I was in a big hurry and forgot to update. If it weren’t for the broken reminder, I would have forgotten about it.
After the meal, a few people came to the lounge to sit for a while.
There was a billiards table in the lounge, and old Renault invited Qin Zhiyuan to play for a while.
Qin Zhiyuan looked at the table and rejected Old Renault's request: I don't like your way of playing, it's too complicated. I prefer British or American.
French billiards is called carrom. The biggest difference from British and American billiards is that there is no bag and there are fewer balls. There are only three balls. The rules are more complicated and the technical requirements are very high. Perhaps this is the reason why French billiards has not been promoted.
You should like French billiards, not British or American. This is the standard aristocratic sport. British and American are both games played by the nouveau riche. Old Reno was dissatisfied.
Regarding the origin of billiards, there is a saying that it originated in France. Old Reno said that there is a reason why the British and American billiards methods are the nouveau riche. The British and American billiards methods use more balls, while the balls used in billiards are all
It was made of ivory, which is why old Reno despised the British and Americans.
Whether you admit it or not, billiards became popular precisely because of the British or American style. French billiards was destined not to be popular. Qin Zhiyuan wasted no time in mocking old Renault.
In fact, China has played the biggest role in promoting the sport of billiards. Billiards has always been an aristocratic sport in the West, but when billiards entered China after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese magically turned the white snow of spring into a lower-class people, turning billiards into a lower-class sport.
The streets and alleys were covered with cases, and then it really became popular.
The Chinese have a magical skill. No matter how noble and elegant something is, when it comes to the East, it can be turned into a mess of cabbage.
Then let's have a glass of wine from Bordeaux. You won't refuse this. Old Renault changed the subject.
Of course, Qin Zhiyuan occasionally drinks alcoholic drinks, but never too much. He must always keep a cool head.
Your tank workshop has been established. All the workers are Chinese, and the team leaders are also Chinese. From the production of engines to the production of 75mm guns, they are all Chinese. I think you should treat me to a meal to thank me. Old Renault made an understatement
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The significance of Old Renault's move cannot be thanked just by inviting him to a meal. Old Renault is helping Qin Zhiyuan cultivate the management capabilities of industrial workers, and even engineers. No matter how grateful he is, he cannot thank him enough. If this production workshop can go smoothly
Production, even if Qin Zhiyuan returns to the Far East, he can always have his own production factory.
A meal is not enough to express my gratitude. I will always remember your friendship in my heart. Qin Zhiyuan is sincere.
Qin Zhiyuan understands the meaning of heavy industry and the value of engineers and workers in heavy industry. Qin Zhiyuan remembers the help of old Renault.
When I need your help, I'll ask for it. Old Leno is playing a big game.
I'll wait at any time. Qin Zhiyuan promised verbally.
Tank, is it the one used by the British a while ago? Huang Bohan interjected.
Yes, that's the tank. Mr. Lewis's factory is currently producing it, but it's a French version. Qin Zhiyuan explained.
It’s incredible. Can you sell it to us? Huang Bohan has a big appetite.
It's impossible now. France doesn't have enough for its own use and doesn't have any extra to sell to other countries. The old Renault refused flatly, and his attitude towards Huang Bohan was completely different from his attitude towards Qin Zhiyuan.
That's a pity. Huang Bohan was disappointed, but immediately received Qin Zhiyuan's reassuring look, so he focused on the red wine in front of him.
How was the thing I asked you to do for me last time? Qin Zhiyuan asked old Renault.
There are many choices, low prices, and widely distributed. If you want, you can have one at any time and then close the door and be the king. Old Reno said in a casual tone.
The First World War was when Britain and France had the largest number of colonies in the world. Their colonies were spread all over the world, reaching a level that even powerful countries like Germany and the United States would envy. Although the French colonies were not as large as those of Britain, which is known as the empire on which the sun never sets.
There are many, and it is enviable enough. The French really don’t pay attention to the two islands.
That's great. Let me listen to what you have to say. If it's suitable, I'll buy it. Qin Zhiyuan didn't hesitate.
Buying an island may sound like a fantasy, but at the beginning of the 20th century, it was really not a fantasy. The world’s largest land sale agreement came about 50 years ago, when an American bought it for US$7.2 million.
When it came to Alaska, this land covered about 1.72 million square kilometers and later became the 49th state of the United States.
Even a few decades later, island trading was very frequent. Puyi's teacher Johnston bought an island of about one square kilometer from Scotland in the 1940s for only 1,200 pounds.
That is actually the pound after depreciation.
I suggest you don't rush yet and wait for a while, maybe you will get a Christmas egg. Old Reynold is being mysterious.
Christmas eggs can I get a surprise from Latono Island Qin Zhiyuan.
Latoneau Island is an archipelago off the coast of Marseille, and it is also the only archipelago near Marseille. Chateau d'If is located on a small island in the Latoneau Islands. The Count of Monte Cristo was created based on Chateau d'If.
You can expand your imagination a little bit more. Old Renault is up to no good.
A little bigger is Corsica.
But that is almost impossible. Corsica has been a province of France since the 18th century. Although it has a population of only five to six thousand, it covers an area of more than 8,000 square kilometers, making it the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean.
Qin Zhiyuan does not think the French will sell Corsica.
Then if you go a little further, you will have to go to Africa.
It is also possible in Africa. The French have traditional power in Africa and have huge colonies in Africa. It is not impossible to sell small islands at will to obtain funds to support the war.
No, it's too unrealistic. Qin Zhiyuan is self-aware.
Haha, the reality is even more absurd. 20 years ago, my two brothers and I drove a car we made ourselves to participate in a competition. It broke down on the road. While we were repairing the car, my neighbor came from our brother’s car in a carriage.
As we passed by, he laughed loudly at us, saying that our invention was useless, not even as good as his carriage, and that we would not earn even a centime. As a result, not even 20 years later, my factories were all over France. If my factory
Stop work today and France will be defeated tomorrow. Old Renault is not without pride.
You did a good job, Louis Qin Zhiyuan did not hesitate to praise you.
In 1898, 21-year-old Louis Renault started to get in touch with cars, and then he became crazy obsessed with cars. At the beginning, Louis Renault would definitely be laughed at and ridiculed for his whimsical ideas, but Louis Renault did not back down, and Louis Renault was able to achieve what he has today.
, which is inseparable from his persistence and arrogance.
Perhaps all successful people were persistent and arrogant at first.
