Liang Ning returned to the car, took out a black briefcase from inside, opened it and took out a document, "I commissioned a local private investigator to get it, this shop originally belonged to an Indian immigrant named Sanjay Singh. Singh is a big surname in India.

The Single family immigrated here in the 30s and worked hard for years to own the curry shop.

At the end of the 60s, the elder Singhal died, and the younger Singer took over. But there was a fierce conflict with the chef, and finally the chef left, and the curry shop's business plummeted.

By this year, Singel's curry shop is so insolvent that if it doesn't pay off its bank debt in January next year, the store will be taken over by the bank and Mr. Singh Jr. will go bankrupt. ”

"Why is it that as soon as the chef leaves, the business of the curry shop is not good, and can't I find another chef?" Li Yixuan asked the doubts in his heart.

"That's right," Liang Ning explained, "The chef is the pillar of the restaurant, and in a restaurant as big as this, the position of the chef is even more important." But there is a problem here, that is, the hotel manager or owner, once there is a conflict with the chef, there is nothing to do with the other party. When Singal Sr. was alive, he was tolerant of the chef.

But after Singh Jr. came to power, he didn't plan to tolerate him so much, so he ......"

I understand, I didn't expect that even a restaurant would have so many disputes. It seems that if you want to make a restaurant, the owner himself must be a skilled chef. Otherwise, as soon as the chef leaves, no matter how high-end the restaurant is, no matter how good the business was before, it will be finished.

This is also the reason why many famous high-end hotels in the world cannot open chain stores, because of the stalk of chefs.

On the contrary, fast food companies such as KFC and McDonald's can open chain stores around the world because they don't need a chef, and they can make the food ordered by customers after simple training and following the standardized process established by the store.

The taste and nutrition of this kind of catering are not good, but it is the most convenient, there is no need for a chef, there is no contradiction, and there is no point where the restaurant will be paralyzed as soon as the chef leaves, because whoever comes is the same, even the taste is the same.

"In that case, let's wait until he goes bankrupt before buying it. ”

Unexpectedly, Liang Ning retorted: "No, Xuan Shao! If Xiao Singal goes bankrupt, we won't have a chance, there are many people who like this store, we can't compete with the locals, we want to start quickly!"

"How much is he asking?"

"$3 million, plus $2 million in debt. ”

"How much can you bargain?"

"Up to 500,000 reductions. But Xuan Shao, the current U.S. economy is not good, this house is worth up to 1 million, and we can take on $4 million in debt, is it really good to do this?" a young assistant couldn't help but remind.

Li Yixuan knew that it was time to make a decision, "Liang Ning, you go and tell Xiao Singh that 2 million US dollars plus 2 million bank debts, if you don't agree, wait for bankruptcy." ”

After Liang Ning was authorized, he found a local negotiation company and began to contact the other party.

The other party began to hold on to the price of 3 million, but as the repayment date got closer and closer, Xiao Singh finally couldn't hold on and agreed to reduce the price, but he always bit 2.4 million and didn't let go, if it wasn't at this price, he would rather go bankrupt.

After Li Yixuan received the report from the negotiation company, he knew that this was the bottom line of the other party, so he agreed to the price.

After Guo Yifei learned that Li Yixuan had acquired a hotel, he rushed over from Hong Kong, and on the day before New Year's Day in '78, the two sides signed a contract.

After signing the contract, Guo Yifei took the contract and the asset certificate of DreamWorks, and pulled Li Yixuan to rush to the local Feremon City Bank in Silicon Valley non-stop.

The bank manager just took a brief look at DreamWorks' asset certificate, and very happily signed a repayment agreement with Li Yixuan.

For banks, it is best to have a receiver like Li Yixuan, not to mention that DreamWorks' assets are so good, there is no reason to disagree.

Li Yixuan also opened a corporate account at the Feremont City Bank by the way, and the bank manager took the information provided by Li Yixuan and reported it to the bank's board of directors, and the board of directors gave DreamWorks a medium- and long-term loan of up to $20 million after reading DreamWorks' asset certificates.

Li Yixuan is dismissive of the $20 million medium and long-term loan. Umbrella on a sunny day and umbrella on a rainy day is the only rule of the bank, and the banks in that country are the same.

But it is not without its benefits, with a loan line of 20 million US dollars, Li Yixuan's business activities in the United States are much easier.

For example, after the hotel is bought, it needs to be renovated, and the local decoration company can pay in installments after learning that DreamWorks has an asset certificate issued by the bank and a loan limit of 20 million US dollars.

Although he has to pay an interest, for the American DreamWorks company, which has not yet opened, Li Yixuan's financial pressure has been reduced a lot.

"Xuan Shao, are you sure that you are really coming to Silicon Valley for the first time?" Liang Ning, who was sitting in the driver's seat, asked Li Yixuan curiously while driving, he was the only one among several people who had applied for an international driver's license.

The Silicon Valley mentioned by Liang Ningkou is actually Silicon Valley, and in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and other places, the American Silicon Valley is called the Silicon Valley.

"Of course, this is my first time in the United States, and it is also my first time leaving Hong Kong!" Li Yixuan said with certainty.

"Why do I feel like Li has lived here for many years, just like just now, how do you know that it is best to stand in that position to take pictures?" Liang Ning asked suspiciously.

They had just returned from a trip to the Golden Gate Bridge in the old Jingshan Mountain, and were going to take a commemorative photo before leaving. As a result, Li Yixuan stood in front of the best pick-up spot leisurely.

Of course, Li Yixuan wouldn't tell him that he had been here many times in another time and space, but he just lied: "Before I came, I read the tour introduction, and it said that the best place to take pictures." ”

"Oh, Xuan Shao actually knows English, that's great!" Liang Ning didn't doubt him, "You must know that if you don't know English in the United States, it's simply difficult to move an inch." When I first arrived in the U.S., I didn't know English, but I had enough of it. You know, if you don't know English, even the local kids will bully you? ”

Li Yixuan was deeply touched by Liang Ning's words. Another time and space, Li Yixuan had just arrived in the United States, and due to the language barrier, he even had a lawsuit.

Li Yixuan twisted his head out the window. The car was speeding south on National Highway 101, and at another time, Li Yixuan was driving on this traffic artery connecting Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Although he traveled back more than 200 years, he still had a sense of familiarity.

Mountain View's most famous company is Silicon Valley, the standard-bearer of the 21st-century Internet era just off National Highway 101. Of course, that should be twenty years later.

Li Yixuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked through the front glass to the left side of the road, and the Google headquarters in his memory was not far in front, and the left side was backed by this side of San Francisco Bay, and there were several large car dealerships nearby.

But now, it's still a lush barren forest. At another time, Li Yixuan has several friends who work in Silicon Valley, and he has visited Google's headquarters more than once. A large proportion of the more than 20,000 employees at Google's headquarters are ethnic Chinese.

So much so that there's a joke that if you want to go into Google and you're stopped by a doorman, you tell him he's here to find a friend. The doorman asks you who you are looking for, and you can name Mike Lee, Jack Chen, or Tom Wang. Because Google has countless Mike Lee, Jack Chen, and Tom Wang.

In fact, not only Google, but also the entire Silicon Valley has the largest number of Chinese Americans. But they can only work in low-level jobs in Silicon Valley, and at most they can only rise to the middle level, and then they will hit the career ceiling, after all, the United States is a white-dominated place.

Although Chinese people have lower positions in American companies, their professional qualities and business standards are much higher than those of so-called white executives.

In addition, there are also many Indians in Silicon Valley, they all come from India's high-ranking castes, such as Brahmins or something, but their level, Li Yixuan came into contact with those so-called Indian elites in Silicon Valley in another time and space, and gave them an evaluation of being very watery. Pulling out a random person from North China is far more than them. He even thought that if it weren't for the Chinese, Silicon Valley wouldn't be as famous as it is today.