Chapter 263: A New Beginning
The next day, when he got up early in the morning, Lin Feng put on his pajamas, walked to the window, and looked out of the window. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gone with last night's music, fireworks, whiskey and hustle and bustle.
At this time, outside Leeds Castle, the lake water is as clear as a mirror, and the green fields are like a fairy tale world.
Looking back, Ye Weiyu was still sleeping in the spring of Begonia, outside the crimson silk quilt, and her cloud-like hair was scattered between the pillows.
At the head of the bed, the diamond-shaped coat of arms representing Queen Catherine recalls this room, which in the twenties of the fifteenth century was the bedroom ...... Henry V and Queen Catherine of England.
Lin Feng sighed softly.
Although during this time, he was almost like an upstart, and did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money, from charter flights, jewelry, castles, to churches, dinners, fireworks......
He even appeared on the cover of major media magazines around the world like a star - not because of his commercial achievements, but because of the lavish "wedding of China's richest man in the castle......
But, no matter what, he finally gave Ye Weiyu a perfect dream wedding!
This is also the fulfillment of a regret in his past life, and a promise in this life.
It's like a milestone in the course of a life.
Yesterday, he used this grand wedding to make a grand "award" for his efforts in the past three years and for Ye Weiyu's efforts in the past three years.
From today on, he will no longer be entangled in his previous life, and all his memories, the love and hatred of his previous life, have come to an end.
He will start a new life with Ye Weiyu!
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As the sky dawned, the old castle began to regain its vitality, and the people who stayed in the castle last night also came to the banquet hall one after another.
Everyone had breakfast.
Breakfast is in the form of a buffet, with exquisite mini custard tarts, which are said to be the traditional desserts of British royal weddings, and are very delicious.
Because the rooms in the castle are limited, in addition to the elders of the two families, the only guests who stayed in the castle last night were Principal Zhou Bingyu, Ma Huateng and his wife, Ao Guanhai and his wife, Xiaozha and his girlfriend.
At breakfast, President Lin Fenghe promised to donate another 100 million yuan to his alma mater for scholarships for poor students with excellent grades, and as a fund for the school's scientific research projects, he was also praised by Academician Zhou Bingyu, who laughed that he had come to the UK in vain.
Of course, Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu are both students of Northern University, and academicians are also very pleased that they can finally come together, and the older generation has expressed great tolerance and blessings for campus love.
Ye Weiyu is very careful, she knows that many relatives and friends in China rarely come to the UK once, so she has reached a cooperation with a well-known local travel company in London: the travel company will provide a number of tours of the UK for guests to choose from, and they will be able to stay in the UK for a week to travel.
And a week later, he took a charter flight booked by Lin Feng to return to China.
Especially for the grandparents and other elders, there is a customized service accompanied by a special care, so that the elderly do not have to worry about health and safety issues during travel.
After breakfast, Ye Weiyu was busy arranging travel for relatives, friends and guests.
Lin Feng specially invited Ao Guanhai and Xiao Za to the seminar room to communicate.
After all, yesterday was a busy day, with too many guests, so there was no time for private communication.
Lin Feng has no time to travel to the United States in the near future, and it is important to use this opportunity to strengthen exchanges with the two.
In fact, since the last exchange with Ao Guanhai in the United States, Lin Feng has provided more than $3 million in donations to Ao Guanhai through his private company in the British Virgin Islands and through various foundations, and the relationship between the two is far deeper than the outside world knows.
And this time, he deliberately stayed in the castle, so that Okukanhai and Xiao Za could get to know each other at this time.
After all, when the election starts at the end of 07, it will be the time when Facebook begins to enter a glorious period, and Facebook will also be an important propaganda position for the Aoguanhai campaign team.
"Barack, thank you so much for coming, it's a great honor for me." Lin Feng smiled at Aoguan Haidao.
"Richard, my friend, don't be so polite, and I appreciate your continued support. …… The wedding was very grand, and I didn't expect you to be able to invite Canterbury to the Holy See Rowan. Lord Williams officiates the wedding! This is an incredible honor, I am very honored to be able to watch the ceremony in person, and I wish you all happiness! Ao Guanhai sat down and said with a smile.
"This is Mark, you should have seen Barack, and I believe that Facebook, which Mark founded, will be the greatest social network in the world, and I am very fortunate to have invested in it." Lin Feng introduced the two.
In fact, Facebook was just getting started at this time, and although it was very popular on college campuses, it was still very weak compared to Myspace, which was in full swing.
Even Zuckerberg himself couldn't imagine why Lin Feng would have so much confidence in him and Facebook.
You must know that Lin Feng, the most popular social networking site now, has also invested, and its founder was also invited to the wedding.
Lin Feng only arranged for Xiaozha to stay in the castle, which showed Lin Feng's attention and closeness to him on the other hand, and also made Zuckerberg very grateful.
"Hi Mark, I've heard of you and your Facebook, and you, like Richard, are the best young people of our time." O'Guanhai and Zuckerberg shook hands cordially.
Xiao Za seems a bit reserved, he is not a good person to socialize and socialize.
Lin Feng didn't have too much politeness, but went straight to the point: "Mark, I am very satisfied with the current development of Facebook, if you need further financing, you can tell me at any time, you know, I will support you 100%. ”
Xiao Za nodded: "Yes, I am planning to start a Series A funding, and currently Reid Hoffman (PayPal co-founder and former CEO), Mark Pincus (Zynga co-founder and CEO) and Accel Partners are all looking to invest in us." ”
Lin Feng said happily: "Yes, Red Dot is one of the largest investment companies in the world, and their entry into the game shows that Facebook has embarked on the fast track of development, congratulations, Mark!" …… Rest assured, no matter what the final calculated valuation is, I will continue to follow the investment on a pro-rata basis. ”
Xiao Za smiled and nodded: "Of course, Richard, you are my most trusted friend and investor, of course I hope you continue to invest." ”
Lin Feng said to Ao Guanhai again: "Barack, have you ever thought about opening an account on Facebook?" Facebook is the most popular social networking site for young people now, and in a few years, it may be the largest social networking site in the United States, and you may have hundreds of millions of followers! ”
When Ao Guanhai heard this number, he seemed very interested: "Is it?" I'll go there and check it out when I have time. ”
Lin Feng is just pushing the boat along the water, anyway, when Facebook develops, Ao Guanhai will also take the initiative to open an account, now say it in advance, and the two of them will be grateful to him for his favor in the future.
After chatting about Facebook's new round of financing, Lin Feng did not shy away from Xiaozha and chatted with Ao Guanhai about continuing to provide him with more funding.
"Barack, in the future, I will make more investments in the United States and Silicon Valley, to be honest, as a Chinese, I am very worried that the policy changes in the United States in the future will have unnecessary impact and trouble on my investment, I mean, if you participate in the next election, as a friend, I am very willing to help as much as I can!"
"Yes, it's a very big decision, and I need to think about it carefully, and some of the party leaders have some ideas about it, but it still needs a lot of work...... Rest assured, Richard, our friendship will always be the same, no matter what. Okukanhai's words were more cautious.
But that's enough.
Now except for Lin Feng, it is estimated that no one dares to believe that in just three years, this African-American black senator, who is not very outstanding, will successfully enter the White House and be elected as the new president.
Ao Guanhai and Xiao Za are two of Lin Feng's most important overseas investments in the next decade, and he must always maintain a good relationship with them in the process.
At noon, a luncheon was held again in the castle, and all the guests were invited, Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu attended in full costume, expressed their gratitude to all the guests present, and sent exquisite gifts.
In the afternoon of the same day, many guests from the business community were busy and returned to China one after another, so they naturally did not need to take Lin Feng's charter flight.
Li Dong and Wang Hao and other company executives also returned to China ahead of schedule, and the bosses have come to the UK.
Rest of the family, friends and guests embarked on a week-long tour of the UK.
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After all this was arranged, Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu began a two-week honeymoon trip to Europe that belonged to the two of them.
Taste food in Barcelona, Spain, visit the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, feed pigeons in Prague Square, Greece, cuddle and watch the Aegean sunset on the Greek island of Santorini, and ski ...... Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps.
It was a honeymoon trip in which the two of them completely ignored the affairs of the company and business, and devoted themselves to it.
The two even turned off their phones, and no one knew their whereabouts at all.
For Lin Feng, perhaps this is also the time when he accompanies Ye Weiyu the most.
When the honeymoon is over, he will plunge into the rapidly changing Internet battlefield, and a new wave is emerging.
If you're not careful, you can be disrupted by new innovations.
That's the biggest fear of all the internet giants.
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On February 30, 2005, the two returned to Hong Kong after disappearing for two weeks and enjoying their honeymoon to the fullest.
The reason why he didn't go back to Beijing directly was because Ye Weiyu made a decision that surprised Lin Feng.
She decided to become a naturalized Hong Kong citizen.
Of course, Hong Kong has returned to the motherland at this time, and the so-called naturalization is actually just a move of the household registration from Tianjin to Hong Kong, and he is still a Chinese citizen, but he has changed his Hong Kong passport.
The reason why she chose to become a naturalized Hong Kong citizen is mainly from two aspects:
One is that they can enter and exit freely, and they can enter more than 120 countries and regions around the world visa-free with a Hong Kong SAR passport.
Second, it is to consider the problem of having a baby in the future, after all, Hong Kong is not subject to birth restrictions, Ye Weiyu still wants to have two more children, and she has no brothers and sisters since she was a child, which is a regret for her. And comparatively speaking, Hong Kong's medical and educational facilities are relatively good.
For Ye Weiyu, settling in Hong Kong is a very simple matter, after all, the couple's investment in Hong Kong has long exceeded the so-called immigration conditions.
Coupled with Lin Feng's current status and influence in China's business circles, the relevant agencies of the Hong Kong government are overjoyed and have made special arrangements.
A deputy director of the Immigration Department led his staff to the door in person, and completed the relevant procedures in one day in the mansion in the middle of the forest.
What surprised and touched Lin Feng the most was that when applying for naturalization, when the staff asked Ye Weiyu: "Are you willing to put your husband's surname on your identity card?" Ye Weiyu thought about it and nodded her head to show her willingness.
In other words, in the future, on Ye Weiyu's Hong Kong ID card, the name will be "Lin Yewei"!
You must know that as early as after the liberation, there is no longer a saying about the surname of the husband in China!
Although everyone will also call some women "Mrs. X", for example, Ye Wei will have many people call her "Mrs. Lin" or "Mrs. Lin" in the future, but in fact, this is just a title.
Only Hong Kong still has a husband's surname among some senior female government officials, which is also to show respect for her husband.
Ye Weiyu's move reminded Lin Feng of a song by Jacky Cheung "Your name, my surname".
This is a small surprise that Ye Weiyu gave to Lin Feng, and it is also a different kind of romance that moved Lin Feng.
"In the future, you will be the head of the family, since I married into the Lin family, of course I am the Lin family......" Ye Weiyu said with a smile.
Lin Feng hugged her and kissed her forehead, feeling infinitely warm in his heart.
After that, Lin Feng took Ye Weiyu to visit the Guo family and the Li family, and also participated in the banquet held by Li Zekai for them at the yacht club, which can be regarded as making Ye Weiyu officially appear in the social circle of Hong Kong Island, and made some new friends for her frequent life in Hong Kong in the future.
Sailed the "Vivian" out to sea overnight and had a wonderful night at sea.
Then, the two returned to the capital.
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It's March 2005.
In the past month, the two news of the popular annual meeting and Lin Feng's wedding, which were continuously hyped by the media, gradually fell silent after more than half a month of the disappearance of the two.
Lin Feng can also start thinking about the next development of Fengxing in a relatively low-key and quiet environment.
I'm afraid only he knows how huge the impact and shock that a series of start-ups will soon appear will bring to China's Internet industry in the future.
In March, Ganji.com and Douban were established.
In April, Tudou.com and 56.com were established.
In May, 58.com, Qunar, and PPTV were established......
Li Xueling was supposed to establish YY in June, but now that there is a market overlord FF, will he leave NetEase to start a business? ……
Lin Feng felt that with his arrival, with the gradual growth of Fengxing, the butterfly effect had become more and more obvious.
History will drift away from the direction he knew.
Of course, the general trend does not seem to be changing at the moment.
With the emergence of classified information services represented by 58.com, video websites represented by Tudou, and a new generation of community-based social networking sites represented by 51.com, Douban, and Renren.com, a new generation of outstanding Internet entrepreneurs will begin to appear on the stage of China's Internet.
As a leading Internet company, how does Lin Feng and Fengxing need to face such challenges?
Is it like Tencent back then, "copying and copying" to occupy all business positions?
No, Lin Feng clearly knows that the history of his previous life has proved that a company is completely unable to compete with the whole industry, let alone completely cover all business lines.
Only by adhering to the concept of "open platform" and integrating them into our own ecosystem through investment and cooperation is the long-term solution!