The bus slowly stopped, "The observation deck has arrived, please get off!"

The car door opened, and Bai Yuexuan jumped off quickly????????? The doors closed, and the car gradually accelerated towards the north.

There is no shop in front of the village or behind the station, and there are only street lamp poles and viewing platforms on the edge of the slope top. It is an open-air platform surrounded by stainless steel railings, standing on it can overlook the county style, if the weather is sunny and the air is good, the line of sight can run through a large plain, straight to the north foot of the Qinling Mountains in the south of Weishui, but also have some sights.

However, today's weather is not very good, the haze obstructs the vision, the cold wind is whirring, and there is no figure in sight on the platform, and only a few dead leaves are blown by the wind at the moment.

Eventually, the fallen leaves bypassed the railings and rode the northwest wind towards the world of flowers below, where they eventually vanished. Retracting his gaze, Bai Yuexuan walked towards the garden not far away. Beyond the garden is the county's famous Green Garden, where a feast awaits him.

The owner of the green garden did not celebrate the New Year here this year, and did not come over until two days ago, and then there was news that he would hold a banquet to entertain relatives and friends today. They invited many people in one go, and Bai Yuexuan's family was also invited. Bai Dad and Bai Ma were already inside, but he himself was delayed by other things, and he didn't rush over until now.

Walking through the somewhat bleak winter garden, bypassing the glass greenhouse where General Tie guarded the door, Bai Yuexuan brushed his face at the door and stepped into the green garden.

On both sides of the cement road were holly bushes with a height of one and a half meters, and the thick bushes were just a little shorter than him, and when he looked over, he could only see the top of the villa slope exposed outside, and it was not clear whether there was anyone inside.

Walking along the wall of holly trees, I soon saw several people standing on the side of the road looking forward, including my own mother.

Seeing that his son finally arrived, Zhou Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to grab him and dragged him to the door of the villa, "Why did you arrive? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Don't blame me!" the boy hurriedly shouted, "It's that there is no one on the road today, and Route 27 is driving very slowly, so I knew that I would have walked up by myself." ”

"Just you?" Zhou Ling stopped, looked his son up and down, and his face was full of disbelief.

The uphill slope is not as flat as the road, it takes a lot of effort to look very close to really walk, and the county has been developing to the west, and there is a bit of credit for this big slope in the north. After Atletico bought the green garden to settle down on the top of the slope, the number of people going uphill and downhill suddenly increased, and the county soon opened the 27 bus that went directly to the top of the slope in the north of the city, although people basically did not use it, but it was also a heart of the county to improve the investment environment.

However, there are still too few people who often take this route, and the driver often lies down and waits for work in order to pull more guests, and the procrastination is not cool enough, but it makes this image route lose a little color.

was suspicious by his mother's words, Bai Yuexuan was about to open his mouth to argue, but was interrupted by the former pulling his arm, "What are you stunned about?

I don't know when, a noble lady wearing a royal blue dress appeared in front of the mother and son, it was Tang Jiayi, who had just returned from Switzerland.

The boy was reminded by his mother, so he reluctantly said hello: "Cousin, Happy New Year!"

The theory of six degrees of separation says that there are only six people separated from each other, but in this small county town, there are only three people between Bai Yuexuan and Tang Jiayi. Counting from his father's side, Tang Jiayi is his cousin, but if he accepts this setting, he has to accept the fact that his cousin is called his sister by the way, and Fang Junqi didn't tease him with the title question.

The boy was entangled in his heart, but Tang Jiayi was quite satisfied, nodded with a smile, took out a red paper bag from his pocket and stuffed it into the other party's hand, "This is the New Year's money that my aunt gave you!"

"How can this work?" Zhou Ling was about to refuse for his son, but was persuaded by the former, "There is not much money, just a little souvenir." ”

Seeing that the two of them had finally "negotiated", Bai Yuexuan put the red envelope in his hand into his pocket and took the opportunity to pinch it several times.

He could touch pieces of hard and round objects, and guessed that they should be coins, but it was not clear what they were, and he didn't have time to open them for the time being.

Saying goodbye to Aunt Jiayi, Bai Yuexuan followed her mother into the villa, and there were large round tables in front of her, filling the hall.

According to the tradition of previous years, the Atletico couple should have had a banquet in the hotel, and the large banquet hall can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time. However, the Bee Building, which has just been put into use, has made some people have different ideas, and they have expressed that they want to feel the scenery on the sixteenth floor.

As a result of the compromise between the two sides, Atletico temporarily opened two vacant villas to entertain relatives and friends. There is a professional banquet team invited from the provincial capital to operate, and the ingredients are also specially airlifted, so there is no need to worry about the quality of the food.

As the saying goes, it is better to come early than to come by coincidence. As soon as Bai Yuexuan was pressed on a chair by her mother, the waiter pushing the dining cart appeared at the entrance of the hall.

"Classmate!"

Bai Yuexuan looked left and right, and the table full of guests was only his youngest and most student-like.

Knowing that he was calling himself, he looked up at the place where the voice came from, but saw a big sister in a cheongsam standing next to him, holding the armrest of the dining car with both hands. There were two rows of porcelain plates on the dining car, and the number of people at the table was exactly the same, apparently to divide the meal.

The porcelain plate has an upside-down translucent lid, and you can vaguely see the color of the appetizer inside.

Seeing that the little classmate in front of her was still looking at her in a daze, the waitress had to speak again: "I need to serve food, please let me go!"

"Ahh

"Thank you!" Nodding her head to thank him, the cheongsam woman stepped forward, skillfully picked up the plates, and placed them accurately in front of everyone.

When she put away the lid and left, Bai Yuexuan looked at the cold dish platter in front of her for the first time.

It's true that the thing is a cold dish, but the ingredients on the plate are all unknown varieties, which makes him hesitate for a while and doesn't know how to put the chopsticks.

Knowing that while looking at the point, Zhou Ling couldn't help coughing lightly and reminded him, so he reacted and hurriedly stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.

Halfway through the cold dishes, the cheongsam beauties appeared in the hall again pushing the dining cart, but this time it was a hot dish. Like the previous cold cut, the second hot dish is also in the form of a platter, with four stir-fried dishes placed on a small plate, and each of them is not much, and there is not much left after a few chopsticks.

Looking at the plate in front of him that was about to be emptied, Bai Yuexuan couldn't help but slander his cousin and his wife, obviously they are rich, but they are so stingy with treats, when will they be able to eat like this?

As if hearing his complaints, the next big dish was quickly served, and the portion more than doubled.

The plate in front of everyone was removed uniformly, replaced by a steaming soup bowl, with a partition in the middle of the soup bowl like a small pot, the left side was oily and red, and the right side was bright and bright with slices of meat, which looked like a mandarin duck hot pot that was half spicy and half not spicy.

Of course, it just looks like, according to the waiter's introduction, this dish is a variety of fish boiled pork slices, since the pork loin can be replaced with sea fish, it is not surprising to create a two-in-one version of red oil and clear soup.

The bright soup full of sliced meat and vegetables was tempting enough, and the steaming heat was still spreading the smell of fat, cooked meat, and spices all the time, which immediately made Bai Yuexuan's mouth flutter and he couldn't help but move his index fingers.

The food is in front, there may be people who can restrain themselves from not moving the chopsticks, but there is no one here, the adults at the same table looked at each other and picked up the chopsticks one after another, and Bai Yuexuan also grabbed the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

The slices of meat with residual heat were so hot that he grinned and kept inhaling, but he never let go of his mouth. Different from the unfamiliar ingredients of pigs, cows and chickens, which are handled just right, the unique taste of novelty and delicacy drives young people to keep making eating movements.

Bai Yuexuan was not alone, the other people around him also involuntarily accelerated their eating movements, and the power of food was so irresistible.

Of course, there are not no people who can resist the temptation of food, on the second floor of the villa above the boy's head, there is such a group of people who can't eat, including his father Bai Bin.

In the face of all the delicacies, the chopsticks in Bai Bin's hand seemed to weigh more than a thousand catties, and his eyes looked at Atletico Madrid, who was sitting in the main seat, like everyone else. The latter was unconscious, frequently raising his chopsticks, and enjoying the dishes in front of him that had doubled in size.

What these people are thinking, Atletico Madrid is actually clear, and is ready to agree to some of them, otherwise he will not accept the request at all, and specially return to his hometown to hold today's banquet. However, the promise is agreed, but the posture and beating that should be there are still indispensable, since they are unwilling to speak, they simply don't know.

It is inherently convenient to talk about things at the dinner table, and the satisfaction brought by food can reduce the defensive psychology, and the low blood pressure caused by satiety can lead to slower thinking, and the superposition of the two phases can greatly improve the success rate of communication and persuasion. If you have a few more drunken liquors, your success may increase a lot. But Atletico is an outlier, no matter how much he eats or drinks, he is always able to stay sober and reasonable, which makes others very unaccustomed.

No one wanted to come out, and the scene was at an impasse for a while, until another cheongsam beauty walked into the room and brought everyone after-dinner fruits, and no one couldn't help but open their mouths.

A man with white hair and looked to be over half a hundred years old was the first to speak, but the topic flew 30,000 miles and went directly to the southern hemisphere.

"Atletico, I heard you have a theme park in Brazil?"

"Yes," Atletico nodded and admitted, the matter has been made public and there is no need to hide it.

"When will it be completed, and the amount of work must be a lot, right?" the man asked.

The amount of work is not very large," Atletico shook his head with a smile and said: "However, the Pantanal wetland, where the park is located, has a climate of flooding and drought for half a year, and the construction must avoid the summer and autumn flood seasons, and the work will be stopped after October, and it will not be restarted until April, so the construction speed has not been fast." ”

"Oh!" the white-haired man replied, and then asked, "Then do you still lack building materials over there?" ”

Rolling his eyes in his heart, knowing that the main topic was about to appear, Atletico laughed, "Import iron powder from Brazil, pull it back all the way to make steel, cast it into building materials, and then drift back to Brazil by sea?

The man smiled and spread his hands, "No way, who let their steel companies not work? As long as the cost of bulk shipping is less than the difference in the price of steel, someone will do it." ”

Atletico nodded, "That's right, the international division of labor." ”

Although it seems to be "wasteful and toss-up", if you look at the world, you will find that Atletico Madrid's mouth exports raw materials and imports of manufactured goods are simply everywhere, after all, there are really few countries that have both raw material resources and strong and complete industries and even huge markets, and the parts that they lack can only turn to the international market.

Even with the world's first production capacity of 1.1 billion tons, the rabbit's steel category is still not sound enough, and it is necessary to import special steel while exporting ordinary steel, Brazil's steel production capacity is only tens of millions of tons, and the partial situation is even more serious, importing hundreds of tons of various steel products every year.

Because of the global economic recession, sluggish steel demand, steel sales and prices have declined, steel companies are busy pressing production capacity to carry out supply-side reforms, and Brazilian mine bosses are also not comfortable, and they are also busy limiting production and reducing production. The life of the industrial chain giants is not easy, and other participants in the steel chain also have no money to make, such as the "old man" in front of Atletico Madrid.

Although he looks more than half a hundred years old, his actual age is actually less than forty years old, and the reason why he is so old is that he is completely anxious by the price of steel. As a building materials businessman, this was originally made of doors and windows aluminum profiles, bathrooms, anti-theft doors and other home improvement supplies, and later saw the decline in steel prices, and the country said that it would eliminate backward production capacity to raise prices, so he saw the opportunity to mix in, mortgage the family property loan to buy the bottom, is very hoarded a batch of hot-selling steel.

Then he found that the country's words are not reliable, steel prices have just improved, the production capacity that was pressed down immediately recovered a lot, the supply increased and suppressed the price, the overall is still hovering at a low level, coupled with the lack of channels and poor sales, this batch of goods is smashed in the hand.

In fact, he is still good, the bank still has to take care of face and the law, and the loan collection method is a hundred times gentler than the family planning office, at most it is just to recover the collateral and make you homeless. This is not the case with those peers who take private lending, banks are unwilling to do things they dare not do, and professional debt collection groups have completely done it, blocking the door to ask for accounts, phone bombardment, and fame in their hometowns, only you can't imagine that they can't do it.

Seeing the other party going back and forth and constantly saying "steel is bitter, steel trade is difficult", Atletico Madrid no longer haha, and said directly: "Third uncle, you also know, I don't have a real estate company in my hands, even if there are large-scale projects, they are entrusted to professional companies to do, and they will not and cannot interfere in procurement." In this case, I will help you redeem the house, and you can do the rest yourself. ”