Chapter 1179 Wait!

The call was from Chen Qing, who had returned to China again. It was indeed a very important matter. Next month, someone comes to the United States and wants to stop by the Dumay Point Manor as a guest.

Simon agreed after a little thought.

After chatting about some details, and knowing that her boss was not busy, Chen Qing talked about other things by the way.

The stakes of several film and television companies in China are basically settled; antiques were dug up at the construction site of Jinshu Film and Television City, but unfortunately a bunch of bottles were too ugly, so they took the initiative to hand them over; next month’s full moon wine for Puppy Egg She also intends to join in the fun; there has been a fight recently in the Heaven and Earth Nightclub in which Beijing's own shareholding is a stake; a group of experts claimed to have determined the location of the legendary paradise 'Shangri-La'. His own boss circled the blocks and built individual courtyards as usual.

Barbara.

He also talked about a business that made Simon very interested.

Because Tinkber and Nokia intend to change their procurement strategies, mainly because Simon has previously explained the encirclement and suppression of Korean companies. During this time, some battery orders previously belonging to Korean manufacturers are planned to be transferred to several emerging companies in China.

One of them is named BYD.

After the investigation, it was found that this manufacturer is very good. It has quickly achieved an annual revenue of up to 100 million yuan in less than three years after its establishment, and it has grown rapidly. In addition, even if the initial share of orders given to BYD by Tinkbayer and Nokia is not large, it is still a large order compared to this company that has just developed, so financing and production increase are inevitable.

Chen Qing took advantage of the situation.

The business is not big. Through a sub-fund established in Hong Kong by Apollo Management Company, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, it invested 6 million US dollars, or about 50 million yuan, in the company to obtain 30% of BYD’s shares.

A very good deal.

Because according to the company's annual profit scale and revenue growth rate, the valuation is at least 200 million yuan. If it goes public, it is not impossible to reach a market value of 300 million to 500 million yuan.

But both sides have what they want.

A high-quality equity investment is determined here, and the Westeros system is accepted there. While obtaining funds to increase production, it can also obtain more orders from companies such as Tinkerbell and Nokia.

Of course there are concerns.

At present, this company mainly produces rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries for electronic products, and such as the ipad-10 just released by Tincober, it has begun to use more advanced and environmentally friendly lithium-ion batteries, which is also the Westeros system. An inevitable trend of core electronic enterprises.

If the company can't keep up with the pace of technology, the future is unpredictable.

Simon just listened to it without much comment.

Just like many other startups that the Westeros system has invested in around the world in the past few years that may grow into giant start-ups, Simon basically doesn't show too special attitude, just quietly on the sidelines and try to avoid interfering with these companies. growth trajectory.

However, after thinking about it for a while, I am still quite proud of Chen Qing's vision.

In my memory, in 2008, Buffett subscribed for 10% of BYD's shares and spent 1.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. According to this standard, an investment of $6 million now can skyrocket 108 times in about ten years.

This is far from BYD's limit.

The only pity is that the name of the company was not good.

It’s nothing to make batteries now, but in the future, if you are involved in cars, you may be able to re-open an independent sub-brand.

After a full half hour of phone porridge, Chen Qing was finally willing to hang up.

Simon then connected to the video call of the Dumay Cape Manor.

There's Jennifer over there.

Janet went to Australia two days ago to visit relatives. By the way, she tied her baby son from the old man to go to school. The woman seems to be out of tune on weekdays, but in fact, she is very concerned about the education of the little guy, even if she occasionally roasts the duck raised by the baby son. Come to eat, talk to Simon in private, and also say that he doesn't want his son's love to overflow too much.

Moreover, it probably inherited the old man's educational philosophy. He likes the eldest son, and the rest is optional. In fact, it is not random. It is more accurate. It is that a family always has a few descendants who can establish a family.

Simon approves of this.

Presumably it is also genetic.

After all, it was a very important reception, and after a detailed chat with Jennifer for half an hour, the line was closed again.

Look at the time, it's more than two o'clock in the afternoon.

No more going to the pool.

This is a large study on the first floor of the main villa, covering an area of ​​more than 200 square meters. Except for a few windows in the south, the other walls are bookshelves with straight ceilings, densely packed with books, various languages, various types, The interior of the study is also divided into three parts by two rows of bookshelves, the outside entrance is the reception area, the middle office area, and the inside is the rest area.

Because it is very spacious and has several large transparent windows, the study room, which may have been oppressed by tens of thousands of books around it, is not cramped at all, but has a special sense of order and beauty.

Simon selected for a moment in the ancient Chinese book area, took out one, returned to the leather chair behind the desk, put the leather reclining chair, his legs were still on the desk, and he began to quietly flip through the book in his hand.

Often.

Suddenly want to be quiet.

I don't know how long it took, there was a slight sound of opening the door outside, followed by the sound of high heels hitting the floor. Simon thought it was a girl and didn't care, but the footsteps did not rush over, but began to slow down. , seems to be strolling, stopping now and then.

After a while, the tall figure in a black professional suit finally turned to work.

On this side of the district, there was a whisper of 'Ah—', and the book crashed to the floor.

Simon looked up.

In order to avoid direct sunlight, the desk was placed against the north-south book wall behind. Simon leaned on the leather chair and could directly see the girl walking outside.

Seeing Mo Wuling who looked frightened, Simon asked, "What's wrong?"

The man's tone was flat, but it made Mo Wuling feel a little weird. He gestured in a panic, and when he remembered it, he hurriedly bent down and picked up the book on the ground, and then he said quietly, "I thought there was no one here. Mr. Westeros, why are you...why are you here?"

Simon slightly lifted the book in his hand: "Read the book."

"Oh."

Very reasonable answer.

However, Mo Wuling immediately showed a slightly weird expression.

There should be a group of fairies by the swimming pool, right there, this man is here to read a book?

Well, and...

Is your sense of existence so weak? It's all in front of you, and there's no emotional ups and downs at all.

Simon turned the page of the book in his hand, looked up and saw that Mo Wuling was still there, and ordered casually, "Make me a cup of coffee, it's outside."

I'm not your maid!

Mo Wuling said this almost subconsciously in his heart, but it was only in his heart, but he hummed, turned to go outside, walked to the coffee machine, and remembered that he didn't know his taste, whether to add milk or sugar?

Then I thought, why are you being so considerate?

So I fiddled around for a while, took a cup of coffee back to the office area, and handed it to the man's right side across the desk, farther away from the pair of big feet on the table, in the end I couldn't help but reminded: "It's a little hot. "

"Thank you," Simon said, pointing to a swivel chair opposite: "Sit down."

Mo Wuling wanted to say that he shouldn't bother you, but his body followed the man's voice and pulled over the swivel chair to sit down, his back straightened unconsciously, like a primary school student waiting for the teacher's instructions, and he didn't dare to behave as he did. However, it seems... this swivel chair, which is only for guests, can't lie down.

After a moment of silence, I finally took the initiative to find a topic: "What book are you reading?"

In fact, I have seen the cover, and pretended not to see it in order to find something to say.

Simon raised the book in his hand again, and there were three striking Chinese characters on the hardcover cover: "Han Feizi".

Mo Wuling drew some information about Han Feizi in his head, and asked a question that he regretted when he opened his mouth: "Do you understand?"

Simon didn't have the displeasure of Mo Wuling's fantasy, but just said: "It's okay, and there are notes."

Mo Wuling had just recognized that it was the original Chinese version of Zhonghua Book Company, and there could be no English annotations, but he realized that he was speaking in vernacular. Obviously a foreigner, even if he only reads the vernacular, it is surprising enough.

"That..." Mo Wuling paused and asked again, "Do you like Chinese Legalists?"

Han Feizi was a famous representative of the School of Legalism during the Warring States Period.

"If you want to seek business management ideas from a theoretical perspective, "Han Feizi" is no worse than "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but if you talk about China's Hundred Schools, I still prefer Confucianism."

Mo Wuling was surprised again: "Why?"

Since modern times, Confucianism has not been very popular in China, and has been criticized in most cases.

Simon thought for a moment before saying, "Legalists can only establish institutions, but Confucians can shape people's hearts."

Mo Wuling University is a Chinese major and has sufficient literary literacy, but he has not considered similar issues. Hearing the man say this, he feels like he understands but he does not understand. Is the system more reliable?"

Simon raised his head and looked at Mo Wuling's soft face, which was a bit prettier than Zhu Momo and more in line with his own aesthetic: "you shouldn't ask a foreigner like me about this question."

Mo Wuling was stared at by the pair of blue eyes opposite the desk that seemed to be questioning, but she had a strong personality similar to her eldest sister in her bones, but she became stronger when she was strong, and countered: "You just said that. , prefer Confucianism."

"Oh."

The man's tone subsided again, Mo Wuling was aroused and pursued: "What about the question I just asked?"

Simon saw the girl on the opposite side unknowingly had a high-spirited look, he bent his mouth, put away his legs on the edge of the desk, put up his body, looked at the opposite side and said: "In this way, from the perspective of civilization continuation, you You can see how lucky the Chinese civilization is with Confucianism. Among the major ancient civilizations in the history of the world, India, Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., have basically disappeared in history, and now there are many remaining on the corresponding land. It is no longer the descendant of the original civilization. In China, since the Han Dynasty, even during the Yuan Dynasty, which was conquered by the Mongols, the civilization has not completely broken down. Until now, it has lasted for 2,000 years. Why do you think this is?"

Mo Wuling was speechless for a while.

It seems to make sense.

As for why?

The answer seems...and obvious.

Seeing Mo Wuling's speechless appearance, Simon took a sip of the coffee next to him, and continued, "So, having Confucianism is the greatest luck of your Chinese civilization. Chinese civilization may no longer exist."

Mo Wuling was still very unconvinced, his thoughts flew, and he finally said again: "However, don't you think that Confucianism is also

Is it a restraint on civilization, otherwise, China would not be as backward as it is now. "

"Bondage?" Simon looked at the girl opposite: "If Confucianism is really a bondage, it should develop into a religion. Do you know how many pagans were burned to death in medieval Europe? What's more, whether it is economic or cultural, etc. From every angle, most of the ancient Chinese dynasties that lasted for two thousand years were the most powerful on the planet."

"But... how do you say it now?"

"Now," Simon also sighed slightly, but said: "China's weakness in modern times began in the Qing Dynasty. In my opinion, this has nothing to do with Confucianism, but just because of Legalism. The Qing Dynasty was a period of ethnic minority rule. The period of Chinese civilization, of course, has been assimilated by you now. During this period, in order to stabilize its own rule, the Qing Dynasty government adopted the coercive strategy of the weak and ignorant of the people, and this was the method of the Legalists, "Book of Shang Jun" You should know, right? If I remember correctly, in the early Ming Dynasty six hundred years ago, the Ming Dynasty army began to use a lot of artillery when fighting against the Mongols, and a hundred years ago, when faced with the artillery on the British warships, Some Qing officials who should have had a lot of knowledge even thought it was magic, so they used the method of praying for witches and offering sacrifices to deal with it like primitive people, which is the result of the legalism's ignorance of the people."

Mo Wuling listened to the man on the opposite side talking in fluent Chinese, and it was clear and organized, so that he could not refute at all, his mind calmed down unconsciously, leaning forward slightly, his arms resting on the desk, he couldn't help but ask: " Then, tell me, why has Western civilization developed so well in the past 100 years?"

Simon happened to think about this question, and answered without hindrance: "This can only be said to be a historical accident. The rise of Western civilization has nothing to do with cultural institutions and other reasons, but an accidental explosion of pure productivity, which has caused mankind The society has been brought from the agricultural civilization that has lasted for thousands of years to the industrial civilization, and the productivity has increased exponentially, thus giving a more advanced and advanced illusion to the countries such as China that lag in productivity. But in fact, in addition to the strong productivity, Western culture There is not much excellence in the system, only to say that in modern times, the two world wars that brought huge disasters to human society came from Europe, where the industrial civilization originated. The reason is that the core of the European system is still in China's two thousand Many years ago, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the nations were strife, the aristocratic system and chivalry in Europe that made some Chinese people tout their fascination was actually only a culture that prevailed in China more than 2,000 years ago. People at that time also believed that aristocracy It was born, and at the same time, some people made promises and never regretted their lives in order to serve the nobles. Until later, some people finally began to wake up, princes and generals, would you rather have a seed?"

Mo Wuling's eyes were already unknowingly flashing light, and when the man said the last, he even had the urge to applaud, and his voice became a little soft: "Mr. Westeros, if it weren't for this face, I would have almost I thought you were Chinese."

Simon smiled: "You can call me Simon."

Mo Wuling felt that something in his heart was about to melt, and it seemed very dangerous. He was reluctant to withdraw immediately, and nodded his head: "Okay, Simon, that, how do you know so much?"

Simon lifted the "Han Feizi" still in his hand: "Read more."

"It's definitely not like this," Mo Wuling said with a coquettish anger that he didn't even know: "You... it seems that you are only four or five years older than me, but I think your talent may take someone else's lifetime to accumulate?"

Like those songs she's been listening to in recent months.

During this period of time, I have been a little puzzled, especially the ancient styles such as "Humanhui" and "Yu Xitan", how can a certain western man do it?

Now, after a conversation just now, there is suddenly no doubt.

Simon did not respond to Mo Wuling's question, but said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you are so young, I thought you were older than me."

The girl on the other side and Mo Yiling whom Simon had met were all mature temperaments that tended to the style of Yujie, and she was also Aunt Zhu Momo. Simon didn't pay attention to it before. She really thought she was about 30 years old and older than herself. When Wuling said this, he realized that the girl was actually younger than him.

Mo Wuling was speechless for a while when he heard Simon's words.

Is this human?

Are you so old?

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He stared at someone with wide eyes and accusing face. However, Mo Wuling suddenly reacted, thinking of his niece, and blinked a few times. Zhang Yu's cold feeling, subconsciously got up: "That, Wei... Simon, I should go out, not to disturb your reading."

"Well, in addition, help me call Momo and the others," Simon raised his wrist and looked at his watch, his tone was casual, with a strange seriousness: "I suddenly want to share with you the topic just now."

"..."

You bastard, are you going to reveal yourself so soon?

Big satyr!

Mo Wuling looked at a certain guy and finished speaking as if nothing happened, then leaned back in the leather chair and opened the book of "Han Feizi", looking lazy, but her eyes turned to the book wall behind the man. In fact, he had been to this study room in the morning. Mo Wuling knew that across this wall, the inner room was a lounge with a big bed.

Also... call them all? !

Tired of you.

Thinking so resentfully, leaving the study, but not at all planning to help a guy call someone,

just wait!