Chapter 567: Finally, I get to see it
Chapter 567: Finally, I get to see it
Michael was suddenly a little embarrassed. Is this the easy-going boss in the eyes of Jin Ling and Hong Haoran? It's clearly hard to please, isn't it?
At the same time, he cursed the guy who gave him advice: what is it that the younger you are, the more you care about other people's respect, and the more you like to show off?
Fortunately, they only rented one car and only two people came. If they had followed his suggestion and brought three or four more people, it would have been a convoy, and he might not have been able to leave immediately.
If it had been a good time for the industry, it would have been fine to lose a job. It would not have been a problem. There would be no end to the new companies and those expanding, and you could just find another job. But in this cold winter, it is really considered a blessing from heaven to be able to be the boss of a company, right?
'My car is in pretty bad shape,' he came up with an excuse.
'Okay, Mike,' Feng Yiping patted him on the shoulder, 'I understand your good intentions and I appreciate your thoughtful arrangements. This is the first time we've met, and you'll understand in the future that I, like you, don't like all this formalism.'
'Good Yiping,'
Mike said, "Yiping" sounds like a pie, and I've got two!
Feng Yiping sat comfortably in the car and added, 'Especially these formalities that cost money. Mike, you also know the current environment. Companies like ours, unlike before March, can't spend money as freely,'
Mike poured him a glass of wine, 'But our company's development is quite good. Although it has only been established for a little over a quarter, the company's management software for small businesses has sold well. Many of the new convenience stores in the area use our system,'
It's not bad, but it's also understandable, because in the early stages of opening up the market, Zhitong's management software, which has already been tested in the market, also adopted a low-price strategy—in fact, the profit is still quite considerable, but lower than those sold in the United States. In short, for a new brand, the first step is to gain popularity, which is the premise of everything.
'The numbers are fine, but if you factor in the company's initial research and development costs, Mike, you should be aware that these sales only bring the company a very meager profit,'
If he were in front of his employees, Feng Yiping would of course say something encouraging, but in front of Mike, the general manager of the company, Feng Yiping didn't want to give him the opportunity to be complacent.
'I understand, but this is still a good start, isn't it? In addition, our R&D department has not only successfully completed the task Hung gave us, optimising the existing software, but is also developing new software at a rapid pace,'
Americans are different from Chinese. When it comes to their work achievements, they have no concept of modesty. They are eager to compete with each other, because this is closely linked to income.
'Yes, this is your main focus. The purpose of our company here is to develop large-scale enterprise management software similar to SAP's products. The company's goal is also to become a leading global provider of enterprise management software solutions similar to SAP,'
'Don't worry boss, we'll work hard. Look, there's the Golden Gate Bridge,' said Comrade Mike, pointing behind them across the strait.
The bridge itself was actually nothing special. Later in China, he saw many longer and more magnificent cable-stayed bridges than this one, but he had only seen them in various movies many times, so this was the first time he had witnessed one in person, which is why Feng Yiping looked at it a few times more.
Next, he pointed out to him the small island with cliffs on all sides in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island. Feng Yiping also looked at it for a while, because the movie 'The Rock' is about this place.
It's a pity that Cage as a whole has taken so many bad movies.
In fact, what Feng Yiping wants to see most now is not the scenery, but people, specifically, people who fit the image of the American beauty in our minds, like Scarlett Johansson.
Then he was disappointed again. Not to mention beautiful women, there were cars along the way, but not many people.
After leaving the airport, along the 101 highway, heading southeast, half an hour later, he entered the territory of 'Silicon Valley'.
The country bumpkin Feng Yiping thought that Silicon Valley was like our Zhongguancun, a geographical term. In fact, it is not at all like that. It is just a general term that roughly refers to the area between Santa Clara County and San Jose, including a number of high-tech companies and campuses.
It is said that for the first ten years, due to a reporter's spelling mistake, it was always referred to as 'Silicon Valley'.
The anecdotes of Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley really made Feng Yiping laugh.
One sounds like a very high-tech place, very aloof, and the other, well, sounds very soft. Sister Chi-ling, who is supposed to have a fluctuating bust size, and those beautiful women who come to Korea are very familiar with it.
After entering Silicon Valley, Feng Yiping felt a bit like a country bumpkin entering the city for the first time. He kept leaning out of the car window, because there were so many famous companies that he had heard of but never seen before, and today he finally got to see them in person.
For example, there were Google shuttles running along the road, Intel's industrial park, Cisco's industrial park, Oracle's headquarters, and Stanford University, which supports Silicon Valley.
Looking at these familiar yet unfamiliar signs, he felt the urge to take a photo of each one.
'If you had come here last year, it would have been even more prosperous. Along the way, over the past six months, too many companies have closed down,' said Mike, sighing with emotion and a little bit of lingering fear.
Last year, I only came here to burn money when I was sick,' Feng Yiping said, looking at the small, low-rise buildings on both sides of the road.
It's good that there are few people and a lot of space. The buildings of those companies don't need to be built very high, and there is a lot of land for greening, so the environment is really good.
Of course, it seems that it is also because there are more earthquakes here, so the buildings are not built very high.
In Zhitong America, the coders are fine, still writing endless code in front of the computer without distractions. Employees in other departments, especially female employees, are now gossiping about the upcoming young boss.
Starting a business at the age of 20 is actually nothing here in Silicon Valley, but what they are interested in is that this young boss is still a sophomore at a university in China, which is worth gossiping about.
Among the people working in Silicon Valley, more than 80% were born outside the United States, including many from mainland China. Among them, there are quite a few who are quite capable, but not many of them have had entrepreneurial experience while in college.
'Where is the university? I heard that the boss already started his own business while he was still in high school,' a freckled girl said, holding a cup of coffee and emphasising her point.
'Even the founders of Microsoft and Google were probably still playing football on the pitch or chasing after female classmates back then,' said another girl with short hair, spinning a ballpoint pen in her left hand while tapping away on the keyboard with her right.
'I think he's probably the descendant of a high-ranking official. How could an ordinary person have such conditions?' This was said by a sister with yellow skin and black eyes, who came from across the strait.
'Do you think he might be the kind of bespectacled, short, quiet nerd?' another one asked.
'None of what you're saying is relevant,' said a sister with shoulder-length blonde hair and a stunning figure, unbuttoning her shirt another notch. Her breasts were about to pop out. "The key is whether he has a girlfriend and whether he's in good health," she said, fixing her lip gloss in the little mirror. 'I'm going downstairs to have a look. Do you want to come?'
'Coming, coming,' Freckled Girl said, looking at the main entrance downstairs.
The gossipy girls looked and sure enough, in the lobby downstairs, Mike was accompanied by a young man of about the same height as him, slung over his shoulder a backpack, wearing a light-coloured windbreaker.
The young man kept his head down as he spoke to Mike, so it was hard to see what he looked like, but judging by his figure, there was no doubt about it.
Feng Yiping casually looked up at the upstairs and saw that quite a few employees were looking over. He waved at them with a smile, 'Hello everyone!'
'Wow, so handsome,' the freckled girl Dong Shi Xiangping came over with a simpering face.
'So sunny,'
even the sister from across the strait, although she felt that Feng Yiping's eyes were not big and his nose was not small, but when combined, he was quite handsome, especially when he smiled, he really had a lot of radiance, eye-catching, definitely five stars.
While they were still in a daze, Barbara, who had the best figure, was already walking downstairs, smiling and greeting the young boss. At the same time, the others gave a middle finger in their hearts, 'bitch,'
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