Xu Xincheng left the office of the administration department, took the stairs to the first floor, and walked to the bar.

The bar is located on the first floor of the company, on the left side of the company lobby. In fact, it's not accurate to call it a bar, it's actually a hybrid of a bar, a café and a bakery, an open space with a total area of about 600 square meters.

The area of the counter, the operation aisle, and the counter against the wall is about 100 square meters, and there are about 500 square meters of space with 30 sets of ordinary tables and chairs, and 20 sets of bar-style high tables and chairs.

The decoration and layout here are relatively simple, with black lacquer ceilings, dark gray walls, brown wall cabinets, various cans or bags of coffee beans, tea leaves, etc., more than 100 bottles of red wine, sparkling wine, champagne, etc., and the operating table is equipped with a variety of coffee, tea, juice squeezing equipment.

The 30-metre-long counter contains three bread cabinets, a dessert cabinet and a cake cabinet with a wide variety of breads, desserts and petit fours. These are custom-made by the company to a well-known local bakery and dessert company in Guangzhou, who deliver fresh bread, desserts and ice cream made that day at around 8 o'clock in the morning and around 2 o'clock in the afternoon every day.

In addition, there is a fruit cabinet with a variety of fruits, which are delivered by a nearby fruit store.

At this time, eight colleagues from the administration department were already busy here, five were cleaning, and three others were receiving, counting and placing the goods that had just been delivered by the delivery staff. They work at 8 a.m. sharp, because they need to make sure that the bar is up and running from 8:40 a.m., so that when people come to work, their colleagues who need breakfast can come here to buy coffee, bread, cakes, etc.

All coffee, bread, desserts, ice cream and fruit are clearly priced, and according to the company's regulations, the retail price is added to the cost price plus 30%, and all employees of the company can come here to buy it.

In addition to breakfast time, employees can come here during their lunch break, during work breaks, or when they need to fill their stomachs in the evening, or even just want to chat about work over a cup of coffee.

You can also come here when entertaining guests who come to visit the company, and according to the company's regulations, all guests and employees who entertain guests can be free of charge.

The seven elders sat at a long bar table on high legs by the window, chatting in a low voice.

About 10 meters away from them, Xu Xincheng waved to them from a distance and greeted them very warmly: "Hi, good morning!" (Hi, good morning!)

They all turned their heads and looked over him, and after a few moments, only two of them said "Hi" back.

He felt a little helpless in his heart, but he had a lot of experience in dealing with hundreds of technical experts in the company in the past two years, and he knew that it was not that they were cold or rude to him, but that this was the usual way that most technical experts around the world used to communicate with other people.

He said to himself in his heart: "No matter what their attitude is, I, as the host, must have the warmth to greet guests."

After walking to a distance of about 3 meters, he enthusiastically stretched out his hand and walked towards the foreigner who had just said "Hi", which was the best entry point to break the ice, he warmly shook the other party's lazily stretched out hand, and then said enthusiastically: "Hi, how are you?" I am Steve. Welcome!” ("Hi, how are you? I'm Steve.") Welcome!")

In a very soft, deep voice, he said, "Hi, I am Peter." ("Hi, I'm Peter.") ”）

Xu Xincheng and the other six shook hands one by one, said hello, and introduced themselves, some of them only said "Hi", and some also introduced their names, and all of them had a cold attitude, except for one person, this person is Rose.

Rose was one of the two who said "Hi" back at the beginning, she was completely different from the other six, she was very lively and cheerful, and she was warm and friendly to him from the beginning.

In fact, last Wednesday afternoon, Xu Xincheng had read the personal information of the seven people given to him by Manager Zhang, including the personal introduction of the video version, several times, and made notes in the notebook.

The seven of them are: native American Peter and David, Indian-American Jogesh, British-American Lee and Owen, Canadian-American Josh, and finally the only female Rose, judging by her profile, she should be the most prominent and excellent of the seven.

After getting to know each other, it was time for a formal welcome speech, and he said to everyone, "Hi, guys! On behalf of our company and the GM， Mr. Li， I would like to welcome you all. I am the GM assistant， and I will be your tour guide and contact person for the next few days.” On behalf of the company and the general manager, Mr. Li, I would like to welcome you all. I'm the assistant general manager, and I'll be your guide and liaison for the next few days. ”）

After speaking, Xu Xincheng sat down among them, chatted with them, and asked them with concern whether the journey was smooth, whether they had rested well on the plane, whether they had eaten well, what their physical condition was now, whether they were affected by jet lag, and so on.

No matter how enthusiastic he put into it, they just answered him coldly.

The only difference is Rose, only she is always very enthusiastic to chat with him, she not only actively answers all the questions, but also takes the initiative to ask him about his situation, asking him a lot of personal and professional questions, which makes the atmosphere of the chat gradually better.

He was grateful to Rose, if it weren't for her, the whole scene would have seemed awkward and boring, and he couldn't help but look at her in particular.

Rose wore a V-neck three-quarter sleeve plaid shirt with a white background, a pair of dark gray jeans and a pair of white sneakers, and her long blonde hair was tied up by a white hair rope, which looked fresh and capable.

Rose is definitely an extraordinary presence in Silicon Valley, she was born and raised in New York, she is a typical American metropolis girl, just turned 23 years old, blonde hair, blue eyes, tall, delicate, bright and moving, lively and cheerful. Her name is Rose, which means rose, and the name does suit her.

Not only is Rose beautiful, but her professional skills and abilities are significantly better than the other six best candidates.

According to the introduction on her information, she showed a high talent for programming when she was in middle school, and began to develop apps independently since she was in high school, one of which was purchased by the singer company at a high price, and then won a full scholarship to Stanford University for her excellent grades, specializing in computer programming, and she completed her studies with full credits in only two years.

When she was in college, more than a dozen well-known companies in Silicon Valley, such as Singer Company, Facebook Company, and Company A, threw olive branches to her, and Rose finally chose Singer Company. After joining the company, she became a project manager in just one year, and then led the development of two influential and popular apps in the industry in just one year.

Xu Xincheng thought to himself, Rose is such a beautiful and cheerful, smart and knowledgeable girl, she is definitely like a natural blue rose in the AI industry, and she is definitely the dream lover of most Silicon Valley technology men.

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At 8:40, Xu Xincheng asked them to order some bread, dessert and small cakes, and although he had already eaten breakfast, he also ordered a small cake, made a cup of black tea with a simple tea bag, and accompanied them to breakfast.

The eight of them chatted until 9:30.

From experience, he knows that by this time, all the colleagues in the company are already in working condition, and now he can take them around the various offices.

He stood up and said, "Hi, guys, it's time to give you a tour, I am going to show you around, and we are going to learn more about our company and our products at first hand." ("Hi guys, it's time to take you on a tour, I'm going to show you around and we'll have a more first-hand look at the company and the product.") ”）

Xu Xincheng led seven people to every department and office of the company, briefly introduced the general situation of each department and each project, and finally took them to visit the company's exhibition hall.

The company is very large, there are many departments and projects, and there are a lot of products in the exhibition hall, with an area of 2000 square meters, all the intelligent products developed by the company's project team in the past two years, and many product concept models that are still under development.