Chapter 622 Let's play big this time!

  Pasadena is also a well-known rich area in Los Angeles. It is more than ten kilometers away from the city, with convenient transportation and pleasant scenery.

  Liu Qingshan led Liu Yinfeng and Huang Yueming, and Huang Yueming drove to Thomas' home in this small town.

  Huang Yueming has a driver's license from Hong Kong Island, so it is easy to pass the test here.

  While driving, Huang Yueming introduced: "To be able to live here, the family's annual income must be at least 100,000 U.S. dollars."

   From a distance, Liu Qingshan saw Thomas standing on the side of the road, with a car parked beside him. That familiar model, at first glance, was from the Trailblazer series.

  The three of them had already talked to Thomas on the phone before they came, so he greeted the guests on this necessary road, otherwise, Liu Qingshan and the others would definitely not be able to find his home.

   "Oh, Liu, my old friend, I'm so glad to see you here!"

  Seeing Liu Qingshan, Thomas immediately ran forward and gave him a hug.

  Liu Qingshan hugged him and turned around twice: "Thomas, it's time for you to lose weight, for the sake of your heart."

  Thomas patted his belly lightly:

   "Haha, since returning to China, I have started to gain weight. Liu, I miss your country's dishes the most. They are delicious and you don't have to worry about getting fat!"

  The two of them have not seen each other for a long time, but the friendship formed back then is there, so they are very affectionate.

  Thomas looked Liu Qingshan up and down again: "Liu, I didn't expect you to be an outstanding musician. Maybe in the future, I should call you Mr. Mountain."

   "You don't come here, we met in the infancy, no matter what time it is, the friendship will not deteriorate."

  Liu Qingshan patted the other party on the shoulder, and then introduced the second sister and cousin to Thomas.

  After listening to Liu Qingshan's words, Thomas was also in a good mood. He drove ahead to lead the way and ran for more than ten minutes before driving into a courtyard similar to a country house.

  The land here is sparsely populated, so many people prefer to be close to nature, just like Thomas's house, which has a large green space with luxuriant grass and lush trees, which is really enviable.

  A middle-aged Caucasian woman, leading a seven or eight-year-old girl, greeted her at the door with a smile, accompanied by two dogs. When they saw Thomas' car, they shook their heads and wagged their tails to meet him.

  Liu Qingshan also nodded: This is a very warm family.

   After getting out of the car, Thomas introduced the two parties: her wife Mary and daughter Sarah.

   "Welcome, friends from the East."

  Mary appears to be very well-bred, probably because of her husband's influence. She naturally has a sense of intimacy when she treats people from China.

   "Ms. Mary, thank you for your family's hospitality." Liu Qingshan handed the gift to the hostess, including two bottles of red wine, and of course some specialties from Jiapigou Mountain.

  At this time, Sarah also came to Liu Qingshan: "Mr. Mountain, can you sign for me?"

  “I watched live TV yesterday, and your performance made me cry.”

  Liu Qingshan has gained his first little fan in this land, of course he will not disappoint the little guy:

   "Good Sarah, you are a kind-hearted and good child. This is a gift from me. It was prepared for me by my two younger sisters, who are also as old as you."

  Sarah took the gift and smiled happily. There were a few small freckles on her face, and she looked cute when she smiled.

  The gift is a small box of Shanto persimmons, which keep fresh for a long time.

  Thomas also seemed very happy when he saw the dried mushrooms brought by Liu Qingshan, and muttered in Chinese: "Chicken stewed mushrooms, I haven't eaten them for a long time!"

   His wife stared at the two bottles of red wine in a daze, and finally couldn't help asking Liu Qingshan: "Is this monkey wine?"

   Liu Qingshan nodded with a smile: "Yes, this is a specialty of our hometown, and it is not a respect."

   "Oh, that's really expensive." Mary was also really shocked, because she heard about this kind of fruit wine from the housewife in the neighbor's house, and a bottle costs several hundred dollars.

  Liu Qingshan guessed that it was the profiteer Victor, who must have raised the price a lot.

  But he is also very happy, after all, the reputation of Monkey Wine has been opened.

  The host let Liu Qingshan and the others into the house. Inside the house, the walls and floors were all made of solid wood, giving it a natural and warm feeling.

  Seeing Thomas kept talking about stewed chicken and mushrooms, Liu Qingshan decided to grant his wish.

  Marie hurriedly stopped her: There is no reason to ask the guests to do something, it would be too impolite.

  Thomas was not surprised at all: "It's okay, Liu and I are best friends."

   It’s just that time is a bit short, so I can only use a pressure cooker. Fortunately, Thomas has a pressure cooker at home.

  Liu Qingshan began to chop the chicken, while Liu Yinfeng and Huang Yueming soaked the mushrooms in warm water, and then washed them clean.

  Marie was watching and learning from the sidelines, and she always heard her husband talking about this dish.

   After the chicken and mushrooms were stewed in the pressure cooker, Liu Qingshan saw some potatoes and chicken wings in the kitchen, so he simply made another shredded potato and Coca-Cola chicken wings.

  Considering the taste of the Thomas family, Liu Yinfeng made scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

   And of course Mary was not idle, and started processing the ingredients that had been prepared a long time ago.

  This sumptuous dinner is a combination of Chinese and Western: in addition to the dishes prepared by Liu Qingshan and his brother, there are also American soup made by Mary, grilled lamb chops, etc., which filled the table.

  Thomas and his wife toasted and gave a speech, and the dinner officially started.

  Little Sarah, of course, picked up a coke chicken wing first, tasted it, and immediately smiled, gnawing, and kept peeking at Liu Qingshan.

  Thomas picked up a mushroom and tasted it slowly in his mouth: "Well, I tasted this taste again."

  Mary also tasted the dishes prepared by Liu Qingshan and the others, and praised them again and again. Little Sarah is also a clever little ghost, and said that Mr. Mountain must come to the house often as a guest in the future.

   After eating dessert, everyone drank another cup of strong coffee, and the dinner was complete.

  After the meal, Liu Qingshan and Thomas went for a walk and chatted outside together, talked about each other's recent situation, and then talked about study and work.

  The topic gradually turned to Thomas' professional aspect, and Thomas looked at Liu Qingshan sincerely:

   "Liu, I feel that my inspiration is a bit exhausted, and now I want to hear your genius ideas."

  Liu Qingshan doesn’t have any ideas, all he has is knowledge, but it’s okay to chat with Thomas, at least it’s about the development direction of future cars.

  He casually mentioned a few areas, and Thomas stopped taking a walk, and directly dragged Liu Qingshan home.

   As a result, Liu Qingshan and the others were not released until they had breakfast at Thomas's house the next day.

   On the way back, Liu Qingshan was still in a daze. When he arrived at the apartment downstairs, he found the angry Sister Zhang, and he was completely awake.

   "It was agreed to teach us to stand upright, but is it just telling us to stand here stupidly? I have been standing for more than two hours!" Sister Zhang's mouth was like a machine gun, and it seemed that there was a lot of resentment.

   "It's my fault, let's start now." Liu Qingshan didn't talk nonsense, directly downstairs, guiding the two people to stand up.

   Seeing that Sister Zhang was still angry, he warned again: "Be calm and everything will be natural."

  Sister Zhang also became serious immediately, and began to adjust her breathing according to the formula taught by Liu Qingshan.

   Grace also gestured curiously, and then lost her patience and dragged Liu Yinfeng to the library.

  Although it is a holiday, the school library is still open.

  As for Huang Yueming, she went back to her and Sister Zhang's apartment. She didn't come back last night. It is estimated that there will be a lot of calls for her to deal with.

   She guessed it right. She checked the phone recordings. In one night, she received five or six invitations to perform, interviews from three newspapers, and program invitations from two TV stations.

  One is to participate in talk shows, and the other is for music.

  She carefully selected, and then called back a few calls.

  After she finished her work, Liu Qingshan finished her late morning exercise. Old Cui and Sister Zhang stood up for the first time, but they were both tortured so badly that they were sitting on the steps resting as if they were exhausted.

   Huang Yueming looked at the situation of the two of them, and said that he was going to postpone the morning schedule.

  As soon as Sister Zhang heard that there was an invitation, she immediately jumped up from the ground: "My mother is fighting, ouch..."

  Her legs were weak, and she staggered, looking like she was about to fall.

  Liu Qingshan reached out to hold her in time, and Sister Zhang muttered: "Life is hard, there is no way, opportunity knocks on the door, if you don't fight, you really have no chance."

  Watching the three of them leave in the car, Liu Qingshan also nodded, and couldn't help thinking of Du Bo's words in his mind: Yes, the Chinese are in a foreign country, don't they rely on spelling?

  Others are busy, so he can't be idle. He goes out to the school to get acquainted with the terrain first.

  As a result, he inquired while walking, but he didn't see the school gate and fence for a long time. He suddenly looked up and looked at the sign on the roadside, and there was a teaching building of UCLA in front of him.

  It was only then that he realized that it turned out that this place is different from the country. The university campuses are all open.

   Not only is the campus open, but it is also open in the management of students.

   This point, for Liu Qingshan, who is used to self-study, is a bit like a fish in water, and he can also devote more time to other aspects.

  It may be because it is located in the central area of ​​Los Angeles. The campus is not too big. Liu Qingshan walked around for more than two hours and basically walked around. Seeing that it was noon, he simply went back to the apartment.

  Liu Yinfeng and the others have already returned, and they bought a lot of vegetables when passing by the supermarket.

  After seeing Liu Qingshan, Grace shook the bag of chicken wings in her hand: "Boss, let's make the coke chicken wings yesterday."

  Liu Qingshan snorted twice angrily: "Who is the boss and who is the assistant? Have you ever seen a boss who cooks himself?"

   Grace made a face, then leaned over like a dog, and said in a creamy voice: "Boss, my massage technique is very good."

  As she spoke, she stood behind Liu Qingshan and began to knead his shoulders with both hands.

  The three specially prepared some extra lunch, because Qian Yuzhen and the others had called in the morning and arrived here at noon.

   When lunch was served, the doorbell rang, and Qian Yuzhen and Hong Yunsheng appeared at the door together.

   "Brother Hong, Sister Yuzhen, just in time, let's have dinner right away." Liu Qingshan waved to them.

  The two entered the room, Hong Yunsheng seemed to be a few years younger, standing with Qian Yuzhen, it was a good match.

  Qian Yuzhen was wearing a simple and elegant cheongsam, her face was full of confidence, the charm of a mature woman was extremely attractive.

   "Welcome to our Eastern Hand." Grace approached with envy, holding Qian Yuzhen's slender and slender palm, reluctant to let go.

  The girl was still grinning: "Stay happy."

  The people in the room didn't even feel a smile. The name "Oriental Hand" has been widely circulated on Wall Street recently.

   Soon, several people were sitting around the dining table. Grace took out a newspaper and coughed pretendingly:

  "Before the meal, I announce the good news, the youngest self-made billionaire is born, Dang Dang Dang!"

   Everyone became interested when they heard it. Here, people worship money. Worshiping wealth, especially those self-made rich men, is a god-like existence in the eyes of the public.

   "Let me see, who is the lucky one?" Liu Qingshan snatched the newspaper, and then saw the familiar face on it, it was Bill from Microsoft.

  He glanced at the content, Microsoft went public last year, and its market value has doubled several times in just over a year, so this Mr. Bill has become a new billionaire and a new idol.

   But seeing Grace's joy, Liu Qingshan muttered with some dissatisfaction: "Does it have anything to do with you? Why are you so happy?"

   "Of course it has something to do with it!" Grace snatched the newspaper back and shook it twice.

  Liu Qingshan understood a bit: "Did you buy Microsoft stock?"

   Grace shook her head: "If I had money, I would have bought it a long time ago. However, our Eastern Hand is now the third largest shareholder of Microsoft. As the tide rises, all boats will get rich. Of course, it is worth celebrating."

   "Mr. Bill has become a billionaire, and Eastern Hand can become half a billionaire, which is also very remarkable!"

   It turned out to be like this, Liu Qingshan also raised the corners of his mouth slightly: This girl is quite interesting.

  Many people are in this kind of moment, I'm afraid they will be envious, jealous and hateful?

   However, stimulated by Bill becoming a billionaire, after this weekend, Microsoft's stock price may be on a rocket, and it is worth a wave of manipulation.

  So he asked Qian Yuzhen: "Sister Yuzhen, it's time to sell the Microsoft stock we have in hand. I need to withdraw the funds now."

  Qian Yuzhen also nodded. She also believed that the good news about Bill would definitely stimulate Microsoft's stock to soar, and it was a good time to sell.

At this time, her eyebrows frowned slightly: "Qingshan, it's a pity that most of the Microsoft stocks in our hands are restricted stocks, which are purchased privately from the shareholders of the R&D team, and cannot be traded in the stock market. in circulation."

   "According to the current stock price of more than 60 US dollars per share, we can only cash out 10 million US dollars, and the remaining 6% are restricted shares."

  Liu Qingshan couldn't help but smacking his lips: Just like the dishes on the table in front of you, you can't eat them just by looking at them. Isn't this gluttonous?

  Qian Yuzhen continued: "Although restricted shares cannot be circulated in the stock market, they can be transferred privately, but the price must be discounted."

   You can still do this!

  Liu Qingshan punched his fist hard: "Okay, contact those private equity companies immediately, let's play big this time!"

   "Can we have dinner?" Grace stared at the attractively colored Coca-Cola chicken wings on the table, and asked weakly.

  (end of this chapter)