Chapter 936 - The Gains Outweigh the Losses
In the villa in East Hampton, Simon finished reading the box office report for the three days of the weekend, and was discussing the European itinerary for the next few days with Girl A while looking through some memos of events, two figures, one large and one small, appeared at the door of the open study, Ms. Liu, who was wearing a black Givenchy dress, took her daughter's hand, knocked lightly on the door, and said, "Simon, breakfast is ready." ”
Simon nodded, patted the armrest of the couch, smiled and said to the woman, "Come here." ”
Ms. Liu glanced at Girl A, hesitated slightly, or pulled her daughter forward, sat on the armrest of the sofa where Simon was, but just sat down, her body was grabbed by a big hand, fell into the man's arms, symbolically struggled, and then softened, but did not forget to say to the girl next to her: "MiuMiu, you go to the restaurant first and wait." ”
MiuMiu, that's the name Simon gave to the little girl on the weekend.
It has the same name as a certain French actress, and it is also the sub-brand name of Prada that was just established a few years ago. Since it was a name given by a man, Ms. Liu, who originally wanted to change her daughter's name, didn't feel anything wrong, so she agreed.
Girl A had been in Manhattan for the weekend, and when she heard the little girl's name, her eyes flashed slightly, but she didn't say anything.
But.
MiuMiu, well, isn't it just meow?
Simon put his arms around the woman in his arms, and did not stop the little girl from leaving, and said to Alison in English: "On the Russian side, I won't go to Moscow, I will only stay in St. Petersburg for one day, and the extra time will be counted on the Italian side." In addition, on the Ukrainian side, the special student assistance program I discussed with Celia yesterday is mainly aimed at the children of high-level Ukrainian political and business leaders, and you can compile a document for Jenny. ”
Girl A lowered her head and wrote it down on the memo, then looked up and said, "Boss, I'm thinking, why don't you add the Russian side as well?"
Simon said: "This is a long-term plan, Russia, and other countries where the Westeros system focuses on operations, Celia is only in charge of Ukraine. ”
When Girl A heard this, she roughly understood that her boss asked her to sort out the materials and hand them over to her wife, which was probably related to the arrangement of other parties, but this was beyond the work she was responsible for. However, Allison added: "Also, boss, since you told Ms. Miller yesterday that this matter is about to arrive, and whether there will be more than 100 people in the first batch after the summer, we can do a more detailed screening to determine what is useful to us." ”
Simon smiled and said, "It is precisely because there are more people that we can choose those who are useful to us in a low-key manner." And, even if it's anything else, if you accept our funding, it's useful for the Westeros system. ”
This time Allison was a little confused.
Simon felt the puzzled gaze of Girl A, and said softly: "I remember seeing a point of view in a book, A, a fish that goes ashore is no longer a fish." ”
Girl A obviously couldn't have read a certain book, so she couldn't understand the cruelty contained in this seemingly simple sentence.
Simon didn't explain more, continued to finalize some matters, pushed the woman in his arms and walked to the restaurant together, looked at the woman's outfit today, and praised: "It's beautiful, this is Audrey Hepburn's classic little black dress extension style in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", your figure is very good, and your temperament is more matched." ”
The woman was a little embarrassed, but after all, she looked at the man's arm and walked out of the room, learning the habit of Westerners: "Thank you, Simon." ”
Arriving at the restaurant, Chen Qing, Lin Su, and the little girl who changed her name to MiuMiu were all waiting.
Simon sat down at the table, waited for the waitresses to serve breakfast and left, took a sip of milk, picked up the tableware, and said to Lin Su: "Your brother's matter has come to fruition, a professor in the MIT Earth Resources Laboratory can accept him as a graduate student, focusing on exploration, this is a very practical research direction, and you can enter a large oil company and mining enterprise after graduation in the future." Of course, the premise is that your brother must be able to graduate, science and engineering are different from those majors in literature, history and law, if the professional skills are not solid enough, even if I help him get a degree in the future, it will not be possible to go far in the future. ”
Lin Su nodded, showing gratitude, but it was not good to say too much in front of the women around him.
Moreover, there are some things that I want to say and stop.
Simon didn't wait for Lin Su to speak, and said directly: "Forget the other one, if she wants to come to the United States, she will marry your brother directly, and then come over as a family member to accompany her, there is no need to waste time in any school." ”
Lin Su suddenly had a little resentment.
However, she also knew that it could not be forced.
It was already beyond her expectations that a man could help his brother, let alone MIT.
Lin Su's younger brother Lin Dong is studying geophysics at Peking University, in fact, he has been applying to various universities in the United States since last year, and the initial goal is of course the two famous universities of Massachusetts and California Institute of Technology, which have the strongest geophysics majors, but unfortunately there is no result, and finally he only got the self-funded study abroad admission of Northwest University.
Although it is also considered a first-class university in the United States, Northwestern University is not among the Ivy Leagues, and the ranking of geophysics majors is even lower.
Originally, without Simon's help, Lin Dong would still choose this school and ask his sister here, mainly hoping that she could help find out and help his girlfriend Bai Lan go abroad together.
Lin Su didn't want to do this at first.
Because a certain guy likes to do this, she feels bad intentions, but she can't stand her brother's pleading.
I plucked up the courage to tell Simon over the weekend, I didn't expect to get the results so quickly, it was MIT, MIT, but she knew that there were only two graduates of Peking University who got MIT admission letters, and they were all self-funded, which shows that going from Peking University to Massachusetts is definitely not as simple as ordinary people imagine, and Lin Dong, who also applied last year, is of course not among them.
Moreover, listening to what he said just now, Lin Su also knew that the man was quite dedicated to this, and even considered his younger brother's future employment.
Before this, Lin Su also paid attention.
Geophysics is a strong major in Peking University, however, after all, it is not popular, although Peking University graduates are certainly not short of jobs, but it is not easy to find too good jobs, many of them have entered various government research institutes, if you want a golden job, this is of course good, but people with a little ambition are not willing to take advantage of this.
That's why Lin Dong wants to study abroad.
And the expectations for her future career that I talked to her about before coincided with the man's arrangement.
It's just that the man obviously ignored the other one directly.
Her brother's girlfriend, the girl named Bai Lan, is different from the second sister Lin Lan's resistance to Bai Lan, she actually has a good impression of that girl.
Think again about men's advice.
I got married and came to study with my family.
Hum.
Machismo.
Of course, only dare to think in your heart.
Although, for some reason, deep down I also feel that maybe it's also a way.
The girl studied applied physics at Beijing University of Science and Technology, because she was beautiful, she was taken by her younger brother in the process of some school exchanges, and she still pursued it to get it, but whether it was Beijing University of Science and Technology itself or the girl's academic performance, in short, she also applied for study abroad last year, and she didn't get an offer.
Anyway, if you don't want to help, then I'll do it myself.
Machismo.
Really chattering like this, Lin Su listened to Simon again: "Also, if you don't want to raise waste, wait for your brother to come over, I suggest that you don't pay for him and let him work and study by himself." Also, if he wants to go further in the future, it is best to take business administration at the same time, and it is best to get a degree. ”
Lin Su knew that the man's advice was right, but he was a little angry at a certain word in his words: "My brother is not a waste." ”
"Yes, I've read his transcript during his time at Peking University, and it's still great. That's why I remind you, don't give him money, 22 years old, it's actually a little late to enter the society, if you don't let him accept a little human suffering, the result can only get a nerd, graduate in the future, lack of ability to deal with things, then you can directly rely on a Massachusetts diploma to return to China and enter some government research departments for the elderly. Well, one more point, it's enough to finish a master's degree, and don't read too high, it's not necessary, unless he doesn't plan to enter society and wants to do research for the rest of his life. ”
Lin Su wanted to refute, hesitated for a moment, and finally hummed lightly.
Simon suddenly showed a somewhat evil smile, looked at Lin Su and said, "If you can't be ruthless, in this way, I'll help you take care of it." ”
Lin Su was puzzled, and was a little vigilant because of the man's laughter.
The smile on Simon's face overflowed: "According to our relationship, your brother is also my brother-in-law, and it is natural for my brother-in-law to teach my brother-in-law a lesson." ”
When Lin Su heard this, he was stunned, and suddenly his face was flushed, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the man again.
Simon came to be interested: "Then it's decided, well, according to the often saying of Chinese parents, the child is handed over to me, and you should be beaten or scolded, don't be polite, don't worry, I won't be polite." ”
Lin Su almost wanted to run away, but in the end he still held back, and subconsciously said, "You, don't beat him." ”
"Don't worry, it won't break. ”
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After Simon finished speaking, he was still a little unsatisfied, so he turned to Chen Qing. Then he looked at Ms. Liu, and finally landed on a certain little girl.
The little girl who was eating felt a certain look and raised her face to look at her.
In fact, she had been listening to it just now, and besides, the little girl was far from being as ignorant as she looked, but just a certain instinct, thinking that this would please the adults.
Simon looked at a certain little girl and said, "MiuMiu, will you call Daddy in the future?"
The little girl blinked, looked at her mother, got some hints of encouragement, and quickly said, "Daddy." ”
Simon was very satisfied, and finally saw Girl A beside him.
Alison glanced at her unobtrusive boss, and suddenly whispered, "Dad." ”
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Being stared at strangely by several women, large and small, Simon couldn't stand it, coughed dryly, changed the topic, and said to Lin Su again: "Also, I have also read several project plans submitted by Hangzhou, and only two are better, one is an investment in Dollha, which is a very good company, so we must talk about it." In addition, there is the Nongfu Spring drinking water project, which you can try to win all of them. ”
Needless to say, Wahaha.
Nongfu Spring was later famous, but now this company does not exist, but is just a project being planned by a company in Zhejiang Province.
Wahaha has been established in the 80s and has developed very well, Simon has not thought about buying out, the development of this company is on par with Jianlibao, therefore, this time to be able to buy shares, in fact, it is a bit unexpected by Simon, no matter how much investment, how many shares to get, it is definitely a very cost-effective investment.
As for Nongfu Spring, since it is a drinking water project under planning, if you think about the future development prospects, of course, it is better to buy it out directly.
Simon shifted the subject to get down to business, and the women at the table stopped pursuing the small details just now.
Although Hangzhou is pulling investment, Chen Qing actually did not ignore it, after Simon finished speaking, without waiting for Lin Su to speak, she asked: "Boss, what about Geely, I think that among several projects, Geely is the one with the greatest potential." The boss has been paying attention to China's auto industry and should know this. ”
Simon nodded: "Yes, in my opinion, the potential of the Chinese auto market is no less than that of the United States." Moreover, only now, the automobile industry in China is quite profitable, and all levels of models are in a seller's market, and the profits are very lucrative. ”
Chen Qing was even more puzzled: "That ......"
Simon suddenly changed his English and said to Chen Qing: "That's why we can't invest." ”
At the dinner table, the little girl who had been listening looked up in confusion, not understanding why Simon had suddenly changed to English she didn't understand. Ms. Liu also paused slightly, in order to prepare for going abroad, she actually knew some English, but it was limited to daily communication. She understood what she had just said, but at this time, she was very clever enough to pretend that she didn't understand and continued to eat slowly.
Chen Qing saw that her boss had changed her English, but she just glanced at the two women on the other side with her spare eyes, and suddenly changed her French: "Boss, I don't know too much." ”
Even Lin Su couldn't understand it now.
Simon also changed his French and said to Chen Qing: "China now has a very high threshold for entering the automobile industry, you must know this, I think you should also think that with the contacts I accumulated during my last trip to China, if we take a stake in Geely, it will definitely be no problem to get a car production license, right?"
Chen Qing nodded.
Simon said: "However, have you ever thought that we are competing for profits with China's current major multinational auto giants, which is a very offensive thing, and it will quickly consume the affection accumulated from my last trip to China." In fact, this kind of thing, like wine, needs to be cellared in order to be more mellow and valuable. ”
Chen Qing understood.
Simon continued: "Also, if the profits are good enough, I don't mind entering the Chinese auto industry now, but now we need to pay a lot of costs in all aspects, and we will get very little, and in the end the gains outweigh the losses." ”