On July 8, the first foreign-funded bank in Beijing, the Beijing Branch of the Bank of Tokyo, held an opening ceremony at the Beijing Development Building.
The Bank of Tokyo, founded in 1880, is a professional foreign exchange bank in Japan, with total assets of US$242.4 billion, ranking 21st in the world.
Previously, the Bank of Tokyo had opened branches in Shanghai, Bincheng, and Pengcheng, and also established offices in Yangcheng and Rongcheng.
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Silicon Valley.
"Yuanyuan, Xinxin, and Tingting, the three of you live in the school apartment on weekdays and come back here on weekends."
GCA provided Chairman Sun with a villa with a garden and a car. There was no driver. The villa was usually empty. The company hired special personnel to clean and trim flowers and plants, and the fees were deducted from his annual salary.
Chairman Sun now earns an annual salary of US$172,000 (before tax) from GCA.
"Okay, brother."
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Sun Yuan, Liu Xin and Xiang Dongting completed their credits and graduated from Jiangcheng University one year ahead of schedule. During the period, they passed the GRE exam and got their MBA admission notice from Stanford University as they wished. The villa was provided by the Chinese-American couple Guo Chunhua and Li Songbo. and stores and other property certificates, provided guarantees for the three of them to study abroad, and obtained U.S. study visas.
The US$18,000 stipend promised by Stanford University each year is only enough for tuition and accommodation. The living expenses of the three people need to be met by serving as undergraduate teaching assistants (TA).
With the status of teaching assistant, the three of them can apply for SSN (Social Security Number or Social Security Code), and the government does not charge any fees.
SSN is a nine-digit number issued by the federal government to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents. The main purpose is to track personal tax information.
Many financial institutions require an SSN when opening a bank account, applying for a credit card, or issuing a loan.
After applying for an SSN, you can apply for a driver's license, rent a house, rent a car, buy a car, receive social security benefits or government agency welfare subsidies, etc.
Without an SSN, it would be inconvenient to do anything in the United States.
According to U.S. law, international students cannot work more than 20 hours a week on campus.
International students generally need to obtain a master's degree in order to find a decent job, apply for a green card, and settle in the United States.
When they first arrived in Silicon Valley, there were high-rise buildings, blue skies and white clouds, and people of all colors coming and going. It was full of life. The three of them read books about studying in the United States and immediately fell in love with it. Brother Sun and Sister Xiang made arrangements for the three of them. People don't worry and are not in a hurry.
Li Jia and Xiang Dongping gave their own opinions and warned the three of them what to pay attention to while studying in the United States.
If there is an emergency, call the police, call Andrew or Jones, and someone will come forward to handle it.
Sun Jian prepared a Citibank credit card for each of them, with a deposit of 2,000 US dollars and an overdraft limit of 10,000 US dollars. He told them not to worry about money, to study well, eat well, play well, and to travel more during holidays to see more and make more friends. Friends at home and abroad.
Students who can study for graduate school and doctoral studies at Stanford University are not ordinary people in all aspects. They have many friends and many paths.
Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.
Emotional intelligence is more important than IQ.
In the shopping mall, shoddy goods, flattery and blackmail are commonplace. Only in practice can we learn to deal with all kinds of people and people from all over the world. The highest state of doing business is that both buyers and sellers are satisfied.
California is the richest state in the United States, with a population of 10% of the total population of the United States. Most Californians live in the three metropolitan areas of Los Angeles-Long Beach, San Francisco-Oakland and San Diego-Coastal.
The most affluent area of San Francisco is the Bay Area.
The Bay Area is one of the world's most important high-tech R&D centers and the most important financial center on the West Coast of the United States (second only to New York and Chicago). It is home to world-renowned institutions of higher learning, including the public University of California, Berkeley, and the private Stanford University. , and UCSF, a world-leading medical center.
Silicon Valley is based on world-renowned universities such as Stanford, Berkeley and California Institute of Technology, and is based on a group of high-tech small and medium-sized companies. It also has high-tech companies such as GCA, Cisco, Intel, HP, Lucent and Apple, integrating science, technology and production. In one, there are more than 10,000 high-tech electronics companies, large and small. The semiconductor integrated circuits and electronic computers produced account for about 1/3 and 1/6 of the United States. The GDP in 1994 reached 150 billion US dollars, making the United States a high-tech company. cradle.
Silicon Valley has become synonymous with the semiconductor industry gathering area around the world. Computer, communication and semiconductor talents from around the world have flocked here, gathering more than 1 million scientific and technological personnel from all over the United States and other countries around the world. There are nearly a thousand academicians of the American Academy of Sciences working in Silicon Valley. There are more than 30 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize. It is a holy land that American youths are fascinated by. It is also an arena and gold rush for international students from all over the world. It is full of talents and there are endless stories of entrepreneurship and wealth. Venture capital institutions send money to your door. As long as you work hard, you can achieve success. There are opportunities to make a fortune, there is great vitality, the legal system is sound, and public security is good.
Although he knew that the three younger sisters were already 21 years old and that the crime rate in Silicon Valley was very low and nothing would usually happen while studying abroad, Sun Jian was not worried that it was a lie because of the heavy responsibility and concern.
Sun Yuan was a registered police officer in his previous life. Liu Xin and Xiang Dongting, who have a fierce personality and congenial temperament, are now second-degree black belts and are not the target of bullying. They continue to train Taekwondo at Stanford University.
Sun Yuan and Liu Xin will both serve as company executives in the future, take charge of their own affairs, study abroad, and see more of the world. Sun's mother and Liu's mother don't say it, but they are worried about their baby girl's safety while studying in the United States.
Zhao Keyu, who went to college and was the principal of a middle school, is much more open-minded. All three children were admitted to Jiangcheng University and became a good teacher in the local area. The eldest girl has been in Europe and the United States for more than five years and now serves as the European Trade Department of Atic The minister has a high income of more than 60,000 US dollars a year. He also has a villa assigned by the company in the suburbs of New York. He often visits his sister, not to mention his eldest son-in-law Sun Jian who always takes care of her.
The eldest girl and Bi Xiaoyun are both infatuated with Sun Jian. Sun Jian has made a promise to them and bought them each a 350-square-meter luxury villa with a garden in Yijing Villa District, Luohu District. It has a beautiful environment, good life and security. With complete facilities, it serves as a place for both parents to retire and relax, allowing the family to live together and enjoy family happiness.
Xiang Zhongying and Zhao Keyu have regarded Sun Jian as their eldest son-in-law.
If Sun Yuan and the others want to become ordinary international students, they cannot go to school with bodyguards. Just in case, Sun Jian will take the three of them to the shooting gallery to practice shooting every time he comes to Silicon Valley. When the time comes, he will buy a pistol with his American driver's license and put it in his bag. in case of emergency.
The three of them, Sun Yuan, all have domestic driver's licenses, so it is very easy to get a US driver's license.
The academic system of Stanford University divides the year into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each quarter corresponds to a semester. Students choose different courses for each period, which lasts about two and a half months. The courses are compact. Each semester must get into the state immediately and adapt to frequent exams. , students in two-semester American universities have to study more courses and have more pressure than students in other universities.
