Chapter 291: The Undiscovered "Treasure" (Part I)
After another day, Pepe accompanied his old lady and his mother, and Uncle Ham drove him around Rodeo Avenue for an afternoon.
On this women's shopping trip, Li Chenghua did not go with him. Who scared him the most was to go shopping with women, so he avoided this shopping trip under the pretext that there was a meeting to be held in the company.
Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive is "the world's busiest and most expensive shopping boulevard", and Pepe's visit was a big deal!
Chanel and Dior's women's clothing of the season, Bartley Miseca's perfumes and shoes, Burberry's handbags, Vertu's Constellation-Quest ceramic keyboard and diamond-encrusted touchscreen mobile phone (see note), Dolce &Gabbana's leather goods and accessories, etc., all add up to spend Pepe hundreds of thousands of Franklin in one afternoon!
After finally calming down the family, the days are approaching the end of the month, and it is almost time to set off for the Brown Bear Tribe's autumn harvest celebration.
The afternoon before departure, Pepe and Austin had already packed their bags.
After dinner, the young couple went to the private beach under the cliff. After walking for a while, Pepe and Austin held hands and returned to the main house.
At this time, it was still early to go to bed, so Pepe and Austin did not return to the master bedroom, but went to the video room on the second floor, picked a video disc to play, and watched the movie while starting the period before going to bed.
The disc that will be shown tonight was chosen by Austin. is Pepe's least favorite literary film.
The beginning of the plot is quite bland, so Pepe leans lazily on the sofa. While watching the boring plot on the screen, he habitually chatted with Austin.
While chatting, the topic involuntarily turned to tomorrow's upcoming trip to the brown bear tribe.
Chatting and chatting, Pepe casually talked about the current situation of the Brown Bear Tribe, and the Deputy Chief Fierce Bull's desire to cheer up the tribe.
Pepe means. After arriving at Bozeman, he did not rush back to Koizumi Villa, but went to the supermarket in the city and bought more relatively practical items to bring to the tribe as gifts for their visit.
Austin has no objection, but he also points out that his wife's help is pointless - if the Bull wants to lift up the tribe, he must first change the status quo of the tribe! The first step in changing the status quo of the tribe is to bring all the Indians of the tribe out of the mountains, so that these Indians under his command can integrate into the outside society and adapt to the pace of development of this society. Instead of going out two or three times a year, as is the case now. Sell some mountain goods and handicrafts or something.
Austin just said this casually, but it aroused Pepe's interest in chatting.
She told her husband Austin all the injustices she had learned about the Brown Bear Tribe's past injustices, and asked her husband with great interest if he could help him think about whether there was any way or channel that could help the Brown Bear Tribe change the current situation.
Austin pondered.
Perhaps for his wife, she was sympathetic to what had happened to the brown bear tribe, so she wanted to help these poor Indians as much as she could.
But for Austin, he found a big opportunity in his wife's description!
Or an undiscovered "treasure"!
So, Austin looked at his wife with burning eyes and asked, "Honey, have you ever wondered what you will do with the more than 260 million dollars you won from horse races in the future?" ”
Pepe was stunned for a moment. Isn't it talking about how to help the Brown Bear Tribe change the status quo, and if you talk about it, why did Austin suddenly turn around and get into this money?
"Why did you suddenly get up to this topic?" Pepe looked at her husband suspiciously, and asked thoughtfully, "Do you want me to take a sum of money out to help the brown bear tribe?" This is not in line with your style as a big boss of an investment bank on Wall Street! ”
Austin smiled softly at his wife, then pulled his arm back from her shoulder.
And then. He picked up the cigarette case from the coffee table, took out a cigarette and lit it, and leaned back on the back of the sofa chair relaxed and comfortable. While smoking a cigarette, he explained slowly, "Before I explain my true intentions. I think it's necessary for me to first popularize with you the famous Western Development Movement in American history! The Western Development Movement is also the westward expansion movement of the North American colonies in the last century. At that time, slave owners in the south, land speculators in the north, and poor people. All hope to get land in the west. However, in 1763, the British government, in order to confine the people of the colonies to areas where they could control it, issued a proclamation proclamation proclamating 'proclamation prohibiting immigrants from crossing the Appalachian Mountains'. Then, the Revolution of Independence broke out in 1775 and shattered this rule. It was not until 1783 that Britain and the United States agreed a peace settlement, and Britain opened up a large area of land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River, which had originally belonged to the Indians, to the newly independent American federal government. ”
Pepe nodded as she listened, a history she had heard in her high school history class.
At that time, she did not care much about the tragic plight of the Indians, but focused more on the history of the blood and tears of the Chinese workers who built the large-scale railway during the period of the great development of the west.
Although this history has long been known, Pepe's patience is still there.
And she also knew that her husband shouldn't talk about this history for no reason, so Pepe didn't interrupt Austin's rhythm. Instead, he comfortably rested his legs on Austin's knees, and then listened attentively to Austin's next tirade-
After puffing out a puff of cigarette, Austin slowly continued: "Since then, the United States has begun the famous and mighty Western Advance Movement that has lasted for more than 100 years in history!" Speaking of the Great Western Advancement Movement. It is necessary to mention the Indian Removal Act, an act passed by the then President Jackson in May 1830. This law forcibly relocated the Indians to the west of the Mississippi River. As a result, the vast western land was incorporated into the territory of the United States, thus greatly expanding the area of arable land in the United States! So. One thing that no one can deny is that the Westward Expansion Movement represents a history of blood and tears for the American Indians. ”
"You missed a point, this history is also the tragic history of blood and tears of our Chinese railway workers!" Pepe couldn't help but interject at this time.
Austin did not contradict his wife's remarks: "Indeed. This history can be summed up as the real history of the blood and tears of the ancestors of all minorities on American soil! He smiled and nodded, leaning over to pick up the ashtray from the coffee table.
After flicking the ashes from his hand, Austin placed the ashtray flat on his lap.
Then, he comfortably leaned back on the back of the sofa and continued: "Therefore, for the oppression and racial discrimination against Indians, blacks and Asians in the history of the United States, as a United States that has always advertised itself as a civilized country and a people-cooked society, it is also constantly introspecting!" ”
At this time, Pepe couldn't help but interrupt Austin's words.
I saw that she looked at her husband with a disdainful expression and retorted with indignation: "Introspection is useless!" You said it yourself - 'flaunting'! Plainly. It's not all 'selling dog meat on the head of a sheep'! As far as I know, the apologies and reparations are all gimmicks made up by some political figures to attract votes! I would say that this is a gorgeous and unscrupulous cloak of hypocrisy! ”
"Hehehe," Austin chuckled noncommittally.
"My dear little angry youth! You're right! It is true that there are many superficial articles that are made for the public to see, and there are indeed many superficial articles that cannot stand up to scrutiny! But there's one thing you forget," Austin said, snuffing out the cigarette in his ashtray.
Then, he removed his wife's calf, which rested on his lap, picked up the remote control and pressed the pause button.
Then, after wrapping his arms around his wife's shoulders again, Austin leaned back into his arms and stroked the top of his hair while gently continuing to speak—
"Even if it's a superficial article. Once the Parliament has enacted a bill, it has a de jure basis! There is an 'affirmative-action' in the United States, which was born in the last actual sixties."
At this point, Austin paused. Then he smiled sideways and glanced at his wife, who was still indignant.
He then continued: "In March 1961, the then president of the United States was John F. Kennedy. In order to solve the racial discrimination in the society at that time, he established the 'Equal Employment Opportunity Commission'. An executive order against discrimination was also issued! After several revisions, it eventually evolved into an important bill that affects countless black Americans today - the famous 'affirmative action'! The emphasis is on "blacks". It is because this ethnic group has gained the greatest benefit from this bill. (To be continued......)
PS: This is a chapter 3000 word update, and I went home tonight and drank a total of two cups of coffee, and I was in good spirits. So I'm going to take advantage of the fact that the writing and thinking are still quite smooth at this time, and try to code a few more chapters.
Note: 07 years is still the era of Nokia's king, VERTU is the world's first luxury mobile phone company established by Nokia, "VERTU" originated from the Latin word, the original meaning is "high quality, unique". Founded in 2002, VERTU's mission is to create luxury phones for the world's wealthy.
Vertu's Constellation series was released in the second half of 2006, the user of the aircraft is targeted at those who like to travel around the world, inspired by airplanes and travel, the concept comes from the shape of the jet, the line as a design element and the use of ceramic keyboard, claiming to be the world's first mobile phone to use ceramic keyboard.
ConstellationQuest is an upgraded version of Constellation, each ConstellationQuest is supervised and signed by a dedicated person, with a commitment to quality and style. At that time, it was sold for 4,400-10,900 euros. If it is custom-made, you can also inlay gemstones and engrave personalized signatures on the body according to your preference.