(a)

Speaking of which, the initial contact with Agone Publishing House began under the guidance of Kaohsiung. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Under the introduction of Mr. Xianzhong and Mr. Lehman, Kaohsiung took me and his British female secretary Manny to France for an initial contact with the core figures of Agone, and discussed the possibility of international copyright cooperation.

We entered France from Cannes.

When we arrived in Cannes, it was 4:30 p.m. local time, and Kaohsiung said to take us to a restaurant of his good friend L for dinner. Located near the beach in Cannes, this restaurant is known for its freshest seafood.

L heard that Kaohsiung was coming, so he came to accompany him. After a cup of hot lemon tea, the waiter brings several large ice trays with freshly caught oysters, crabs, shrimps, shellfish, and other seafood, accompanied by vegetable salad and various dipping sauces. The food was all uncooked.

L looked at my hesitant gaze and explained that the sea water here is very clean, there is no industrial pollution, and the seafood is also very clean. As he spoke, he demonstrated for us, using a full set of professional shelling tools to elegantly and skillfully peel a lobster baby.

I looked at Kaohsiung hesitantly. I think of when you were seriously ill and hospitalized as a teenager, he took me to release all kinds of aquatic animals. Should we eat these seafood?

Kaohsiung looked at me and said to L, "Do you have any food that is not so fresh?" ”

L looked at him in surprise.

I said, "Does he mean that it's not caught on the spot, it's the kind of food that's been dead and frozen for a while?" ”

L looked at us in confusion and said, "I thought you didn't come all the way to eat dead and tasteless food. People who come to me ask for as fresh food as possible. ”

Kaohsiung said: "We are not ordinary diners, we are your hardcore old friends, aren't we here to help you digest the inventory?" ”

L shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, you weird people. ”

(b)

After a while, the food on the ice tray changed, and the seafood was still the same seafood, but it was not just caught, but it was replaced by the kind that had been frozen for several days and was ready to be shipped to the supermarket in the inland area.

However, the food is still all raw.

L apologized for saying that he didn't have a cook in his shop. The custom here is to eat it raw. I was about to say that it doesn't matter if you don't have a chef, just give us a small pot of boiling water and we can put the seafood in it and cook it ourselves. But L spoke first, and he said that there was not even a small pot for boiling water, except for the electric kettle for making tea. If I had to eat it cooked, I would have to boil it in a teapot. That way, the whole restaurant will look back at us and shake their heads, thinking that we, the customers from Asia, don't understand the joy of seafood at all.

He then explained to me that the eating of raw river seafood was seen in the late Zhou Dynasty in China, and that the Japanese sashimi, which is now famous all over the world, was actually brought from China during the Spring and Autumn period. During the Zhou Dynasty, it was a very fashionable way to eat fresh seafood by cutting it into thin slices and dipping it in seasonings. That kind of food is called "raw meat".

He stressed again that the seafood here is very clean and no one has ever eaten it and had a stomach upset.

I accepted his statement with skepticism. Already sitting in his shop, originally to take care of his business, not to eat anything, or insist on not following the local customs, it is too rude.

If you can accept sashimi, you should be able to accept all kinds of raw foods on these large plates.

I picked up the finely divided equipment and began to deal with a large frozen crab.

L smiled, turned his head and started talking about business with Kaohsiung.

When I flew a crab leg onto a plate in Kaohsiung, L was talking about his view of wealth.

When Kaohsiung's plate was attacked by a crab leg falling from the sky, L Zheng said this: "In fact, all my wealth is not held by individuals, and I can only be counted as one of the seven owners. ”

Kaohsiung returned the flying crab leg clip to me, and sincerely persuaded me: "Xinxin, let's use your hands." Those tools are man-made, and your hands are made by God. ”

My face was flushed.

L said thoughtfully: "Westerners are superstitious tools. In fact, Kaohsiung is right when he says that talent is the most spiritual tool. God has given us all the tools that are so dexterous as our hands. ”

As a result, both of them also abandoned their tools and switched to using their hands to deal with seafood.

I finally got my first bite of food, and it was 6:20 local time.

As I ate, I picked up L's interrupted words and asked, "Who are the other six owners of your wealth?" ”

Kaohsiung laughed in an uproar on the other side: "Do you still need to ask?" Men's wealth is actually owned by beautiful women. ”

I said to Kaohsiung, "Don't be a gentleman. ”

Kaohsiung whispered: "What do you mean: I'm a villain? ”

I said, "Aren't you?" ”

Kaohsiung nodded, "It's an honor." ”

"Actually, none of the wealth we think belongs to an individual is owned by an individual. There are at least 6 partners who share the so-called personal wealth with us: the tax office, bandits, relatives and friends who are looking at us, unworthy children, death, and natural disasters. ”

"So, losing your wealth overnight can happen at any time," L said. In this sense, no one can really own private property. ”

I was so impressed by L's words. I raise my glass to him.

L said: "So, Kaohsiung, it's not necessary for you to play hard to make money like that. The money in the world can never be earned. It's better to be content with a small restaurant by the sea and enjoy life like me. ”

Later, I learned that L was the owner of a multinational company, and then he felt physically and mentally exhausted from years of business, so he sold his shares and lived in Cannes, opened such a small but exquisite restaurant, and was content with a simple and simple life.

Kaohsiung stared at L for a moment, as if he were the largest oyster.

Then he lit the food on the ice tray in front of him and said, "Do you still have lemon juice?" A little more? ”

Kaohsiung pulled down the napkin on his chest and placed it on the table.

He looked at L and me and said very seriously, "Tell you." I'm not here to make money by accumulating private property. ”

L said, "Then what are you for?" ”

Kaohsiung looked at me.

He pointed to his chest.

He said, "Emptiness. The emptiness in this. Lest it engulf me. ”

(c)

Coming out of L's restaurant, on the way to the hotel, I kept looking at Kaohsiung.

He said, "What's wrong?" Don't like this restaurant? I'm not here to bring you to eat food, I'm here to get to know L. The food is not to your liking, but I think L is very appetizing to you. ”

He was right. L's view of wealth is really inspiring to me.

I looked at Kaohsiung's full chest with bulging muscles and said, "Emptiness? Do you have emptiness here? ”

Kaohsiung nodded solemnly and said, "Yes." Moreover, a considerable part of the emptiness is caused by your rejection. ”

I glanced at him.

Kaohsiung said: "My method of dealing with emptiness is much more civilized than yours. ”

"I would only aim my shelling fork at the frozen seafood, not at my own chest," he says. ”

I bit my lip and argued with him, it was pointless, I decided to keep my mouth shut and put up with it.