Although it was just a simple sentence, the amount of information it brought made Bai Shuo think for a while.
Why did Professor Tan tell himself such important information? Is there any trap in it? Is every step he takes already being planned by others?
Bai Shuo immediately sorted out every step of the arrangements he had made after receiving the information, and asked himself that he had not made any mistakes. But Professor Tan was telling himself this now, what exactly was his plan?
Bai Shuo was puzzled and had to ask directly: "What is your purpose for doing this?"
Professor Tan smiled: "What is the purpose? Of course I don't want you to suffer too much loss."
Looking at Bai Shuo's unconvincing look, Professor Tan added: "It is really rare for Chinese entrepreneurs to be like you. The courage to dare to eat General Motors in one bite really makes every Chinese entrepreneur
The people of the country are excited about it. Unfortunately, the timing is not right, and the success is destined to fail."
Bai Shuo thought about Professor Tan's words carefully, and his heart was suddenly shocked.
"Professor Tan, you..."
Professor Tan sighed and said: "In your heart, you must think that I am a person who worships foreign countries and forgets my roots."
Bai Shuo did not answer, but at least for now, Professor Tan did give him the impression that he was such a person.
"Actually, you are all wrong. I love my motherland very much. I dream that one day our country can stand tall among the nations of the world, and every Chinese can be proud and respected in the world."
Naturally, Bai Shuo would not believe it so easily and asked instead: "If that's the case, then why can't you use your talents to contribute to our country, but you go abroad to denigrate China and publish so many things that are unfavorable to China?"
remarks?"
Professor Tan burst out laughing: "You won't suffer much from being scolded. If you can't tolerate even a little unpleasant remarks, then how can you talk about the magnanimity of a great country. But apart from some sharp remarks, I have never done anything
Something that is actually detrimental to China’s interests.”
Bai Shuo thought about it carefully and realized that Professor Tan was indeed just a talker, but he had never done anything substantial.
"I seem to be becoming more and more interested." Bai Shuo began to re-examine Professor Tan in front of him.
Professor Tan smiled slightly and said: "An ordinary man rises up with his sword when he sees humiliation. This is not brave. There are great brave men in the world who are not surprised when they are killed, and are not angry when they are attacked for no reason. The person they hold hostage is very big, and their ambition is very high.
Yuan Ye. You must understand these sentences, right?"
Bai Shuo knew that this was a passage in Su Shi's "Liuhou Lun", which means: A brave and foolhardy person will definitely draw his sword and stand up to fight when he is insulted. This is not enough to be called a warrior. There are truly heroes in the world.
A person with great courage will not panic when encountering unexpected situations, nor will he get angry when he is insulted by others for no reason. This is because they have great ambitions and have very lofty ambitions.
"China is still too weak now, but its opponents are too strong. Now we should endure the humiliation and lay a solid foundation, instead of rushing to show off our strength to attract firepower."
Hearing this, Bai Shuo's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Professor Tan in surprise.
"Professor Tan, you?"
Professor Tan nodded: "Many Western countries now have prejudices against our country, China. The impression of backwardness, ignorance, and poverty is deeply engraved in their hearts. Of course, this is also the reason why some powerful groups guide and slander us. But we
After decades of hard development, we are no longer that poor and backward country. Our speed of development has caused panic among some people. Of course, there are also quite a few people with arrogance and prejudice who do not believe the facts they see and think that
None of this is true, it is just an illusion created by our country to prove ourselves."
"So you are committed to satisfying these people's ideas and vigorously advocate that our economic data are inflated and that there are major problems with economic policies...?" Bai Shuo asked in surprise.
"Yes. This round of crisis has made them a little overwhelmed and unable to control us. This is actually our best development opportunity. During this critical period, we cannot be too public and hurt.
Those forces that are hostile to us will spare no effort to turn against us. What we need is to work quietly, constantly lay a solid foundation and fill in the shortcomings. When the time comes, we will surely amaze the world."
Bai Shuo understood Professor Tan in an instant. It was not that he was not working hard for the development of the motherland. On the contrary, he was doing something very meaningful but not recognized by the Chinese people.
Suddenly, Bai Shuo remembered the chief's warning to him after the economic forum. Although he was more careful with his words, he made the same mistake again in his actual actions.
"I...did I do something wrong?" Bai Shuo asked in a daze.
Professor Tan stared at Bai Shuo for several seconds before saying: "You did the right thing, but you did it too hastily. General Motors is different from other companies. Once anyone touches it, it will touch their nerves."
I think you have felt their counterattack now. But you are still young, and suffering some humiliation and blow is also a kind of tempering for you."
Bai Shuo nodded. Before that, he told Professor Tan what Nangong Ming said to him.
Professor Tan thought deeply and said: "Nangong Ming... Baiyi Netherworld, okay, okay, even he can come out to help you again. It seems that you are really not simple. What he said is right. You should listen to his opinions more in the future.
.”
"Then what should I do now?" Bai Shuo asked.
"Show weakness to the enemy. You can still be tough with your words, but you must not touch the other party's interests. Only in this way can you make them despise you and look down on you. Only in this way can you escape their focus.
It won’t attract a full blow from them.”
Bai Shuo's eyes narrowed, and he understood that Professor Tan really wanted to protect himself. At the same time, he also understood once again what a stupid decision it was for him to try to eat General Motors in one go.
At this time, Professor Tan continued: "In the future, you still need to pay more attention, and you must be cautious in three aspects."
"Oh? Please give me some advice!" Now Bai Shuo has completely changed his view of Professor Tan and has begun to become more modest and pious.
"The first is that in the cultural field, we must be careful not to sting the other party too much. Now the West generally flaunts their advanced culture to the world and wants to conquer the world with culture and values. If there is a serious conflict with them in this field,
Conflict will also bring very serious consequences."
Bai Shuo understands this. Since ancient times, many wars in the West have been related to religion. To put it bluntly, it is actually differences in cultural beliefs and values.
"The second and third are actually related to each other. That is the petroleum energy field and the dollar financial system. I believe you also know the relationship between the two, so I won't go into more details. If the cultural field is still a bit vague and
Hidden, then these two areas are naked interests. Once someone dares to challenge, they will receive the most severe blow."
Bai Shuo nodded: "Professor Tan, I understand, I will definitely remember it. I think I know what to do."
"It's easy to know it at the moment, but it's hard to remember it all the time. Your current development momentum is very strong. In the future, you will inevitably become blind and arrogant. This is what I am most worried about."
Bai Shuo smiled: "Then please ask Professor Tan to give me some reminders from time to time. I believe that with your reminders and Uncle Ming's help, I will not make any mistakes."
Professor Tan sighed and said: "Don't worry, I will always pay attention to you. But Nangong Ming..."
"Uncle Ming? What's wrong with Uncle Ming?"
Professor Tan smiled: "Nangong Ming is certainly very intelligent, and having his help will definitely be of great benefit to you in the future. However, no one is perfect. Just like he still attributes Wang Zhongtian's failure to Wang Zhongtian's personal
Lack of courage is the same as lack of perseverance.”
When Bai Shuo heard him talking about Wang Zhongtian, he immediately asked: "Wang Zhongtian? I've heard about this too, isn't it like this?"
"Of course the main problem does lie with Wang Zhongtian, but in fact Nangong Ming didn't realize that this was also because he was too radical and arrogant. Wang Zhongtian's era was not a good time to confront them head-on. Even if he won for a while, he was destined to win.
Failure. I am not slandering him. You can also take my words back and tell Nangong Ming. A ruler is long and an inch is short. Although I am not as good as Nangong Ming in many aspects, these words are of great significance to him.
helpful."
Bai Shuo suddenly remembered that this time Nangong Ming also admitted that he was a little careless and underestimated the enemy, which led to today's results. He couldn't help but admire Professor Tan even more.
"I will tell Uncle Ming these words verbatim, but I think maybe Uncle Ming has begun to realize this."
Professor Tan smiled slightly: "If that's true, that would be even better."
Bai Shuo then said: "Professor Tan, I will do what you said, from now on I will keep a low profile, accumulate strength, and no longer be as motivated as before. But..."
Bai Shuo paused and continued: "But one day, there will be a battle between me and them, and then I will definitely return all the shame of today to them."
"Okay, very good." Professor Tan looked at Bai Shuo excitedly: "I'm looking forward to that day, and I will definitely cheer for you..."
When saying goodbye, Bai Shuo was cautiously worried that others would know about his meeting with Professor Tan.
But Professor Tan didn't care at all: "What's there to worry about? I can even openly tell others what I advised you to do today?"
"ah?!"
Professor Tan looked at the somewhat astonished Bai Shuo, smiled slightly and said, "Isn't what I want you to do now also what they want?"
Bai Shuo thought about it carefully and suddenly understood. He looked at each other and laughed with Professor Tan.