From the window seat of the cocktail reception, you can have a panoramic view of Yanjing’s bright and gorgeous night view. There are towering buildings and luxurious neon lights. Everything shows that this is an international city that stands on top of the world.
Starting tonight, Xiao Zheng will successfully land in this city of Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons and start a new stage of his life.
Slowly retracting his wandering gaze, Xiao Zheng picked up the goblet in front of the table and took a sip with a standard posture like countless celebrities and wealthy people at a cocktail party. Where is the despicable attitude of eating large pieces of meat and drinking fine wine from cattle
He looks like a business elite and an upper-class person.
"Boss Xiao is also a good drinker?" Chang Yishan, who was sitting directly opposite, smiled. Maintaining an elegant attitude as always.
During his ten years on Wall Street, he had seen the darkest and ugliest inside story of capital, and also learned all the etiquette and rules of upper class society.
It can be said that even if Chang Yishan is allowed to participate in the world's top events, even if it is a dinner party for the British royal family, he can still perform impeccably and without leakage.
Life is often mankind's best teacher. And experience is enough to make a person reborn and take on a new look.
Facing Chang Yishan's polite inquiry, Xiao Zheng slowly put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "I love wine. But not this kind."
As he spoke, he pointed to the hundreds of yuan worth of red wine in front of him.
"Oh?" Chang Yishan smiled. "What kind of wine does Boss Xiao like?"
"Erguotou is fine, Maotai is fine too. But I don't like drinking foreign wine." Xiao Zheng said with a dull look.
"It seems that Boss Xiao loves strong liquor." Chang Yishan said with a smile. "As far as I know, there are many spirits abroad. Its purity is no worse than the national liquor Moutai. It even tastes better."
"I said it. I don't like foreign wine." Xiao Zheng said with a relaxed look. "No matter how good the taste is and how high the purity is, I still don't like it."
Chang Yishan smiled slightly and continued: "Are you not used to it, or are you resisting without reason?"
"Is it important?" Xiao Zheng asked.
"I can understand if you're just not used to it. Just like smokers, few can get used to foreign baked cigarettes." Chang Yishan said with a smile. "But if it's resistance, Boss Xiao will be a little limited."
Xiao Zheng found that Chang Yishan could always attack through an otherwise insignificant topic. It seems to be all-pervasive and hard to guard against. In the beginning, I was eating soft food, but now I have a drinking problem. These are just topics that are brought up unintentionally, but they can be brought to the extreme by Chang Yishan.
Talking to such a person will inevitably make you feel pressured, and you are afraid that if you are not careful, you will fall into his trap again. But from another perspective, Chang Yishan's thoughts are too delicate. Too serious.
If you don’t like it, you just don’t like it, so why bother to dig deeper and find out the reason why you don’t like it? Wouldn’t it be offensive to take everything too seriously
Xiao Zheng smiled and asked: "Can personal preferences be related to limitations? Perhaps Mr. Chang is too arrogant?"
"You know something when you see something." Chang Yishan said without leaving any trace. "The best way to understand a person is through the person's details, not through the person's self-introduction. Introduction is too subjective, and observation can be objective."
"The implication is that Mr. Chang wants to know me?" Xiao Zheng asked with a half-smile.
"You can think so." Chang Yishan nodded with a smile.
"But this is the first time we have met." Xiao Zheng said meaningfully. "Wouldn't it be impolite for you to get to the bottom of things like this, observe me, and study me?"
"If I don't tell you, would you know that I'm studying you?" Chang Yishan didn't show any embarrassment at all, but said matter-of-factly. "I believe that most of the people at this cocktail party are meeting Boss Xiao for the first time. But the number of people you observed is no less than two digits. But I only observed Boss Xiao. If you follow this logic, Boss Xiao Maybe more rude than me?”
What a sharp mouth.
Xiao Zhengzhen felt that Chang Yishan was worthy of being a prodigy from Yanjing. Whether it was temperament, conversation, eloquence, or concentration, they were far beyond what Yan Dengkui could match. Even if you are yourself, you have to deal with it carefully and don't dare to be careless. So as not to fall into Chang Yishan's trap.
But over the years, how could Xiao Zheng, who rarely suffered losses and didn't like to suffer losses, be easily defeated by Chang Yishan? Although he is strong in force, his sinister thoughts are not unfounded—
How pure can a man with his hands stained with blood be, no matter how pure he is
"Mr. Chang. I have a little confusion that has been bothering me for a long time. The case has not been solved. I wonder if you can help me analyze it." Xiao Zheng said with a smile. It looks very harmless to humans and animals.
"Boss Xiao, please speak." Chang Yishan smiled slightly.
"I received an email before, someone asked me to leave Lin Huayin. And threatened me that if I don't obey, I will be operated on ENN's Phantom series." Xiao Zheng said slowly. "Mr. Chang, do you think such a person is rude and presumptuous?"
"Are you presumptuous?" Chang Yishan asked back. "Maybe he just can't bear to see Boss Xiao eating soft rice?"
The tone is elegant, but every word touches the heart. If it were someone with a more grumpy temper, he would probably fall out on the spot.
"So that's what Mr. Chang thinks?" Xiao Zheng didn't get angry or fight back, he just asked meaningfully.
"This is just my guess." Chang Yishan smiled.
"A person's words and deeds often symbolize that person's inner thoughts. Mr. Chang, what do you think?" Xiao Zheng asked calmly.
"I don't deny it." Seeing Xiao Zheng showing signs of aggression, Chang Yishan suddenly changed the subject. "And besides not being able to stand seeing Mr. Xiao eating soft rice, there is another bigger possibility."
"What?" Xiao Zheng asked.
"He thinks you are not worthy of Lin Huayin." Chang Yishan said word by word. "The reason why he did this was just to give you a step up and give you some room."
"People always move forward and look up. How can they like the steps going down?" Xiao Zheng also smiled, but his words were extremely sharp. "Mr. Chang, could it be that in these years on Wall Street, you have only bowed your head to others and bent over to get where you are today?"
Without waiting for Chang Yishan's response, Xiao Zheng continued: "Mr. Chang, what you represent on Wall Street is China. The national backbone will not stand tall because of your small achievements. But you cannot drag down the national backbone." People look down on you. I’m afraid this is the bottom line for us Chinese to make a living outside, right?”
Chang Yishan always maintained an elegant smile on his face. In those bright eyes, a strange color flashed without any trace.
Yes.
In this seemingly peaceful confrontation, the two of them each achieved something. Xiao Zheng suffered some losses and also took advantage. Chang Yishan did not always have the advantage.
Especially Xiao Zheng's last words somewhat puncture the myth of Chang Yishan's Wall Street. Infuriating.