Chapter 263: No Foresight and Near-term Worries (Part II)
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Wrapped in a coarse cloth, he has poetry and books in his belly.
Li Jiaming, who was born poor, can wear coarse cloth, but he is not so rich that he is deliberately diligent and thrifty, at least in terms of food, housing and transportation, which is no different from those super-rich. Before getting married, business jets, luxury yachts, holiday villas and islands, luxury estates, ...... There is everything, even the wine that I usually drink is those old wines, and I don't touch the blended wines on the market at all.
It's different after getting married, for example, the high-end tableware at home is broken one or two, and it must have been a maid to go to the store to complete it in the past, but after Liu Shasha got married, she became a casual shopping shop. Even, the maid who helped them clean used a LV bag, but Liu Shasha, who likes to go to the library, asked her husband to carry her signature denim bag, which contained water cups, snacks, and tissues in addition to a book pen...... , in Li Jiaming's words, it is called a treasure chest, and in Yang Fenhua's words, this goblin is called rough.
After chatting for more than an hour, Li Jiaming invited them to a high-end Chinese restaurant for dinner. Out of respect for the guests, Liu Shasha, who has a big belly, deliberately dressed up, exquisite light makeup, decent clothing and conversation, although her appearance is not quite in line with the aesthetics of the Americans, but her outstanding temperament also proves that 'there is poetry and writing in the belly'.
After the four of them finished eating, Consul Zhang and his wife said goodbye and left, and Mrs. Zhang praised Liu Shasha's freedom and purity in the car. Many things can be faked, but it is impossible to be without flaws, and Liu Shasha's study can be described as a perfect interpretation of non-attachment to external objects.
The desk is a Ming and Qing dynasty antique made of yellow rosewood, but the pen on the table is a domestic plastic hero pen, and even better is that the notched ceramic tea jar is soaked in the best Da Hong Pao. If it weren't for the fact that the hostess was a Ph.D. from Harvard, and her father was a high-ranking official at the vice-ministerial level, Mrs. Zhang would have thought that she had arrived at the home of the nouveau riche.
"Lao Zhang, I have seen many wealthy and famous women, but I have never seen such a good one. She is like a diamond, brilliant and hard. โ
Consul Zhang, who was well-dressed, was a little disappointed, but nodded again and again. It's not easy to pretend to be low-key and thrifty, and it's even more difficult to look down on glory and wealth at the age of twenty, but that woman just did it.
"Purity can be beautiful, maybe Li Jiaming's kid is obsessed with her purity. โ
Mrs. Zhang also echoed a few words, behind successful men there is a woman who pays silently, she is undoubtedly Consul Zhang's virtuous helper, and she came to visit him today to get closer to Liu Shasha. Even though they were riding in a foreign affairs vehicle and driving a subordinate for many years, the two did not talk about Li Jiaming. It wasn't until they returned to the Consulate General Pavilion that the couple entered their home that Consul Zhang laughed at himself: "Xiao Li, I have to rely on you this time to see if I can let Dr. Liu influence Dr. Li, I can't do anything about Professor Li." โ
"What's wrong?"
Consul Zhang, who returned home, told about the chat with Li Jiaming, in exchange for his wife's curiosity.
"Is he really going to work on artificial intelligence?"
These two couples are both from Tsinghua University, but they are engaged in diplomatic work, which cannot but be said to be different. Mrs. Zhang's curiosity is also something that Consul Zhang can't figure out after returning home. In Li Jiaming's place, he felt that it was perfunctory, but he felt that it was not entirely true when he thought along the way.
It took Hanhua eight years to develop a mobile phone, squandering the profits generated by the iPod, but what about the more difficult artificial intelligence? If the iPhone is just a successful technology product, then artificial intelligence is a new technical science, which involves too many things and requires too much money.
The bystanders were clear, Mrs. Zhang thought for a moment, and immediately shook her head and said, "No, he is still preparing to retreat." Lao Zhang, how much is the annual sales of the iPhone, and how much profit will there be? If we add in the profits of the Hanhua Group in the 'excellent' system, even if there will be competitors soon, there will be 20 to 30 billion yuan a year, at least, right?"
This reminded Consul Zhang, but he smiled bitterly and said, "Can you blame him for this?"
Consul Zhang, who was originally a lobbyist, asked rhetorically, and his wife also nodded in agreement, not to blame others for this, but to blame the domestic political system for lagging behind economic development. Although Li Jiaming did not say it explicitly, everyone knows that sooner or later there will be changes, and no one is sure whether the future changes will be peaceful or drastic.
The graceful Mrs. Zhang made two cups of tea, handed one to her husband, and asked, "Old Zhang, do you think we may follow the path of Vietnam?"
This is a sensitive topic, and it will only be talked about when couples who are in love with each other close to each other will talk about it behind closed doors. Last year, the Viet Cong did a major job by holding the elections for deputies to the National Assembly and the local people's assemblies on the same day, and by adopting a limited system of universal suffrage. Among the more than 800 candidates nominated by the Communist Party of Vietnam, who will be selected as a representative of the 500 National Assembly will be determined by the votes of 60 million voters, which can be described as unprecedented in the history of the international communist movement.
Consul Zhang, who can be called a politician, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Unlikely, at least not in the short term, they are a small boat and a good U-turn."
That proves that Li Jiaming is not unfounded, and after Mrs. Zhang was silent for a moment, she whispered: "Then how do you report?"
"To tell the truth, what you and I can see, the chief will not see? If it weren't for the next year's successor, the chief wouldn't be so cautious, and if he helped that kid, he wouldn't have scared that kid. โ
It has to be like this, even Li Jiaming, who is helping his wife rub his legs, has the same judgment as Consul Zhang, but he explained it more seriously to his wife.
"The Vietnamese are different from us in that they have never been on top of the world, and they have a big country next to them that can crush them, so they don't have unrealistic ambitions. We are different, Shi's burden is too heavy, and if you didn't have the strength before, you could still be obscure, and with the strength, even if you don't want to come out, it's difficult. โ
Liu Shasha, who had swollen calves, was very smart, but these things were still difficult to understand, and she wondered: "Why? Isn't it good to bury your head in development?"
In the past, the United States was a towering tree, and China was at most a monkey, jumping around on it and stepping on a few branches and leaves; when it grows into an orangutan or even an elephant, and then tossing and turning on this big tree in the United States, the trunk will be broken by it.
"Last year, we surpassed Britain and France, and the GDP is only a thin line behind Germany, and it is estimated that it will only take three years at most to surpass Japan. In the past, when Japan was rising, Europe and the United States came up with a square agreement, and we are not Japan, so we will not be so submissive. โ
"And confrontation?"
"It should be called 'fight but not break', which is a test of the wisdom of those in power. โ
Now there is no need for her husband to explain, Liu Shasha also understands that the deterioration of the external environment is very easy to lead to populism. If the authorities do not guide them correctly, they can easily be coerced, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Yes, the internal political system cannot be adapted to the economic base, and the external international environment has deteriorated, and if the economy stagnates, the accumulated social contradictions will erupt in a concentrated manner, and the devil knows what kind of changes will occur. โ
Yes, these may just be speculations, and maybe the leaders who rushed out of the crowd will have enough political wisdom to solve it, but what if it happens?
The husband and wife were silent, they had not lived through the era of populism, but the library was full of historical materials. The big time is full of passion, but who knows how many human tragedies will be under the big era? )
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