Mark and Gu Xiaojiao came to the meeting place they agreed with Xiaoya. Gu Xiaojiao sorted out his clothes unnaturally, for fear that there would be something inappropriate. In the original plot, she brought Lu Ming, but Lu Ming had never worn such good clothes, which was a little unnaturally. Now she was a little unnaturally because this dress was not cheap at all, so she didn't want any problems.
Mark naturally said to Gu Xiaojiao: "Don't be nervous, be more natural, and take my hand in."
"good!"
When Gu Xiaojiao held Mark's hand, he was stiff and not relaxed at all.
Mark had no choice but to scratch her armpits in order not to get through.
Gu Xiaojiao, who was accidentally attacked by Mark, suddenly laughed out loud, gave Mark a blank look, and said, "What are you doing?"
"I'm not nervous now, are you? I'm leaving, I'm going in."
Then the two of them walked into the private room that Xiaoya and the others set up hand in hand. This private room was decorated in the Western banquet hall. There were long tables, and there were candlesticks and candles on the table.
Mark took Gu Xiaojiao to the opposite side of Xiaoya and her husband, opened the chair for Gu Xiaojiao and asked her to sit down before he sat down.
Xiaoya and Gu Xiaojiao smiled awkwardly and said, "Let's introduce yourself and get to know each other formally. I am Xiaoya's best friend in college, just call me Xiaoya."
Mark reached out and shook her hand, saying, "Mark, you can call me Mark directly or Michael."
Xiaoya's husband Li Sicheng reached out and said, "Hello, Mr. Ma. Li Sicheng."
"Hello, I thought your surname was Chen."
Li Sicheng looked at Mark in confusion, not understanding why he said that.
"Just kidding, you look like a friend, his name is Chen Sicheng."
"That's how Mr. Ma was joking. Then let's start?"
"Yes, yes, let's start!"
The reason why Xiaoya and the others chose this restaurant was not only to invite Gu Xiaojiao to dinner, but also to see if her husband was really a rich man.
You should know that eating in such a Western restaurant requires certain dining etiquette, and it is not Eastern dining etiquette, but Western dining etiquette.
If you are a person who is not familiar with these things, you will soon reveal the situation. Whether you are a real rich man can tell at a glance.
After naturally folding the napkin in half, Mark put the wrinkle thread towards him, placed it on his legs, and picked up a glass of water to moisten his throat.
When Li Sicheng saw Mark's natural movements, he nodded. He seemed to be very accustomed to eating Western food, not like he was learning and selling.
In fact, many people make mistakes in this step. Many people learn to open the napkin directly in movies or TV series, wrap it around their necks like bibs, or stuff them on the neck, and stuff the other end into their pockets or belts.
In fact, this method cannot be said to be wrong, but if a pair of texture is smooth, the napkin will easily slip off, which is inappropriate. You should use an inconspicuous method to place one corner of the napkin in the belt, or place the left and right ends under the thighs.
In addition to using it to wipe your mouth when necessary, the napkin must be spread flat on your legs throughout the dining process on the dining table.
Gu Xiaojiao was also a little worried about Mark, but when he turned his head and saw that Mark seemed to be a standard move, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Sicheng looked at Xiaoya and became more affirmative to Mark's identity as a rich man.
Li Sicheng asked curiously: "Mr. Ma, what do you think of the current economic situation?"
"I can't say anything about it, but I have some of my own little opinions. I hope Mr. Li won't laugh."
"No, no, just talk about it."
Mark nodded and said, "It has been ten years since the economic crisis in 2008. The future economic situation is still good at home, but the situation abroad is not optimistic."
"Oh, why do you say that?"
Li Sicheng was a little interested in what Mark said because he was a takeaway business and did not feel that his business was difficult to do.
"As of this year, the Amei family has experienced a total of twelve financial crises, with a time interval of about ten years, with the longest interval of twenty years, which was during World War II and Roosevelt. Since then, the Amei family's financial crises will basically break out once every five to eight years, but only the difference between size and duration."
"After entering a thousand years, the Internet bubble at the beginning and the subprime mortgage crisis later had only eight years of time intervals, and now it has been ten years since the subprime mortgage crisis."
"The economic development of the Amei family is very problematic. The countries under the management of businessmen always focus on the immediate interests and ignore future development, so their economy will always have problems."
"In addition, the economy of Amei's family is based on the cost of overdrawing consumption and eating food for the first time, which always has to be repaid. However, Amei's family also has its own means to deal with the crisis. Usually, they start wars, whether it is their own fate or support agents to fight the war, so as to alleviate the domestic economic crisis in this way."
"There are the US-Vietnam War in the distance, and the entire war lasted for twenty years, allowing the American family to survive three financial crises. The recent ones include the Afghan War and the Iraq War, both of which were launched after the millennium and during the Internet bubble."
"The other is that in 2008, after the subprime mortgage crisis, the Amei family provoked a war between the Glu and the Maoxiong Kingdom. They provided weapons and equipment for the Glu, etc.."
"Although the global economy grew rapidly in 2017 and the economic situation at the beginning of the year was also optimistic, we should also note that the international environment is changing, especially for those here."
"The economic growth rate is too fast, which makes people worry that they will surpass themselves, so they will inevitably suppress the economy. Because this is their usual method, from England at the beginning to suppress it when the World War was damaged; to Germany later, the rapid economic recovery after the war was also under the shadow of capital."
"The third one to be suppressed was Mao Xiong Kingdom. In order to safeguard its own interests and defend its number one power, it used any means to suppress it, from the economic, political, military and other aspects, and finally destroyed it."
"The fourth country is the Plaster Flag State. Thanks to the importance of East Asia after World War II, the Amei family supported each other, but also actively controlled each other. When the economy reached the second level, they began to sign the square agreement, which eventually made the Plaster Flag State a migrant worker. Whether it was economic or military, they were controlled in their hands."
Mark looked at the few people who were listening carefully and couldn't help but show a hint of pride. After drinking a sip of water, he continued:
"The last one to be suppressed was the European Union. It was established in 1993 and began to issue euros in 1999. Because it gathered most of the developed countries in Europe, although the total economic output was far from that of the Amei family, it was already very small. Faced with this situation, the Amei family provoked the Kosovo War and intervened, using the power of the covenant army to intervene, forcing international capital that is optimistic about the European Union to flee Europe and return to the Amei family, and then achieve a blow to the euro and maintain its position as the world economic hegemon."
"After the crackdown on the Europa League, because no one blocked the gun, we will inevitably find that since we developed the economy, especially after joining the WTO, economic development can be described as a thousand miles a day."
"Our economy has now become the second largest economy in the world and is also a global manufacturing factory. This will inevitably threaten the boss of the Amei family. They will inevitably find ways to stop our economic development and adopt suppression measures."
When Li Sicheng heard Mark's words, he said that this theory and arguments were made, and he felt that it made sense no matter how he heard it.
"Then what do you think they will take? They will never break off diplomatic relations directly, or even stop interacting, right?"
Mark smiled and said, "Of course not. We are the world's factories. Most of their manufacturing industries have moved out. If they do not cooperate with us, they will inevitably face a situation of lack of clothing and clothing."
"Ameijia's current economic profits are more obtained from high-tech industries, in addition to finance. They will not hope that new competitors will emerge, especially technological innovation enterprises will drive the vigorous development of science and engineering disciplines in the entire country, which is something that other schools need to curb."
"What they hope most is that their country controls the entire high-tech field of Blue Star, while other countries become middle-developed countries and their OEM factories, so that they can be invincible."
Gu Xiaojiao listened for a long time and felt that it was meaningless, so he said directly: "Mark, still say? This dish is about to be cold!"
"Sorry, I'm not playing anymore. Let's have a meal, eat!"
Li Sicheng wanted to hear Mark continue, but it was indeed inappropriate now, so he could only start to eat with a knife and fork.
Xiaoya looked at her husband. She actually didn't understand the issues that Mark and Li Sicheng discussed just now. She could only hope that her husband would tell her if Mark made sense.
Li Sicheng nodded, signaling that what Mark said was right, and it seemed that he was a real rich man.
After eating for a while, Li Sicheng asked curiously: "Mr. Ma, since the economic situation is like this, where do you think the domestic economic growth point will be in the next place? Or real estate?"
"There is no big development prospect in real estate, especially in big cities. With the changes in the times, many people are now engaged in service industries, such as the popular live broadcast industry, which can be done at home and make a lot of money."
Chapter completed!