Reborn in the red age

"Hey, Kangmei, when are you leaving?"

"Leaving in a week? Great, this time I'll go to Japan and South Korea with Li Huiying to do some research. It would be great if we can buy some of Japan's advanced technology."

"Yeah, yeah, okay, that's it, I'm hanging up first."

Li Qingfeng hung up the phone in the toilet, whistled happily, and left the toilet in a cool manner.

Jenny prepared a party for Qingfeng Li, and the scheduled time was six o'clock in the evening. At five o'clock, guests and their wives arrived one after another.

For guests who came to the party, as long as they were Stanford alumni, Li Qingfeng would enthusiastically shake hands and communicate with them.

If an alumni's business is beneficial to Lemon Company's future layout, Li Qingfeng will give some suggestions and is generous in investing, giving opportunities as long as the alumni open their mouths.

Li Qingfeng would not perfunctorily send away an alumnus who was of no value to him, but would instead give him a few words of encouragement before sending him away.

At around 5:40, all the guests arrived.

At the white-themed evening party in Jenny's luxurious manor, the yellow-skinned Li Qingfeng family was not like the captain's dinner on the cruise ship, where they became the ignored leftovers and passers-by, but the real protagonists, like the moon surrounded by stars.

Not to mention Li Qingfeng, even Hu Jiabao was surrounded by a group of white ladies doing ladies' diplomacy and was given a lot of gifts.

Fortunately, during the day, Qingfeng Li asked Jenny to buy a bunch of luxury goods as return gifts, otherwise, it would have been a huge embarrassment tonight.

In the room late at night, Hu Jiabao looked at the account book of his wife's diplomacy and complained to Li Qingfeng distressedly, "This foreigner's social life is too expensive. They give away hundreds of thousands of dollars a night. Those bags and jewelry are not worth that much money. It's simply robbery."

"Normal. This is just the beginning. This is our company's headquarters in the United States. If it were in San Francisco, even 200,000 US dollars might not be enough." Li Qingfeng put down the newspaper and said with a smile.

"Ah, so much? Isn't it too expensive? The monthly income of domestic workers is only about 200 yuan. This amount of money is enough to pay more than 600 workers a year's salary in China. We have to spend it in one day?"

"That's true, but there's nothing we can do about it. This money is a necessary expense and cannot be saved."

"Oh, it's too extravagant. From childhood to adulthood, I never dreamed that I could give so much money to others."

Listening to Hu Jiabao's sigh, Li Qingfeng put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "How is it? Did you gain a new understanding of the world after going abroad?"

"Yes, I've learned a lot. I thought our life in Hong Kong was luxurious enough, but I didn't expect that the rich people in America could be so luxurious. Such a big manor, so many nannies, traveling by helicopter, and a meal costing thousands of dollars. I couldn't even imagine this before."

At this point, Hu Jiabao paused, waved his fist, and said bitterly: "Damn capitalists, they all rely on exploiting the people to live a life of luxury, they should all be overthrown and swept into the garbage dump of history."

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"Why are you reciting quotations from the past? Also, is it possible that my family is also the capitalists you are talking about?"

Hu Jiabao blushed and said innocently, "I forgot about it when I was so excited, haha."

We didn't stay in Las Vegas for long. After all, the city's industrial structure is not suitable for family travel.

After visiting some of the attractions here and taking a lot of photos, Li Qingfeng said goodbye to Jenny and his wife and took a plane to the next destination.

In the next half month, Li Qingfeng and his family went to New York to see the Statue of Liberty, and checked in at the White House, the Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial and other places in Washington.

Before the end of this trip to the United States, Li Qingfeng readily agreed to Hu Jiabao's request to visit Stanford and quickly bought a plane ticket to San Francisco.

After all, this little mixed-race kid is not in America.
Hu Jiabao informed the school and company in advance that his family was going to San Francisco.

Too many people knew about it, so inevitably their whereabouts were leaked. Before the plane arrived in San Francisco, the airport had already set up cameras and equipment, waiting for Li Qingfeng and his family to arrive.

The current international situation is very good for the United States.

Therefore, these reporters prepared a lot of tricky questions and waited for Li Qingfeng's answers.

"Teacher, there are many reporters outside. I have arranged a secret channel. Please follow me and leave immediately."

Wu Simin, who had been waiting on the runway for a long time, saw Li Qingfeng coming down the plane stairs and hurried to greet him.

After handing over the luggage to Sun Aidang and the others, Li Qingfeng, who was empty-handed, frowned when he heard Wu Simin's words and said dissatisfiedly, "How did you keep the secret? How could you let the reporters get the specific flight information in advance?"

"The internal investigation has already begun and there will be a result soon." Facing Li Qingfeng's questioning, Wu Simin immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Hey, why are you so angry? They've already made arrangements, so how can they avoid the reporters?" Hu Jiabao pulled Li Qingfeng's clothes and advised him. Then he looked at Wu Simin gently and said with a smile: "You must be Simin, you are so beautiful. Your teacher used to praise you to me at home."

Wu Simin smiled at Hu Jiabao and nodded: "Hello, Master's wife, I am Wu Simin, welcome to America"

"Okay, okay, you too. I heard you're not married yet. How are you doing now? Do you have a partner?"

"Ah? Not yet."

"That won't work. You're not young anymore. You're almost 30. When I was your age, I was your age."

It's really that age. When Hu Jiabao sees a girl who is 27 or 28 and still unmarried, he always can't help but say a few words about finding a partner and getting married.

Seeing the embarrassment on Wu Simin's face, Li Qingfeng came out to help: "Hey, hey, hey, that's enough, that's enough, we're still at the airport, why are you talking about this, let's go, let's go quickly, don't get blocked by reporters."

"I'm just chatting with Simin. Simin hasn't said anything yet. Why are you rushing her?" Being interrupted, Hu Jiabao looked at Li Qingfeng with dissatisfaction.

"Come on, it's embarrassing even if you don't see it. Teacher Hu, Teacher Hu, after all, you are a senior intellectual and a university teacher. Why are you like a rural woman with no education, urging single girls to get married when you see them?"

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Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Wu Simin on the side hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them: "Teacher, Master's wife, I'm not embarrassed. Let's go quickly. The airport has regulations. We can't stay here on the runway for a long time." With Wu Simin's persuasion, the couple remembered that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time. They took their children and quickly got on the shuttle bus provided by the airport and left through special channels.

The vehicle left the airport. Looking at the large number of reporters outside the airport, Li Qingfeng was secretly shocked.

All the reporters from San Francisco should be here, right?
I’m not a big star, is it necessary for so many people to come?
"Teacher, I don't recommend you to accept interviews with reporters at this time. The global hot topic right now is the disintegration of Big Brother. If you accept an interview, you will definitely be asked about your views on this matter. This topic is not easy to answer."

Sitting in a stretched Lincoln, Li Qingfeng withdrew his gaze from the window and nodded slightly, indicating that he would follow Wu Simin's advice.

Li Qingfeng's identity was quite sensitive, so he naturally avoided Big Brother's questions.

A bad answer is likely to end up in a bad situation.

The extended Lincoln drove into the small town of Atherton in the mountainous area and slowly stopped in front of a slightly low-key wooden villa.

"Teacher, Atherton was a summer resort for wealthy San Franciscans in the late 19th century. Now it has become a residential area for directors and executives in Silicon Valley. It has good public security and a beautiful environment. Those reporters will not break in here."

"In the past two years, the company bought several properties here in order to avoid taxes and to give you a quiet place to live after you come to America. Several houses not far away have also been bought by the company. You don't have to worry about being disturbed by your neighbors when you live here."

While Wu Simin led Li Qingfeng and his family towards the villa, she explained the living conditions there to Li Qingfeng.

Looking at the lush trees and the well-kept garden in the distance, Qingfeng Li nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it is a good investment for the company to buy the property here. With the rise of the Internet, I believe that in the near future, this will become one of the areas with the highest housing prices in the United States."

"Yes, the company's investment consultant also thinks that the real estate here has great investment value and can be purchased appropriately."

The house is a five-bedroom villa with a very luxurious and retro interior decoration. In addition to living facilities, it also has a wine cellar, gym, entertainment room, and cinema.

Before Li Qingfeng arrived, Wu Simin had already staffed the villa with necessary service personnel.

The waiters, chefs, and drivers are all local Chinese and can speak Cantonese or Teochew fluently.
As for Mandarin, he spoke it haltingly, which was obviously the result of intensive training during this period.

There is no way. Mandarin is not popular among Chinese Americans. Except for those who have come from China in recent years, native Chinese have not learned it systematically.

After introducing the house, Wu Simin planned to say goodbye and leave.

Hu Jiabao stopped Wu Simin who was about to leave and said enthusiastically: "Simin, don't leave tonight. Invite that girl Dong Yifen to have dinner with your teacher tonight."

"Yes, listen to your master's wife and call Dong Yifen over in the evening. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have dinner together and talk about recent news." Li Qingfeng also tried to persuade her to stay.

Faced with the double invitation from the teacher and the teacher's wife, Wu Simin could not refuse and agreed to stay for dinner.

In the evening, Dong Yifen, who received a phone call, drove over in a red Cadillac.

Seeing the Cadillac parked outside through the window, Qingfeng Li smiled and teased Dong Yifen who had just walked in, "Wow, great! You're driving a Cadillac!"

"Teacher, I can't afford a Cadillac with the salary you give me. This is the new car bought by our Vice President Wu. I drive a small Ford myself. Please increase my salary level and let me buy a luxury car." Dong Yifen had a good relationship with Li Qingfeng when they were in school. She was not afraid of him at all after working and responded to Li Qingfeng's teasing with a smile.

Ignoring Dong Yifen's shameless request for a pay raise, Li Qingfeng caught the address in the other party's words and said in surprise: "Vice President Wu? Oh, Simin was promoted to vice president?"

Li Qingfeng had not expected to be promoted to vice president. America is the most important branch of Lemon Company in the world, second only to the Hong Kong headquarters in status.

A deputy general manager of a branch has already entered the company's middle-level leadership. Among all the company's middle-level leaders, Wu Simin, who is less than 30 years old, should be the youngest one.

The last time he came to America, he did hint to Shao Hengwei to take better care of Wu Simin, but in just over a year, he was promoted twice and directly promoted to vice president, which was something Qingfeng Li did not expect.

"Yes, teacher, you are biased. You asked President Shao to take good care of Simin, but you ignored me. We are all your students, why do you treat us differently?"

He collected his thoughts, looked at Dong Yifen who was acting like a spoiled child with him, and said with disdain: "You can mess up even an interview, shouldn't I treat you differently?"

"Besides, you are no longer a student, and you are almost thirty. You are no longer suitable to use the skill of acting like a spoiled child, which is only reserved for little girls."

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Dong Yifen, who is from Shanghai, has a natural affinity with Hu Jiabao, who is from Suzhou. Dong Yifen is also very sweet-spoken, calling her "master's wife" all the time.

She praised Hu Jiabao for his good looks, and then praised the two children for being smart and cute, which made Hu Jiabao have a good impression of Dong Yifen.

In the evening at the dinner table, I enjoyed Hu Jiabao's special care, who helped me pick up food and kept asking about my well-being.

Of course, the issue of urging marriage has received special attention.

Wu Simin, who was originally somewhat envious of Dong Yifen's eloquence, when she saw Dong Yifen's tearful expression, she suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing that she did not know how to make her master's wife happy.

Back in Silicon Valley, the Lemon Company's American base, Qingfeng Li had no chance to give up.

The next morning, Wu Simin and Shao Hengwei arrived early, took out a document filled with necessary meetings and conversations, and confirmed the itinerary for the next two days with Li Qingfeng one by one.

After instructing Dong Yifen to take the mother and her two children around San Francisco, Li Qingfeng and Shao Hengwei, who had lost all hope in life, began their next task.

Over a four-day period, I met with representatives from thirteen companies and several government officials from the United States.

After four consecutive days of high-frequency and high-intensity mental battles, Li Qingfeng was exhausted after finishing the meeting and conversation with everyone.

I emptied my mind and lay on the bed, resting for a full day and night. Only then did I relax and regain my energy.

There was no time to rest, as Qingfeng Li had a speech and an open class to give at Stanford.

After recovering, Li Qingfeng got in the extended Lincoln and drove towards Stanford with Hu Jiabao. (End of this chapter)