Reborn multinational giant

At 12:25 noon on December 16, 2008, San Francisco time, at San Francisco International Airport, California, USA, Fang Zhe and Zheng Siwen, Fatty and two other employees of the company got off the plane together.

Almost a month ago, when Fang Zhe decided to go to the United States to attend an Apple seminar, he had the idea of ​​taking the fat man with him.In the past, in school, the fat man often nagged with himself. He had the opportunity to go to the United States to see and experience American customs. After watching American blockbusters for so many years, Fang Zhe would naturally not leave him when he had the opportunity.

The Silicon Valley where Apple is located is still south of San Francisco. Thanks to the developed high-speed transportation network in the United States, it only takes about an hour to travel from the airport by car.

As the world's most famous high-tech industrial zone, Silicon Valley has been leading the electronic technology industry and Internet industry in the United States and the world since the 1960s.

Fairchild, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo, Google, Apple, Facebook, etc., and so on, as far as the electronic technology industry and the Internet industry have left a reputation and top ranking, a considerable part of the company is from It was born and sprouted, and finally grew into a world-renowned multinational giant.

At the Hilton Garden Inn, Cupertino, Silicon Valley, Fang Zhe and his party went through the procedures at the front desk and checked into their respective rooms under the leadership of a handsome blond boy. Fang Zhe and Fatty lived in a double room. The two employees lived in double rooms like Fang Zhe and others, and Zheng Siwen lived in a single room by himself.

After the blond brother helped the fat man put his luggage, the fat man, who had been waiting for a long time, handed the 10 dollars he had in his hand to the little brother, pretending to say: "thankyou!"

Fang Zhe smiled speechlessly. In order to tip this matter, the fat man even chatted with him on the plane for a long time, saying that he should not only appear to be Chinese, but also that we have never been to the United States like a dumpling. I don't know if the blond boy took the 10 dollars that was soaked with sweat on his hands, and threw it in his pocket with disgust. It seems that he still gave the girl too much.

Although it is in the United States, in terms of hotel housing standards, there is not much difference between domestic and foreign star-rated hotels. The double room Fang Zhe and the others live in is less than 30 square meters, with two large double beds The only thing that makes Fang Zhe feel strange is that there are refrigerators and microwaves that are rarely seen in domestic hotels, and an iPod docking station that Fang Zhe has been working on for a long time to understand. Apple is not as popular as later generations, this hotel is so crazy.

But thinking about the location of this hotel, Fang Zhe thinks that business in this hotel will be more prosperous ten years later than it is now. The reason is that if Fang Zhe remembers correctly, Apple’s new circular headquarters ten years later will be located here. Opposite the hotel.

Fang Zhe and Fatty took a hot bath one after another and then rested in the hotel. Although it is afternoon in the US, it is late at night in Yanjing. Before the jet lag reversed, the two of them were as sleepy as dogs.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Zheng Siwen came and knocked on the door to wake Fang Zhe and Fatty to go to the restaurant downstairs to eat together. This is also a headache for Fang Zhe and Fatty. They are a group of people, Fang Zhe and Fatty’s. English is the two most scumbags.

Although the two have made up a lot of English since they knew they were coming to the United States, but from the actual situation today, whether it is the English of the driver, the English of the hotel reception, or even the blond who helps them with their luggage When these people were talking, Fang Zhe and Fatty both tried to erect their ears, and then stared blankly at each other. The expression in their eyes probably meant "Do you understand?" "I understand what you are doing. ?"

At this time, Fang Zhe could only smile helplessly. Whoever let himself be a reborn person has been out of school for almost ten years. Not to mention how to write a lot of Chinese characters in the fourth level exam that year, he has returned to the teacher!Just look at the English emails, let yourself communicate with foreigners, I am afraid this is really impossible.

Therefore, during the following days in the United States, Fang Zhe and the fat guy wanted to be the follower behind Zheng Siwen’s ass. Except for the common Toilets and the like, they knew each other. They ordered a meal in the restaurant downstairs. People are quite strenuous.

Zheng Siwen looked at Fang Zhe and Fatty who were hiding behind him watching their order, and said with a smile:

"You two let go. Don't be afraid to say something wrong. We are all foreigners. It is great to speak English. Look at those foreigners who come to China. How many people can speak Chinese well."

Hearing what he said, Fang Zhe thinks about it this way. We don't dislike foreigners who speak Chinese poorly, and foreigners are the same. Most Chinese dare not speak English when they go abroad. It's nothing but inferiority.

Lao Tzu is a man who wants to change the world, so what is the difficulty!

Therefore, after Zheng Siwen stepped aside, Fang Zhe took a brave step forward, and said to the blonde beauty who was smiling at him in his lame oral language:

"Sametohim"

With that, Fang Zhe pointed to Zheng Siwen who had just walked to his seat.

The smile on the blonde beauty's face was even stronger, she nodded in response: "yeah, sameashis? ok!"

Fang Zhe took the meal, turned around, and teased at the fat man:

"It's your fat man!"

The fat man "cut" Fang Zhe disdainfully, stepped forward and said, "metoo, metoo!"

During the meal, Zheng Siwen affirmed the behavior of Fang Zhe and Fatty. When he came to the United States to study, he did not dare to speak, but after a long time, it was like that. It was nothing more than changing the language environment. Fang Zhe and Fatty's vocabulary The amount is not bad. I believe that after spending some time in the United States, the two are used to speaking to Americans in poor English.

Two days after coming to the U.S., Fang Zhe and the others finally had the jet lag. Apple’s symposium was held at 10 am on December 18th. Therefore, during the two days of jet lag, Zheng Siwen took Fang Zhe, Fatty, and others. 'S turned around in Silicon Valley.

In addition to the headquarters of several well-known large companies, Stanford University is also one of the stops on the itinerary. As the birthplace of Silicon Valley, Stanford University’s environment and architectural style are quite different from those of famous universities such as Huaqing Yan University in China. , A few people walked on the campus as if they were in a medieval European manor.

This is one of the characteristics of many prestigious schools in Europe and America, such as Harvard, Oxford, and many of them. Many of them have hundreds of years of history. In terms of architectural style, they also retain the cultural characteristics of that era. If China has also stayed from the heyday of the Qing Dynasty I'm afraid the feeling of walking on campus when I come to the university is like visiting the Forbidden City.

On the morning of December 18th, after breakfast, Fang Zhe and his party drove to Apple’s current headquarters, the famous CA95014!