The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

Lin Zhiyuan lit a cigarette and watched the pictures on TV silently. This was probably the most explosive news since the new century.

Ten minutes later, his phone rang. It was Li Changan.

Li Changan's voice was almost out of breath, "Uncle, something big is going to happen in New York. Terrorists hijacked a civilian airliner and crashed into the Twin Towers..."

"I'm watching TV. By the way, Changan, how is the stock market in Citigroup performing now?"

"It's still stable, just a slight drop. Wait, oh my god!" As Li Changan screamed, another large passenger plane flew in from a distance on the TV screen, and then plunged into the other twin towers. Thick smoke billowed, like a black dragon soaring into the sky...

The two people who were on the phone fell silent.

About half a minute later, Li Changan reacted, "Uncle, I think the U.S. stock market is going to plummet, and it might even be closed for a while. Our chance has come again."

"Changan, your analysis is correct. The Citigroup stock market will definitely experience a sharp decline in the coming period. Get your funds ready! I will be going to Citigroup next week. You stay in China and keep an eye on the situation there. Remember to help me train the new people in the finance department."

Li Changan's voice was much more excited, "Where are you going? Uncle, are you going to go shopping? Why don't you take me with you?"

"You can shop in China just as well. There's no need to be there. I have other things to do."

Before Lin Zhiyuan finished speaking, his other phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was Ye Helena who was far away in the United States. He hurriedly ended the conversation with Li Changan.

"Hey, Lin..." Yehelena said only once, and then burst into tears, "Lin, if you hadn't asked me to go to Framingham, I really don't know what would have happened. Do you know? The most terrible thing in the world is about to happen in New York. Two planes hit the Twin Towers..."

Lin Zhiyuan comforted her softly, "Don't let your imagination run wild. Even if you are in New York, you don't work there, Yehelena. Good luck will always be with you."

"Lin, you are my good luck. I can't wait to see you now. I will go crazy if I wait even one more minute."

"Honey, I will go to New York soon, and we will meet then." With Lin Zhiyuan's patient comfort, Yehelena's emotions finally stabilized. After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhiyuan washed up and went to bed.

Even though the other side of the ocean was in chaos, here, it was as if nothing had happened. Lin Zhiyuan slept very soundly.

The next day, there was jubilation and joy on the domestic Internet, and all kinds of jokes circulated about the plane crashing into the building.

Lin Zhiyuan had no time to pay attention to these gossips. The affairs in Shanghai had been almost dealt with, so he took his men back to Yanjing by plane.

After resting in Yanjing for two days, Lin Zhiyuan took Yuan Fei and Liao Jinsheng and flew to San Francisco.

This was also a helpless move. Originally, Lin Zhiyuan wanted to go to New York first, visit the Music Garden Company, and meet Yehelena again.

However, New York, which had just experienced a terrorist attack, was like a frightened bird and had strict inspections on inbound and outbound tourists. Lin Zhiyuan did not want to delay his trip, so he had to change his route to San Francisco.

After the plane landed, the people from China Electronics Technology Group Corporation lined up to undergo extremely strict security checks.

Although there were many tourists at San Francisco International Airport at this time, it was quite quiet. Affected by the New York air raid, there were many more armed police officers in the airport hall, watching people coming in and out with a fierce look, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

Lin Zhiyuan reminded everyone that this was an extraordinary period for the United States and they should not cause any trouble.

The men also knew the stakes involved, so no one dared to laugh or talk loudly and they all obediently underwent security checks.

It took half an hour by the time everyone walked out of the gate.

Philip, the manager of Music Garden Company, was standing outside the hall waiting for everyone.

After meeting, without any extra words or actions, Lin Zhiyuan and Yuan Fei simply shook hands with Philip, and the group got on the minibus brought by Philip.

It was not until he got in the car that Lin Zhiyuan asked about Philip's recent situation.

Philip already knew that Lin Zhiyuan was now his new boss, and he respected Lin Zhiyuan very much. He shook his head and sighed, "Lin, the situation is very bad. Affected by the terrorist attacks, many people are unwilling to go out on the streets, so the sales of Music Garden in the United States have declined, especially in New York, which has been cut in half. I just received a batch of video forest players from Shenzhou. I wanted to set off another wave of sales this month, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing. The performance of the past few months will definitely not be achieved."

Lin Zhiyuan comforted him, "Philip, it's okay. This kind of emergency is something no one could have anticipated. Not only us, but every business will definitely be affected. I believe it will ease in a few months. We can use this opportunity to change our sales model."

Philip raised his head and stared at Lin Zhiyuan with his gray-blue eyes. "Lin, you must have another genius idea, right? Say it quickly, don't make me anxious."

"Philip, we already have our own music website. I think we can add an e-commerce module to the website and sell our products online. We can also open a store on e-commerce platforms like Amazon. Philip, remember, the era of e-commerce has arrived. Online sales cost less and require far fewer staff than physical stores. We need to gradually reduce the share of physical store sales."

Philip was listening very carefully, nodding from time to time.

"Lin, I've got it all in mind. I'll start working on this in the next two days. It'll take some time to add an e-commerce module to our website, but online sales on Amazon should be possible pretty quickly."

As they were talking, the car arrived at the hotel that had been booked in advance.

Employees from the Music Garden Company completed the check-in procedures for everyone.

Lin Zhiyuan called all his men to his room and held a short meeting, which was simply to once again emphasize the discipline while abroad.

"Many of you are going abroad for the first time. Remember, you are not allowed to act alone during this period. If you want to go out, you must ask me or Director Yuan for leave. This is a sensitive period in the United States. No leave will be granted without special reasons."

Lin Zhiyuan checked the time. "I know everyone is exhausted after flying for fourteen hours, but in order to adjust to the jet lag, please hold on for a while. We will have lunch later. After lunch, let Philip take us to the physical store in San Francisco to see how our products are selling here."

The accompanying personnel included young college graduates from the chairman's office, rookie employees from the finance department, and the rest were basically all scientific researchers in electronics. They knew that Lin Zhiyuan brought them to Citigroup this time to develop a big project.