Chapter 148: Silicon Valley Bag Grabbing Party
After nearly two months of investigation and preparation, Wang Chao began to prepare to enter the field of desalination, which did not choose to fly with Suo Wencheng to Silicon Valley in the autumn - the legendary most creative place in the world, known as the gathering place of the world's smartest people.
Originally, Wang Chao wanted Lao Suo to watch the business by himself, but Lao Suo didn't do it, saying that I was only an errand runner, and you can talk about the specific business yourself, anyway, you remember to leave me some shares - rest assured that I don't want the shares for myself, but for my goddaughter
This high-sounding reason is really unimaginable, this time except for the two of them, there is no one else - originally Xinyu also wanted to come together, but unfortunately after accepting the godfather's jewelry company, it was too busy, Wang Chao had seen him answer no less than 5 calls within half an hour, so busy that he didn't even have the time to drink saliva, so Wang Chao's attitude towards Lao Suo has changed a big way-this old guy doesn't want my daughter-in-law to be a cheap labor force for him, right?
It's a pity that the enslaved people are willing, which makes Wang Chao secretly hate.
The plane flew from evening to more than 9 o'clock in the morning before landing, of course, according to the time of the United States, in fact, it was already a whole 20 hours.
Out of the terminal, feet standing on the land of the United States, looking at the big sun above the head - it turns out that only the sun is the fairest, whether you are white-skinned or yellow-skinned, whether you speak Chinese or bird language, whether you are a American or a Chinese, they are treated the same.
Well, if there is a difference, it seems that the sun here is more violent, is it closer to them or is it more direct without the haze? Wang Chao didn't pay much attention to it, because at this moment, suddenly a silver-gray Chevrolet RV stopped in front of him.
"Mr. Suo, I'm sorry, there is a traffic jam here, it's late, I've kept you waiting, please get in the car" A young man in a professional suit got down from the co-pilot. Hurriedly greeting them, the driver got out of the car from the other side, opened the trunk and put the two of them in the salute.
"Wang Chao, this is the secretary of my company, called Du Nanxing, originally from Fujian, he went to Nanyang from his ancestors, and now he lives in Singapore, the Lion City, he is also Chinese, and he has been with me for three years. He has been helping me with the company, and he is a rare talent. Then he turned his head and said to him, "Nanxing, this is my son-in-law Wang Chao Wang, his company is more than mine, and he is a person who is really capable."
"Hello Mr. Wang, it's a pleasure to meet you" That Du Nanxing shook hands with Wang Chao without humility or arrogance, and his attitude was not unexpectedly respectful, but a little provocative. It's a pity that it's an airport now, and it's a public place, otherwise Wang Chao wouldn't mind using his abilities to see what he thinks in his heart.
After getting into the car, Chevrolet turned around and drove straight to Silicon Valley.
In fact, Silicon Valley is a 25-kilometer narrow valley. It is another name for the Santa Clara Valley in California, and the reason why it became Silicon Valley is mainly due to the research and production of silicon-based semiconductors, hence the name - of course, I don't know if the "silicon" in English is spelled "gui" or transliterated. In short, in the eyes of Chinese people, this place is called Silicon Valley.
The road is lined with greenery and flowers. The vehicles shuttled back and forth, and the interval may be ten seconds or twenty meters, and a top famous car in the world will flash, which makes General Manager Wang Chaowang, who thinks that living in Yanjing is a paradise, a little dizzy, and finally puts away some arrogance.
When he came to the door of the Hilton Hotel, the secretary of Du Nanxing dutifully opened the right door for Suo Wencheng, but it is conceivable that Wang Chao could only open the left door by himself.
The hotel has been pre-booked, it is two business suites, both are on the seaside side, but not on the same floor, Du Nanxing gave the explanation that the hotel room is tight, just these two rooms or because of the good relationship with the hotel, old customers, so they can be reserved, otherwise maybe at this time can only be found on the street one by one - it turns out that today is the traditional "Valley Day" in Silicon Valley, many companies have a day off, plus a lot of outsiders come here to visit, naturally it is overcrowded.
"Wang Chao, you rest first, I'll take you shopping in a while, I'll make an appointment with the other party to meet tomorrow, don't be in a hurry today" Lao Suo said to Wang Chao that he would go back for the holiday first.
After all, Lao Suo is in his fifties, and after taking a plane for more than ten hours, coupled with the jet lag, it is already a little unbearable for him.
"Mr. Wang, why don't I accompany you in a while?" Du Nanxing asked politely
"You're welcome Mr. Du, you can get busy, I'll rest first"
"It's okay, if you have anything, call me, this is my mobile phone number" After speaking, he handed Wang Chao's business card, and then turned to leave.
"Assistant to the President" Wang Chao muttered, then threw it on the table, took off his clothes, changed his coat, and walked to the bed very comfortably.
It is worthy of a five-star hotel, the bed in the room is very comfortable, and as soon as I lay down, I fell into softness, but unfortunately this is not very much like for Wang Chao, turned around and walked into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, took a hot bath comfortably, and then wore pajamas, learned the appearance in the movie, took out a bottle of unknown foreign wine from the wine cabinet, opened it and poured a glass for myself, and then sat on the sofa in Linchuang, looking out the window while drinking.
This location is really good, push open the window a refreshing wet sea breeze blowing in the face, feel a little unreal, to know that the road was still in the country more than ten hours ago, but this short ten hours has crossed the vast Pacific Ocean, the journey is not more than 10,000 miles, it seems that the ancients "sit on the ground and travel 80,000 miles a day, survey the sky and see a thousand rivers" themselves finally felt today.
Feeling his turtle appearance and sling feelings, Wang Chao shook his head self-deprecatingly, and was thinking about pouring a second glass of wine, when suddenly his mobile phone remembered that it was Xinyu calling, but it was early in the morning, what did this girl do when she didn't sleep
"The daughter-in-law hasn't slept yet" -- since the two families set a wedding date for next year, Wang Chao has begun to call him his daughter-in-law -- he doesn't like to use the word wife, and the more he calls it, the older he gets, and naturally he doesn't let Xinyu call his husband anymore.
"No, I've been worried about you since you left, and now it's here, are you still used to it? Tired or not? ”
"Well, it's okay, not tired. It's not the same as I imagined, this American emperor is not a big deal here, they are all high-rise buildings, if it weren't for the different voices of the voice, I thought I was in Yanjing."
"It's good to get used to it, yes. Which hotel did you go to? Who's going to pick you up?"
"We stayed at the Hilton Hotel. Well, the one who picked us up was from the white-eyed wolf country, called Dunan Xing, and he was Uncle Suo's assistant."
"Oh, is he okay with you? Didn't say anything to you, did I? "I feel that Xinyu is talking a little strange,
"It's okay, but my sixth sense tells me that he really can't say anything good to me, and I don't know what Lu Dao is about."
"He... Well, pursued me before. But I refused."
That's the reason, no wonder that kid didn't look at me right
finally understood what the problem was, but Wang Chao felt relieved,
"Hehe, rival in love, I said"
"Go, what kind of rival is not a rival, it is whether he pursues it unilaterally or not, I have never had a good impression of him."
"Hahaha. I'm kidding you, okay, since you've told me the truth, go and sleep in peace. Don't worry, I won't have anything to do with him, I guess I'll be back in a week at most if things go well."
Hearing that the other end seemed to let out a long breath, he said a few more words. Put down the phone.
"This girl, it's good to be able to confess like this. She still doesn't know what I once said to Wang Rui, should I tell him this? Suddenly fell into a "dilemma" situation.
If you want to say that this foreign wine is indeed different from domestic wine, the taste is too rushing, so that it doesn't have much stamina, but it smells weird, forget it, it's better to go to bed association......
After a long time, the phone in the room woke him up, and the one who slept this night was called a sweet, and when he answered the phone, he realized that it was Suo Wencheng, who had called his mobile phone several times, but unfortunately he had already kicked on the thick carpet when Wang Chao turned over on the bed, and he didn't hear it at all.
Let him go down for dinner and take a walk through the night view of Silicon Valley. When I looked up at the window, it was already flickering, and it was already night.
At this time, his stomach had begun to growl, so he put on a coat and walked out, seeing that Lao Suo had already drunk two cups of coffee in the hotel lobby.
The two of them walked out of the door of the hotel and slowly walked forward along the hotel on the left.
"Wang Chao, in addition to operating jewelry in China, I also have a jewelry company here in the United States, headquartered in Los Angeles, and there is a store here in Silicon Valley, hehe, so don't look at me to give the domestic company to Xinyu, I still have an industry here in the United States, at least there is no problem with eating"
"Uncle Suo, I didn't see it, you have been doing multinational business for a long time"
"Yes, but I actually started here in the United States, and I only went to the mainland to open a store after the reform and opening up, so my roots are still in the United States."
The two of them chatted while walking, and the gentle sea breeze blowing together, such a night was really pleasant, but it was a pity that there was a half-grown old man next to him, if it was a beauty, it would... As she spoke, a slim white beauty flashed around her, walking by, but unfortunately there was a man with a tiger's back beside her.
Unconsciously came to the beach, found a Western restaurant called Maxim and went in, and asked for two medium-rare steaks and a bottle of XO
"The company I'm going to see tomorrow is called Shimade, it was founded by three young people, it has been more than a year, mainly engaged in desalination, it is said that there have been venture capital companies to give them an evaluation, the stock price is 10 million US dollars, and then it is recommended that they sell to large companies with patents, but those three young people don't want to sell, so they go around publicizing and looking for higher buyers"
"Have they patented their technique? Is it ripe? Is it possible to produce industrial production on a large scale? ”
"Well, I've seen their samples, and it should be okay, mainly reverse osmosis membranes, which are said to be more than 50% lower than the cost of existing industrial reverse osmosis membranes"
"Okay, let's see tomorrow, if I can, I can buy them at a higher price"
"Well, in fact, if you don't want to make it too big, you can let them take the patent as a shareholder and set up a new company, so that the cost will be lower."
"Hehe, I still prefer to own a company by myself, and it's not easy to do business in partnership with others."
The two of them were happy to talk, and a bottle of XO quickly bottomed out, and then Wang Chao stopped letting Lao Suo drink it, worried that he would get sick again.
After checking out, slowly walk back, it is more than nine o'clock in the evening, and there are more pedestrians on the road than during the day, you must know that this is in the United States, and it is in the most dynamic Silicon Valley, young people stay awake all night, and some of them do research all night, so here, there is almost no difference between day and night, and fast food restaurants are not closed 24 hours a day, so this time period is not night at all.
The two of them walked back, suddenly heard a commotion behind them, turned their heads and saw two black shadows rushing past them, panicked, and there were a few exclamations behind them, faintly "helpme" sound, Sensei asked, it is estimated that the two people who ran were robbing the party or thieves, this is the time when everyone relaxes at night, and it is really a plan to start at this time.
Thinking of this, Wang Chao said to Lao Suo, "Uncle Suo, I'll take a look" After speaking, he turned his head and chased.
"Hey, you come back, don't go" Suo Wencheng was so anxious that he shouted, but what surprised him was that in the blink of an eye, Wang Chao ran away, you must know that this section of the road is more than 300 meters ahead of the crossroads, could it be that this kid ran 300 meters in just a few seconds?
This kind of thing can happen in any city, and Wang Chao is not hot-headed, but has found something suspicious:
First of all, the bag that the two men snatched was not a lady's satchel, nor a lockbox for money, but a suitcase similar to a briefcase
Secondly, this is not the best time for robbery, as no one withdraws large amounts of cash from the bank, let alone deposits large amounts of cash in the bank
The last thing is that the person who shouts for help behind is not a woman, but a man's voice, which is simply unimaginable in the United States, you must know that although this country is the most human rights, but once you encounter this kind of thing, you will either take out a gun, or go up directly to grab it back, and the people of the United States are never lacking in blood
Therefore, based on these points, it can be preliminarily determined that this robbery may not be so simple.
Just when Wang Chao just turned around, the two people in front of them had already gotten into a car on the side of the road, not only a little anxious, but an eight-step cicada came to the back of the car, and it was a pity that it was still a failure, the car rushed forward, the tire squeaked on the ground, and then drove into the lane.
At this time, there happened to be a person next to him who stopped a motorcycle, and before the car had time to close, he was pushed to the ground by Wang Chao, and then his feet were in gear, and the engine roared dullly, and he jumped out like an arrow, and looked down at the car in a hurry: it turned out to be a classic Harley locomotive, no wonder the horsepower was so strong.
The man who was pushed to the ground let out an "oops", and before he could understand what was going on, his beloved Harley was snatched away, and he was stunned for three seconds before he quickly took out his mobile phone from his pocket and called the police. (To be continued......)