【Chapter 617】 Impression of San Francisco (Subscription Requested!)
Because Yaozhou did not have direct flights to major cities in the United States, Xiao Feng's family of three had to stay in Haizhou for a day before taking a flight to San Francisco!
The first class cabin of the Haizhou Air Boeing 777 is quite comfortable, but due to the limited number of seats, several assistants and security personnel can only sit in business class. Fortunately, there won't be too many enthusiastic fans on the plane, and there won't be any mistakes in this arrangement.
After all, passengers who can fly first class on intercontinental flights, although they can also chase stars, can also be a little restrained. Besides, there were few people in the first-class cabin, and after a while, the passengers, flight attendants, and crew members were asked to take photos and sign their names, and the cabin suddenly fell silent.
Nini was used to flying planes, and when the planes flew together, she began to turn on the audio-visual equipment familiarly, and quietly watched cartoons, and was amazed by the flight attendants passing by.
A direct flight from Haizhou to San Francisco takes about 12 hours, and even for a person as well-bodied as Xiao Feng, being trapped in a cramped cabin is really uncomfortable. Usually on domestic routes, it ends within three hours, and it is the first time that Xiao Feng has experienced such a long intercontinental trip.
Fortunately, with his wife and daughter by his side, talking to his wife and looking at Nini's cute appearance, Xiao Feng felt that time flew by.
When the flight landed at San Francisco International Airport, it was ten o'clock in the morning local time, although Xiao Feng's family was tired and sleepy, in order to overcome the jet lag, they could only grit their teeth and persist.
Walking out of the international passenger passage, the little guy saw Vivian from a distance with sharp eyes, and shouted excitedly: "Dad, Mom, it's Aunt Nine!"
Vivien had met Vivian twice in Ginkgo Village, and the little one was very fond of the blonde aunt and sometimes video chatted with her, so she recognized her at a glance.
"Nini baby!" Vivian picked up Nini, kissed her, turned her head to Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao and said, "Tired all the way, right?"
Although Vivian was born in the United States, but at the request of Xiao Duliang, her Chinese level is not bad, and the slightly salt-and-pepper Chinese does not have the strange tone of ordinary foreigners, and if you close your eyes, you really can't know that she is a mixed-race.
In addition to Vivian, Xiao Jinjing and Xiao Ye's husband Kane also drove to the airport to pick up the airport, and a group of people boarded the car one after another to leave.
As the second largest city in California and the financial and trade center of the western United States, San Francisco is very famous internationally, especially as a location for various Hollywood movies, and it has a high reputation.
One of Xiao Feng's favorite movies, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", was filmed in San Francisco, and he was deeply impressed by both the Golden Gate Bridge and the distinctive buildings in the Bay Area.
Speaking of which, even though Xiao Feng is a billionaire, it is the first time to step out of the country, so as the convoy is moving, he still observes the scenery outside the car window with great interest.
After leaving the airport, the convoy did not head 14 miles into the city, but traveled 101 kilometers north across the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge to the small town of Sausalito.
In his early years, Siu Tok Leung first washed dishes in a Chinatown restaurant, and later opened a Chinese restaurant himself, which took root in San Francisco. At the age of 65, after Xiao Duliang passed on the 'Ginkgo Xuan' restaurant to his eldest son Xiao Jinjing, he bought a small farm in the suburbs and spent his old age in peace!
When Xiao Feng came to San Francisco for the first time, he naturally did not stay in a hotel, but planned to live for two days at the 'Anlan Farm' where his grandfather once lived.
When the eldest grandfather joined the army in 40 years, he was under the command of General Dai Anlan, and even because he was literate and hyphenated, he was once a member of General Anlan's guard company. After General An Lan was martyred, the eldest grandfather was also defeated and coerced, and finally went overseas and left his homeland.
After buying a small farm, the grandfather remembered General Anlan's voice and smile, and finally named his retirement home 'Anlan Farm'.
Sausalito is an important farming town in San Francisco, which is rich in agritourism and has many organic farms, whether it is cheese or organic vegetables, which are quite famous.
After leaving the main road, the convoy passed through the leisurely country road, and the lush trees on both sides of the road left a deep impression on Xiao Feng.
Putting other factors aside, the United States is indeed much better at environmental protection than it is currently in China, which is a gap and a spur force.
Coming to the door of 'Anlan Farm', Xiao Feng could still feel that his grandfather was haunted by the defeat of Savage Mountain back then, because the symbol of the farm was actually made in Hanyang!
In fact, Xiao Feng himself remembered the war, and he was also quite depressed, but fortunately, the grandfather was able to get out of the whole body, which led to the reunion of the Xiao family today.
After entering the farm, Xiao Feng found that this place has a completely different scenery from the 'Xiao Family Farm', because it is more of a place for the two old people to spend their old age and Xiao Jinjing, Xiao Ye and others spend their weekends with their families, so the area of the entire farm is not large, only more than 200 acres, and it is less than 30 acres in the measurement unit commonly used in the United States, which is just a miniature farm.
'Anlan Farm' does not practice large-scale production like 'Xiaojia Farm', but only grows some organic vegetables and raises some poultry. After Xiao Duliang and Grandma Alice returned to Ginkgo Village for the elderly, Xiao Jinjing and others here were also busy with work and neglected to manage the farm, and the current farm is quite a free and romantic style.
The farm's main house is an American-style villa, but some details of Chinese elements still reveal some of the owner's habits, such as red lanterns hanging in the corridor and red window flowers pasted on the windows, which are not seen in Western homes.
At home, Xiao Ye and Vivian's mother Yelena have prepared lunch, and the ingredients used are all produced from the farm, which is a combination of Chinese and Western, which makes Nini also like it quite much.
After lunch, in order to overcome the jet lag, Xiao Feng took Nini to the small golf course of the farm to play, which was a new thing she had never touched, and the little one suddenly forgot about the fatigue and had a lot of fun.
On the farm, you can see the bay from afar, coupled with the blue sky and white clouds, it really has a different style from Ginkgo Village, which makes Xiao Feng like this place all of a sudden.
Since General Xu and Xiao Feng had a long talk, Xiao Feng has consciously collected some information about the development of global agriculture and animal husbandry, especially to learn more about the United States.
In contrast to the state ownership of land in China, land in the United States can be privatized, which means that the land can be passed on to future generations.
Regardless of the difference in patriotic complexes, the old lady of the Xiao family, the grandfather and even the old general Xu, who have a deep attachment to the land, all hope to have a piece of land that can be inherited.
Therefore, this time Xiao Feng came to the United States, in addition to visiting the headquarters of Gulfstream, he also had to inspect the agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery of the United States to prepare for future development.
The existence of 'Zizhu Space' allows Xiao Feng to not bother to think about the future development direction in the United States, and agriculture and animal husbandry are still his focus.
In fact, Xiao Feng didn't feel too surprised that he had to implement the hind leg plan, but it came too quickly.
The marriage with Xu Mengyao has made the 'Jinghu Group' make great progress in the past few years, but it has also made the Xiao family closely connected with the high-level government of the Republic, which is the so-called 'unpredictable blessing and misfortune'!
However, because the identities of Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao are too sensitive, it is still unknown whether they can invest in the United States in the future, and this time it can be regarded as a way to explore!
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After playing around on the small golf course in the afternoon, Nini was so tired that she went to bed after having dinner early in the evening.
The first time he lived abroad, Xiao Feng didn't have much special feeling, and he still fell asleep with a pillow just like Ginkgo Village.
When Xiao Feng woke up the next day, he found that the air on the farm was not much worse than that in Ginkgo Village, which showed that the environmental protection work in the surrounding area was quite good, which gave Xiao Feng more confidence in the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the United States.
After breakfast, Xiao Feng drove his wife and daughter to start his own road trip to San Francisco.
When Xu Mengyao was studying abroad, she had an American driver's license, and Xiao Feng also notarized his international driver's license in Haizhou, so self-driving travel is not a problem.
Kane contributed his newly purchased BMW-X5, although Westerners have a strong sense of autonomy, but they also have a strong sense of family, and the hospitality of Xiao Feng and his party is very Chinese.
This BMW-X5M sports model is only priced at $120,000 in the American market, but in Huaxia, the cost of the full set is at least 1.5 million RMB, a difference of more than double, which has to make Xiao Feng feel a lot of emotion.
Driving a well-performing four-wheel drive off-road vehicle, Xiao Feng took his wife and daughter on a tour of San Francisco, and even spent a day crossing Highway 1, known as "the most beautiful highway in America", all the way south to Los Angeles, the largest city in California!
For several days in a row, Xiao Feng and his entourage not only visited two big cities, but also visited universities such as Silicon Valley and Stanford, and especially visited ordinary wine estates in Napa Valley, California, to have in-depth contact with the agriculture, animal husbandry, and winemaking industry in the United States.
Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao temporarily forgot about all kinds of busy affairs in China and enjoyed the leisure trip on the West Coast of the United States, which made them even more determined to start developing here.
However, when the time they agreed with Gulfstream came, the two had to pack up their emotions and wait for the staff sent by Gulfstream to prepare to go to Gulfstream's headquarters.
In the past few days, Xiao Feng has also learned about some of the situation of Gulfstream in various ways, and he has more understanding of the G650 that he values, and he is even more itchy!
Now that Xiao Feng has the best supercar in the world, he should aim for the next level of private jets and luxury yachts!R1152