Waltz Diplomatic Institute, Kissinger Office.

When the academy staff walked to the door, they heard the faint sound of phone calls coming from inside, so they stood cautiously outside for a while. Make sure it's quiet in the room before going to the report.

"Professor, there is a Ph.D. student who has come to report with your invitation letter and wants to ask to see him. It's a Chinese, he said to make an appointment to live, do you think it's convenient for him to come in?"

Kissinger wears a black suit, black tie, boxy black-rimmed glasses, and only his shirt is white. The face is also boxy, with a stubby neck but a wise eye.

He thought for a moment, "It's finally here, let him in." ”

After a while, Gu Biao was ushered in.

As for Akio Morita, he waited in the lounge next to him for a while.

"Professor Kissinger, it is an honor to have your invitation. Gu Biao politely stepped forward to shake hands, and the two sides began a cordial and friendly conversation.

"Louise, please help him with the formalities, and I'll talk to him. Kissinger gave the staff member an order, signaling her to take Gu Biao's materials away and clear the venue by the way.

"Okay professor. The staff did as they were told.

After Kissinger saw the outsiders leave, he didn't greet Gu Biao to sit down, but just chatted across the desk.

Perhaps, this is a kind of relying on the old and selling the old. After all, the people who ran to the sixth will still have a teacher-student relationship in the future, and it is not rude to let an 18-year-old young and strong person stand for a few more minutes.

On the other hand, standing closer can also avoid speaking too loudly and not being intimate enough.

"Gu, I heard that after you received my invitation letter, you took advantage of the two-month time difference before the new semester to insist on completing your own work as a civil servant. I have never met a younger generation of Chinese who would take my invitation so seriously. ”

When Kissinger said this, he didn't hear any anger, just a kind of casual self-deprecation.

Gu Biao smiled and confessed: "I won't do anything that is unfavorable to me, whether it is career, money, or fame, I am a person who is unprofitable and cannot afford to be early." ”

Kissinger snorted softly: "If I have a recording here, it is not a good thing that your chief hears these words." ”

After a few polite words between the two, Kissinger wanted to test Gu Biao, but in the end he held back.

There is still time, and after observing for a few more days and confirming the true nature of this young man, it is not too late to speak.

Gu Biao also noticed the other party's reservations, so he quickly cut through the mess and proposed to introduce a new friend to Kissinger.

"Teacher, I'm coming to Watsington today and I'm flying from Tokyo. One business partner, as you may have heard, is President Akio Morita of Sony Corporation. He's always admired you, and this time he sent me for a meeting—if it's convenient for you, you can meet him without too much delay. ”

Kissinger was stunned.

He was still thinking about how to observe Gu Wei's character and secrecy, and what kind of belief position he had. Who knew that Gu Biao would not see him out of town so much, and directly used him as a business bargaining chip and introduced him to friends.

Is this guy really a master's degree graduate of China Foreign Affairs University? Why does he pay so little attention to foreign affairs etiquette?

Kissinger has the impression that all Chinese diplomats are very polite and will never seek anything for themselves from foreign guests.

However, he is also an old man with high emotional intelligence to the peak, and the kung fu of seeing people talking about people and talking about ghosts is of course coming when he opens his mouth.

Therefore, he quickly and kindly agreed, and he could also take the opportunity to observe secretly.

After a while, Gu Biao led Akio Morita into the office.

At first, Gu Biao was worried that the atmosphere of the first meeting between the two parties would be awkward, and he tried to mediate, but he soon found out that this was completely overthinking.

Akio Morita is also a person with high emotional intelligence, and he is very good at hiding his emotions and regulating the atmosphere. And he Gu Yu just played the role of a fuse.

So even if he didn't say anything, the two old foxes themselves would be enough to eliminate the embarrassment of resistance caused by their sudden encounter.

Akio Morita was also very discerning, and after chatting for a while, he quickly noticed that the relationship between Kissinger and Gu Biao was probably not as simple as "seeking talent".

"It seems that Kissinger has another request for Gu Wei? It's a bit interesting, so it's better not to inquire. ”

So after he exchanged private contact information and sent out an invitation to the next cocktail party, he immediately excused himself.

……

After being tormented by this scene of uninvited guests, Kissinger's face was calm again, and he glanced Gu Biao up and down.

"Young man, you really surprised me. Your actions give the impression of being ignorant, self-egoistic, and casual. ”

"Because I'm not a diplomat, I'm still a pure student, a practical layman. Gu Biao laughed at himself appropriately, "More importantly, in the eyes of outsiders, I am also a layman." ”

This sentence made Kissinger's heart move.

Indeed, what he needs is someone who has not yet been branded as a diplomat. If Gu Biao is mature and polite......

There are more polite people, but they are not suitable for the special task that is about to be faced.

Only people like Gu Biao, who value commercial interests more than diplomatic decency, are suitable.

Kissinger: "Yes, very good. I have a question that I want you to answer with the utmost sincerity – you're going to be here, serious about finishing your PhD, right? ”

Gu Biao was very sincere: "Of course, this is not a contradiction. ”

Kissinger: "It seems that you know very well why I insisted on letting you come, but you don't want to break it, and you haven't told your boss in China everything?"

Gu Biao: "I have already said that I will not do anything that is not good for myself. ”

Kissinger couldn't help but laugh: "You are the most selfish and individualistic Chinese I have ever met." If I didn't know your resume, I would even suspect that you are a Chinese-American, at least from Hong Kong and Taiwan. ”

"Thank you, I'll take this as a compliment. ”

"Let's go first, meet my classmates tomorrow and learn about my research project. We'll talk about the specifics when the time comes. ”

After Kissinger finished speaking, he didn't raise his head, but he didn't hear Gu Biao's footsteps leaving, and couldn't help but be surprised, "What else do you have to do?"

Gu Biao shrugged: "I may go to Los Angeles recently because of personal business matters." If I knew the school schedule, I would have been able to organize my time better — you may not know that I spent 5 million in Hollywood to make a movie, and President Reagan even stood up for the directors' union, which is a work for the benefit of the American people. ”

"What a guy who likes to do private work—let me tell you, for a month, you won't be allowed to go anywhere, and stay in Watsington honestly. ”

Gu Biao finally succeeded in trying out, and Kissinger needed to arrange for him to do some dirty work this month.

But think about it, wait until January 20th, it will be the big day of the handover of the old and new presidents, and it will be a few days.

……

For the next two days, Gu Biao was hung out like this, and first symbolically integrated into the life of a doctoral student at Georgetown University.

The scale of the school is quite decent, with 1,800 students per class at the undergraduate level. There are 1,500 master's students and more than 600 doctoral students in the Graduate School. Even to the eight faculties that offer doctoral programs, there are less than 100 people.

Because Waltz School of Foreign Service is the fist school of Georgetown, it has the largest number of doctoral students, with a total of 120 students, and is divided into several major directions: comprehensive foreign affairs services, Middle East and Arab studies, and Eastern European studies.

Under each general direction, it is divided into foreign affairs and international relations research.

It can be seen from the professional setting that in the eyes of the Americans, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and the Middle East are the two most complex diplomatic regions, which need to be separated and studied.

Professor Kissinger brought three Ph.D. students and seven master's students with him, as well as an associate professor, Ms. Carrot Pike, and a young teaching assistant, who had just graduated with a Ph.D. and stayed on campus for two years.

Now that Gu Biao is here, he is the fourth doctoral student.

However, there is no doubt that even the youngest master's student is older than Gu Biao.

Who made him the kind of existence that studied for a doctorate at the age of 18, it is simply outrageous.

Gu Ao's first daily routine is to get acquainted with each other first, and establish good friendships with classmates and mentors.

The day after registration, he went to the office of Associate Professor Carlo Pike and Assistant Professor Lucas in the morning, delivered some souvenirs, and chatted for a while.

Then I went out for lunch with 3 seniors and a few juniors, and by the way, I got to know each other's interests and hobbies.

Of course, it was Gu Biao's treat.

I heard that Gu Biao himself also has a company, and he is so generous in his treats, and everyone has a good sense of this year's new junior brother - the so-called good means that he will not discriminate against him, but it will not respect him.

Because of the tens of millions of dollars in family property, it is nothing at all among the few students in Kissinger's belt. The businessmen in the family are basically richer than Gu Biao.

Even if he is in politics, there is a graduate master who just came this year and has a richer family than Gu Biao - he is the eldest son of the crown prince of Jordan, that is, King Hussein, who will inherit the throne in 20 years. (Middle Eastern names are too repetitive, a bunch of names called Abdullah and Hussein)

After a few drinks at the dinner, Gu Biao learned about the family history of the other three doctoral students - the eldest was William Macallan, who had been studying for three years and had not yet been allowed to graduate, he was the son of the British ambassador to the United States, all 30 years old and still studying, a playboy with little motivation.

However, because his father has been an ambassador for more than ten years, and he has also studied in Georgetown for almost 10 years, Macallan, this kid is simply a "living fossil" of the Wales Diplomatic Academy, and he knows many seniors up and down.

At the wine table, he often couldn't help but brag about knowing some classmates who had already stepped into the political arena-

For example, when he was just in graduate school, he met Senior Sister Gloria, who graduated from that class and was the daughter of the president of the Philippines (in fact, he would inherit his father's business and become president later.) In good conscience, even if the East Asian countries have democratically elected presidents, the hereditary phenomenon is still too serious. It is said that Ben has the prime minister's grandson as the prime minister, and both the Nambon and the Philippines have the president's daughter as the president).

And William. Senior J. Clinton, who also graduated from McCarron with a Ph.D. in his first graduate school, became governor two years ago at the age of 32. He also majored in diplomacy and international relations, but he was not Kissinger's mentor.

After knowing that Gu Wei was Chinese, McCarron also joked that he knew a Chinese senior named Song Chuyu who studied in Georgetown a few years ago, but after graduation, he was not as good as Senior Sister Gloria and Senior Clinton, and after returning to Wanwan, he was only assigned to Chang Jingguo as an English secretary, and it is said that after working as a secretary for several years, he finally got a decent official position in the political arena.

Gu Biao can only explain: To understand the difference between Chinese and Western cultures, in China, being a secretary to a big leader is actually an "official" and a high-level Yunyun.

A bunch of Western classmates naturally can't understand.

In addition to McCarron, the other two PhD students are both second-year students, one male and one female.

The boys are more grassroots, Patrick Russell, French. The family is only in business, has no political experience, and his father is a shareholder of the French telecommunications giant Alcatel.

The girl was a Judas, Sarah Sandberg, who seemed to have a presence in some consortium/foundation in the United States.

As for the other master's students, except for the prince of Jordan, I will not repeat them one by one.

After clarifying the relationship between classmates, Gu Biao's inner uneasiness was completely cleared: none of the graduate students led by Kissinger were admitted by virtue of good grades!

In this case, he has nothing to feel guilty about as a relation, and no one should mock anyone.

What's more, from a practical point of view, the president's daughters and the king's sons do have an advantage over the poor second generation in diplomacy, and Kissinger is not wrong to be so recruited.