Chapter 3043 Innovation Center

Starting from 9 a.m., residents near the Maharashtra government headquarters in southern Mumbai discovered that those gentlemen had implemented traffic control again.

Many people had to be stopped by policemen holding batons, cursed and started to take detours. I really can’t blame them for their bad temper. It’s really hard to imagine how long it would take to get to the original place during such peak traffic hours. Only God knows that, really.

It must be said that the gentlemen who ordered the traffic control were indeed forced to do so.

The scheduled meeting is scheduled for 9:30 in the morning. Considering the bad traffic conditions, we cannot let the distinguished guests leave a few hours in advance to avoid traffic jams.

To be honest, even if the Prime Minister is in the state headquarters building, it would be difficult to make such a request.

On the other hand, that might be about the same.

As for the option of letting the distinguished guests land in the Government Square in a helicopter, this option is not in the plan of the Protocol Secretary at all. There is no such rule.

Besides, they all knew that the distinguished guest rarely flew in helicopters, so even if he made such a suggestion regarding their arrangements for today's meeting place, he would probably be rejected.

Making suggestions that are likely to be rejected...don't we want to lose face?

To save face, it doesn’t sound like a good thing, but many times, this thing cannot be dispensed with.

As a last resort, they had to make Mumbai's traffic worse again.

At 9:10, a row of Mercedes-Benz cars escorted by four Rolls-Royces, led by the police car that led the way, filed out of the Taj Mahal Hotel, along the controlled road, and drove towards the government headquarters building at lightning speed.

Looking at the pedestrians and vehicles stopped by the police on the roadside, Feng Yiping was very embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I didn't know there was such an arrangement. Can it be removed?"

Chief Secretary Bang, who came to the hotel to greet him in person, had no idea about this. This was also a guy who looked like a scholar. "Feng," he smiled softly, his mustache raised happily, "There are already people behind me. On release,"

Feng Yiping looked back and saw that the temporary roadblocks had been quickly removed after the police car passing by.

He still shook his head, "No, this is not good. Anyway, after the meeting, I don't want to take such measures again,"

The chief secretary smiled and shook his head.

Shaking his head... Well, Feng Yiping really didn't know, under such circumstances, whether he shook his head in agreement or not.

Because India’s shaking of the head and nodding can really fool outsiders.

But he wasn't asking for this person's opinion. He picked up his phone and made a call to Mosseri and Wu Qian, the heads of the Indian company who were sitting in other cars, and they all said the same thing, "In A statement posted on the company's account expressed our sincere apologies to the people of Mumbai for the inconvenience we have caused them,"

After hearing this, the chief secretary couldn't help but take a moment to think about it. Could it be that the richest man really didn't know about these arrangements?

Frankly speaking, Feng Yiping really didn't know about such an arrangement. How could he care about such matters now?

At the beginning, he still yearned for the pomp and circumstance of closed roads, accompanied by senior officials, and escorted by police cars. But after he got used to it, such things had no appeal to him.

What he has to consider is that traveling like this may offend some Mumbai residents.

Although he knew that there shouldn't be too many people like this, to be honest, the residents nearby should have been used to this for a long time.

For this reason, isn't this an opportunity that can be used for public relations and to gain goodwill?

Lao Ma understood his plan, exchanged glances with him, and chatted with the chief secretary with a smile, "I fell in love with this city as soon as I came here..."

Ahead, the Maharashtra government headquarters building is in sight.

This is an old building with a height of seven stories and a khaki appearance. You can see its vicissitudes of history from the mottled outer wall of the building at a glance. The Indian flag flying on the top of the building adds a bit of momentum to it. .

Seeing Lao Ma looking at all this with some curiosity, Feng Yiping wanted to tell him that this did not mean that Indian officials were tighter on the funding of the three public affairs, it was just another puzzling tradition of theirs.

The buildings where some government agencies in India are located are so damaged that the steel bars are exposed, and they do not repair them. On the contrary, this has become their pride. “This building was like this decades ago, and it is still in normal use, so Look how strong we are!"

Therefore, don't use your usual thinking to measure the third brother's brain circuit.

The motorcade stopped in front of the main entrance of the government building. The chief secretary was sitting in the car leisurely until the staff wearing white uniforms and bare feet - well, Feng Yiping was also not sure whether these were state government staff. , respectfully opened the car door, and then smiled and gestured to Feng Yiping, "Please,"

Then he stepped out of the car door and stood on the red carpet waiting.

At this time, in the next few cars, the head of Google India, Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani also got out of the car one after another, and the group of people standing at the gate also walked over quickly.

The leader was a middle-aged man who also had a beard and wore a dark blue Indian robe. He first clasped his hands, then opened his arms and said enthusiastically, "Welcome, Mr. Feng,"

Feng Yiping smiled and shook hands with him, "Nice to meet you, Minister Chawan,"

This is the chief minister of Maharashtra, India, who is also the highest administrator of each state in India.

Above him, there is actually another position, which can be called the governor. However, the governor is appointed by the president, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual power.

These two positions are roughly equivalent to the President and Prime Minister of India - I believe that most people only know the Prime Minister of India but not the President of India.

The chief secretary who came to the hotel to greet Feng Yiping was also not a secretary in the sense we understand. He was the highest-ranking civil servant in the state - the minister made the final decision and was in charge.

When Chavan met with Ratan and Ambani, two local gangsters in Mumbai, they were much more affectionate, and they gave each other a kiss.

After chatting for a while, Feng Yiping and Cha Wan walked in the middle. Surrounded by a large number of people, they walked into the government building. Looking at the layout in the lobby, Feng Yiping was a little puzzled. The meeting was arranged in the lobby. , what is this rule?

Minister Chawan said to Feng Yiping with a smile, "Please,"

Why is it arranged here? Don’t you know why?

When the two sides decided on the venue for the meeting, Feng Yiping insisted that it would be best to arrange the meeting in the lobby of the government building.

As for the reason, they said it was the request of Bin Laden and Ambani.

This is really not an excuse. Bin Laden and Ambani's security teams strongly requested to meet in the lobby. They believed that the government building would not collapse, but they were not sure whether the government building would catch fire.

These buildings are not only aging on the outside, but also on the inside. The most representative one is the power lines. Local cowards like them know very well that in recent years, fires in government buildings across India are no longer news.

Witnessed by the cameras of the invited media, the two parties took their seats respectively and quickly got to the point.

“We very much welcome Facebook to choose to build this innovation center in Mumbai, which is expected by many entrepreneurs, Mumbai and Mumbai. Thank you...”

Feng Yiping, who was sitting in the guest chair, also spoke in official terms, "Facebook has always attached great importance to the Indian market, helping more Indian entrepreneurs to successfully start their own businesses, and helping more Indian small businesses to strengthen their digital marketing skills so that they can Facebook has always wanted to integrate into the global economy faster..."

"...We are pleased to partner with the central government and states, Google, Tata Group, Reliance Group, civil society and the private sector to pursue this initiative..."

The Indian Innovation Center they are about to cut the ribbon on is, to put it bluntly, a large-scale entrepreneurial incubator jointly established by them, Tata and Reliance Group.

This is naturally one of their series of plans to show Facebook's importance to Indian users. In fact, it is also one of the measures he hopes to further occupy a leading position in the Indian Internet market.

This innovation center, and other plans they will announce next, will undoubtedly allow them to give priority to investing in many promising start-up companies in India, that is, further making them an unavoidable mountain for Indian Internet entrepreneurs.

The cameras of various media in India are happily recording all this. Facebook is indeed the international high-tech giant that values ​​us the most...