Chapter 401: Death of an American

The reason why Chen Kaige praises DreamWorks movies so much is not because he values ​​the company very much, but simply because he thinks DreamWorks is qualified to invest in his movies in the future and is a capable rich man.

However, he did not completely look down on DreamWorks. At least their opening animation and logo were indeed very artistic and touched his heart.

Moreover, he was happy to show off his knowledge of DreamWorks in front of a few country bumpkins.

However, what made him unhappy was that Gu Changwei was also on the invitation list of DreamWorks movies. He felt like he had eaten a fly.

Since he was unhappy, he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't bother to answer Gu Changwei's questions.

However, Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that someone familiar would accompany him to DreamWorks to exchange ideas. It was a pleasant surprise.

But he was a taciturn person and did not speak. Instead, Hu Mei, who had been silent until now, smiled and said:

"Chang Wei, you're not the only one. Shao Hong, Kai Ge and I have all received invitations from DreamWorks."

Gu Changwei was stunned when he heard this, then he came to his senses and turned his head to ask:
"Mouzi and Zhang Li, where are you?"

Zhang Yimou and Zhang Li looked at each other and nodded in unison.

Gu Changwei slapped the back of his head in annoyance and said depressedly:

"Kaige just praised DreamWorks so highly, I thought I was the lucky one."

As soon as these words came out, several of them burst out laughing, but Chen Kaige didn't laugh. He still had a cold expression and said:
"He is really awesome, don't you find the problem?"

Li Shaohong asked curiously:
Chen Kaige pointed in front of everyone and said confidently:
"We all graduated this year, and we are the class of 78. What does this mean?"

Gu Changwei scratched his head and asked in confusion:
"What does it mean?"

Chen Kaige glanced at him, shook his head and said:

"We just graduated this year. Normally, we need to hone our skills in our respective units for three to five years. It may take until after 85 for us to make our first feature film."

"DreamWorks invited us for communication and to win over others. It just shows that they are planning to enter the mainland, or in other words, they plan to co-produce movies with major studios."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, and they looked at Chen Kaige with admiration and excitement.

Chen Kaige was also very pleased with his analysis, and now that he had successfully gained everyone's surprise and admiration, he felt even more proud.

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Santa Clara, California, USA.

Zhang Xiaomin, 51, came out of the hotel with his assistant and got into a Ford luxury car provided by Texas Instruments' Santa Clara sales division.

He is going to Silicon Valley today to visit clients and learn about the market situation of personal computers.

Since he became the general manager of the consumer products group of Texas Instruments in 1978, his job has been to expand emerging markets such as calculators, electronic watches and personal computers. From his early semiconductor manufacturing management position to his current sales position, Chang Hsiao-min is not happy with his work.

He studied mechanical engineering for his master's degree at MIT and electrical engineering for his doctorate at Stanford University. Although his major was not related to microelectronics or semiconductors, he joined a semiconductor company called "Sylvania" when he first entered the workplace, and since then he has had an indissoluble bond with semiconductor manufacturing.

After coming to Texas Instruments in 1958, his development at Texas Instruments was relatively smooth due to his first job experience.

Although he became a U.S. citizen in 1962, Chang knew he would never be able to climb to the top of Texas Instruments due to his Chinese identity and educational background.

However, he does not resent this kind of workplace discrimination. Compared with the life of displacement caused by war in his youth, the growth and changes that the United States has brought him far exceed those of his former motherland China.

Now, he is proud to be an American. Famous British and American classical literary works such as Shakespeare and Milton nourish his spiritual world. In terms of cultural identity, he is a Westerner.

Just because he doesn't resent racial discrimination in American society doesn't mean he doesn't care about his career development. Since he has no chance to become CEO or chairman at Texas Instruments, he might as well switch to another company.

At this time, Zhang Xiaomin had already started to think about changing jobs. The most certain option at the moment was to accept the invitation of Sun Yunxuan, the Premier of the Executive Yuan of the island of Taiwan, to return and preside over the infrastructure construction of the island's semiconductor industry.

Although he was very grateful for President Sun's kindness, he was actually somewhat repulsed by officialdom and still wanted to go further in the semiconductor business.

After clearly rejecting the invitation from Wax Island, Chang Hsiao-min now only wants to do his current job well. He can threaten to change jobs next year to see if Texas Instruments can agree to his request for promotion.

If TI still doesn't agree, he will definitely leave the company where he has worked for 25 years.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Zhang Xiaomin was thinking about something in his mind.

The car was heading north along Interstate 5. Before it left Santa Clara, a long-trailer truck seemed to lose control and drove from the southbound lane on the left side of Highway 5, across the middle green belt and directly towards Chang Hsiao-min's car.

Because the driving position of a car has a much lower field of vision than a truck, and there is a half-person-high isolation belt blocking the view, the driver of Zhang Xiaomin's car did not notice the presence of the long-trailer truck at all.

A major traffic accident occurred at 9:17 a.m. Pacific Time in the United States.

The front of the long-trailer truck was hit by the car and had a large dent, even the hub of the front left wheel was missing. However, the driver was not in danger of life, he just fainted on the spot.

The sedan was in big trouble. Not only was the car severely deformed, but the driver died on the spot. Zhang Xiaomin, who was sitting in the back seat, was not wearing a seat belt at the time, so when the collision occurred, he hit the back of the driver's front seat head-on.

The long-trailer truck was not only loaded with a large amount of cargo, but was also traveling very fast. Although it was slowed down by the isolation belt, its speed was still around 80 to 90 kilometers per hour when it hit the car.

Strong inertia means huge momentum, and the car that was hit suffered completely this unexpected disaster.

Under the huge impact, Zhang Xiaomin's cervical vertebrae and Adam's apple were broken on the spot.

When the police, fire trucks and ambulance arrived, they were also shocked by the tragic car accident scene.

The final result was that the long-trailer truck driver caused a car accident due to drunk driving, and none of the three people in the car survived.

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(End of this chapter)