Redmond, north of Seattle, United States.

The city of Redmond is home to Microsoft and is very close to Seattle, about the same as Mukden.

Getting off the long-distance bus, Zhou Shuo saw Pang Zhou's generous figure from afar.

Pang Zhou found Zhou Shuo in the crowd, and hurriedly rushed over and gave him a solid hug.

He snatched the salute from Zhou Shuo's hand and said excitedly: "Master, you miss me to death!" The journey was hard, right? I've booked a hotel, shall we rest or eat first? ”

Pang Zhou has been in the United States for a long time, as early as a month ago, he was remotely controlled by Zhou Shuo to fly to the United States. He applied for the patent for instant messaging software. Later, Xinke Computer was established, and he was ordered to set up the North American rudder, a person who is not familiar with life, can be said to be very hard.

However, the successive work has also given him a lot of exercise, and now he looks at it again, his face is full of confident smiles, and his gestures are also a lot more mature.

"Let's eat, rest in the evening, and by the way, the jet lag will be reversed." Zhou Shuo stretched out his hand and beckoned, and saw Yu Qiong carrying his duffel bag and walking over with a snort.

He ran over two steps, took the salute in Yu Qiong's hand, and introduced: "This is Yu Qiong, a researcher at the 64th Institute of Xiucheng, my assistant in the United States this time. This is Pang Zhou, the general manager of ST Computer in North America. ”

When Pang Zhou heard that he had been appointed as the general manager, he was quite proud to straighten his chest. smiled and said, "Master, is this the master?" ”

Zhou Shuo rolled his eyes and explained, "Don't talk nonsense, your master has someone else. Yu Qiong will inevitably deal with you in the future, and you respect others. ”

"Hey, hey." Pang Zhou smirked: "Miss Yu, don't mind, I'm a broken mouth." ”

Yu Qiong smiled indifferently, but just glanced at Zhou Shuo with strange eyes, as if she was curious about who the "other person" was.

Zhou Shuo asked Pang Zhou as he walked: "Do you have any contact with James, if you have time, let's eat together." ”

Pang Zhou nodded and said, "Okay, then Master, wait a minute, I'll ask first." ”

At this time, he happened to walk next to his rented car, Pang Zhou put the salute in the car, picked up the black big brother phone from the passenger seat, and dialed the number. He stood next to the car, waited for a while, and said, "Hey, Mr. James?" My master has already arrived in Redmond, yes, it is Zhou Shuo. ”

"Well, he asked you if you had time, would you like to have a meal together?"

"Okay, I know the place of the road, and I'll be there in a while."

Pang Zhou sat back in the car, threw Big Brother into a drawer, and sighed: "The things of American devils are good, but our domestic Big Brother is like a brick, and the signal is not good." The things that the Americans themselves use are much smaller, and the call quality is also good. Master, why don't I get you one too? ”

Zhou Shuo is not ignorant of the history of the road, and the big brother of analog signals will have a history of another year. When Motorola's digital phone is launched on the market next year, who will use this stupid big black big brother.

He hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't want this thing, you can keep it for yourself." By the way, what did James say? ”

Pang Zhou said strangely: "It's mostly convenient to have this big brother, Master, you still don't look down on it?" James was so happy when he heard that you had arrived, he even booked a restaurant for us, just go over directly. ”

Zhou Shuo nodded, looked behind him and asked Yu Qiong, "Miss Yu, how about it, will you go to dinner with us, or will you be sent to rest?" ”

Yu Qiong sat in the back seat of the car, leaning on the window and quietly looking out of the window. Wen Yan turned his head, shook his head and said, "I'm not tired, since it's to see James, this is the content of work, of course I want to go." ”

The group of three drove through the lanes of Draymond, and Pang Zhou pointed to the avenues and high-rise buildings to introduce the cityscape. Halfway through, he pointed to a big road and said, "This is Bell Street, our Xinke Computer office is on this street, and I rented a 200-square-meter office building." When you're done eating, do you want to go and have a look? ”

This can be regarded as the nest of Xinke Computer in the United States, and Zhou Shuo certainly wants to go and see it. He nodded and said, "Of course I want to go and see, and it's best to fill up the personnel quickly." You're alone in the U.S. and you don't know English, so it's not easy to do that. ”

Pang Zhou smirked: "Hehe, it's all work that costs money outside, and I'm not as good as Master, so I'm not stupid if I can't do this little thing." ”

"Spending money is also a university question!"

After a short time, Pang Zhou drove the car to the door of a restaurant. Zhou Shuo and Yu Qiong got out of the car, and after waiting for a while, Pang Zhou parked the car and came over.

Pang Zhou stood at the door and exclaimed: "This James is really willing, a meal in Henry's restaurant is not cheap." ”

Zhou Shuo patted him on the back and said as he walked: "Let's go, you, so many words." ”

He has a bad premonition in his heart, as the so-called courtesy must be asked for by others, I am afraid that this is a Hongmen banquet!

Henry's Restaurant entered the door, and the area inside was huge. The distance between the scattered dining tables is very wide, and the plants and low walls are used as partitions to divide the independent spaces. Although the decoration is mainly simple, it is very exquisite in details, and it can be seen that this is a very high-grade restaurant.

When the three of them entered the restaurant, a waiter came over and asked, "Are the three of you Mr. James' guests?" He's already waiting. ”

Zhou Shuo nodded, followed the waiter, and was led to the long table by the window. It is a six-seat line with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the restaurant's landscaped garden. At the table, James was talking with Jessica and Farrell, and when he saw the waiter leading the three of them out, he quickly stood up.

"Mr. Zhou, long time no see!" James held out his hand across the table.

After shaking hands with Zhou Shuo, James saw Yu Qiong and asked curiously, "Who is this?" ”

"Oh, look at me, I almost forgot to introduce it." Zhou Shuo patted his head and said, "This is my assistant Miss Yu Qiong, but she is a top student who graduated from Columbia University." This is Mr. James, the 'former' China office manager of Microsoft Corporation. ”

To say that Columbia's brand is still very hard in the United States, James hurriedly said with admiration: "Hello Miss Yu, it's a great honor to meet you!" ”

Yu Qiong didn't have much reaction, just nodded, stretched out his hand and shook his hand slightly, as if he didn't even bother to say a word.

On the contrary, James sat down and said to Zhou Shuo with a sigh: "Mr. Zhou is really amazing, it is really not easy to be able to invite Ivy League students in China!" ”

Zhou Shuo smiled, did he tell him that Yu Qiong was just an ordinary researcher in China? So how to explain that there are too many Chinese, can graduates of Ivy League schools be wasted so much?

He didn't say anything, so he pulled out a chair for Yu Qiong, and then the three of them sat down across the table with Microsoft's trio.

"Mr. James seems to have been promoted, congratulations!" Zhou Shuo sat down, and then greeted Jessica and Farrell again.

James smiled: "Hehe, thanks to Mr. Zhou, I am now responsible for the promotion of ERP software." ”

The waiter brought the menu, ordered the dishes, and the table was greeted by a table of people, waiting for the food to be served.

When the food gradually filled the table, everyone ate a round. James put down his knife and fork and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou seems to have opened a company called newtechnology in the United States?" Do you want to start a new collaboration with Microsoft? ”

"No, it's not newtechnology, the English name of this company is actually NorthernDynasties." Zhou Shuo wiped the corners of his mouth and gave Pang Zhou a look. He hurriedly took out a set of picture albums from his briefcase and handed them to Zhou Shuo.

"This is our company's logo and English logo, Mr. James can take a look."

James read it silently, took the album and opened it, and said, "This should be the meaning of 'Northern Dynasty' in Chinese, right?" Why does this logo look so familiar, as if I have seen it in China......"

Zhou Shuo nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, this is my country's tool for calculating water consumption - water meter." This means that our company will provide software that runs as accurately and smoothly as a water meter, and is inexpensive and durable. ”

"Oh, that's a good meaning!" James nodded as he watched.

He returned the album to Pang Zhou, turned his head to look at Zhou Shuo and said: "Microsoft is preparing to launch ERP software at the recent COMDEX electronics exhibition, as well as the latest X-architecture ergonomic keyboard, I wonder if Mr. Zhou is interested?" ”

"Oh?" Zhou Shuo's eyes lit up when he heard this, of course he knew about this exhibition. COMDEX stands for Computer Dealers Expo, which was first held in 1979 and was once considered the first event in the information industry. The conference mainly displays the latest computer hardware, software, peripherals, network products and the latest technology, which is a very important dynamic communication platform for the industry.

"Of course I'm interested, and I'd be honored to be able to join Microsoft in attendance."

Zhou Shuo was talking when the waiter in the restaurant suddenly led a stout middle-aged white man over. Of course, it's not strange to see white people in the United States, and there are stout people who are, in short, very typical Americans.

"Hey James, I heard you're hosting your Chinese friends here?" The middle-aged white man walked over in a hurry.

When James saw the visitor, his face showed a slight unnaturalness, but he still stood up and smiled: "Farrell, you are really well-informed!" ”

Farrell shook hands with him and hugged him, and said proudly: "Of course, you forgot that Farrell is my nephew, and he will never forget his uncle if there are good things." ”

James glanced at Farrell stupidly, and Farrell shrugged his shoulders, not afraid of what you would do with me.

Sighing, James pulled Farrell to introduce Zhou Shuo: "Dear Zhou, this is the head of Microsoft's web browser project. Farrell. Farrell, this is Zhou from China, the author of ERP software. ”

Farrell opened his big mouth, revealing his sharp white teeth, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, Microsoft hopes to buy your peer-to-peer network communication and related patents, make a price!" ”