Chapter 304: Drinking Wine and Discussing Heroes

After receiving authorization from several Yahoo shareholders, Li Xiaofan directly dialed the mobile phone of Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group.

In the past few days, Sun Zheng is leading his team in the United States to negotiate the details of the acquisition with Ziff-Davis, the world's largest IT publishing group.

Sun Zhengyi was a little surprised to receive a call from Li Xiaofan. He said politely on the phone: "Director Li, good morning. What kind of wind is blowing today that makes you have time to call me from Singapore? I have not been here for the past few days. I am also planning to call you to congratulate you. The Yahoo! Singapore project you created is very successful. I log in to your Yahoo! Singapore website almost every day. Your website is quite well designed and the overall feeling is no worse than that of Yahoo in the United States!”

"Haha, Mr. Sun, you are so grateful! Mr. Sun, I have been in the United States these days. Several of our Yahoo shareholders have just authorized me to communicate with you on their behalf about your SoftBank Group's investment plan. Take a look. When are you free in the next two days, can we meet? "

"Okay, I have been anxious about this matter recently. It would be best if you could represent several Yahoo shareholders to negotiate with me! Director Li, I happen to be in San Francisco too. Do you have any plans for the evening? If there is nothing else Arrange, I invite you to have dinner and chat? "

"No problem tonight. In this case, Mr. Sun, I have a friend who opened a Michelin-starred restaurant called Tangyuan Chinese Restaurant in downtown San Francisco. Or, how about we meet at that restaurant in the evening?"

"Director Li, I know the Tangyuan Chinese Restaurant you mentioned. It is a very good Chinese restaurant. I have been there several times, and I also like the Cantonese food in this restaurant. Let's meet at this restaurant that night!"

After the phone call with Sun Zhengyi, Li Xiaofan was in a good mood. He made several birdies in the next nine holes. The final total score was 89. He actually broke through 90 for the first time and scored the best score in his personal history. Good results. His achievement beat out the other three Yahoo shareholders including Jerry Yang, Moritz and Ferro.

John Lawson, the designer of the San Francisco Fortress Golf Course, once said, "The golf course at the San Francisco Fortress is a masterpiece given by God. I just followed nature."

As the designer puts it, the course meanders along a hilly path, fully respecting the original topography and keeping the trees and vegetation intact.

It was the first time for Li Xiaofan to play golf at this beautiful golf course. When he was swinging, he felt like walking in the forest, which made him feel very comfortable.

While walking back to the clubhouse, Jerry Yang asked: "Afan, you are a very professional golfer. How many years have you been playing golf?"

"I used to play blindly by myself, but recently I hired a professional coach, and my results seem to have improved very quickly..."

Li Xiaofan said in his heart: Jerry, if I told you that I have only been training for less than half a year, would you believe it?

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At seven o'clock in the evening, in a quiet corner of Tangyuan Chinese Restaurant, Li Xiaofan and Sun Zhengyi met on time.

The proprietress Tang Zixin even specially pulled a screen for the two of them so that they could communicate quietly.

This is the first time the two of them have met in private. Both old friends have their own routines. They don't talk about business first, but talk about romance first and play the emotional card.

Li Xiaofan first asked: "Mr. Sun, I asked this beautiful landlady to prepare China's best Moutai and Shaoxing rice wine tonight. Which wine do you like to drink first?"

Son Zhengyi smiled and said: "Japanese people like to drink Shaoxing rice wine from China very much, and I also like Moutai. I like both of the two wines you mentioned!"

"Then why don't we drink Shaoxing rice wine first?"

"Okay, but it's best to ask the landlady to add some plum blossoms to the Shaoxing rice wine."

In the eyes of Japanese people, when it comes to Chinese wine, it is either Shaoxing wine or Maotai wine. Among Japanese people, Shaoxing rice wine may be far more famous than Maotai.

It is said that the reason why Japanese like Shaoxing wine is mainly because the raw materials of Shaoxing rice wine are the same as the raw materials of Japanese sake, mainly rice, and the brewing principle is similar. The alcohol content is also the same. The taste is soft and sweet, mellow and nutritious. In Japan, when Japanese people go to Chinese restaurants to eat, they will never order red wine or other foreign wines. They will only think of drinking Shaoxing wine.

The alcohol content of liquors like Moutai is a bit high. When Japanese people drink Moutai, they usually add ice cubes and water to drink it, just like mainlanders added ice cubes to red wine when they first drank it. It has become a joke of the times...

Plum wine is also one of the favorite alcoholic beverages of the Japanese, so they like to add plum wine to it when drinking Shaoxing rice wine.

It is said that adding plums and other plums to rice wine can relieve heat and stimulate appetite. During the Edo period, the Japanese also regarded Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" introduced to Japan from China as a holy book. "Compendium of Materia Medica" wrote: "Plum, the fruit of blood, strengthens the stomach, tightens the lungs, warms the spleen, and stops bleeding. It can relieve phlegm, reduce swelling and detoxify, produce fluid and quench thirst, and cure chronic cough and diarrhea."

Tang Zixin specially opened a jar of Shaoxing specialty 10-pound bottle of 10-year-old Zhengzong Huadiao wine for the two of them. This wine is added with fine plum blossoms, and after being warmed, the aroma is overflowing. When it is served, the aroma of the wine fills the entire restaurant.

Sun Zhengyi gave a thumbs up after smelling the charming fragrance: "Wow, Miss Tang, good wine!"

Li Xiaofan smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, come on, let me toast you first. Thank you for your continued attention and love for our Yahoo!"

"Director Li, you're welcome. It's fate to meet you by fate. Come on, cheers!"

Good wine and delicious food, one cup for the two of us, one cup for the hero and one for the hero. In less than an hour, we had already drank almost three kilograms of rice wine.

Although Sun Zhengyi has a good drinking capacity, he is already a little drunk at this time. He raised his glass and said to Li Xiaofan: "Director Li, I drank this rice wine very happily today. It makes people feel like they are discussing heroes over wine!"

Li Xiaofan smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, I found that you are quite knowledgeable about our Chinese culture. Are you also reading books related to the Three Kingdoms?"

After hearing this, Son Zhengyi laughed and said: "Everyone in the world thinks that I am a descendant of Koreans who immigrated to Japan. People don't know, but in fact, I am a descendant of you Chinese! According to research, our family immigrated from Putian in mainland China. Korean. I am a descendant of Sun Wu from the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period in China. The ancestor of our family is Sun Wu, the great author of "The Art of War"!

Li Xiaofan had seen similar legends about Sun Zhengyi on the Internet in his previous life, but it was quite surprising to hear them from Sun Zhengyi in person.

Now Sun Zhengyi seems to be proud of Sun Wu's descendants. Taking advantage of his drunkenness, he explained "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to Li Xiaofan in English: "Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. They must be observed. also……"

After listening to him dance and talk about "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Li Xiaofan raised his glass and said: "Mr. Sun, it turns out that you are a descendant of Sun Wu. I can't help but stand in awe. Come on, let me toast you again!"

After the two drank, Li Xiaofan finally got to the point and said, "Now, Mr. Sun, why don't we talk about your SoftBank Group's investment in our Yahoo company?"

"Okay, I've been looking forward to it for a long time. How about it, Director Li, are you shareholders satisfied with our price?"

Li Xiaofan shook his head and said with a smile: "Not satisfied..."

After hearing this, Sun Zhengyi's face turned even redder and he said loudly: "Why? Our valuation of Yahoo has already reached US$250 million! Is there any investment company that bids higher than us?"