I made an appointment with John Zhou to meet tomorrow, and first checked into the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill.
I slept most of the time during the voyage, I was in good spirits, and I wasn’t bothered by jet lag for the time being.
So after settling in briefly, I hired a driver and tour guide directly through the hotel to see the Golden Gate Bridge and go shopping in Union Square. I was still accompanied by temporarily hired bodyguards.
After eating steak in the evening, we found a pub in the city, which was very lively.
This is my first time in the United States, but I have been to London before.
Su Yehao only thought that the white people and black people on the street were normal, but in Yin Liuli's eyes, they seemed quite strange.
I noticed that Yin Liuli had a lot of guests, but he saw that there were bodyguards following him, and no one came to disturb them.
Su Yehao was a rich man in casinos and port cities, and he is still quite wealthy in the United States. His family's total wealth is US$7.8 billion, and he can reach the threshold of the "billion dollar club" with just one jump.
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Looking at Su Yehao alone, his personal wealth has exceeded 100 million US dollars. Naturally, there is no need to envy anyone, let alone how high the income of local people is.
On the contrary, it was a group of guests who envied Su Yehao's reputation and thought he was another rich "Japanese tycoon".
A few years ago, the shopping scene in Japan in the United States impressed many Americans, so much so that when it comes to wealthy Asians, locals usually think of Japan first.
Drinking cocktails with Yin Liuli, Su Yehao smiled and said:
"Drink more today so you can sleep later. Last time I went to London, I didn't sleep well for several nights and I always felt tired during the day. How do you feel after seeing San Francisco?"
"...It's a bit old, and the shopping mall is also very small. When I saw the Golden Gate Bridge in person, I felt it wasn't as beautiful as in the pictures, but the style is really different."
As soon as Yin Liuli finished speaking, Su Yehao told: "The cities are all similar. When it comes to landscapes, Europe is more exquisite. I will take you to Paris for a few days next time."
"It's great. I have money and time. It's convenient to go wherever I want." Yin Liuli said.
Su Yehao hugged her and said happily: "When I have no money, I always want to go out and play. But when I am really rich, I am too lazy to go out. Actually, I don't want to come this time. I mainly want to take you for a ride."
Yin Liuli asked curiously: "Have you ever had no money?"
"...When I was in school, I had little pocket money and had to study, so I definitely didn't have as much money as I do now."
I have just arrived on the other side of the ocean, and the excitement has not passed yet.
On the way back to the hotel after drinking, I continued to tour the night view of the city. The driver kept reminding me that he had just been issued a ticket and that Su Yehao needed to pay the fine.
The driver of the five-star hotel had a pretty good service attitude. After reading the ticket, he readily agreed without bothering to find out whether it was true or not.
When I got off the bus, I paid fifty yuan as a tip.
I originally wanted to drink some wine to sleep, but I did fall asleep when I returned to the room. However, Su Yehao woke up at around three o'clock in the morning local time.
At a rather awkward time, I was not sleepy after tossing and turning, so I asked the waiter to bring the "Friends" video tape and relived the classics from the first season.
After seeing this, I didn't sleep again until daybreak.
Yin Liuli slept for seven hours in the suite. After the two of them finished their sandwiches, they checked out and headed directly to Stanford University in the Silicon Valley area. Su Yehao slept in the Mercedes-Benz the whole time and missed the supposedly beautiful coastline.
There are walruses lying on the rocks.
It was only an hour away, and I had arrived at my destination shortly after waking up. When I was led into the office building by product director John Zhou, I saw the word "TAT" on the elevator. As the boss, Su Yehao finally knew what the North American branch was like.
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John Zhou had lived in Seattle all year round and hardly had to adapt to the local environment. He greeted people from other companies in the same building familiarly. His spoken language made Su Yehao envious and left Yin Liuli at a loss.
When they arrived at the TAT North American R&D Center, John Zhou introduced:
"Boss, this floor and the floor below are our company's offices. The rent is 170,000 US dollars per year. However, we haven't recruited enough people for the time being. There are only 26 employees in total now, and most of them have gone home for the holidays.
, I have to wait until January 4th to come back to work. I have been in contact with two entrepreneurial teams recently, and I want them to give up their half-finished projects and come to work with us. Basically, the talks are similar, and there will be more than a dozen people by then.
Employees join.”
The front desk lady went home for the holidays.
Su Yehao, who was in a depressed state of mind, asked John Zhou to help him make a cup of coffee. He smiled happily when he saw the pool table and yoga ball next to the tea room.
The R&D center is not large in scale, but has quite complete recreational facilities.
Su Yehao, who finally understood where the funds were being burned, did not care about these things. He only told: "The scale is still a bit small. We will continue to expand enrollment, but the most important thing is to look at ability. There will be more new projects in the future, and Chinese Americans will be given priority. If you are
Talents who are willing to work in the mainland or Hong Kong cities will be even better."
John Zhou sighed and explained:
"There are such talents, but the wages cannot be coordinated. If you go to Hong Kong City to work, but the treatment is the same as here in the United States, the old employees in Hong Kong City must have objections. For example, the bearded man, count his eight
With a salary of 10,000 yuan per year, his income actually exceeds mine."
Su Yehao, who heard a hint of sourness, just asked: "Is that guy very powerful?"
"Of course, he is an old Oracle employee and has worked at Yahoo. I thought of many ways before inviting him over."
"...I've made you worry about it. As long as you get results next time, I will give you a salary increase."
Su Yehao followed him to the office.
As the boss, since the establishment of TAT Network Company, Su Yehao really didn't have much to worry about. He often only gave one direction and then left it to John Zhou and others to take charge.
Especially for this R&D center in Silicon Valley, from the beginning until now, apart from paying for it, he has basically had nothing to do with the rest.
The reason for this is partly because of his lazy personality, and partly because Su Yehao doesn't understand, so he gives up and takes responsibility for someone who understands. It is a kind of wisdom to be reluctant, and it is much better than an amateur commanding an expert.
Other aspects don't matter. Su Yehao only cares about whether the products he develops meet market demand.
I directly skipped the contact with the employees. I expected that the few remaining employees would not be happy if they were still working during the Christmas period, so it was better to avoid contact.
After walking around, I listened to John Zhou talk about the next tasks of the R&D center, which were nothing more than continuing to improve the functions of the TAT chat software and developing a more efficient search engine. These were Su Yehao's ideas.
To be honest, when it came to certain specific technologies, Su Yehao had only a partial understanding of them, but his face looked like "I understand it very well".
Wait until half past nine in the morning.
Representatives of the team that packaged and resold search engine technology took the time to meet with Su Yehao.
After trying out their search engine first, Su Yehao followed John Zhou's suggestion and lowered the price by $200,000.
It’s all lies to say that Americans don’t like bargaining.
Two young white guys argued with Su Yehao for a long time, and finally settled the deal for US$360,000.
Today's Silicon Valley does not lack entrepreneurial teams and products, it only lacks wealthy people willing to invest.
Good software is everywhere, whether it can be developed is another matter.