Wu Wenxiong invited Sun Qishan into the building to talk about things, and asked his second son Wu Kangjie and others to accompany Shen Huai, Sun Yalin, and Cheng Yi to visit the Wu family's manor-style mansion in the North End of London.

In the past few years of reform and opening up in China, a group of people have become rich first, and many rich people have also begun to build mansions and mansions, but compared with these rich families in the old capitalist society, there is still a lack of some accumulation.

Although the leaves of the trees are clean after winter, the big trees that need to be hugged in two or three are powerfully rooted among the grasses, which can't help but remind people of the history of this house and the life hidden behind these plants and trees, whether fragrant or bloody or cunning.

There are less than 1 million overseas Chinese living in Western Europe, and they are mainly British and French.

Shen Huai lived in Paris for four years, mainly because he was still young when he first arrived in Paris, had no background in foreign languages, and studied in a lieutenant colonel in France, his own personality was also perverse and unsociable, until he rushed back to China, in fact, there were not many opportunities to contact the children of Chinese businessmen in Western Europe.

Sun Yalin is different, she worked in an investment bank in France for three years before moving to the domestic business credit bank. More importantly, she is a native of Western Europe, and she has lived and gone to school in this circle since she was a child. She and Wu Kangjie of the Wu family have also known each other for a long time, but they didn't leave a good impression on each other.

In Sun Yalin's eyes, the shameless and obscene Wu Kangjie, who only turned thirty years old during the Chinese New Year, was tall, with thin cheeks, and his face looked a little pale and haggard. His wife, Liu Ying, is younger and is a petite beauty. She is not a Chinese child who grew up in the UK, but an international student who came to the UK to study in the early 90s.

The marriage between Wu Kangjie and Liu Ying should not be said to be very special among overseas Chinese, but it happened in the Wu family, which is somewhat strange.

However, before Shen Huai had time to speculate on the twists and turns of the story behind Wu Kangjie and his wife Liu Ying, Sun Yalin had already quarreled with Wu Kangjie: "This is the New Year, I regret to tell you one thing, the Meigang No. 2 Factory, which you thought would rot and sneered at for more than half a year, has been completed." By the way, I heard that your Wu family's construction company in Liverpool has business dealings with Feiqi Industries, so you must already know about this, right?"

Shen Huai smiled and looked at the giant trees in the garden.

Sun Yalin went back to Western Europe to raise funds for the Meigang No. 2 Plant project, but she ran into walls everywhere, suffered a lot of cynicism, and accumulated a lot of resentment in her heart.

However, Sun Yalin teased Wu Kangjie with words at this time, not that the villain has a will and wants to avenge an arrow.

In the final analysis, there are many investment opportunities in the world, especially the information and electronics industries in Europe and the United States are emerging, and for the Wu family, whose main business is concentrated in Western Europe, even if they miss the domestic investment opportunities in Meixi, it is definitely not a pity.

On the contrary, appropriate stimulation and flirting may attract Wu Kangjie, the rising star of the Wu family, and put his vision to China.

Sun Yalin's-for-tat speech to Wu Kangjie also shows that he has-for-tat value.

Maybe Wu Kangjie, a rising star, does not have the ability and enough qualifications to take over the position of the older generation and decide the development direction of the entire family at this time, but he also has some say in local or less important matters.

Moreover, the characteristics of the inheritance of the Chinese business family are distinct, as long as this characteristic is not changed, the business of the Wu family will have to be taken over by these juniors ten or twenty years later.

As for whether Wu Kangjie will be the future successor of the Wu family, it depends on whether Wu Kangjie can compete for a position among the juniors of the Wu family.

Unable to withstand Sun Yalin's firepower, looking at Shen Huai's gentle and elegant appearance, Wu Kangjie ignored Sun Yalin's teasing, turned his head sideways and asked Shen Huai: "It is said that China's reform and opening up is thriving day by day, and the momentum of development is very good, but there is one thing that makes me puzzled, why is Hong Kong's return to the motherland approaching, but now more and more Hong Kong people are emigrating overseas? There are also some people around me who invest in China, but when it comes to domestic officials, they can't help but shake their heads and sigh for the domestic government and bureaucracy. Mr. Shen, you are from China, what do you think of these phenomena?"

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"If you simply talk about the living environment, China is much worse than Europe and the United States," Shen Huai just smiled indifferently in the face of Wu Kangjie's provocation to divert firepower, and said, "Just like we can't choose the motherland, we can't choose the family we were born into." If it is very unfortunate that Mr. Wu was born in a poor family, Mr. Wu, do you hate and dislike your own family? Of course, this society is becoming more and more impetuous, disliking the poor and loving the rich, and there are even many people who hope for their father Jackie Chan, not only in China, but also in Europe and the United States, but Mr. Wu, do you think it is really necessary for us to discuss this kind of person?

"......" Wu Kangjie smiled, he knew that he was in a hurry to divert Sun Yalin's firepower, and asked a very stupid question.

"The domestic ** and bureaucracy are very serious, and there is a big gap between officials and European and American countries in terms of honesty and honesty, and there is even a popular saying that a good system makes bad people unable to do evil, but a bad system makes good people bad," Shen Huai continued. At first glance, this sentence sounds reasonable, as if Europe and the United States are a paradise without criminals, but I believe that for the Wu family, who are self-made in Britain, they should know better than ordinary people the nature of the world that is constantly working, and know better that the rush to pursue a perfect society is a dangerous behavior, and more often than not, we are faced with only the trade-offs of pros and cons. In this regard, the top level of the country has a clear understanding, but at the same time, it does not mean that the country will give up the struggle against the government and bureaucracy. I also believe that with the improvement of the domestic economy, the social and political system will become more and more perfect in the future, and the bureaucracy will also be curbed. As for whether it can be completely eliminated, I believe that Mr. Wu's view may be more pragmatic than mine......"

"Haha," Wu Kangjie smiled, "I admit that my question is very stupid, tell you to grasp the handle, if you continue to talk, I am afraid that I will not be able to parry." However, if you want to convince me to invest in Meigang, it seems that these reasons are not enough......"

"I'm not trying to convince Mr. Wu to invest in Meigang, Mr. Wu asks me so many questions, I also want to ask Mr. Wu a few questions?" Shen Huai said.

"Well, you say. Wu Kangjie said.

"I have noticed that the information and electronics industry in Europe and the United States is emerging, and it will be a considerable development opportunity, which may allow European and American countries to get a high level of development in the next ten years, and Chinese commercial capital can also profit from it," Shen Huai said, "but I believe that people of Mr. Wu's level will not particularly mind whether the account is more or less than 10 million pounds or 20 million pounds, and may pay more attention to the degree of participation in the whole thing." I would like to ask Mr. Wu, to what extent can Chinese commercial capital participate in the wave of information and electronics industries that will be set off in Europe and the United States? Or can it be called participation if there is money to buy the shares of a few information technology companies?

Sun Yalin tilted her head to look at a kapok tree on the road, and Cheng Yi, Yu Wenli, and Liu Ying, who accompanied Wu Kangjie to the garden, did not think for a moment that the discussion of issues could suddenly go to this level.

Wu Kangjie was silent, and he really told Shen Huai to say that he was in the sore spot.

"At present, the domestic investment promotion presents an obvious characteristic, that is, the investment of overseas Chinese in China is mainly concentrated in the field of light industry and foreign trade, and rarely involves a more complex industrial system. Some people say that China Commercial Capital is short-sighted, but if you look at the global Chinese Commercial Capital, you will see that this characteristic is still extremely distinct. Today, relying on China's unique diligence and wisdom, the scale of development cannot be said to be small, but in the position of the entire Western capital system, Chinese commercial capital has always been a branch and has no chance to really enter the mainstream society.

"I remember that Mr. Shen was in politics in China, why did he have such a strong interest in industry?" asked Wu Kangjie.

"Mr. Wu just complained about the serious bureaucracy in China, and now he is asking me this question, which makes me uncomfortable," Shen Huai said with a smile, "My point of view is very simple, the biggest politics in China in the future is not bureaucracy, not like Western politics, showing and promising in front of the people, the biggest politics in China in the future is the construction of the country based on industrialization, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; this is also the last opportunity for Chinese business capital at home and abroad to truly penetrate into the marrow of this industrial society." If Mr. Wu does not have confidence in the development of the country, he can stand by and watch, but it also means that the opportunity is just gone, and there is no chance to come back. ”

"What you said to me seems to be a bit overkill, the real big man is talking about things in the building. Wu Kangjie glanced at the small white building behind him.

Shen Huai thought to himself, with Wu Wenxiong's attitude, listening to his words is called hell.

The older generation of Chinese businessmen, who have accumulated a lot of money in Western society, are more pragmatic, more cautious, and more pragmatic, and stick to tradition and old experience.

The new generation of Chinese businessmen, like Wu Kangjie, who is not bad for money, is a rich second generation of Chinese businessmen, whether he is unrealistic or ambitious, but they do have a better foundation for developing their careers.

In the contemporary era where investment opportunities are everywhere, if you want to trick them into Meixi purely by making money, the probability of success is obviously very low.

Shen Huai smiled: "I didn't think about convincing anyone, to be honest, in fact, Mr. Wu was a little surprised that he had the patience to listen to me so many complaints." ”

"To be honest, I was also surprised," Wu Kangjie said with a smile, "My parents-in-law said that they met a very gentle young man at the airport, and they were very patient to help them negotiate with the customs officers and help them get through the customs, and I didn't think it would be you, Mr. Shen." Fortunately, Liu Ying and I have known and married for a long time, otherwise listening to my parents-in-law, if I compete with you, the odds of winning are really not high. ”

"Oh," Shen Huai looked at Wu Kangjie's wife Liu Ying quite strangely, he didn't expect that the middle-aged couple who came over on the same plane and were so anxious at the check-in because they couldn't speak a few words of English would be Liu Ying's parents, and said with a smile, "What a coincidence." Coming on a plane together, they don't speak much English, they get stuck at the checkpoint, how can I say they see it and walk away? Are Mr. and Mrs. Liu here?"

"They have already gone to the Chinese Community Center first, and there are a few old friends who are in a hurry to meet," Wu Kangjie said with a smile, "In the evening, I think they will receive a surprise." ”