Seattle is located on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean. This east coast uses our capital as the far point of coordinates.
If the capital of the United States is taken as the origin, it should be called the "West Coast".
Its administrative division belongs to the "Hashington State". This state is not the capital of the United States. It is called the "Columbia Washington DC".
To the west of Seattle is the Olympic Garden Mountains, a national forest park. To the east is Lake Washington. It has been repeatedly selected as "the city with the highest quality of life in the United States" by various magazines across the United States.
At the same time, Seattle is also known as the "Rain City". It is cloudy all year round, and the period of abundant sunshine is from mid-July to mid-September every year.
When Jing Gao arrived, it was sunny in mid-July. When he received Professor Zhao's call, he, Li Mengwei, and Chen Yujie were visiting scenic spots in downtown Seattle. The sun was shining brightly, the temperature was like spring in March, and the grass was growing and warblers were flying.
hour.
“Jing Gao, if you are busy, go ahead and do it first!”
Li Mengwei said considerately. She and Chen Yujie read the "Travel Guide" together, bought three City Passes (City Passports), and planned to visit all the cooperative attractions above. Anyway, they have plenty of time.
Chen Yujie nodded in agreement, "Leave your bodyguards to us. It shouldn't be a big problem in the city during the day."
Jing Gao put his phone into his coat and said, "It's okay. I'll accompany you. I made arrangements yesterday and am waiting for feedback."
Li Mengwei smiled lightly, "That's great! Then we won't delay your business by delaying your business. We won't bear the reputation of beauty being a disaster."
Jing Gao laughed and held up her domed sun hat. This hat had a touristy feel, "Let's go!"
He has never doubted whether he can meet Bill Gates. His current problem is how to convince the world's richest man to help him invite someone over.
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Jing Gao soon met Bill Gates under the arrangement of Dr. Song. The meeting took place in a coffee shop in Seattle.
Bill Gates has long retired from Microsoft and is focusing on managing his own charity funds. Regarding how American charity funds help the rich avoid taxes and complete political donations, in 2017, in addition to the public knowledge that the rich Americans are kind and moral,
Outside, everyone knows it.
Many people probably don’t know how much money is spent on grantees, and how much is spent on management salaries, donations to politicians, and hosting banquets and socializing.
So the meeting place is not suitable for Microsoft headquarters. To him, Jing Gao is just a "nobody", and it is impossible to entertain him at home.
The meeting time was agreed to be only a quarter of an hour. The coffee shop is located near the office of Bill Gates’ charity foundation.
In an ordinary coffee shop, Jing Gao stood up and shook hands with the world's richest man who walked in. He came earlier and was waiting here. The one who acted as translator for him was Chen Yujie.
Weiwei's English is also quite good. Her CET-6 score is still very high. The brand of Beijing Normal University is very strong! It is a leader in the domestic education field! But she uses it less. Moreover, she went to Jiaxin High School for an internship
, this year I have basically been exposed to high school mathematics knowledge. On the contrary, my English has fallen behind.
Chen Yujie is different. She is an intern in a law firm and has many opportunities to be exposed to English. Moreover, she just completed the postgraduate entrance examination in the second half of last year. She also likes to watch American TV series alone. Her English foundation is still there.
Of course, Weiwei had nothing to do and was accompanying her. Moreover, after all, she is the richest man in the world, so she was also very interested in meeting Bill Gates. She is only a 22-year-old freshly graduated college student!
According to research data from Taichu, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, who is growing increasingly powerful, is likely to surpass Bill Gates on the wealth list next year.
In recent years, Amazon’s business model has been sweeping across the United States. As long as Amazon enters an industry, it will kill a whole group of companies.
Microsoft’s mobile operating system can’t even make a splash in the face of Google’s “Android” and Apple’s “ios”. It lags behind Google in the Internet business competition. Generally speaking, Microsoft is a bit like the previous blue giant IBM.
This high-tech company still has unparalleled technical strength and talent reserves, as well as good profitability. However, they have lost the ability to lead technology trends. Of course, whether Microsoft can launch another "killer" product in the future, this is
It’s something that no one can say. Didn’t IBM have a rebirth back then?
Bill Gates is 62 years old. He wears glasses and has gray hair. As the world's richest man and a world-class entrepreneur for many years, his face can be recognized by anyone who pays attention to financial news. It's not too big.
Variety.
He was wearing a woolen sweater with a shirt underneath and no tie today, very casual attire. He smiled and shook hands with Jing Gao, "Hello, Mr. Jing."
Jing Gao could still speak simple English and asked with a smile: "What would you like to drink, Mr. Gates?"
"A cup of coffee." Bill Gates ordered the waiter who came over, AA system, and then started directly, smiling and saying: "Mr. Jing, what do you want to come to visit me? If you just look at me, an ordinary person, Old man, you have achieved your goal now, haven't you?"
Ordinary? Are you afraid that you have some misunderstanding about ordinary?
Jing Gao listened to Chen Yujie's crisp translation and complained in his heart. Everyone knows Bill Gates' family background. Now some people still say that Gates' mother is not an IBM executive or a banker, but just a banker. Just a supervisor.
Haha. That’s it? He has a lot of energy!
Have you seen "House of Cards"? Claire is just the person in charge of a charity organization. Does she have little social energy? You must know that many American consortiums are centered on banks. In a highly capitalized, money-oriented world In society, the energy of the first female director of a bank is not as low as you think!
Nowadays, many female boxers in China want to fight this and that. In fact, gender discrimination is the most serious in the American workplace. Didn’t you see that Hilary couldn’t win the election? Didn’t you listen to Professor Shen’s analysis?
Female boxers should go to the celestial country or Europe in their hearts to have a good experience and feel what real discrimination is, and then come back to talk about these issues. There are many things to be aware of. How much strength you give to go out, how much strength you have to rebound back. !Be careful that too much is too much. Don’t understand and transform personal circumstances, tragedies, into the mistakes of the entire society.
The great teacher comrade said long ago: Women hold up half the sky! China is actually very advanced in this regard. This is consistent with our cultural tradition. Who doesn’t respect and be filial to his mother?
Throughout our history, the more developed the economy, the more open the social atmosphere. This was the case during the Han and Tang Dynasties. Some people will say, nonsense! Learn about Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. Haha. Research problems must be methodological.
Compare Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism with other countries around the world at the same time. What is your conclusion? Anyone who is not blind knows this.
Mary Gates was able to become the first female executive of First Intercontinental Bank because her father was a banker. And this is just one of her many titles. She also has a very important title: United Way of America ), the first female Chair of the Executive Board.
It was this experience that allowed her to meet and work with IBM CEO John Akers. Only then did Bill Gates' software be adopted.
Don’t think that’s the end of it. Bill Gates’ father is a famous law firm partner in the United States. In a country like the United States where litigation is common, the social status of well-known barristers is very high.
In a highly capitalized and materialistic society like the United States, there is nothing that cannot be done with money. If so, please double your investment!
Jing Gaoya was very candid. This was the plan he came up with after discussing with Dr. Song and Nie Yunxi on the phone. There is still a difference between domestic and foreign interpersonal interactions. In view of the status gap between him and Bill Gates, it is more appropriate to be candid.
Bill Gates has been the richest man for so many years and is well aware of the exchange skills in society. He drank coffee and said: "What do you want from me?"
Jing Gaodao: "Mr. Gates, this is a long story. Please allow me to spend two or three minutes talking about it. Our country's precious cultural relics were lost overseas in the late Qing Dynasty. Among them is a bronze dragon head, which is currently owned by
Mr. Jim Anderson in Seattle collects it. My teacher tried to meet with him through a third party, but was rejected. I hope Mr. Gates can help me introduce him and we can meet and talk with him. Regardless of whether the final business is completed or not, I will
Thank you very much."
Jing Gao said something, and Chen Yujie translated it. The two of them cooperated very well, without any mistakes, as if they should be like this.
Bill Gates agreed after only thinking about it. The US$20 million was only for meetings and introductions, and it did not involve political topics or operations. He knew the current atmosphere in the country. So, what should he hesitate? "This Thursday
, my foundation will hold a cold dinner and cocktail party in a villa on the lakeside. At that time, I will introduce it to you."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Gates!" Jing Gao stood up and shook hands with Gates.
Bill Gates smiled, shook hands, and left.
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At the same time, in the suite on the 32nd floor of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Principal Wu and Professor Zhao were drinking tea together anxiously, waiting for the results from Jing Gao.
The assistants of both of them are here.
Principal Wu drank the good tea that Jing Gao brought from China. The top-quality Dahongpao had no taste in his mouth. He said worriedly: "Old Zhao, Xiao Jing just told you that he met with Bill Gates today. He didn't say anything else.
Of?"
Professor Zhao put his crutch aside and said, "What else can I say? Let's wait for the news! The world's richest man won't have no way to invite a rich man who retired locally, right?"
Principal Wu’s student said: “It should be no problem.” His confidence was a bit lacking. After all, no one really understands the local customs! They all know it through classmates and friends.
Professor Zhao frowned and drank tea slowly. He is actually a very smart person, otherwise he would not have made his business reach a billion level. But he is confused if he cares.
At this time, Professor Zhao's phone suddenly rang. Seeing that it was Jing Gao, he whispered to the three of them: "Xiao Jing's phone." After the call was answered, he relaxed his brows, hung up the phone, and said with a smile: "It's about the meeting.
It’s done. We’ll tell you the details when Xiao Jing comes back. Old Wu, you have to think about how to repay Xiao Jing.”
As soon as he said this, the three people in the room knew what was going on, and they suddenly became very happy.
Principal Wu laughed and said, "Old Zhao, you are still as slippery as a loach after all these years. You have to share some of the responsibility for me!"
Professor Zhao acted like an old naughty boy and said: "I owe a lot of debts in Xiaojing. I don't have to worry about the debts. I don't want to think about it. You, Lao Wu, are our leader. You can't ask people to contribute and you haven't been bleeding yet."
What a reward! You have to do this beautifully, and you can’t let old guys like us do it.”
Principal Wu shook his head speechlessly. This Lao Zhao!
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The full name of the Gates Foundation is the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation". Its main announced purposes are: reducing global inequality, researching vaccines for AIDS and malaria, and providing help to poor countries in the world.
The foundation's size is more than $50 billion.
On July 20, the Gates Foundation held a reception in a luxurious villa on the shores of Lake Washington. The title of this social reception was simple: to thank the senators from Washington state for their support of the Gates Foundation.
Project support.
This kind of cold dinner and cocktail party is not an American party. Nor is it a very open drinking party like Wall Street or Hollywood.
Jing Gao learned the relevant "knowledge" from Wei Chenjun. There were many handsome men and beautiful women in that kind of drinking party. Under the stimulation of alcohol and (), men and women would find a room to vent their excess energy at any time as long as they had ideas.
The movie The Wolf of Wall Street shows part of it. Although I have touched on many places, I dare not go into too much depth.
Jing Gao, Li Mengwei, Chen Yujie, Principal Wu, and Professor Zhao stayed in the reception for a while, and then they saw someone tapping the glass with a silver fork, "clang, clang, clang". Soon, the guests chatting in twos and threes at the banquet
Everyone automatically stopped talking and formed a semicircle around the old white man.
Li Mengwei whispered: "What's wrong?" She was wearing a white dress today, very beautiful.
Chen Yujie often watches American TV series and is very aware of these "daily details". She replied: "Some big shot is going to give a speech."
Jinggao and his party stood at the outermost edge of the crowd. They saw a middle-aged white man who repeatedly declined, but was still invited to the front of the crowd to give a speech. All the guests kept smiling throughout the process, and at the appropriate time
Follow along with applause.
As precise as a robot, nothing is out of tune. Everyone seems to know when to smile and when to applaud, showing perfect etiquette.
The height of the well is amazing.
Made, didn’t you say that Eagle Sauce doesn’t pay attention to etiquette? It seems to be nonsense! The beautiful country is known as the “New Rome”, and Rome valued “etiquette” back then. How could Eagle Sauce’s society not pay attention to it?
National affairs include sacrifice and military rituals. They are the same things in all splendid cultures. How can we not pay attention to them?
So, what idiot is preaching that Americans don’t pay attention to etiquette? Look for yourselves, aren’t they very good? Are they a little rude and uneducated? Damn it, they are rude to you because they look down on you.
!Do you know that you can lick flowers like this?
After the senator finished speaking, a while later, an assistant to Bill Gates invited Jing Gao and his party of five: Jing Gao, Li Mengwei, Chen Yujie, Professor Zhao, and Principal Wu, to a small room. Here, I met
