giants of the era

Chapter 387 The Strange Encounter in the Cafe

Under the PayPal company building, all kinds of luxury cars are dazzling, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maybach, Pagani, etc...

Two employees of a nearby department store looked at these sports cars and sighed.

"Since everyone found out that the CEO of PayPal is Chronos Li's younger sister, countless rich second generations have come to pursue her, and luxury cars are everywhere here. I thought to myself, if I open a flower shop here, I will definitely make money!"

"Oh, that's a really good idea, Jack! I see these rich second generations send roses every day. If we partner up to open a flower shop here, it will be close to the water!"

"Yes! Just do it!"

"..."

PayPal CEO's office.

Li Zetian, Yu Jingqiu, Dongfang Yuqin, and Zhou Qiqi sat drinking tea and chatting together.

Yu Jingqiu looked at Zhou Qiqi, and asked with a smile, "Qiqi, do you like the job here? If you don't like it, just tell me, and I'll ask your brother to change a job for you."

PayPal's business is developing very fast, and Yu Jingqiu is worried that Zhou Qiqi's job as CEO will be stressful.

Zhou Qiqi smiled and said, "Thank you sister-in-law, I like working here very much!"

"That's good, but pay attention to combining work and rest, and don't tire yourself too much!" Yu Jingqiu said.

"Hmm~" Zhou Qiqi nodded obediently, she didn't look like a strong woman in front of outsiders at all.

Li Zetian took a sip of Dahongpao and said slowly: "Because the PayPal company has just started, many things have not been on the right track, so it is relatively busy, and it will be very free after a while! At that time, Qiqi will hand over the PayPal company to the owner. Go ahead and move on to a more challenging company—eBay."

Zhou Qiqi was puzzled: "Brother, what kind of company is eBay?"

Li Zetian smiled and did not answer, but looked at Dongfang Yuqin.Dongfang Yuqin took out a document from the bag with a smile, handed it to Zhou Qiqi, and said, "eBay is an e-commerce company, and the specific content is written in the document."

Zhou Qiqi took the document and immediately looked through it.

Li Zetian drank tea with a smile, and looked at Zhou Qiqi, intending to train her to become the "godmother of e-commerce", "queen of online flea markets", and the most outstanding female CEO at the moment!

Although there is suspicion of nepotism, but so what, so what! !

My own relatives don't need it, so what else?
After a while, Zhou Qiqi finished reading the information, her eyes were shining, she looked up at Li Zetian, and said in surprise: "Brother, eBay is an online auction and shopping website that allows people from all over the world to buy and sell items online. eCommerce site!!!”

Li Zetian said with a faint smile: "The current e-commerce is dominated by the Amazon website. If other e-commerce companies want to break through, they must make a surprise victory. Therefore, eBay has come up with a surprise trick! eBay and Amazon compete in market differentiation. It will cause too much impact on Amazon, but at the same time it can develop itself very well!"

After a pause, Li Zetian smiled and said, "Qiqi, eBay must be more challenging and interesting than PayPal. Are you confident in doing it well?"

"Confidence!" Zhou Qiqi said with firm eyes.

Li Zetian nodded with a smile, and then told Zhou Qiqi to learn more about the operation of eBay in order to take over the company in the future. One month later, the eBay website will be officially launched!

After chatting for a long time, it was almost noon, Yu Jingqiu said: "It's almost noon, I'm hungry, let's go have lunch!"

"it is good!"

Everyone got up and went to the restaurant.

As soon as he walked downstairs, a wave of rich second generations rushed over holding fiery red roses.

"Miss Zhou Qiqi, can we make friends?"

"Miss Qiqi, I fell in love with you at first sight, please accept my love!"

"..."

Zhou Qiqi's cheeks were flushed, and she immediately ordered the security guards to drive this group of people away, it was so annoying!
Zhou Qiqi's vision is very high, and she doesn't like these people at all.

She imagined that the other side of herself would be like her brother Zetian, a super genius, a hero of the world! ! !

……

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It's been a long time since I came to the Panda Fast Food Restaurant. At noon, Li Zetian and his party came to the Panda Fast Food Restaurant for dinner.

In recent years, under the management of his father-in-law, Yu Jingshan, Panda Fast Food has been developing vigorously. With more than 4000 chain stores, it has become the largest Chinese fast food chain restaurant in the world.

After lunch, everyone sat and rested for a while, and some diners were talking not far away.

"Chinese fast food is really good, but still not as good as KFC and McDonald's!"

"Well, in the newly released global fast food rankings, Panda Fast Food doesn't even make it into the top three! I heard that Panda Fast Food is also an industry of Chronos Li!"

"Hehe, do you think that any industry belonging to Chronos Li ranks first in the industry? Fast food is different from others, and the things in it are profound!"

"Well, Chinese food culture has a long history. Among the eight major Chinese cuisines, Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Hunan cuisine, and Anhui cuisine, which one is not as delicious as European and American cuisine? In addition, there are many local specialties It is also very famous, such as Chaozhou cuisine, Northeast cuisine, local cuisine, Gan cuisine, Hubei cuisine, Beijing cuisine, Tianjin cuisine, Hebei cuisine, Henan cuisine, Hakka cuisine, etc... Well, thinking of these, my mouth is watering It’s a pity, we will never be able to eat these in the United States!”

"That's true. Although Panda Express has many dishes, it is limited. If it can be more varied, perhaps Panda Express can surpass KFC and McDonald's!"

"..."

The voices of these people caught Yu Jingqiu's attention.

She frowned, and after a while, she suddenly thought of something, and said to Li Zetian, "Honey, do you still remember that you said before that you want to host a food documentary program?"

Li Zetian was slightly taken aback, nodded thoughtfully and said, "Oh, I remember, "A Bite of China". Jingqiu, do you want to..."

"Well, yes, I want to shoot it!" Yu Jingqiu looked excited and said unconvinced, "Didn't you just hear some diners over there say that Panda Express is not as good as KFC and McDonald's. In my opinion, a It is because the dishes of Panda Express are not rich enough, and some of them are not suitable for the tastes of Europeans and Americans; second, because Europeans and Americans do not understand Chinese food culture. I want to shoot "A Bite of China" first to promote Chinese food culture, so that these Foreigners are interested in Chinese food, so they come to our Panda Express restaurant to eat. Panda Express can be the exclusive title of this documentary. In addition, Panda Express restaurant can also use these Chinese characteristics when filming "A Bite of China". The delicious food is moved to the table of the Panda Fast Food Restaurant!"

The more Yu Jingqiu talked, the more excited she became. After all, Panda Express was created by her and her father herself, and she was very emotional.Over the years, because she has been busy with the LY Foundation’s charity work, she has neglected the development of the Panda Express restaurant. She feels a little guilty, so she really wants to develop Panda Express, surpassing KFC and McDonald’s, and becoming the largest restaurant chain in the world!

Li Zetian held Yu Jingqiu's little hand, and nodded gently: "Okay, I support you, I will send people to China to shoot "A Bite of China", and arrange people from the Panda Fast Food Restaurant to go with them."

Yu Jingqiu said: "I want to go too. It just so happens that the LY Foundation has charity activities in China, and I can also participate in one or two episodes of filming!"

Li Zetian thought about it, and it's no problem to participate in one or two episodes. The right is to travel to the local area and taste delicious food.

So Li Zetian expressed his support.

In the afternoon, Li Zetian called the Chinese film and television company, told the documentary "A Bite of China", and ordered them to immediately set up a crew and use the most advanced high-definition cameras. Li Zetian even explained in detail how to shoot, I'm afraid they won't be able to produce the effect of this documentary of the previous life.

Three days later, Li Zetian went to the airport to send Yu Jingqiu and some employees of Panda Express to the plane.

"Be careful!" Li Zetian said while hugging Yu Jingqiu.

"Ok!"

Not long after, the plane took off.

Li Zetian looked at the sky and murmured: "A Bite of China will be of great help to spread the Chinese food culture! Uh, let's not talk about it, just thinking of those pictures makes my mouth water!"

Li Zetian wiped his mouth, turned his head and walked out of the airport.

……

The weather in London in May is exceptionally good!

Li Zetian came to discuss a deal - the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank.

Standard Chartered Bank is a British bank founded in 1853 and headquartered in London. However, there are very few customers in the UK. Its business is mainly concentrated in emerging markets such as Asia, the subcontinent, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Most importantly, Standard Chartered Bank is Hong Kong One of the three note-issuing banks in China, it plays a pivotal role in Hong Kong!
The year 1997 is almost approaching, and Li Zetian has to make some preparations in advance. He owns a large number of properties in Hong Kong, and he does not want Hong Kong to be greatly impacted by the Southeast Asian financial crisis for both public and private purposes!If you master Standard Chartered Bank, you will have more confidence and calmness.

In addition, the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank is also a very good investment.

Li Zetian stayed in London for more than ten days and conducted four rounds of negotiations. The board of directors of Standard Chartered Bank finally agreed to sell 100% of the shares at a price of US$60 billion.

Li Zetian successfully entered the Standard Chartered Bank and served as the chairman of the bank!
After the matter was settled, Li Zetian relaxed and traveled around the UK for a few days.

Edinburgh is a famous cultural ancient city in the United Kingdom and the capital of Scotland. Some coffee shops here are very emotional and characteristic.Li Zetian likes to wear sunglasses and drink coffee while sitting in a coffee shop by the window. The wind is beautiful and the sun is like a bath, letting his mind fly, and the whole person becomes relaxed and at ease.

This afternoon, Li Zetian came to a coffee shop again. While drinking coffee, he looked around and suddenly found a beautiful blonde sitting at the table behind him writing something.Li Zetian couldn't help but take another look.He had good eyesight and spotted names like "Harry Potter" and "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry".

"I'm going, this woman won't be J.K. Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" series of novels?! Well, it should be her!"

Li Zetian was very surprised, but after thinking about it, he was really right.

At this time, Rowling was divorced and had permanent custody of her daughter.As a single mother, Rowling's mother and daughter's life was extremely difficult. It was at this time that Rowling began to write the first book in the Harry Potter series of fairy tales, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".Because her house was small and cold, Rowling often went to a cafe near her home to write Harry Potter stories on small pieces of paper.

"Hi, hello, are you writing a novel?" Li Zetian asked proactively?

"Oh, sir, hello! Yes, I'm writing a novel!" Rowling looked up at Li Zetian and replied.She looked Li Zetian up and down, but because Li Zetian was wearing a pair of big sunglasses, she didn't recognize Li Zetian as Chronos Li for a while.However, Li Zetian is well-dressed and elegant, and he is obviously a big man.Rowling was a little surprised.

"Is it finished?" Li Zetian asked. He didn't know if Rowling had finished writing the first "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

"Not yet, but more than half of it has been written!" Rowling replied.

"Can you show me? I think your writing is very interesting. Magic school, um, it's a very novel subject!" Li Zetian smiled.

"The manuscripts are all kept at home, sir, if you are free now, I can go back and get them!" Rowling said excitedly, thinking that the other party seemed not simple, if he liked my work, maybe he could contact me for publication society.

"Sir, my house is near the cafe, and I'll be there in 3 minutes!" Rowling thought for a while, and quickly added, fearing that the other party wouldn't be able to wait.

Li Zetian smiled slightly, "Go and get it, I'll wait for you here."

"Okay, sir!"

After Rowling finished speaking, she immediately got up and rushed home.

Not long after, she returned to the cafe with a stack of manuscripts in her hand.

"Sir, this is my novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", please have a look!" Rowling handed the manuscript to Li Zetian, and then sat in front of him, full of anticipation and nervousness.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Well, maybe it was originally called that, and then changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Li Zetian took the manuscript, opened it and read it.He looked carefully, but also quickly.

The sun shone through the glass window on his handsome face, Rowling suddenly seemed to have discovered Li Zetian's identity, and covered her mouth in surprise!
"He's Chronos Li!!! Oh God, he must be Chronos Li!!!"

Rowling felt that she had discovered a great secret, and she had never been so excited in her life.

"Oh my god, I can't believe he's reading a novel I wrote right now!!"

Rowling suddenly felt very proud, but at the same time extremely nervous.

She was afraid that Li Zetian would make her novel worthless.

After a long time, the hot coffee became warm.

Li Zetian has already finished reading "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" which has not yet been finished.

He raised his head to look at Rowling, and was taken aback for a moment. Rowling seemed to have turned into a little girl, fidgeting, not daring to look directly at him, but looking at him secretly.

Li Zetian didn't know that JK Rowling had recognized him, but thought she cared a lot about a stranger's appreciation of her works.

"Very well written!" Li Zetian handed the manuscript back to Rowling, smiling.

"Really? Is it really well written?" Rowling asked repeatedly.

"Of course!" Li Zetian nodded and said with certainty. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" received rave reviews as soon as it was published, and won the British National Book Award for Children's Fiction and the Smarty Book Gold Medal Award.Later, because the book was so popular, it was made into a movie.

"But some publishers think that my writing is not good~" Rowling said unconfidently.

"You are writing fairy tale novels. You must have a childlike innocence to understand your novels! If you ask me, you don't need to pay attention to those people. What do they know? They have long been corrupted by the fame and fortune of this world!" Li Zetian disdained road.

Hearing this, Rowling was very happy, she secretly glanced at Li Zetian, and thought to herself, Chronos Li also has a childlike innocence!
At this time, Li Zetian took out a business card and handed it to Rowling, "This is my business card. When you finish writing your novel, you can call me and I can help you!"

Rowling excitedly took the business card and said, "Okay, sir, thank you very much!"

The material of the business card seems to be some kind of expensive black metal, which feels very comfortable to the touch. There is no text introduction on it, only a line of silver numbers, which should be a phone number.

Li Zetian looked at the sky and said, "I'm going back, goodbye, future great writer!"

Being praised by Li Zetian, Rowling blushed slightly. Seeing Li Zetian drifting away, Rowling felt an inexplicable emotion in her heart. She didn't know when she would see her again.

"Chronos Li is so superior, and I..." Rowling shook her head, her inferiority complex and melancholy were written all over her face.She stared at the business card for a long time, thinking, "Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will never bother him with this phone call from now on. Maybe others just had a whim and didn't really like my novel. What's more, he must be very busy. The big things are all big things, why would he care about his own novel? Forget it, treat it all as a dream..."

Rowling looked gloomy, drank the cold coffee in the cup, took the manuscript, and went home.

(End of this chapter)