Chapter 987: Jerry Young
"Of course, I will definitely visit Mr. Pei when he returns to New York, and I am also looking forward to meeting Mr. Pei." Zhang Hao shook hands with Dongfang Ze and replied sincerely.
"By the way, there's one more thing." At the time of parting, Dongfang Ze suddenly said this.
Zhang Hao looked at Dongfang Ze, Dongfang Ze hesitated, but did not say the next words immediately.
"What's wrong, Mr. Dongfang?"
"Oh, actually, this has nothing to do with the association, it's just my personal request." Dongfang Ze explained with an embarrassed smile.
"It's okay, you can say whatever you want."
"That's right, I have a junior who admires Mr. Zhang very much, if it is convenient for Mr. Zhang, can he meet my junior before leaving Los Angeles?"
"Junior?" Zhang Hao was stunned.
Dongfang Ze nodded, and explained two sentences Zhang Hao to understand the situation, this junior is a relative of Dongfang Ze, about the same age as Zhang Hao, just graduated from Stanford University last year, and after graduation, he became obsessed with the Internet, because of Netscape and Zhang Hao's success in the Internet, he is particularly admired for Zhang Hao, and he also imitated Netscape and his friends to tinker with an Internet website.
A few days ago, when he heard from Dongfang Ze that the 100 People Association was about to invite Zhang Hao to join, this junior proposed to Dongfang Ze that he wanted to meet Zhang Hao if he could, and asked some questions about the Internet.
Because Zhang Hao came more suddenly today, and Zhang Hao was going back to school tomorrow, Dongfang Ze originally didn't plan to talk to Zhang Hao about this, but when he was leaving, he thought about it and said, after all, it was entrusted by his juniors, plus Dongfang Ze was very optimistic about this junior, and he also hoped that Zhang Hao could give him some help in the industry, so he couldn't help but open his mouth.
After listening to Dongfang Ze's explanation, Zhang Hao laughed.
"This is a small matter, since you, a junior who is a graduate of Stanford University, and is interested in the Internet, I am also very interested in meeting and discussing with each other. But my flight is tomorrow, and I can stay in Los Angeles for one night, so if it's convenient for him, why don't we have dinner and talk about it by the way? ”
"Of course no problem, if I don't interrupt your trip, I'll call him?"
Zhang Hao smiled and made an OK gesture to Dongfang Ze, Dongfang Ze was overjoyed, and then asked Zhang Hao to wait a little and hurriedly went to the side to call.
After a while, Dongfang Ze came back and told Zhang Hao that he had contacted the other party, and the other party was very excited to see Zhang Haoken and said that he would come over immediately.
Calculating the time, it takes about half an hour for the other party to come over, because this is Dongfang Ze's private request, so Dongfang Ze suggested going to a nearby Chinese restaurant together, he invited Zhang Hao to dinner as a landlord, one to congratulate Zhang Hao on joining the 100 people's meeting, and the other to let his junior meet Zhang Hao in the Chinese restaurant.
Zhang Hao happily agreed, so the two went downstairs together and took Dongfang Ze's car to Chinatown, which was not far away. The scale of Chinatown in Los Angeles is not small, due to the large base of Chinese in Los Angeles, and the long history of Chinese in Los Angeles, so this Chinatown can already be called "Chinatown".
Chinatown, most of which is populated by Chinese, but also other Asians in East and Southeast Asia.
Because of work, Dongfang Ze is very familiar with this place, he is familiar with Zhang Hao to drive to Chinatown, find a place to park the car, just after getting out of the car, just a few steps away, there are a few Chinese people and Dongfang Ze cordially greeted each other, it seems that everyone is an old friend.
Dongfang Ze brought Zhang Hao to this restaurant called Yiyuan Hotel, which is a well-known local restaurant, focusing on Huaiyang cuisine and other cuisines, and has been open in Chinatown for many years.
Dongfang Ze and Zhang Hao walked towards the restaurant, and a middle-aged woman greeted them as soon as they entered the door.
"Mr. Dongfang, your private room is ready, please come with me."
"Thank you, sister-in-law, I'm sorry for your trouble." Dongfang Ze said politely.
Sister-in-law Xian smiled and said: "You are too polite, not to mention how much you have helped us over the years, you are still our customer today, please ......." ”
Following the virtuous sister-in-law, they came to a private room inside.
There are very few private rooms in Chinese restaurants in the United States, because foreigners are used to eating in the lobby, even in high-end Western restaurants. But the Chinese are different, the Chinese are used to eating in the private room in the party, the private room is independent and private, and it is more convenient to talk about things during the meal, and the hall is not so convenient.
Therefore, most of the Chinese restaurants in the United States are based on the habits of Americans, but this is Chinatown, and many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown still retain traditional habits, and private rooms are one of them.
The private room is not big, after entering, Dongfang Ze and Zhang Hao sat down, the virtuous sister-in-law asked Dongfang Ze how to arrange it, Dongfang Ze asked Zhang Hao if there was a taboo, and then thought about it and skillfully reported a few dish names, and then asked the virtuous sister-in-law to arrange it first, they had to wait for one more person, and they could serve the food after the people arrived.
Sister-in-law Xian wrote down the dishes, and asked the waiter to serve a pot of good tea, and then nodded slightly to Dongfang Ze and Zhang Hao and exited the private room.
"Sister-in-law is the owner of this restaurant."
"Boss?"
"That's right! This restaurant is the family property of the virtuous sister-in-law, and later the virtuous sister-in-law's father left it to her before his death, and the current chef is the husband of the virtuous sister-in-law, and the husband and wife have a clear division of labor, the male is the main inside, the female is the main outside, and the dishes are very good, and they are quite famous in Los Angeles. Dongfang Ze briefly introduced a few words, then picked up the teapot in front of him and poured two glasses of water, the two chatted about the hotel, Dongfang Ze told Zhang Hao something about Chinatown, although Zhang Hao came from China, he has been in the United States for a long time, but compared to Dongfang Ze, Zhang Hao spent most of his time in school, or went to Song Yuanchao's company.
After the establishment of Netscape before, Zhang Hao was busy with the company's affairs, until now he left Netscape to prepare to return to campus, Zhang Hao rarely wanders outside on weekdays, although Los Angeles has been here a few times, but Chinatown is the first time to come back, if it is not Dongfang Ze today, he may not know when to come here for a walk.
As they were talking, the door of the private room was pushed open from the outside, and a young man wearing glasses, wearing a plaid shirt and carrying a backpack appeared in front of Zhang Hao.
"Cousin! I'm sorry to be late, hello, you're Mike, right? I'm so glad to meet you, I almost thought I heard it wrong when my cousin called me just now, I didn't expect to meet you so soon....... The young man came in and greeted Dongfang Ze first, and then said to Zhang Hao very enthusiastically, holding Zhang Hao's hand and swinging back and forth as he spoke, looking emotional.
"Ahem......." Looking at the young man's gaffe, Dongfang Ze couldn't help coughing twice, and the young man realized that he had been holding Zhang Hao's hand for a long time, his face suddenly turned red, and he let go of Zhang Hao's hand embarrassedly.
"Let me introduce you to you, Mr. Zhang, I don't need to say it, this is my junior Jerry Yang, he is from Taihai, and he just graduated from Stanford University last year."
"Hello Jerry, I'm very happy to meet you." Zhang Hao said to Jerry with a smile, Jerry was even more excited when he heard it, and his face showed a flush, after all, Zhang Hao is now very famous among Chinese Americans, especially because of the success of Netscape, and he is a well-deserved idol of young people like Jerry.
Jerry and Zhang Hao are about the same age, and the two are not only close in age, but also have a lot in common.
Zhang Hao studied in the United States after completing his university in China, while Jerry was admitted to Stanford University in 1990 with excellent grades, and completed his undergraduate to master's studies in only four years.
In addition, both of them have a strong interest in the Internet, needless to say Zhang Hao, the success of Netscape has made countless people know his name. Not long ago, he and a good friend set up an Internet navigation guide to imitate the success of Netscape, although this so-called navigation guide is very simple, but it has injected Jerry and his friends with great effort, and today to meet the predecessors and idols of the Internet industry, Jerry is inexplicably excited.
Not long after Jerry arrived, the dishes began to come up.
Maybe it was the excitement just now that made Jerry a little embarrassed, but with Dongfang Ze's hospitality, Jerry seemed much more normal next. Considering that everyone didn't have dinner, Dongfang Ze suggested to taste the specialties here first, Zhang Hao picked up the fast child and tasted it, indeed as Dongfang Ze said, the dishes here are very good, not only retain the characteristics of the original Chinese food, but also innovate a few new dishes, so that Zhang Hao was greatly admired after eating.
Chatting while eating, Zhang Hao rarely drinks alcohol, and Jerry is the same, so Dongfang Ze doesn't call wine, just drinks tea.
After eating and chatting for a while, Dongfang Ze looked at his watch and got up to find an excuse to leave first, giving Jerry and Zhang Hao a chance to communicate alone, and after Dongfang Ze left, Jerry couldn't hold back anymore and directly asked Zhang Hao about the Internet.
Zhang Hao has a good impression of Jerry, coupled with Dongfang Ze's relationship, so he didn't think about some of the questions raised by Jerry, and answered them realistically, and at the same time chatted with Jerry about the past when he founded Netscape with Mark and others, some things that few outsiders know, Jerry also heard of it for the first time, under Zhang Hao's narration, his eyes lit up and nodded again and again.
"I now understand why Netscape has been so successful, Mike, come on! I toast you! Holding the teacup in front of him, Jerry said to Zhang Hao sincerely.
Zhang Hao smiled and clinked glasses with him, took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and asked: "I heard Dongfang say that you are also involved in the Internet now and made an Internet navigation guide, I don't know what this so-called navigation guide refers to?" How's it going? ”
"Yes, my friend and I just did this project not long ago, and it is still influenced by Netscape, this Internet navigation guide is actually a web site, embodied in the form of a web page, through the links and algorithms of the web site, it can be used to find what needs on it, so as to provide Internet users with navigation services ......."
Jerry introduced Zhang Hao to the idea and mode of his so-called Internet navigation guide, and took out a piece of paper and pen from the backpack on the side as he spoke, and then wrote and drew on it, Zhang Hao listened with interest, and took the initiative to ask a few key questions, some Jerry could answer immediately, some needed to think about it, and there were two questions Jerry shook his head, and frankly told Zhang Hao that he hadn't thought about these yet.