Chapter 74: Pagoda Suppresses the River Monster
Little Milia, who returned with a lot of bags , was, as expected, severely beaten up by Dana.
"Millia, what did I tell you? Do you know how much money these things cost? Look at the people your age in the slum community, what kind of life they live..."
Diana, who manages the Bruno Charity Foundation and recently frequently visits slum communities to distribute food, clothing and medicine, has also been influenced by her dealings with Mexicans, African Americans, Poles and Slavs from Eastern Europe. Her voice has become much louder and she sometimes even swears.
There is no other way. When dealing with people from those places, reasoning is not as effective as swearing. The only way to express yourself is to yell.
Facing Diana, Milia's pitiful act was useless. Diana, who had already figured her out, was one of the few people in the Greg family and even in the entire Bruno family who could beat Milia.
Looking at Milia being beaten by Dana, Song Yang, Gallo and Logan all sat on the sofa and watched the show. Logan, who acted as a human hanging bag for a day, ate red grapefruit, a specialty of Texas, and his usually sullen face actually showed a smile of spectators watching the show.
Song Yang ignored the look of help Milia cast at him. It was good for him to let Dana teach her a lesson. It wasn't because he cared about the toys she bought, but because he wanted Milia to learn a lesson and not become a real spendthrift when she grows up...
In a small apartment near the Harbor Building, Song Yang, who had just finished admiring the latest Victoria's Secret clothing displayed by Jenny, said to the big cream cake lying in front of him, "If Victoria's Secret invites you to participate in the show, you will definitely be the last Victoria's Secret Angel to appear!"
The big cream cake has become more and more delicious recently. At least Song Yang feels that Jenny's figure is better than the models in this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
Jenny, whose forehead was also covered with a layer of sweat, calmed down her rapid breathing. When she heard Song Yang mention those Victoria's Secret models, she said with jealousy, "I'm not a supermodel, how could Victoria's Secret invite me?"
Seeing Jenny's expression, Song Yang held the cream cake in his arms, his expression changed and he said, "That's not necessarily the case. Maybe one day the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will invite you to appear!"
This year is the first time that Victoria's Secret has held a fashion show. From a promotional event for stores a few years ago, it has gradually become a fashion show. However, its influence is far from comparable to that of later generations and can only be regarded as eye-catching.
When thinking of Victoria's Secret, one can't help but think of the annual fashion show that makes women go shopping and makes men all over the world jealous, and of course those long legs.
Thinking of this, Song Yang looked at the cream cake in his arms guiltily. He didn't know why he thought of these things. It must be because of his original body.
However, this made Song Yang feel that if there was a chance, he could get involved. If he could use RICK's company to acquire the Victoria's Secret brand, he might give it a try. At its peak, Victoria's Secret could make women all over the world buy 7 billion US dollars of products every year, and the market value exceeded 26 billion US dollars.
Song Yang did this entirely for Eric's sake. He wanted to transform from a man's paradise to a women's friend, which was perfect. Song Yang definitely did this for the long legs on the Victoria's Secret show...
At this moment, the cell phone suddenly rang. Jenny glanced at the phone with dissatisfaction, wondering which tactless guy came to disturb her at this time.
When Jenny heard Song Yang answer the phone and say the name "Tristan", she was dissatisfied with this old man again. It was bad enough that he was a light bulb in New York, but he actually disturbed her when he returned to Houston. Jenny didn't have a good impression of this old man Tristan.
Tristan on the other end of the phone's eyelids twitched a few times. He probably never thought that he would offend Jenny again.
"Song, I found a Silicon Valley startup cybersecurity company for you. Maybe you will be interested in it, Fortinet!"
Tristan told Song Yang about the information he had collected, "Speaking of which, this Fortinet network security company has some connection with you, Song. The founder of this company is Xie Qing from China. He has become quite famous in Silicon Valley in recent years. I heard that McAfee, Symantec, Juniper, etc. all want him to join!"
Tristan said Xie Qing's name in a strange tone and briefly introduced Xie Qing's background to Song Yang.
Just like the trend of going abroad that has been popular in the past few years, Xie Qing, who graduated from Huaqing University, came to Silicon Valley five years ago and entered Stanford for further studies. He has already gained some fame in the field of security networks in Silicon Valley. Recently, he joined forces with several Chinese people in Silicon Valley to start a business.
After hearing what Tristan said, Song Yang said to Tristan without thinking too much, "Professor Tristan, can you help meet Xie Qing and ask him to come to Houston!"
After receiving a request from DoubleClick that expressed great interest in donating his digital laboratory, Comrade Tristan said that it didn't matter that he was old, as he could still contribute to Song Yang, and he went to Mountain View, Silicon Valley in person to invite Xie Qing to join Song Yang.
After hanging up the phone, Song Yang felt vaguely familiar with the name Feita. The most commonly used antivirus software in China in later generations is 360 owned by the red-robed leader, Boss Zhou, followed by Rising, Jiangmin, etc. But Song Yang also felt as if he had heard of Feita somewhere, so it must not be an unknown company.
Xie Qing, who is just over 30 years old and 1.95 meters tall, was sitting on a plane from San Francisco to Houston. He still felt a little unbelievable that just yesterday, Professor Tristan, who was quite famous in Silicon Valley and the entire American Internet academic circle, actually visited his small company which had just been established for a month.
What Xie Qing could not have imagined was that Tristan was actually acting as a lobbyist for someone else. If Tristan had not said it himself, Xie Qing would never have thought that the upstart Internet star in Houston would actually want to meet him in person and ask Tristan to act as a lobbyist.
Xie Qinghai's impression of Song Yang comes from what he read in the media. He knows that Song Yang has Chinese ancestry and is "the most handsome founder in the Internet industry and the one who understands the Internet best among handsome people."
This is the impression of Song Yang held by most ordinary people who have read media news. Some boring media even interviewed him and concluded that Song Yang's appearance has greatly improved the chances of female practitioners entering the Internet industry.
As for Xie Qing, apart from the impression he had in the media, his impression of Song Yang was that he was a genius. As someone in the industry, Xie Qing could truly understand how important the emergence of Internet digital advertising was to the industry!
However, what surprised Xie Qing was that he didn't know how Song Yang found him. Xie Qing was a little nervous about this trip to Houston. After all, the other party is now a famous figure in the American Internet industry, on par with Marc Andreessen, Jim Clark, and Jerry Yang.
Song Yang, who is regarded as an "Internet big shot", was already waiting in the office of the Harbor Building early in the morning.
As soon as Xie Qing got out of the Houston airport, he soon saw Gallo who came to pick him up. It was hard not to notice him. Gallo was holding a huge sign with Xie Qing's Chinese name written in Chinese characters, which made him stand out from the crowd at the Houston airport.
"I'm Xie Qing. Are you from DoubleClick Company?" Xie Qing pointed at the sign and asked Gallo.
"Gai... Luo!"
After holding it in for a long time, Gallo finally said the Chinese name that Song Yang taught him in broken Chinese, then he put his arm around Xie Qing and took her to the car, "Song, we're waiting for you. We'll welcome you to the RICK Club tonight."
Listening to Gai Luo occasionally saying one or two idioms, Xie Qing knew that someone must have taught him. As for whether it was Song Yang, Xie Qing was not sure.
Gallo drove all the way and brought Xie Qing to the office in the Harbor Building.
"Thank you for your hard work in coming all the way to Houston!"
As soon as they met, he heard the familiar Mandarin. This was the most authentic Mandarin Xie Qing had heard since he came to America. Not to mention that there are not many yellow-skinned people in Silicon Valley. If he didn't know that this was Houston, Xie Qing would have suspected that they were in some domestic city.
"Did the journey go smoothly?"
Song Yang looked at the man in front of him and said, instead of letting Irene make coffee, he personally used the tea leaves he got from Yang Zhiyuan to make a cup of tea for Xie Qing.
Xie Qing is a typical northern man. Although he is tall, he always has an honest smile on his face and a deep and deep voice. When he shook hands with Song Yang just now, he deliberately lowered his body.
"It's OK." Listening to the familiar Mandarin and the common communication methods in Songyang made Xie Qing relax. "It's just that some things are unexpected!"
"Surprised?" Song Yang laughed, "Surprised that I can speak Chinese?"
"Both. If I hadn't met you today, I would never have thought that the American Internet genius would be like this!" Xie Qing said, looking at Song Yang.
Song Yang asked Xie Qing a few questions about the current situation on the other side of the ocean and Xie Qing's life in America, and then said to him, "Do you want to take a rest first? I have already ordered a table of Beijing cuisine at a restaurant in Chinatown. I heard that the chef just came to America in the past two years and his cooking skills are very good!"
"I can still hold on!" Xie Qing thanked Song Yang for his kindness.
After hearing what Xie Qing said, Song Yang nodded and said directly, "Professor Tristan, I should have come to you. We are all family, so I won't hide anything tell you the truth directly."
"I want to invest in the Fortinet security network company you founded!"
Although he had thought about this possibility, Xie Qing was still a little surprised when he heard Song Yang say it. Xie Qing had not expected that Feng Ruo would enter the flying tower so soon.
However, Song Yang's investment showed that he was optimistic about Fortinet, which made Xie Qing feel happy. It was also a recognition of him.
"But Fortinet is just starting out now. Fortinet wants to be a brand new network security company..." Xie Qing told Song Yang about his original intention of establishing Fortinet.
Song Yang listened to Xie Qing's words. When he heard that he wanted to make a hardware firewall, he became interested. "Fortinet wants to make a hardware firewall?"
"It's the UTM joint gateway," Xie Qing finally showed his excitement when he mentioned this, "It adds firewalls, anti-virus software, and computer virus filtering software to the chip to achieve real large-scale network security protection!"
