The Goddess Shines on America

Even in the 1980s, cross-continental international travel was not a casual trip, and the destination was mainland China, which was far different from the European and American world, not to mention that this mainland itself has extraordinary charm for the whole family. significance. Therefore, when Alice made this suggestion, too many things needed to be prepared.

For example, first, James hung up on his old parents who lived in the Central Plains.

"Hey, Dad, how are you doing?"

It is not always possible to hear such authentic Chinese conversations at home. Alice, Oscar and Hannah are all obediently lying on the armrest of the sofa, watching their father and grandpa chatting.

However, James frowned slightly: "Suffering from a cold? Is it serious? Have you taken medicine? Is it because you forgot to close the window last night?"

The old couple had a cold together, which made the whole family look solemn, and Sophie walked quickly from the kitchen to the living room.

"Dad, how many times have I told you, come and live with us in California. The average temperature here is much warmer than yours, and there are people to take care of..."

"Isn't it because we are taking care of you? Dad, with us here, why do you need those care centers for the elderly? Tsk, you are stubborn! Where is my mother!?"

It was a commonplace topic again, Sophie pouted at Hannah immediately, and Oscar rolled his eyes.

To say that every family has its own hard-to-recite scriptures, and Alice is no exception.

She could hear clearly. Dad, who was still holding his breath on his front foot, suddenly softened his voice. It was obviously grandma who answered the phone.

"Mom, I'm afraid that the heart can't take the plane, and the body can't take the car. Isn't there a train? Don't you always come to Los Angeles by train? There's really no need for us to go to California every six months. You just can't bear it." As for the few flowers you raised, you can just bring them here..."

"Tsk, why are you two so stubborn... Otherwise, let's not go to China, how about I let Sophie go to Alabama to take care of you? Don't worry about Oscar and Hannah, they are also thirteen Four years old, let alone Lawrence."

Hearing that the head of the family quarreled with the old couple again, Sophie sighed in a low voice, and patted Hannah's head: "See, honey, that's why I like your father, and you can also ask for a man if you find a man in the future." Find something like this."

As she spoke, she still did not forget to cast a glance at Oscar and Alice in turn.

Hannah enjoyed Sophie's petting her head like a kitten, and squinted happily: "Hehehe~ My mother is still a nympho at forty years old~"

"Smelly girl, don't say that about me!"

Oscar blushed strangely: "Looking for a man? Looking for a girl? Uh..."

He didn't say a few words, but it seemed to be very connotative, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this moment, James had finished hanging up the phone, sat down on the sofa, and sighed: "I've got a cold again, and it was around this time last time, I hope it's not a big problem this time. Sophie, I Parents will leave it to you, no problem?"

Sophie raised her eyebrows and said relaxedly: "Of course it's okay. I'm the holder of the Global Special Nursing Qualification Certificate. Are you questioning my professional level?"

"Oh, so dear special nurse Sophie, please come and rub my waist~"

Suddenly such a sentence popped out, and Alice slumped on the sofa like a big meat worm, with her head resting on Sophie's lap, and her body turned like a spinning top: "Look, look, look at my waist!" I can’t even twist it by myself, it’s so sore, please rub it for me~”

"Wow, disgusting!"

Oscar was very grateful that he stood up from the sofa early: "Sister, can you still be younger? Do you want to hold your mother and drink milk?"

"Hey, what are you talking about!?"

Sophie gave her son a blank look, then patted Alice on the head and said, "Look, what image you have become in Oscar's eyes, why don't you get off my lap?"

However, Alice was still pillowed on Sophie's lap, her whole body was lying on the sofa, her two calves were still stretched out over the edge. What a big meat worm, it turned sideways like a spinning top again, she was still acting coquettishly.

"No, no, I'm going to make Oscar hate me~ Oscar, don't you hate me so much now~?"

Seeing Oscar running into the kitchen with a loud retch, James finally laughed out loud, patted Hannah and Alice on the head respectively, made room, and sat down: "You brothers and sisters. Forget it, Alice , You really came up with an idea, is there any way to get your grandparents to come to Los Angeles honestly and live with us?"

Alice didn't make a fuss about serious topics, but she still lay her pillow on Sophie's lap, and then she began to think seriously: "Well...it's really not easy."

It's really not easy.

After all, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite.

The old couple moved from California to Alabama after James got married.

As a laborer who arrived in the United States before World War II, like many people, Alice's grandparents settled in California. But after thinking about it, I also know that the laborers back then were very hard-working, and it was still in the 1920s and 1930s, and the status of the Chinese was far less stable than it is now. After the old couple worked hard all their lives, and their son finally married a "blonde foreign girl Bai Fumei" with an annual salary of 500,000 US dollars, what reason do they not have to retire quickly?

To be sure, rural Alabama is truly remarkable. Just like the environment in which "Forrest Gump" grew up, the vast farmland, fresh air, and simple folk customs make it easy for the old couple who have been greedy for a lifetime to be addicted to it instantly. It is not difficult.

Of course, this is based on the premise that they have no shortage of food and clothing. Sophie is a very filial daughter-in-law. The entire three-story building with an excellent location occupies an area equal to half the size of the White House, and there is also a rushing lawn that is regularly tended by a gardener every week. I believe that for any retired elderly, this is an irresistible temptation.

As a result, the speechless situation was born accordingly.

That is, for the old couple who are used to living in the beautiful Alabama, it is really as hard as sending their children to school for them to go back to California.

"Or we'll just set fire to the house."

Alice said nonchalantly, "Then, although I will definitely be beaten up by grandpa and grandma will cry, but they will definitely live in our house."

James rolled his eyes unceremoniously, Sophie laughed, Oscar had long since disappeared, Hannah gave a thumbs up, and said with admiration: "Good idea, Alice, then you hurry to implement it, I will help you Buy the best tombstone in the world!"

In this way, the proposal to invite the old couple to go to the motherland together had to end because they suddenly caught the cold, and Sophie had to go to Alabama to take care of them, so it was the father and daughter who would leave in the end. As for Oscar and Hannah, considering that this trip to China may last for a few days, and now there are only a few days before the start of school in March, they can only stay at home from the beginning.

"But Weiwei, is it really okay to cultivate competitors for yourself?"

The afternoon sun was flooding the street, and the sisters were strolling on Vinton Street. After waving to Uncle Levins in House No. 11, Hannah said worriedly, "Why don't we just let Cisco enter China?"

"Because... well, of course it's because we are American capitalists after all."

Alice put her arms around her sister's shoulders and looked at the sunny houses around: "Don't look at China's opening up to the other side, but the core industry is still controlled by the country. It's not very sensitive now, but no matter which country it is, when it goes to When fully networked, things like Internet hardware will bring security risks.”

Hannah understood what her sister was going to say. IBM used Cisco routers to hack into the Nasdaq exchange. Until now, I can occasionally see some follow-ups in the Wall Street Journal. Although the blue-chip stocks have not recovered from a setback, and the company officials have been working hard to recover various losses, but from a historical perspective, this top company has been stigmatized for a hundred years.

"Well, well, it makes sense."

Hannah folded her arms and nodded her head, expressing deep agreement: "If I were responsible for the government, after knowing the precedent of IBM, I would definitely not dare to let Cisco's products build the network of the stock exchange. If at this time, Suddenly, a domestic company also launched routers and switches, which will definitely place a huge order."

"...Ah, what you said really makes sense."

Alice suddenly stopped in her tracks and pondered: "What will the Chinese government think of this matter of IBM?"

This is really a big problem.

The two major stock exchanges in China's stock market, one in Shanghai and the other in Shenzhen, both started operating in December 1990. This is a normal history. At that time, Huawei had only just been established for three years, and it was only able to develop a user switch for hotels. As for the TP-LINK router of Pulian Technology, it had to wait until 1996 to start research and development. In other words, according to Cisco's current development speed, Alice could have entered China as early as 1994 in the original history, and there is the largest application field in front of you.

But it is also the largest application field, but now there is an invisible stumbling block.

If the Chinese government knew about the IBM incident, would it dare to allow the two major exchanges to use Cisco equipment?

Hard to say!

So in this way, if she plans to "curve to save the country" from the inside, it will coincide with the current evil behavior?

"Well, so, Hannah, my sister is going to China this time, but she will stay for a long time."

Eyeballs rolled around, and Alice smiled strangely at the corner of her mouth.