“call.”

Fangyan watched the enthusiastic fans leave and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I just asked him to sign and take photos with me, and he didn’t ask me to sign my name in a weird place, like on my buttocks.

However, just as I was thinking this, a feeling of being pricked in the back suddenly came over me.

He saw Lin Qingxia standing not far away, staring at him with a pair of resentful eyes.

“It’s getting late. I think we should go back.”

“Sister Qingxia, please don’t take the photos yet!”

Fang Yan was extremely anxious. She only took a photo of herself and Lin Qingxia, but there was no photo of the three of them together.

“How about we do as Yan Zi wants and take a few more photos?”

Seeing Fang Yan’s inquiring look, Lin Qingxia pursed her lips and agreed.

The three of them quickly returned to the beach to take pictures again, until all the self-developing film in the Polaroid camera was used up.

“What should we do now? Sister Qingxia, you and my brother haven’t taken a photo together yet?” Fang Yan said anxiously.

Lin Qingxia’s eyes flashed with a trace of regret and loneliness, but she concealed it well on her face and said in a calm tone:
“It’s okay. Here’s a photo of the three of us. It can also be considered a photo of me and Yanzi.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Fangyan could hear the disappointment in her words, “We are out of photo paper, but there are many photographers on the beach.”

Then I asked my younger sister to stay where she was, organize the photos she had taken, pack up the things she brought, and be ready to leave at any time.

“Why not just forget it? I’m worried about leaving Yan Zi there alone…”

Lin Qingxia showed a hint of embarrassment on her face.

“It’s just a moment, why don’t we hurry up and take the photo?”

Fangyan smiled and comforted.

At this time on the beach, mobile photographers were carrying entry-level SLRs or Polaroid cameras, learning photography techniques almost from scratch, soliciting business, and helping tourists take photos to make money. Fangyan chose a female photographer who claimed that her skills were worth US$2 per photo.

“Are you ready?”

In the camera, Lin Qingxia still suppressed her inner impulse and kept a distance from the dialect with reserve and restraint.

“Wait!”

Fang Yan suddenly reached out and hooked Lin Qingxia’s shoulders.

At the moment of touching, Lin Qingxia was startled by this sudden action, and what surprised her even more was that she was leaning into the man’s arms.

“No, no, no, ma’am, the expression you just had was wrong.”

The female photographer corrected her professionally: “You are nestled in your boyfriend’s arms, shouldn’t you be smiling happily?”

“me……”

Lin Qingxia was about to open her mouth when Fang Yan once again forcefully embraced her in his arms. Her head suddenly started buzzing and went blank.

“Smile, OK?”

When the female photographer saw her shy smile, she immediately pressed the shutter to capture what she thought was a touching moment.

Lin Qingxia thought that Fang Yan was bold enough to hug her, but she never expected that he was so bold as to pick her up.

“what!”

Amid the exclamations and laughter, all the resentment, dissatisfaction, depression and other emotions that had been pent up in my heart were blown away by the wind.

After a long while, Fang Yan hugged her legs, curled up under the parasol, and drank Pepsi with a straw out of boredom.

Suddenly two familiar figures appeared in sight. Fang Yan and Lin Qingxia were walking on the beach hand in hand, talking and laughing.

“You are finally back!”

Fang Yan jumped up and said, “Sister Qingxia, why is your face so red?”

Lin Qingxia touched her cheek guiltily and said, “Maybe I got too much sun.”

“Yes, the sun is getting hotter and hotter.”

Fang Yan covered her brows with her hands, looked up at the sky, and then asked if they had taken a group photo.

“All the photos have been taken, but they need to be developed back home.” Fang Yan held up the tightly wrapped film.

Lin Qingxia’s eyes were vague, “Yes, yes, let’s go back quickly, the film will be unusable if it is exposed.” Fang Yan looked left and right, and always felt that there was something strange about the two of them, but she couldn’t tell what was wrong.

“What are you thinking about? Hurry up and pack up.”

Fang Yan tapped her forehead and said, “We will be leaving for San Francisco in a few days to attend the Nebula Awards.”

As soon as I heard the word “San Francisco”, my sister’s attention was immediately diverted, and her thoughts drifted away with the rippling waves, not knowing where to go.

…………

The night in Manhattan, New York, is full of neon lights and colorful lights.

Among the tall buildings, a grand and luxurious banquet was being held on the top floor of a restaurant.

There is endless traffic, and people are free to talk and laugh. Old money, new money, celebrities, and politicians shuttle back and forth, making it very lively.

During this period, Buffett and Bill Gates hit it off immediately. They had a great conversation and met until late at night.

Bill Gates shook his glass and said, “Hey, man, I think you should buy a personal computer.”

Buffett smiled and asked, “Why?”

Bill Gates said bluntly: “I think you may need to calculate your income tax on a computer.”

Buffett laughed: “But I have no income.”

Bill Gates understood his hidden meaning, but still did not give up and said: “You can also use a computer to track your stock market.”

“But I only have one stock!”

Buffett smiled even more widely and held up a finger. “That’s Berkshire Hathaway!”

This answer obviously exceeded Bill Gates’ expectations. After a long silence, he still firmly expressed his opinion:

“Although this is the case now, I believe that anyone who does investment will use computers in the future, because computers will change everything.”

Buffett narrowed his eyes and asked back, “Can computers change people’s habit of not drinking Coca-Cola?”

Bill Gates was slightly stunned, and said helplessly: “Probably not!”

“A computer can’t change the brand of beverage people drink, can it?”

Buffett then asked: “Like not drinking Coca-Cola and drinking Pepsi instead?”

Bill Gates grimaced: “I think so, Warren!”

Buffett grinned and said, “In that case, I’ll continue to drink my Coca-Cola, and you can do your Microsoft!”

“Warren, since you said that your investment is an investment in the future, do you really not have an optimistic view on the future of computer technology?”

Bill Gates frowned.

“I was just kidding you.”

Buffett blinked his right eye: “Actually, I am very optimistic about the future of the computer industry!”

Bill Gates was surprised at first, and then he was overjoyed. After all, his reputation as the “God of Stocks” had begun to spread on Wall Street.

“This is all thanks to Fang’s novel.”

Buffett said: “He outlined a grand blueprint for a future intelligent world in his science fiction novels, including the Internet, computers, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. The more I read, the more I felt that the computer industry was a promising business worthy of investment.”

“I also really like reading Fang’s novels.”

Bill Gates mentioned it seemingly casually, but Fang Yan is still a shareholder of Microsoft, and a major shareholder with more than 5% of the shares!

Buffett said: “I know, he also recommended to me that I could buy some Microsoft stock.”

“Really?” Bill Gates was surprised.

“He has a pretty good eye for investment.”

Buffett said: “Recently, Wall Street has been saying that I am the ‘God of Stocks’. In fact, he is also a veritable ‘God of Stocks in the East’.”

Bill Gates became more and more interested in the dialect. “Hearing what you said, if there is a chance, I really want to meet him in person.”

“Now there is such an opportunity.”

Buffett said that the Nebula Awards will be held in San Francisco soon, and he was invited to be a special guest at the award ceremony.

Bill Gates’ eyes lit up, “Warren, can I go with you?” (End of this chapter)