Chapter 122 Remember the last time you cried, it was the last time
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.
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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.
But these eighteen days, we buy groceries together, cook together, study together, play together... we do almost everything together.
This is an unprecedented experience.
Growing up, she had never lived like this with anyone other than her family.
Even with her family members, she would not buy groceries and cook with them when they get up and say good morning before going to bed.
What's even more frightening is that even the nagging reminders to wear more clothes and drink more water are somewhat habitual to her and she subconsciously doesn't want to change.
Jiang Chen didn't think too much about it.
Firstly, the purpose of coming here has been achieved and it is time to leave. Secondly, there are other things to do and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time.
So he quickly packed up his things and closed the doors, windows and water and electricity.
After waiting for a while, he found that Luo Qing had not moved before walking into the room.
"What's the matter? Don't you think everyone here is so disgusting that you still don't want to leave?"
My aunt didn't even change her clothes, she was still in the pajamas she wore when she got up.
The window was open, the morning breeze came in, and it was slightly cool. She sat on the bed, her legs curled up, and her arms hugging her knees.
Her hair was very long, black and shiny. It was naturally hanging down, covering her expression, and making her look a little lonely, lonely, as if she had been abandoned, which was heartbreaking.
Luo Qing didn't say anything when she heard the question. Instead of getting better, her mood became even worse.
Jiang Chen closed the window, took off his coat and put it on her, then got on the bed and sat cross-legged across from her, holding his chin in one hand to accompany her silently.
After a long while, he suddenly laughed again, got up and walked out of the room.
Luo Qing looked up and felt a little confused. When she lowered her head again, she felt even more uncomfortable.
Even though his soul is weak, he still laughs!
She was so uncomfortable, but he could still laugh. Could it be that he had no nostalgia for days like this?
The more I think about it, the worse it feels.
I can’t remember how long it has been since I cried. I remember the last time I cried, it was the last time...
Jiang Chen naturally didn't know this.
He vaguely guessed that Luo Qing might not want to leave, but in fact, he also liked such a life, simple and carefree.
Therefore, he had already secretly contacted the landlord to buy the house, so that he could come over if he had the opportunity in the future and it would be convenient for his work.
Because I will inevitably run this way in the future.
But he had no choice but to leave now, so he took out a series of formalities for buying a house together with the document bag.
"have a look."
Returning to the room again, he sat down cross-legged and placed the document bag in front of Luo Qing.
"What?" Luo Qing did not raise her head, her voice was a little hoarse.
Jiang Chen smiled, took her arm and shook her: "Look, my dear aunt, please help me read it quickly. They are all in English and I can't understand them."
Luo Qing sniffed and then silently picked up the document bag.
"Transfer of property rights..."
“Home Insurance…”
"You bought this apartment?"
surprise.
surprise.
The clouds in her heart cleared and Luo Qing finally raised her head.
Jiang Chen shook his head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Why are you still crying? Don't cry even if you don't want to. It's not decent for such an adult to still cry!"
"If you want to talk more, tell me, when did you buy it?"
The aunt suddenly came to life again, with a fierce look on her face. She knocked Jiang Chen over in front of her, then sat down and raised her fists.
Jiang Chen groaned: "Be gentle, sister, please be gentle, your butt is so big, your shit will almost come out!"
"Pfft——"
"Go away, you have a big ass, no matter how big my aunt is, she's not as big as you!"
"You deserve it. You are the one being oppressed. Who asked you to secretly buy a house without telling your aunt?"
Luo Qing was immediately amused again, with tears in the corners of her eyes, pear blossoms with rain, and Jiang Chen forgot to speak for a while.
After a while, he shook his head and said, "I don't want to either. Aren't you afraid of making fun of me?"
"joke?"
"What's the joke? It's a joke that you can't bear to part with it. You want to keep the house where you lived with your aunt?"
The corners of Luo Qing's mouth curled up slightly, returning to her previous naughty and cunning ways.
Jiang Chen was helpless: "Maybe, as long as you like it."
"What does it mean to be possible? That's basically it. By the way, my aunt actually doesn't..."
"Um?"
"It's okay." Luo Qing suddenly felt a little flustered and stood up quickly: "Okay, pack up quickly, we have to catch a flight!"
"Oh." Jiang Chen sat up. He originally planned to go out, but after thinking about it, he turned around again: "Luo Qing..."
"Um?"
"I'm very happy these days, thank you." Jiang Chen said sincerely.
Luo Qing was startled, but soon she also smiled, her eyes widened, and she clenched her fists: "What Luo Qing, call me aunt!"
Go out, I'm going to change clothes, don't peek, or you'll be killed!"