'll wait for you in the café." ”

This time, he was replaced by Hong Weiguo as the driver, and drove everyone into the city again, and came to the corner of Yan'an Road and Lianyun Road - Hong Changxing Shabu mutton.

Song Weiyang asked for two bottles of 58-degree high-end fairy wine, and ordered some mutton slices, beef shutters and vegetables, and introduced, "This hot pot restaurant has a history of 107 years, and it tastes very good, and I only discovered it last year." ”

White water pot soup base, copper pot, a bowl of dipping sauce.

Through the glass window, you can also see several master craftsmen, holding long bladed meat with rotten silver texture, stacked in a white porcelain plate one by one.

Sergei said: "It looks very delicious, and the way the meat is cut is very artistic." ”

Song Weiyang unscrewed the cap of the bottle and said with a smile, "Try this wine again, the liquor produced by my family distillery." ”

Sergei drank the half-tael cup, and suddenly fluttered, gave a thumbs up and said, "Fraud!"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!"

Ali also took a sip, choked and coughed, frowned and stuck out his tongue and said, "It's too spicy." ”

Can a 58-degree strong aroma liquor not be strong?

Sergei is worthy of being a Soviet immigrant, although he arrived in the United States at the age of 6, his father still retains the habits of Maozi, and he also has a unique love for spirits. This guy drank several glasses in a row, and thought that when he returned to the United States, he must bring a few bottles back.

When the mutton was finally served, Song Weiyang soaked the meat slices and said, "Scoop it up after two dips like this, don't dip it for too long, and then dip it and eat it." ”

Larry tried for a long time, and finally managed to add up the slices of meat with chopsticks, and after eating a piece, he said, "It's very tender, and the dipping sauce is great." ”

Hong Changxing's dipping sauce is prepared with more than ten kinds of raw materials, which is relatively light and sweet, which does not meet Song Weiyang's heavy taste requirements. But people have adjusted and eaten well, and they have broken the geographical limitations and hooked Song Weiyang, who likes spicy food.

Sergei also tasted a bite of mutton and gave a thumbs up again: "Cheating!"

Song Weiyang turned his head and asked Ding Ming, "You taught him?"

Ding Ming "......"