Robin Li had only been in Silicon Valley for more than a month, and after taking a break from his doctoral studies, he joined a subsidiary of Jones on Wall Street, specializing in maintaining various financial information.

During an academic exchange, he met his current boss, William Chang. William Zhang, who is also Chinese, admired Robin Lee's talent and invited him to join Infoseek.

Robin Li is just an engineer at Dow Jones, and although he holds the title of senior consultant, there is no difference between the work done by a few people in the company and that of a code farmer.

After receiving an invitation from William Chang and the lure of Infoseek's stock, Robin Li left Wall Street and came to Silicon Valley.

After coming to Silicon Valley, Robin Li took on the position of core engineer at Infoseek, which is important, but after all, he is only an engineer and has no impact on the company's strategy and operations.

But Li Yanhong didn't feel depressed, is it a job, that's it, where to do it is not to do it, take the engineer's money, then do the engineer's work. I put forward a reasonable suggestion, of course you accept it, and I don't lose if you don't accept it.

Robin Li had some interest in this small company called Google, not because he wanted to join, but because he started from the thinking of a technician, and felt that he had some sympathy for the designer of this engine.

But let him go to this kind of small company, he won't go, the risk is too great, his current annual salary of 100,000 US dollars a year, how much can this kind of small company give? Options? Don't talk nonsense, so many companies in Silicon Valley rise and go bankrupt every day, who knows if it can go public?

Infoseek is still good, but this Harish is a bit annoying.

Li Yanhong looked coldly at Harish, who was drinking the company's free coffee, and a trace of disdain flashed in his heart.

In Silicon Valley, there are a lot of Indians, especially now, far more than Chinese, and generally have higher positions in companies than Chinese, which is inseparable from Indians' extroverted personality and good English skills.

Therefore, even though the work ability of Indians is not stronger than that of the Chinese, and even the actual work efficiency is much lower than that of the Chinese, the Indians can get more recognition than the Chinese.

Alas, Robin Li sighed in his heart, although he was a little envious of Harish in his heart, but he really couldn't do it if he was like Harish's exaggerated slap on the boss's ass.

"Robin, come on. William shouted from his office.

Li Yanhong's heart moved, did the board of directors reply?

Entering William's office, Robin Li closed the door, and William showed an apologetic expression: "I'm sorry, Robin, Thomas rejected my application and didn't even submit it to the board. ”

Li Yanhong was quite surprised, Thomas is half a level higher than William, and the two usually have a good relationship, and Thomas generally does not refuse William's request, what happened this time?

William Zhang asked, "Your ESP technology is now patented in your own hands, right?"

Robin Li was puzzled: "Yes, this is what I developed before, and I have applied for a patent, what's wrong?"

William Chang explains: "Thomas believes that search is our main business, so we need to develop our own Infoseek second-generation search engine. ”

Robin Li understands: "Actually, he can also buy the patent in my hand." ”

William Zhang shook his head: "I told him too, but he thinks that your technology is not good enough, and Infoseek can make better technology on its own." ”

Li Yanhong was angry, "Oh, then he just doesn't want me to join the R&D team." ”

William Zhang looked at Li Yanhong strangely: "The R&D team has indeed determined the candidate, it is Harish." ”

Li Yanhong looked incredulous.

William Zhang also sighed, recently this Harish and Thomas have been very close, and Thomas personally proposed to himself to let Harish be in charge of the R&D team, and he has no good way to refuse.

Li Yanhong shrugged, "Okay, in that case, I'll follow the company's arrangement." ”

William Zhang persuaded: "Robin, I know your ability, don't worry, you do a good job in your job first, and with the results, I can propose to Thomas to let you be promoted." ”

Li Yanhong nodded: "Okay, I know, I'll go back to work." ”

Back at his desk, Harish still had the same smiling expression, "Robin, as the chief designer of the next generation of infoseek, how about I invite you to join my team?

The corners of Li Yanhong's mouth twitched, "Oh, that's hello, I'm off work, I still have something to do, go first, bye." ”

Cut, Harish let out a contemptuous laugh as he looked at the back of Robin Lee's departure.

Mountain View, east of Garfield Park, Matrix Company, although it was already nine o'clock in the evening, the office was still brightly lit, and none of the twenty or so engineers left work.

"OK, Bob, within half a month, the first prototype must be made, in addition, Finks, you and Microsoft negotiations should also be as soon as possible, I hope that the price of each license will not exceed $35, and you can sign a ladder clause with them." Okay, that's all for today, by the way, this one for everyone. Zhang Chen took out a stack of red envelopes from his jacket pocket.

"Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year, I will be at home tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to accompany my family, and I will come back on February 10 to continue working, and I hope to see everyone's achievements at that time." ”

"According to Chinese customs, on the New Year, you should give red envelopes to those close to you, one for each of you, and everyone has one. Zhang Chen personally handed out the red envelopes in his hand to each employee, and said "Happy New Year" in Chinese and English. ”

The employees took the red envelope in their hands and were curious about the golden blessing on the red envelope, and several people opened the red envelope and looked at it, each of them was a hundred dollars, and couldn't help but whistle.

"Finally, I wish you all a happy new year! In the new year, all your wishes will come true! By the way, you can go to Chinatown for a walk in the past two days, which should be very lively and you can feel the traditional Chinese folk customs. Zhang Chen made an advertisement for Chinatown by the way.

When Zhang Chen returned home, he found that the couplet had been pasted on the door, two pairs of lanterns were hung outside the door and the courtyard door, and window grilles were also pasted on the large and small windows of the house, so he couldn't help but smile.

When people are in a foreign country, especially during the Chinese New Year, it is particularly touching to see the customs of their hometown.

Su Wenjin and Zhang Guoqiang have not reversed the jet lag, they have not slept for a day during the day today, and now their eyelids are almost open, Zhang Chen said distressedly: "I told you a long time ago not to wait for me, sleep by yourself, I have the key and I can't open the door." ”

Su Wenjin beat the spirit: "The main thing is to reverse the jet lag." ”

Zhang Chen asked, "Where did you buy the couplets and window flowers?"

Su Wenjin said with a smile: "Xiao Su took us to Chinatown to buy it, and the couplet was bought on red paper, and your father wrote it himself." ”

Zhang Chen was stunned: "I wrote it myself? My dad can also write Spring Festival couplets, but I haven't seen him write them." ”

Zhang Guoqiang also walked out of the study: "I haven't written it for many years, and your grandfather taught it when I was a child." I saw that there were red paper sellers in Chinatown, and I thought I was good at writing. ”

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "The first spring of Xiangyangmen is always there, and there are more than enough celebrations for good people. Your Spring Festival couplets are also vulgar enough. ”

Zhang Guoqiang disagreed, "The Spring Festival is originally a folk festival, and our family is also a layman, so there is nothing wrong with vulgarity." ”

Su Wenjin complained: "You don't know, today can break your father's trouble, Xiao Su was seen by a neighbor when he was pasting Spring Festival couplets with us, and he was very curious and asked us what we were doing." Xiao Su explained two sentences to them, people are very interested, I heard that the Spring Festival couplets were written by your father himself, and they all said that they wanted to observe and observe. Your dad was so happy that he wrote one to every neighbor. I said that you are embarrassed to show off your bad words, it is really a shame to throw abroad. You said that this foreigner is strange enough, it is a pair of Spring Festival couplets, and he took it away as a baby. ”

Zhang Chenxiao's stomach hurt.

(End of chapter)