Ordinary Road 2010

In particular, the graduation photos of Columbia University's Statistics Department in a certain year showed that there were only two non-Asian faces in a class.

As a result, Columbia University was ridiculed by a group of people on the Internet, and it was called "the shame of the Ivy League".

Well, the more foreign students, the more “watery” they are. Finally, the trend of “self-written papers” has been carried forward to the United States, which can barely be regarded as cultural export.

So, later HYPSM came into being as the times require, and it is used to refer to the ceiling of famous American schools. These schools have a strong sense of "upper society", and even old Americans can "change their fate" if they are admitted to these schools.

Stanford is the only one located on the west coast. The rise of Silicon Valley and this prestigious school should be said to be mutual achievements.

Shangguan Yingzi smiled and didn't take it seriously, she had heard too many compliments like this.

The two also chatted about other trivial matters, and the long journey seemed less tired with such a beautiful girl to relieve boredom.

After the plane landed, Lin Yi and Shangguan Yingzi exchanged WeChat messages before saying goodbye.

After watching her walk away, Liu Jianni, who hadn't spoken the whole time on the plane, commented: "This girl is very beautiful, Stanford, she's pretty good."

I knew she wasn't asleep, and I didn't know how many words she had secretly overheard besides Stanford.

But this is not to blame for Liu Jianni's head, the plane is so big, there is nowhere to hide if they want to make room for them.

However, this sounded like the tone of the seven aunts and the eight aunts when they played with each other. Lin Yibang made a statement himself:

"We're just ordinary high school classmates, not even in the same class, and we haven't seen each other for more than a year before this encounter."

Liu Jianni said indifferently: "You don't need to explain to me, I'm just your subordinate and not your housekeeper. Arrangements for public and private convenience are very common, and I don't think you are unprofessional because of this."

"I just want to remind you that if you have any private itinerary in the United States, remember to stagger it with the working hours. I have sent you the itinerary I arranged before coming here."

The meaning of this sentence is actually "I don't care", not "I believe".

Lin Yi felt that he had been wronged, and that he couldn't bring Gu Caiwei along, and somehow he was blamed for it.

So he gave another message: "A roommate of mine in high school has liked this girl for more than ten years. We chased her specially during the graduation trip, so we met."

He was talking about Zhang Xiaochuan, of course.

In fact, Brother Yi is now the city manager of Wanli Travel in Pengcheng. As an important first-tier city, he directly reports to COO Li Moyan. He is also a middle-level cadre of the company, and Liu Jianni also knows it.

But this is Brother Yi's privacy, so Lin Yi didn't reveal his identity.

When chatting with Shangguan Yingzi on the plane just now, he once thought about whether to mention Zhang Xiaochuan. After all, this is a person that the two of them are very familiar with, or it is the only place where they can get in touch.

However, considering that he never mentioned Shangguan Yingzi again after seeing Brother Yi in Yangcheng in his freshman year, he seemed to have let go of the past and prepared to look forward, so he didn't do anything unnecessary.

If he really had any remaining feelings for Shangguan Yingzi, he would naturally be able to find out the whereabouts of this old classmate, so he didn't need to worry about it.

What Lin Yi really meant when he mentioned this was to explain his relationship with Shangguan Yingzi and the fact that "they are not familiar with each other".

Liu Jianni obviously misunderstood the meaning, she glanced at Lin Yi and said with a smile: "Can't you see that you are quite moral?"

What she understood was that Lin Yi couldn't do anything because Shangguan Yingzi was a woman his brother liked.

Come on, it doesn't matter.

Lin Yi didn't bother to explain too much. After all, Liu Jianni is not a gossip party, so she didn't press the question. Instead, she said:

"I heard you two chatting just now, and it was said that you have produced a big star this year. It seems that your high school is full of talents?"

Liu Jianni has a lot of research on economic dynamics and industry development, but there is inevitably a generation gap in the entertainment life of young people, so she doesn't even remember the name of the new female singer they mentioned.

Shangguan Yingzi did mention Gu Caiwei just now, and the context is that she and Lin Yi are now the celebrities most talked about by old classmates.

Obviously, Shangguan Yingzi didn't have much research on the gossip in the grades, so she didn't hear any scandals between Lin Yi and Gu Caiwei.

Of course, Lin Yi wouldn't take the initiative to confess, so he just fooled around with the excuse of "we haven't been in touch after graduation".

Now he still didn't tell the truth, but covered up: "It's a coincidence, our school has quite a lot of top students, like just now, there are quite a few who go to P University every year, but before starting a business and debuting as a star, there are not many of them. It’s rare, and it happens to be in the same year.”

Liu Jianni didn't doubt it, because she didn't even know that Lin Yi and Gu Caiwei were actually in the same class.

However, Lin Yi took the initiative to change the topic: "I was quite surprised when I said it. I didn't expect Shangguan Yingzi to greet me."

"In high school, we didn't have much contact with a top student in a key class like her, and the roommate mentioned just now has been secretly in love with her to no avail, so we always thought she had a very cold personality."

"I chatted for a while on the plane today, and found that it doesn't seem as difficult to get along with as I imagined?"

At this time, they had already left the airport and got into a taxi. They were on their way to the hotel. The driver in the front seat was a white man who couldn't speak Chinese, so there was no danger of eavesdropping on them.

Liu Jianni asked back amusedly: "Little boys are really boring, and they self-righteously label beautiful girls."

"Is there a possibility that she is not aloof in the first place, but you dare not get close because she is too good, so you imagined it?"

"Do you think she treats you differently because you are now an entrepreneurial celebrity and a rich man?"

Of course, Lin Yi didn't mean that. He found that Liu Jianni's words made sense, and he thought it was just everyone's preconceived ideas.

At this time, Liu Jianni really felt that Lin Yi was indeed a young man only 20 years old.

She thought that before going abroad, Lin had entrusted Li Moyan, the girl he had always called "Senior Sister", with all the domestic affairs.

Liu Jianni originally wanted to give a few words, but considering that she was her boss and not her subordinate after all, she didn't say anything in the end.

It doesn't affect the work.

Chapter 444 I'm a Genius

Lin Yi stayed in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley for a few days. Of course, he didn't arrange any private itinerary, let alone go to Stanford to find Shangguan Yingzi.

One is because the two of them really don't know each other well.

The second reason is that Lin Yi has not been idle for the past few days, he is not here for sightseeing.

He honestly followed the itinerary arranged by Liu Jianni, and met one venture capital institution after another as if rushing to the market.

The white old man, who was so similar that he couldn't tell them apart, was a little dazzled because he saw too closely, and he was allergic to the crackling English in his ears all day long. Fortunately, he brought Liu Jianni with him.

Of course, she is not just a translator. As the CFO of Wanli Travel, she is an important negotiating member.

In fact, Lin Yi is not the first time to attract venture capital. When Ranranwaimai was looking for a B round, he ran around the capital. At that time, it happened to be Liu Jianni who took him. Except for the language difference, the process is not too big. the difference.

"Do you recognize any of these people?"

During the break between running schedules, Lin Yi curiously asked Liu Jianni for her experience. This person has worked in a multinational company for many years in a serious manner.

"A part of it. Only those who have had a lot of contact can tell the difference. The ones on the first face can only be temporarily remembered after the introduction, as long as they don't admit their mistakes in person."

"So the preparation before the meeting is also very important. It is very important who you want to meet today and who you can make a decision on."

Liu Jianni introduced her experience over there. Her work in this area was carefully prepared, which saved Lin Yi a lot of energy.

Of course, Lin Yi also made a lot of efforts for this important road show, including accepting the redesign given by the styling consultant hired by Liu Jianni.

Specifically, he brushed back the back hair that domineering presidents often wear on TV, and put on the high-end custom-made suit and leather shoes that are worth a lot of money at first glance.

The image was completely new, when Lin Yi took a photo of herself and sent it back to Gu Caiwei, she smiled happily on the other side.

The good thing is that the whole person does look more energetic and older, at least no investors will think that they are joking when they meet:

"Oh, Lin, are you an adult at all?"

However, there are also side effects. It may be that the dress looks like a prince. Liu Jianni said that many investors have asked Lin Yi in private if he has any family background.

Don't think that foreigners are asking for gossip, they are very pragmatic. If Lin Yi really has some extraordinary background, even if it has nothing to do with the career of Wanli Travel, it will be a major plus.

A long time ago, there was an urban legend called "foreigners don't look at relationships".

Lin Yi didn't have any experience with this and dared not speak nonsense. Anyway, in the financial industry, this set of things is very mature and aboveboard.

Liu Qing is definitely not the only son of a prominent family recruited by Goldman Sachs, and he is not even considered particularly prominent among those people.

Of course, it's too stupid to call a relationship, they generally call it a "resource".

It's a pity that Lin Yi didn't.

In addition, he and Liu Jianni prepared a whole set of persona for himself, including all his experiences in the first half of his life were packaged.

For example, he has been exposed to the entrepreneurial stories of Silicon Valley giants such as Bill Gates and Jobs since he was a child, and he yearns for them.

For example, he started to teach himself programming when he was in middle school. While coping with heavy schoolwork and successfully entering a key university, he was also able to master superb programming skills.

Highlight one conclusion, he is a genius.

The most favorable evidence for this is that Lin Yi independently completed the first version of the first entrepreneurial project.

The story of casual food delivery network has also been greatly exaggerated.

Because each group has quickly surpassed Hungry? as the leader in the online food ordering industry after acquiring casual food delivery. This largely depends on each group’s own team and operational capabilities. financial support.

In the descriptions of Lin Yi and Liu Jianni, the main reason has become the "advanced business model" and "superior product concept" of Random Food Delivery. In short, the success of each order of food delivery is due to Lin Yiliu's good foundation.

It's a bit like "If Wang Xing's school hadn't been sold cheaply to Chen Yizhou, he would have succeeded a long time ago".

Needless to say, the ten-thousand-mile travel that is currently being done, starting with the choice of the word "travel" in the name instead of "taxi" from the other two companies, fully demonstrates Lin Yi's wisdom and long-term vision.

All of the above are, of course, bragging.

The childhood part is completely fictional, and there's no need to worry about anyone jumping out and punching him in the face anyway.

At least there is some basis for the post-university part, but Lin Yi is embarrassed to say the word "realistic", which is really putting gold on his face.

In short, there is one principle: where you can brag, you should brag as much as possible, and where you really can't brag, you should find a way to brag.

Lin Yi can be said to be the No.1 perspective to participate in and experience immersively. How did the "extraordinary experiences" of those celebrities come about.

If an ordinary person is prone to depression, no one will think it is so great, at most he is just a melancholy bastard.

And once he succeeds, someone will find from his melancholy eyes that he already has the temperament of an artist.

In fact, Lin Yi didn't want to make himself so exaggerated at first, and it took a lot of skill to express the meaning of "I am a genius" without any psychological burden.

But there's no way, they don't appreciate the well-balanced set.

Investors are very professional, they have the ability to make industry judgments, but the money of venture capital institutions is also raised, and they also need to have a story to tell their bosses.

It is human nature to love hearing stories.

Lin Yi chose to do as the Romans do, and shared this deeply processed "true story" over and over again, and then received some compliments, true or false.

After wandering around the West Coast, they found that the reaction from investors was a bit more muted than they had expected.

Liu Jianni would not bring Lin Yi here dryly, she had communicated with her in advance, this was an unexpected situation, she expressed sensitively:

"Something must have changed. Not long ago, they were very enthusiastic about Uber, and they were also very interested in the concept of our domestic version of Uber. After meeting with several companies, their voices were inconsistent."

Lin Yi was still wondering if he was at odds with the investor, but Liu Jianni categorically rejected this guess.

"It's not your problem. I think you've improved a lot this time compared to when you were at Casual Food Delivery, and we all spoke according to the plan we discussed in advance. There is nothing wrong with it."

They didn't figure it out for a while, but it didn't mean their schedule would stop, so Liu Jianni arranged for him to continue flying to the east coast to meet another wave of venture capitalists.

Chapter 445 No way to escape

New York, also known as the Big Apple City, is the sin city in Batman's fairy tales, the largest city in the United States, and the world's financial center.

It's a beautiful business card, where the outward American spirit—the Statue of Liberty—and the real American spirit—Wall Street—are all located.

After Lin Yi and Liu Jianni wandered around here for another two days, they finally figured out which bastard was targeting them.

"It's Factory A."

Liu Jianni categorically shared the news she found: "I got the exact information from my former colleagues in my old company. Cai Chongxin from Factory A called every institution we visited one by one and told them not to invest in us. .”

Cai Chongxin, in terms of ancestry, is also Lin Yi's Zhijiang fellow, but he is actually a Chinese-Canadian born in Taiwan.

He graduated from Yale University with a doctorate in law. After graduation, he worked from a law firm to a private equity fund. He can be regarded as the kind of Chinese elite who got ahead by studying, but the story behind it is a bit unusual.

Cai Chongxin was one of the 70 arhats in Factory A. There were rumors that he was fooled by Ma Jieke, who had not yet made a fortune at the time.

There is probably something wrong with this matter, because Cai Zhongxin’s main task is not to participate in the business operation of Factory A. His job is to be CFO, responsible for financing the company, and he should be based in Hong Kong City most of the time.

With 500 yuan, it is impossible to live in Hong Kong City.

Regardless of what happened, anyway, he boarded the giant ship of Factory A, and the story after that was very boring. To describe it in four words, he was so successful. Lin Yi also knew that he would become the owner of the NBA Nets in the future.

Why does Factory A target them?

This is not surprising, because in the subsidy war at the beginning of the year, his younger brother, Kuaidu Taxi, fell into a disadvantage, and even brought fire to the payment products of Goose Factory and Xiong Factory.

Oh, one more thing, because the participation of Lin Yi and Wanli Travel has been cultivated in the subsidy war, although the current bear factory wallet is not as good as the goose factory payment that relies on red envelopes to turn around, it is much stronger than in the previous life.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Robin is so confident in increasing his O2O.

Therefore, Factory A’s displeasure and malice towards traveling thousands of miles is completely understandable. You must know that Zhifubao is Ma Jack’s baby bump, and it almost broke up with shareholders in order to divest this asset.