Chapter 50, Small Talk
Many times this is the case, a very big thing is decided in a few words of the key person, just like when Son Masayoshi and Ma Yun only spent a few minutes to determine the future worth hundreds of billions of dollars in business negotiations, the key people reached a consensus with each other, and the rest of the things are much simpler, but if the key people do not reach a consensus, the following people are also blind toss, the 2015 China-Thailand high-speed rail project is one of the typical, Thai high-level hesitation, If you want to get the most out of it without giving anything to it, it's naturally difficult to succeed.
After discussing the right thing, Liu Qingquan and Qian Duoduo chatted with each other, chatting and chatting, from the south to the north, from major national political events to small news and interesting news, Qian Duoduo is a very talkative person, and he has a very wide range of knowledge, and knows many things that are difficult for ordinary people to know.
For example, there are those big families in the whole of China, the branches of domestic family forces, and so on, many secrets that Liu Qingquan couldn't know before, the Qian family with a lot of money is one of the top families, the family population is large, the power is huge, and there are a few families similar to the Qian family, which is at the top of the food chain in China, and then there are dozens of families with slightly weaker power, these families are also important parts of the high-level, and most of the national leaders come from these dozens of families. or a direct member of the family, or a son-in-law by marriage, etc.
In short, without the support of the top dozens of families, no one can sit firmly at the top, they are the real controllers of the country, the invisible kings behind the scenes, and the general public can't see any reports about their families at all. In addition to these dozens of big families with power all over the country, there are hundreds of large and small families all over the country, although these families have little influence in the country, but they have the power of the emperor in the local area, controlling the important politics and economy of their respective places.
It's like a pyramid, the top level is the Qian family and other top families, followed by dozens of top families, and then hundreds of large and small local families, who form a complete control system of the country, control the entire national political top, the vast majority of the middle level, and also control the vast majority of the economy.
All of this has only been slowly formed in the past 20 years, and it is also the beginning and formation of class solidification, before this, there can still be people from civilian backgrounds to achieve high positions, after which there should be no more, everything has been decided, all the interests have been divided, in the future, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, the son of a mouse is still a mouse, ordinary people want to succeed will be extremely difficult, to pay more effort and sweat, but often there will be no more development after reaching the top.
This is the final situation of one dynasty after another, when the dynasty is changed, it is the opportunity to be born at the grassroots, with the right person, standing on the right team, and then you have to live well, your descendants can enjoy your shade, and then the dynasty is stable, consolidated, and the class is solidified, at this time everything has nothing to do with the grassroots, even if there is a counterattack from the grassroots, it is very little, very little, and then with the increasing concentration of various resources, the gap between the rich and the poor is too large, social turmoil, and the change of dynasty will begin again, and the cycle will start again, and the cycle will start again, China's thousands of years of history are actually as simple as that, and it seems that it will never be able to jump out of this strange circle.
In addition to chatting about various things in China, Qian Duoduo will also talk about the world's famous families, Liu Qingquan heard a lot of things that he had never heard before, if there are few of these families in China with a long history, then there are many very famous families abroad, these families have a long heritage and profound heritage, and they still have a huge influence on their respective countries and fields until now.
Like the oldest family, Japan's Imperial Family, this is a family with a very long history, the history can be accurately found for more than 1,000 years, the Emperor is not only the monarch of Japan, but also the spiritual symbol of Japanese Shintoism, the supreme leader, the Japanese Imperial Family is the oldest royal family and family in the world, even in the most powerful shogunate era, it can be passed down intact, and it continues to this day, and has a great influence on the entire country of Japan, called "the first lineage of the world".
Of course, there is also a family in China with a longer history than the Japanese imperial family, that is, Confucius's Confucian family, which has been inherited for thousands of years. However, now, both Confucius and Confucianism have slowly withdrawn from the stage of history, but the Chinese people are still deeply imprinted with Confucian culture in their bones.
Of course, there are some very wealthy families in the world, such as the Rothschild family, a European Jewish family that has been slightly mysterized because of a book "Financial Rulers", this family controlled most of the financial business in Europe in the first half of the 20th century, and the influence of family wealth was that the European royal families at that time had to bow their heads, and no one knows how rich their family is, and some people estimate that there is at least 50 trillion US dollars in wealth, compared with this family, Saudi Arabia's royal family is nothing more than a clown holding a dollar bill.
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Liu Qingquan and Qian Duoduo chatted with each other, and the time went to the evening unconsciously, Liu Qingquan was about to say goodbye and go back, but was warmly pulled by Qian Duoduo, and when he arrived at his own territory, no matter what, he should be entertained, how could he drink tea and send Liu Qingquan away, so there is no way to mix outside in the future.
Liu Qingquan had no choice but to follow Qian Duoduo, obey his arrangement, if the authentic Beijingers want to ceremoniously entertain guests, there are a lot of rules, the old Beijingers are very particular, simple drinking and drinking tea has "wine full of respect, tea full of gifts", "teapot spout can not face people", "difference seven, rice eight, wine ten" and so on.
Of course, many of the rules have gradually changed or disappeared until now, but Qian Duoduo, as a child of a family with a long history, is very familiar with the rules of entertaining guests, and many times Liu Qingquan, a person who doesn't understand anything, feels very surprised, but fortunately, Liu Qingquan is thick-skinned enough, and he is not ashamed to ask, and he has slowly learned a lot of things, and more and more people will be contacted in the future, Liu Qingquan feels that he should learn about the culture and inheritance.
Qian Duoduo also gave full play to his role as a mentor and friend, starting from every little thing around him to tell Liu Qingquan about some of the rules and meanings, and many times he could also quote classics to tell Liu Qingquan the allusions and interesting stories, and various rules, large and small, were enough to write dozens of books.
"I said a lot of money, so many rules, do you have to follow them anytime and anywhere, are you tired?" Liu Qingquan was in a mess, because Qian Duoduo talked about too many rules, too cumbersome, but the relationship between the two had obviously improved a lot.
"It's good to get used to it, in fact, the major families didn't pay so much attention to these in the past, but later everyone had more contact with the big families in the world and slowly found that they and others were completely a turtle, they didn't understand any rules, there was no cultural precipitation, they were always looked down upon, and slowly everyone began to pick up the things of their ancestors to study, plus learning from foreign big families, and the rules naturally increased" Qian Duoduo said with a smile.
"Well, in terms of culture or the power of our ancestors, we have indeed lost too many precious things, we should learn from our ancestors, those families abroad are only a few hundred years old, we have a history of thousands, and we will not be worse than them" Liu Qingquan said a little unconvinced, his country has a history of several thousand.
"Liu Qingquan, you can see clearly, many people don't understand, feel that they are inferior to others after going abroad, inferiority, the idea of admiring foreign countries is very popular in China, and there were people who once argued about whether it is the moon round abroad or the moon round at home, so absurd! The wisdom of the ancestors has been completely forgotten, and thousands of years of cultural history are not learned, and remote areas have to learn their hundreds of years of history and culture, putting the cart before the horse! Qian Duoduo listened to it and said with emotion.
"Haha, that's what I'm just saying, where can I understand this, I just feel that my country's culture inherited for thousands of years must have its own reason, which must have very profound knowledge worthy of our younger generations to study and learn, of course, the Western world can rule the entire planet in just a few hundred years, it must be very worth learning, not to mention anything else, just this attitude towards science, respect for knowledge is very worthy of our learning" Liu Qingquan shook his head and said.
Qian Duoduo gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Liu Qingquan, you still see the problem very thoroughly, no wonder you can have today."
"Don't bring me a high hat, I've drunk this tea and eaten the meal, can I go?" Liu Qingquan smiled and wanted to say goodbye and go home.
"What are you going to do, what time is it, the day in the imperial capital has just begun?" Qian Duoduo hurriedly grabbed Liu Qingquan and said.
Liu Qingquan shook his head and said, "You're talking about nightlife, I'm not interested in that."
"Don't worry, my children of the Qian family will definitely not go to those miscellaneous things, wait for a high-end cocktail party, there are many well-known business people in China to participate, the owner of the cocktail party heard that I was with you, and told me to take you over, that is, to sit down and chat about something" Qian Duoduo pulled Liu Qingquan and said without letting go.
Liu Qingquan shook his head helplessly and said: "Okay, okay, don't pull me like this, I can still run away, but I'll tell you first, I'll just stay for a few minutes and leave, I've never participated in such a thing as a drinking party, and it will be ugly to lose face when the time comes." ”
Qian Duoduo smiled and pulled Liu Qingquan as he walked and said: "Okay, okay, if you go and feel that you are not interested, you can leave immediately, I will definitely not force you to stay, now I can be regarded as able to deal with people."
"How do I feel like I'm on a thief ship!"