Chapter 688 Travel
This secret mission was successful for Fan Wubing. The top management still spent a lot of money here. In particular, Fan Wubing was equipped with a strong team of envoys, a total of more than 20 negotiators and staff in various fields, and of course, several Zhongnanhai bodyguards who had performed special missions.
Of course, Fan Wubing didn't think that bringing a group of Zhongnanhai bodyguards was anything to show off, but these bodyguards often performed similar protection tasks and were very familiar with the entire process, and those experts really needed their protection.
As for Fan Wubing himself, his bodyguards are enough to handle various security activities around the world.
Microsoft has also contacted Microsoft. I heard that Fan Wubing was coming to visit. Bill Gates expressed his welcome and said that he would greet Fan Wubing at his home in Seattle, and would also hold a special ceremony for Fan Wubing at his home. Special evening.
"Bill Gates' mansion is quite famous. Isn't it a model of digital survival?" After learning that Fan Wubing was about to leave for the United States, Fan Ting and his wife also rushed home.
"That's the next best thing. Now you still need to have a phone call with Bill Gates personally to see if he is willing to provide this secret meeting place. If not, then you will have to find another place." Fan Heng said with some concern. said.
Fan Wubing was more confident and said to his father Fan Heng, "There is no problem. If it were normal times, Gates might not want to cause trouble. But now that he is entangled in trouble, he will not let this opportunity go."
Since the United States and the European Union launched their antitrust cases against Microsoft in December last year, Bill Gates has been in constant trouble. It can even be said that he is overwhelmed. Fighting on two fronts is obviously more difficult. Now the biggest challenge facing Bill Gates is The obstacle is the U.S. government's accusation of anti-monopoly against Microsoft. If this problem is not solved, the governments of neighboring countries will also push back and use the anti-monopoly guillotine to deal with Microsoft.
But there is one episode that is for sure. If the United States dies down, other countries will not be able to provide the greatest help. They are also worried about the direction of the wind, and are more cautious about Microsoft's antitrust issues.
In this way, if Bill Gates can play an important role in the Sino-US conflict, Clinton will reciprocate and will always let him go. Although the whole matter is operated by the Ministry of Justice, the president is the president after all, and he can still exert a certain influence on the Ministry of Justice.
"What Microsoft is facing now is a fine of two million US dollars per day. To them, this fine is just drizzle and insignificant at all. But if the antitrust case is settled and they really want to be split up, that The loss will be at least 40 billion US dollars, which is unacceptable to Bill Gates." Fan Wubing waved his hands and explained to everyone, "So, you don't have to worry about him not cooperating. Of course, as long as I arrive. In the United States, a smart person like Clinton will know what kind of signal this is. All we have to do is to be low-key - "low-key in high-key". Fan Ting said with a smile.
Fan Wubing also laughed. Naturally, he could not avoid making a high-profile appearance when he went to the United States, but if he wanted to meet Clinton, he would naturally need to keep a low profile. The more secretive the better.
Zhang Mei turned on the TV and saw that the news picture above was about the bombing of the Yugoslav Embassy, as well as the scenes of protests in various places. She couldn't help but ask, "What are the casualties inside?"
Fan Wubing didn't speak, but Fan Heng replied. "Why do you care so much? Anyway, the building collapsed. Everyone can see this clearly. Americans can't rely on it even if they want."
Fan Ting and Zhang Mei felt a little confused after hearing Fan Heng's words.
The news was also very vague about the number of casualties, and only deliberately broadcast the scene of the building being bombed, which can't help but make people suspicious.
Fan Heng and Fan Wubing, father and son, had a tacit understanding and went upstairs, saying that they wanted to study the visit to the United States in detail. The mother, daughter and Han Chu were left looking at each other.
"There must be something fishy in this matter. Zhang Mei knows Fan Heng best. Seeing such a scene before her, she immediately asserted.
After Fan Heng and Fan Wubing went upstairs, Fan Wubing asked, "What are the casualties?"
"Didn't you analyze last time that the US military might bomb the embassy?" Fan Heng said to his son. "I mentioned this specifically, so the military intelligence organization also took this into consideration. After discovering the positioning device in the aircraft wreckage, they took evasive measures in a timely manner, but they did not expect that the other party would actually use it. A heavy ground-penetrating bomb was fired, so some people were still injured, but their lives were not in danger.”
"What about the news?" Fan Wubing said.
"In the news, naturally we will publicize whatever is beneficial to us." Fan Tao replied. "Only when the situation is very serious and the situation is very tense can things be handled easily."
"Where did the body come from?" Fan Wubing was very curious.
"There are bombings outside every day. It's not easy to do anything else. Aren't dead people everywhere?" Fan Heng replied. Chapter Table of Contents Chapter 688 Traveling and Wealth "I admire it, I admire it!" Fan Wubing couldn't help but nodded in praise. .
Before Fan Wubing left Beijing, he finished a 30,000-word novel manuscript and sent it electronically to the editor-in-chief of Huafeng.com, plus the manuscripts he had accumulated previously. That should probably last a week. I guess I can always spare some time to code when I get to the United States.
Although the mission he was entrusted with was important, the specific matters were discussed by others, and he was just a person who could make the final decision. His main responsibility was to lead the team, contact Clinton, and set the tone for the general direction.
On May 13, Fan Wubing arrived in Seattle on a Fan Airlines plane.
Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is located in King County between Puget Sound and Lake Washington in Washington State, less than 200 kilometers from the Canada-US border. It is the center of commerce, culture and high technology in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is also a major tourist and trade port city that runs through the Pacific Ocean and the Scandinavian Peninsula in Europe. The Seattle area is surrounded by green mountains and green waters all year round. In the distance is Mount Rainier, the highest volcano in the United States.
Seattle is an incredible city. It has the lowest altitude, but it has ancient glaciers.
Active volcanoes and mountains covered with snow all year round. At the same time, it is a city with unique advantages, with green mountains, lakes, harbors and rivers, and a warm climate, like spring all year round.
Whether in the United States or in other parts of the world, there is almost no other city like Seattle, where mountains and plains are covered with dense, almost pristine forests. The city and its surroundings are decorated with quiet harbors, rivers, and green trees, which shade the colorful streets. In the green mountains surrounding the city, there are several lakes of varying sizes.
The trees are lush, the grass is green, and even the drifting rain and the gentle wind are green.
Bill Gates personally went to the airport to greet them and arranged several high-end cars to take them to the reserved hotel. For Fan Wubing, he was naturally taken to his mansion in Seattle with his two sister bodyguards.
Gates' home is located on the shore of Lake Washington in the suburbs of Seattle, and looks no different from a small village.
His mansion took seven years to build. It consists of several large pavilions, connected by passages and equipped with secret passages. Each visitor has his own personal password and stores them in the computer in the house. At family gatherings, the computer remembers everyone's movie and music preferences and plays them for you when you walk back to the room.
When guests enter and leave the room, the lights automatically turn on and off, and it is said that the computer can also adjust the bathtub to the right water level and temperature when they drive home. Among the houses, there is a movie theater and an entertainment center. There is also a gym, including a huge swimming pool and an 18-meter-high waterfall.
Ding Bing and Ding Xue followed Fan Wubing and were also enlightened. When they walked into Bill Gates' living room, they felt that the real life of the rich is indeed unimaginable to ordinary people.
Putting a rockery and a fountain in the living room is the taste of farmers and industrialists. Arranging a large fish tank in the living room is a pastime for the middle class, and using an aquarium as a background in the living room really requires some financial resources.
The most outrageous thing is the stuff in the big water tank at Bill Gates' home. If it is just some dolphins and sharks, it would be fine. These things can also be seen in the most ordinary aquariums, but there is clearly a whale shark in it, the largest fish in the world, which shows that Gates is not just rich.
Whale sharks are not only rare and endangered, but also one of the oldest creatures in the world. It is not a shark, nor a whale. With such a huge body, it eats marine plankton. This means that its digestion efficiency is very low. The efficiency of converting food into nutrients required for physical energy is very low, so it needs to eat continuously. Whale sharks are also one of the most mysterious creatures on earth. Scientists have been tracking whale sharks for many years and still cannot fully grasp their migration trajectory, not to mention the long distance they migrate in the ocean.
Combining all the above, how Bill Gates artificially breeds this whale shark has become a very worthy issue to study.
Secondly, how big should this water tank be to meet the basic needs of a whale shark?
Otherwise, these tons of sea water are just at the seaside. It also needs a complete hydraulic system to support it. If the residence is inland or inland, then the transportation and replacement costs of so much seawater are simply staggering, unless the seawater is introduced in the form of running water.
The most important thing is that taking care of a whale shark is not like taking care of a pet like a puppy or a kitten. It is not enough to find one or two veterinarians behind it. It requires a scientific research team.
In other words, if you are a scientist or zoologist, you can help Gates raise a whale shark.