Chapter 1943 Book Recommendation

"Just go back like this," a young man said blankly, looking at Manhattan gradually receding outside the car window.

"Yeah," the person sitting next to him echoed.

It's not because this trip was so hasty that he didn't even have time to stop by Fifth Avenue, so he was reluctant to leave New York, but because Feng Yiping attended a press conference in the morning and announced another large acquisition, and then hurried back to Silicon Valley in the afternoon.

It was as if this large-scale acquisition that made them, CCTV employees who had seen a lot of the world, excited was as ordinary as it could be for Feng Yiping.

Come on, another domestic acquisition of the United States, Lenovo's acquisition of IBM at the end of last year, was only $650 million in cash, $600 million in stocks, plus the assumption of $500 million in debt owed by IBM, which added up to only $1.75 billion.

But how long did that merger and acquisition have to be promoted? How long did it take to exaggerate? Even their station did a lot of reports.

This acquisition is even bigger than that one.

You just come here to say a few words at the press conference, meet and get to know their executives, and chat for a few minutes, and that's it?

Even if we talk about time, the time he spent on the work related to this merger and acquisition during this trip to New York can only be a small part.

Other schedules in New York include inspecting NEXTDOOR here, inspecting Google here, meeting with several bigwigs on Wall Street, meeting with New York Mayor Bloomberg, and visiting the welfare organization donated by NEXTDOOR in New York...

All this time added up is really more than the time spent on the work related to the acquisition of Marvel.

According to the crew's idea, they have completed such a major work in any case. Even if there is no celebration now because the US Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved it, it is always reasonable to give yourself at least half a day to relax!

But he did not show any such signs and immediately got into work.

It seems that this rich man Feng is really not something they can guess. What they think is a big deal is just commonplace in the eyes of rich man Feng.

The conversation between the two soon attracted everyone's participation, and everyone's feelings were the same as theirs.

Feng Yiping's calmness in the face of such a big event just highlighted his extraordinaryness.

Zhou Ning looked out the window and didn't speak.

She felt differently from other colleagues. Because she had done a lot of homework, she was not surprised by Feng Yiping's performance.

She felt a huge gap in this short trip to New York.

At the press conference held in the morning, she not only failed to ask any questions, but even most of the questions raised by her American colleagues were not understood by her.

Although she was sure that most of her male colleagues, including most of the male colleagues in the station, were not much better than her, she was a reporter of CCTV's financial channel after all. In terms of financial literacy, she was so far behind her foreign counterparts, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Or, in other words, she suffered a big blow.

Then at the airport, she suffered another blow.

With the idea of ​​improving herself, she hurried to the airport bookstore and read a few books under the recommendation of the waiter, but the embarrassing thing was that she couldn't even read the second paragraph of the preface, let alone the main text at the back.

This made her a little unhappy on the way back.

She looked at Feng Yiping over there. How could he know so much? She suddenly seemed to understand why Feng Yiping insisted on finishing college after he had actually achieved success and fame, and even now he was studying at Stanford Business School.

Over there, Feng Yiping finally closed the computer, propped up his chin with his hand, and looked out the window quietly.

For some reason, Zhou Ning felt that he should not be looking at the scenery, but thinking about the problem.

Coincidentally, the two people sitting opposite him walked to the front cabin at the same time, and soon, they stood in the aisle with two glasses of wine and chatted.

These people really love to drink.

Zhou Ning walked quickly to sit down opposite Feng Yiping, "Mr. Feng,"

"Zhou Ning,"

Now, Feng Yiping finally stopped calling him "Mr. Zhou" which made him feel uncomfortable, and called him by his name directly, which made Zhou Ning feel that he had finally become an acquaintance in Feng Yiping's mind.

"Don't bother me,"

"Not at all," Feng Yiping smiled, he was actually thinking about the problem.

After Marvel really joins his team, is the plan he has prepared the most reasonable? What kind of resistance might he encounter?

How should Marvel and Netflix, which is bound to make its own content, get along?

When is the most appropriate time for Netflix to merge with YouTube?

Speaking of timing, is it a bit hasty to launch ads on Facebook now?

If so, when is the most appropriate time? ...

Many times, he is like this, his hands are quiet, but his heart is not quiet.

But it's good to chat with Zhou Ning and relax at the same time.

"Mr. Feng, I have something outside of work that I want to ask you. What introductory books do you think I can read if I want to learn about economics, even though I know nothing about it?"

Hearing this question, Feng Yiping was really surprised. You actually want to study economics?

"How far do you want to go?"

"Just like the reporters at today's press conference who can ask you questions," Zhou Ning said.

Oh, now Feng Yiping somewhat understands her motives.

"First of all, I want to explain to you that I am still a dabbler in economics." He waved his hand to stop Zhou Ning who wanted to speak. "As you know, my two books are not monographs on economics. "

"Because I am far from proficient in economics, I feel that modern economics is really complicated. There are more than 10 major branches, and each branch has different schools of thought... It seems easy. faint,"

"Sometimes, economics fights with itself. I believe that given your profession, you have access to a lot of information in this area, right?"

Zhou Ning nodded, right? On the same issue, domestic economists sometimes come to completely opposite conclusions.

"Let me think about it," Feng Yiping thought for a moment. Considering that Zhou Ning had studied "Political Economics" at most, and most of his math skills were average, it would be quite difficult to recommend a book to her.

"The most comprehensive introductory reading, and the most classic, is Paul Samuelson's "Economics". It is best to read the original English version,"

"Oh, is it difficult?"

"This, after all, is an academic monograph... Or, you can read "Principles of Economics" written by Gregory Mankiw, who is now in politics and serves as the chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. This book may be more simple. "

"Oh, economics, principles of economics," Zhou Ning was about to write it down, but it seemed that just these two titles made her a little confused.

In this case, Feng Yiping decided not to mention "Economics" by Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize winner in economics.

"Mr. Feng, I really admire you. The work is so stressful, but you can still persist in studying,"

"You see, you have already experienced that sometimes, it is impossible not to study. And compared to dealing with work, studying is relatively simple. It can even be said to be a kind of relaxation."

"When I say this, I'm not saying how difficult it is to learn these professional knowledge. It's just that it's difficult to learn. It's a simple difficulty."

"I understand, I understand, so do you think if I apply for an MBA, do you think I will improve?"

"Well," Feng Yiping hesitated, "if you really go there with the purpose of learning and improving, I don't think it's really necessary."

He put it more tactfully.

The various MBAs that have just emerged in China have quickly changed their taste, especially for female students. Most of them go there not to study, but to find meal tickets.

"I encourage my company's employees and executives to attend night classes, audit universities, or ask experts to teach them some basic principles, and I do not encourage them to follow the trend and study MBA,"

"A very simple truth is that when faced with the same problem, the specific situation of the company is different, and the measures taken will inevitably be different. What is suitable for Zhang San is probably not suitable for Li Si. No matter how many cases are analyzed, you can actually The more restrictions you have... you might as well learn the basics,"

"Of course, this is just my opinion,"

"No, Mr. Feng, your suggestion must be the most correct," Zhou Ning said, "It seems that I can really consider finding an expert to give me supplementary lessons."

"I believe that such efforts will not be in vain. At least in the future, if your station wants to interview the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, you will definitely be the most suitable candidate,"

"But I still like to interview you. There are many Nobel Prize winners, but there is only one, Mr. Feng."