United Airlines landed in San Francisco.

After arranging to meet John Chow tomorrow, he first checked into the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill.

He spent most of the flight sleeping and felt refreshed, not yet bothered by jet lag.

So, after a brief settling-in, he hired a driver and guide through the hotel to see the Golden Gate Bridge and shop at Union Square, still accompanied by a temporarily hired bodyguard.

He ate steak for dinner and then went to a lively pub in the city.

This was his first time in the United States, but he had been to London before.

Su Yehao found the streets full of white and black people normal, but to Yin Liuli, it seemed quite novel.

She noticed that Yin Liuli had many admirers, but seeing the bodyguard, no one came over to bother them.

Su Yehao was rich in Casino and Hong Kong, and he was still quite wealthy in the United States. His family's total wealth was seven or eight hundred million U.S. dollars, and he was just one step away from the "billion-dollar club."

Looking at Su Yehao alone, his personal wealth already exceeded one hundred million U.S. dollars. Naturally, he didn't need to envy anyone else, nor did he think that the local people's income was so high.

On the contrary, a group of patrons envied Su Yehao's entourage, thinking he was another wealthy "Japanese tycoon."

The scene of Japanese people coming to the United States to buy, buy, buy a few years ago left a deep impression on many Americans, so that now when they mention wealthy Asian tycoons, locals usually think of Japan first.

Accompanying Yin Liuli for cocktails, Su Yehao smiled:

"Drink more today so you can sleep better later. Last time I went to London, I didn't sleep well for several nights in a row, and I always felt tired during the day. After seeing San Francisco, what do you think?"

"...It's a bit old, and the shopping malls are also small. Seeing the Golden Gate Bridge in person, it doesn't feel as beautiful as in the pictures, but the style is really different."

As soon as Yin Liuli finished speaking, Su Yehao told her: "Cities are all similar. When it comes to scenery, Europe is more refined. I'll take you to Paris for a few days next time."

"That's great. It's convenient to go wherever you want when you're rich and have time," Yin Liuli said.

Su Yehao put his arm around her and said happily: "When you don't have money, you always want to go out and play. When you're really rich, you're too lazy to go out. This time, I could have come or not, but I mainly wanted to take you for a spin."

Yin Liuli asked curiously: "Have you ever been broke?"

"...When I was in school, my pocket money was limited, and I had to study, so I definitely didn't have as much money as I do now."

Having just arrived on the other side of the ocean, the excitement hadn't worn off yet.

On the way back to the hotel after drinking, he continued to tour the city's night view. The driver babbled, reminding him that he had just received a parking ticket and needed Su Yehao to pay the fine.

The driver of a five-star hotel had a pretty good service attitude. After seeing the ticket, he readily agreed, too lazy to investigate whether it was real or fake.

When getting out of the car, he took out fifty dollars as a tip.

Originally, he thought drinking some wine would help him sleep, and he did fall asleep when he returned to the room, but Su Yehao woke up at around three in the morning, local time.

It was an awkward time, and he couldn't fall back asleep, so he asked the staff to bring him a "Friends" videotape and started to revisit the classics from the first season.

He watched it until dawn and didn't sleep again.

Yin Liuli in the suite, on the other hand, slept for a full seven hours. After the two of them ate sandwiches, they checked out and headed to Stanford University in Silicon Valley. Su Yehao slept the entire journey in the Mercedes-Benz, missing the supposedly beautiful coastline and the sea lions lying on the rocks.

It was only an hour's drive. He woke up shortly after arriving at his destination. After being led into the office building by the product director, John Chow, and seeing the "tAt" logo at the elevator, Su Yehao, as the boss, finally knew what the North American branch looked like.

John Chow had lived in Seattle for many years and hardly needed to adapt to the local environment. He greeted the people in other companies in the same building familiarly. His spoken English made Su Yehao envious and Yin Liuli confused.

When they arrived at the tAt North American R&D Center, John Chow introduced:

"Boss, this floor and the floor below are both our company's offices. The rent is $170,000 a year, but we haven't recruited enough staff yet. There are currently only twenty-six employees. Most of them are on vacation and won't be back to work until January 4th. I've recently been in contact with two startup teams and want them to give up their half-dead projects and come work here. We've basically reached an agreement, and there will be a dozen more employees joining us then."

The receptionist was on vacation.

Su Yehao, who was in low spirits, asked John Chow to make him a cup of coffee. Seeing the pool table and yoga ball next to the pantry, he smiled happily.

The R&D center was not large, but the recreational facilities were quite complete.

Su Yehao finally understood where the funds were being burned. He didn't care about these things and only said: "The scale is still a bit small. Continue to expand the recruitment, but the most important thing is to look at ability. There are more new projects coming up, so preference will be given to Chinese employees. It would be even better if they are willing to work in mainland China or Hong Kong."

John Chow sighed and explained:

"There are talents like that, but the salaries can't be coordinated. If they go to work in Hong Kong, but the treatment is the same as in the United States, the old employees in Hong Kong will definitely have opinions. For example, that bearded guy, calculating his annual salary of $80,000, his income is actually higher than mine."

Hearing a hint of jealousy, Su Yehao only asked: "Is that guy very capable?"

"Of course. He's an old Oracle employee and has also worked at Yahoo. I tried a lot of ways to get him here."

"...I appreciate your efforts. As long as we achieve results in the future, I'll give you a raise then."

Su Yehao followed him to the office.

As the boss, since the establishment of tAt Network Company, Su Yehao hasn't had to worry about much. He usually only gives a direction, and then leaves it to John Chow and others to be responsible for.

Especially the R&D center located in Silicon Valley, from the beginning until now, apart from paying the money, he has basically not asked about the rest.

The reason why this is the case is partly because he is lazy, and partly because Su Yehao doesn't understand, so he leaves it to people who understand to be responsible for it. It's a kind of smartness, after all, it's much better than an amateur directing a professional.

Other aspects don't matter, Su Yehao only cares about whether the developed products meet market demand.

He directly skipped the step of contacting the employees, guessing that the few employees who stayed behind to work during Christmas wouldn't be happy, so avoiding contact was also a good thing.

After looking around, he listened to John Chow talk about the R&D center's next tasks, which were nothing more than continuing to improve the functions of the tAt chat software and developing a more efficient search engine. These were all Su Yehao's ideas.

To be honest, when it came to certain specific technologies, Su Yehao only understood a little, but he still pretended to be "I understand."

At half past nine in the morning.

The representatives of the team that was packaging and selling search engine technology arrived on time to meet Su Yehao.

After trying out their search engine, Su Yehao followed John Chow's suggestion and lowered the price by $200,000.

Saying that Americans don't like to bargain is all a bunch of lies.

The two young white men argued with Su Yehao for a long time, and finally the deal was closed for $360,000.

Silicon Valley today is not short of startup teams and products, but only lacks wealthy people who are willing to invest.

Good software is everywhere, but whether it can develop is another matter.