"Tony, this—is this China? It feels very prosperous, not at all as backward as I heard! Looking at the neon and busy Shanghai, Catherine asked Monet curiously.

"This is Shanghai, the most prosperous place in China, known as the little Paris of the East, but other places in China are not so prosperous, even the capital Beiping is not as good as here!" Monet explained.

But unexpectedly, Catherine retorted: "This is normal, Washington is not as prosperous as New York!" ”

Monet thought about it, so he was a little speechless for a while. Fortunately, at this time, he saw a Ruimei Coffee, so he greeted Michael and Chen Yuanqi: "Look, Ruimei Coffee!" You weren't cheated out of your money in the first place, were you? ”

Chen Yuanqi asked rhetorically: "Do you think I can be fooled like this as a Chinese?" ”

Monet is also right, this kind of thing can only deceive people who do not understand China, and the Chinese will definitely not believe it!

And Michael smiled wryly: "My family doesn't let me make any investments, so even if I want to, I don't have a chance to be fooled!" ”

"Poor rich second generation!" Monet teased, and then said to everyone: "Let's go, let's try this Ruimei coffee!" ”

So a group of people walked into the café, ordered some coffee and dessert, and after tasting it, Michael commented: "I feel good, not much worse than a café in New York." ”

But then he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly added: "Of course, it definitely can't be compared to Sister Jessica's café!" ”

"Everyone is so familiar, don't be so cautious!" Monet replied with a smile, then beckoned the waiter over and asked, "How many years has this café been open?" ”

Unexpectedly, the waiter did not answer and asked, "Sir, are you from the United States?" ”

"Huh? How do you know? Monet asked curiously.

"Because I hear your accent a lot like an American friend I know!" The waiter explained.

"Oh, so where do you hear my accent sound?" This time Monet asked back in Mandarin.

"Oh my God, sir! If it weren't for your looks, I would have thought you were Chinese! The waiter couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hehe, you guessed it, I'm an American, but I like China very much!" Monet replied proudly.

"Actually, I guess there is another reason why you are an American, and that is whether you also invested in Ruimei Coffee back then?" The waiter asked suddenly.

Monet reacted for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "Why, there are still Americans who have invested in Ruimei Coffee who ask you similar questions?" ”

The waiter nodded and replied, "Well, but these two years have been missing, and in the first few years, there are often new American guests who come to ask questions such as how old the café you asked about has been open, how is the business, have we met the boss, do you know how to find him, and so on!" ”

"Although I didn't invest in Ruimei Coffee, I was honestly curious about these issues!" Michael interjected.

"Well, in fact, I haven't been working here for a long time, and these are all from the previous predecessors, it seems that this Ruimei Coffee has been open for more than ten years, and the business is not bad, and the boss has long since changed, and now our boss is a Russian!" The waiter replied.

"Russians open American cafes in China? This one is so interesting! Michael grumbled.

"It is said that when our boss first arrived in Shanghai, he didn't know the situation so he rashly took over this café, but fortunately, it was already 1918 at that time, and the turmoil had long passed, so it was not affected, but occasionally some American guests like you who came to Shanghai for the first time will be curious to ask!" The waiter explained.

After chatting for a while, the waiter took his leave after receiving the tip from Monet, but what Monet didn't expect was that after a while, Michael whispered after returning from the bathroom: "Do you know what the waiter told me just now after I came out of the bathroom?" ”

Monet shook his head and replied, "I don't know, is it a bad word for any of us?" ”

Michael waved his hand and said: "Of course it can't be, he first asked me if Catherine and Daniela are both Monet's female companions, and then asked me if I want to meet the beautiful White Russian girl, he can help me introduce it, and the price is absolutely cheap, and even if I like it, I can bring it back to the United States!" ”

This is a normal situation, since since the October Revolution of 1918, an estimated 900,000 to 2 million Russians have left their homeland, mainly the White Army, Cossacks, intellectuals, merchants and landlords, as well as various government officials and members of various anti-Soviet groups.

Most of them went to Turkey and the Slavic countries of Eastern Europe, while others moved to Finland, Persia, Germany, France, and some to China. In China, these stateless Russians gather in Shanghai, Harbin and other cities. Shanghainese call them "White Russians", and we Northeast people call them "Lao Maozi".

After coming to Shanghai, there were soldiers (such as Zhang Zongchang's White Russian Army Corps and Shanghai's International Business Corps), some did business (mainly concentrated in the Ruijin Road area), some worked as ballet or music teachers (such as Shafsky), and many sold their bodies, and their favorite customers were Europeans and Americans.

Monet felt that this was normal, so he joked to Michael: "Don't look down on these girls, they were all aristocratic ladies in Russia!" ”

Michael waved his hand again and again: "Who knows if what they say is true or false, and even if it is true, I am not interested in this kind of woman!" ”

Although Michael made it clear that he had no interest in these White Russian aristocratic ladies, as he was leaving, a tall and hot Russian girl ran up to Michael and said to Michael in stumbling English: "Sir, I heard that you are a painter, and my maternal grandfather is Aivazovsky, would you like to buy his paintings?" ”

"I'm sorry, I don't know this Mr. Evazovsky......"

Before Michael could finish speaking, Monet interjected next to him and asked, "Is it Mr. Ivan Konstantinovich Ivazovsky, who painted "Nine Waves" and "Black Sea"?" ”

PS: I saw the news today that the mayor of London claimed to cover the London Subway with 4G signals by 2024, and I couldn't help but feel the past of being hurt by the poisonous chicken soup of "British people never play mobile phones when they take the subway, and they are all reading......