Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 461 San Francisco

It is not new for express logistics companies to engage in air cargo abroad, and Huitong Logistics is also doing it now, but it mainly cooperates with airlines.

Nowadays, airlines are not just ordinary airlines. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to coordinate. Whether you are willing to cooperate with you or not depends entirely on your mood and the relationship between them.

The key is that the price is quite expensive. If the express shipment is not urgently needed by the customer, or the distance is too far, Huitong will not choose to use air transportation.

But as someone who has been through it, Li Weidong knows that if you want to do well in the express logistics industry and be high-end, air transportation is indispensable.

It's a pity that the time is not ripe now. Even if you buy the stocks of those airlines on the secondary market and force yourself to become a major shareholder, it will be useless. They will ignore you at all.

After a while, a beautiful ground service lady came over and informed me that we could board the plane.

There are still relatively many flights from Qizhou to Beijing at this time, and they will continue to prosper for at least ten or eight years.

The one-hour flight is much faster than taking the train. However, with the advent of high-speed rail, the route from Qizhou to Beijing became less and less until it was completely eliminated.

Maybe it was just after the Spring Festival that various units started working immediately and they needed to go back. It was also a good day to travel on Saturday, so there were quite a lot of people on the plane.

Even if Li Weidong is sitting in first class, it is still full, let alone the economy class behind him.

The plane circled over the capital and finally landed safely, but it would take some time before it could board a flight to San Francisco.

After landing, Li Weidong saw an acquaintance looking at him with a smile at the exit. It was Tang Zhenhua, followed by two middle-aged men.

"Tang Bu, why are you so embarrassed to ask you to pick me up?" Li Weidong smiled and took two steps quickly, shaking hands with Tang Zhenhua.

"I have nothing to do at home. I heard that you are going to the United States. I know without asking that it is a big event. I have to come. I wish you success and all the best!" Tang Zhenhua and Li Weidong said with a smile, holding hands.

"It's not a big deal, it's just a trivial matter. They couldn't make up their minds and asked me to go over and take the blame for them!" Li Weidong said with a haha.

"You, you are not telling the truth to me anymore. Let's not talk about this. It's better for me to know less. Knowing too much is bad for my heart!" Tang Zhenhua pointed at Li Weidong and said with a smile.

If there was no emergency, Li Weidong would not call him and ask him to help him find the relevant US departments to apply for a visa. However, if Li Weidong did not tell him, Tang Zhenhua would definitely not ask.

At this point, Tang Zhenhua's curiosity is no longer so strong. It should not be so strong anymore. Some things need to be analyzed.

It is necessary to analyze the whole story from relevant events, rather than simply knowing it from other people's mouths. What others say may not be right.

After Tang Zhenhua finished helping Li Weidong yesterday, he casually asked if it would take off from the capital. When he got the answer in the affirmative, he felt that he should come.

Knowing people like Li Weidong does no harm to Tang Zhenhua. It has benefited him a lot, both in personal and official matters.

A few years ago he was an assistant to the ministry, and now he is a top-ranking deputy in the foreign affairs department, and he may be promoted to a higher level in the near future. What else could he be dissatisfied with?

As far as he understood, Li Weidong had not been out in recent years, even though he rarely went to Hong Kong Island, but now he suddenly had an urgent need to go to the United States.

If he can work for him, it must be a big deal.

"The General Constable of San Francisco is an old friend of mine. This is the phone number. You have to take a look at him for me if you have time. If you don't have time, forget it!" Tang Zhenhua said casually.

"Thank you!" Li Weidong was not polite, took it, glanced at it and put it in his pocket.

Tang Zhenhua's words were very beautiful and very face-saving. It was not to give Li Weidong time to go, but to come to him when something was difficult to handle and he needed help.

China has several generals in the United States, all of whom are ambassadors. It can be seen from this that the importance of Sino-American relations is self-evident.

The Consulate General in San Francisco covers not only San Francisco, but also many nearby states. It has considerable power and undoubted energy.

If Li Weidong had any difficulties in the United States, he would definitely have more ways to find him than others. And if you encounter trouble abroad, if you don't go to your own country, who would you go to?

"Be polite to me, it's no use!" Tang Zhenhua waved his hand and said nonchalantly. He was just doing something within his power.

What he did was the same as when someone introduced Li Weidong to him a few years ago. If his colleague and friend could play some role, it would be considered luck.

"Then I won't go out. Are you going to be sixty next year?" Li Weidong asked curiously. If Tang Zhenhua retires at sixty, he will have to retire.

"You really haven't seen anyone outside. You'll know in two days!" Tang Zhenhua knew what Li Weidong meant as soon as he heard it, but no one would say such a thing until the last moment.

"Really? Congratulations in advance!" Li Weidong also understood and immediately said to Tang Zhenhua.

"We can't do it right now, just follow the leadership's arrangements!" Tang Zhenhua said in a low voice.

"Understood, understood!" Li Weidong also laughed softly.

The two talked for a while, and the airport PA started to announce that Li Weidong's flight was almost ready to board.

"I wish you a smooth journey. When you come back and get off the plane in Beijing, I will pick you up and wash away the dust!" Tang Zhenhua said, holding Li Weidong's hand.

Li Weidong said: "Definitely, thank you!"

Li Weidong's flight was Delta Air Lines, not Air China. Before boarding the plane, he was a little disappointed, mainly because he heard that the flight attendant on Mi's flight was not pretty, but an aunt.

Li Weidong has traveled abroad many times in his life, but he has never taken a flight to the United States. He has never personally confirmed this statement.

However, everyone says that the flight attendants on American flights are all black aunts, who are not very handsome. Some people even say that the purpose of this is to reduce the number of in-flight services.

But when he got on the plane, Li Weidong felt that the rumors were indeed unreliable. The person who greeted him and guided him to his seat was a fair-skinned and beautiful man with long legs, and his eyes were wandering, full of eyes.

For this reason, Li Weidong looked at the person a few more times, almost making people mistakenly think that Li Weidong meant that, and they wanted to give Li Weidong a small note.

For business class passengers, please make some small requests. If you are good-looking, it is not impossible. Besides, if you leave a small note, you can make an appointment after getting off the plane without affecting your work.

However, Li Weidong always kept in mind that he was a married man and couldn't fool around, and even if he did, he couldn't do it so blatantly.

The plane took off from the capital around ten o'clock, and by the time they arrived in San Francisco, it was only morning. Unknowingly, the day was back again.

The temperature in San Francisco is similar to that in Qizhou. After all, the latitude is relatively close, the environment is similar, and it’s a bit colder.

However, the people picking up the plane outside did not wear too many clothes. This is because the people here are different from the people in China. People in more civilized and developed places are resistant to freezing.

Zou Yi, wearing a white trench coat and sunglasses, stood quietly in the crowd, watching the passengers coming out one after another from a distance.

Beside her, there were several people standing, all looking inside, raising their wrists from time to time to look at their watches.

"Here it comes!" Someone suddenly whispered, and everyone's attention was focused on the customs inspection exit in the airport hall.

Li Weidong walked in front, followed by the bodyguard and secretary, and walked out of the exit. The people waiting outside had already separated the crowd and came forward.

The people around who were also welcoming relatives and friends were crowded into a commotion. They frowned and wanted to scold them, but when they saw the bodyguard blocking them, they wisely chose to shut up.

A group of strong bodyguards cleared the way, each with a fierce look and a tubular thermal weapon bulging around his waist. Such people should not be messed with.

"Chairman!" Zou Yi came up to him, took off his glasses and said to Li Weidong with a smile.

Li Weidong took a look at Zou Yi. He had obviously touched up his makeup, but he still couldn't hide the fatigue on his face and the redness in his eyes.

"When did you arrive? Why don't you take a rest first when you're tired?" Li Weidong asked with concern.

"An hour ago, the noise on the plane was quite loud. After sleeping for a while, I couldn't fall asleep!" Zou Yi explained.

The reason why Zou Yi wears glasses is to cover the redness in his eyes, but it would be rude to wear sunglasses when greeting the boss.

"Then you have to slowly get off the jet lag and go to the hotel to have a good rest. Unlike me, I don't know how I got here all the way!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

The corner of Zhang Dongshuo's mouth twitched in the back. He had been receiving the stewardess's eyes for the first half of the time, but he slept soundly for the second half.

Li Weidong shook hands with Jiang Zhili and Fu Xiaomin again, "Thank you for your hard work!"

"No hard work, no hard work, our abilities are limited, and you have to take charge of the overall situation!" Jiang Zhili said respectfully.

"No, Mr. Zou is talking with you, I won't show up!" Li Weidong said simply, which set the tone, but did not go into details.

This was also the plan he was thinking about. It was better for him not to show up. He only needed to listen behind the screen and keep abreast of the trends at any time.

Li Weidong nodded to several other people and said hello. When he saw Qin Shijun, his eyes paused for a moment. He just thought they looked familiar and didn't pay much attention.

Qin Shijun, on the other hand, had a completely different idea, and his heart was pounding, even though he already knew that the person who bought his house back then was his boss's boss's boss.

I had seen it from a distance some time ago, and today was the first time I had such close contact. Qin Shijun sometimes asked in his mind whether it would have been better if he had defected to Li Weidong at that time. After all, Li Weidong didn't have many people at that time.

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It’s just that there are no assumptions in life, now he can only work hard!

"Let's talk?" Zou Yi was also a little surprised. She thought that since Li Weidong came, he must be in charge of the negotiations. She didn't expect that Li Weidong would be behind the scenes.

Relatives and friends met around them, hugging each other, crying and laughing, going crazy, making the whole hall a mess.

Seeing this, Li Weidong frowned, nodded and said, "Well, you guys can talk about it. Get out of here first. We'll talk about this later!"

"Chairman, we have booked a room in the hotel. Let's go to the hotel to have a rest first?" Fu Xiaomin asked quickly after hearing Li Weidong's words.

She also felt that the environment here was noisy and that this was not the place promised to be. Moreover, there were many uncontrollable factors due to the large number of people, making it unsafe.

"Is the company far from the hotel? If not, go to the company first and ask Mr. Zou to go back to the hotel to rest first." Li Weidong pondered for a moment and said.

Li Weidong was still somewhat interested in the office location of Xingying Capital. At the same time, he also considered that Zou Yi had not rested well, so it was considerate of him to let her rest first.

Zou Yi shook his head and said: "No, the rest is not here. It will take about an hour or two on the road, which is enough for me to take a nap!"

It's natural that the boss wants to take a look at the company when he comes. The US branch of Peking Capital is still nominally owned by Peking Capital and belongs to the leadership of Zou Yi, so she has to accompany him.

"The company and the hotel are very close, and I passed by the company when I went to the hotel, so I happened to be on my way!" Jiang Zhili added, making Li Weidong's request more reasonable.

It would make more sense to stop by and take a look. You have to pass by the door anyway, and it's not like Dayu who would pass through the house three times without entering.

Li Weidong nodded and said: "Find a soundproof car for Mr. Zou and let's go to the company!"

Li Weidong was surrounded by several people walking outside the airport, and a group of bodyguards were surrounding them. Li Weidong even saw a few oriental faces in the crowd further away, and the temperament of these people was similar to that of Ding Yuan.

When living abroad, no matter how careful you are about safety, you can't pay too much attention to safety. Moreover, his wealth does not allow him to ignore these things willfully.

After all, safety is a big issue in this place, and shootings are completely normal.

Li Weidong got into a Mercedes-Benz. A white driver drove the car. Ding Yuan sat in the passenger seat. Jiang Zhili and Li Weidong sat together in the back seat to facilitate communication.

Zhang Dongshuo and Zhou Ping got into another car with salutes. Li Weidong's passenger seat was not something he could sit in. Of course, if Ding Yuan was driving, Zhang Dongshuo would have this opportunity.

Fu Xiaomin accompanied Zou Yi into a white nanny car. It had a large space and good sound insulation. It was originally prepared for Li Weidong, but now it can only be like this.

Then a dozen bodyguards and the Asians in the crowd got into their cars, and a convoy of vehicles left the airport and headed towards Silicon Valley.

Jiang Zhili acted as a tour guide, introducing the scenery and related history to Li Weidong. It looked very familiar at first glance, at least he had put in some effort.

During the morning rush hour, there was some congestion, and even though the driver tried his best to avoid the congested road section, he failed, causing the fleet to separate.

Ding Yuan was a little nervous. He looked at the driver and touched the guy in his arms before feeling relieved.

Fortunately, the journey was uneventful, and the car drove for nearly two hours before arriving at the address of the American branch of Peking Capital in Silicon Valley.

After the car parked, Li Weidong got out of the car and looked at this gray-white seven- or eight-story building. The office environment of Peking Capital was somewhat unpleasant.

The office building looks a bit old on the outside, but the key is that there are many company names hanging on the outside of the building, which shows that there are many tenants in this building.

If it weren't for the huge log on the roof, it would also indicate that this is the office location of Peking Capital. Who would have thought that the famous Peking Capital is here.

(End of chapter)