Dulin rested for less than four hours before he was woken up. The housekeeper here told him that many people wanted to visit Mr. Dulin, Ophelia and their common son as soon as possible.
The butler's use of the word "visit" and the inclusion of Troy was not a slip of the tongue.
In most people's minds, there are only three people who can represent a family, and the first one is the founder.
The founder has obtained merit through his own efforts or obtained the opportunity to move to a higher level through flattery and catering. No matter how people evaluate him when he is alive, in the days to come, he can represent the family, regardless of the family. Be it strong or declining.
The second person is the contemporary family head, such as Magus of the Timamont family, Kubal, etc. They can represent a family not because they have a great reputation or have very terrible achievements.
In fact, Magus now includes the achievements of other people. After their death, they will at most leave an evaluation of "amazing people" in history. People will soon forget them. After his death, He couldn't represent the Timamont family.
What allows him to represent the Timamont family is not his merits and achievements, but his status as the head of the family.
The third one is the first in line of succession.
The first heir of a family can often make a statement on behalf of the family behind him when he reaches adulthood. His statement and his promise are like the statement and promise of the head of the family to the nobles and big families.
Even if this is a wrong statement or a wrong promise, the family behind him will admit it and pay the price.
Because if the first heir does not have a scandal like some heirs fighting each other, it can be said that the first heir is destined to become the head of the next generation.
His promise only slightly advanced a part of the power he would have decades later, but only part of it.
These three types of people can represent a family. If Dulin represents the Kosma family, an emerging family from the southwest on the road to rise, then Toy represents a new force after the merger of an emerging force and an old force. The hegemonic family.
To a certain extent, in the aristocratic social system, the value, importance, and power he will have access to in the future of Toi Kesma have surpassed Dulin, although this child was less than twenty-four years old. Hour.
So people use serious words like "meet you" very seriously. They don't use the wrong word, it's just a rule.
Du Lin rubbed his eyes and turned over to sit up from the hospital bed. It must be said that sometimes sleeping in a different bed is a very rare experience.
The hospital bed was not soft, but very hard, but sleeping on it gave an indescribable sense of security, so much so that Dulin fell asleep before he could even think about anything while lying on it.
He was very energetic now. He patted his cheek and walked into the bathroom. After a short wash and grooming, he quickly walked out. He put on his clothes and walked outside. At the same time, he ordered the housekeeper to put those greeting cards in his hands. To put things in order, he would receive the most important of them in the evening.
"Sir, there are also Easterners..."
Du Lin paused and glanced at the housekeeper in surprise, "Oriental?"
The butler stopped slightly behind Du Lin, highlighting Du Lin's dominant position between the two parties. He lowered his head and said, "Oriental, sir. One of them claimed to be the 'Rising Sun Trading Company' 'The steward, he came personally to send the greetings, hoping to see you. "
Du Lin thought thoughtfully. The rising sun should be the rising sun or the east rising. This kind of name is somewhat inappropriate in the eastern society that is still obviously feudal. Based on Du Lin's understanding of the situation in another world. The cognition of those ancient emperors, these names may be taboo anytime and anywhere.
After thinking for a moment, he asked the housekeeper to make arrangements. He would meet with the housekeeper in the afternoon. He was curious about what people from the East would say to him.
Ophelia was really exhausted yesterday and is still sleeping. The nurse said that the girl got up and fed the baby once, and the mother and son have been sleeping until now.
Dulin looked through the glass window and then left. He had many things to deal with surrounding Ophelia's birth and Troy's birth.
In the afternoon, he met guests from the East at the manor given to him by Henry. His manor had been decorated to look like a fairy tale castle. The conspicuous colors and exaggerated artistic style were not very suitable as a place to receive guests.
It happened that Henry sent a manor over, and Dulin took it immediately without refusing. He thought it might be a deliberate arrangement by Mr. Knight. Industry tycoons like this who have lived a lifetime and have not died of old age and can still control the wind and rain, all of them. It's human spirit.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the shopkeeper of Dongsheng Trading Company appeared in Dulin's new manor. There were only two people accompanying him, a man and a woman, both young.
They wear clothes with oriental characteristics, which are very easy to identify. As the exchanges between the East and the West become closer and closer, the society's curiosity about the East has also entered an explosive period. Some products with oriental characteristics can be seen selling hot everywhere. Some ladies with good figures are also willing to go out wearing oriental-style clothes. In the past two years, it seems that anything related to the orient has become a trend.
This shopkeeper - later when he introduced himself, Du Lin found out that the shopkeeper's surname was Du and his name was Du Peng. Du Lin didn't know whether this was his real name or a translated name.
He did not reveal his ability to understand and speak Eastern languages. Fortunately, shopkeeper Du Peng can speak fluent common language. He always smiles when he speaks, his tone is gentle, and the pronunciation of every word is very accurate. He doesn't speak very fast, which makes it easy for people to have a good initial impression of him.
"Mr. Dulin, the first thing I need to do is to congratulate you. I heard that you and your wife's child has been born safely. This is great. For this reason, I have brought some gifts to you, your wife. With your children." He had some unique ways of expressing himself. Although this cannot be said to be wrong, it still made people feel a little funny or novel.
He took a gift list with red background and gold paint from the hand of the boy next to him. He held the scroll of the gift list in one hand, with the back of the other hand facing up. He grabbed the scroll of the gift list and pulled it, and the gift list was stretched between his hands, " Please see…”
It is not square characters, it has been replaced by Western common characters. It has to be said that this is a very expensive gift list. There are ninety-nine nuts made of various golds weighing one pound, and this is not counting others. some precious things.
Du Lin nodded and said thank you. He was not polite. This is not the habit of Westerners. At the same time, he was also very curious. What did they want from such an expensive gift
Orientals are very strange. Almost everyone who knows something about Orientals knows this very well. They refuse to open up their homeland on a large scale, but they are very enthusiastic about cultural exchanges between the two sides.
It is said that they have purchased many patent licenses and returned to the East. In view of people's unfamiliarity with the East and the lack of complete supervision channels to supervise whether the use of these patent licenses in the East complies with legal regulations, the price of each license is very high. It’s expensive, but that doesn’t stop Asians from buying.
They waved various gold products in exchange for everything they needed. Except for some sophisticated technologies that were not sold, they bought some of most civilian and industrial technologies back.
Did they do this to start an industrial revolution
Dulin doesn't think so. The transformation of a society cannot be accomplished by huge changes in a short period of time. It requires a long accumulation process. It is impossible for them to immediately bring society into the industrial revolution period, let alone It is impossible to shake the rule of the feudal dynasty. This is what Dulin is most curious about, what exactly do they want to do.
After a daze, he came back to his senses. Du Peng loosened his hand and slowly retracted the scroll. He put the gift list back into the box and pushed it to Du Lin's side.
Du Lin handed the gift list to the butler, who would arrange for someone to take the gift list to check whether the gifts were consistent with the list on the gift list.
"A very shocking gift bill. I don't know how much it is worth, but I have seen your sincerity. Is there anything I can do to help you?" Du Lin said very straightforwardly. Du Peng could not possibly know what he meant. How much do we know about Eastern culture, so "stupid" Westerners and their "stupid" straightforwardness can sometimes have very good results.
Du Peng pursed his lips and smiled. This guy was very attractive. He looked to be in his thirties, with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He gave people a very reliable feeling, and had an indescribable sense of uprightness and righteousness.
He lowered his head slightly, then looked up at Dulin again and asked a question, "Mr. Dulin, we are also human beings, but we have been treated very unfairly just because of some changes in appearance. You Do you think this is reasonable?"
Du Peng's opening remarks made Du Lin stunned for a moment, because he smelled a hint of "premeditation" in it. His speaking skills, way of speaking and the content of this sentence were obviously carefully designed.
It directly hits the core of what can be said to be Dulin - he is not a mainstream Ogdin in society, but a Guart.
This will make Du Lin naturally have some affection for Du Peng. No matter whether he thinks this sentence is right or not, it is difficult to prevent the closeness from the same fate.
It will always be difficult for minorities to obtain real fairness in society, not that kind of false fairness, but real fairness!
Du Lin looked at Du Peng, and Du Peng met Du Lin's gaze without fear and smiled at him.
In fact, behind the Dongsheng Trading Company was the royal family of the Great Qin Empire. As Du Peng, who was sent to the Western Continent as the general manager, he discovered a problem. These barbarians in the West were not as illogical as recorded in the past documents. They drank hair and drank blood and were barbaric. unreasonable.
Their society has a unique shape, and more importantly, the scientific and technological civilization of the West is obviously far ahead of the technological development of the East. Therefore, the task given by the royal family to Dupont is to copy some technologies to the East as much as possible. In the East, Cultivate a group of "scientists" belonging to the East.
But the problem is that ordinary patented technologies are easy to buy, but once it comes to some core patented technologies, these people grit their teeth and refuse to let go, and are unwilling to sell them no matter how much money they give.
This made Du Peng very troubled. This time he heard that Du Lin's child was born, so he took this opportunity to visit Du Lin. It might be much more convenient if he could communicate with those businessmen through Du Lin.
Whether it is the East or the West, the manifestations of power may be different, but the essence is always the same, unique and exclusive.
Dupont's choice of the upper-level route was very correct, but he underestimated two things.
The first thing is that high-tech patents mean a company or a group's profit point in the next five to twenty years. They will only sell these things cheaply if they are crazy.
The second thing is that the wisdom of people in this land has been passed down forever, such as "If our hair color is different, our eye color is different, our skin color is different, even if we all have red blood flowing, it cannot prove that we are of the same race." ", I have never stopped being wary of outsiders.
The things he could buy were actually patents that were about to become obsolete.
Du Lin did not give a clear reply to Du Peng, which conflicted with his own interests. Du Peng could not give him what he wanted, but it would block his way forward unless the other party could come up with something that moved Du Lin's heart. , otherwise this would be their first and last meeting.
After sending Du Peng away, Du Lin called the Social Services Bureau and asked. They were also in charge of patent registration. They quickly communicated with Du Lin on this issue to ensure that important technology would not be leaked. .
Du Lin could see that Easterners were very ambitious!
After Du Peng was sent away, visitors from Du Lin began to appear one after another. They generally followed the same process. They said a few nice words to Du Lin, and then sat down to chat about the recent weather problems. There are no fish. Someone’s dog got lost recently.
Then he left a lot of gifts and stood up to say goodbye without talking about more substantive things. After all, this was a ceremonial process.
And the more ceremonial things will be placed when Dulin baptizes Troy, that is the most critical thing in the whole thing.
Since he came to the imperial capital, he couldn't help but see Mags. After dinner in the evening, Dulin asked for a car and went to the research institute where Mags was being treated without notifying Kubal.
(End of chapter)