At the end of Mailang, there is a small town with sparse lights. Where the jungle meets, there is a "small town" isolated by an iron fence.
People in ragged clothes gathered together, staring at the sky in a daze, or taking care of their emaciated family members. At the gate of the refugee camp, more than a dozen staff and police gathered around several vans, distributing necessary drinking water and
food.
"they are……"
Holding the camera in her arms, Eve looked at the isolation net in the distance.
"Homeless people, or refugees. Most of them left their hometowns because of the war, and most of them came from Libya or the Middle East..." At this point, Zhu Tian explained.
Click!
However, the girl raised the camera in her hand and kept that scene in the camera.
…
It was almost six o'clock when we returned to Rothschild's manor.
When the two arrived, Butler Thaddeus was waiting at the side door of the manor.
There was still an hour before the banquet started. Although Zhu Tian felt that there was still plenty left for him, the strict old butler didn't seem to think so.
The attire for the banquet was prepared by Rothschild's people. Since Zhu Tian had not heard about the banquet before he came, he did not bring a decent attire. As for Eve, she went back to the guest room to rest.
She seems to be very bad at this kind of party.
After being surrounded by several serious-looking maids for a long time, Zhu Tiancai appeared at the door of the venue before the banquet started.
"Well, not bad, it seems to fit you very well."
Standing at the door of the venue, Carmen said to Zhu Tian with a smile.
"Thank you." Zhu Tian smiled and entered the venue with him.
The circular venue was decorated with splendor and diamond-like chandeliers dotted the dome of the venue. Celebrities from all walks of life gathered here, ladies and ladies chatted with each other, and waiters carrying champagne shuttled between various social circles.
Most of the people who were qualified to attend this dinner were financial giants, certain industrial tycoons, or certain European political figures. Because he was "outside the circle", Zhu Tian did not see a single photo among these people.
Familiar faces.
But I don't know if it was his imagination, but when he and Carmen walked into the venue hall, at least dozens of eyes fell on him intentionally or unintentionally.
"What the Rothschild family is most proud of is not the assets in our hands, but the connections in our hands. Many of the guests here are major shareholders of several listed companies with a market value of hundreds of billions of euros, and many of them have been
I have served as president or vice president of a certain country, but the friendship between them is more or less related to us. The cooperation projects reached at such a banquet are no less than any international economic summit, and such
We hold a banquet every few months. You come at the right time, and I can introduce you to some interesting people."
Carmen showed her white teeth, smiled, opened her hands, and faced the red-haired man who was walking towards him.
"Long time no see, Carmen, my old friend."
"Haha, old man, it's been a long time. Let me introduce you, this is Zhu Tian." Carmen introduced to the old man very skillfully.
The red-haired man even showed a surprised expression, and immediately smiled and stretched out his right hand.
"Nice to meet you, Zhu Tian. I am very impressed by your company's phantom helmet. But it is such a pity that your arena experience server is only open to level 10 battles. I am looking forward to the official launch of the game.
That day. My name is Peter MacLaine, you can call me Peter."
Holding Peter's hand and shaking it up and down, Zhu
Tian said with the same smile.
"Nice to meet you, Peter. I think when that day comes, I won't let you down."
"Peter MacLaine, chairman of the British Guardian Company, the second largest data backup equipment company in Europe, and an old enemy of IBM." Carmen added to Zhu Tian in a joking tone.
"Please stop making fun of me," Peter said with a helpless expression: "Compared with these, why don't we have some champagne to cheer up the fun?"
Affected by various factors such as language, European Internet companies were born with stunted development. Although Guardian Company was living a pretty good life due to the support of British military orders, IBM has obviously not turned this old company into a rival.
Enemies are taken into consideration.
"What a good idea." Carmen laughed and said, "For this dinner, I brought out the most fragrant red wine from the Bavarian winery. Please don't be polite."
A row of crystal clear crystal glasses were neatly displayed on the long table in the venue. The waiter politely poured a glass of fragrant red wine for Zhu Tian.
Just when Zhu Tian was thinking about whether to find a circle that looked "useful" to join, a middle-aged man with a beer belly took the initiative and walked towards him with a smile.
Beside him was a young blonde woman.
"You must be Zhu Tian, am I right?"
The shiny suit and leather shoes, the slightly reflective forehead, and the smooth face are lined with wrinkles, but the smile will not make people bored.
As for the woman standing next to him, she had wavy blond hair and a dark black evening dress that highlighted her beautiful figure, which was in sharp contrast to the man's bald head and beer belly.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Zhu Tian looked at him and asked doubtfully.
"Luke Joyce, after all, we are still partners:" Luke raised his wine glass with a smile and clinked glasses with Zhu Tian.
Partner?
Zhu Tian really didn't remember that he had this partner for a while.
However, Luke was keenly aware of the confusion in Zhu Tian's eyes and added with a smile.
"It seems that Mr. Zhu Tian doesn't like to study the shareholder composition of partners. Australian Mining Group, I am one of its shareholders."
Earlier, Daming Group and the Australian Mining Group signed an iron ore and aluminum ore import agreement. Although later, because Daming Group established Daming Mining, there was a huge technological breakthrough in seabed mining technology. Manganese mined from the seabed
Nodules have solved the iron ore demand of the Daming Group, so the iron ore agreement with the Australian Group has been terminated. However, in terms of aluminum ore, the Daming Group still relies on imports from the Australian Group.
Hearing this, Zhu Tian immediately showed a surprised expression.
"It turns out to be Mr. Luke. Sorry, I'm disrespectful."
Not caring that Zhu Tian didn't recognize him, Luke smiled and continued to introduce the female companion beside him to Zhu Tian.
"This is my daughter, Melita Joyce."
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Zhu Tian, I am a loyal fan of Daming Technology." Melita stretched out her hand with a smile.
Although he was slightly surprised, Zhu Tian did not show it on his face. He just held her hand politely, smiled and greeted: "Hello, Miss Melita. I am honored that Daming Technology can satisfy you."
How should I put it? Zhu Tian was as shocked as if someone pointed at an orc and an elf at the same time and told him with a serious face that they were actually father and daughter.
"Haha. My daughter is right for you.
The legendary experience is full of curiosity, you young people can talk more if you have the opportunity." Luke raised his eyebrows at Zhu Tian and said in a relaxed tone.
Hearing this, Zhu Tian still couldn't hear the hint in Luke's words. But he started to matchmaker for his daughter in just a few words, which really made him feel a little ashamed.
Unfortunately, Zhu Tian was not interested in his daughter.
"There are no legendary experiences, it's just good luck." Zhu Tian said modestly.
Although it was just a modest comment, it was actually true. If it weren't for the ability to time travel, he believed that he would not be able to have his current status.
"Please don't say that, Mr. Zhu Tian. This will make 7 billion people feel depressed, because here is a lucky person who can be nominated by Forbes wealth list just by being lucky." Melita smiled with her bright red lips pursed slightly.
road.
Zhu Tian made a gesture of spreading his hands to express his helplessness that no one believed what he was telling the truth. However, in the eyes of Luke and his daughter, this gesture turned into a self-mockery to ease the atmosphere.
After some pleasantries, perhaps sensing that Zhu Tian was not interested in her, Melita said goodbye to Zhu Tian politely, leaving time for the two of them who were about to talk business, and walked to other circles. To leave with her daughter
, Luke was not surprised. Apparently he also saw that Zhu Tian did not mean this, so he did not force anything, but continued chatting with Zhu Tian lively.
This Luke was very talkative, and the two of them talked about everything from sailing to golf. But Zhu Tian was listening most of the time, because he had no research on either sailing or golf, and he couldn't pretend to understand at this time.
But in the end, the topic returned to business.
"Speaking of which, why does Mr. Zhu keep his shares so tight? If Daming Group is listed on Nasdaq, there is no doubt that you will become the richest person in the world." Luke said with emotion.
"Because I am optimistic about the prospects of Daming Group. I believe that the wealth it will bring me is far more than just the listing." Zhu Tian teased.
"But wouldn't it be possible to develop faster if we cooperated with other like-minded people?" Luke smiled.
"Does Mr. Luke think that my Daming Group is developing very slowly?" Zhu Tian asked in a joking tone.
Luke was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"That's true. Mr. Zhu's company has not even had a shortage of funds since its operation. It is really admirable."
"Excuse me." Zhu Tian said modestly.
"Can I ask a question?" He handed the empty wine glass to the waiter at the venue, and Luke replaced it with another glass!
"Of course, if I can answer." Zhu Tian smiled.
"Whether it's Daming Technology 1.0 or the current 'Phantom' helmet, your company can always come up with good things that the market favors. There's also the nutritional mixture, and seabed mining technology... I don't know what field you are planning to enter next.
What is it?" Luke asked.
"Maybe we will develop further in the field of virtual reality, or we may invest in manned spaceflight, because I am very interested in space... Why are you asking this?" Zhu Tian asked in a relaxed tone.
"So as not to accidentally become your competitor." Luke shrugged helplessly, looked at Zhu Tian and teased: "Because of your company's virtual reality project, the Nasdaq section is full of ghosts and wolves. Most of them are related to
Listed companies related to the production of virtual reality equipment have all fallen from the cloud. Almost all investors who came into contact with the 'Phantom' helmet through Internet cafes have no doubt that their investment in virtual reality projects has been in vain. Especially
It was a professor from Harvard University who stood up and said that this is a technology that cannot be realized in 50 years..."