Chapter 626 - 626
Chapter 626:
At 10:53 p.m., United Airlines Flight 0325 arrived at O'Hare International Airport on time.
Chicago, the third most populous city in the United States, the second largest central business district in the United States, and also home to the largest futures market in the United States and a famous international financial center, welcomed Feng Yiping's arrival with a scorching heat.
Today's temperature is as high as 36 degrees Celsius!
Feng Yiping felt quite depressed at the thought of having to wear formal attire in such a hot day. Why is it that women's dresses can show so much, but men's formal attire must be tightly covered?
Mike, who came to pick him up, was very considerate and brought a parasol for Huang Jingping. They were led to the front of a black stretched-out Rolls-Royce Phantom, where the black chauffeur in uniform and hat was already waiting, having pulled open the car door.
At the bottom of the NAVTEQ headquarters building, President Collins accompanied Jin Ling and Hong Haoran, warmly welcoming Feng Yiping's arrival.
He couldn't help but be enthusiastic, as most of the proceeds from this private placement targeting Jiasheng had gone into the pockets of these major shareholders.
'Welcome, Feng,' said the big white man with a hooked nose, shaking hands firmly.
'Nice to meet you,' Feng Yiping also smiled.
When shaking hands with Jinling, he asked with a smile, 'Didn't you say it was best to keep it quiet? Why are you making such a big deal?'
The map industry is always a sensitive area.
'They want to boost morale and confidence,' said Jinling, looking at the senior management of NAVTEQ, who was smiling.
I see!
For these senior management of companies with many shareholders, very often, their biggest and deadliest opponent and enemy is not the competitor, but the shareholders of the company.
Last year and the year before, the company lost hundreds of millions of dollars, and Collins must have felt uncomfortable sitting in the CEO's chair.
Luckily for him, things were not going well, otherwise an agreement would not have been reached so quickly.
The press conference hall was packed with people, and Collins, full of enthusiasm, walked in front, introducing the guests present to Feng Yiping.
However, Feng Yiping was a little confused when he saw the first guest. Is this him? This is him!
'Feng, let me introduce you to State Senator Mr ***,' sure enough, Collins said the name Feng Yiping was familiar with.
Feng Yiping was not familiar with his resume, and it turned out that he started his career here? "Hello, Feng," Comrade O'Heh, at this time, did he have the slightest hint of a tyrant's aura? He looked very gentle and humble, 'Welcome to our state's investment,'
'It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr ***,' Feng Yiping shook the hand of the still-young O'Hehere, and really wanted to say, "Comrade, I have high hopes for you!'
'I'm curious, why did your cutting-edge magazine conclude in the middle of last year that President Bush would win?'
The 2000 US presidential election was a lively event for outsiders, but for someone like Comrade O'Hehere, who aspired to "serve the greater public,' it was an informative and exciting educational experience.
Oh, you read my magazine!
'Of course, this conclusion is still based on a large amount of factual evidence,' said Feng Yiping. "In addition, there is an old Chinese saying to the effect that outsiders can more easily see the situation than those in it. For example, when you are a lawyer, you definitely know the situation better than your client,'
'Yes, that makes sense," Comrade O'Heh nodded, 'I pay close attention to Forefront magazine, especially the first issue of each year,'
The first issue of Preface magazine of the new year is a summary of the past year and a forecast for the new year. Since its inception, the forecasts written in several issues have been quite reliable.
'I'm honoured!' I hope that you will also continue to do so in the future when you move into the White House. 'Can we exchange business cards?'
Collins was waiting next to him to introduce the next guest. As he watched Feng Yiping chatting away with the President, he really wanted to remind him that he was only a state senator, not a federal senator.
Moreover, he was a state senator who had challenged the senior federal representative of the state, Bobby Rush, for the seat of federal representative last year, but was defeated.
Who would have thought at this time that this guy would become the first black president of the United States in the future?
'Von, this is Mr. Brill, the chairman of GARMIN,' Collins continued to introduce to Von Yiping.
Garmin, the giant manufacturer of GPS navigators, he knew about. In fact, it could be considered a company across the channel. However, after meeting Comrade O'Heh, he really could hardly take much interest now.
Jin Ling was very curious. She felt that when Collins was delivering his impassioned speech on stage, Feng Yiping's attention seemed to be focused on the black state senator on the other side.
Why was that? She didn't understand.
'It's your turn to go on stage,' she said, smiling and clapping her hands, as she reminded Feng Yiping.
'Hello, everyone, colleagues, hello,' he said, facing the tricky business school students, who he had already given speeches to, and such speeches were nothing to him.
'I'm very happy to be in this great city of Chicago! Although this is my first time here, I've been enjoying the benefits that Chicago has to offer.
I will never forget that it was because of the struggle of hundreds of thousands of workers in Chicago 115 years ago that we have May 1st Labor Day, and I get an extra day off every year.'
Feng Yiping has now mastered the art of how to get closer to his audience.
Sure enough, Comrade O'Hehi, also laughed and applauded.
'I also admire the resilience of the people of Chicago and their outstanding work ethic. Thanks to everyone's efforts, our city, which rose from the ashes, is now the home of skyscrapers and an architectural exposition of the world,'
Five years after hundreds of thousands of workers in Chicago went on a victorious general strike to fight for the right to an eight-hour workday, a fire burned down the entire city of Chicago to the ground.
'I believe that the senior management of Boeing, which has just moved its headquarters to our city, will agree with me,'
which brought him a second round of applause.
This year, the world aviation giant Boeing suddenly announced that it was moving its headquarters from Seattle, where it had been based since the company was founded. Faced with many candidate cities, in mid-May Boeing finally decided that Chicago was the location for its new headquarters.
This is naturally a major loss for Seattle, but also a matter of great pride for Chicagoans.
'NAVTEQ is also a great company. Under the leadership of its founders, who are also the pioneers of electronic maps, the company has grown over the past decade to become the world's largest provider of electronic map content. I am honoured to join this big family.
At the same time, I am happy to work with my new colleagues to continue the revolution in the field of maps and consign paper maps to history once and for all!'
'I believe that the future must be the world of electronic maps. I also firmly believe that with our joint efforts, the future electronic maps will not only tell us where, but also provide us with increasingly comprehensive local search, extending more and more what,'
'I also hope that in the near future, we can build our electronic maps into an information interaction platform that can serve the needs of daily life!'
These words of his may not be understood by laymen, but those NAVTEQ employees definitely understand.
Although Collins always emphasises Feng Yiping's status as a young scholar when introducing him to everyone, and only they know the leadership of Jiasheng's understanding of the electronic map industry, the NAVTEQ employees who don't know the situation mostly just see him as a rich layman.
Or a rich man from a country that doesn't get along with his own.
It wasn't until they heard his speech that everyone understood: Is this still an outsider? He's definitely a strategic expert!
Jin Ling looked at Feng Yiping, who was thanking everyone on stage, and asked Huang Jingping with a smile, 'Is there anything he doesn't know or can't do?'
'Yes, he said,' Huang Jingping thought for a moment and said seriously, 'He can't have children,'
'Puff,' Jin Ling just laughed out loud, knowing that it was wrong, on this occasion.
Sure enough, a few people next to her immediately turned their heads, and she could only very hard put away her laughter, it was so hard to hold back!
Feng Yiping, who had come over to say hello to a group of people, looked at Jin Ling, who was clenching her cheeks and blushing, as if she was about to cry. He was quite puzzled, was she that happy?