Chapter 1525: Comfort

In October, Napa Valley is the time when grapes are ripe, and you can see the whole process of grapes turning into wine, so it is also the time when there are the most tourists. This can be seen from the endless traffic on the road.

Although there are few people in the United States, there are many cars. People like to go out and have fun when they have nothing to do. The indirect consequence is that many places in the United States that are not known to the outside world receive a total of millions or tens of millions of tourists a year.

Because it is only more than 50 miles away from San Francisco and there are wineries everywhere, the number of tourists received by Napa Valley each year is about 5 million. Feng Yiping estimates that this number should be higher than the number of tourists received by Lijiang, which is very popular in China.

There is a winery in such a tourist destination. Even if the wine is not sold well, life can be very comfortable relying on tourism income alone.

Feng Yiping's destination today is such a place.

Along Highway 29, through the hills covered with vineyards, winding up along the mountain road, we finally arrived at the top of Atlas Peak, east of Napa Valley, in front of an unknown winery.

At this time, several people came out quickly. The tall and bright-headed Rubin was the most eye-catching. He shouted from a distance, "Feng,"

"Hello, Mr. Feng," a middle-aged man in a full suit and brown glasses came over enthusiastically.

"Hello, you must be Mr. Walker. It's nice to meet you. Thank you for the convenience you provide us," Feng Yiping shook his hand.

The middle-aged man in his forties smiled immediately, "I am Walker, it's nice to meet you, this is my wife Vanessa," he pointed to a middle-aged woman with short brown hair who was also dressed in a formal dress next to him.

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Feng," the middle-aged woman who looked very cheerful happily shook Feng Yiping's hand.

"These are my daughters Catherine and Rebecca, and my son Richard,"

"Hello, Mr. Feng, you can call me Kate," the eldest daughter Catherine, who perfectly inherited her mother's beautiful blue eyes, shook Feng Yiping's hand enthusiastically, "I am a loyal user of Facebook,"

"I am honored," it is always a happy thing to meet your own users.

Compared to her elder sister who was called by her nickname right from the start, Rebecca, the second daughter who was still in high school, was a little shy. Her hands touched Feng Yiping and she broke away immediately. She was a girl who looked a bit like Emma Roberts.

"Mr. Feng, will your Tesla be successful? What kind of car will you produce in the end, a sports car? Will it be sold by leasing like EV1? ... Can you sign for me?" The freckles on his face were clearly visible, and the thin Richard started talking nonstop right from the start.

"Dick (Richard's nickname)," Vanessa pulled her son who was leaning towards Feng Yiping, "I'm sorry Feng, he's a car enthusiast,"

"Haha, it's okay," Feng Yiping signed his Chinese name in the small notebook prepared by Richard, "My Tesla will definitely be successful, and it won't be murdered like EV1. It shouldn't just launch one model. You're always welcome to visit,"

To be honest, he likes such children who are young but have their own thoughts and opinions on a certain aspect.

Feng Yiping, who was surrounded by the family like a star, saw at a glance that Android employees were sitting in groups under the parasols, under the big trees, and on the grass in front of the house. They were much more casual and waved to the young boss, "Hi Feng,"

"Hello," Feng Yiping felt that the team building organized by Rubin was more like a vacation.

"This is the Cabernet Sauvignon produced in our winery in 1985," Walker opened the wine that Yiping looked like a treasured wine in front of the winery, "That was the first good year my father encountered after buying this winery,"

"I like it," Feng Yiping tasted it. The alcohol content was very low, "very elegant," he said.

Over there, two girls snuggled up to their mother, smiling at this legendary Chinese young man tasting the treasures of their own winery. Even Rebecca, who was a little shy just now, smiled into crescents after hearing Feng Yiping's words.

"Feng, it's a good thing you came today, otherwise I wouldn't have this blessing," Rubin's tone was a little sad, holding the wine glass and looking at the bottle in Walker's hand.

"Come on, Rubin, I don't believe you don't have any at home. I gave it to you, and you took it yourself. There must be at least one box," Walker explained to Feng Yiping with a smile, "He and I have been friends for many years,"

Feng Yiping had heard about this from Rubin, which is why he decided to hold this team building in Napa Valley.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Walker," Feng Yiping didn't know much about wine, but seeing how serious Walker was and how coveted Rubin was, he knew that the wine was probably quite expensive.

"It's our honor!" Walker said cheerfully, "Mr. Feng, please allow me to take you to visit our winery,"

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Nearly an hour later, the enthusiastic Walker family drove a pickup truck and a Beetle to San Francisco and handed over their winery to Android's group.

"Your friend is very interesting," Feng Yiping said.

"After graduating from Haas School of Business in Berkeley, he worked on Wall Street for a while, but soon returned home to inherit the winery," Rubin took Feng Yiping to the guest room area hidden behind the winery.

This is also an important source of income for this niche winery, so it is decorated very distinctively. Six villas with an architectural style similar to that of Stanford University are hidden among the green trees.

On a flat ground in the middle, there is a large swimming pool, which is also the most lively place at this time.

There are many people playing in the swimming pool, and the lounge chairs next to it are also full of young men and women. Without exception, everyone has a glass of wine in their hands.

"Feng," "Feng," many people in the swimming pool and on the lounge chairs are greeting Feng Yiping.

"Sit down?" Rubin asked.

"Then sit down," Feng Yiping nodded.

"Suddenly I feel like I don't want to leave," Feng Yiping sat on a rattan sofa, looking at the lush and green trees at the foot of the mountain, and stretched comfortably.

"Boss, how does it feel to be so successful at such a young age?" A young man with a wet head asked.

"Feeling? I seem to have gone directly from my carefree youth to middle age, skipping the most exciting youth, and I feel melancholy when I think about it,"

"Boss, aren't you in your youth like us now?" A girl in a bikini leaned against the edge of the swimming pool, wiped the water off her face, and said loudly.

"That's the case with age," Feng Yiping said as he looked at the girl who was in the best years of her life.

Although he was about the same age as them, he certainly couldn't live as carefree and carefree as them.

"So don't pretend to be mature, come down," the girl and several other girls next to her smiled and invited Feng Yiping to go into the water.

"I didn't bring a swimsuit," Brother's six-pack abs are not something that anyone can be lucky enough to see.

"Feng, why did you invest in us in the first place?" Rubin tried to lead the topic to the point.

Since it's a team building, it can't be like a vacation, it still has to stick to the theme.

"It's very simple. According to Moore's Law, I think that in the future we will develop smaller and smaller but more powerful chips, which will make some of our handheld devices, like the mobile phones you developed at Danger, Rubin, comparable to some personal computers, but the restriction on this development is the operating system,"

"As far as I know, this is also the reason why you, Rubin, decided to develop this system after producing mobile phones, right?" Feng Yiping said.

"Yes, I have a deep understanding of this. If we can develop a system suitable for mobile phones..." Rubin was about to brag about how awesome the system he was developing would be, but was immediately interrupted by his employees.

"Boss," Maybe it's because his Chinese surname is a bit difficult to pronounce, these guys just call him boss, an Indian guy asked, "We all know that you have a keen eye. Are you really so optimistic about the future development of handheld devices?"

Android employees also cherish the opportunity to communicate with Feng Yiping. There is already a circle of people around him, and those who are relaxing in other places in the winery are also rushing over after hearing the news.

"Yes, I am very optimistic. I think the current technical conditions are enough to support us to make ideal handheld devices, such as the Hiptop series of mobile phones that Rubin once developed,"

"In the next few years, the conditions will be further improved, enough to support us to make more perfect handheld hardware,"

Rubin is also very interested in this question. Although Feng Yiping admires the mobile phone he developed, he knows very well that this should be mostly polite, because the mobile phones they produce have always been niche products, which can explain this problem.

"Feng, what do you think is the difference between your ideal future handheld hardware, such as mobile phones, and the current products, including the ones I developed before?"

"The biggest difference in hardware, I think, should be the display screen. We all know that the current mobile phone display screen, whether in size or clarity, cannot be compared with that of a computer."

Hiptop phones, for example, are actually no different from other feature phones. They only have a 2.6-inch display screen, which is only used for making calls and reading text messages. Who would be patient enough to browse news or play games on such a small screen?

"Screen?"

"Of course, the key is to have a system that can be perfectly adapted to mobile phones," Feng Yiping brought the topic back.

"We can imagine, for example, a mobile phone, in the future, if it can be half as thick as a Hiptop, but the screen is twice as large, the color is clearer, and it is best to support touch screen operation,"

"There is also a very perfect system that can support us to run more software on the phone, and then we can easily connect to the Internet through wireless network - according to the development trend of mobile communications, this is certain,"

"So, everyone thinks about it, in daily life, will we be more dependent on mobile phones or computers?"

Everyone, including Rubin, was attracted by the future described by Feng Yiping.

If it is really as he said, then there is no doubt that everyone must be more dependent on mobile phones.

"So, friends, we can think about what kind of scene this will be. I can even say that now, the operating system is the era of Microsoft, and then it will be our Android era,"

After running the company for so many years and giving so many speeches on different occasions, Feng Yiping is now a first-class level of inspiring people.

"The era of Android!" Many people murmured this statement made by Feng Yiping, their eyes intoxicated.

What is the greatest achievement of an engineer? It is to see more and more users, more and more applications of the programs developed by themselves, and more and more inseparable from the programs developed by themselves.

"Yes, in the era of Android, when all our current popular products, such as Facebook and YouTube, want to develop, they must develop versions that adapt to our Android system, or rely on our Android to develop,"

"Therefore, the Android system will be the top priority for the company's future development and our most promising project. Naturally, we will also allocate more resources to this project,"

Rubin immediately applauded. He believed that with Feng Yiping's words, many people in his team should give up the idea of ​​seeking to transfer to other companies under Feng Yiping.

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Feng Yiping, who successfully appeased the Android team, accompanied everyone to enjoy a delicious meal at the winery. After the meal, he hurried to Silicon Valley.

And Rubin and his team will continue to stay in the winery for two days. During these two days, they have arranged some team training projects, outdoor hiking, and hot air balloon rides.

Not long after coming down the mountain, Feng Yiping, who was dozing in the car, was suddenly awakened by a burst of rapid honking. Hey, the Beetle honking wildly across the street seemed quite familiar?

ps: Just got home, happy holidays everyone!