Chapter 1556 This Is the Gap
Until Li Mu took the royal carriage out of Buckingham Palace, he didn't understand how much gold the Grand Cross of the Knight-level was.
Because he felt that it was silly to go out with a medal on his chest, Li Mu took off the medal from the carriage, put it in the box, and handed it to Li Ziwei who was also in the carriage, saying, "Ziwei, help me collect it. Bar."
Li Ziwei nodded, but the medal that Li Mu handed over, she also took off her own medal, put it in the box, and put it all into her bag.
Anne Hathaway also picked up the medal, but was reluctant to put it away, but held it in her palm and stared at it without blinking. After watching it for a while, her eyes turned red.
Li Mu couldn't help teasing her: "Annie, it's just a medal, you won't cry, right?"
Anne Hathaway looked at Li Mu and said very seriously: "This medal is too precious. There may only be one or two hundred in the world, so I was very dazed and always felt like a dream."
Li Mu said with a smile: "You are not British either, this is nothing more than a reputation."
Anne Hathaway said very seriously: "This reputation alone is priceless..."
White people in Europe and the United States belong to the same culture in terms of cultural roots, so they have a special feeling of surrender to the royal family. Even if the royal family no longer runs the country, the honors conferred by the royal family are paid special attention. I don't have any special feelings for these, and I only respect the royal family out of politeness. Of course, as a businessman, from a business perspective, Li Mu also has a certain psychology to take advantage of the social influence of the royal halo. He is not a member of the royal family, but Members of the royal family can be used to promote recognition among European and American people.
Li Mu didn't think it was such a big honor. He always felt that it was a normal exchange of gifts, and after all, the royal family took more advantage. After all, the awarding of honors is their unique privilege, and this thing has no real cost. But in contrast, the real value of the spree that I sent to William is so high that it is difficult to exchange a thousand dollars, and the cost behind it is also real, which is basically equivalent to giving William a big project for nothing.
The royal carriage, escorted by the Royal Guard, came all the way to the annexed palace where Davidson was waiting. Davidson had received the news in advance and was waiting beside his motorcade.
The carriage stopped beside the convoy. The captain of the Royal Guard personally opened the door of the carriage. Li Mu got out first, and very gentlemanly helped Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway out of the carriage.
Davidson hurried up and asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, are we ready to go?"
Li Mu nodded.
He smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Davidson, for keeping you waiting."
Davidson waved his hand gently and said with a smile, "It is my greatest honor to be able to accompany you to Buckingham Palace to accept the Queen's invitation."
As the head of the Goldberg family, the assets that Davidson can control or mobilize are much stronger than those of the royal family. However, even if he is, he must show due respect to the royal family. After all, that is his monarch. If any one The disrespect of British citizens to the royal family will inevitably be opposed and protested by the entire United Kingdom.
Li Mu handed the gift box of the medal to Li Ziwei, and explained that she and Anne Hathaway shared a car, and then he thanked the captain of the Royal Guard. After doing this, he said to Davidson: "Let's Let's go."
Davidson nodded, but his eyes glanced at the gift box that Li Mu handed to Li Ziwei. He himself had been awarded an honor, so he could see that the gift box was used to hold a medal. It seems that the Queen awarded Li Mu an honor at Buckingham Palace just now. .
However, although the medals were different, the appearance of the gift box was the same, so Davidson didn't know what level of medal Li Mu was awarded, which made him somewhat curious.
Immediately afterwards, Davidson caught a glimpse of Li Ziwei's other hand, and there was an identical gift box, and even Anne Hathaway had one, which surprised him even more. Did the Queen award them both? ? Anne Hathaway is not very famous, and she is very young. Buckingham Palace has never awarded honors to young actors. Under normal circumstances, British actors must at least become international first-line or quasi-first-line actors to have the opportunity to be awarded. Non-British Actors who want to be awarded awards must basically be international superstars.
However, Anne Hathaway, as a young American female star, is not qualified to be awarded honors...
If Anne Hathaway is not qualified to be awarded honors, then in his opinion, Li Ziwei has no reason to be honored. The Queen has awarded honors to celebrities all over the world, but she has never awarded honors to their assistants. However, this is the same as the Nobel Prize. Any Nobel Prize is awarded to the person who directly created the result. Even if the same result sometimes authorizes multiple people, it is because these multiple people have created the result for the result. The most direct contribution would never include the personal assistant of a person who created the result.
The Queen has awarded honors to Li Mu's personal assistant. Isn't this a bit unreasonable?
With a stomach full of curiosity, Davidson and Li Mu got into their Rolls-Royce together.
The convoy then left Buckingham Palace with the Royal Guard escorted all the way to Manchester.
The convoy was moving fast, but the car was extremely quiet, and the rear seat was completely isolated from the driver, but even so, Davidson asked Li Mu in a very low voice, "Mr. Li, at Buckingham Palace just now, the Queen awarded you an honor. Yet?"
Li Mu nodded casually: "Granted."
Davidson's face was not what I expected, and he asked with a smile, "What level of medal did the Queen give you?"
When he asked the question, Davidson had already guessed the most probable answer. He felt that the Queen should have granted Li Mu a CBE this time, that is, the middle of the five levels, because of past experience. From the perspective of foreign entrepreneur elites, CBE is the highest level. I have never seen an entrepreneur higher than CBE.
Li Mu thought for a while, and said to Davidson lightly, "The Queen said it was the Grand Cross of the Knight-level."
"hat?!"
Davidson was instantly stunned, his eyes seemed to pop out, and he blurted out, "The Grand Cross of the Grand Cross?! Are you sure it is this level?"
The Grand Cross of the Knight-level is the highest-ranking imperial medal. Not to mention that there are very few people who can get this medal. Even among these poor people, most of them were half-dead in the loess when they were awarded the medal. Now, Li Mu is so young and a foreigner, how can he get the highest honor of the Order of the Empire?
Li Mu nodded indifferently and said, "That's the level."
"My God... the queen must be crazy..." Davidson blurted out almost without thinking, still immersed in a huge shock and unable to extricate himself.
Li Mu deliberately teased him and said, "Why, do you think I don't deserve this medal?"
Davidson hurriedly waved his hand and explained with a terrified expression: "Mr. Li, please don't misunderstand, I definitely didn't mean it, I was just too surprised, because...because the royal family has never had such a precedent, so It makes me feel incredible, and it is also because of my deep-rooted understanding of this system, not because you got this medal, I feel incredible, and I hope you can understand..."
Li Mu laughed and said, "Davidson, don't be so nervous, I'm just joking with you."
Davidson breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "The Grand Cross of the knighthood is so precious, it can be said to be the supreme honor, I really want to congratulate you, you are the youngest person ever to receive this medal. bit."
Li Mu smiled and said: "You and I are in different cultures, different backgrounds and different social environments. You have your values, and I also have mine. The world is so big, so far, people all over the world are not only in hard work. In addition to having a unified value in currency, it is completely different in any other field. Some things are precious to me, but not necessarily worth mentioning to you. Some things are precious to you, but in my eyes I may not agree. For example, the Grand Cross of the knighthood may be of great significance to you British people, but to me, it is an honorary title. Since it is an honorary title, the first and fifth ranks are actually How big a difference can it make?"
Davidson was slightly taken aback, but he soon realized that he valued this knighthood Grand Cross very much, and it was all because of his own set of values, and Li Mu was not born and raised in the UK, and he had never experienced this set of values. Education, so this honor that he valued so much, in Li Mu's eyes, even if it wasn't worth mentioning, it definitely wouldn't make him excited.
Thinking of this, Davidson was instantly relieved, and he also instantly understood why Li Mu was able to get this top imperial medal.
The reason for this is very simple. Li Mu himself is a strange flower that has never appeared in this world before. The whole world can still find a bunch of people who have won the Grand Cross of the Grand Cross, but if you want to find another Li Mulai, absolutely is impossible.
So, in this way, Davidson finally understands the source of Li Mu's indifference and indifference. The crux of the problem is not whether Li Mu is worthy of this medal, but whether this medal is worthy of Li Mu, It is not good that when members of the royal family are in front of him, they will feel inferior. After all, when I was in front of him, I had the idea that I was useless.
Davidson thought of this, and the feeling of being useless in front of Li Mu came back to his mind again.
When people got the Grand Cross GBE, they were calm and didn't care. When I got the CBE, I was so excited that I didn't sleep all night. Thinking about it, this is the difference.