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Chapter 216 San Francisco

San Francisco, also known as San Francisco, literally translated as San Francisco, is the largest gathering place of Chinese in the United States, with about one-fifth of the urban population being Chinese.

Most of the filming of "Why Shengxiaomo" was in San Francisco, and it took about ten days.The staff of the film crew have arrived ahead of time, and they are staying at the San Francisco branch of the Wangjiangtai Hotel Chain. The filming scenes and extras have been signed, and they are waiting for a few leading actors.

Shen Fang and his team flew to San Francisco on a China Airlines plane at 11:19 p.m. on November [-]. After a [-]-hour long-distance flight, they finally arrived at San Francisco International Airport at [-]:[-] p.m. local time.

And this time, there are eight people from the crew of "Why Shengxiaomo" came with Shen Fang, besides Liang Hui, Zhu Dandan, Tan Kai, Aunt Liang and several assistants.Besides Qin Mohan, there were six other people on Shen Fang's side, Tang Yuan, Zhou Qi, Qian Bin and Cheng Yue, all of whom were traveling in first class.

The younger Qin Mohan, Zhu Dandan and others stood at the exit waiting for their luggage after passing the security check. Although their backs were aching after more than ten hours, their spirits were still very high. Only Liang Hui, who was pregnant, and Aunt Liang who accompanied her was a little tired.

"Momo, I didn't expect the night in America to be not as beautiful as Yanjing's." Zhu Dandan looked around through the window when the plane was about to land, and was slightly disappointed when he saw the darkness around the airport.

"Yeah, it's not as atmospheric as our Yanjing Airport."

Hearing the emotions of Qin Mohan and the others, Shen Fang couldn't help but smile.San Francisco International Airport is located in San Bruno, more than 20 kilometers away from the city center. In order to prevent noise disturbance, there are not even any residents around. There is a forest, except for the bright lights near the airport, which is dark.Only far away in the urban area can you see large areas of flickering lights.

"Master Shen, hello." The driver from the hotel took the luggage carts of several people and put them in the luggage compartment of the minibus one by one.

In 08, after Shen Hui knew that Shen Fang finally settled in San Francisco, she invested and opened the first Wangjiangtai Hotel in the United States here, in order to facilitate Shen Fang to have a foothold when needed.But unexpectedly, because of the authentic Hangzhou cuisine and Cantonese cuisine provided by the hotel's food and beverage department, a large number of overseas Chinese and tourists were attracted to stay, and the business was booming.At present, five branches have been opened in North America. In addition to San Francisco, there are branches in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Toronto.

As the vehicle moved forward and entered the urban area, there were more high-rise buildings around, and the prosperity of the city was gradually displayed in front of everyone.

"Wow, there are so many Chinese signboards." Qin Mohan and Zhu Dandan, who came to San Francisco for the first time, looked at the signboards that appeared from time to time, as if they had returned to China.

"It's getting closer to Chinatown, and there are a little more Chinese signs." Shen Fang introduced, pointing to the Chinatown archway not far away.

The San Francisco branch of the Wangjiangtai chain hotel is located on a main road opposite the archway in Chinatown. The hotel is not high, with only four floors, but it occupies a large area. A hollow courtyard is enclosed by the building and a five-story main building behind it.

It's not that the "Wangjiang Terrace" hotel doesn't want to rent high-rise buildings, but that there are very few high-rise buildings near Chinatown, and they are basically three or four floors.It still maintains the appearance of Huaxia City 100 years ago, very much like the streets in Xiangjiang Films in the 80s.

Looking at the tired people, Shen Fang made arrangements and said: "Take care of the jet lag tonight, especially Aunt Liang, I'm really sorry for making you exhausted like this."

Liang Hui looked at Shen Fang and said, "Hey, don't you want to say that I am not filial and let my mother run around?"

Aunt Liang gave Liang Hui a hand, and said gratefully to Shen Fang: "Xiao Shen, I still have to thank you. You are so thoughtful, otherwise I really don't worry that Huihui will go to the United States with a big belly."

"It's okay, if you need anything, tell the hotel directly. It's the same as in China. I'll tidy up the house in two days, and invite you to eat at home."

After entering the hotel, Shen Fang separated from Liang Hui and the others, and they wanted to live with the crew who came over earlier.And Shen Fang lived on the other side of the Wangjiangtai Hotel, a few specially reserved suites.

After entering the room, Qin Mohan couldn't stand it anymore, because after hearing Shen Fang's experience, in order to beat the jet lag, she didn't rest on the plane. Wash and go to rest.

Qin Mohan, who rested for a night, was revived with full blood the next day. He came to the living room and looked at Tang Yuan and Zhou Qi, who were sluggish, and couldn't help laughing: "Seeing you two sleeping so soundly on the plane, I thought I wanted to pinch you two, but now that I see you like this, I finally feel at ease."

After getting dressed, Shen Fang came out, and said to the two of them: "You guys work harder during the day, don't sleep, go to bed early at night, and try to reverse the jet lag as soon as possible."

Shen Fang looked at Tang Yuan at the side and asked, "When did the Harper's Bazaar photographer make an appointment?"

Talking about work, Tang Yuanqiang cheered up, took out his itinerary and said, "Take a group of photos of the Golden Gate Bridge in the morning on the 23rd, take photos of Fisherman's Wharf in the afternoon, and take photos of the night view of Chinatown in the evening."

After tidying up, Shen Fang and Qin Mohan came to the floor where the crew of "Why Shengxiaomo" was located. The staff were all having a meeting in Liang Hui's room. She is in charge.

When Shen Fang came in, Liang Hui was cheering up the staff and cast and crew: "Everyone knows that this drama is the company's first self-produced TV series, so we must strive to make the story better and strive to make us famous in the industry. The name of the company."

Shen Fang went on to say: "If everyone can shoot the scenes with quality and quantity, I will give each of you a rich gift to take back when you leave the United States."

Material rewards are always more motivating than spiritual encouragement.Looking at myself agitating for a long time is not as good as Shen Fang's set of gifts.Liang Hui aggressively drove them out of the room: "This is my crew, don't make trouble. You just need to pay for it."

"Okay! Okay! You are the producer, you are the boss. Is it okay if I give up? I'm leaving with Momo." He waved his hand and pulled Qin Mohan who was talking to Zhu Dandan and left.

Coming out of the crew, Shen Fang looked at Tang Yuan and Zhou Qi who were in low spirits and asked, "What are you two doing today? Are you jet lagged in the hotel or are you following us?"

"We're afraid we'll run out of energy, so we're watching TV in the room to beat jet lag." Tang Yuan and Zhou Qi looked at each other and said, "I'll trouble Master Cheng and Assistant Qian to follow you today."

"Watching TV?" Shen Fang looked at the two in surprise: "You can give it a try. Most of the Chinese channels here are in Cantonese. If you don't understand, you can ask the front desk to unlock the international channels, and you can receive domestic channels. Some TV stations."

Turning around and looking at Qin Mohan, he said, "Momo, shall we go shopping in San Francisco first today, or go to my house?"

Qin Mohan made a decision without thinking: "Go to your house. I really want to know how you have lived these past few years."

Shen Fang said: "Okay, I'll borrow a car from the hotel. I live a little far away from here. You call Master Cheng and Qian Bin and ask them to follow me to drive two cars back, which is also convenient for Liang Hui. They travel in San Francisco." Shen Fang himself has a US driver's license, and Cheng Yue and Qian Bin have already applied for an international driver's license when they were at Hon Hai Group for the convenience of work.

Qin Mohan guessed: "I haven't lived in it for a year, your house must be overgrown with grass."

"No way." Shen Fang explained: "In the country of America, if the lawn is not tidy at home, you will be fined. Although my house is not occupied, Aunt Serena is helping to take care of it. She knows that we Come here, I have notified the housekeeping company to clean up, we will buy some ingredients and daily necessities on the road later, let's start fire there at noon today."

Hearing Shen Fang's explanation, Qin Mohan became more curious about the residence where Shen Fang had lived for four or five years, and urged him to go there after he finished speaking.

After looking for an SUV from the hotel, Shen Fang drove off with a few people. Qin Mohan, who was sitting in the co-pilot, saw the appearance of San Francisco city for the first time in the daytime.The buildings in Chinatown are not high, and the colors of the buildings are mostly yellow and red.You can see grocery stores, restaurants, and barbershops with Chinese elements everywhere.The many Chinese signboards and the hurried Chinese make you feel like you are in China.

Only after leaving Chinatown can I really understand the charm of San Francisco, the second largest city on the west coast of the United States. There are many high-rise buildings and full of modernity. The signs of high-tech industries can be seen everywhere in this city near Silicon Valley, reminding you all the time. technology industry area.

After walking around downtown San Francisco, Shen Fang drove to the Palo Alto area, which is more than 30 kilometers away from San Francisco and is where Silicon Valley is located.On the way, Shen Fang kept introducing the surrounding environment to Qin Mohan and the others, including Silicon Valley, Stanford University, and well-known Internet companies.

Shen Fang lives in a wealthy area not far from Silicon Valley. Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, HP president, Google vice president, etc. all live nearby. The most important thing is that it is not far from Shen Fang's investment company.

Several people passed by a Wal-Mart shopping center and bought some food, drinks and daily necessities. In the next few days, apart from working, Shen Fang and Qin Mohan planned to live here.

When several people rushed to the villa under the leadership of Shen Fang, a middle-aged Caucasian woman had been waiting there for a long time.

"Hi, Aunt Serena, long time no see." Shen Fang stretched out his arms and gave her a big hug from a distance.

Shen Fang introduced her to Qin Mohan and others. Serena's full name is Serena Wu, and she is the wife of lawyer Wu Yeyang, a family friend of uncle Shen Haiyang.

She is more than 50 years old this year. She wears a long beige skirt under a white windbreaker. She has a slightly bloated figure, but her face is very kind, with standard western appearance features. Her long chestnut hair is elegantly coiled behind her head, under her high forehead. Thick eyebrows, and under the eyebrows are a pair of deep blue eyes.

After hugging Shen Fang, he couldn't help complaining: "Charles, it's really not easy to meet you. You're finally back."

"Serina, you know that is my homeland. No matter how many years I have been wandering abroad, it is always my root. Otherwise, how can I stay in one place for a year."

Serena sighed: "Yes, you Chinese people have a deep affection for your hometown. Jason also often talks about going back. If it wasn't for his career here, he would probably go back too."

"Is Uncle Wu busy recently?"

"It's not about your acquisition with Facebook. If you hadn't insisted on exchanging shares, the negotiations would have ended long ago." Serena rolled his eyes angrily.

Shen Fang scratched his head in embarrassment, and then emphatically introduced Qin Mohan who was beside him to her.

Knowing that Qin Mohan was Shen Fang's girlfriend, she couldn't help exclaiming: "Oh, God. You are really a female knight, holding this little wandering wild horse with a love rope."

"Hello, Aunt Serena. You can call me Monica." Qin Mohan shook hands with her a little shyly, and gave her the gift that Shen Fang had prepared in advance: "This is a gift from China. "

"Thank you, Monica." Serena pointed to a villa not far away and said, "That is my home, let Charles bring you over as a guest."

"OK! I'll take her there."

　Alas, Fatty, I have never been to the United States in my life. In order to write this paragraph, I searched countless materials and spent five or six hours on [-] words. If there is anything wrong, please point it out, and I will correct it .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)