Lunch was soon placed on the table, and Bert's arrival woke up Maria, who was listening, and Song Qimei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although the nonsense just now was nothing to him, but the strange gaze of Ernst next to him from time to time made him feel like pins and needles.

"The fun stuff will be talked about later, don't let the guests go hungry and tell you stories!"

Somewhat meaningful, Ernst put his arm around Maria's shoulders and asked her to get up, Song Qimei also stood up with an embarrassed face, how could he not know that Ernst knew the East very well.

"The East is a beautiful, pious place, and although it is a little behind, we must go there in the future, what do you think, Ernst?"

"Well, everything is in accordance with the wishes of Her Royal Highness Princess Maria, see the beauty of Shanghai, the "devout" believers, and the thriving exotic metropolis. ”

The word piety made Song Qimei, who was standing there, even more embarrassed, because the pious believers in his mouth had wantonly killed Westerners living there, and at the same time, those righteous priests were sitting on a dirty thing that Jiang Yang thieves probably couldn't stand it.

Looking at Ernst, who looked like a gentleman, he grinned and asked Ernst to bow like a queen, and then nodded happily to Song Qimei and took the lead in the direction of the restaurant.

"Maria is a simple girl, I am grateful that you did not make her realize the cruelty of war, but I am a little unaccustomed to it."

Shrugging his shoulders This can be regarded as a half apology, Song Qimei hurriedly wanted to explain two sentences, but was rejected by Ernst waving his hand, slightly getting out of the way and making an invitation, where did Song Qimei dare to walk in front of Ernst and habitually pushed up, there was no way Ernst could only walk with him.

"I don't really like the modesty and reserve of the East, many things are often more likely to move the hearts of the other party than such humility and tactfulness, and the same is true of business, European businessmen are not used to going through too many steps and wasting too much time."

This is the difference between Eastern and Western cultures, although Song Qimei expressed his agreement, but Ernst understood that he did not take his words to heart, and he would inevitably continue his usual approach in the future.

At the dinner table, it was only at this time that Ernst began to get straight to the point.

"I'm not worried about the future of cinema in Shanghai, which is a bustling city that can't be compared to Tokyo in Japan or Australia, and that is, in Europe...... There are only a handful of people who outperform it, the market for movies is huge, but the market is equal to its influence, and you are ready to cooperate in this regard? ”

There are a large number of Japanese, Russian, British, French, German, and American people living in Shanghai, whether it is a film with a German protagonist or a movie with a Japanese protagonist, these must have some collisions and exclusions in such a metropolis of all countries, and how to deal with all this is quite difficult.

Maria stared at Ernst with big eyes and a little confused as she watched Ernst talking to Song Qimei, and she couldn't help but open her mouth when she saw the two talking about the movie, after all, Maria had been a little fond of this pastime since that movie.

"That's right, that's right, there was a love movie released a few days ago, and it was very popular, but because the villain in it was too vivid, he didn't even dare to go out of his house at this time, and the streets were full of angry citizens."

Song Qimei is a businessman, an excellent businessman, and he naturally can't feel that way when he is sensible, but he can understand that it is because of the charm of the film that he came to Moravia, after all, the DreamWorks Film Company here is the most prestigious film company in Europe at this time.

Looking at the reserved smile on Song Qimei's face, he already knew the answer, which was beneficial to Moravia, Ernst had no reason to refuse, and he just opened his mouth to remind him kindly.

Expressing his gratitude to Maria, Song Qimei asked Ernst about some things in the movie very modestly, originally just a casual chat, he didn't think Ernst had any good ideas in the movie, but......

"The situation in the Manchu Qing Dynasty has reached the most critical juncture at this time, how to choose is a very important matter, most of the patriotic complexes of European and American citizens living in the Far East are not too heavy, as long as there is no targeted movie complex, I believe that most of them can accept it, especially romance films."

"There are a lot of rich people in Shanghai, you need to focus on local films, if you are interested in this, I think you can have some cooperation in the film company, and you can communicate with the person in charge of DreamWorks."

Song Qimei benefited a lot from the lunch time, and with Ernst's words, he returned to Dreamworks, this time with the aim of deepening the cooperation between the two sides.

In the library on the second floor of the new castle, Maria glanced at Ernst, who was reading a book, hesitated and asked, "Shanghai is not as beautiful as Song said, is it?" I remember my father once said that there was a Boxer civil society there that often killed our country's ...... innocently"

"Maria, who are the European and American citizens living there?"

Ernst bluntly interrupted Maria's words, and that very serious expression made Maria a little frightened, and she asked a little chatteringly, "What do you mean?" ”

Taking a deep breath, Ernst said word by word: "It is indeed wrong for the Boxers to harm the European and American citizens living there, but those people are not innocent, at least most of them are not innocent. First of all, we live in that land as invaders, and secondly, the things they have done have gone against their hearts, and some clergy and officials have committed crimes far greater than those committed by the Boxers against the European and American citizens living there. ”

Ernst's words focused on the clergy and officials, much to the shock and disbelief of Archduchess Maria, who did not think that Ernst was deceiving her, because it was unnecessary.

"We, we are aggressors, not helping ......"

"Not helping! Maria, your father Nicholas II is an aggressor and an executioner, and so is my father, Archduke Ferdinand, even if I ...... There are also great interests in the Far East, and there are many innocent lives that have died indirectly at my hands, and we are all murderers Mary. ”

"No, you're a good guy!"

Looking at Maria Ernst, who was a little excited, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook her head and said: "Maybe only in your eyes, the industrious people of that land remember very well anyone who has hurt them. ”

"Ernst ......"

Maria stepped forward and hugged Ernst gently, and the girl's instincts made her realize that Ernst had a very special affection for that ancient country, guilt, longing, nostalgia......

"I'm fine, there are some things that must be done in this day and age, and I don't care if I become an executioner or a murderer, because I also have a group of people I need to protect, and I am the lord of Moravia."

Seeing that Ernst had recovered a little, Maria couldn't help but smile, but remembering Ernst's words just now, Maria thought about something, the words of her distant cousin. But the Grand Duchess of Mary was also a little hesitant, she did not know whether these words were suitable for asking now.

"What do you want to say?"

After being together for a while, Maria's character Ernst also knew better, and when he saw her now, Ernst guessed that she must have something to say, and he hesitated to say it.

Maria looked up at Ernst, and she said very seriously: "I was told that Emperor Franz wanted you to be the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, if the future ......"

Before the words were finished, Ernst had already spoken: "Now the heirs to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are my father Archduke Ferdinand, my cousin Archduke Karl, and my brother Mysimian, don't think too much. ”

The situation in Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire was clear to Maria, and she was naturally worried that Ernst would become Emperor of Austria-Hungary in the future, because it would put her completely between her father and her husband. Even for some, she would be extremely happy, and the two most important men in her life were the best emperors in Europe.

There was still uneasiness in her heart, but Ernst had already explained that Maria would not have any results even if she continued to ask, but fortunately, Ernst's explanation made her slightly relieved, and she kept chanting the names of Karl, Archduke Ferdinand, and Messimilian, because this was an important person who gave Ernst a buffer between Nicholas II.

Where Maria couldn't see, Ernst looked up slightly at the sunset outside the window, if it really came to that extent, what should he choose? A generation of male lords or a good husband? What a difficult multiple-choice question!