The richest man starts from a street stall

Chapter 359
On June 6, a plane bound for the United States departed from Shanghai.

There is no direct flight from Rongcheng to the United States, and you need to transfer. Generally, you depart from Imperial Capital or Shencheng P East Airport T2, and Shencheng is the closest.

The journey is long, with a route of more than 9000 kilometers, that is, it will take [-] hours to reach Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States.

Traveling long distances by plane is much more painful than traveling by train.

The plane will be bumpy when it encounters air currents, and the plane noise is very loud, especially in the seats behind the wings, the ears will buzz non-stop.

Due to the limited space, the general cockpit is smaller than the hard seat of the train, and it will be very uncomfortable to sit for a long time, and the legs cannot be stretched.

Curious people may sit by the window, but people who fly a lot may choose aisle seats, which are easier to stretch their feet.

What's more, after the plane reaches the stratosphere, all you can see from the window are layers of white clouds.

Coupled with the problem of internal and external air pressure on the plane, the ears are still uncomfortable.

If it is a distance of several hundred kilometers, some people would rather drive for five or six hours than take a plane, just because they are afraid of tossing.

For this long voyage, even if Chen Shi was booked in first class, the long voyage was exhausting.

The few people traveling with Chen Shi were sitting in business class and economy class, which made them feel a little uncomfortable.

When going abroad this time, Chen Shi strengthened his belief in buying a private jet.

Of course, having a private jet doesn't mean going abroad casually.

If you want to leave the country or enter another country, you still have to go through the same procedures as ordinary people, and it has nothing to do with whether you have a private jet or not.

It is not difficult to go abroad now. In fact, you can basically go abroad with a passport, visa, money and card, and air tickets.

In the past few years, it is convenient to apply for a passport. Take a photo at the exit-entry office of the Public Security Bureau where your account is located, and fill in your personal information. There is no complicated process. If there are no people queuing up, the procedures will be completed in a few minutes, and the fee will be two. Hundred or so.

The next step is to wait for the notebook, which takes about ten working days.

If it is urgent, you just go to pick up the materials in person, without posting, and now there is no additional handling fee in most places.

If there is a relationship, it is a special case, it may be faster, it goes without saying.

But having a passport does not mean that you can go to all countries immediately. Except for visa-free countries, Chinese people need visas to go to most countries.

The simple understanding is that the passport is our ID card abroad, and our domestic ID card is only applicable to the country.

A visa is a permit. We apply for a visa to obtain a permit to go to another country, so we need to apply for a visa (which country to apply for a visa for) when we have an identity certificate (passport).

In the final analysis, visas are foreigners’ entry restrictions on Chinese nationals.

Different countries have different visa information, and some have to interview and ask various questions. Some countries have submitted complete visa information and paid all visa fees, but the visa result is still not approved.

It is more troublesome to apply for a visa in the United States. For business visas, tourist visas, and family visit visas, some of the materials for different visas vary.

What Chen Shi applied for this time was a business visa, also known as the B-1 visa, which is a visa issued by American units and institutions to foreigners who come to the United States to engage in short-term (usually 1-6 months) business activities.

The holder can engage in short-term business activities in the United States, such as business inspections, contract negotiations, ordering or selling products, and participating in business exhibitions.

Although the business visa is relatively simple compared to others, the procedures to be done are still complicated, such as the invitation letter of the inviting company, personal information, various property certificates, English resume, etc.

Chen Shi didn't understand these complicated procedures, so he handed it over to the company's person who handles this matter, and he went to the embassy himself if he needed to.

The business invitation letter was issued by American Academic Press, a partner of Shenshi Group.

Chen Shi's Harry International English Edition, one is the agent of the American scholastic (academic) publishing house, and the other is the agent of the European Bloomsbury publishing house.

Academic Press was established in 1920 and has a long history.

It is also a world-renowned publisher and distributor of children's books and multimedia software. It is a listed company on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in the United States, with nearly [-] employees.

The international English version of Harry has sold 5000 million copies (excluding Huaguo) in the past few months, and the sales volume is nearly one billion US dollars. North America accounts for a large part of it. Times bestseller list.

You know, academic publishing houses, whose revenue was $15 billion last year, can easily reach $20 billion this year since representing Harry.

Therefore, Chen Shi is a VIP, and the entire company attaches great importance to it. The boss, senior management, and all employees must be prepared to welcome Chen Shi, and hope to have more cooperation in the future.

Chen Shi is a big gold mine to them.

The status of academic publishing houses in the United States is average. Chen Shi also got an extra invitation letter this time, from Boeing Company.

Needless to say, Boeing’s status in the United States is undeniable.

When Chen Shi went to the United States this time, buying an airplane was the main thing, and he visited the Academic Publishing House by the way.

Since the Shenshi Group has business dealings abroad, it also has offices abroad. When it comes to the United States, employees from the American branch will accompany it.

So this time there were not many attendants who went abroad with Chen Shi, two bodyguards, a translator, and the general manager of the cultural company, Yang Hanwen, the vice president of the group.

Yang Hanwen has traveled abroad a lot. Since the English version of Harry International was launched in the United States, he went to the United States twice to deal with business.

This time, Yang Hanwen was also flying first class. The long-distance travel was long and boring. The two of them got together to chat, eat melon seeds and drink tea.

"Mr. Yang, this first class is not cheap. You can buy a small car worth 10,000+ for a round trip, which is really a luxury." Chen Shi started from scratch for less than two years, and he is really not used to the high prices.

The main reason is that it is not worth it. A one-way air ticket costs more than 7 yuan, and it only takes two days. If ordinary salarymen go to work, they have to save at least half a year.

"Hehe, boss, you think it's expensive, so ordinary people don't need to talk about it. Summer flights, and it's the golden time of noon, air tickets are more expensive." Yang Hanwen knew that the boss was lamenting, and also knew that the boss was not picky.

The boss earns tens of millions a day, tens of thousands every minute, of course he doesn't care about tens of thousands of dollars.

The boss might earn more than [-] yuan just by drinking a cup of tea.

When buying the air ticket, Yang Hanwen only wanted to fly the business class. He had flown first class before, but it was only for short distances. He had never flown first class for long distances. The boss insisted on buying first class for him.

Yang Hanwen was not surprised that the boss planned to buy a private jet. With the company's ability to attract money, it would not be a problem to buy more than a dozen Boeing 777s a year that they were flying at this time.

When the boss's private jet is ready, and then go on a business trip with the boss, he will have a chance to enjoy it. I really look forward to it.

"Well, there are still very few Boeing 777s used for domestic flights."

"It's very rare. This plane is too expensive. Considering the operating cost and range of domestic flights, there is no need to take this type of plane. Otherwise, boss, you can consider this plane, which is much more stable than A320, harbor and so on. "

Chen Shi was silent for a while, and felt the flight seriously again: "It can be considered, but we should see it first when we arrive."

The two went from disliking expensive air tickets to wanting to buy more than 20 billion Boeing 777 aircraft, and the leap was too great.

If it weren't for the stewardess standing not far away who knew Chen Shi's identity, even if he was flying in first class, he would think it was bragging.

The flight belongs to a Chinese company, and the crew and stewardess are all Chinese. They are indeed familiar with Chen Shi, a famous person.

The young and beautiful stewardess standing near Chen Shi had always wanted to hook up with Chen Shi, but she had no chance. She stared at another middle-aged man chatting, and the chat was very hilarious.

The only chance of contact is to come up and help pour tea.

What she didn't understand was that this kind of rich man doesn't like to drink red wine. You know, red wine can be served in the first class.

Looking at the behavior of these two people, she was complaining in her heart.

"Hey, the thoughts of the rich are really strange. Maybe red wine is not as delicious to them as boiled water."

"You can talk about everything. If you are so rich, you don't like the expensive air tickets, but then you want to buy a private jet. Isn't that more extravagant? It costs tens of millions to keep and maintain it a year."

"Hey, air tickets are too expensive. It's more cost-effective to buy a plane. I'm convinced of this idea."

"Hey, the house price is too expensive. It's better to get a real estate company and develop it yourself."

The stewardesses on international flights are not necessarily prettier than those on domestic flights, but most of the stewardesses serving first class are young and beautiful.

But it could also be the older purser.

Zhang Ziyin is in her early twenties this year, and she claims to be more beautiful than ordinary female stars, but in fact, she does have this capital.

With a height of 1.7 meters, she is slender, with a bumpy appearance, delicate and fair skin. She wears slim work clothes, looks elegant and upright after pulling up her hair, and walks gracefully. She is also a school girl at school.

If it is an ordinary man, looking at the concave and convex curves, the wings of his nose will be dilated, and he can't help but peep, and even want to go up and touch it.

In the past two years of traveling on international flights, she has met many high-end business people and even rich second-generation people to chat with her. However, she does not like ordinary men.

What's more, the men who chatted with her were all young and older, mostly married, and wanted to eat young grass.

The income of flight attendants is not low, and most of the looks are not bad. Generally, beautiful flight attendants will not marry ordinary working-class people.

Most of them marry insiders, that is, crew members or company management.

The most favored are the rich and handsome of the first generation, or the rich and handsome of the second generation of super rich.

Of course, there is no shortage of beautiful women around the rich, and they really look down on flight attendants with ordinary backgrounds and generally low education.

Zhang Ziyin's eyes lit up when he saw Chen Shi.

The more I look at Chen Shi, the more I admire him, the more handsome I am, I want money and looks, I want talent and talent, I want whatever I want, and I look the most handsome anyway.

At the same time, her various ambivalences conflicted with her mind, she was restless, and she didn't know how to strike up a conversation.

Such an excellent man, but she was discouraged.

"Will such an excellent man fall in love with me? Most likely he will reject me."

"It seems that he already has a fiancée, how should I choose?"

"If you ask me for it, I shouldn't hesitate, right?"

Just as she was thinking, the man named Mr. Yang was calling her.

"Ma'am, please have another pot of tea, thank you."

"Ok!"

Yang Hanwen called her three times before Zhang Ziyin woke up from the daze, feeling a little embarrassed.

When Zhang Ziyin was pouring tea, he glanced at Chen Shi and saw that he didn't look at her more, and he didn't look like he was playing hard to get, and felt that he was defeated.

I still have a professional smile on my face, but I am very unconvinced in my heart. I am not beautiful anymore!
No, I am beautiful.

Maybe this type of rich people no longer value appearance, but rather their accomplishments, education, background, etc.

After Zhang Ziyin retreated, he stood not far away and secretly listened to the conversation between the two. It was really interesting.

There is no cliché pickup plot, just a role change.

It is estimated that others wanted to strike up a conversation with her before, but now she wants to strike up a conversation with others.

Due to her work responsibilities, she dared not disturb the passengers unless the passengers took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

After the two of them finished chatting, they thought about it even more, but saw Chen Shi put on an eye mask and soundproof earmuffs, pulled the curtains, and returned to rest mode.

This time, even if I wanted to peek at the handsome guy, I couldn't see it.

The plane departed at one o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Shi chatted with Yang Hanwen for a while, and then slept until five o'clock in the afternoon.

Through the window, under the dense white clouds, through the gaps in the clouds, you can still see the sea below the stratosphere, which should be the East China Sea.

After flying for a certain distance, the white clouds disappeared, and the visibility increased. I could see the ocean, but it was a deep blue with nothing.

After watching it for a while, I was really not interested.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the announcement came that it was time for dinner.

You can also have fast food for dinner, of course it is brought from Shencheng.It may also be vacuum fast food. You can't cook on the plane like you can on the train.

After the meal, Zhang Ziyin asked Chen Shi for his autograph by the way:
"Mr. Chen, I am your fan. Can you give me an autograph?"

"Yes, thank you for your service." Chen Shi finished his meal and glanced at the stewardess, who was the first-class stewardess.

Chen Shi hasn't signed someone's autograph for a long time, but on the plane, there is nothing wrong with it. It's not a big deal to sign an autograph, and it's also because of the considerate service of this flight attendant.

He took the pen, and signed his pen name, Jiangnan Xueye, on her notebook.

Chen Shi would not sign his real name at will.

"Mr. Chen, you are being polite. This is our job responsibility. It should be. If the service is not thoughtful, please forgive me."

"Very good, not easy."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen. This is my business card. After the plane lands, if you are not satisfied with the service, you can call me directly."

"Okay." Chen Shi was stunned for a moment, then quickly took the business card, only glanced at it without looking at the name carefully, and then put it in his pocket.

Chen Shi also didn't exchange business cards or leave a phone number, which was really inconvenient.

Zhang Ziyin waited for a while, but before Chen Shi gave her his business card, he kept a smile on his face, and before leaving, he said, "Excuse me."

"It's okay." Chen Shi smiled, then continued chatting with Yang Hanwen and having breakfast.

After dinner, Chen Shi and Yang Hanwen brought poker and played with the tractor.

Two decks of poker are divided into four, even if two people play, they don't know each other's cards.

The two of them really had a great time, maybe because there was really no entertainment.

When I was tired from playing, I lay down again and went to sleep.

Next day, 08:30 in the morning.

The plane arrives at San Francisco Airport, USA.

San Francisco, located on the Pacific coast of California, the fourth largest city in the United States, the world's most important high-tech research and development base and the most important financial center in the west of the United States, is also a world-famous tourist attraction.

The distance between the two places is about 9900 kilometers. If you are flying at a speed of 800 kilometers per hour, it will take 12 hours and 22 minutes.

It took off at 01:30 yesterday afternoon and arrived at eight o'clock in the morning. The actual time is 18 hours.

The flight was certainly not that long, with a layover of several hours.

"Finally arrived in the United States!"

Chen Shi stood up and stretched his body. It was his first time to come to the United States, and he was really excited.

It’s not that I admire foreign things, but I am curious about new things.

(End of this chapter)