This Is Their Turf (My Phone Ran Out of Battery, Taking a Chapter Off)

"Mr. Li, I just spoke with Mr. Pei on the phone this morning. Mr. Pei asked me to discuss the naming of the new company with you first."

After introducing his assistant to Li Ye, Jeff began discussing the formation of the venture capital company with Li Ye. At the same time, he was carefully observing him.

After several days of observation, Jeff no longer believed Li Ye was some simple "intern." He seemed more like the "young master" of Eastern tradition.

Jeff had reached that conclusion after specifically consulting several older Chinese Americans.

Li Ye thought for a moment, then said, "How about calling the new company Grow Flowers? GF Company for short."

"Grow Flowers? Flowers blooming? Growing flowers?"

Jeff fell into thought, then silently nodded after a moment.

Gary, meanwhile, smiled and said, "If startup companies are seeds, then our venture capital company really is growing flowers. Mr. Li's suggestion is quite fitting."

Fitting? I'm the one paying, so of course it's fitting.

Li Ye nearly laughed crooked with delight over the success of his little joke.

Flowers blooming? Growing flowers?

It was clearly "planting flowers," wasn't it?

Jeff then discussed other matters regarding the new company's setup with Li Ye, such as its location and employee recruitment. Since Pei Wencong had offered him a satisfactory annual salary and shares, he needed to demonstrate his value.

But as they talked, Li Ye seemed to casually ask about something.

"Mr. Jeff, Mr. Gary, you both graduated from Stanford University, so I'd like to ask about something. I heard that two professors at Stanford invented a technology that allowed them to send electronic love letters to one another on campus because of their romance?"

"Electronic love letters?"

Jeff froze for a moment and pondered in silence. He had graduated a