Ya Restaurant is an easy place to find. When Xu Yun and Lin Ge arrived, they knew that Baldwin had already arrived when they saw the black high-end cars parked in front of the restaurant.
It has actually been a long time since Baldwin agreed, and Baldwin has complained more than once or twice. He even asked Courtney to contact Meshi on the phone and ask Meshi what the situation was, which made Meshi frightened.
Trembling, I called Lin Ge.
After knowing that he was definitely going, Meshi cautiously sent a message back to Baldwin, saying that he was almost there.
In this way, Baldwin was slightly comforted, but everyone could see anxiety and boredom in his eyes.
But Xu Yun and Lin Ge were still in no hurry. For them, it was still early and there was no need to rush.
When the two of them wandered to the door of the elegant restaurant, it had already exceeded the agreed hour.
Baldwin was also completely angry in the restaurant. He sincerely booked the entire restaurant to show his sincerity! You must know that this is the most expensive Japanese restaurant in New York!
If you want to book such an entire restaurant, you not only need to have enough financial resources, but also have enough power, otherwise the boss here will never pay attention to it.
"Chinese people are ridiculous! They have no concept of time at all!" Baldwin scolded: "They always think they have nothing to lose! They don't care whether they are punctual at all!"
There are indeed many people like this in China. Let alone Baldwin, all Chinese people would scold such people.
It is true that the behavior of a considerable number of Chinese people is influenced by a way of thinking called "what will be lost if you don't do this".
A very simple example: China has been experiencing a boom in tourism in recent years. No matter how gentle the tour guides are to asking everyone to come back on time and get on the bus, it is useless. There are always people who waste time and do not take other people's time seriously.
Well, it wasn't until the tour guide shouted angrily that he wouldn't wait if he didn't come back, and drove away! Only then did things take a dramatic turn at the last moment.
"Many Chinese people are not used to being respected, but more accustomed to being ordered and intimidated!" Courtney said: "If we had threatened them from the beginning, they would not have been late!"
Baldwin frowned: "Disrespectful?"
"What Courtney said makes sense." Natasha smiled: "This may be the psychological sequelae left by China's totalitarian rule for thousands of years. Those who know how to respect others and be respected by others must be a minority whose ancestors belong to the upper class.
People with status. But the ancestors of most Chinese people were oppressed, ordered, and intimidated. They didn't know how to respect others, nor how to cherish the respect others showed to them."
Baldwin slapped the table: "How can this be done!"
"Chinese people have more or less inherited this kind of thinking inertia in their genes. When asked, they subconsciously look for the bottom line to gain more room for movement. This is a habit that has always been deprived of other options by force and forced to practice
Survival wisdom." Natasha continued to smile.
Baldwin frowned, this was so ridiculous!
"In the long-term confrontation with the system, the Chinese people have a very poor sense of time, which has become the most passive and safest form of resistance. As far as I know, almost all Chinese people will be the last to arrive at meetings and other occasions.
Everyone has respect." Courtney said.
Natasha added: "Because in China, the most important person must show up after everyone is present. This is their rule."
"What bullshit rules, it's so ridiculous!" Baldwin scolded: "Do they want to be higher than me, so they are late on purpose! There is really a problem with the Chinese people's concept of time!"
The words of several people were overheard by Xu Yun and Lin Ge who walked into the restaurant.
Lin Ge smiled and raised his voice deliberately: "Mr. Baldwin said this, how can the French and Italians live? In comparison, they don't understand time, right? Also, if you say so, there must be no
Have you ever dealt with Indians?"
Hearing Lin Ge's voice, Natasha and Courtney both turned their gazes over.
The anger on Baldwin's face also faded away. For him, it was just good to come. If being late was just to make him angry on purpose, there was no need for him to care.
"Humans evolved from apes. Among all the apes that are still alive and extinct, have you ever seen an ape that keeps time?" Lin Ge continued to talk and stepped forward: "So, if you don't keep time,
There are people all over the world at that time. Don't put the shit basin on our heads. What do you mean by the 'psychological sequelae of thousands of years of totalitarian rule'? Your ancestors were also apes, and this is what apes left behind."
Natasha had no intention of arguing with Lin Ge.
"Humans evolved from apes. Apes have lived in trees for a long time. They eat fresh fruits and don't have to worry about eating. The woods are dense and they don't have to hide their tracks. After eating, they just poop under the trees. The environment of this species makes them basically
There is no need to have a concept of time." Lin Ge had already arrived in front of them as he spoke.
Baldwin wanted to speak, but Lin Gequ had no intention of giving him a chance to speak.
"People generally have procrastination, across time, space and culture, which shows that this is the characteristic of this species." Lin Ge said: "It's not just Chinese people, other people are not much better."
Baldwin was in no mood at all by Lin Ge's words, and he suddenly didn't want to say what he wanted to say.
"Yes, what Mr. Carlos said does make sense." Natasha smiled slightly and said: "Because all living humans are descendants of Homo sapiens who left Africa for the second time 40,000 to 50,000 years ago.
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Xu Yun and Lin Ge both shook their heads after hearing this.
"Stop this, you may be, but we are Chinese." Lin Ge said: "Although my time is precious, I still want to tell you a story."
Natasha didn't avoid Lin Ge's tit-for-tat at all: "I'm all ears."
"Wash it clean." Lin Ge was disdainful that a foreign girl actually wanted to teach him a lesson. Instead of educating her, she really thought she was very educated: "In the suburbs of Yanjing, there stands a limestone hill called Dragon Bone.
Mountain, along a path in the north of the mountain leads to some enclosed caves, and 150,000 tourists come here every year, ranging from white-haired old men to young schoolchildren."
"I've heard a little bit about it," Natasha followed.
"It was here in 1929 that researchers discovered a basically complete ancient human skull, which was determined to be about 500,000 years old. It was named Yanjing Man by the researchers. It is the most popular skull in the world so far.
Clearly, it is one of the earliest human remains discovered in the world." Lin Ge emphasized: "This discovery has prompted many researchers to believe that humans first originated in Asia! Do you understand?"
"Modern dating methods estimate that the age of the aforementioned fossils is actually earlier, up to 780,000 years ago," Xu Yun added.
"The core importance of the Yanjing Man is no longer what it used to be." Natasha said: "Human beings have discovered the remains of even older ancient human relatives in Africa, eclipsing your claims. This discovery consolidates Africa as the cradle of mankind.
status, that is, modern humans and their ancestors spread from Africa to all parts of the world, while Asia was reduced to a kind of evolutionary dead end."
Lin Ge didn't know how to refute, but luckily there was Xu Yun beside him.
"Many Western scientists tend to look at Asian fossils and cultural relics through the colored glasses of Africa and Europe." Xu Yun smiled: "Other continents have always received more attention in the study of human evolution because the fossils found in these places are older.
, and is closer to the major ancient human research institutions, but it is increasingly obvious that a large amount of Asian material does not fit with the traditional narrative of human evolution. Asia has always been a forgotten continent, and the role Asia played in the process of human evolution
Probably has been underestimated to a large extent."
Although Natasha was smiling, her words were very sharp: "Chinese people don't accept the idea that Homo sapiens evolved in Africa, is it because you want everything in the world to come from China? This is a bit similar to the Korean people.
Ah, hee hee...what a strong shadow of nationalism."