Simon was a little surprised by the Korean salute style of the girl in front of him. If the other party hadn't spoken Chinese, he would have suspected that Chen Qing had found a fake Chinese girl in front of him.
"Hello."
After replying, Simon sat down on the sofa, crossed his legs, and let Lin Guili pour him coffee while looking at the girl sitting upright on the single sofa next to him.
Girl, this is something Simon felt at first sight.
She is completely different from the imagined female gangster who is responsible for several lives. She is more like a rookie who has just entered the workplace, shy and awkward in front of her boss.
After Lin Guili left, Simon took a sip of the coffee in front of him and gestured to the side. Seeing Cao Minyuan carefully pick up her coffee, she took a sip like a kitten drinking water. Finally, she couldn't help but smile. The girl put down her coffee and looked at herself in confusion, and said, "Your information says you are 22 years old. When, um, did you join this industry?"
Cao Minyuan was startled for a moment, seemed to have thought about it, and then said: "17 years old."
"I know there is also a very powerful girl who ran away to make a career at the age of 14, and the results were not bad," Simon said, and then asked: "Do you know kung fu?"
Cao Minyuan was a little surprised, but she quickly realized that foreigners are always very interested in Chinese Kung Fu, and nodded slightly: "Yes."
"You can kill seven people at the age of 17. That's very impressive. Who taught you that?"
This question obviously made Cao Minyuan stiffen slightly, and her eyes completely avoided the gaze of the man next to her. After a moment, she whispered softly: "Grandpa taught me."
"Family tradition?"
"It doesn't count... family history," Cao Minyuan shook her head, hesitated, and then said: "My father doesn't know how to say yes, it's not polite enough."
Simon could feel a certain sadness in Cao Minyuan's tone. The girl's thought at this time was probably that it would be better if her father knew kung fu, and perhaps a tragedy of family destruction and death could be avoided.
Thinking like this, Simon saw the guilty look on the girl next to him as she avoided his gaze, and said in a slightly more serious tone: "It's very impolite to have your eyes wandering around when talking to someone."
When Cao Minyuan heard what Simon said, she tried her best to turn her head and look at the man next to her, but her eyes were still a little evasive.
Simon stared at the girl next to him: "Do you think you did something wrong?"
Cao Minyuan shook her head subconsciously, and for a moment she looked at Simon with a sharp look: "I don't regret it."
Simon was not satisfied with this answer: "Your parents were killed and you chose revenge. Why don't you regret it? Isn't this natural?"
Cao Minyuan was silent.
Simon waited for a moment, but when she didn't answer, he looked at the pretty and stubborn face of the girl next to him, and suddenly asked: "Do you want to clear your name?"
Cao Minyuan's eyes brightened obviously, and she looked at Simon for a moment, but soon dimmed again, shaking her head and saying, "I can't see the light anymore."
"It's actually very easy," Simon said with a hint of persuasion in his tone: "Since you are in South Korea, you should know that the plastic surgery industry here is very developed. It will be easy to change your appearance and get a new identity. By then, even if you It doesn't matter if you go back to your hometown. If you can make more money and go back as an investor, you will be sought after by others. At that time, in addition to those people who directly hurt your family, some people who indirectly hurt you, How about settling accounts with them one by one?"
Cao Minyuan listened to the man's narration, with more and more expectations in her eyes. However, feeling the man's tone, out of some female instinct, she shook her head subconsciously: "Mr. Westeros, now, as long as...as long as I As long as my brother is fine."
"Of course your brother will be fine," Simon said. "The question is, what about yourself?"
Cao Minyuan was silent for a moment again and said: "If it weren't for Sister Chen, I would have... Sister Chen is working for you again, so I am working for you, and I will fulfill my promise."
"But you disappoint me a little."
Cao Minyuan was puzzled for a moment.
Simon continued: "I hope to see a determined, cold and powerful female gangster, but the feeling you give me is that your temperament is too weak."
Cao Minyuan was speechless.
Simon said: "I have told some people around me about my perspective on life more than once. Do you want to know what it is?"
Cao Minyuan made a listening gesture.
Simon said: "I have told many people that we should all take it for granted. In this world, right and wrong, high and low, justice and evil are actually far less important than ordinary people subconsciously imagine. Unfortunately, too many people Their minds are bound by secular traditional ideas, and therefore they have become the mediocre majority."
Cao Minyuan nodded slightly, looking very teachable.
Simon leaned against the back of the sofa and changed to a more casual posture, but shook his head again: "At this time, if you can refute me, it means you have listened to me."
Cao Minyuan paused and said softly: "Mr. Westeros, it's very difficult to do this."
"Tell me, what's the difficulty?"
Cao Minyuan was stuck again for a moment. After thinking for a moment, she shook her head slightly and looked at Simon with a little hope.
Simon gave the answer: "It's actually very simple. The problem is that you are not strong enough."
Cao Minyuan shook her head this time: "Mr. Westeros, it's not easy to be strong."
"If a person wants to be strong, he must first be strong in his heart," Simon said: "I have met many people over the years, and I would say that in the eyes of ordinary people, successful people, whether they are rich or in high positions, A very common characteristic of people is that they have a strong heart and have an inner world that is completely their own and will not be easily interfered by the outside world, so that many people are considered to be paranoid who live within their own rules."
Cao Minyuan still sat upright and listened carefully. When the man finished speaking, she paused and said softly: "Mr. Westeros, I don't know how to do this."
"First of all, you have to take it for granted."
Cao Minyuan felt like she had been taken in a circle and returned to the starting point.
Simon also discovered this problem, laughed, and then said: "Self-hypnosis, you know, from now on, try your best to let yourself throw away all the rules in the world, and do some self-hypnosis before doing anything. I am in my own Position, it is natural for me to do these things, because if I don’t do them, I may fail, I may die, or, if I add a few more, I may implicate the biological brother you care about most.”
Cao Minyuan originally just listened carefully. When Simon said the last thing, her body trembled obviously. After a while, she nodded slightly: "Mr. Westeros, I understand."
"Do you know the approximate size of the drug trade around the world each year?"
There were some twists and turns. Cao Minyuan was puzzled for a moment, but she still shook her head honestly: "Mr. Westeros, I don't know."
"About 500 billion U.S. dollars," Simon said, "more than half of China's GDP."
Cao Minyuan was a little unbelievable.
"Do you find it incredible?" Simon said: "However, I am not talking randomly. This is the data released by the United Nations. There may be discrepancies. After all, this is not a legal industry, but with a scale of 500 billion US dollars, it will not Too much difference."
Cao Minyuan didn't know how to answer for a while.
Simon continued: "You must be wondering, why is 500 billion US dollars so huge? Isn't there anyone who cares about it?"
Cao Minyuan nodded.
Simon said: "Perhaps this starts with the Opium War. You must be more familiar with this than me."
Cao Minyuan can only be a bitch. She is actually very smart, otherwise she would not have been able to successfully escape with her brother who was ten years younger than her after committing a murder. She was not caught for many years, so she vaguely understood the relationship between men and Her intention in saying this.
That is, to plant a feeling in her subconscious that what the man just mentioned is a matter of course.
Make her feel that everything is natural.
Simon continued: "The Opium War was a major trauma in China's modern history. However, for the West, they made huge profits from it. And then, until now. In most countries around the world, drugs are still illegal on the surface. Yes, but the industry size of 500 billion US dollars is enough to bring huge benefits to all aspects of Western society. You may wonder how it was brought. Could it be that this money was not taken away by the Golden Triangle or Latin American drug lords that ordinary people are more familiar with? Of course not. They are just the most junior processors. They are even like pigs raised by some people. They kill a batch when they are fat. And more interests, because the money is illegal, want to become legal, It must be laundered. In the process of money laundering, at least half is taken away by financial giants and even the national finance as tax. Therefore, it is prohibited on the surface, but in fact, related industries are allowed to go unchecked in many Western countries. Yes, there are even official agencies involved. The CIA knows, they did this kind of thing in the 1980s. A reporter in the United States made a follow-up report and then died. However, the facts that were exposed were Big things turned into small things, small things turned into small things, and nothing happened. Oh, speaking of which, you went to Eastern Europe before?"
Cao Minyuan only felt that she had gained more knowledge, and she just nodded lightly again when she heard the words.
Simon smiled and said: "If you do well enough in the future, you will come into contact with some of the forces I fostered in Eastern Europe. They are now connected with the CIA. Let's make a fortune together. We can't have those agents all over the world working for the United States." I work so hard that I can’t even save any savings for retirement.”
Cao Minyuan opened her eyes again and looked at Simon with a strange expression.
What kind of Simon Westeros is this? !
Simon didn't pay attention to the expression of the girl next to him and continued: "Let's talk about women. You happen to be in Korea. What do you think of Korea?"
Cao Minyuan considered it for a moment and said: "Although the current... environment does not seem to be very good, South Korea is still very developed."
"Then you learned Korean etiquette naturally?"
This was another turn. Cao Minyuan thought for a moment before she realized that it was the detail of bowing to the man during the meeting, and she didn't know how to answer.
Simon said: "You Chinese people have fallen into a very big misunderstanding in your thinking. Do you know what it is?"
Cao Minyuan shook her head. At the same time, as a Chinese, she felt a certain emotion in the man's tone and felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Simon said: "Probably since the Opium War, we have been weak for too long. Therefore, the Chinese look at the United States, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, etc. outside of China. As long as they surpass you in terms of economic level, you will be the best." Subconsciously, I believe that these countries are superior to you in terms of politics, culture, and other aspects. Do you know the logic of this?"
"Actually, it's very simple. As long as a person has money, he is righteous, moral, and possesses all the truth. If a rich person yells, the poor will immediately feel that they must be wrong, and start to grovel and start to reflect on themselves. , started to tremble with fear, and even if other poor people refuted, they immediately found the target of their anger, all because of you! Ha, it’s quite ridiculous, right. The question is, do you Chinese remember the Opium War, do you remember the Xinchou Treaty? Why do you Do you think that in a hundred years, the bad guys will become good guys, just because the bad guys are rich? Speaking of which, I visited a small country in Europe, Austria, a few years ago. They are a small city, but they have It’s a very luxurious and beautiful train station. I couldn’t help but wonder how they built it with that country’s financial strength. After asking, I found out, do you know what the answer is?”
Cao Minyuan shook her head.
"A tour guide in that country told me very proudly that it was built with China's Xin Chou compensation. At that time, China paid too much compensation and couldn't spend it all, so it built many very luxurious public facilities. Ha, There were even Asian faces taking pictures there. I don’t know where they are from, but judging from their expressions, they must be envious of the advancement of the West.”
Cao Minyuan felt even more uncomfortable inside, and couldn't help but dodge her eyes.
Simon emphasized: "Look at me!"
Cao Minyuan subconsciously looked over and finally couldn't help but said: "Mr. Westeros, you... Well, only some Chinese people are like this. You can't say that all Chinese people are like this."
"Okay, let's not talk about this." Simon also noticed that he was a little off topic, and even felt that he was quite bored. What's the use of talking about it, and then continued: "Besides, women, South Korea is very advanced in your eyes, but there is actually another It’s also very advanced in terms of technology, do you know what it is?”
Cao Minyuan could only shake her head.
Simon said: "That's what I'm talking about, an industry related to women. Perhaps, some people subconsciously think that in Japan, where certain films are legal, the scale of the related industry should be huge. In fact, it is not. It is exactly where you are at this time. South Korea ranks first in the world in terms of the size of a certain industry, currently reaching US$30 billion."
Cao Minyuan was pulled back from her thoughts and was surprised again.
Simon said: "Even during the Seoul Olympics, for the sake of its international image, South Korea temporarily banned related industries, but in fact, it gradually relaxed them later. It seemed illegal on the surface, but in fact the control was very loose, and it was basically semi-legal. State, look, when I say this, do you think it’s a bit natural again?”
Cao Minyuan continued to be a headache.
Simon continued: "Finally, gambling, do you know the casinos in the United States?"
"Las Vegas."
"That's right," Simon said, "However, Las Vegas is only the most famous one, but casinos are actually very common in the United States, also very common in Europe, and equally common in Asia. Now, when it comes to this, is it right? Do you think it’s natural?”