Start by trimming cow hooves

After several days of shipping.

When the distance was shortened to more than 500 kilometers, a silver-painted Sikorsky S-76c+ helicopter set off from the deck of the cargo ship and flew straight to Lanai Island.

According to the command, it parked next to the golf course, making a lot of noise and attracting everyone's attention.

Unexpectedly, in just over half a month, I would see my beloved big toy again.

In order to buy it, Suri spent more than ten million dollars in total on everything, and the daily maintenance costs are also staggering.

Ordinary multi-millionaires in the United States cannot afford a helicopter of this level. It is much more comfortable than the cheap ones offered by travel and sightseeing companies.

Suri has come to the helipad in person. The helicopter is driven by a father and son named Bode and Bode II respectively. The driver's son is generally called Little Bode.

As the father and son stepped off the helicopter.

The handsome little Bode immediately opened his hands towards Su Rui and said:

"Haha! I thought it would take a long time to see you. When I learned that you rehired me and my dad, I was so excited. Settling in Hawaii has always been one of my dreams, second only to Las Vegas. and Miami.”

"You have to be prepared. Life on Lanai is not as exciting as it was in Los Angeles. The nearest nightclub is in Maui, and there is only one bistro in town."

I have known Xiao Bode for a while. Although we have not become good friends, we often interact with him.

After Suri finished speaking, he shook hands with Lao Bode again.

Old Bode's character was much more stable than his son's. He took off his helmet and told:

"It takes almost two hours to fly across the sea. I just circled Lanai. The scenery is so beautiful. Drinking will delay things. It would be better if there is no nightclub. Like many children who grew up in Los Angeles, what does my son need to know? It’s real life, and when I was young my wife and I lived in Texas, which was full of ranches and cattle and sheep.”

"Texas is a good place. You are welcome to Lanai. I will help you find a house to live in Lanai later. You may often receive tourists in the future, and the work will not be easier than it was in Los Angeles."

When Suri re-recruited the father and son, they had already negotiated in advance.

In addition to providing accommodation and basic salary, the remaining bonus is calculated based on the flight time, so the more tourists use the helicopter, the happier the Bode and his son will be.

In recent years, more and more people have helicopter licenses. With the economic downturn, job opportunities and income have been reduced, so they are willing to come all the way from Los Angeles to Lanai, Hawaii to find work.

When acquiring an island.

Some houses, land and shops in Lanai Town were also packed up and taken over by Suri.

I just felt that staying in a hotel was more comfortable, so I decided to temporarily stay at the Four Seasons Hotel with a view of Hulopu Bay until the mountaintop villa was built.

Anyway, the local population is small and the real estate prices are cheap. It would be a waste to leave them idle. It is better to use them as employee dormitories to attract more outsiders looking for jobs.

He came out to say hello and asked secretary Amanda to help settle the driver and his son.

While walking on the golf lawn, she heard the ringtone of her mobile phone in her pocket. Suri took it out and looked at the screen and found that it was Zuckerberg - the man who created Facebook.

There has been no contact between the two parties for a while, and the last time they met was during the board meeting in May.

Suri just answered the phone.

I heard Zuckerberg speaking in a hurry and said: "Man, I have prepared a housewarming gift for you. It has been delivered to the airport in Hawaii. Please pick it up as soon as possible when you are free. I will provide the shipping information later." , sent to your mailbox."

"……what gift?"

As one of Facebook's earliest investors, Suri participated in Series A financing while in college.

Even the name "Facebook" was changed by him and he provided many good suggestions for the product.

The personalities of both parties are not quite right.

Although they didn't become partners who talked about everything, they had no conflicts at all and got along extremely harmoniously.

It is normal to send small gifts to each other to maintain the relationship and not become too distant.

Zuckerberg told him: "While traveling in Dubai last week, I met an Arabian horse, and I just thought of you moving to Hawaii to run a ranch. I thought you might like it."

"Wow, I'm just short of a horse. I saw Facebook's third quarter financial report, and the increase in active users is still very strong."

Listen to Suri.

Zuckerberg replied:

"Yes, we are experiencing a financial crisis. This is an opportunity for us. We have plenty of cash on our books. I am currently investigating several companies. If I decide to acquire them, I hope you can support me."

"No problem, thanks man..."

This is nonsense.

Zuckerberg has the decision-making power of Facebook, but he only symbolically asks for the opinion of his fourth largest shareholder.

If the other party really makes up his mind to do something.

So, with Suri's voice in the board of directors, he definitely can't stop the other party's actions, so it is better to give him a favor.

It was originally just about making money along the way.

With more than 4 million US dollars in Facebook's Series A financing, it has raised more than 700 million US dollars so far, more than a hundred times. The stock price is still rising, and the development prospects are bright. What can Suri be dissatisfied with? of.

In Silicon Valley.

Entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs and investors are investors.

Although the latter has an impact on entrepreneurs, they must learn to let go after the project is successful, so as not to plunge the company into chaos and affect the confidence of investors.

Since you have chosen to do venture capital business from the beginning, rather than starting a business yourself.

Suri's goal is just to invest his money and try to make more money back.

Miscellaneous tasks such as business management are issues that only the management needs to consider. As long as there are no big problems, he usually doesn't bother to get involved.

Zuckerberg manages Facebook, which has a market value of over 10 billion US dollars, and it has long been a climate change.

It seems that the scenery is unlimited, but in fact it is not necessarily as chic as Su Rui, and there are too many limitations in all aspects.

As the CEO of an Internet company, he not only has to worry about how other shareholders are doing, but also faces pressure from competitors. His subordinates are also difficult to manage and work consumes a lot of time and energy every day.

Everyone has his own ambitions.

Anyway, so far, Suri has not regretted his original choice. In fact, he was very wealthy at that time and had the opportunity to swallow up Zuckerberg's team entirely.

But in this way, Facebook may not be able to successfully grow to the scale it is today...

Hang up the phone quickly.

It is obviously not suitable to transport horses by helicopter. If the horse is frightened in mid-air, it will easily cause a big mess.

Thinking of this, Suri decisively contacted the old cowboy Andy and asked him to take two locals from Lanai Island and take a trip to the airport on his yacht.

I originally thought we were in Honolulu again.

After opening the email software and reading the logistics information sent by Zuckerberg, I discovered that the Arabian horse was at the Kahului Airport on the island of Maui next door.

It was only half an hour away, so Su Rui changed her mind temporarily and decided to accompany Old Andy and the others to pick up the goods...