It could be seen that Luo Shuihan had no need to say anything more, and Xiaobai asked again: "Aren't these people, Master Gu Ying, worthy of your trust?"

Luo Shuihan: "Of course I can't just arrange you alone, naturally there are other arrangements for them, now I only talk about you - are you willing to accept it?"

Bai Shaoliu: "Didn't you already say it just now, whether I accept it or not, you will do it." I'm also Mr. Kaukalo, and I've said all your thoughts, so now guess what I think?"

Luo Shuihan: "Then I'll just say, is this incident bad for you? No, will it hurt others? No...... Actually, I didn't force you, and even if I wanted to do so after I died, I couldn't. You can use the money or you don't care at all, or even get it and return it to Luoxi, which doesn't violate any moral standards. Even if you don't care about it, there are still many things that can be done in everyone's hands, and you definitely want to do a lot of things?"

Bai Shaoliu: "Mr. Luo is right, there is nothing hypocritical, and refusal may not seem noble, I accept it...... In fact, if you don't give me this, I will try my best to protect Luo Xi, and I have always been grateful to Mr. Luo, you and I have always been grateful, you are my benefactor!"

Luo Shuihan sighed and stood up, walked around the table to Xiao Bai's side, patted him on the shoulder and handed the little shovel to him: "Please!"

Bai Shaoliu: "Don't worry, I know what to do...... Did you tell Luo Xi about your illness? It's better to tell her earlier, time is running out, so that she can be a little prepared. ”

Luo Shuihan: "I'll talk to her about this tonight, let's have a happy dinner first, it's rare to have so many guests! We should go downstairs, the others are almost there!"

Feng Junzi and Xiao Yunyi had already arrived in advance, and were talking and laughing with Luo Xi in the conference room downstairs, Avtena stood aside and looked at Feng Junzi, while Gu Ying stood beside Avtena and looked at Avtena and then looked at Feng Junzi. Xiao Yunyi stood with Luo Xi on his shoulder, Luo Xi stood opposite the Wind Gentleman, and the Wind Gentleman was the only one sitting in the entire living room.

The Wind Gentleman sat in a chair with a cigarette in his mouth, and Luo Xi stood in front of him and stretched out a hand to make a lighter shape. But there was no lighter in his hand. Luo Xi's movements were done for a long time, of course the cigarette of the Feng Junzi was not lit, he took the cigarette with one hand and said, "Miss Luo, your trick is not working?" The other hand touched his trouser pocket and was about to take out something.

Xiao Yunyi bent down and slapped the back of his hand: "Don't take out the lighter, you just let Luo Xi give you some eyes, a little patience, okay?"

Wind Gentleman: "I'm not digging a lighter, it's more convenient to use this." …… Luoxi, you take your time. Don't worry!" He pulled out an ivory cigarette holder more than a finger long from his trouser pocket, inserted the cigarette into the cigarette holder and put it back in his mouth.

It turned out that Luo Xi had been learning spells with Gu Ying some time ago, and he had been able to awaken the power of communicating with "fire". The first step is to learn to control the energy of fire at a controllable point, lighting a cigarette is theoretically much more difficult than a flame, if you succeed, you can basically master it.

Luo Shuihan doesn't smoke, and Luo Xi and Gu Ying certainly don't smoke either. So there was not a single cigarette in the whole Los Angeles Garden. Today, Feng Junzi came as a guest, and after chatting a few words, Luo Xi asked him if he smoked, and Feng Junzi said that he smoked. Luo Xi asked him again if he had any cigarettes on him, and the gentleman said that he was stunned, and he wanted to smoke for a long time but couldn't find the ashtray, so he was embarrassed to light it. Luo Xi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he wanted to try his newly learned spell, so he found an ashtray and begged the wind gentleman to put a cigarette in his mouth.

The wind gentleman didn't know what trick she was going to make, so he took a cigarette and waited for her for a long time, only to see later that she was going to light a cigarette with her bare hands, and she was also very interested in waiting there. After the word Fengjun put on the cigarette holder. Xiao Yunyi smiled and said to Luo Xi: "Use whatever means you have, just be careful not to burn his head!"

Luo Xi pursed his lips and puffed out his cheeks, looking very cute, and with a flick of his finger in front of the wind gentleman, the cigarette was lit at once. The smoke was lit, but it was in the wrong place. Not only was half a cigarette lit together, but in the middle of this cigarette, the smoke instantly rose and choked the wind gentleman. Luo Xi was embarrassed to say sorry, but made the room laugh.

Feng Junzi coughed a few times and took off the cigarette holder, put the unsmoking cigarette into a crystal ashtray in Xiao Yunyi's hand, took out another cigarette and said, "This one doesn't count, you light another one." Pay attention, just light the cigarette butt, don't be so exaggerated...... The key to controlling the technique when doing magic is attention, not to be distracted, and lighting a cigarette is lighting a cigarette. …… You try again, it's not about what you do, it's about what you want to do!"

Feng Junzi's words made Luo Xi understand, and she nodded as if she didn't understand: "I'll try again, this is not magic, it's magic!"

Feng Junzi smiled: "Okay, it's magic, it doesn't matter if it's magic or magic, you just light the cigarette." With that, he put the cigarette holder in his mouth again.

Luo Xi didn't make such a big move this time as just now, and with a slight finger point, he saw that the front end of the cigarette suddenly lit up, and the wind gentleman took a puff, spit out a puff of cigarette and nodded: "Very good, very good, you don't need to buy a lighter at home!"

Avtena and Gu Ying looked at each other and nodded secretly, Luo Xi's current fire spell is not very powerful, but it is already very subtle, the most important skill while learning to awaken energy is how to control energy, the last sentence that Feng Jun reminded Luo Xi just now can also be regarded as a mantra. Is the word Fengjun pretending to be confused? Do you have to say magic as magic!

At this time, there was applause at the door of the reception room, of course it was Xiaobai who slapped him, he and Luo Shuihan walked in and happened to read this scene, and he admired Luo Xi very much, he himself hadn't learned this hand! His ability is much better than Luo Xi, but the methods learned by each person are ingeniously different, Xiao Bai also heard it when Gu Ying was in class, and then Bai Mao talked about Wu Zhu insults, it seems that he also needs to give it a try, go home and find someone to light a cigarette to try!

At this time, someone outside the door said: "The Marquis of Lington is here, and he will be at the door immediately." ”

Luo Shuihan: "Mr. Feng, Mrs. Feng, you can talk slowly, Luo Xi, go with me to greet you." ”

There was not much time, and the father and daughter of the Luo family led the Marquis of Lington into the reception room. The Marquis de Linton was handsome and tall, and he looked personable and dignified in every gesture, and was the center of attention wherever he went. However, when he walked into the living room with a smile on his face, he stopped at the entrance. His eyes were only at one person, he didn't expect the Wind Gentleman to be here! Everyone stood and nodded to him politely, only the Wind Gentleman sat there alone with an ivory cigarette holder in his mouth and swallowed the clouds. There was also a woman holding an ashtray next to her.

As soon as the wind gentleman raised his head, he saw the Marquis of Lington who walked in outside the door staring at him, and he also felt that he was not polite enough, so he took off his cigarette holder and stood up and said to Luo Shuihan: "Mr. Luo, this is ......?"

Luo Shuihan: "Marquis of Punis-Lington from the Kingdom of Spia. ”

As if he had suddenly reacted, the gentleman strode forward and stretched out his right hand, and said very enthusiastically: "It's rude, it's rude! The last time I met Mr. Marquis at the airport, I thought you were selling flowers! It turned out to be the famous Marquis de Linton! Fortunately, I saw Mr. Luo here again today. I apologize to you!"

Luo Xi asked curiously, "What's the matter?" How could Mr. Marquis sell flowers?"

The Marquis of Lington had already regained his usual demeanor at this time, stretched out his hand to shake the wind gentleman, and said with a pleasant face: "A little misunderstanding, Mr. Feng recognized the wrong person at Wuyou Airport last time. ”

Feng Junzi held his hand and continued to explain: "It's not that I recognize the wrong person, it's that I don't know anyone at all! Last time I got off the plane at Wuyou Airport, I saw this gentleman holding a bouquet of flowers blocking the way of a certain young lady, and that young lady turned around and walked in the other direction, I thought that the Marquis of Lington was selling flowers, and I was really embarrassed to look at people!"

Marquis of Linton was so angry in his heart! The Marquis of Linton really didn't open a pot, in front of Avtena, the Marquis of Linton originally wanted to show his charm, after all, it was not easy to have a private contact occasion, but as soon as the Wind Gentleman opened his mouth, he said that he had touched a gray nose at the airport.

At this time, Xiao Yunyi walked over and stood beside Feng Junzi and greeted: "Hello, Mr. Marquis." I am Xiao Yunyi, the wife of the Wind Gentleman, and I am deeply honored to meet for the first time. ”

Marquis of Linton: "It turned out to be Mrs. Wind, and it is my honor to meet such a beautiful lady as you!"

Xiao Yunyi asked, "May I ask if you haven't met my husband before, right?"

The Marquis of Linton nodded: "Yes, the time at the airport was to take a photo, and today is the first official meeting." ”

Xiao Yunyi: "Then how do you know him? Mr. Luo hasn't been introduced yet, and you call him Mr. Feng when you open your mouth?" She asked very carefully-since you haven't seen him before, how can you know him as soon as you meet?

Not to mention the Marquis of Lington, even Xiaobai felt that Xiao Yunyi was much more shrewd than he looked, and he could hear the flaws in a word. The Marquis of Linton explained with a stubborn smile: "Although I have never seen Mr. Feng Junzi before, I have also admired the name for a long time!" The Wind Gentleman is not a world celebrity like the Marquis of Lington, if he can recognize and greet him when they meet for the first time, it can only mean that he has inquired about this person and even read his information.

At this time, Luo Shui Han said: "My guests in Luo Yuan are not unknown! Come on, come on, everyone sit down." "It's kind of covering up this little embarrassment.

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A total of eight people attended the dinner: Luo Shuihan, Luo Xi, Gu Ying, Avtena, Tie, Bai Shaoliu, Feng Junzi, and Xiao Yunyi. Of course, there are dozens of them who have served them before and after. This dinner was not in the restaurant, but on the beach of Los Angeles Garden, it looked almost open-air, and now the time is the end of February, and the early spring is still cold, how can you set up a banquet on the beach, and you are not afraid of the guests freezing? But the rich have their own methods. This made Bai Shaoliu breathtaking!

In one afternoon, a large flower-house-like shed was erected on the beach of Los Angeles, the roof and most of the materials on all sides were transparent plexiglass, and most of the space on the four walls was open, and the beach scenery was unobstructed, no different from an open-air pavilion. Although it is open on all sides, it is not cold at all when sitting inside, and above the four sides of the portal are hung air curtains that spray a special double air flow downward, separating the air from the inside and outside, and constantly replenishing the flow of warm air into the shed. But it doesn't affect the line of sight at all.

What do you have for dinner? It sounds very ordinary in the streets and alleys of Uyu, and it is barbecue. Of course, they don't need to do it themselves, they all bake it on the beach outside the shed, and the chef bakes it and brings it in, but for fun, there are four very elaborate silver-white ovens around the table in the center of the shed.

On this occasion, everyone is not to fill their stomachs, but more of a social interaction, Luo Shuihan mentioned something during the banquet that made Xiaobai very interested, Luoba Alliance Financial Group is ready to invest in International Molecular Bank as a strategic investor, and Luo Shuihan also wants to subscribe to the increased shares of International Molecular Bank but was politely refused. The reason is that Heluo Group is not an internationally renowned financial conglomerate.

So he wanted to talk about cooperation with Avtena, and still wanted to buy the shares of Morgan Bank in another way, and he even proposed that if the Barrow Alliance Financial Group was willing to buy more shares, he could increase the price by 20% and receive part or all of the share capital from the financial group after half a year, even if the Holo Group first contributed funds to the Roba Alliance Financial Group.

Luo Shuihan paid for the financial group to buy the shares, and he added 20 percent more than the purchase price, as long as he could transfer these shares to him after half a year, this was clearly a transaction to give money to people. Why is Luo Shuihan so stupid? This is also something that cannot be helped, because the reorganization of the International Morgan Bank is selective about the identity of the strategic investor, and the Heluo Group is excluded. Waiting until a future public listing to acquire from the market is not only very difficult but also much more expensive.

Luo Shuihan understands the importance of finance very well, as one of the most important commercial banks in Zhixu and the largest bank in Wuyou, it is equivalent to controlling the life and death of many enterprises. The restructuring of JPMorgan Bank means a shift from the previous official policy-based decision-making to the market-oriented decision-making of internal control, so Heluo Group must also gain a voice in it, and joining the board of directors is the best choice, so as to continue to receive maximum financial support.

Avtena did not express her position, but simply said that the matter could be negotiated, but the Marquis of Lington said: "Mr. Luo, in fact, the choice of your country's commercial banks to introduce strategic investors is correct, and it may not be beneficial for this bank to intervene in the operation of the International Morgan Bank." I don't think that the businessmen of Zhixu can grasp the concept of modern finance very hard, and the marketization progress here and its economic development still need real guides. ”

Luo Shuihan smiled: "Yes, our ancestor's money bank has been open for 800 years, until the collapse of the big ticket number in modern times is because of war rather than business, I think it is the same thing to say that things are complicated, but actually do it." Zhixu has gone through a generation, I am the first generation to re-accumulate wealth, to the generation of my daughter Luo Xi. It's time to rediscover the path of self-confidence and autonomy. ”

Xiao Bai listened attentively, and suddenly heard two ping-pong sounds, and the wind gentleman was banging on the charcoal stove behind him with a silver fork, attracting everyone's attention. At this time, I heard the wind gentleman ask, "What kind of charcoal is this?"

The Marquis de Linton replied, "This is the finest snow charcoal, it is grayish-white, it burns without any smoke or flame, and it is very hot for a very long time, I have used this charcoal when I was a child when I was a child, has I not seen it?"

The Wind Gentleman turned around: "I'm asking how it came about?

The Marquis of Lington shook his head, and Bai Shaoliu replied, "I know this. It is white charcoal. ”

Wind Gentleman: "Of course I know about white charcoal, but ordinary white charcoal is not white!"

Bai Shaoliu: "I'm afraid ordinary people don't know, the most special thing about this kind of thing is snowflake dragon wood white charcoal, I saw it when I was a child, and there is a special kiln in the village that has burned this kind of charcoal." ”

Fengjunzi: "Oh, then you can tell us the story of this snowflake falling dragon wood white charcoal." He suddenly diverted the topic just now, and asked Xiaobai to tell the origin of this snow charcoal, Xiaobai glanced at the wind gentleman, thought about it and suddenly understood what he meant, and began to tell everyone the story of Xiaobai Village's burning of white charcoal.

Xiaobai Village is in a place called Sanjiangkou, with a big river in front of it and a hill behind it, the land is very barren, and there are people in the village who go up to the mountains to cut firewood and make kilns to burn charcoal for a living. On the hills near Kobaek Village grows a shrub called Snowflake Dragonwood, which can be fired into a kind of white charcoal with a special high-temperature kiln. This kind of white charcoal is gray-white, and it is also gray-white when broken, which is much cleaner than the gray appearance of ordinary charcoal, and there are snowflake-like lines on the surface.

About 20 or 30 years ago, some people went to Xiaobai Village to buy snowflakes and sandalwood, and told the villagers how to burn them. At that time, there was no other livelihood in the countryside, and charcoal burning was a relatively profitable business, and a large number of villagers went into the mountains to cut down snowflakes and return to the village to burn charcoal. Several charcoal kilns in Xiaobai Village were in full swing for more than two years, but the snowflake dragon trees on the nearby mountains were cut down, and this came to an end.

The story is very simple, and it was finished in a few words, and Luo Xi asked curiously: "Is the snowflake dragon tree gone?"

Bai Shaoliu explained: "That kind of tree grows very slowly, even slower than boxwood, and the branches as thick as white charcoal grow for decades, and they are all cut down in a few years, and now they are almost invisible on the mountain." ”

Feng Junzi interjected: "Xiaobai, I am also from Wucheng, I heard that your Xiaobai Village is the poorest village in the local area, and the people in the village were so poor that they all showed their butts when you were a child." "He said something very indecent at such an elegant dinner, and both the Marquis of Linton and Avtena frowned.

Luo Xi asked puzzledly: "How can poor show their buttocks?"

Bai Shaoliu explained: "There are holes in my pants, and I was similar when I was a child!"

Luo Shuihan seemed to hear something, and asked Bai Shaoliu with a smile: "How can you be so poor that you don't pay anyone to buy charcoal?"

Bai Shaoliu: "I gave it, and I gave it more than ordinary charcoal." ”

Luo Shuihan: "How to calculate the price, no one in the village has any opinions?"

Bai Shaoliu: "The price is easy to calculate, the money for cutting firewood in the mountains, the money for building kilns and burning kilns, give more than ordinary wood charcoal, at that time, the people in the mountains did not have much knowledge, and a very cost-effective person went up the mountain to cut down the dragon wood and spread less." Several families who specialize in charcoal burning have also lived a good life for two years, built a few new rooms, killed a few more pigs during the New Year's holidays, and added a few new clothes to the family. Later, the snowflakes and charcoal were gone, and the days were almost the same as before, and the village exhibition Sanjiangkou eco-tourism was only better in recent years, as for my family, it was specialized in processing spiced donkey meat to earn money for me to go to the university hall. ”

Xiao Yunyi glanced at her husband and squeezed his eyes and asked, "Lao Gen, your father used to be the mayor of Wucheng, didn't your family use snowflake white charcoal for baking fire at that time?" Isn't this a specialty of Xiaobai Village in Wucheng?"

Feng Junzi: "My family has never used this, I haven't even seen it, this charcoal came from Wucheng, and then they all went to his house!"

At this time, Luo Xi asked again: "Didn't the snowflake descending dragon wood cut down, where did this white charcoal come from?"

Feng Junzi: "There is more than a small white village in the world, this snowflake dragon wood is a special product of the hilly areas around the Zhixu country from the water to Wucheng, the small white village is gone, there are other places, as for where your snowflake and white charcoal come from, you have to ask yourself." ”

Luo Xi: "It turns out that Mr. Feng knows the origin of this snowflake and white charcoal, and even the dragon descending wood knows it so clearly, you deliberately let Xiaobai tell the story?"

Wind Gentleman: "Of course I know, I've been to many mountains, and even looked for snowflake dragons in the deep mountains. Now the charcoal fire under the deer breast is not only the sweat of the charcoal burners, but also the blood and sweat of the mountains and rivers. Poor people must have something to hate, such as the villagers of Xiaobai Village, who can't just blame those who seem to have given them a good price to instruct them to burn charcoal and buy snowflakes and white charcoal. ”

The Marquis of Lington finally spoke at this time: "What the Wind Gentleman is talking about is actually a protective issue, charcoal burning is an economic act, as long as it is profitable, the villagers will do it, if no one spends money to buy charcoal, how can they make money?"

Bai Shaoliu pouted: "If you don't burn snowflakes and white charcoal, the people in Xiaobai Village won't starve to death!"