Lu Man had no choice but to take a few deep breaths, glared at his daughter unwillingly, adjusted his clothes and earrings, pretended to be a "harmonious family of three", and walked into Guangzhou Restaurant.
"Guangzhou Restaurant" is also a time-honored Cantonese restaurant with a history of almost a hundred years. Moreover, it is a state-controlled hotel and is truly operated by a state-owned enterprise.
Therefore, Li Yuan and Bing Sheng are younger brothers in front of Guangzhou Restaurant.
In the private room, two families who had not seen each other for a long time were chatting enthusiastically. One was praising your daughter for getting more and more beautiful, and the other was praising your daughter and son-in-law for being really promising.
Aunt Song Shiwei and uncle Song Shiwei were both university professors before, but they just retired last year. My aunt Xiang Xiaohui and brother-in-law Liu Hongjian are currently living and working in the United States.
Liu Hongjian is the financial elite working on Wall Street. The company he works for is called Berkshire Hathaway, and he is also the company of "Stock God" Buffett.
But he is a bit older, he seems to be over 36 years old, and his hair has a Mediterranean tendency. At first glance, he looks about ten years older than his wife Xiang Xiaohui.
Maybe if you have a stable job on Wall Street, you will have to study for thirty years in the early stage, so you will reach the peak of your life at this age.
The two families finished chatting about their current situation, and the topic occasionally touched upon past memories.
"Wei Wei and I haven't seen each other for several years."
Xiang Xiaohui was very impressed by her little cousin. She said with a smile: "The last time we met Weiwei was when she was in the third grade of junior high school. My aunt and I went to pick her up from school. Every time, there were many boys running behind the car."
"Is it so exaggerated?"
Husband Liu Hongjian was a little surprised.
"Why, you don't believe it?"
Xiang Xiaohui said dissatisfied: "Weiwei is the face of our family's generation. Have you ever seen a girl more beautiful than her in real life?"
Liu Hongjian glanced at Song Shiwei, who was calm and indifferent. Even if she was praised, she didn't have much expression on her face.
Silently drinking tea from a white porcelain cup, her long eyelashes trembling slightly from time to time, her eyes as clear as pearls in the sea, as cold as a fairy girl on TV.
He had long heard his wife say how beautiful his aunt's cousin was. He used to think that she was bragging, but now that they met, he finally realized that it was not an exaggeration at all.
"It's really rare to see it."
Liu Hongjian touched his slightly bald forehead and said with regret: "It feels like talents are being buried at CUHK. It should be the same at Peking University. If my little cousin goes to Peking University, I guarantee that the whole school will be shocked."
Liu Hongjian’s undergraduate degree was from Peking University, that’s why he said this.
However, there were no fools at the table. On the surface, Liu Hongjian's tone expressed regret for Song Shiwei, but in fact, he wanted to reflect his background in Peking University.
Xiang Xiaohui felt a little embarrassed, so she kicked her husband quietly to stop him from showing off in front of his uncle Song Zuomin, who was like a spirit.
Song Shiwei's aunt, who is also Liu Hongjian's mother-in-law, added in a smoothing manner: "Weiwei's college entrance examination score is over 670, which is enough to go to Peking University, but Zhongdaling Institute is also very good. The subject emphasis of the two schools is different."
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In fact, Song Zuomin is not that narrow-minded. If someone has an undergraduate degree from Peking University Guanghua and a master's degree from Wharton Business School, it is normal to want to show some arrogance.
Of course, for a man in his 30s, it is true that he is not mature enough to have this kind of arrogance on his face all the time.
"If it were Chen Zhi, he would definitely not show off nakedly like this, but would change it to a more advanced form."
Song Zuomin thought subconsciously.
Although this kind of dinner is family-style, because of their respective status, it is equivalent to socializing among high-level social elites. Eating is to communicate feelings, and they can also talk about current affairs when they put down their chopsticks.
Song Zuomin is the person with the highest invisible status on the table. After all, he is one of the top figures in CITIC Securities.
Therefore, every time Liu Hongjian returned to China, he would be surrounded by flowers and praise. After all, he worked on Wall Street, the center of the world economy. Over time, when he spoke in China, he sounded like he was giving advice.
Therefore, Liu Hongjian first analyzed and explained the world economic situation, and then commented on domestic economic policies. Especially in the current subprime mortgage crisis, Liu Hongjian felt that China was too slow to respond and had not made any preparations. His words were full of ridicule and
belittle.
This made Song Zuomin, who had no prejudice against him, feel a little unhappy.
He is the executive director of CITIC Securities. Some policies and regulations are provided by CITIC Group. However, in many places, the country needs to consider the whole situation, so it will not solve all problems "one size fits all".
In fact, the country has secretly made a lot of preparations for the subprime mortgage crisis, but now is the era of global economic integration, and China will not be immune to the crisis.
Therefore, stocks will definitely fall, but while they are falling, we must also work hard to ensure the stable development of domestic society.
Liu Hongjian doesn't understand anything and is just talking nonsense. Do you really think that the economic experts in the think tank can be inferior to him, a Wall Street wage earner?
It's not that Song Zuomin doesn't allow others to comment on policies, but to directly criticize him in front of the leader of his own industry is really a bit arrogant to the point of being rude.
"Will Chen Zhu be like this?"
Song Zuomin shook his head. It was hard to imagine that Chen Zhu would be so arrogant and forget his last name.
Xiang Xiaohui has hinted to her husband many times, but for some reason, it may be that men have a certain desire to express themselves in front of beautiful women.
Liu Hongjian didn't listen. He continued to finish those wonderful discussions, and then said with unfinished meaning: "These are our company's summary of the economic policies of various countries around the world, and some even come from my boss, Mr. Buffett himself."
Speaking of the stock god, Liu Hongjian's eyes showed admiration, and even the sparse skull on top of his head seemed to be shining with light.
"My idol is Mr. Buffett. I think he is the smartest man in the world."
Finally, Liu Hongjian ended this "speech" with a sentence of tribute to his idol, and then took his leave and left the bathroom.
Song Zuomin smiled and nodded. He would not argue with his junior, even though this junior might be less than 10 years younger than him.
But Lu Man's face was a little ugly. She hoped that her daughter could fall in love with a world-class financial talent, but she didn't want someone like Liu Hongjian.
She has such a good resume, but she has a stupid head. When my daughter is with such an unstable and unstable boy, she really can’t sleep well.
"Aunt, uncle."
While Liu Hongjian was in the toilet, Xiang Xiaohui apologized to Song Zuomin and his wife: "Old Liu didn't mean to say that. He just said what he said in the heat of the moment. Uncle, don't take it to heart."
"Why do the family say these things?"
Song Zuomin didn't show any strange emotions on his face. He said cheerfully: "Young people work hard and finally enter the company of their idols. I can understand this kind of mentality of being proud of one's success."
"Let's talk again."
Song Zuomin took a sip of tea: "Mr. Buffett is also a legendary figure. Hongjian's future in his company is expected to be better and better."
For those in the top ten of the Forbes rich list, Bill Gates and Buffett are relatively famous in China.
Bill Gates because of Microsoft Word.
As for Buffett, starting in 2000, he held a charity lunch auction every year, which gradually became a major event that caused a sensation on Wall Street and the global financial field.
In 2006, Chairman Bubugao had an opportunity to write a commentator article for the local Yangcheng Evening News for a week. It was really a good stunt.
"The future can get better and better, but you have to let your husband improve his emotional intelligence!"
Lu Man interrupted.
She is Xiang Xiaohui's biological aunt. Song Zuomin can worry about face a little bit, but Lu Man doesn't need to at all. She said very unhappy: "No matter how outstanding you are outside, you must be more modest when eating with the elders in the family."
"Yes, yes, I understand."
Xiang Xiaohui nodded like a peck of rice, fully accepting the lessons of her elders, and then sighed and said: "Auntie, it's actually very difficult to get along abroad. Chinese people are relatively discriminated against in the company, and they often become the scapegoat for no reason.
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"It's the same everywhere."
Lu Man also planned to talk about the principles of human conduct, but after Liu Hongjian came back from the bathroom, Professor Lu thought about it for a long time, because he saved some face when they met for the first time.
Thus, the lunch on the winter solstice ended with family reminiscing and discussing current affairs.
When he walked to the door, Song Zuomin rushed to buy the order as a "local host".
After getting in the car, Song Zuomin started the Volvo and asked his wife meaningfully: "What do you think of this Xiao Liu?"
Lu Man heard what her husband meant and said disapprovingly: "Liu Hongjian may be in a very rare case. He may be a bit stupid in reading."
"Maybe."
Song Zuomin laughed, with a bit of ridicule: "If this lunch meal was changed to Chen Zhu, he would definitely buy the order while going to the bathroom. In terms of this emotional intelligence, Xiao Liu is not worthy of carrying Chen Zhu's shoes.
, the older teenagers feel like their lives have been in vain.”
It was difficult for Lu Man to refute this fact, but she still did not change her original intention.
How about studying hard in books and finally going to an Ivy League school for graduate school?
Otherwise, you should look for a son-in-law with a high emotional intelligence, a degree from a top university in the world, and a reliable family background.
"Your brother-in-law may be just an exception."
Lu Man said to the girl next to him: "Anyway, you are absolutely not allowed to talk about Chen Zhu now!"
Song Shi said nothing and looked out the window quietly.
Lu Man frowned: "I'm talking to you, what are you thinking about?"
Song Shi turned his head slightly, faced his mother who was not very emotionally stable, lowered his eyes and said lightly: "I was wondering if Chen Zhu would ask me out for Christmas."
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Chapter completed!