It is not easy to estimate how many things the Chinese have invented. The most famous ones are definitely the four great inventions. Modern civilization is largely based on the four great inventions.
This unpleasant experience when ordering food will not affect Louis Botta's good appetite. Compared with Western food, Chinese food does taste better, has a richer variety, is full of color, flavor and flavor, and is not too expensive. Louis Botta
The total dinner cost for the two of them was less than one rand, which made Louis Botha very satisfied.
"Actually, one rand is not cheap. It is almost what an ordinary person spends for a month. Fortunately, it can be reimbursed, otherwise we will have to eat rubbish for the next half month." Carlos put the invoice from the restaurant in his wallet and went back.
It can be reimbursed later.
"How much is your annual salary now?" Louis Botta then remembered that Carlos's daily life was quite frugal.
As Louis Botta's secretary, Carlos definitely belongs to the high-income class in southern Africa. However, Carlos does not have the consumption habits common among high-income classes. The clothes he wears are not handmade in high-end tailor shops, but sold in stores.
She wears ready-made clothes and doesn’t usually go to high-end restaurants. She doesn’t own any luxury goods. Her only gold pen and pocket watch look like they have been used for many years.
Pocket watches are still steel chains. This kind of pocket watch is only used by people of the previous generation.
"280 rand——" Carlos said honestly.
"For a young man of your age, 280 rand is a good income, so you should pack yourself up and go to a tailor shop to order a few sets of decent clothes. It is best not to have wrinkles on your leather shoes. You are all using gold pens."
Now, why don't you buy yourself a gold watch?" Louis Botta really couldn't understand Carlos's consumption concept.
Roque said it well: if you want economic development, you must encourage wealthy people to consume.
"My gold pen was awarded by the professor because I helped him complete a project. As for the clothes, I think they're pretty good. I didn't wear overalls to work either-" Carlos drank some wine while eating just now, so this
I'll have the courage to defend myself later.
"Are you married?" Louis Botta proactively asked.
"No, when I was at Nyasaland University, I once had a crush on a female classmate. After graduation, the female classmate went to Rand Bank, and we may not have any contact with him again." Carlos was a little sad, and sometimes he turned around for the rest of his life.
"Where's the Rand Bank?" Louis Botta asked on a whim.
"It's Little Rock—" Carlos still didn't understand.
"Come on, take me there and let me see what your taste is like." Louis Botta was very interested.
"It's better not to do it, Minister—" Carlos hesitated.
"Boy, don't blame me for not reminding you. If you don't go tonight, you will definitely regret it later." Louis Botta didn't force him. If Carlos insisted on not going, then his so-called goodwill probably wouldn't be much.
"Then - well, should I change my clothes -" Carlos was confused.
Louis Botta looked Carlos up and down with contemptuous eyes, and then he remembered that it was probably too late to make clothes.
Then simply go back to the hotel and ask the lobby manager to take Carlos to Iteno to buy clothes as quickly as possible, and then ask the lobby manager to call a taxi.
This time we will bring guards, and we need to be more careful at night than during the day.
As a result, when a taxi was called, it was discovered that it was not necessary. The Rand Bank's headquarters in Nyasaland is also at Cecil Rhodes Square, just a few steps away.
The guards knew that Carlos was going to meet his classmates, and they were very enthusiastic. One guard, who seemed to be a veteran in love, even ran to buy Carlos a bouquet of flowers, which made Carlos even more nervous.
"Don't be shy, go directly to her, tell her you like her, and then leave everything to God." The idea of a love veteran is not very reliable at first glance.
"There's no need to go to such trouble. Carlos, listen to me. When you go in, tell her that you are now the minister's secretary, and then invite her to have dinner. Trust me, you can take her directly back to the hotel after the meal." Someone else.
Even less reliable.
"That's nonsense. If that girl is so frivolous, it's impossible for Carlos to fall in love with her. I think Carlos, you should buy a car and invite your girl to go for a ride -" This is a good idea, but in Nia
Saran requires a driver's license to drive.
"Shut up, Carlos, believe in yourself, you can do it -" Louis Botta didn't look like a minister at all at this moment, cheering him on with the other guards.
"I——" When he reached the door, Carlos was still retreating.
It turned out that the doorman at the Lazy Bank was very attentive. When he saw Carlos from a distance, he took the initiative to open the door for him. Then he looked at the flowers in Carlos's hand and smiled.
"Thank you -" Carlos was too nervous to say anything. When Louis Botta passed by the doorman, he casually threw a gold coin over.
The doorman was so surprised that his face was filled with smiles. His movements of receiving the gold coins were very graceful, and it looked like he had been trained.
As the largest bank in southern Africa, the building of Rand Bank must be very tall. The height of the lobby must be more than fifteen meters. Standing in the lobby, people subconsciously feel that they are very small, and then they are in awe.
The heart arises spontaneously
As soon as Carlos entered the door, he froze on the spot, staring blankly at a girl in the middle of the hall who had already covered her mouth in surprise.
This girl wore a common bank clerk uniform, a white shirt, a black vest, pencil pants, round-toed shoes, and her ponytail was neatly combed without any mess.
Carlos calmed down at this time, came to the girl with flowers in his hands, handed the flowers over with a smile: "Kate, long time no see-"
The girl's tears finally flowed down at this time, but she didn't catch them. She covered her mouth with one hand and put the other behind her back, her eyes smiling like crescent moons.
"Sir, do you need my help?" A male staff member came over immediately and asked. Although his words were polite, he looked at Carlos with a fierce look.
Immediately at the door, there was a neat and meaningful "Oh——".
Oh, so tactful.
"Sorry sir, please don't disturb our normal work. If you are not handling business, please wait outside the door." The corners of the man's mouth with the evil eyes were twitching. It's not because he killed his father, so as for it——
It’s really hard to tell. For some people who feel good about themselves, this is actually similar to the hatred of seizing their wives.
"David, please don't do this, Carlos is my friend." Kate finally came to her senses and stopped in front of Carlos with an unhappy look on her face.
"Kate, don't be deceived by people like this. Haha, even if you don't cut off the trademarks on your sleeves, I'm afraid others won't know that you're wearing Itno?" The condescending attitude of the evil-eyed man was obvious.
"David, your current behavior is very rude." Kate didn't respond at all. It's none of your business what they wear, and they're not wearing yours.
"I'm worried about you Kate——" the evil-eyed man said affectionately.
"Thank you, but there's no need--" Kate's attitude was very clear and she didn't give the evil-eyed man any chance.
"Hey, come here and do me a favor, I need to handle business-" A guard next to Louis Botta came over and wanted to call the evil-eyed man away directly.
Carlos immediately gave him a look of gratitude.
"Sorry, I'm serving this gentleman. Please find other staff, or wait a moment." David was still reasonable and was not overwhelmed by jealousy.
However, the guards around Louis Botta are not easy to fool. Unlike serious university graduates like Carlos, the guards around Louis Botta have all been on the battlefield, people who have truly fought through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
His ability to turn against someone is much greater than Carlos's.
"I don't want to say it a second time. You better come here and lick my ass now, or else I'll make you look good--" The guard immediately turned his back. Soldiers can't write manuscripts, and they can get away with swearing.
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The evil-eyed man didn't waste any time and directly raised his hand to call the guard.
"You'd better not ask for trouble." Carlos gloated. After spending time with these gangsters for a long time, good kids will learn bad things.
Sure enough, as soon as Carlos finished speaking, Kate turned back and looked at Carlos in disbelief, with the little stars in her eyes obvious.
"Shut up, it's all because of you——" The evil-eyed man broke his disguise.
"Insulting customers, David, you're in trouble -" Kate meant it. It's terrible for women to hold grudges.
"He was the one who insulted me first -" the evil-eyed man defended.
"It was me who scolded you, not him." The guard who was watching the fun and not taking it too seriously corrected him seriously.
David stopped talking nonsense and raised his hand to call security again.
The security guard remained motionless, standing next to the bank lobby manager who was smiling professionally at Louis Botta.
That's right. Employees in the service industry should have the ability to remember faces. If you accidentally offend someone you shouldn't offend, the consequences will be serious.
David was not stupid to be able to work at Rand Bank, and he was a little hesitant immediately.
"Scream, hurry up and call someone to arrest me. Shouldn't you show your heroism at this time? Otherwise, how will you protect your girlfriend?" The guard laughed, not even noticing Kate's face.
"Can you please tell this gentleman that I am not David's girlfriend-" Kate is not stupid either. It would be too slow for her to not understand the relationship between Carlos and the troublemaker at this time.
Of course, this sentence should also be said to Carlos.
"I'm sorry Mark, can you give me some private space -" Carlos felt embarrassed now, because the flowers hadn't been sent out yet.
"Wow, wow, wow, I just helped you solve a big problem. Now you have to kick me away. Beautiful girl, be careful of the man opposite you. Look at how ruthless he is." Mark didn't forget to take it with him when he left.
The evil-eyed man laughed and patted the evil-eyed man on the shoulder.
The evil-eyed man was trembling like a quail at the moment, not daring to resist at all.
"That David came here for training from the Indian branch. He is still in the probation period and will probably go back in a few days." Kate's words completely reassured Carlos.
