Chapter 1556 A Unique Welcome

Chapter 722 A unique welcome

Mike understood Feng Yiping's absence. Looking out the window, he also said, "I have never seen such a unique country."

Feng Yiping nodded with deep understanding, and his understanding was indeed refreshed here.

He is also a well-informed person, but this is the first time he has seen rich and poor, clean and dirty, living so closely next to each other.

It seems that this is also a country with a very large gap between rich and poor, but its rich areas and slums are not located in two far apart areas, but are so closely connected.

Let’s ignore for a moment the modern skyscrapers built by foreign-funded companies on the city’s skyline, right on the roadside of the airport. The houses you see at one glance are luxurious and modern, but at the next glance, you see low, dilapidated buildings and endless rows of houses. bungalow.

Having just agreed to acquire an unfinished building in Shenzhen, he is very puzzled by some of the conditions here. Why are there so many houses on the roadside that look like half-finished projects? Some are in the middle of construction, and some are in the middle of demolition.

As for filth, that is true for rich and poor alike.

Those modern luxurious houses, with their walls covered with green plants, are surrounded by piles of garbage. Next to them are alleys composed of low and dilapidated houses filled with garbage.

What about the sanitation department here?

There are many trees here, but why is the dust so heavy? This unscientific!

There are some places here that are really easy to see from a distance but not up close.

From the air, this is a beautiful garden city. After a close encounter, you will truly feel that what you saw from the air before is probably an illusion.

But there are indeed many special places here. On the roadside, you can often see some temples or palaces that look very historical, beautiful, and rich.

What attracts even more attention are the girls on the roadside wearing colorful saris, like Xiaofang, with thick and long braids.

In our country, except for greeting guests in front of restaurants, where can you see girls wearing cheongsam as daily clothes?

You see, tradition and modernity here are so perfectly and seamlessly connected.

Feng Yiping can still enjoy this exotic and exciting scenery with great interest, but Owen is extremely nervous.

Damn, where's the driveway? How can those cars turn right in the innermost lane and left in the outermost lane at will? How can those motorcycles weave in front of cars at will?

What about the traffic police? Where is the traffic police?

At the intersection, when pedestrians, vehicles, including cattle, charged in a chaotic manner like the start of a marathon, he almost jumped up. He felt that the boss's car would be hit by the car next to or behind him in any minute. .

I went there and found that none of these cars have rearview mirrors.

Oh, the rearview mirror of the car I am riding in is also folded up. Is this okay?

It's not enough to worry about other vehicles that may pose threats on the road. This road also makes him worried. Why are there so many big holes dug on the roadside?

He was very worried because even if he wasn't hit, he could easily drive into a pothole on the side of the road.

He nervously said to Feng Yiping, "Boss, hold on to the armrest."

On the other hand, the local driver, who was wearing a stand-up collared gown, was very calm. He said "Relax, relax," in English with a weird accent while steering the Mercedes-Benz and wandering on the road with ease, as nimble as a loach.

It’s really like being able to walk through thousands of flowers without touching a single leaf, and also having the calmness that I can wave my sleeves without taking away a trace of the clouds.

Feng Yiping grabbed the handrail and felt that his express delivery company could send some employees here for internships in the future. He believed that drivers who could control the road conditions here could match the performance of the French film "Taxi Express" in China. "Daniel's performance in ".

Oh, I finally saw the legendary man standing outside the car.

There was a blue bus in front of him. He didn't know whether it had no doors or whether the doors were always open while it was driving. He saw several people just standing there, old and young, and they were all calm. It's very--it's amazing. My brother is indeed a cheater.

They didn't care about such a thing, the bus driver didn't care, the people in the bus didn't care, the family of four on the motorcycle next to them didn't care, and neither did the man in a suit driving a Camry in front of him who was talking on the phone. meaning.

Wait, your sister, you are driving and still answering your phone under such circumstances?

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Near the Bangalore Parliament Building, in the garden behind the ITC Windsor Luxury Collection Hotel, Feng Yiping and three others were listening to Ram and Mike's report.

Elegant and exquisite Western-style buildings, neatly trimmed lawns, neatly trimmed trees, well-dressed gentlemen and ladies, waiters in white uniforms, and those in straight uniforms with standard smiles on their faces , a hotel manager whose skin tone looks obviously lighter due to the working environment...

This place looks more refined and elegant than the places they often hang out in Silicon Valley, which makes Feng Yiping feel a little unreal. Are the things he just saw real?

It is indeed true.

The rapid development of Bangalore's IT industry and the huge infrastructure construction debt have resulted in the emergence of "enclaves" similar to the high-end hotel where they are now located in the city.

Inside and outside the wall, there are two completely different worlds.

However, Owen and the other security guards scattered far and near reminded them that this place was not as beautiful as they saw.

“At the beginning of independence, it was regarded by the Indian central government as the first choice city for precision manufacturing research and development, including rockets and satellites, space technology, electrical appliances and communication equipment, aircraft manufacturing, machine tools, automobiles and other industries. It has become India’s science city. "

"...Rajiv Gandhi, known as the Prime Minister of Computers, played a decisive role in the development of Bangalore,"

"After he took office, he promulgated the computer industry policy and recognized the software industry as an industry for the first time, which can enjoy investment subsidies and other preferential policies. While increasing investment, he also significantly reduced taxes...,"

Feng Yiping listened to Ram's introduction and looked at the Parliament Building and the Supreme Court not far away. He felt that the development here was similar to that in many places in the country, and the state's intervention was even stronger.

"Now, various financial and tax support are stronger. There is a stock exchange in this city. Start-up companies can apply for listing and raising funds one year after they are established."

Hearing this introduction, Feng Yiping was not only stunned. With such good conditions, domestic companies are really envious of him.

But that’s not all. “Software exports are subject to zero tariffs, zero circulation tax and zero service tax; double taxation on imported and exported software is exempted; a 5% tariff is levied on capital goods imported by any sector...,”

"...Exemption from income tax, with a tax holiday of 5 years, and exemption from goods tax when purchasing goods from domestic bonded areas...,"

Feng Yiping feels that this policy is really better than the later free trade zones in China. No wonder so many companies from Silicon Valley invest here.

"Income from any project invested by venture funds, including interest income, is exempt from income tax,"

Hearing this, Brin glanced at Feng Yiping with a smile, "This suits Feng very well. Do you want to try it?"

Is there such a good thing? Feng Yiping glanced at Ram.

He nodded, "This is indeed the current policy,"

Feng Yiping had no impression of him, but he was deeply impressed by Feng Yiping, knowing that the man in front of him was actually the richest among the three, and he also had the best vision.

"It seems that we need to add an institution here," Feng Yiping said happily.

At his level, money is not a problem. The problem is too much money. Investment is not a problem. There are too many projects that will find themselves. However, tax avoidance is a big problem.

Here, there is no need to pay taxes on the income of venture capital? Of course you have to try it.

What is the name of the most famous e-commerce company in India? I think I saw it in the news a few times, and what is the name of the Indian version of Alipay that Alibaba later invested heavily in?

These are all profitable investment projects.

Although it started later than China, Feng Yiping knows that India is the world's largest Internet and e-commerce market after China, with many opportunities.

He immediately felt that it was really necessary to set up a strong executive agency here.

"Not only in this city, I think it would be best to set up relevant institutions in New Delhi," he said.

Mike wrote it down immediately.

"From a potential perspective, last year, the total number of computers purchased in India was less than 5 million units. Compared with the population here, the market potential is very huge,"

"Last year, India's national online advertising market just exceeded US$50 million. It also has huge potential. We all believe that it is worth investing here," Ram said.

"Currently, there are more than 150,000 engineers engaged in software programming here, and there are more than 200 polytechnic universities here, which are constantly training qualified engineers. Compared with Silicon Valley, the salary here is lower,"

Feng Yiping and the others laughed at the same time. Google declared to the outside world that, of course, all Silicon Valley companies investing here said the same, "We just want to recruit more outstanding engineering and technical talents." "India obviously has a large number of computer scientists who can be called geniuses." ,"

In fact, haha, it’s all about cutting operating costs.

"Ram, next, including Facebook and YouTube, will build branches here," Feng Yiping said.

Now that the Google Center has been established, Feng Yiping hopes that when his company is established here, he can get some experience support.

He only said the first half of the sentence before Ram understood what he meant. He looked at the other two founders and immediately said, "No problem, I am very happy to share some of my experience with them as long as they need it."

"I think our overseas institutions can definitely collaborate, which can save a lot of resources," Page said, "What do you think?"

This was the first time he took the initiative to raise this issue.

"It's absolutely fine," Feng Yiping said.

However, he feels that there will be better solutions to this problem in the future, but the development of various projects in his company must be accelerated, especially Facebook, which has great potential and will later be able to compete with Google.

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The Bangalore City Council Building, located in the city center, just next to Cubbon Park, and the all-red Supreme Court Building on the other side, are the buildings that the citizens of Bangalore are most proud of.

This is a huge palace-style building built during the British colonial period. It is majestic and majestic. Its circular vault always reminds Feng Yiping of the St. Paul's Cathedral in London that he saw in the picture.

Like many places in China, near the facade of this government, there are some of the few clean streets in Bangalore.

When Feng Yiping and his group drove to the place, a red carpet was laid here again. Chief Minister Singh and Indian Minister of Science and Technology Sibal from New Delhi led a large group of people and stood on the steps in front of the main building with a smile.

It was another big scene. There was no way. There were so many people!

But their next move made Feng Yiping and his group deeply understand what an ancient civilization is. When they stepped on the steps and a large group of cameramen took pictures of their handshake, Minister Singh looked up. Suddenly, with cheers, petals all over the sky fell from the corridor upstairs of the palace.

They were immediately bathed in the rain of petals.

Along the way, they also saw several shops selling flowers and garlands, and some women strung jasmine flowers and wore them behind their hair. Unexpectedly, people could use them like this.

To be honest, Feng Yiping, one of the protagonists, was really moved. This local government is really good at attracting investment. Even Page is so excited that his face is red.

The specifications of this ceremony are almost similar to the opening ceremony of some ancient cities in China!