Feng Jun's hometown was in a small Satellite City near Jizhou City, and it would take almost three and a half hours to drive home; for this trip, Feng Jun had made many preparations in advance.
Before setting off, he had inquired about Sun and Moon Technology's capital turnover situation; originally, only a company framework had been established, and after deducting personnel salaries and fixed asset factory construction, the five hundred million Feng Jun had initially given still had a remaining balance of over three hundred million.
However, after seeing the product prototype he brought, this money was somewhat insufficient; the assembly of equipment in the factory, subsequent worker salaries, product licenses, government relations, and various marketing expenses.
Also, Feng Jun had initially decided on a strategy of online and offline promotion, which required opening a large number of offline experience stores nationwide, another considerable expense.
Finally, Feng Jun transferred another eight hundred million to Han Wenbo as working capital, so Feng Jun himself did not have much money left.
"It seems I'll have to go abroad again after the new year to contact Nikola, I wonder if that guy is still alive," Feng Jun said, looking at his balance.
Currently, Sun and Moon Technology was just a bottomless money pit, requiring Feng Jun to constantly fill the gaps.
Fortunately, Feng Jun had accumulated a lot of gold reserves during the Doomsday, and he could cash out a large amount of funds by selling a few tons of gold.
However, continuously selling gold was not a long-term solution; he had to build up his technology company as quickly as possible.
Although most of the money was given to Han Wenbo for the company's turnover, Feng Jun still kept a balance of tens of millions for himself.
Before going home, he naturally had to do some serious shopping for his parents, who had long since reached retirement age.
However, due to financial constraints, Feng Jun's parents had always been doing odd jobs; this time, Feng Jun also simply purchased a few gifts from Shangqing City to bring to his parents.
Three and a half hours of driving was easy for Feng Jun; after all, with his current evolved physique, he was like a superhuman in the modern world, with dynamic vision and a super strong physique allowing him to easily overtake frequently on the highway.
The original three and a half hour journey was expected to take only two and a half hours according to Feng Jun's speed.
However, it was quite unfortunate; just as Feng Jun was speeding along, the navigation system alerted him to a highway traffic jam ahead; a sudden heavy snowstorm had caused a large-scale congestion on the highway, and the helpless Feng Jun, like other vehicles, was stuck on the highway.
Because there was a serious rear-end collision ahead, they had to wait until the road was completely cleared before they could pass, so Feng Jun could only park his car on the highway and wait for the road to clear.
However, due to the heavy snow, they waited for three hours without the road fully clearing; Feng Jun, whose physique far exceeded that of ordinary people, and who was used to storing a certain amount of food in his storage space, had been comfortably blowing the air conditioning in his car.
However, many of the other car owners stuck on the road with him were much more miserable, with some electric cars even freezing up and breaking down.
Even at twelve noon, there was still no hope of passage, but many villagers around the highway, hearing about the traffic jam, smelled business opportunities, and some small vendors pushed their stalls to the vicinity of the highway, and for a time, a small market instantly formed beside the congested highway.
This also saved many stranded car owners, and many car owners climbed over the guardrail to buy some food.
Feng Jun had originally been sitting in his car playing on his phone, but after seeing a vendor selling fried skewers, his appetite was piqued; in the first few years after graduation, he often worked overtime until nine in the evening, and after work, he would often buy some fried skewers to eat.
With his appetite piqued, Feng Jun also opened the car door and got off the highway, walking to the fried skewer stall to buy some to eat.
The stall was already crowded with a group of car owners, but not many people were actually buying.
When he went to ask about the price, Feng Jun was truly shocked; a fried flatbread cost ten yuan, and a skewer of beef balls cost twenty yuan.
No wonder many people only asked about the price and then turned to other stalls nearby.
However, Feng Jun would not care about the price of the fried skewers; it was still snowing heavily, and the vendors were pushing their stalls to the highway in such weather precisely to earn this price difference.
But if it were before, Feng Jun would not have been so generous; in the past, he would always take a long-distance bus or buy a train ticket to go home for the New Year.
After choosing a few fried skewers, Feng Jun stood in front of the stall, waiting for the vendor to fry them for him; there were three people in line ahead, so Feng Jun stood behind, waiting for his turn.
"Buddy, you have a good physique.
You're dressed so lightly in such cold weather, were you in the military?" A middle-aged man standing in front of Feng Jun turned around and started chatting with him.
The man in front of him looked to be in his thirties, with a square face, thick eyebrows, and a righteous expression, but he seemed very kind.
Hearing him say that, Feng Jun then noticed that almost everyone on the side of the highway was wrapped up tightly.
Some people wearing down jackets were also wrapped in blankets, and the men around him were all wearing warm clothing like down jackets, only he seemed out of place, wearing only a slightly thicker coat and casual sportswear pants that looked very thin.
Feng Jun smiled and said, "I thought about joining the military, but I didn't.
I've just had a good body since I was a child.
And I usually exercise a lot."
Although it was a blizzard today, the lowest temperature was only fifteen degrees below zero, and with Feng Jun's physique, there would be no discomfort at all; dressing like this could only be said to be just right.
The middle-aged man smiled, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and offered one to Feng Jun.
"Smoke?"
"No, thank you.
I never smoke," Feng Jun declined the cigarette offered by the man.
After that, Feng Jun chatted with this person; his name was Wang Dechao.
He was also among the group of people driving home from Shangqing City for the New Year, but his hometown was even further away, in the more distant Jizhou Province.
There wasn't much for men to talk about, and after a few sentences, the conversation turned to cars.
When Feng Jun mentioned that his car was an Audi A8L Founder's Edition, Wang Dechao looked at Feng Jun with some disbelief; he somewhat disbelieved what Feng Jun said, as Feng Jun's age and attire did not look like someone who could afford a million-dollar luxury car.
However, Feng Jun did not hide anything; he took out his car key and pressed it towards his car.
After seeing an Audi parked on the highway light up its flashing lights, Wang Dechao then believed what Feng Jun said, and his gaze towards Feng Jun became a little more admiring.
"An Audi is indeed a good car, but if you young people have the means, you should pay more attention to domestic cars," Wang Dechao suddenly said after a few words of conversation.
"Domestic cars? I once thought about buying a Hongqi, but I've been busy with work recently so I haven't gone to look," Feng Jun said.
"Actually, you can try the Aito M9, it's a new energy vehicle, made by Huawei.
I'm driving that car now," Wang Dechao also took out his car keys, pointed to a car parked not far away, and said.
Feng Jun looked at it and said, "I've heard of this car, but I haven't paid much attention to it.
I didn't expect Huawei to start making cars."
"Yes, and compared to your Audi, Aito's automatic navigation has more advantages.
It can basically drive autonomously all the way on domestic roads, even on the highway below..." Wang Dechao started to ramble on with introductions, but Feng Jun just listened perfunctorily.
Because his Audi was practically half-given when he bought a house, Feng Jun hadn't studied his car too much.
It was only today, hearing Wang Dechao say this, that he realized his car could actually drive autonomously.
This also reminded Feng Jun that vehicles in the Doomsday had basically eliminated fossil fuels, and maglev cars were already very common in the Doomsday.
Moreover, if he were to create autonomous driving technology, he would simply be a dimensionality reduction strike in this world.
"Should the next product be in the area of vehicles? With future technology, I can completely crush all car manufacturers in the world," Feng Jun was calculating in his mind.
Just then, the boss called out Wang Dechao and Feng Jun's names, and after saying goodbye, the two went back to their respective cars.
After that, it was a long wait, and it wasn't until two in the afternoon that the highway finally cleared, allowing Feng Jun to continue his journey.
Finally, at three in the afternoon, Feng Jun finally returned home.
"Dad, Mom ~ I'm back," Feng Jun parked the car and went straight into the house.
He wanted to give his parents a surprise, so he only said he would be home in the next two days, without telling them the exact time, just to surprise them.
His son, who had been away for over a year, suddenly came home, and Feng Jun's parents were naturally very surprised; his mother even came up and hugged him tightly.
Having been away from home for a year, Feng Jun naturally wanted to enjoy the warmth of his family at this moment.
However, what made Feng Jun feel a bit amused and helpless was that his parents hadn't touched a single cent of the five hundred thousand yuan Feng Jun had transferred to them; they had deposited all of it into the bank for Feng Jun.
When asked about his recent entrepreneurial situation, Feng Jun said, "It's going well.
Recently, Han Wenbo and I got in touch, and we're preparing to invest in a technology company.
We're still in the preliminary investment layout phase."
Feng Jun's father was a relatively conservative person, and when he heard that Feng Jun was planning to open a technology company, he was somewhat disapproving.
"Technology companies are money pits.
You've finally accumulated some capital, and this is too risky.
Why don't you come home and buy a few houses? Then you can live well just by collecting rent, and there's no risk.
And you're still young now; with money, you should consider taking the civil service exam.
Having a stable job will make it easier to get married and find a partner," Feng Jun's father couldn't help but start lecturing.
"Yes, yes!" Feng Jun's mother also couldn't help but say.
Facing his parents' nagging, Feng Jun could only listen, and in a few words, they got to the topic of blind dates.
Feng Jun had to take out the gifts he had prepared for his parents as an excuse to change the subject.
Several bottles of Maotai and a Rolex watch were prepared for his father, and a fur coat and gold jewelry were all prepared for his mother.
When the two elders saw these things, they became anxious instead.
"You child, spending money recklessly again.
If these things don't work out, just take them back and return them," Feng Jun's mother couldn't help but say again.
It wasn't until Feng Jun repeatedly stated that he was not short of money now, and that he already had tens of millions in his bank card, and then transferred another one million to each of his parents, that they finally believed him.