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Chapter Thirteen, Going to Stanford (1)

“I-fyou’re-going-to-San-Francisco,be-sure-to-wear-some-flowers-in-your-hair~”

In the coquettish red Cadillac off-road vehicle, the male vocals praising San Francisco sounded melodiously, and in the car, the three eleven-year-old children of the Wang family were singing loudly. Sitting in the front row, Sophie kept smiling when the song started, and James was driving even humming lightly in the tone, with a very proud look.

"if-you're-going-to-San-Francisco, you're-gonna-meet-some-gentle-people-there~"

Today is Saturday, and I made an appointment with Posack and his wife to go to San Francisco. The car set off from early morning and is currently driving along the coast and driving on California Highway 1.

Looking around, a vast sea surface spreads along the cliff to the end of the sky. Seagulls in the sky are flying with the traffic. Yachts and sailboats appear from time to time, and white wavings appear on the blue sea. Under such a beautiful scenery, the long-distance business journey has also become a happy weekend self-driving tour for the whole family.

"I've always dreamed of living in Beverly's mansion!"

Sophie looked out the window, the wealthy town dock was below, and hundreds of seagulls were hovering on dozens of yachts: "Vivi, if we really set up a company with the Posacks, how much would you say annual profit would be?"

“for-those-wh-ocome-to-San-Francisco,summertime-will-be-a-love-in-there…mom!?”

Alice was intoxicated by singing loudly, but when Sophie shook her a lot, she came to her senses: "Ah...you say annual profits. Haha, you can't ask for too much at the beginning. It would be good to have hundreds of thousands. But if you get venture capital, you will have a bright future."

Sophie looked to the right side of the road, and the car was turning inland. Of course it was invisible, but just a dozen miles eastward, the Silicon Valley was located in the gathering place of emerging industries in the United States. From the northern San Francisco Bay to the San Jose area, this huge area is full of computer industry companies, and countless.

"From the convenience, it is most appropriate to build a company in Silicon Valley, but if we move for this... Vivi, Oscar, Hannah, do you have any plans to transfer? Hello? Stop singing!"

"No, I can't bear to leave Los Angeles. Although there are many Chinese in San Francisco, I don't want to go!"

Hannah's answer was firm. Alice gulped a sip of mineral water, moved her arm and almost threw it out the window habitually: "There is no need. Dad is an ordinary teacher, and you are just a lawyer. Just leave it to Posack in the business. We don't need to worry about that in a short period of time."

“Like early clients in major institutions, like you said?”

After a morning of driving, when Alice finished speaking, the car was already running on the 17th Expressway and rushed straight to the territory of San Jose. As long as you follow it through Mountain View, you will be just a short distance from Stanford University.

"Yes, think about it."

When talking about related fields, Alice suddenly raised her chest excitedly, and the full C-Cup straightened her seat belt tightened: "Just talk about Stanford, how many large, medium and small computers are there in the entire school? How many teachers and professors need to use a LAN? Is the current demand of this school enough for us to earn more than 100,000 US dollars?"

"You know, before venture capital has settled in, just with our family and the Posack couple, the registered capital of the new company cannot exceed 100,000 US dollars, right? Just three or two people, just a little registered capital, and the first order can reach such a number. This is very amazing!"

Sophie looked at Alice with approval: "That's right, three or four people, one hundred thousand registered capital, can recover all the costs by relying on the first order. This is really amazing. So Vivi, since we have Posack's connections, there is no need to doubt the company's initial development speed. If we don't move to Silicon Valley, aren't you afraid of being undermined by them?"

After saying this, Alice immediately frowned: "You mean, Posack and others are professionals after all, are afraid that my investment in technology will be washed away?"

The topic at present is obviously a bit too profound, so Oscar and Hannah both said nothing, James was driving attentively and heard Sophie analyze it clearly.

"Although I don't understand technology, I understand law. Although technology investment can account for up to 70%, don't forget that Vivi and the Posack couple also have this ability. They are senior engineers. They cannot be able to study the structure and principles of routers. Besides, you said that they are already studying this field and have all produced semi-finished products."

"So Vivi, even if my father took you to register a patent yesterday, there is no guarantee that there will be no problem. You are still young and cannot hold a specific position in the company, so the position of the chief technology officer must be one of them. Even if your parents want to work part-time to help you, it will not work. Then, the position of the CEO must be theirs, so..."

"So, the focus of my game is on the sales field."

Alice smiled sweetly, "Technically, I'm learning more about new products than they do, and then, if I can bring more customers and more orders than them, then there's no reason for them to reduce my equity, right?"

The carriage was filled with Sophie's admiration, and she sat obediently in the back seat, and Hannah poked Oscar in the waist.

"Oscar, do you understand what they are saying?"

"Uh...hehe, I understand, of course I understand, how could I not understand?"

"Oh, right? Then Oscar, I'll continue to talk to mom, tell Hannah, what did I say just now?

"Hey! Alice!?"

"Thank you brother, tell me quickly~"

When everyone finally arrived at Stanford University, they had already had lunch in Mountain View.

As a world-class university, Stanford is located in Palaatu, south of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It is close to Silicon Valley, a world-renowned high-tech park. It covers an area of ​​about 33 square kilometers. It is the sixth largest university in the United States. It together with the University of California, Berkeley in San Francisco, forms an academic center in the western United States.

The buildings here are all yellow bricks and red tiles, and they are all stable, all in the 17th-century Spanish missionary style. Without Harvard, Yale University’s buildings of different ages and styles are less ivy covered with the walls of Northeastern universities. When you enter the campus, you will see the first thing you see is the red roof buildings surrounded by earthy stone walls, with arcades connected and brown shackles in the intersection of classical and modern times.

Among them, the central square is the main part of Stanford, surrounded by business schools, local colleges, education schools, engineering schools, law schools, medical schools, etc. Outside, there are Stanford Science Park, Botanical Garden, golf courses and several scientific testing grounds.

Since today is Saturday, the total number of students on campus is not large, but you can still see young men and women walking on the stone road from time to time. Alice and her family strolled in it, and in just a few minutes, they were deeply influenced by the strong academic atmosphere here.

"Maybe the three of you are good at targeting Stanford, so you don't have to be Harvard."

James held Hannah's hand and pointed to the teaching building that belonged to the computer department in the distance: "The cradle of talent in the entire Silicon Valley. Since Vivi has begun to enter this field, it's good that you can join in. Hannah, Oscar, what do you think?"

"No, Daddy, I'm not interested in computers, I like biology!"

"I hate whatever Alice likes!"

"I like whatever Oscar hates~"

"Alice!?"

"Hey~ I'm asking if something is wrong~?"

The teacher's apartment is also a Spanish mission-style building built with yellow bricks and red tiles. Alice's family met the Posacks and his wife who had been waiting for a long time.

"I'm glad to see you again. Hello, Mr. Wang and Mrs. Alice, we're meeting again!"

Wearing a pure blackboard suit and meticulously dressing her hair, Alice burst into laughter when Leonardo Posack appeared at the door of the room in this style.

"Oh my God, is this still the image that IT workers should have? Posack, are you sure you are not going to attend a high-end cocktail party?"

She walked into the room and then met Sandy, who was dressed up cleanly and neatly, and her every move was even more energetic: "I asked him to dress like this. This is an important day. Shouldn't we take it seriously?"

As she said that, she took the initiative to invite James and Sophie to the living room and greeted Oscar and Hannah very cordially. Alice noticed keenly that during the whole process, Posack basically stood aside, and until she sat down, she could only barely find some topics with James.

"You actually drove here by yourself, right? The scenery along the way must be good, right?"

He poured Alice a glass of water diligently, and Sandy's obvious enthusiasm almost melted her: "What do you think of Stanford's environment? Do you like it here? By the way, Intel, Dell and Apple's headquarters are in San Jose. Are you interested in visiting nearby?"

"Santi...is very delicious soda."

When Alice opened her mouth, a layer of ripples quietly rippled on the water cup that had been placed smoothly.

Sandy's passionate smile froze for a moment, then she took it back naturally, while Posack sat beside her honestly.

"We have brought the router. The Stanford Computer Department's research room is definitely the best place to experiment with it, right? Sandy, will we go there right away?"

Alice has noticed it very keenly as soon as she entered the house.

Because he was holding the router in his hand, Sandy's eyes had not moved away from it since she met.

"It seems that Sophie's worries are not unreasonable."
Chapter completed!
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