Chapter 1709 Toast

At night, in a restaurant in Davos, there was a chuckle. Dozens of Chinese-faced people, both men and women, were standing or sitting, chatting in low voices while keeping an eye on the door.

They are the domestic entrepreneurs and their families participating in the Davos Annual Meeting.

It is very common to attend the Davos annual meeting with your family. Choosing the meeting to be held in such a tourist resort has the original intention of having a meeting and vacation at the same time.

During the break between meetings, there were many well-known entrepreneurs who liked skiing or knew how to ski, enjoying skiing on the ski trails around Davos with their children in tow.

In order for the annual meeting to be held smoothly, the relevant departments in Switzerland have also made great efforts. Not only the entire area around Davos has been surrounded, but even some small towns dozens of kilometers away from Davos have also been surrounded by fences. Therefore, in these short five days, for the participants, the ski slopes in Davos were like their VIP boxes in the theater, and they did not have to worry about interference from the outside world.

Of course, at this time in China, going to Hawaii, Los Angeles, Miami or Cannes to sunbathe on the beach may be something the rich like to show off, but skiing in Switzerland has obviously not become popular yet.

Therefore, most of these people, like Feng Yiping, cannot enjoy the convenience brought by this meeting.

In a circle near the door, someone looked at their watch and said, "It's about time, isn't it, Mr. Zhu?"

“Since it’s said, it will definitely come, so don’t be impatient,” said Mr. Zhu, who is over middle-aged and wears glasses.

His words clearly have a Hong Kong and Taiwanese accent. He is the organizer of tonight's banquet and a director of the World Economic Forum.

Just as he was talking, a staff member ran in and said, "A convoy is coming."

Suddenly, everyone became a little restless. The gentlemen gathered together and walked out, while the ladies helped each other tidy up their clothes.

Several Mercedes-Benz cars had already driven to the door of the restaurant. Lao Ma got out of the first car with a smile. "Hi," he greeted the people at the door with a smile.

Then, Feng Yiping opened the car door by himself and got out of the second car. With him was Cummins.

"It's cold, come inside," he said to the large group at the door with a smile.

"It's him," "Yes, it's him." Everyone entered the room, and several people came to greet them.

The companies participating in the conference this year are not the top ones in the country, and they usually do not have the opportunity to deal with or meet Feng Yiping.

Most of the companies that came today are concentrated in the IT and Internet fields. At this time, Feng Yiping, who is considered an Internet giant in the world, is really their idol.

"Hello, Mr. Feng," several people surrounded Feng Yiping at the same time, introducing themselves and handing him business cards, "Thank you, thank you, let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Murthy from Infosys in India. "He pointed to the thin old man who got off the third car and stood with Zuckerberg.

Murthy is also a director of the World Economic Forum. Mr. Zhu obviously knew him and walked over enthusiastically, "Welcome Mr. Murthy,"

"Meet Mr. Zhu again," Murthy said.

Those in the country were also a little surprised at this time. It was the first time for them to meet Murthy, but it was not the first time they heard his name. Although everyone would definitely not recognize him as the father of Asia's Silicon Valley, this man He is undoubtedly worthy of the title of the father of India's Silicon Valley and is undoubtedly a leader in the Indian IT field.

Several of our prime ministers have visited his company during their visits to India, which fully illustrates this point.

No matter how everyone feels about Indians, since the 1960s, we have undoubtedly had a psychological advantage in front of them. At this time, everyone also understands the key points and welcomes the foreign guest first, so that he can come to this meeting. Either my English is passable, or I brought a translator with me, so there wasn’t much of a communication problem.

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There was hot pot again in the evening, but it was our style, but with some adjustments. Just like the local cheese hot pot, each person has one pot, but the hot pot dishes are so rich. "It really makes my mouth water when I look at it," said Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"I really don't know what you don't like about Mr. Feng. If there is any inconvenience in greeting me, please bear with me," Mr. Zhu said.

"Mr. Zhu, you are too polite. These are very good." For a child like him who grew up in a rural area where he had just enough to eat, at least when he was a child, there were things he was not used to eating. That was absolutely It's a luxury thing.

There are some things you just don’t like to eat, so at least you can make do with them.

He insisted on not sitting in the guest of honor seat, and gave that seat to the elderly Mr. Zhu and Murthy. Everyone knew his temper, and there was no very formal process such as speeches. After introducing each other, they immediately After just a few bites, a person in charge of a domestic website named Zhang stood up with a glass of wine in his hands and said excitedly, "Mr. Feng, let me toast you."

"Mr. Zhang, please sit down quickly,"

When people stood up, Feng Yiping couldn't sit still, so he stood up with a wine glass in hand.

"No, Mr. Feng, please sit down. This glass of wine can be said to be a toast to you on behalf of our colleagues."

"Lao Zhang, sit down, don't be so angry," Lao Ma also advised.

"No, I must stand," Mr. Zhang, who was in his prime, walked up to Feng Yiping and pushed him back into his seat.

On the other side, Mr. Zhu was translating with Murthy, who was all smiles.

"This glass of wine is not to honor Mr. Feng for being the richest man, but it is related to your status as the richest man," Mr. Zhang said something a little awkward standing next to Feng Yiping.

"I have no experience of studying abroad, I have been working hard in China, so I am very familiar with the domestic situation. I have paid close attention to the Hurun Rich List every year since it came out,"

"We know that in the first few issues, let alone the top of the list, there are very few people from our IT industry on the list. I clearly remember that Mr. Zhang of Sohu briefly ranked among the top after listing in 2000, but with the bursting of the Internet bubble, his ranking quickly dropped,"

"And in those years, the regulars on the list were mostly from the capital field or the real estate industry. It was after you, Mr. Feng, topped the list that there were finally more people from our IT industry,"

"It was Mr. Feng's success that gave many people direction and gave us a reason to persevere, making us believe that we can eventually create a career in the field we are optimistic about,"

"So Mr. Feng, I'll drink this glass, you can do whatever you want," he tilted his head back and poured the glass of wine into his mouth.

"Mr. Zhang, you are really too kind. I am lucky to have come to where I am today. It is mainly because of this great era. More and more people in the IT and high-tech industries are on the list. I am very happy personally, but this is the result of everyone's hard work. It has nothing to do with me," said Feng Yiping.

What Mr. Zhang said is indeed quite reasonable. Before 2003, our richest man was always replaced by the Rong family, known as the red capitalists, and the brothers of the Liu family, the king of feed, reflecting the characteristics of our planned economic system and the national conditions of a large agricultural country.

After Feng Yiping's car network was successfully listed on NASDAQ and he became the richest man in China, it was considered to have brought new changes.

His position as the richest man does symbolize the rise of the domestic IT and Internet fields, and it does give confidence to practitioners like Mr. Zhang.

You know, in those two years, there was a recognized view in society that running a website means burning money.

In the past two years, although the domestic real estate industry has been rising rapidly and the retail industry has also developed rapidly, Feng Yiping has been sitting at the top of the list very steadily. Last year, he became the richest man in Asia and Chinese. It seems that he will continue to sit in this position for many years, unlike those people and companies that were short-lived before.

The reason why he can sit so steadily is mainly because of his investment in Google and his development in the Internet field.

This will naturally make Mr. Zhang and others firm in their direction and attract more entrepreneurs to join this field. From this perspective, Mr. Zhang’s words are really not flattery.

"Yiping, Mr. Zhang is right, you should drink this glass," Lao Ma also raised his glass, "I also want to toast you a glass,"

Then several people stood up, "Mr. Feng, Mr. Zhang’s words are our heartfelt words, we also toast you,"

"I don’t deserve it, I really don’t deserve it," Feng Yiping stood up again.

"What are those people doing? Why are they so excited?" Zuckerberg asked Zheng Jiayi in a low voice.

"They are all expressing their gratitude to Feng," Zheng Jiayi's eyes were still on Feng Yiping while speaking.

Under the dim light outside, the snow was still falling. The night was getting deeper, but it seemed to be getting warmer...