Lin Yi returned to the capital first, got his passport and visa, and then flew from the Capital International Airport with Liu Jianni to San Francisco.

The flight will be up to 12 hours long, and although intercontinental routes usually use larger aircraft with better comfort, it is still easy to get tired.

For this reason, Lin Yi also specially confirmed with Liu Jianni before booking tickets with her subordinates, whether she needed to book business or first class for her, and her reply to this was:

"Just follow the rules, it's not like I didn't fly economy class when I was a kid."

Wanli Travel is not yet the time to go big, and the internal regulations stipulate that everyone who travels on business must fly economy class, without exception.

Very good, of course, Lin Yi only asked politely, he knew that Liu Jianni was willing to travel thousands of miles to receive a salary of several thousand yuan per month, and he didn't care about it.

Unexpectedly, when the two boarded the plane, Lin Yi met an unexpected acquaintance.

It's not accurate to say that acquaintances are unknown, strictly speaking, the two don't actually have any direct intersection, but since they happened to sit together, the other party obviously recognized him, so Lin Yi still said hello:

"Shangguan-san."

He met Shangguan Yingzi, the superwoman of Lin'an Middle School, a college bully who secretly competed with Gu Caiwei in the aerobics competition, and later met when he was in the Beijing Alumni Association, so he should be studying at P University.

Lin Yi hesitated slightly in his heart and chose such a title, Shangguan Sakuraki was much more generous than him, and waved his hand directly:

"I remember they all called you Lin Yi, don't you mind me calling me that, right?"

"Of course."

"You're going to San Francisco too?"

"Yes."

Lin Yi remembered that he still had Liu Jianni by his side, so he briefly introduced: "We went to the United States on a business trip, and this is my colleague."

Liu Jianni's reaction was very interesting, she looked at Shangguan Yingzi with a smile and said hello, and then looked at Lin Yi meaninglessly, and sat down in the middle without saying anything.

She left the position close to Shangguan Sakurako to Lin Yi, as if it was convenient for the two of them to chat.

"I remember that it was said in the news that the company you founded had just experienced a fierce battle at the beginning of the year, and it has only eased a little in recent months, so are you going to the United States now to expand your business there?"

This is not a trade secret, so Lin Yi explained two sentences simply:

"No, there is a much bigger Uber in the U.S. market, and there are other ride-hailing apps, and Wanli Travel has not yet reached this point."

"The main purpose of going to the United States this time is to talk about financing, because the domestic venture capital market is too small, and American investors are very optimistic about the ride-hailing software industry as a whole, and they give a high valuation."

After Lin Yi said something, he remembered that Gu Caiwei had always been unaware of these things, so she was not very interested, and she didn't know if the person in front of her could understand.

It turned out that Shangguan Sakurako's knowledge structure was quite comprehensive, and she immediately asked rhetorically, "So you're going to Silicon Valley this time?"

Located south of San Francisco Bay, Silicon Valley was first known for researching and producing silicon-based semiconductor chips, and then got its name.

Later, on the basis of these electronic industries, relying on strong local and national scientific research forces, the thriving Internet industry, or more broadly referred to as the ICT industry, was developed. ….

In addition to a large number of technology companies that are well-known all over the world, there are also many popular companies that have gathered with the flourishing of entrepreneurial culture.

Shangguan Sakurako can think of this to show that she knows a lot, and Lin Yi didn't hide it: "Maybe there will be a trip to the East Coast."

As we all know, the thirteen states that are the land of the United States are on the east coast, and now they are the gathering place of all the "old money", including New York, the world's financial center.

Lin Yi flew over this time to make money, so he had to go at least once.

Shangguan Yingzi is still a student after all, and he can only talk a few words about things at work, Lin Yi quickly asked casually:

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So you've also seen the news of my start-up?"

Shangguan Yingzi laughed when she heard this: "Lin Yi, it looks like you really haven't been in contact with your old classmates for too long."

"Everyone knew about it when your last startup project sold for $20 million, and the subsidy war that Wanli Travel participated in this time is well known to passers-by."

"You're a big celebrity in the class of '12 now, and I'm bound to talk about you at every class reunion, unless I'm an otaku who doesn't hear anything outside the window, it's impossible not to know."

"When I came back to Linzhong some time ago, I heard from the teachers that Mr. Zhao in your class had invited you back to school to give a speech, but you never showed up for the appointment."

Shangguan Yingzi actually had an impression of this boy from the time of the high school aerobics competition, because he was Gu Caiwei's partner at that time, but she didn't mention this relationship.

Lin Yi was surprised after hearing this, he really didn't know about these things that were happening outside of his sight.

Because since the first start-up, I have almost completely given up my personal life, and I have no time to spend the money I earn, let alone this kind of social activity.

However, Lin Yi put himself in it and thought about it, if other classmates made such a big move, it seemed natural to have such a reaction, right?

He still defended himself twice: "It's not that I'm so hard to invite, it's really complicated to start a business, and I can't get out of it all the time."

Shangguan Sakurako didn't feel sorry for him, because the two were not classmates, she just half-jokingly said, "Let's explain this to your homeroom teacher."

She gently lifted the topic, then looked at this unfamiliar guy and asked curiously, "Actually, I've always been curious, why did you think of starting a business when you just started college?"

This question was asked by many people when I first started a business, and it seemed that everyone didn't care about it anymore when I started my business for the second time.

Lin suddenly glanced at Liu Jianni on the other side, and found that she didn't know when she had put on the blindfold and leaned on the seat as if she was resting.

This action does not necessarily mean sleeping on an airplane, but at least it is "do not disturb".

Lin Yi thought for a while and explained, "Because I actually taught myself programming skills in high school, I didn't want to be too bored in college, so I planned to practice it, and I happened to be lucky."

Shangguan Sakurako's first reaction was, "Have you participated in the IOI?"

IOI refers to the International Olympiad in Informatics, and there are many students who participate in the competition in Linzhong, and they have also won many international competitions.

But if this year's students get results in IOI, they shouldn't be impressed, so Shangguan Sakurako has this question.

"Nope."

Sure enough, Shangguan Sakurako knew that things shouldn't be so simple, but the two weren't very familiar, so it was normal for Lin Yi to have reservations, so she didn't ask again.

Miles are not alone