Chapter 793 Time Changes

"Dad, Mom, Happy New Year." On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, that is, at 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve, before setting off firecrackers for the New Year's Eve dinner, after calling Huang Jingping's home, Feng Yiping called his own home with his daughter in his arms, and paid New Year's greetings .

It's still New Year's Eve here, at home, it's already the morning of the first day of the new year.

Feng Yiping could hear the New Year's greetings from the children in the garden. Feng Zhenchang, who answered the phone, hesitated for a moment, "Your mother misses you very much, and the whole family misses you very much."

On such a special day, it was the first time he expressed his feelings to his son more straightforwardly, although he still didn't say that he missed them very much.

Feng Yiping was a little surprised when his father said that, and felt a little uncomfortable.

Adding up the two lifetimes, the father and son have been together for nearly 60 years. He knows his father very well. Don't talk about the provocative words of father's love like a mountain. Feng Zhenchang's love for his children is indeed very restrained.

Perhaps in his conception, expressing his emotions directly to his children like this would appear weak and would damage his image as a strict father.

Feng Yiping didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he said dryly, "We miss home very much too,"

The next moment, the microphone was in the hands of her mother, and Mei Qiuping asked loudly, "Yiping, how are you? What did you cook for dinner? Where's Amanda?"

"We are all doing well. We cooked a large table of dishes, a dozen or so dishes," Feng Yiping said with a smile to his mother on the other side of the phone, "Amanda, hurry up, say something, let grandparents listen." He handed the microphone to his daughter.

Amanda was very cooperative, stretched out her hand to grab the microphone, and yelled, Mei Qiuping over there was very satisfied, and she kept saying "Good granddaughter," and handed the phone to Feng Zhenchang, "Listen, granddaughter is calling, "

Hearing her parents' loud voice, Feng Yuxuan yelled upstairs from the stairs, "Mom and Dad, keep your voice down, one after another, do you want everyone to know?"

Feeling happy for a while, the old couple who had forgotten about this quickly lowered their voices, "Then you guys will be fine if you eat early, and you will be fine in the coming year too, smoothly and safely,"

It made Feng Yiping's eye circles a little red, "Okay, I'm going to set off firecrackers now,"

This daughter is really stupid and bold. Feng Yiping put the firecrackers on the ground in the front yard. As soon as they were lit, he covered his ears and ran towards the door. She was upset that Huang Jingping held her in her arms and covered her ears. Struggling impatiently, he wanted to lean over there, "Who are you following?" Feng Yiping kissed her, "Let's go, let's have the New Year's Eve dinner!"

The dishes are still similar to last year, but this year is quite different from last year, because they have a daughter.

During the Chinese New Year last year, not only Huang Jingping, but also Feng Yiping felt a bit like rootless duckweed floating in a place far away from his hometown and parents.

But this year, because of the lively and lovely daughter, this house in Silicon Valley now feels like home.

They have been upgraded to parents, although the burden is heavy, but they are down-to-earth, because no matter where they are, the two of them are their daughter's home.

So the matter of responsibility can really change people's mentality.

The family of three happily ate the New Year’s Eve dinner, watching the recorded Spring Festival Gala on CCTV, Feng Yiping wiped the minced meat off his daughter’s mouth with his fingers, “Tell me, when my daughter grows up, will she not regard the Spring Festival as a thing at all? one thing?"

"If you grow up here, you might not pay as much attention to the Spring Festival as we do. Maybe you will be more interested in some festivals here," Huang Jingping said.

Yes, the environment is different, and the feelings and experiences will definitely be different.

It is the children in the domestic cities later, so why not? After the days get better, unlike Feng Yiping and the others when they were young, they can only eat delicious food and wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year. If there is no holiday during the Spring Festival, and there are New Year's money to get, they may not understand the adults' attitude towards the Spring Festival. value.

In the past many years, our nation was almost isolated from the world from a macro point of view, and nothing changed. However, the times have changed, and in recent years, it has changed too fast, and it has quickly caught up with the world trend. , leaving behind many things that the older generation insisted on.

With a little emotion, Feng Yiping drank the wine in the glass, "Have you finished eating? Let's go to set off fireworks!"

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With the change of the environment, the change will be huge and inevitable. On the morning of the first day of the new year, Feng Yiping was holding a glass of wine, standing in the banquet hall of the San Jose Hilton Hotel, and communicating with some alumni who met for the first time. Got a realization.

This is the New Year gathering of Tsinghua alumni in North America in 2003. The "Tsinghua" refers to the "Tsinghua" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. In addition, some students from some fraternal universities with few alumni in Silicon Valley, such as Peking University, Nankai, Success and alumni of "Jiaotong University" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Yes, Tsinghua has the most alumni in Silicon Valley, with more than 3,000 alumni at this time.

Among them, there are quite a few seniors from the School of Economics and Management, and some of them are seniors from the 8th grade that Dean Zhu personally supervised back then.

It’s quite emotional to talk about it. These can be said to be from famous families. Before going abroad for further study, the vast majority of seniors who have passed the strict political review chose to stay in the United States. The number of their seniors who are currently in the country is not enough. one-tenth of

Of course, it was not Feng Yiping's turn to feel and worry about this matter.

It is said that after Dean Zhu went to work in Haili, he once met with a delegation from Goldman Sachs in Zi%guang% Pavilion. There was a student in the delegation who happened to be a student he had supervised. He even asked, "Why aren't my students coming back?"

Of course the dean knew the reason, maybe it was because he knew that he felt a little disappointed.

However, today, even these eighth-generation seniors who have passed middle age and are currently outstanding, have no airs in front of Feng Yiping.

On the contrary, today hundreds of elites gather together, and Feng Yiping is definitely the central figure among them.

Although Feng Yiping is the youngest and the youngest among the students present, but he is currently in Silicon Valley, and he is the one with the highest status and achievements.

First of all, he can be said to be a well-known management expert in the global business community.

Secondly, although Google has not yet been listed, the alumni present all know its prospects. Feng Yiping is not only a major shareholder of Google, but also its strategic director.

If this is not a big deal, then his other identity, the special advisor to Apple Jobs, is enough to make him look down on the alumni on both sides of the strait.

The students present also inquired about his identity as the founder of NEXTDOOR. Although it is not clear how much he holds in this website, but with the $150 million he personally invested in Google, and his holdings 18% of the shares, listed at the end of last year, the current market value of Yi Jia Express Hotel is more than 2 billion US dollars, the most conservative estimate, this is also a rich man with a net worth of more than 500 million US dollars.

What's more, he had previously invested 100 million US dollars in China to establish Zhiben Capital, which supports Tsinghua alumni to start their own businesses. Such a famous and well-funded alumnus was of course welcomed by the alumni present.

Holding a glass of wine, Feng Yiping communicated with wave after wave of alumni. Many alumni suggested that he set up a branch of Zhiben Capital in Silicon Valley. project.

These are all understandable, but what Feng Yiping is a little uncomfortable with is that many of these alumni have already died, especially in business, which is also understandable, business is always business.

However, what makes Feng Yiping feel awkward is that some of them, whether it is intentional or unintentional, seem to have two sets of standards. For example, it seems that if you go out to dinner with him, he will AA with you for granted, but , he eats with you, and enjoys your treat with peace of mind.

Since we talk about business professionally, can we not always play the emotional card unprofessionally when talking about our own projects, emphasizing that we are Chinese and an alumni several times, to strive for favorable conditions for ourselves? If you met other venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, would you be so casual?

Unlike the Chinese New Year party for international students in Northern California that Feng Yiping attended last year, the Tsinghua alumni and alumni from brother schools on both sides of the Taiwan Strait who are present today have already joined the work. It is when this wave of Internet cold wave will end, and what will be the form of this year.

The chairman of the Tsinghua Alumni Association in California has always been held in rotation by alumni from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. This year, a Tsinghua alumnus surnamed Zou from Hsinchu is on duty.

He bowed his hands to everyone present in a very old-fashioned manner, "Welcome alumni and compatriots from brother schools. Here, I would like to especially welcome one of our little brothers, Feng Yiping, who is attending the meeting for the first time this year." ,” he pointed to Feng Yiping.

Feng Yiping could only smile and nod to everyone.

"As the organizer, I would like to especially thank Yiping, who participated in the conference. The first event I organized became the one with the largest number of participants in recent years, with nearly 600 participants. Hehe, there has not been such a grand event for many years. , so, without wasting everyone's time, let us welcome our little junior brother and express his views on this issue,"

Feng Yiping didn't know about this agenda in advance, but the applause was so enthusiastic, how could he refute face?

He took the microphone from President Zou, "I know, let me be the first to speak. It is the brothers and sisters who take care of me as a little brother. Thank you."

"As for the topic discussed today, my opinion is very simple, two words, optimistic! I will not state the specific reasons one by one. You can go to the issue of my frontier magazine last month, that journal In the article, there is an article written by me, which has a very systematic explanation on this issue, thank you!"

After thinking for a while, he added a few words, "I am very glad to have such an organization in Silicon Valley. I believe that our Tsinghua University will definitely become the third school with great influence in Silicon Valley after Stanford and Berkeley.

Regarding the future development of the alumni association, I have an immature suggestion. In addition to contacting alumni in Silicon Valley and North America, can we consider strengthening the connection with our alma mater and domestic alumni at a deeper level, so as to build a cross-border China and the United States, a relationship network for talent and capital exchange?

Because I have been staying in China before, I may know more about the situation in China. With the rapid development of the economy, the country has changed a lot in the past few years. Not to mention the same every year, it will definitely change a lot in at least a few years, so the domestic situation There are also many opportunities to start a business. If you have time, you can go back and take a look. "

As long as there is an opportunity, he can't help but want to bring some people or funds back to the country. Of course, this is actually a win-win thing.

Whether we admit it or not, one thing is clear to everyone present, and Feng Yiping also knows that in Silicon Valley, Chinese entrepreneurial teams are not even as popular with venture capital as Indian entrepreneurial teams.

If they return to China with good projects, it will definitely be different. Today is different from the past. With the national treasury full and the needs of domestic development, the country has not only provided many preferential conditions in order to attract talents to return in the past two years, but also listed many separately. With special funds, return to China to start a business, maybe you will be successful and famous?

If Li Jialun and his group were there, Feng Yiping would probably have to complain about his true nature as a party member wherever he went.