After a long-distance flight and the bumps in the road, Pang Yishan couldn't hold it anymore when he arrived at the hotel, so he said hello to Zhou Liwen and went into his room to rest. Because Zhou Liwen slept on the plane, coupled with the feeling of being young and not tired, he took out the prepared tip and handed it to the waiter, and asked the hotel if it had any services for visiting Silicon Valley.

When he learned that the hotel could arrange vehicles to take guests on tours, and that Stanford University's campus could also be open to the public, Zhou Liwen was immediately interested.

I took a shower in the room, changed into casual clothes and pants, and just got ready for the hotel's phone to arrive, and when Zhou Liwen went downstairs, a car arranged by the hotel had been parked at the door, and the driver was a black man wearing white gloves and a uniform, politely helping Zhou Liwen open the car door.

"Hello sir, I'm your driver Tom, can I ask you about the itinerary first?" When Zhou Liwen got into the car, Tom turned around and showed his white teeth and asked with a smile.

"I haven't been to Silicon Valley before, I plan to go around Silicon Valley, and I want to visit Stanford University by the way, do you have anything to build?"

“ok！ I see, sir, if you agree, I'll arrange the trip, right? For such tourists, Tom often receives them, and he knows Zhou Liwen's intentions as soon as he hears them. He immediately replied with a smile and asked at the same time.

"No problem, thank you, Tom."

"It's my job." Tom replied professionally, and then he asked curiously, "Sir, are you Chinese?" ”

Why do you ask? Why don't you guess I'm Japanese or Korean? Zhou Liwen listened to Yile, he used to hear people often say that Chinese would be recognized as Japanese or Korean by foreigners when they went abroad, but he did not expect that as soon as he arrived in the United States, a black driver asked if he was Chinese. Curious, Zhou Liwen couldn't help but make a joke with the other party.

"The Japanese? Korean? No, no, you are not like the Japanese, and even less like the Koreans, if I guessed correctly, you should be Chinese. Tom Tong Guò looked at Zhou Liwen sitting in the back row in the rearview mirror and shook his head with certainty.

"Congratulations Tom, the answer is correct, but unfortunately there is no reward." Zhou Liwen replied with a smile.

Tom whistled happily and looked very proud: "Look, I guessed correctly, you are really Chinese." ”

Zhou Liwen curiously asked Tom why he guessed that he was Chinese, but Tom grinned and said: "This is California, California has the largest number of Chinese in the United States, and we are now in Silicon Valley, don't you know how much Chinese in Silicon Valley is greater than San Francisco?" Also, I guessed correctly that there is a little trick, Japanese people are rarely as tall as you, and Japanese people have a very strict expression, and they rarely joke with me like you. As for the Koreans, I can smell them from a long distance. ”

"Taste?"

"It smells like a woman's makeup." Tom shrugged his shoulders and made a joke, and Zhou Liwen immediately laughed and nodded.

Tom is indeed a good driver and tour guide, and he is very familiar with Silicon Valley. He first took Zhou Liwen to Cisco, Intel, Apple, HP and other major companies, of course, their cars could only go around outside the other party's gate to feel it. Tom also said that if you are interested, you can get off the bus and take a photo with the logo in front of the other building, because many tourists to Silicon Valley do this. However, Zhou Liwen refused with a smile for this kindness, and only let Tom stop at the door and then run directly to the next place.

Along the way, these internationally famous high-tech companies abound, Zhou Liwen couldn't help but feel that there is a reason why the United States is strong, just a small Silicon Valley, there are 15oo computer companies, not including all kinds of other companies extending from the computer industry, known as the world's most well-known electronics industry gathering place is worthy of its name.

At Zhou Liwen's request, their car also deliberately turned around outside the Scopa headquarters, and then turned around and went to Stanford University.

Stanford University is a well-known private university in the United States, founded in 1885, and it covers an area of 35 square kilometers. After World War II, Stanford University decided to open an industrial park in order to solve the employment problem of graduates and meet the financial needs of the university, which is the origin of Stanford Industrial Park. With the passage of time and the arrival of industrial parks of various high-tech companies, this is what Silicon Valley is today.

The buildings of Stanford University are basically yellow bricks and red tiles, and have a strong 17th-century Spanish church-like architectural style. The Hoover Memorial and the Stanford Memorial Church are famous buildings at Stanford University and are not to be missed by tourists. Following a few tourists who seemed to come to the university to visit the university, Zhou Liwen finally arrived at the central lawn, where countless students sat or lay on the lawn, some held books, some sat around and discussed, some couples whispered in pairs, and some students may have put books on their faces and fell asleep under the warm spring sun......

It is full of intellectual rendering and strong cultural and academic atmosphere, which is incomparable to domestic universities. Learning from the students, Zhou Liwen found an open space on the lawn and sat down cross-legged, feeling this warm and comfortable atmosphere, and gradually closed his eyes.

stayed at Stanford University for more than two hours, Zhou Liwen did not meet a genius student or a future IT bull as often in movies and novels, and even gave birth to a bloody plot in which the two of them immediately cut off the head of the chicken and drank blood wine, and accepted each other as the younger brother.

Stanford students are either concentrating on their own business, reading, doing practical work in the real yàn room, or looking up materials in the library, or they are immersed in the nongnong and self with their lovers. Passers-by like Zhou Liwen are just ordinary tourists in their eyes, and some even treat him as a freshman in the school, where can they care about talking to him.

Besides, Zhou Liwen is self-aware, he is a layman at all in terms of technology, even if someone asks him to discuss technology, Zhou Liwen can't say anything, I'm afraid that in a few words, he will be considered by others as an idiot who doesn't know how to do it at all.

When I returned to the hotel in the evening, Pang Yishan was still jetlagged, and I was afraid that he would not be able to get up until tomorrow morning if he didn't sleep. Zhou Liwen called the hotel service, ate something in the room, threw himself on the bed and soon woke up, and when he woke up, it was already the morning of the next day.

At about ten o'clock, Howard called and said that he would come to the hotel to pick up Zhou Liwen and them at one o'clock in the afternoon, and Chairman Sun would meet them at the company's headquarters at half past one.

He had lunch with Pang Yishan at the hotel, and then waited directly in the lobby, and Howard came in a car at one o'clock.

"How's the rest?" Seeing Zhou Liwen and them, Howard greeted them warmly.

"Very good, thank you for your concern." Zhou Liwen thanked him, and then asked about the arrangements for today's negotiation.

According to Howard's answer, Chairman Sun will meet with Zhou Liwen from half past one to two o'clock, and because Chairman Sun's work schedule is very tight, the company's CEO Mr. Diff will be responsible for the next negotiation. After Howard finished talking about the arrangement, he congratulated them with a smile on the success of the negotiation and the cooperation between the two parties.

Although Scopa Microsystems is not as good as Cisco, Intel, Apple, and HP, it is also in the category of large companies in Silicon Valley. At its peak, Scopa Microsystems had a market capitalization of more than $200 million.

As the chairman of this company, Chairman Sun was able to take time out of his busy schedule to personally receive Zhou Liwen and his entourage, which of course has given them a lot of face, which of course has Jiang Wanmeng's reason, if it were not for Jiang Gong's introduction, I am afraid that Zhou Liwen, a little-known company, would not even be able to see Sun Dong's face. Of course, Zhou Liwen also understands in his heart that although Scopa looks good at present, he is also facing a great crisis. Just last year, Halley acquired Divicom, a subsidiary of Scopa Microsystems. Although the acquisition deal is up to 14. 700 million US dollars, but the loss of Divicom Scopa Microsystems has inevitably declined, and now Scopa's internal and external troubles, the business is extremely shrinking, and the upper echelons of the company have the intention of selling the company completely, and the arrival of Zhou Liwen is not a bad thing for Scopa, whether the negotiation is successful or not, this will increase Scopa's bargaining chips in the overall sale, so that the shareholders who own the shares can gain the initiative with the negotiating party.

These inside stories were obtained by Zhou Liwen at a great price, which is also the reason why Zhou Liwen finally chose to negotiate cooperation with Scopa. In Zhou Liwen's view, the negotiation of the overall sale of Scopa, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, is very difficult, which is not only due to price reasons, but also due to the personal considerations of Sun Dong. Now, Scopa's top decision-makers and shareholders are divided into two groups, on the one hand, believing that selling the company for a good price is the best option. On the other hand, Scopa may have a chance to regroup. These two very different views are supported within the company, which makes Sun Dong hesitate.

Of course, Zhou Liwen could not have participated in Scopa's decision-making, and he did not have such a huge amount of money to buy Scopa. However, now Scopa's internal and external difficulties have given Zhou Liwen a chance, and he wonders if he can use this situation to get cooperation with the other party, even if he can't pull the dying Scopa back from the edge of survival, at least he can make a time difference and achieve the goal he wants.

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