Chapter 1478 Still Not Interested

After opening his eyes for a long time, he saw a quiet black. He was a little confused and tried to recall what time it was and where he was.

He looked sideways and saw the lights of thousands of houses. Yes, I was in the capital.

It seemed that there was a very light but leisurely voice coming from a very high and far place, which made Feng Yiping feel very at ease. When he sat up, the very light voice he heard just now became clear. It sounded quite lively in the hall outside.

Some people were talking and laughing, and there were crisp sounds of dishes and wine glasses colliding. It sounded like a banquet was going on.

He pressed it and the time displayed on the phone was 8:15 in the evening. Not bad, he actually slept for more than three hours.

He had just wiped his face and Wu Qian, who heard the noise, came over and knocked on the door, "Yiping,"

"Come in,"

As Wu Qian turned on the headlights with a "click", the world became brighter and the familiar rhythm returned.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Feng. Seeing that you slept so soundly, Mr. Zhou hosted a banquet to welcome Drucker and the Merback family at 7:30."

"What's there to be embarrassed about? You should have either woken me up or started earlier." It was really late to start eating at 7:30. Fortunately, Drucker and Merback were also considered to be his own people.

"Did anything happen in the past few hours?"

"Yes, these are the people who called in the past few hours," Wu Qian handed Feng Yiping a piece of paper.

Feng Yiping took a look and saw that they were all listed. Among the domestic private enterprises, all the well-known ones were listed, and there were many others that he didn't remember very well.

Jin Ling was right.

Feng Yiping circled a few names on it, "For the others, you organize people to call back,"

He could already smell the aroma of the food, and his stomach couldn't help but growl.

"Yiping," Zhou Xingyu, who was sitting in the main seat, stood up happily, "You're awake,"

"Just woke up, sorry," Feng Yiping hugged Drucker and Merbak who came to his home, "I'm sorry,"

"I envy you for sleeping so soundly," Drucker said.

"Feng," Merbak excitedly talked about what his family saw and heard in just a few hours here, which was "incredibly magical,"

"I came here once 5 years ago, and now compared to that time, the changes are incredible," said Drucker, who came to the capital for the second time.

"Then I wish you all the best during your stay in China,"

Our GDP is close to double-digit growth every year, but it's not a joke.

"Feng, we heard about what happened to you today, you did a good job, I think you have to get used to it in the future, this is actually the only way for any leading company to grow, Microsoft is like this, so is Apple,"

But I really don't want to be the leader, of course, there is no need to explain to Drucker, an American, why he did this.

"Thank you, Drucker. How does the authentic Chinese food feel?"

Wu Qian came over with her phone again, "Yiping, Pan Shimin's phone call,"

Oh, this person is so anxious?

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But after meeting, I found that she was not anxious at all.

"I'm not showing off in front of you. I just think that coffee must be ground by hand to taste the best,"

"The size, shape, and uniformity of the ground particles will directly affect the extraction rate of coffee, and further affect the quality of the whole cup of coffee,"

Watching Pan Shimin slowly turning the handle installed on a large disc, in a manner similar to a tea artist performing tea art, driving a manual grinder that looks very mechanical and heavy, so it must be expensive, to grind coffee beans, Feng Yiping had to endure it again and again, and didn't say the words "Just give me a glass of mineral water."

This can actually be regarded as a kind of background. A young girl can play hand-grinding coffee at home, and it looks so professional. You can imagine her family background.

Of course, strictly speaking, Feng Yiping's family also has similar background.

In their place, people never had to buy tea before. They just planted a few tea trees in the vegetable garden or on the edge of the field. They were too lazy to fertilize or use pesticides. They usually picked one wave in spring and one wave in autumn and fried it themselves.

It is also a very high-end, pure handmade, limited edition organic product made by ancient methods.

"Are you interested in this?" Seeing Feng Yiping staring at the grinder, Pan Shimin became interested, "Speaking of which, this actually has something to do with you, HGone, produced in San Francisco,"

"Oh, this is the first time I heard of it,"

"Then you may not know that such a popular hand grinder was actually founded by an opera music performer from San Francisco and a freelance film visual effects artist,"

"Think about it carefully, it's actually nothing strange," Feng Yiping said.

"Ordinary residents of San Francisco definitely don't have the time, energy, interest, and financial resources to develop such products. Only artists like them who are rich and free, who pursue enjoyment, and who may be nitpicking about details like a disease, can have such motivation,"

"You can always make your own point, and it sounds quite reasonable," Pan Shimin said to Feng Yiping with a smile, "Also, don't think I didn't hear the sarcasm in your words,"

"How could it be? How could it be? You are definitely overthinking it," Feng Yiping waved his hands quickly.

He looked around and said, "To be honest, if you like instant coffee, that would be abnormal,"

This time they met at Pan Shimin's house.

The reason why I say it is because her home can be called a manor.

It is not just a large area, but a manor in the traditional sense, with mountains, water and fields, just like the farms of rich people in the United States.

Of course, compared with the rough and wild farms of the Americans, her manor is much more delicate, restrained and elegant, and the overall look is very much like the charm of Jiangnan gardens.

It is the autumn harvest season, and the air is filled with the familiar fragrance of fruits and vegetables that Feng Yiping, who was born as a farmer, is familiar with.

Although Pan Shimin said that this place belongs to her friend, you will understand that at least for now, she is the owner of this manor just by looking at how precious she is to this set of coffee making utensils.

"Playing in the city" is really not just talk. In this year when everyone is scrambling to get into the city, she plays in such a manor. This is by no means nostalgia, but because she has never lived such a life, so she yearns for it - this is definitely a kind of her background.

"Take a look," Pan Shimin finally brought the powder container to show him the ground coffee powder, "both in thickness and uniformity, it is close to the top electric grinder, but the clear edges and corners of the coffee powder particles are something that even electric grinders can't do,"

"Smell it, do you feel the aroma rushing to your head?"

Feng Yiping didn't hesitate for even a second, "Yes, really,"

"Then please move outside, Mr. Feng, I'll be there soon,"

Feng Yiping and others just wanted to hear her words, and immediately walked to the lawn yard outside, bathing in the bright sunshine of mid-autumn.

After more than ten minutes, Pan Shimin came out with a large tray. In addition to the two hard-earned cups of coffee, there were also bread and colorful macarons.

"Try it, Ladurée from Paris, just airlifted in an hour ago," she said, picking up a piece.

"Ladurée?"

"This is the purest brand of macarons,"

"Oh," Feng Yiping once again gained knowledge.

"How is this coffee?"

"The best coffee I've ever had." In fact, asking him how this coffee is is like asking a non-drinker which is better, Maotai-flavor liquor or Qing-flavor liquor, or asking a non-smoker which is better, Yunyan or Suyan. It is doomed to be fruitless.

"I can see that my thoughts today are in vain," Pan Shimin said with a smile.

"How could it be? This is the most sincere reception I have ever received," Feng Yiping said.

"I will take what you said as the truth," Pan Shimin smiled.

What I said is true, but the most sincere is not necessarily the most to my liking.

"Okay, let's talk about serious matters. I watched your speech yesterday and it was very powerful,"

"Thank you,"

"In fact, the higher-ups are also thinking about this issue, how to encourage the development of private enterprises under the current situation,"

"Of course," it is impossible that the vision of the heads of the higher-ups is not as good as that of Feng Yiping, a businessman.

"It's inside information," Pan Shimin whispered, "the higher-ups are planning to launch some measures to stimulate the development of private enterprises. Specifically, they are opening up some areas that were previously not allowed to be invested by private enterprises,"

"Really? Under such circumstances, I doubt the enforcement of such policies," Feng Yiping said.

In reality, there are not too many things that are misinterpreted.

Pan Shimin was stunned, then nodded, "You are right, but there is a field where you don't have to worry about such a situation at all,"

"Are you talking about the civil aviation field?"

"Yes, listen to me, you don't have to deny it so quickly. Last time, I invited you to set up a business airline. This time, we can definitely set up a large airline,"

"Listen to me, I have studied your industrial layout. In addition to domestic, you are now abroad and expanding your convenience store business. I predict that the next step you want to expand is your hotel. After that, I think you will definitely launch a tourism project, right?"

Feng Yiping looked at Pan Shimin with a little surprise. It seems that she really analyzed it carefully. "Your plan is pretty good," he neither confirmed nor denied.

"Then think about it again. Is an airline the best link to organically combine all your businesses?" Pan Shimin looked at Feng Yiping.

"We can't control all the links like the state-owned enterprises in the past. It's also a good choice to hand it over to a professional civil aviation company," Feng Yiping said.

"Come on, let's look at your past practices. Don't you like to turn every related link into your own business scope? To put it in a noun, it's called building a closed ecosystem. You have always pursued this goal, right?"

"I feel a little uncomfortable," Feng Yiping said half-truthfully, "You studied me so thoroughly,"

"I just have higher requirements for possible partners," Feng Yiping's words made Pan Shimin a little embarrassed. She was explaining it in a euphemistic way.

"I am honored. Can I ask, with your resources, there are a lot of people waiting to cooperate with you, why did you choose me?"

"It's very simple. The airline I envision is not a small company. Such a company naturally has a lot of investment. Except for you, there are not many domestic companies with this strength,"

"The airline is naturally a very professional company. I hope to cooperate with a team with first-class execution. GAIN Capital's execution is obvious to all in the industry,"

"Finally, the competition in the aviation field is also very fierce. If my partner's original business format can guarantee future profits, this would be great..."

She clapped her fingers and said one by one, "Do you think there are many people who can meet these conditions at the same time?"

That's really not much.

"So, what do you think?"

"To be honest, I'm a little tempted, but I'm still not very interested," Feng Yiping gave the answer immediately without thinking for long.

"Why?" Pan Shimin was not disappointed, because this was not the first time Feng Yiping rejected her.

"First of all, if I just think about the return on investment, I have better choices than this," Feng Yiping said.

If it had been anyone else, he would have been bragging, but this was Feng Yiping, and Pan Shimin nodded.

"One thing you may not have noticed is that when it comes to business, I actually have a principle. I will not engage in fields that are likely to endanger people's lives and property. In the aviation field, there is a fixed probability of such a thing happening."

"I understand what you mean, flying is the safest way to travel, but we still can't rule out the possibility, right?"

Pan Shimin had no choice but to nod again.

"Finally, regarding my principles for doing business, you may also have overlooked one thing, that is, I have always stayed away from officialdom. If I cooperate with you to open an airline, your family will be the official in charge, and I am a businessman. You say, What will other people think?"