Rashid listened to Zheng Xudong's words, sat there for a long time without speaking, at this time his mind had turned over the sea, if he said anything else, he didn't care, but Zheng Xudong's last sentence he understood, he was thinking about the possibility that he could become the next presidential candidate of the United Arab Emirates, no matter how you think about this possibility is extremely big, he is still young, only twenty-six years old, the current president is still in good health, but the age is already there, and it should be about the same if he lives for another ten to fifteen years, and this period is just the right time for him to lay a good foundation for his work, establish his own contacts on the basis of work, and form his own circle of influenceAt that time, who can say that the candidate for the presidency must be certain people! Isn't there an old saying in Huaxia: "Princes and princes will have a kind of Xiangning!" Besides, I am not from a civilian background, and I am also the grandson of the third generation of the old king, so why don't I have a chance?

After thinking clearly, Rashid's eyes shot out, no longer the decadent look just now, he looked at Zheng Xudong and said, "Adong, you are my brother from now on, what should I do?" Do you have any ideas?"

Zheng Xudong's father studied ancient Chinese literature, and there is nothing to say about his historical attainments, and his teaching of Zheng Xudong is also tireless, the culture of China's 5,000 years (the world only recognizes the culture of China for 3,500 years, and does not recognize the existence of the Xia Dynasty), the change of dynasties, and the change of dynasties have too many things to learn from.

Zheng Xudong took a sip of water and sat next to Rashid, looked at no one else in the room, and whispered, "Big brother, I think so." If I have the opportunity, I want to buy the desert in your Abu Dhabi as much as possible, the bigger the better, and when the results are out, then you are the prince and you can give priority to buying land, and then you will unite some important departments, such as military personnel, internal security departments, public security, procuratorate, law, foreign affairs, The incumbent senior officials of the land and other departments or their children, after getting the land, I will come to provide technology and personnel, and they will only help with policy support and enjoy the corresponding cadre shares, so that we will form a community of interests, I think this should be no problem for you, and when the interests are too big to be separated, that is, when you take the position. Of course, it's still too early to say this, you have to take your time, don't let people notice it all at once, and when our group interests are not shaken by one or two people, they will be too late to perceive it. ”

Rashid was silent for a long time before he said to him: "I know, you're right, it's too early to say anything, this kind of thing can't be rushed, I already know it in my heart, I will arrange it slowly, and then we will discuss it in detail." Okay, that's all for that. ”

Zheng Xudong saw that the time was not early, and he was going back to prepare in advance, so he proposed to say goodbye, and Rashid did not stay, drove him back to the hotel, and said on the way: "Brother, I have something to tell you, our current president's name is Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is sixty-two years old this year. Although we call him president to the outside world, the people call him king, and he prefers to be called that. Do you know why Dubai's tallest building is called Burj Khalifa?"

"It won't be to commemorate the king, no, he's still alive!" Zheng Xudong listened to Rashid first tell him such an important information, and then said about the Burj Khalifa, which he had just visited in the morning.

"It's not a commemoration, it's a gratitude, when Dubai was hit by an economic crisis, this person who had not yet become a king at that time fully supported Dubai through the economic crisis, so Dubai named their tallest building Burj Khalifa in order to thank him. ”

Thanks to the important information provided by the eldest brother, Zheng Xudong also arrived at the hotel, Rashid did not get out of the car and did not enter the hotel and directly hugged Zheng Xudong and said goodbye.

When he entered the room, he saw a middle-aged man waiting for him, the man was wearing a full-body suit and no tie, which is indeed too difficult to tie in July in the Bay Area.

The man stood up on the sofa and walked towards him, first stretched out his hand to shake him, and said, "Hello, Comrade Zheng Xudong, I am Chen Guoqing, the Chinese ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. ”

Hearing a standard Mandarin in a foreign country made Zheng Xudong feel very cordial, and he shook hands and said, "Hello, Ambassador Chen Guoqing. Is it nothing to find me?"

Next, Chen Guoqing explained the intention of coming, it turned out that Chen Guoqing was here for a moment to meet with the president, and Ambassador Chen told him some etiquette in state activities, which was summed up in four words: "neither humble nor arrogant". I brought another makeup team, and after knowing that he had a suit, he asked him to take a shower first and then prepare for makeup.

When everything was cleaned up, Zheng Xudong prepared a blue Givenchy suit to wear on his body. I got on the embassy bus and drove to the palace.

In fact, the Emirates Palace and the hotel are only a fifteen-minute walk, but this is not a visit to a friend's house, this is a necessary diplomatic etiquette, so you have to take a car.

The diplomat's car drove directly in front of the president's residence, where the president's chief of staff was waiting for them at the door, and both sides shook hands and exchanged hands before walking towards the president's office.

Outside the presidential office is a luxurious reception room, and at this time, an area with a yellow ribbon has been fenced off for media reporters, and after Zheng Xudong and Ambassador Chen passed into the conference room, the president of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, walked out of the office inside.

Dressed in a white robe, his face was majestic and unsmiling, Zheng Xudong took the initiative to take two steps forward and took the initiative to reach out and shake hands, and then took the lead in standard Arabic and said: "Thank Allah for allowing me to meet you, Your Excellency Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the great king! May Allah bless you!"

This big string of words moved the heart of King Khalifa, who had just entered old age, although he also listened to these flattering words every day, but I don't know why the words of this young man in front of him today sounded particularly happy, he said so sincerely, although the following told him that the young man in front of him could speak Arabic, but he did not expect him to speak so well. Old King Khalifa said: "Thank you also Allah for sending you to us in the UAE and helping us to solve such a big crisis, thank you, young man!"

When Ambassador Chen next to him heard what Zheng Xudong said, he thought, "Yes, I didn't use what I taught just now, so people just use their own set." I don't know what the moth is going to be up for a while! ”

The king once again thanked Zheng Xudong for his heroic act, and Zheng Xudong briefly recounted the process of rescuing the plane, and finally said: "I am also an honorary national of the UAE now, so these are all things I should do." ”

The old king Khalifa listened to the young man's unpretentious conversation and liked it more and more, and said: "As the leader of this country, I can't help but express my gratitude to those who are kind to us, so after our research, we have decided to reward you with $10 million in addition to the $20 million reward from Dubai. With a wave of his hand, the man below brought up a large cardboard with a cheque on it, with the words 10 million dollars written on it, which was used to take pictures of the media.

After this ceremony, the old king said: "I heard from the people below that you like our desert, since you are already our citizen, after our decision, the government will give you a hundred square kilometers of desert for free, are you satisfied?"

Zheng Xudong was really satisfied when he heard it, of course, at this time, only a fool can say "dissatisfied!", even if he is not satisfied in his heart, he has to say that he is satisfied. Otherwise in this monarchy, he may be "disappeared from the world".

He took the land certificate stamped with the state seal from the person below again, and took another photo in front of the camera.

The old king asked, "Is there anything else you want?" ”

The people below and the media could tell that the old king really liked the young man, because they had never heard the old king call someone "my child" in a formal diplomatic setting, and this was the first time.

Zheng Xudong knew that this was not polite, so he stood up and bowed to the king first, and then said: "Your Majesty the King", Zheng Xudong didn't have a face this time, and directly used "Your Majesty", of course, the old king was also overjoyed when he heard it, thinking that this child was "sensible", and then Zheng Xudong continued: "I don't know, am I still qualified to use my national identity to buy another piece of desert?"

In fact, after hearing from the people below that this young man asked for a piece of desert in Dubai, the old king also smiled, thinking that this was the young man's three-minute blood, since it was useless, so he was generous and gave him a piece of the same big desert. But at this time, when he heard that this young man wanted to buy another desert, he was already alarmed, after all, he was the head of a country, and the interests of the country were supreme, and he didn't want to, nor dared to sell him a large area of desert, before he understood what this young man wanted to do with these deserts. But I can't express it on my face when I think so, and the media is still there, so I said with a serious face: "How big do you want to be?"

Zheng Xudong looked at the face of the old king opposite, and knew that he might have committed other people's taboos, originally he wanted the lion to open his mouth and say bigger, but now he can't be so willful, so he had to say more humbly: "No matter how big it is, it is Your Majesty that calls the shots." ”

Hearing him say this, Khalifa's vigilance and vigilance were a little lowered, and he was really afraid that this young man would not be able to get off the stage by saying a number regardless of the occasion, and if that was the case, he would not mind sending this excellent young man to serve Allah. But it was obvious that the young man was very sensible, which made his complexion soften, and he groaned slightly, and said, "Just give you another hundred square kilometers on the edge of your current land, but this desert has to be bought with money, and it is also five million dollars." What do you think, my child?"

Zheng Xudong understood that this was not asking for his opinion, but waiting for his gratitude, so he immediately offered his words of gratitude.

The meeting ended in a rather friendly atmosphere on the surface, but the officialdom veterans present all sweated for this young man, and the plot of the meeting was too tortuous.

Shortly after returning to his hotel room, the UAE land department official handed him a new land certificate, which was a document marked 200 square kilometers of land, and he paid another $5 million, which was officially handed over to him.

When he was left alone in the room, he called Ivanka and told her that he now owned 300 square kilometers of desert...