Luo Qianjin followed his boss's instructions and picked up Guan Zhilin, who had just arrived in the United States, at the San Francisco Airport. He drove her in a luxury Cadillac and sent her to a quiet independent house.
a few hours later
Wang Yaocheng opened the door of the villa with satisfaction, walked to the swimming pool in the yard, plunged in and swam happily. The cool water brought him a cool feeling, which made him forget himself.
Through the large floor-to-ceiling glass of the villa, one can see a beautiful woman lying lazily on her back, exposing her snow-white shoulders.
swam for a while
Guan Zhilin came out wearing loose house clothes and handed a glass of cocktail with ice to Wang Yaocheng;
"Brother Cheng, try the Hawaiian Night I prepared for you. This is my specialty."
"Then I must try it."
Wang Yaocheng stretched out his hand to take the cocktail with ice, and suddenly, amidst the screams of Guan Zhilin, who was shining brightly, he turned over and poured it into the clear blue swimming pool water, causing a large splash of white water.
Guan Zhilin was a good swimmer and was as nimble as a mermaid in the blue water. She quickly dragged Wang Yaocheng into the water.
The two of them played and joked around to their heart's content. It took a while before they calmed down, and they walked out of the swimming pool one after another to rest.
"It's all you who made other people's clothes wet and had to take a bath again." Guan Zhilin looked like her baby was unhappy.
"Hey, I don't know who it is. They were having so much fun in the water just now. I'm so strong and I didn't even take advantage of it."
"Hmph, playing in the water does not require a lot of strength. This is just a small pond. If you were in the sea, you would suffer even greater losses."
The beauty raised her head in provocation. How could Wang Yaocheng spare her? He smiled evilly and said, "We are not in the water now."
"Ah...what are you going to do? It's indecent!"
Guan Zhilin screamed all the way into the house, occasionally looking back in horror, revealing her charming and charming face.
Wang Yaocheng followed happily and closed the door tightly...
Red Hat
Cai Linlin was sitting in the office, handling her busy work seriously. Guo Liyi, the female secretary to the chairman, delivered a stack of documents and placed them on her desk.
Cai Linlin flipped through it casually and couldn't help asking in surprise;
"There are so many orders for IBM processors. I remember that last month I purchased more than 2 million U.S. dollars in enterprise-class servers. Now that I have to buy ten more high-performance servers, wouldn't it cost another 4 million U.S. dollars?
In two months, the purchase of equipment alone cost 6 million US dollars. No matter how big a family business is, it can't help but fail."
Female secretary Guo Liyi quietly explained: "I heard from the chairman that this is to solve the problem of a sharp increase in the number of visits to the Netscape Navigator browser, and the necessary expenditures must not be saved.
Only when customers use it and get smooth surfing pleasure, the reputation of the product can be spread by word of mouth, and the benefits it brings cannot be reflected in the report.
Silicon Valley Internet companies basically have no profits, and most of them are losing money. It is a rare miracle that Netscape can barely maintain a balance of payments."
"Well! He always has a point."
Cai Linlin felt so powerless as she moaned feebly.
The green dollar bills came in like a tidal wave and disappeared like an ebbing tide. It seemed that what we got was just a dream.
Netscape's revenue is growing rapidly, and the Navigator browser is selling well and has been rolled out to the European market.
Sales in the third quarter are expected to reach US$23 million.
But spending money was also very aggressive. The number of employees recruited by Netscape quickly expanded to more than a hundred people, including the integrated circuit design company just established by Red Hat, who were all recruiting.
The warehouses in the logistics company's warehousing area were demolished and are now being rebuilt.
A huge post-modern style building will be built to serve as the headquarters of Red Hat. There will be dozens of small buildings dotted around it to create a green and natural top workplace.
The project is expected to invest US$110 million and be completed in two years.
But after Wang Yaocheng arranged everything, he disappeared, which really made people hate him.
In the villa
"Brother Cheng, have you changed your clothes?"
Guan Zhilin, who was dressed up in a beautiful dress, was radiant. She kept urging Wang Yaocheng and raised her white and white wrist to check the time.
In order to attend the high-end party tonight, she has dressed up carefully, and now she is waiting for Wang Yaocheng, who is dawdling, to make a shining appearance...
The time has arrived at 19:40, and the journey will take at least 20 minutes.
"Okay, okay."
Wang Yaocheng walked out in a dark dress, with the collar of his white shirt untied, holding a stack of invitations in his hand, flipping through them, and muttered;
"Which one is it?"
"Let me take a look."
Guan Zhilin eagerly took the stack of invitations. She felt dizzy with happiness as she looked at the names on the invitations. These were big names in TV, film and entertainment circles, politicians, famous business figures, etc.
"Oh my God! This is a party hosted by Mr. Redstone of Viacom Entertainment Group. Oh! It's really frustrating. The date is yesterday's invitation, a private party held at a Hollywood estate. How come I didn't notice it?
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Wang Yaocheng glanced lightly and said;
"You were still flying in the sky at that time. I was in Dallas, Texas yesterday. How could I go to Hollywood to attend a party? It's more than 600 kilometers away. It's a long way to drive, and it's too close to fly."
"That's Mr. Redstone of Viacom Entertainment Group!"
"Haha! So what?
He is now trying to buy Paramount Pictures, but the management of the other party is very resistant to the acquisition, which makes him very angry. I have no interest in getting involved. The waters here are very deep!"
Well!
After listening to these words, can you still have fun?
Guan Zhilin wanted to shout out;
"I want to go!"
Wang Yaocheng found a bow on the dressing table and was putting the collar of his shirt up to tie a bow;
"Did you find the invitation?"
"Ah, I'm sorry, I haven't found it yet. The owner is..."
"Steve Jobs."
"Oh, I think I found it, it's this one."
Guan Zhilin held up the silver invitation letter in her hand and was overjoyed.
half an hour later
A luxurious bay manor, covering an extremely vast area of about a thousand acres, with a calm private lake surrounding the main pale white Victorian palace-style building.
Wang Yaocheng drove a silver Porsche 911. The powerful lightweight 3.2-displacement engine drove the streamlined classic body lightly on the tree-lined road, letting the cool sea breeze at night blow his black hair.
Looking sideways, the Chanel silk scarf tied around Guan Zhilin's neck was flying wildly in the night wind.
At the entrance of the manor, four sturdy men stood under the light like door gods.
After handing over the silver invitation letter, the bodyguard confirmed it through the pocket intercom and then released it. The silver Porsche 911 drove slowly on the road in the manor. The tall coconut trees on both sides were as thick as an arm's length, revealing a luxurious style.
"Dear Brother Cheng, I think this is the life you dream of. It's like the ancient castle in every girl's mind, where you can live happily with the prince charming in your mind."
"Arlene, there is a price to pay. Such a large manor requires at least 60 staff to maintain, more than 12 security personnel, and relevant security facilities.
The same number of gardening staff, as well as housekeepers, valets, waiters, cooks or one of Cincinnati's chefs, pastry chefs, pet trainers, etc., plus regular property maintenance costs and government bills.
Well...it will cost at least 4 million US dollars per year, maybe more."
Guan Zhilin's beautiful face suddenly fell;
"Oh my god! Is it really okay for you to say such a romantic thing in such a philistine way?"
Wang Yaocheng smiled brightly, showing his white teeth; "One car is enough for us, do you want to give it a try?"
"I hate it so much. I don't want to talk to you anymore."
"hehe!"
Night is like water
Light white victorian palace style main building entrance
The outline lights hidden in the lawn gave this classical building a beautiful outline. Steve Jobs and a few friends were standing at the door, talking casually.
The limousines that came to attend the private party were all driven away by waiters one after another, keeping the entrance of the main building of the manor clean and elegant.
The Porsche 911 parked next to the marble sculpture. Wang Yaocheng and Guan Zhilin, who was wearing an evening dress, stepped out of the car hand in hand. They raised their hands and the silver key traced a graceful arc and was deftly caught by the parking boy.
Wang Yaocheng casually clipped two Franklins on the wiper and walked towards the main entrance.
"Hey Steve, you look really handsome tonight."
Steve Jobs had already seen Wang Yaocheng coming, walked down a few steps to greet him, and greeted the lady first according to the etiquette of a gentleman;
"Welcome, beautiful Miss Dongfang, you will make today's party brilliant."
"Thanks!"
"Haha! This is my female companion, Chi-Lin Kwan, a female star from Hong Kong. This is today's owner, Steve Jobs, the boss of Pixar Animation, a business genius with extraordinary imagination."
"When it comes to business geniuses, the only one who can become a celebrity in Silicon Valley is the boss of Red Hat. Let's not brag to each other. I hope the pretty lady has a good time. Let me introduce you to some friends."
The three of them walked into the splendid hall, and the gentlemen and ladies attending the party were chatting implicitly, forming a small circle of small groups.
Steve Jobs walked up to the three middle-aged men who were talking and said;
"Gentlemen, let me solemnly introduce that this is the boss of Red Hat Company and his female companion.
This is Steve Schwarzman from Blackstone. I know that Netscape is currently conducting its first round of IPO, but Mr. Steve Schwarzman promised me that he will not discuss business today, otherwise he will lose the yacht to
I."
Steve Jobs made a good-natured joke, then pointed at a short old man next to him and said;
"Stan Lee, the CEO of Marvel Animation, we all grew up reading his animation books. This man is a legend."
Wang Yaocheng shook hands with them respectively and greeted them;
"Hi! Mr. Stan Lee, nice to meet you."
"Me too."
"This is Mr. Spielberg, the master of Hollywood movies, and we are discussing some interesting topics recently."
"Hello, Mr. Spielberg, I sincerely admire your outstanding talent and like your movies very much."