Chapter 11 See how long it will be
Just when Hamm apologized to Su Zhen and didn't have time to ask the servant to take Su Zhen and Kate to rest first, the "uninvited guest" had already broken in.
"Ha Lu Ha
Soon Su Zhen saw the true face of this "uninvited guest", this is a middle-aged Middle Eastern man in a black suit, he is very strange, what is this identity, dare to trespass in the mansion of the prince of Dubai?
"Brother Hamm, why don't you invite me to your engagement party, I have to come myself," the man laughed.
"Hmph, if it's a friend, I'll naturally invite," Hamm snorted coldly, obviously implying that the other party was not welcome.
The other party didn't care, and was still happy, "Ha Luha, I naturally came to attend the engagement ceremony of the Hamm brothers as a friend, come on, send me the gift I prepared."
Listening to the instructions of the brought, a servant presented a small box, and the servants around were also a little curious about what the box would contain, the man waved his hand, and the servant opened the box, which turned out to be a book, but it was not an ordinary book, but a book of pure gold, and the cover was also inlaid with various exquisite gems, forming a beautiful pattern, but the text on it Su Zhen did not know, I thought it should be Arabic, and the whole book looked very exquisite.
"This is a copy of the Qur'an that my father specially asked someone to make of pure gold," the man said with a slight smugness.
"Such a big gift, I'm afraid I can't afford it" Hamm looked at this exquisite and gorgeous gift, but after seeing it, he refused without appreciation, turned his head to Su Zhen and said with a smile, "Su, I'll take you out to the sea, Dubai's sea view is famous in the world."
Seeing Hamm so faceless, a hint of gloom flashed across the man's face, but he quickly recovered. shifted the topic to Su Zhen on the side: "Who are these two?" The man asked with a smile.
"These two are my guests, and they have nothing to do with you," Hamm replied directly.
"Is this gentleman from China?" The man ignored Hamm and asked like Su Zhen.
"No, I'm Chinese, I'm from the United States" Although Hamm was not interested in this person, Su Zhen felt that he still had to maintain the necessary etiquette.
How did the man change color instantly when he heard the words: "Yankee!" Hamm, you don't invite me even if you invite the Yankees, you are really a good citizen of Allah."
Su Zhen was a little inexplicable, but when he heard Hamm call out the other party's name, he knew what was going on.
"Cousse. Whoever I ask for is my freedom, it's not your turn to point fingers, you are ready to turn against the whole UAE when you dare to do it to your fellow countries, aren't you?" Hamm shouted angrily.
It turned out that this was Qusse, Su Zhen immediately thought of the identity of the other party, the second son of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Saddam's heir Qusse Hussein, no wonder he is so sensitive because of his identity in the United States, isn't Iraq just a deflated meal in the hands of the United States every time.
Cousse was so reprimanded by Hamm. Even if the city government is good, it is difficult to suppress the anger on his face, "Okay, okay, I remember what you said, let's go" said to his subordinates.
"Don't forget to take your stuff with you," Hamm said to Cousse.
Kusse snorted coldly when he heard this. signaled to the people around him, took the Koran with him, and before leaving, he put down the cruel words at Su Zhen, "Yankee, don't let me see you again." In his opinion, Hamm is so faceless that he can't get rid of Su Zhen, a guy from the United States. Su Zhen felt that he was quite wronged, and he was shot completely lying down.
"Now that I'm here to pull the relationship, what did I do earlier" Hamm squirted at Kusse's back, and then returned to Su Zhen and said, "Sue, don't pay attention to this madman." ”
"It seems that your country's relations with Iraq are not good?" Su Zhen asked, in his impression, Arab countries are relatively united.
"Hey, don't mention it, it's not Saddam Hussein's madman, from the moment he launched the war to invade Kuwait, he had already touched the nerves of all Arab royal families." Hamm explained, "But don't worry about him, the current Iraq has long been dead after the Iran-Iraq war and the Kuwait war, otherwise it would not have come to curry favor with the royal families of various countries and get the support of the royal families."
Su Zhen suddenly understood, yes, except for a few countries such as Iraq and Iran, most Arab countries are still monarchies, and the royal families of Arab countries are all in-laws, obviously after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and killed several members of the Kuwaiti royal family, he seriously damaged the dignity and interests of the royal families of various countries, as if he had stood on the opposite side of other Middle Eastern royal families, no wonder Ham was so unapologetic to the other party, you must know that the relationship between the royal families of the Arab countries is very close, it can be said that both glory and lossFor example, after Dubai encountered an economic crisis, Abu Dhabi immediately injected capital into Dubai, so that Dubai escaped the fate of bankruptcy
In fact, because of this, when the US military invaded Iraq for the second time and overthrew Saddam's regime, the UAE was the first country to publicly recommend Saddam's resignation.
I have to say that the biggest failure of Saddam's political career was the use of force against Kuwait, which led to him being abandoned by the entire Arab world, and even Saudi Arabia's army directly joined the allied forces led by the United States and participated in the war, and in the following ten years, it was jointly blockaded by the United States and other Arab countries, and its national strength plummeted, and it completely fell from a Middle Eastern power to an embattled third-rate country.
Su Zhen, who knew the cause and effect of the matter, did not take the threat of Kusai to heart, not to mention that the current Iraq has almost consumed its national strength after the sanctions led by the United States, and in a few years, the US military will enter Iraq again, and this goods will not be long away.
Not long after Kusse left, another servant came to Hamm to report that someone had asked to see him: "Oh? Alfahim is coming? Invite him in," Hamm said, and then smiled and said to Sue, "I'll introduce you to someone, I'm sure you'll have a common language."
"Cousin Hamm" came this time with a young man dressed in the same traditional Arabic costume as Hamm, and after greeting Hamm, the other party asked, "Did that bastard from Qusse come?" Cousin Hamm, you didn't promise him anything, did you? ”
"What can I promise him, just blow things up," Hamm said, shaking his head.
"That's good, when you faced us at the beginning, you were so crossy, and now you can't do it to save the relationship with us, it's too late," Alfahim said disdainfully.
"Let me introduce you, this is my friend, Sue, who is from the United States like Carrick, don't look at his young age, but it's not easy" Hamm first introduced Su Zhen to the other party, and then said to Su Zhen, "This is my cousin, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, Alphashim, who is now studying for an MBA in finance and real estate at American University in Washington."
"I am very confident to see you, Your Excellency Alphasim" Su Zhen greeted the other party, since Hamm only said that he was a member of the royal family, it means that the other party is just an ordinary member of the royal family, not the heir of the royal family.
"It's also a pleasure to meet you, Hamm's friend is my friend, welcome to the UAE," Alfahim said enthusiastically.
When Alfahim learned that Su Zhen was in the investment business, he became more enthusiastic, and kept discussing some investment-related topics with Su Zhen, but put Hamm aside, Su Zhen was asked by the other party in a cold sweat, he couldn't bear the other party's enthusiasm, and he really didn't know much about investment, but with some insight in his previous life, he could barely cope with it.
Su Zhen only knew a little about Abu Dhabi in his previous life, so he did not recognize that although this Al Fahim was not the heir to the royal family, he later became another important part of the Abu Dhabi royal family...... At the helm of the Abu Dhabi consortium, he later led the operators who bought Manchester City and invested in Dubai.
After that, Ham invited Alfahim and Su Zhen to take a yacht with him to see Dubai Creek and Dubai's seascape. (To be continued......)
PS: Alas...... The book monthly ticket list seems to be out of play~~~