The sky just turned dark.

This was Jiang Chen's first day on the other side of the ocean. He walked around Stanford that day, chatted with people in his broken English, and even played basketball with others.

We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant. The boss was very nice and introduced a lot of things here and gave some instructions.

Finally, I even cooked some more authentic Sichuan dishes myself.

At this time, overseas phone calls had been made, and Tang Wan, Tang Xiao, and Xu Yue, who was in charge of the company, all received the calls.

So I went back to the hotel, took a shower, and went to sleep.

Time soon came to the next day.

Early that morning, after breakfast, Luo Qing took Jiang Chen to an accounting firm based on the information given by her friend.

The task is simple. Entrust an accounting firm to help acquire a small software development company in the name of an offshore company. The total amount, including entrustment fees, should be controlled within 300,000 US dollars.

The benefits are obvious, firstly, it is convenient, fast and time-saving, secondly, it is simple to operate and highly concealable.

Another one is that there is someone who can use it directly, and you probably don’t have to go to any trouble to find someone.

After finishing it, Jiang Chen asked: "Is this appropriate?"

"What?"

"You have contacted everyone, but in the end you don't need them anymore." Jiang Chen said seriously, and he also admitted that this matter was a little thoughtless at the time.

But obviously the current approach is better, because the less direct contact there is, the more hidden it is, and the fewer people know the inside story.

Therefore, I shouldn’t have asked for help directly to find someone in the first place.

Luo Qing glanced at Jiang Chen and sighed: "What else should I do? I have to think about you!"

Jiang Chen opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Seeing him like this, Luo Qing suddenly couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Idiot, don't worry, it's okay. I haven't contacted him directly at all."

"No direct contact?"

"Well, first of all, I don't know many people in the relevant industry, so I need to be introduced by a friend. Secondly, you didn't tell me what you do specifically. How can I find someone to talk to you?"

"Oh, so it means I asked someone. I know there are people in this field, but I haven't contacted them yet, right?"

Jiang Chen understood immediately and felt relieved. Otherwise, it would be quite bad. It would be disrespectful to borrow other people's resources and make people go back on their word.

Luo Qing smiled and nodded: "That's more or less the case, but if you need, you can still contact me for a meeting."

"Is that so..." Jiang Chen pondered for a while and asked, "Then I want to go to Stanford and attend lectures. Is that okay?"

"It should be no problem. You can observe most of the classes and lectures at the university here, but it's best to communicate first. The question is, can you understand?"

Luo Qing was surprised, but not so surprised, by Jiang Chen's sudden request.

It was unexpected because I didn't expect it.

It’s not surprising, because this person is different from his peers, and it’s normal to have such thoughts.

She was also willing to help him go and have a listen, because after all, this is the world's top university and the cradle of the semiconductor industry.

Jiang Chen actually didn't care whether he could understand or not, because in the final analysis, he didn't listen just for the sake of listening.

This time when he went abroad, in addition to implementing the instant messaging software development plan, he also had another purpose, which was to disguise himself.

He wants to put a layer of protection on himself.

Otherwise, it would be a bit strange for a person who has never been to a foreign country and has never been to a university to suddenly want to engage in computers and the Internet and still know so much about it.

On the contrary, if you stay here for a longer time, learn more, and see more, many things will become inevitable and natural in the future.

So he smiled and replied: "It's okay. Just listen as much as you can. If it doesn't work, tell me. Auntie, you are so smart, you will definitely understand."

"Well, it's okay, you, you, you drink, something is short, the little auntie is short, the mouth is sweet than the honey ..."

Luo Qing rolled her eyes, angry and funny, but she still asked her friends to help contact her.

Finally, I found a Chinese who was a teaching assistant at Stanford. He was in his thirties and was very enthusiastic. He invited me to dinner, helped me make contacts, and even accompanied him to listen to a session in person.

…

The days passed quietly like this.

As one of the top universities in the United States and even the world, Stanford has various lectures and seminars from morning to night.

Interestingly, the most famous thing here is not engineering semiconductors, but law and business management.

Jiang Chen's daily life is to listen to various lectures with Luo Qing, regardless of whether he can understand them or not.

For this reason, the two even checked out of the hotel, rented a nearby apartment, and specially rented a car.

As time went on, I got to know a lot of people here, including international students and some local Americans who were more curious about China.

On weekends, I will have dinner with friends and go out for fun by car.

Because it is close to San Francisco Bay, there is the sea, botanical gardens, and many various places to visit.

During this period, there were no interruptions in the phone calls from China. Sometimes it was Tang Wan, sometimes it was Tang Xiao. Occasionally Shu Han called Luo Qing and would chat for a few words, but the most common ones were Xu Yue's work reports.

The harvest is also good.

The academic atmosphere here is indeed richer, not even compared to Qingbei, but it is definitely different from what he studied in those years.

The students here are also more cheerful and confident, willing to participate in discussions, and dare to question. In terms of personality, they are different from those in China.

At the end of the day, I heard a lot of interesting things, broadened my knowledge a lot, and gained a more in-depth and detailed understanding of the development of computer semiconductors.

Furthermore, language skills have improved significantly.

When learning a language, the environment is very important. Coupled with the fact that he dares to open his mouth and has a teacher by his side, his speaking level will be improved visibly.

Things at the company will be fine in the second week.

It's a small software studio that engages in website development. It was started not long ago, and there are only five people in total including the two founders.

The total cost, including accounting fees, totaled US$270,000.

Once the formalities are completed, the founder resigns, hires a professional manager, introduces a few friends he has made over the past few days, injects capital, assigns R&D tasks, and the matter is initially completed.

At this time, the two people's attention also began to spread to the entire Silicon Valley.

What's in Silicon Valley?

Silicon Valley has Yahoo, the originator of the Internet. It was founded in 1994 and went public in April this year. Its founders are Yang Zhiyuan and David Filo. Its current market value exceeds US$500 million.

There is Apple in Silicon Valley, a legend of its generation, but it is a bit miserable right now. Joe is in the opposition, and its market share is only 5%, and it has been completely surpassed by Microsoft's Windows.

Silicon Valley also has Oracle, Netscape, Cisco, HP, Intel, NVIDIA, and many other world-renowned companies that have left a mark on the entire technology and Internet era.

In fact, these are all opportunities.

Because the current stock prices and market value of these companies are not high in vertical comparison, especially when Internet technology stocks are about to explode.

Just like Yahoo, the current stock price is a little over 38 US dollars, but by 2000, on the eve of the bursting of the Internet bubble, the stock price was as high as over 400 US dollars, an increase of more than ten times.

Unfortunately, now is not a good time to make investment mistakes because there is an Asian financial crisis in between.

To put it bluntly, money should be kept to fight financial sniper wars and to harvest the bottom of the financial crisis.

Of course, it doesn't actually affect anything.

Because the explosion of Internet technology stocks only started in 1998, although they had risen before, they were very slow.

In this way, the financial crisis, the Internet outbreak, and the Internet winter can all be seamlessly connected.

And as long as this wave of operations is done well, basically there will be nothing to worry about. By then, the global landscape will have been completely rewritten in the early 21st century.

So, don't be in a hurry, just take a look and understand, that's enough. Some things will take a long time to come.

…

The time has come to June.

In June, the sun is already scorching and the heat is unbearable in my hometown, but here in Silicon Valley it is very comfortable and not even hot at all.

Because the annual average temperature here is 9 to 18, it will be higher in June, but only 11 to 21.

By the time I finished my journey through Silicon Valley and learned everything I wanted to know, it was already past early June and heading towards mid-June.

At this time, the trial version of icq has been released and debugging has been initially completed.

This is also a normal speed. After all, you don’t need to integrate so many functions. You only need the simplest instant messaging and file transfer functions, and you have money and people.

Next is time to brew.

There is no need to invest more money in this area for the time being, at least not until the number of users reaches one million.

Don’t be afraid of competition. This is determined by the objective factors of the times. Before icq becomes popular, it is unlikely that anyone will follow suit. When it becomes popular, it will be too late. What you need to consider at that time is investment or acquisition.

So, it's time to withdraw.

Luo Qing was a little depressed.

She calculated carefully and found that she had spent a total of eighteen days in the apartment since she moved in on May 25th.

To be honest, it's not that long, after all, it's not even three weeks.
To be continued...