Mrs. Karen shouted twice, and a boy descended the wooden staircase.

Li Yuan turned his head to look, because of the perspective of view, the first thing he saw was a pair of cotton slippers. Then there are dark blue jeans, a black hoodie, and ......

Seeing the boy's appearance clearly, Li Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Short dark brown hair, soft curls, dark green eyes, and the signature long face and large nose.

Mark Zuckerberg, Li Yuan almost blurted out.

Fortunately, he remembered what this place was, and put on a calm expression and looked at Mark.

Mark's appearance is not outstanding, like an introverted boy next door, who looks inconspicuous.

However, who could have imagined that anyone who knows even a little about the Internet will not be able to ignore his existence.

"This is my son Mark," Mrs. Karen said warmly, "Mark, this is your Uncle Heim's Chinese friend Li Yuan." ”

"Hello. ”

Mark looked at Li Yuan carefully and asked, "I heard Uncle Heim say that you know witchcraft?"

"Uh......"

Li Yuan didn't expect Mark to ask this question first, and seeing that many people in the room didn't know why—in fact, only Paris really didn't know why—so he explained what physiognomy was.

Of course, Li Yuan's vocabulary is limited, many things cannot be accurately expressed, and it is really difficult to explain to Americans such things that seem somewhat complicated to Chinese.

Judging from their skeptical expressions, Li Yuan's attempt to attribute it to science was almost shattered.

Fortunately, someone still understood.

This person is Mrs. Karen.

Mrs. Karen nodded and said, "Human expressions do reflect the heart, I have read Professor Paul Ekman's "Why-Kids-Lie" (Why-Kids-Lie), he is an expert in the study of expressions, you can analyze what the other person is thinking by observing the expressions of others, I always thought that he was the first to create, but I did not expect that Chinese has formed this science in a very ancient time......

After listening to Karen's explanation, everyone finally stopped looking at Li Yuan with the same eyes as a god.

Paris asked in hindsight, "So, who is Paul Aikman?"

Li Yuan was also very interested and asked, "Are you talking about micro-expressions?" I have heard of this science, but I don't know who proposed it. ”

This time it wasn't Mrs. Karen who answered him, it was Mark.

"Paul Aikman is a well-known psychologist who has written many books and received the American Psychological Association's Award for Outstanding Scientific Contributions, which is what teachers talk about in sociology classes," Mark said. ”

After Mark finished speaking, he glanced at Paris, and the meaning in his eyes was clear, it is understandable that foreigners don't know, and you, an American, don't know?

At this time, I should really praise Paris, this stupid girl didn't hear Mark's off-strings at all, otherwise with her character, I am afraid that there will be right and wrong again.

Paris couldn't hear it, and several adults understood, smiled, and didn't debunk it.

Mrs. Karen patted Mark on the head and said angrily, "Don't talk to guests like that!"

The corners of Mark's eyes twitched, and he became expressionless again.

Li Yuan found it interesting and asked him, "Have you read Mr. Ekman's book?"

"I've read ......," Mark continued, glancing at his mother, "I'm reading his Telling-Lies, just read a little bit. ”

Li Yuan glanced at Mrs. Karen, who was smiling with satisfaction, and from such a small detail, it can be seen that this lady has worked hard in the education of her children, no wonder several of her children have grown up to be successful.

Li Yuan jokingly said to Mrs. Karen: "That book "Why Do Children Lie" must be very well written, and you are really successful in educating children." ”

"Thank you. ”

Mrs. Karen laughed happily, Li Yuan was praising her on the surface, but in fact she was praising her children, as long as she was a parent, there was nothing she didn't like to hear.

Mark felt a little embarrassed and defended: "My mom didn't read that book to educate me, she was a psychiatrist, she just wanted to treat patients better, I never lied, so I ......"

"Hahaha......"

Everyone laughed when they saw him trying to defend himself.

Mrs. Karen soothed the boy and smiled, "Mark was very naughty when I was a kid, and my husband and I had a headache, I remember the second year when Professor Aikman won the award, he came out with that book, and I bought a copy...... I still remember Mark's expression when his lie was exposed," Mrs. Karen exaggeratedly imitated a look of surprise and bewilderment, and said in an incredulous tone, "This can't be!

Mrs. Karen's imitation was so vivid that everyone laughed.

Mark lowered his head embarrassedly and whispered: "Yes, I remember very clearly, it was Christmas in 1992, I knocked down the Christmas tree that day, in order to prevent them from seeing it, I made a careful arrangement, first ...... And then...... Finally ......"

Mark showed a helpless expression: "The last glance was seen through." ”

Paris asked, "How old were you then?"

Mark replied, "Eight years old." ”

"Wow," Paris said exaggeratedly, "I was still playing Barbie when I was eight years old, and you can make such a careful arrangement......"

Li Yuan glanced at Paris and said in his heart Don't use your IQ to measure Mark. In other words, when he was eight years old, he was able to arrange a well-arranged "crime scene", Mark's logical thinking is indeed exaggerated, but what makes Li Yuan feel most incredible is not these, but his memory.

What he did when he was eight years old, and he can still remember it so clearly, this guy's memory is simply terrifying!

The more Li Yuan looked at it, the more he felt that this guy was unsuccessful and unreasonable.

While Li Yuan was distracted, Mark was staring at him.

"I heard Uncle Heim say that you started an Internet company?"

"Ah, yes. ”

"So you know how to code, too?"

"No, I don't understand. ”

"What? You don't even know how to code?"

Mark felt incredible.

"Mark!" called out to Mrs. Karen, "are you going to stand and talk to the guests all the time?"

After being reminded by Mrs. Karen, everyone realized that they had been standing in the living room.

Everyone sat down on the semi-circular sofa, and Mrs. Karen warmly entertained everyone to eat fruit, and judging from the scene, if you don't know, you think that she is the owner of this house.

As the real owner, Heim doesn't mind at all, and Mrs. Karen's performance is just right, showing the unique affinity of a woman without appearing to be dominant.

The sofa naturally split into two pieces, and Mrs. Karen sat down with the three female visitors, chatting about topics of interest to the women. Li Yuan talked to Haim about his feelings about the trip.

Mark looked at the sofa with limited space, turned around and moved a low stool over, and sat diagonally opposite Li Yuan.

As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to ask the previous question: "Li, you really don't know how to program?"

It was probably Mrs. Karen's warning look that worked, and Mark thought for a moment and added, "I'm just curious. ”

Li Yuan first smiled at Mrs. Karen, and then said to Mark: "I understand what you mean, in fact, it's not just you who think so, for many people, a person who runs an Internet company doesn't understand technology, and it sounds like a liar." ”

Without waiting for Mark to speak, Li Yuan continued: "In fact, programming is not necessarily related to the Internet or even the software industry. Of course, this is not to say that technology is not important," Li Yuan motioned to Mark not to interrupt himself, and said to the boy, who was two years younger than himself: "I have told many people that technology is essential, but the mode of operation is the most important, after all, the Internet is not engaged in scientific research, but commercial behavior." Since it is a commercial behavior, the first thing to solve is the problem of how to make money through the Internet, and the second is the technical problem, and the problem that can be solved with technology has never been a problem. ”

Li Yuan said this, stopped and smiled at Haim: "I don't know how many talents in the computer field are in the United States, but how many can become Bill Gates? ”

"That's true. "Goldman Sachs has invested in a lot of Internet companies, most of which have high technical capabilities, but only a few have a clear direction for profitability, and even fewer are good at business operations," Heim agreed. ”

Therefore, business thinking is the key to business success.

Li Yuan looked at Mark and couldn't help but think of a woman.

The woman's name was Shirley Sandberg, who would later be known as the "First Lady of Facebook" and was the chief operating officer of Facebook, and it was she who turned Facebook from a social tool into a money-attracting artifact.

Without her, Mark would still be called a genius, but he probably wouldn't be a real business tycoon.

In the words of the media to describe the two: it is like the marriage of a child prodigy and a nanny.

Although this sentence is more ironic, it is also appropriate, after all, Mark is better at technology and creativity, and it is difficult for him to figure out how to make money.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but ask Haim, "Do you know Shirley Sandberg?"

Heim shook his head.

However, Chen Chen, who had been silent after entering the door, answered Li Yuan's question.

"You're talking about Deputy Treasury Secretary Summers' chief of staff?"

Li Yuan also didn't know what Shirley Sandberg was doing at this stage, he added: "I don't know, I heard that she is a strong woman?"

Chen Chen thought for a while and said, "It should be her, I saw it in the newspaper, she seems to be a feminist." Why did you mention her all of a sudden?"

"Just ask. Someone told me that she was very capable, so I was going to get to know her. Of course, Li Yuan can't say that he just had a whim.

"Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. ”

Chen Chen said: "The consulate and the Ministry of Finance have not had much dealing. ”

At this point, Heim suddenly interjected, "If you want to meet, I can put you in touch." ”

Li Yuan looked at him and asked, "Do you know the vice minister of finance?"

"I don't know Summers well. ”

Heim shook his head, and continued, "But I have a good relationship with Robert Rubin. After a pause, he added, "Robert is the current Secretary of the Treasury, a Goldman Sachs." ”