The Goddess Shines on America

　　 time, February 28, 1987.

　　 Location, Longgang District, Shenzhen, in an unremarkable office building.

　　 "Come on, it's time for a meeting."

　　 A middle-aged man with a shameless appearance called his colleagues together. The big guy had a total of seven or eight people, and occupied the small room. "President, close the door, don't let the ashes from the stairwell blow in."

"okay."

　　 Another shameless man walked to the door. Because the office building was near the construction site, wind and sand would blow into the stairwell from the windows from time to time. If they don’t close the door, it won’t take long before they have to clean the room again.

When the door was closed, the middle-aged man sat on a table, facing the partners who were all around his age, he smiled with emotion: "Lao Wang, Lao Sun, Lao Li, and all the brothers. We, we can gather here today, I have to thank you very much."

　　 Everyone was smiling, and some people looked at the ceiling, just not knowing what they were thinking. Ren Zhengfei touched the table he was sitting on with emotion, and continued: "This company was not easy to set up. 21,000 yuan is not a small amount of money. You leave Nanhai Petroleum to work hard, and you are willing to follow my old job. What kind of exchange business to play together... To be honest, we can't say anything big now, but my old man can definitely assure everyone that as long as I have my old man to eat one day, I will never disappoint you guys!"

　　 "Good! Good! Well said!"

　　 "Anyway, I'm with Brother Ren, and Brother Ren is trustworthy!"

　　 "You will definitely work hard, so don't worry, Brother Ren!"

　　 Ren Zhengfei sighed with relief when he saw his companions supporting him.

　　 "Actually, I just want to do more for our motherland."

With a Guizhou accent, he said: "After all, I have been enlisted in the army and became an engineer since 1974, just for the chemical fiber factory that was just introduced. Then, now, since we are all in the petroleum industry. This is not what you want, and now the policy allows it. How to serve the motherland is a way to serve the motherland, so why not play with this new thing?"

Everyone laughed again, and the old Wang who had just closed the door gave a thumbs up: "This is also called applying what you have learned. Brother Ren is a college student. Computers, digital technology, and automatic control are all amazing. Technology. At the time when he was engaged in chemical fiber, he was a well-known technician, engineer, and even deputy director in the organization. Now he is going to the sea to do things by himself, and his level is absolutely inferior!"

The colleague's praise made Ren Zhengfei shook his head modestly and said, "It's all past, and what does it do. Regardless of how awesome we are in this respect, things like switches are all new things. Before we can develop and manufacture ourselves, we have to go to Hong Kong to sell it on a consignment basis. The time is still long, who knows what will happen."

　　 "Oh, speaking of it, the switch is really a treasure."

Lao Wang followed with a sigh: "And I also heard that the company called Lucent, but the top communications equipment company in the United States, can be ranked in the top three at the level of the switch. It's amazing."

　　 Looking for a major American company from Hong Kong to sell its switch products. This is exactly the result of Ren Zhengfei's discussion with the good buddies who started the business together after he absolutely started his own business.

　　 As a person who has learned three foreign languages ​​as early as in university, Ren Zhengfei naturally has a much deeper understanding of international forms than others.

　　 The Internet hardware industry is an emerging industry that has just emerged almost the year before, and there are currently more than a dozen peer companies in the world. However, it is such an industry that has only been in a mere two years, but several giants, led by Cisco Systems, have quickly sprung up.

　　 The most eye-catching of these, of course, is Cisco, which is the pioneer and leader of the industry. Although it is not the only one, it definitely leaves the distance of the three streets of Lucent Technology. These things became clear when Ren Zhengfei was inquiring about news in Hong Kong.

　　 It's a pity that with his ability, he can only sell products from Lucent Technologies' Hong Kong branch. For Cisco's super giant, he doesn't have that channel.

　　 Of course, what he knows more clearly is that no matter which American company

Switches are invaluable to the current self and even the current domestic industry.

　　 It won't take too long for the meeting to be over, but Ren Zhengfei knows the weight of his burden. The brothers are all people of the same age as him, in their forties, some of them are old and young, and they have given up their good jobs in oil state-owned enterprises and worked hard with them. If he was sorry for everyone, he would have to torture himself to death just because of his guilt.

　　Wearing plain trousers and long shirt, after walking out of the brick office building currently rented by the company, Ren Zhengfei looked around and decided to go for lunch first.

　　Shenzhen has been under development for several years. Longgang District was just at the beginning of the construction of civil engineering. There were noisy noises from construction sites and working hours everywhere, which is the most typical environment here today. Although it was a bit bad, so bad that Ren Zhengfei had to keep the doors and windows closed at all times to prevent dust from entering, but the low rent was more important than anything else.

　　 It was the lunch break. Ren Zhengfei walked into a small restaurant, surrounded by construction workers who were also eating. When Chief One drew a circle on the city along the South Sea, thousands of farmers left their hometowns, and all gathered in these cities along the coast. Ordered a bowl of noodles and watched the big guy at work, Ren Zhengfei thought to his heart. It is estimated that this phenomenon will be unavoidable for many years in the future, right?

　　 Suddenly, his pager vibrated.

　　 Those who can know their phone calls are definitely acquaintances, and the number of people who can know that they have new things like pagers is definitely not much. Feeling the vibration, Ren Zhengfei immediately stopped eating, and quickly took the pager from his waist.

　　 I saw the above saying: I am a Chinese-American businessman and I am interested in seeking cooperation with you. Please call after receiving it—"

After 　　 is a series of phone numbers. Through the area code, I can see that it is the address in the center of Shenzhen. Obviously, it was broadcast through a fixed telephone.

　　 "Guo, check out, help me make a bag."

　　 The restaurant owner walked up from the front desk: "Oh, boss, I can leave a bit early at noon today. Is there a big business coming?"

　　Ren Zhengfei quickly put the pager away and smiled modestly: "Nothing, nothing, just someone calling me."

　　 quickly settled the bill, picked up the plastic bag containing the convenient lunch box, Ren Zhengfei walked out of the restaurant quickly, and then immediately walked to the nearest public telephone booth.

　　 Chinese American businessmen want to cooperate with themselves, what is the situation?

　　Ren Zhengfei has been completely confused by this situation. It stands to reason that he is just a demobilized soldier who is just preparing to start a business. People like him in China are like Jiang Zhiqing. It's not a big person who has already achieved fame, so how can a Chinese American businessman suddenly contact him?

　　Ren Zhengfei thinks about it, the way outsiders can get their own phone calls is nothing more than from his past colleagues, comrades in arms, or the leaders of the Nanhai Petroleum Logistics Service Base. Considering the social circle of those colleagues and comrades-in-arms, it seems that the answer... is already clear.

　　 can't think about that much. With full of doubt, he first found a public telephone booth and dialed the number on the pager.

　　 Obviously, he was waiting for his reply when it was sent out, but for a moment, the voice of a mature middle-aged man rang from the other side of the phone.

　　 "Hello, who are you looking for?"

　　 is quite proficient in Chinese, Ren Zhengfei suppressed all kinds of curiosity, and asked: "Is it Mr. Wang? Mr. James-Wang?"

　　 "Ah, yes, you must be Mr. Ren Zhengfei, right?"

　　 "Yes, did you just send a message to my pager? Where did you get my contact information?"

　　 "I got it from the oil company where you transferred to the army. I know you must have a lot of doubts in your mind. Let me explain it briefly."

　　 The other party paused for a moment. In this short period of time, Ren Zhengfei stood in front of the phone, uncomfortable like a lice. But fortunately, there was only a momentary pause, and the James-King spoke.

　　"I’m an investor~www.readwn.com~ Two years ago, I already had some industries in mainland China. After coming to Shenzhen this year, I visited Nanhai Petroleum Company and was invited to

Visit the logistics base where you worked before. There, I heard that there is a great engineer who is now taking a few like-minded friends and planning to start a business in the sea. Is he going to be a...switch business? "

　　 The causes and consequences were reasonable and reasonable. This made Ren Zhengfei suddenly realize, and he sighed deeply: "Mr. Wang, please ask me first, how do old colleagues talk about this behind the scenes?"

The other party also became silent, but still only for a moment: "How can I hear any comments? In short, I am very interested in your plan to engage in the exchange business, but I don't know if Mr. Ren is interested in accepting angel investment. "

　　 "Heaven, angel investment?"

This novel term really made Ren Zhengfei stunned, but he knew that now is not the time to ask all the questions thoroughly: "Thank you very much, Mr. Wang. Otherwise, you can make an appointment at will, and we will find it. How about meeting in this place? I'm free anytime, how about you?"

The other party was silent for a while again, giving Ren Zhengfei the feeling that he was looking at the time: "If you are free anytime, let's have a meal together tonight. I will give you an address and see you on time at 6 o'clock tonight. ,what do you think?"

　　 Ren Zhengfei slowly exhaled a long breath, only feeling that most of the burden on his body seemed to be relieved in an instant.

　　 "That would be great." (To be continued.)