Of course, the Americans attached great importance to their own economic protection ideas, and from the very beginning, they were more cautious, and all kinds of means were also used to the extreme, not only the Chinese tea was boycotted by them, but even the coffee itself was played with by them.

After the founding of the United States, over time, due to the unitary economic structure of the Caribbean and Central and South American countries, the United States was able to achieve the purpose of influencing and controlling these countries through the consumption of coffee.

In the twenties of the nineteenth century, U.S. President J. Rohmon issued the Rohmon Declaration, opposing the interference of European powers in the affairs of the Americas, with the intention of turning the Americas into "America's America" or "America's backyard".

At the beginning of the 19th century, Latin American countries became independent one after another. Take Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, as an example, since 1822. Since then, Brazil's economy has been focused on coffee exports, which earn foreign exchange and import industrial products.

After World War II, relations between the United States and Latin American countries were quite tense, again because of the small coffee beans.

When there were signs of communism in Central America, it was in America's best interest to support the World Coffee Organization to defuse social unrest in its backyard.

But with the collapse of the Soviet Union, an international agreement on commodity price control was held in this new self. By the doctrine of the arena, there is no longer any place.

Thus, when the Berlin Wall fell, the United States abrogated the International Coffee Agreement and subsequently withdrew from the International Coffee Organization.

In order to control South American coffee and manipulate global coffee prices, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, at the behest of the United States, began to provide a large amount of continuous loans for the restoration of greenery in Vietnam.

By 2000, Vietnam had grown from a small coffee producer to the world's second-largest coffee producer after Brazil, exporting more than 9 million bags (60 kg packages) of low-quality coffee every year.

The result of the expansion of coffee cultivation in Vietnam has been a catastrophic drop in coffee prices, with devastating effects on other Third World countries that rely on the coffee industry.

In 1991, the total value of global coffee market sales was $30 billion, of which coffee-producing countries received $12 billion, or 40 per cent.

More than a decade later, when global coffee sales reached $50 billion, only $7 billion, or 14 percent, went to coffee-producing countries.

The most direct victim of Vietnam's success in coffee is Vietnam itself.

While the Western media was hyping up how Vietnamese coffee had successfully made its way into Europe and the United States, coffee prices began to plummet, and many farmers in Vietnam had to uproot their newly harvested coffee trees because they could no longer pay for their production.

Just when people think that the United States has won a big victory in controlling coffee trade and prices, etc., they are very wrong.

When the coffee-producing countries were in mourning, Europe and the United States offered more powerful financial weapons, and the powerful coffee options trading landed in London and New York one after another, and the crossfire covered all coffee varieties and categories.

Without seeing a single coffee bean, Europe and the United States only need to tap on the computer keyboard, and the price fluctuations of global coffee are all under control, and coffee-producing countries have almost completely lost their voice in coffee transactions and prices.

In 2002, the Association of Coffee Producing Countries, the spokesperson for 70% of the world's coffee production and the only international organization of coffee growers, finally closed down.

"After understanding this history, it is easy to figure out why Americans drink coffee instead of tea." Lin Xiao said to Han Ya, "When you look at tea or coffee from a historical perspective, you will find that they are not as simple as we seem today, in addition to their economic attributes, history, often reflects more political attributes, is an almost cruel game between countries." ”

"That's right." After hearing this, Han Ya nodded and said, "Under the romance and warmth, there is actually more of a cold reality. ”

"That's pretty much it." Lin Xiao replied, but he looked up at the sky and said to Han Ya, "Look, there's really a meteor!" ”

At this time, there were indeed meteors in the sky, and they were clearly visible.

"Quick, didn't you bring an astronomical telescope, use that to see more clearly." Han Ya patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder and said to him.

"I also brought a computer, so I could plug in the telescope and save the video." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"It's a great device, you can change the playback speed after recording, so it looks like a meteor is passing through the sky!" When Han Ya heard this, she couldn't help but say.

"There should be such a function, I'll look for it......" Lin Xiao looked it up on the Internet, and sure enough, he found software with similar functions, and then downloaded one, and after the video was completely filmed, he used this thing to process it, and he should be able to get the effect he wanted.

The two of them were lying on the sofa in the tent watching the meteor, and Lin Zhengnan's phone called.

"What for?" Lin Zhengnan asked.

"Look at the meteor with Han Ya." Lin Xiao replied.

"Hehe, you're really interesting." Lin Zhengnan smiled when he heard this, "But then again, young people should find some time to be romantic, well, ask Han Ya on my behalf." ”

"Oh, Han Ya, your future father-in-law asked me to say hello to you." Lin Xiao said with a smile to Han Ya beside him.

Han Ya glanced at him, then leaned over to the phone and said, "Uncle Lin is good." ”

"Okay." Lin Zhengnan responded with a smile, "Don't delay you in watching the meteor, I'll just say a few words to Lin Xiao." ”

"Okay, I'll give him the phone." Han Ya nodded and replied.

Lin Xiao took the phone back, and then asked, "Dad, what's going on?" ”

"Now there is a young cadre named Meng Dazhi, have you heard of it?" Lin Zhengnan asked directly.

"I haven't heard of it, where is this man holy? Do I need to know? When Lin Xiao heard this, he felt a little curious.

Lin Zhengnan's question made Lin Xiao feel a little surprised, after all, there are too many young cadres in China, Lin Zhengnan is a little confused about this question, I don't know what I want to say to him?

"Meng Dazhi, I've heard of this person, the cadre from the northwest is said to be a very capable cadre, and he should be less than thirty years old now." Han Ya next to her heard this, but interjected.

"Oh." Lin Xiao listened, nodded, and then asked, "What level?" ”

His words are even to the point.

After all, Lin Xiao also knew that if the level was too low, even if it was a young cadre, it would have no effect on him, so from Lin Zhengnan's questioning, Lin Xiao could feel that this person's level should not be low, otherwise, his father Lin Zhengnan would not have paid attention to the existence of this person.

"I have already mentioned the main hall level, and it is estimated that I will come to the capital to report on my work in the next few days." Lin Zhengnan said to Lin Xiao, "It is estimated that the upper authorities still attach more importance to him, and he will be put in a prefecture-level city in the developed region of the south to be the mayor, and the distance from Mingzhu is not far." ”

When Lin Xiao heard this, he immediately understood what was going on, it must be that this person's upward momentum was very good, so Lin Zhengnan became interested in it, after all, the characters who could enter the eyes of the upper class, in Lin Zhengnan's opinion, would have some impact on Lin Xiao's rise.

If there are no such people, Lin Xiao will definitely be a very advantageous kind of reserve cadre at his current age and current level, but if a large number of peers emerge and appear in the political arena, it will be difficult to say.

"This is also normal, after all, the current cadres are relatively young, and at the grassroots level, there are still many county magistrates and mayors in their thirties." Lin Xiao didn't have too much to worry about this, and he thought it was a good thing.

After all, the overall cadre is younger, which means that he, a 25-year-old deputy department level and a cadre who is about to take up the post of a department level, is not so abrupt, otherwise, he is a son of a big political and wealthy family, and he has such a striking level, which will still arouse the attention and dissatisfaction of many people.

The speculation of what the dark box operation has never stopped, and some of the big things he has done are indeed not easy to tell people, otherwise, it will cause an uproar.

In this way, Lin Xiao will not have an advantage in publicity in the first place.

Lin Zhengnan told Lin Xiao about Meng Dazhi, and then said, "This person is said to be relatively capable, and I am also interested in meeting him to see if he is as famous as he is." ”

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with that." Lin Xiao didn't care much about this problem, "Since he is famous, then he must have some ability, it depends on whether his vision is big enough, whether he is practical enough, and now it is not easy to choose a young cadre to come out, if he can give them a little confidence as soon as possible, it will be very beneficial to the future development." ”

"You're right, that's what I think so." Lin Zhengnan nodded and replied.

Whether it is Lin Zhengnan or Lin Xiao, in fact, there is not much worry about whether there will be one or two more competitors, after all, Lin Xiao's advantages are here, and not everyone can surpass them.

But Lin Xiao's problem is also obvious, he is actually not very keen on some chores in the officialdom, and there is no problem with using him as a Dinghai God Needle, but if he is asked to do those trivial work, Lin Xiao will definitely not do it, after all, he is a cultivator, pursuing the avenue to heaven, and it is impossible to dedicate all his time to officialdom.

"Oh, in that case, I can see him tomorrow." Lin Zhengnan saw that Lin Xiao had no objections, so he decided.

"Ha, you are the bureau commissioner, you have the final say, you tell me this, aren't you afraid that I will be jealous after I know?" Lin Xiao laughed.

"It's good that you know, it's really not easy to select cadres now." Lin Zhengnan sighed.