Chapter 632 Children and grandchildren will have their own children and grandchildren
The day after the negotiation with Wang An Computer Company collapsed, Li Ye and others began to split up.
Luo Runbo contacted those little-known small manufacturers to discuss the possibility of forming joint ventures or foundries on Hong Kong Island.
Pei Wencong took Li Ye, Wen Leyu, Fu Yiruo and others to visit Mr. Witte Jeff.
Jeff lives in a small town in the suburbs of New York, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city's reinforced concrete. Not only is it very quiet, but the air and scenery are also very good.
When Li Ye and others arrived in the town, they saw Jeff waiting at the door of his villa with his wife and three children from a distance.
Wen Leyu looked through the car window and saw Jeff's family of five wearing brand new clothes and lining up neatly, so he said to Li Ye: "Mr. Jeff seems to attach great importance to us. !"
Li Ye nodded silently and whispered: "Because we changed his life, Lighthouse people generally focus on profits, but they may not be ungrateful.”
Before meeting Pei Wencong and Li Ye, Jeff was a car mechanic, although Li Ye didn’t understand why a Stanford history graduate would do this. He was engaged in the auto repair industry, but his life at that time was undoubtedly a bit embarrassing.
Because at that time, after Jeff read the conditions proposed by Pei Wencong and confirmed "only profit, no compensation", he signed the contract without hesitation without negotiating the price, which led Li Ye to suspect that he was Not a lighthouse person.
And after signing the contract, Jeff immediately asked Pei Wencong to send him a car to the Hong Kong Island Airport and fly back to the lighthouse overnight.
Looking at his hurried look, Li Ye felt that besides being afraid of delaying the lighthouse, In addition to auto repair work, it seems that I want to save money on accommodation, taxi fares, and meal expenses.
But now Jeff is a middle-class man with a royalties of two million, and in order to write with peace of mind, he moved from a crowded urban home to his favorite countryside.
You must know that in Beacon, the cost of settling in the suburbs is not necessarily lower than in the city!
Wen Leyu nodded slowly, because Li Ye gave her detailed information about Jeff. It can be said that it was indeed Li Ye who changed the lives of Jeff's family.
The younger sister Fu Yiruo looked over and asked with admiration: "Brother, how many people's destinies have you changed as a kind person?"
Wen Leyu also looked at Li Ye quietly.
Li Ye changed Jeff's fate, changed Fu Yiruo's fate, and similarly changed her Wen Leyu's fate.
Li Ye said calmly: "Kindness is always mutual. When you change others, it is equivalent to changing yourself. It's like you have to like someone first before others will like you!"
“Oh~”
Fu Yiruo turned to look at Wen Leyu and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, is my brother talking to you about love? How did he like you in the first place?"
Wen Leyu was angry and funny. Arrogantly, he stretched out his hand and pulled Fu Yiruo's head away.
She was the one who liked Li Ye first, okay? She is an honest girl.
But after Fu Yiruo was pulled away, he remained unyielding and pushed his head back with a smile, making sure to make Wen Leyuwen blush.
She has known Wen Leyu for almost two years, and she knows very well that although her sister-in-law is rational, calm and decisive,
But when it comes to emotional issues with Li Ye, she is a "thin-skinned" little girl who is very fun to tease.
But this time Wen Leyu was the first to say: "Children don't understand, don't ask questions randomly. In addition, if any boy talks to you in the future, report it honestly immediately. You can't make the decision casually, otherwise I will beat you." Call Aunt Fu.”
Fu Yiruo’s little mouth immediately opened into an O shape, as if she was seeing a second “stern mother”.
Li Ye couldn't help but smile.
Do you really think Xiao Yu is easy to mess with? Look, it’s getting urgent!
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“Welcome Mr. Pei, on behalf of me and my family, I would like to thank you all for coming. This is my wife Ilia, this is my eldest son Hunter, and this is my second daughter Aleka. .”
As soon as Pei Wencong got off the bus, Jeff warmly welcomed him, and then introduced his family to Pei Wencong, Li Ye and others.
In fact, Jeff knew that Pei Wencong was coming, and originally wanted to take the initiative to visit Pei Wencong, but Pei Wencong refused, saying that he hoped to spend a pleasant weekend at Jeff's house.
So Jeff quickly started to prepare and treated this reception as a big event.
"Mr. Jeff, you're welcome. In fact, we are disturbing you. This is my friend Mr. Li, and these are Miss Fu and Miss Wen." Heavy gift.
Li Ye, Fu Yiruo and Wen Leyu also each gave a gift to Jeff's child.
Jeff's wife and children were very happy, and Jeff looked at Li Ye and recalled it carefully, and then suddenly remembered that when he signed the contract in Hong Kong Island, Li Ye was sitting on the sofa in the office superior.
At that time, Jeff didn't pay much attention, but now that Li Ye followed Pei Wencong across thousands of miles and came to the lighthouse to meet him, then Li Ye wouldn't be the original author of "A Song of Ice and Fire", right?
So Jeff quickly shook hands with Li Ye: "Long time no see, Mr. Li, welcome to your arrival."
Li Ye was quite surprised, didn't they say that people from Lighthouse all look the same to East Asians? How come Jeff could still recognize him after only meeting him once two or three years ago?
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Jeff prepared a sumptuous dinner to entertain Li Ye and others. Everyone chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
However, when Pei Wencong talked about a topic, Li Ye noticed that Jeff's expression changed, and he was obviously a little strange.
"When we came to Lighthouse this time, we originally wanted to invest in some high-tech companies. Mr. Jeff should know that this kind of venture capital is very common in our Lighthouse."
"But when we were seeking cooperation, Due to differences in culture and beliefs, we have always encountered some undue resistance, so we hope to find a partner with Lighthouse status." Because from Pei Wencong's understanding, Mr. Witte Jeff is a relatively candid person. , so Pei Wencong did not hide it and go around and directly invited Jeff, and implicitly expressed the reason for inviting Jeff.
“Due to differences in culture and beliefs” is actually due to differences in skin color, and resistance that “shouldn’t be” is actually unfriendly discrimination.
Venture investment is not like making quick money such as foreign exchange and stock speculation. You can trade casually regardless of your identity. You can buy low and sell high and make a profit. At least you must have a formal company, and You also need to be somewhat famous in the industry.
For example, Li Ye fell in love with a small technology company, and then came to the door and said directly, "I am a rich man from a mysterious country in the East. I am very optimistic about you. Please make an offer."
People might think that Li Ye is a liar.
What if Sequoia Capital comes to the door? Then they will take it seriously and report their true requirements.
As for the contact with Wang An Computer Company this time, Pei Wencong first came into contact with Mr. Wang An, who is also Chinese, through the relationship between the wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong Island. After many trials and exchanges, he came to In the final stage, the process was very cumbersome and took a lot of effort from Pei Wencong.
That's why Wang Lie's sudden change of heart made Li Ye and others so angry.
But if a relatively well-known company in the industry talks about cooperation with Wang Lie, this will never happen.
So after discussing with Pei Wencong, Li Ye and Pei Wencong concluded that there can be many channels for capital to be injected into and out of Lighthouse, but in Lighthouse itself, there must be a venture capital company and a reliable partner.
Jeff is a good candidate, especially since he is a graduate of Stanford University. Although he is a history graduate, he has more convenient connections in Silicon Valley after all.
After hearing what Pei Wencong said, Jeff nodded silently, didn't say anything, and just ate dully.
Pei Wencong was a little surprised.
Under normal circumstances, he has already extended an olive branch, and Jeff should climb up the ladder and talk to Pei Wencong about issues such as "How many shares do I hold? How much can I earn? How much risk should I take?"
But why does Jeff seem to have trouble with money now?
Or am I being subtle and not clear enough?
Pei Wencong thought about it for a while, and then said directly: "Mr. Jeff, are you interested in becoming our partner?"
Jeff shook his head: "Mr. Pei, thank you. trust and good intentions, but I am very satisfied with my current life, so I don’t want to make any changes.”
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There's no way to talk about it now. It's not a business. How can I still beg you and me to make a fortune?
But Pei Wencong felt a little depressed. This time he came to the lighthouse and failed in two consecutive things. Can it not be disappointing?
So at the next dinner table, Pei Wencong brought the topic to Jeff’s three children.
According to the tradition of flower growers, if you have so many children, you must make more money. Make them live a better life?
Although the royalties of two million US dollars are quite a lot, it is not much when it is distributed to each child!
But Jeff's wife smiled and interjected: "Mr. Pei, in fact, we lighthouse people are different from you Easterners. The future of our children needs to be controlled by themselves. Their lives can only be decided by themselves. ”
Isn’t this the Eastern saying that “children and grandchildren will have their own blessings”?
“Ha~”
Li Ye laughed silently.
In a previous life, the nephew of Li Ye's boss at work married a lighthouse girl, which made their whole family unhappy, so much so that Li Ye's boss vowed to "beat the family to death if they don't marry a lighthouse person."
Because the woman’s parents are almost sixty years old, they don’t have their own house, they don’t have a penny in savings, and they don’t even have a dime of dowry for their daughter’s marriage
But the problem is like this, The woman's parents also drove around all day, traveling around, not working hard, and owed the bank a credit card.
This is like showing off to your son-in-law and his family: "Look how carefree I have lived my whole life. Why do you fools so stupidly force the suffering that your children should suffer on your own heads?" ?”
When Li Ye’s boss told this story, Li Ye’s colleagues were divided into two groups.
Some people say that the parenting habits of Lighthouse people are superior, and that young people should rely on themselves. After the age of eighteen, get out of the house and don't come back to gnaw on old age.
But the opposition believes that if any traditional custom can be passed down for thousands of years, it must have its reason.
The tradition of the flower-growing family is that the whole family gathers the efforts of three generations to try their best to support the new generation of successors, hoping that each generation will be stronger than the previous generation, rather than placing hope that their descendants will be amazing and brilliant and break the poverty of one generation. , an endless cycle of poverty from generation to generation.
The two groups were arguing and no one could convince the other, but in the end Li Ye's boss said something quietly.
“If your family always has children and grandchildren who will bring happiness to them, then within a few generations, there will be no children and grandchildren at all.”
The tradition of the flower-growing family actually forces every generation to work hard. No one is allowed to be lazy and work hard to pass on the family's bloodline and hope.
And the current thinking of the Jeff family is not the style of all lighthouse people. After all, that is not what those rich people do.
That old man has been blabbering all day long about donating all his property. After blabbering for so many years, doesn’t he want to regret it again when he gets old?
Not enough. It was at the end of the dinner that Li Ye realized that he had misunderstood Jeff again.
(End of this chapter)