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Li Sheng posted a mood in the office of the Southern District: "On a rainy day, grass grows in my heart. But it was still late at night in Huaxia, and even Luo Zheng ignored him.

When he was bored, it was Fernando who called him: "Lee, are you free on Saturday?"

Today is already Thursday, Li Sheng thought about it, even if it is a sunny day the day after tomorrow, there is nothing special to do.

When Fernando heard him say he was free, he smiled and said, "Then come to São Paulo on Saturday." Raimondo Nonadon got married on Sunday. ”

Raimondo Nonadon Li Sheng knew and met once. At that time, I saw it when dealing with the framing of the Silent Farm. However, after the investigation was over, the other party said that he was a friend of Fernando.

Li Sheng was also known for his phone conversation with Fernando.

In Fernando's description, he learned that this young man, who is still a small official position, is a rising political star in the eyes of many people. He has a maternal grandfather who is a Brazilian justice and an uncle who is serving as Minister of Commerce, and his own family is a well-known wealthy Brazilian family. After dealing with the corruption cases involved in the Silent Farm framing incident, through publicity, this young man became a responsible young official in the eyes of most people.

Li Sheng is no longer the one who didn't understand anything back then, and he knows that this kind of relationship needs to be maintained. However, the other party did not invite him personally, and it seemed a little inappropriate for him to go like this: "Will it be abrupt?"

"He asked me to help him invite you. It's hard for you to live in Silent Farm and send an invitation. ”

Li Sheng was very skeptical of his words. If you are inviting someone to a wedding, you will never be invited at the last minute. If you really want to invite, how can you find a way to get in touch? But since Fernando said so, Raimondo Nonadon should know about it. Otherwise, if he went, no matter how big Fernando's face was, it would be boring.

If it had been before, he might have refused. Because I felt that since it wasn't the owner, I wanted to invite.,It's a bit of a shame to go.。 But now he wouldn't think so. It's hard to get close to someone like Raimundo Nonadon, and when someone else has created an opportunity for him and doesn't know how to catch it, he's really in vain.

"No problem. But what should I give as a gift?" Raimondo Nonadon's family is probably a noble family left over from the early years of the Portuguese Empire, and he doesn't know much about it.

Fernando smiled and said, "Nothing special, just send a watch or something." ”

Li Sheng heard him say: "Watches are indeed a good idea. But it always has to be something special to make sense. He believed that unless Fernando was trying to harm him, a watch was the best gift. It is likely that Raimondo Nonadon had a penchant for collecting watches.

When Fernando heard him say this, he couldn't help but feel that Li Sheng matured quite quickly. But he didn't stop in his mouth, saying, "Patek Philippe has just come out with a couple's watch, a commemorative edition." Only five pairs were made. I just got a couple here. ”

When Li Sheng heard this, his heart couldn't help but move: "That's the gift you want to give." ”

"I gave him a lot of watches. Not bad for this pair either. What Fernando had in mind was that the relationship between him and Raimondo Nonadon, it didn't matter what he sent.

Li Sheng could only say thank you. Maybe this time I owe Fernando a favor again.

When he returned to the villa area in the evening, Li Sheng found that Tia seemed to be very happy today, and she was still humming when watching the video.

"What's going on, happy isn't it?"

"My dad called to say that the pig had a calf. ”

Li Sheng was stunned for a moment, and didn't think there was anything to be happy about in this matter. He smiled at the occasion and asked, "The day after tomorrow, do you have anything to do?"

"The day after tomorrow?" Tya thought for a moment and shook her head. "You're going out again?"

Li Sheng really wanted to take Tia to São Paulo. He felt that Tia had left the life of the natives and might one day leave the farm. Now it's time for her to see the real side of the world.

Speaking of which, after the Gilolo people moved out of the forest, he still let Tia live in the villa, so that she would not return to the life of the natives, but in the farm, and in the forest, there is not much difference, that is, he knows more things, but he is also closed. Now maybe it's time for her to get a glimpse of the outside world.

Li Sheng smiled and said, "A friend of Fernando is getting married and wants me to participate too." If you're okay, come with me. In the south, there is not so much rain. ”

São Paulo has a savannah climate, and even during the rainy season, there is relatively little rain. It's the right time to go there, it's not too hot and it's not always raining.

For Tia, don't say that there is nothing to do in the first place, even if there is, she will also say no.

Li Sheng looked at her and nodded, and said, "Then we will leave the morning after tomorrow." Hopefully the weather will be better. "He's going out now, and he's going to turn around. To do the farm first by plane to Manaus. If the weather is bad, it's always a bit of trouble. "By the way, with some salutes, we might have to stay for two or three nights. ”

Tia jumped off the ground and said, "I'll clean up now." ”

Li Sheng watched her trotting upstairs and said loudly, "It's not too late to clean up tomorrow." ”

"Clothes are hard to dry, so they need to be dried. Tia also has good reasons. During the rainy season in the Amazon, it can be difficult to dry clothes.

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Heaven does not want to be beautiful. The quasi-stationary front, which had been stagnant nearby, was not moving, or rather the front was too wide, and it was still raining.

However, the rain did not affect Tia's good mood. It was the first time she had ever traveled far in the true sense of the word. The farthest I've been to before, Manaus, and I came back the same day. This time, she needed to bring a salute and stay in another city for a few days.

The city of São Paulo is very new to her, but with Li Sheng here, she doesn't have to worry at all.

Transferring in Manaus, it was the first time that Tia had flown on the same plane with so many strangers, and it was also the first time she had flown on a plane that big. When he got off the plane in São Paulo, his face was still flushed with the aftertaste of excitement.

No one came to pick up Li Sheng this time, but he had already booked a hotel.

Brazil is also a vast country, and even though half of the Amazon rainforest covers half of the country, there are always places where it does not rain. The sky in São Paulo is much brighter than on the farm. In the car, Li Sheng can also see that the city still has a hint of Christmas. But it's soon the New Year.

December is one of the hottest months in the Southern Hemisphere, and as soon as he got off the taxi, Li Sheng felt a heat wave, and the weather seemed to be a little hot this year. But only two steps have passed, and the cold air in the hotel lobby mingles with the hot air outside the doorway, as if to remind the city of polarization.

The journey within the country is not very tiring. Tia seemed to be in the excitement of going out for the first time, and after settling in the hotel, Li Sheng took her on a tour of the city's main business districts.

The city of São Paulo, coffee cultivation began at the end of the 19th century. Today, it is the most populous city in Brazil, accounting for about 6% of the country's total population, and is the largest city, industrial center and world-class metropolis in Brazil.

Li Sheng asked the taxi to take the two to Direta Street. Although along the way, Li Sheng and Tia both felt that the city was very populous--very congested. Yes, it also gives Tia enough opportunities to appreciate the real metropolis.

On both sides of the road are high-rise buildings, many of which are thirty or forty-story skyscrapers. This is not comparable to any Amazon city, including Manaus.

Then Li Sheng took her to visit the real big shopping malls and some famous brand stores, so that she could appreciate another life that was completely different from before.

It was getting dark, and on their way back to the hotel, Tia was in the taxi, and her mood was no longer excited, but cramped. She didn't expect that the "salary" she got for several months could only buy a few ordinary clothes, or buy two ordinary pieces of jewelry. But she knew that her "salary" was actually higher than that of her counterparts outside the farm.

This completely subverted her imagination of the outside world: "Li, in a big city, are things so expensive?" She bought a lot of clothes today, although they were all paid by Li Sheng, but the price marked on the label still made her a little frightened. A skirt costs 30,000 reais. In fact, she had seen similar dresses in Manaus for only a thousand, which already made her too expensive.

Li Sheng patted her head and said, "It's not that everything in the city is expensive, just now we went to high-end commodity stores." It belongs to high-end consumption, or luxury consumption. This is the consumption life of rich people, and buying such things will make them happy. ”

He took Tia shopping this time just to make her understand that human life is more than just eating. And not to frighten her.

Tia doesn't seem to understand, but she still disagrees with this consumption concept: "Actually, I think that Manaus also has similar clothes, and it is very comfortable and beautiful to wear." But the price is only one-thirtieth. ”

Li Sheng knew that she had only been in contact with currency for more than half a year, and her concept of consumption was still very primitive, so he could only patiently explain: "People always want to show their status. But everyone looks the same, so how do you make yourself stand out?"

"Is that what he does? to let people know that he has money?"

Although Li Sheng knows that this is not true, the reality is like this. Love vanity, this word should actually be a neutral word. All people love vanity, the poor and the rich. It's just that the poor can't get up by vanity, and the vanity of the rich makes people feel wasteful.

Li Sheng always likes to think about something that he doesn't have. And he had his own thoughts on Tia's question: "In fact, the origin of these things is not simple. You may think it's just a piece of clothing when you look at it, but it's actually a nameplate. They are all things that have been shaped by countless people's hype and propaganda. In fact, other clothes are also nameplates, and when you wear a piece of clothing, a person's body is equivalent to wearing a nameplate, representing identity. ”

He pondered for a moment, and he didn't know if the next words would have any effect on Tia's worldview: "For example, gems, many gems are actually useless things. But because they are expensive, they represent wealth, and wealth represents power. "And all the symbols of power are made by human beings themselves.

Tia didn't digest his words right away, but asked a question that he didn't know how to answer: "Is Lee very powerful?"