Chapter 2403 The Trouble Begins

Mumbai, on the Marine Boulevard, Feng Yiping, standing in the revelry crowd, suddenly felt a little guilty.

He felt guilty that he actually liked the atmosphere of the festival in front of him. He even felt that this was the most lively festival he had ever felt in his two lives.

You know, this is Diwali, and it is the Diwali in Mumbai, India.

The most lively and festive festival in China is naturally the Spring Festival, and the Spring Festival with the strongest flavor of the New Year is naturally when he was a child. At that time, the people in the village would try their best to wear new clothes like the Indians now, gather in the threshing ground in the village, and use simple utensils to carry out some activities that cannot find the correct Mandarin to express the name, but have a certain competitive nature.

For example, one of them can be roughly described as an adult version, a heightened version, and a rotating version of the seesaw.

A long piece of wood that can be used as a beam is placed on a shelf at least one person high, with a person lying on each end. When pushed by each person, it will spin up and down in the air.

Are there any safety measures? Feng Yiping couldn't remember clearly, maybe there was a rope, but he only remembered that the person holding the wood in the air was swinging his legs straight out, and the innocent smiles on the faces of the people around him.

In any case, it should be considered a game for the brave, but those who went up to play were not only strong laborers, but also the wives of strong laborers. If I remember correctly, Dongming's wife, that is, his cousin's wife, seemed to be very good at it at that time?

Later, when he grew up slowly, his life gradually got better, and the New Year was less and less interesting every year.

For example, the sisters-in-law and young wives in the village played such thrilling games, and there were fewer and fewer children playing with firecrackers outside. First, the adults were worried about danger, and second, the children had better toys to play with.

Even the few Spring Festivals that were still lively when I was a child were also poor and lively, and there was no sense of ritual, just the red spring couplets on the doors of every house.

But compared with the festival he is experiencing in Mumbai now, it is completely incomparable.

Diwali, as the name suggests, is naturally related to lights.

Standing on the Coastal Boulevard, looking around, whether it is the high-rise buildings in the city or the famous slums in the north, all the buildings you can see are hung with various colored lights.

Even the long crane arms hanging high in the air are hung with a series of colored lights, which looks like you can climb up to the sky by following the string of lights.

Although the colored lights on modern high-rise buildings will form various unique shapes, and the colored lights in the slums are relatively simple, but in these 5 days, no family will not use lights to decorate their homes.

These houses nearby, under the eaves, on the doors, on the windows... all places where things can be hung, all look around, all kinds of lights...

At the exit of the alley over there, there is a large lantern more than 2 meters high, with beautiful colored tassels fluttering in the wind, and on the branches on the roadside, there are all kinds of enlarged leaf-shaped lights.

In the square, there are statues made of earthenware lamps, which are usually Ganesh, the elephant god of Hinduism, representing wisdom, wealth and happiness, and symbolizing prosperity.

Even on the road, earthenware lamps are used to make various figures or blessings.

It can be said that wherever there is a gap, there are lights.

According to Marika, there are hundreds of kinds of lights for the Indian Diwali Festival. Starting from the 9th, all cities and villages in India, from south to north, from east to west, are so colorful and dazzling.

Such a sense of ritual is much more grand than the Spring Festival couplets posted by every household in Feng Yiping's village when he was a child.

Moreover, he had never seen so many people during the lively Spring Festival when he was a child. In Mumbai, there are more than 5 million people living in the slums alone, and the population of the entire city is more than 10 million. This liveliness is really hard to describe in words.

Moreover, unlike in China, where we become more reserved and introverted as our lives get better, or we prefer to stay indoors, Indians are not like this. They not only like to go outdoors with their families, but also sing and dance, and are very joyful.

Even if they are just poor, at least in these few days, they seem to be simply enjoying the joy brought by this festival.

Feng Yiping knows that many of these people also experienced a difficult journey similar to the Spring Festival travel rush in China before the 9th, and then rushed home to reunite with their families. I don’t know if many of them will be forced to get married in these few days, or if they will be asked about their income one after another, but looking at their faces, from adults to children, the smiles on their faces are really sincere and natural.

Not only did the adults and children dress up and enjoy it, but even the dogs and monkeys enjoyed it as well.

They even wore more than one string of marigold garlands on their bodies.

In India, dogs are considered messengers of the King of Hell, so they will be blessed by everyone during Diwali, and monkeys are even more powerful. They are considered heroes who have helped Lord Rama and are also gods...

This is indeed a different nation.

"Feng, look over there, it's so beautiful!" Marika lifted her veil and pointed at the fireworks on a high-rise building in the city.

The crowd was surging, and she and Feng Yiping were very close. This sentence was almost said in Feng Yiping's ear.

"Yes, it's beautiful!" Feng Yiping nodded.

In China, fireworks shows that are larger, longer, and more beautiful than this are common, but in China, it is estimated that there will never be such a festive atmosphere.

"Let's go forward," Marika said excitedly, holding Feng Yiping's arm.

This is the happiest Diwali for her.

And today is particularly meaningful. Today is the fourth day of the five-day Diwali festival, which is also the first day of the Indian New Year. On the first day of the New Year, she was able to spend it with Feng Yiping. This was a wish she made last year in front of the great god Padre Muladhi (the god of love).

She really didn't expect that it would come true!

Under the lights of various colors, she looked at Feng Yiping's smiling face and felt very happy.

He seemed to attach great importance to India, and he seemed to enjoy this festival very much.

She couldn't help but think that there must be her reasons for this.

But to be honest, it was not what she thought.

Feng Yiping did attach great importance to the Indian market, but that was mainly because he knew very well how important India was to all Internet companies.

Early Chinese Internet companies all brought back the models of some American companies.

And India will be able to perfectly replicate all domestic Internet formats in the future, whether it is social or e-commerce.

The number of domestic Internet users is currently growing rapidly, but Feng Yiping knows that one day our growth rate will slow down, and by then, India's growth rate will accelerate.

In terms of absolute population, only China, the United States and India have more than 250 million Internet users.

In the era of mobile Internet, the total number of Internet users in India will also exceed 1 billion.

And because of policy reasons, especially his own Facebook, the prospects in India will be very impressive.

There is another very important reason why he is so optimistic about India, that is, the local Internet companies in India are relatively weak. When it comes to social networking, there is Penguin in China, and in India, only Facebook is far ahead.

When it comes to e-commerce, his Jiasheng Ali in China has defeated Amazon and eBay, and in India, Amazon, which started the earliest, is currently the leader.

Therefore, this should also be the market that e-commerce will focus on expanding next...

In short, all of Feng Yiping's companies can conduct business in India, and it is relatively easy to achieve results. How can you ask him not to pay attention to India?

"Owen, Owen, take a picture for us, quick," Marika pulled Feng Yiping to take a photo in front of the Ganesh statue on the ground.

Feng Yiping turned his head and saw Marika's joy from inside out.

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In the suite of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Feng Yiping focused on an article on the computer. It was a report just released by the Bank of England, the Bank of England.

The report said that the scale of global subprime mortgage bonds was 700 billion US dollars, but the scale of the global financial derivatives market was as high as 415 trillion US dollars. The scale of the derivatives market was 8 to 10 times the global GDP!

Therefore, when subprime assets began to become toxic assets, hundreds of trillions of dollars of derivatives were like atomic bombs about to explode.

This description was a little exaggerated, but at least they realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Feng, Feng, come and see," Marika stood in front of the window and shouted like a child.

"Okay," Feng Yiping walked over.

Outside the window, the city was full of lights, fireworks filled the sky, and the joy continued.

Marika suddenly hugged Feng Yiping, "I've thought about it, I still want to stay in India,"

"Your mansion in the UK should belong to its real owner,"

This is a beautiful misunderstanding, but it is indeed a misunderstanding that is difficult to explain.

At this time, Feng Yiping couldn't say that the mansion I was going to buy in London was not prepared for you.

"I respect your opinion. In India, we will have more projects in the future. You will have many better choices outside of Bollywood," Feng Yiping patted her hand, but found that he couldn't break her hand tightly holding him.

"Let's talk about those later. I have another request,"

"You say,"

Malika buried her head in his back, "Tonight, I want to stay!"

This... How to say it?

"Don't worry, I won't have any other requests, but whether you like it or not, my heart can no longer accommodate other people,"

Feng Yiping knew her thoughts a long time ago. He was preparing to organize his words when the phone rang, "Jobs?"

"Malika, I have to answer this call,"

"Well," Marika responded, loosening her hand a little, but still didn't let go of Feng Yiping.

"Hi Steve,"

"Feng, when will you return to Silicon Valley? I hope you can return to Silicon Valley right away,"

Hearing Jobs' tone, Feng Yiping knew that the trouble he was worried about had finally begun.

Sure enough, Jobs roared, "You are betraying me, a premeditated betrayal!"

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"What's wrong?" Looking at Feng Yiping who hung up the phone with a frown, Marika asked.

"Nothing," Feng Yiping just felt that it was good to have someone to accompany him tonight.