"Xiao Fei, do you know about the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States?" Liu Dong suddenly asked after a brief silence.
"Of course I know. The Curtis Institute of Music was founded in October 1924 by Mary Louise Curtis Bock. It is one of the most famous music schools in the world. It is also known as the 'cradle of soloists' in the United States.
, Lang Lang graduated from there!”
Seeing the yearning in his sister's eyes, Liu Dong smiled and said, "Are you confident that you will be admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music?"
Liu Fei's pretty face showed a hint of confusion, and she shook her head in distress, "I heard that the Curtis Institute of Music only recruits 160 students from around the world every year, so it's quite difficult to pass the exam!"
"I'll send you to take the exam after the Chinese New Year!"
"But what if I fail the exam?"
Looking at the pitiful expression on his sister's pretty face, Liu Dong smiled and lightly scratched his straight nose, and then said: "It doesn't matter if you fail the exam, we will continue to work hard when the time comes! However, I
I believe my sister will not be worse than others!"
"Brother, you are so kind!" Liu Fei said happily.
"Haha, who asked me to have a precious sister like you! Let's go, it's too cold outside!"
"Um!"
When Liu Dong brought his sister back to the backyard, his father was still writing and splashing ink. Next to him, Mu Gang directed the bodyguards and servants who stayed behind to take away the written couplets and post them in other places in the villa, while his mother was holding the couplets next to him.
Wang Qiang, Lin Ling, and seven or eight maids made dumplings together.
Because there were so many people and the atmosphere was so heated, Liu Dong couldn't get involved after watching for a while, so he left his sister behind and went to the study on the second floor alone!
First, I checked the admission time of the Curtis Institute of Music on the Internet. It happened to be from January to March every year. It was not too late now, so Liu Dong also paid attention!
After finding the information he wanted, Liu Dong took out a large stack of information from the drawer next to him and began to read it carefully.
The content of the information is basically news from the Korean business community. The 1997 financial crisis has led to South Korea's unrestricted and blind "octopus-foot-style" expansion economic development strategy that has been advocated since the 1960s with the export strategy as the leader and strong support from the government.
The bankruptcy of Daewoo Group, one of South Korea's five major conglomerates, became insolvent and eventually collapsed, which once again declared the myth of "Malaysia is immortal" shattered.
Subsequently, Hyundai Group, Samsung Group, SK Corporation and LG Group all cut off their subsidiaries and concentrated all their energy on a few core industries. Through government support, they managed to survive the economic crisis. However, both the government and enterprises have been struggling this time.
During the economic crisis, everyone was burdened with heavy foreign debt, and many large and high-quality companies related to the security of the national economy were controlled by Western, especially American, capitalists and investment institutions.
In this capital feast dominated by the West, South Korea suffered heavy losses. Now many multinational groups are eyeing high-quality Korean companies. For example, Ford is eyeing Daewoo Motor's sedan department with an annual output of 2.2 million units and a value of more than 6 billion US dollars.
Volvo is eyeing the truck division of Daewoo Group, and Hyundai and Samsung are also in demand!
Although Samsung Group has retained Samsung Real Estate, Samsung Electronics and Samsung Heavy Industries, at its peak, it spanned trade, electronics, petrochemicals, construction, shipbuilding, sugar, textiles, chemical fiber, clothing, papermaking, finance and service industries with more than 40 points
The company's prosperity is beyond compare!
The same goes for Hyundai Group, and even the remaining large groups in South Korea. They have only retained three to four tenths of their original industries, and the rest basically went into the pockets of their American godfathers!
Looking at the list of large Korean companies in the information and their detailed introductions, how could Liu Dong not want to join this capital feast?
However, Liu Dong couldn't predict the consequences of a yellow man suddenly joining a white man's dinner table, but he was certain that the result would not be too pleasant!
This is not the first time that he has experienced the domineering nature of Americans!
"But why did this guy Steve remind me to join?" Liu Dong frowned.
In short, he would never believe that the other party would do it out of friendship. Only Liu Dong would lose his head and believe in the friendship of an American capitalist. These are guys who would even betray their country for their own interests!
"Do they know that half of the map is in my hand?"
I thought of this possibility. But after thinking for a while, Liu Dong rejected it. At that time, his hands and feet were very clean. And he also borrowed the ability of the relic Yuanguang. Unless the other party could predict it, no one would know that the thing was in his hands!
However, what Liu Dong didn't know was that many times, you don't need actual evidence to suspect a person, you just rely on your sixth sense, that is, intuition!
Liu Dong stayed in the study room for less than an hour before he was pulled out by his precious sister. The title was to play snowball fights with her. Well, even though he was not too willing, he was his only sister!
Until the evening, the brother and sister had a lot of fun, and then they ate and drank together. The dumplings on New Year's Eve were full of New Year's flavor!
The annual Spring Festival Gala is also an indispensable program for every family, but in addition to Uncle Benshan and Gao Xiumin, Liu Dong watched Fan Wei's "Taste of the Year" and sketches by Huang Hong, Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao, Feng Gong and others.
Apart from enjoying it, other song programs are really lackluster. If Liu Dong hadn't enjoyed the atmosphere of family reunion, he would have turned off the TV and gone back to the house to sleep!
I stayed up until 12 o'clock, eating the vegetarian dumplings made by my mother, which was also the first meal of the new year, and it was almost time to go to bed.
However, just as Liu Dong was about to stand up, he saw his mother beside him winking at him.
Liu Dong, with a question mark in his heart, got up and followed his mother to the kitchen. Then he looked at his mother as if to guard against a thief. He looked outside first, and after seeing that no one was following him, he closed the door.
"Mom, what are you doing? Your home is very safe, no one is eavesdropping!" Liu Dong said.
However, Liu Dong's words immediately received a slap from his mother, of course on the arm.
"Liu Dong, you brat, let me ask you, have you taken Lin Ling's body?" Song Xiangmei glared at her son with a serious expression.
"Mom, how did you tell?"
Having said that, Liu Dong was not surprised by his mother's discovery! Anyone who is not blind can see Lin Ling's affection when she saw him!
Seeing her son's playful expression, Song Xiangmei just wanted to get angry, but her words turned into a sigh, "You don't know who you, brat, are following, you are so carefree!"
"Of course you can follow me and my dad!" Liu Dong stepped forward and stopped his mother's shoulder, saying with a flattering look on his face.
"Your dad is much more dedicated than you. By the way, Yan Qingqing, have you really made her pregnant?"
Looking at his mother's questioning eyes, Liu Dong had no choice but to nod his head. He had promised Yan's mother that the parents of the two families would meet at the end of this year. As a result, he went to the United States and then to Hong Kong. When he came back, he had to do something about the company.
It has been delayed until now. Even though the time is getting later and later, this matter has to be done.
However, Liu Dong also knows that his mother likes Wang Qiang, so he can only make up a reason to stabilize his mother first, and the reason why his mother follows his baton is the child!
This is also an excuse Liu Dong came up with as a last resort!
He punched his son bitterly and said angrily: "You, you, I don't even know what to say about you! By the way, does Wang Qiang know about this?"
"Know?"
Song Xiangmei's expression immediately became tense, "Then she didn't say anything?"
"No?" Liu Dong shook his head.
"No? How is it possible?" After frowning and thinking for a while, Song Xiangmei shook her head, "Forget it, I'm too old to care about your kid's petty things, but there is one thing, Liu Dong, no matter how many women you have in the future
, Wang Qiang is the daughter-in-law of our Liu family, and she is the official wife!"
"Yes, yes, Mom, I listen to you!" Liu Dong nodded and bowed.
"Last point, hurry up and have a baby. Your dad and I are still waiting to have a grandchild!"
"Mom, don't worry, I will give birth to your daughter-in-law next year! I guarantee you and dad will have one in each hand, followed by one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight!"
Liu Dong's words immediately pricked an itch in Song Xiangmei's heart. As a person gets older, what she looks forward to most is having her children and grandchildren around her knees. Of course, her son is now running around the world all day long and can't see her more than once a year, so what Song Xiangmei looks forward to most is to catch up.
Get your grandson!
"No, it's this year! I almost fooled you! Liu Dong, you heard clearly, this is this year, before the end of this year, I don't care what method you use, or how many women you find, in short, your father and I are going to get married
Grandson, otherwise you can do whatever you want!" With that said, Song Xiangmei stepped forward and grabbed her son's ears.
"Did you hear that?"
"Oh, I heard it, Mom, it hurts!"
"If you heard it, repeat it to me!"
"Yes, yes, I will definitely let you have a grandson this year!" Liu Dong said quickly.
"snort!"
Looking at his mother's back with a cold snort, and then majestically pushing the door open and leaving, Liu Dong couldn't help but rub his ears and smile bitterly. As he grew up, his mother became less and less polite to him!
But thinking of his promise to his mother, Liu Dong also knew that he was pushed to the edge of the cliff this time. If he couldn't fulfill his mother's instructions, he would definitely be beaten during the Spring Festival next year!
However, now he is just 22 years old. Compared to the age where he usually just graduated from college, he will become a baby daddy at the age of 22. Liu Dong is really conflicted!
"Forget it, let nature take its course!" Liu Dong shook his head, and he no longer had to worry about having fun with Wang Qiang and the others in the future!
You must know that Liu Dong took the initiative to avoid dangerous periods in the past!
………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued)