Chapter 115: A Trip to Silicon Valley
On February 17, Yang Ye and Liu Feiyan ended their romantic Valentine's Day trip.
They traveled all over Finland's famous landscapes, from fishing in ice lakes to enjoying the tranquility of a small Finnish town......
Now they are on an international flight to San Francisco, California, USA.
San Francisco, also known as San Francisco, is an industrial city in the harbor of California, United States.
In the mid-nineteenth century, because of the rapid development of gold mining, many Chinese people went to pan for gold, and now there are related plots in many film and television dramas.
At that time, the overseas Chinese called her "Golden Mountain", and later changed its name to "San Francisco" in order to distinguish it from Melbourne, Australia.
Two of San Francisco's most famous sights are Chinatown and the Golden Gate Bridge.
However, Yang Ye is not here for tourism this time, so San Francisco is just a transit point for him, and his ultimate destination is Mountain View in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Mountain View grew to the end of the 19th century, when it was originally a post on San Francisco Bay until 1902.
During World War II, the city was an important base for the development of Silicon Valley, with a large number of aerospace and electronics companies established here, and the population grew rapidly.
Many people have a misconception about 'Silicon Valley', which is that it is a city or a place name. Not really.
In fact, 'Silicon Valley' is just another name for a high-tech area, like the Xingxing Technology Development Zone in China. It's just that this nickname has a regional character.
When Americans talk about Silicon Valley, they think of three cities: Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and San Jose.
Together, these three cities make up the 'Silicon Valley'.
In the early days, Silicon Valley was famous for designing and manufacturing silicon chips, which is also the origin of the name Silicon Valley.
With nearly a century of development and growth. Silicon Valley has become a vane of electronic technology in the world, in which almost all the technology giants in the world were born in Silicon Valley, including Apple, Google, Intel, HP, Cisco, Lucent, Nvidia and other companies.
In a remote town in San Jose, Silicon Valley, there is also a little-known scientific and technological experiment complex, which is a research institute established by Freemasons for sedan chairs during World War II.
In order to cover up people's eyes, the second-generation president specially applied to the U.S. Congress to form Silicon Valley.
With the rise of giants such as Google and Apple, people have gradually forgotten the original Dilla who made a major contribution in World War II. Ives Technologies, Inc.
The sedan car also seems to have forgotten the name.
This year, Yang Ye's destination is Google's headquarters in Mountain View.
Walking out of the international airport, this time he did not encounter any huge surprises and receptions. Only two old friends from Caltech came: Mr. Rice Cake and President Steve.
Today, Mr. Rice Cake is wearing a retro-style brown coat. Mr. Steve, on the other hand, is dressed similarly to Yang Ye, with a gentleman's hat, leather gloves, and snow-white hair that makes him look very energetic.
"Hi Paul. You look awesome today. I think you're a little darker again. It makes you look healthier! ”
"It's been a long time. You okay? Because of your relationship, I'm now good friends with Rice Cake, and I have to say he's a jerk! ”
"Ha Lu Ha. Steve, have you forgotten about eating cookies? Do you want me to remind you? ”
"Oh oh oh~" President Steve seemed to be grabbed by him, spread his hands and said, "I don't have any malice, I was just joking." Please be sure to keep it a secret! ”
"Ha Lu, Ha ......," the rice cake laughed proudly.
Yang Ye and Liu Feiyan's curiosity was successfully aroused by them, and after getting into the car, Yang Ye began to ask.
It turned out that at the end of last month, he and Steve had made an appointment to attend an observation dinner at a local astronomy camp.
Because the rice cake has a strong anorexia, he brings a little 'special biscuit', which contains a certain amount of psychotropic hallucinations and can increase appetite.
As a result, Steve ate a little and began to undress at the camp, and it seemed that he was happier than ever that day......
"Hehe, I'm glad to see you so adherent." Yang Ye smiled happily.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the sedan chair angrily said in his head: "It's him!" Damn liars! I'll kill you! Bastard, Fack! Ye quickly help me kill him, I am willing to pay any price! ”
"What nerves are you having?" Yang Ye was puzzled in his mind.
"You idiot!"
The sedan chair transmitted part of the memory to Yang Yedao: "Did you see it?" That Steve lied to you, he's not an astronomy enthusiast at all, but the third head of Freemasonry, imprison my bastard! Damn it! Let me kill him! ”
"The Third President of Freemasonry......"
Cough! In a flash, Yang Ye suddenly had a lot of memory fragments in his mind, including the scene when Steve played with the sedan chair when he was a child, friendship, betrayal, and imprisonment......
The last picture freezes on the lonely shadow of the president when he leaves......
"I can't imagine that Steve will be the president of Freemasonry, it's hard to imagine ......"
Yang Ye stared at the white-haired old man in the co-pilot, and it was difficult to connect the brutal liar in his delicate mouth......
"Do you think he's kind?"
The sedan chair stared at Steve with the help of Yang Ye's visual system and said, "If you look at him like this, he will not have a single bone left of what you eat!" Damn Steve's a big bastard, and his bones could build a building! ”
"Ye, this is a good opportunity, let me control him, and the Freemasonry will be yours in the future! Then you will be rich! The Yankees will bow down to you, too! ”
As if sensing the gaze of the sedan chair, Steve turned his head to look at Yang Ye, and then took out two Cuban cigars from his arms and smiled: "You should try this, she will make you charmed." ”
"Thank you." Yang Ye took the cigar, and then Steve suddenly said, "Ye, have you ever seen a strange creature?" ”
"Strange creatures?"
Yang Ye immediately 'closed' the sedan chair, and said secretly: "Are you talking about Paul?" ”
"Squeak-" There was a long series of brakes, and everyone in the car was caught off guard except for the principal of the rice cake.
When Yang Ye and the others relieved themselves, they only heard Mr. Rice Cake patting the steering wheel and laughing. It was the most humorous dialogue he'd ever heard.
"Heheheha......"
As he continued to laugh, Yang Ye and Steve seemed to have found a laugh, and the entire carriage became a sea of joy.
"Noticed? Probably not, it is impossible for his brain waves to sense the ...... of the sedan."
"Hehe, it seems that I really miss the sedan too much. However, no one can say for sure whether the sedan car will change its name and surname...... Maybe it's called Paul now! ”
Thinking about it, Steve seemed to wonder in his mind: "Do you want to notify the group of ......agents in the lab?"
……
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, after several hours of driving, Yang Ye and the four finally arrived at Mountain View.
It's a beautiful little town with lots of Chinese restaurants nearby. Wang Shiru and Li Lingyu have been waiting in a star-rated hotel for a long time.
"Steve. Rice cakes, do you remember them? ”
"Of course, how can you forget these two beautiful ladies......"
"Brother-in-law, you guys had a great time. What about our gifts? ”
"What gift?"
Yang Ye asked as he picked up a glass of Coke. Then he looked at Wang Shiru apologetically......
"Forget it!" Wang Shiru shook her head with hatred that iron is not steel. There was a slight disappointment in my heart.
After a brief exchange, he and Liu Feiyan booked a suite, and rented a bigger car to go to Google's headquarters not far away.
Get out of the car. Rogge, Google's vice president, and Barbat, head of Google's Eyes program, were greeted at the entrance, along with a number of self-organized Google employees. They were like seeing Yang Ye very early.
"Wow!" The tourists who were taking pictures everywhere were surprised when they saw Yang Ye appear, and they rushed forward to take a group photo one by one.
Among them, there are also several application developers from Huaxia.
Two minutes later, the news of Mr. Yang Ye's appearance at Google's headquarters appeared on the old wave meager and was soon listed as 'Toutiao' by major Internet portals.
Now on the Internet in China, they are all suspecting the purpose of Yang Ye's trip.
Some netizens joked: Is this the rhythm of my daughter returning to her parents' home?
Entering the building, the onlookers were persuaded by the security guards, Yang Ye and his party began to negotiate with Google executives in the rest area, and Steve, two old boys, under the leadership of employees, experienced the new technological vision brought by Google Eyes.
"That's good." After Yang Ye tried the photo function and search function of Google Eyes, he began to fall in love with this thing, it is too convenient.
It's a different thing than browsing on your phone.
"Rogge, Google Glass is fantastic, can I buy one?"
"Of course. If you like, I can give you a 20% discount. Rogge smiled, satisfied with Yang Ye's reaction to Google Glass.
"That's great!" Yang Ye said happily.
A short opening remarks ended, and there was one hour left for Yang Ye to talk about the cooperation with Google, and happily confirmed the partnership.
According to the agreement:
Google will pay $150 million to Infinitus as technical support, and Infinitus only needs to optimize the Google Eye system, and the system itself is still provided by Google.
In addition, the agreement includes a ban on working with third parties for two years and the launch of related products......
Originally, this time was set at three years, but it was revised to two years after Yang Ye's request, and the amount was reduced from 200 million to 150 million.
50 million may be a lot of income for other enterprises, but it is not worth it for Yang Ye.
If it weren't for the busy launch of the server project, as well as the home version of YOS and the car version of YOS, Yang Ye would not have taken this business at all.
He has planned to complete the server version, personal PC version, mobile version, and wearable field within two years, and two will be fully listed in the third year!
So Yang Ye can only serve Google for two years, and he will not lose the entire market because of 50 million.
Of course, these are just plans, and no one can say what will happen in the future.
……
In Silicon Valley, heavy metal rock music plays in a private apartment, and Clark and a few friends lean listlessly on the couch.
Clark and his six partners run an app development company. Truth be told, their products suck, they have nothing but technology......
Recently, these lads have been in financial trouble, and if they can't pay the rent in a few days, they will be kicked out of this situation and go back to their hometown!
But today there will be a guest to help them solve this problem...
"Hey guys, look who's coming!" (To be continued......)