Sun Dahai brought Maniel here to eat mutton steamed buns. This is a pure halal restaurant and strictly follows the various regulations in the teachings when handling the ingredients.
Many celebrities from Chinese and foreign Islamic religions have dined here. Therefore, by inviting Maniel to dine here, Sun Dahai can rest assured that others will not cause trouble and say anything.
Fortunately, Dubai itself is a multi-tribal political entity and has a large number of immigrants as its main labor force, so the implementation of the doctrine is relatively gentle.
Maniel has given up his inheritance rights at this time, so as long as he does not cause any major scandals, it is estimated that no one will bother him.
In fact, both Sun Dahai and Erxiao knew a little secret about the Maniel brothers and sisters. They were half-American, and they studied and lived in the United States, so they were not really interested in Islam.
Therefore, they are actually very annoyed by these rules. The unruly nature of Americans is buried in their bodies. But in front of outsiders, they are definitely the most pious, even if they are pretending, they will pretend to be like this.
Come on like that.
In other words, if it were not for some special occasions or if the conditions were not met, Maniel could actually make do with it. He was not as difficult to serve as imagined, and he was just pretending not to know.
In fact, for Maniel, who pays attention to ostentation and is full of "trench" spirit, there are not many times when he needs to make accommodations. In many cases where there are no corresponding conditions, he can also create conditions by spending money.
For example, in the summer of 1986, he was invited by Sun Dahai to attend a bonfire party at Garrison Ranch.
Garrison Ranch does not have a special imam to handle the ingredients. At most, in order to take care of them, they did not prepare ingredients that are strictly forbidden by Islam at this party.
But Manuel actually brought a full set of ingredients, kitchen utensils and chefs to the party, which was really cruel and inhumane.
It was at that party that Sun Dahai and Er Xiao learned about the little secret of the Maniel brothers and sisters.
When she was happy, Princess Yasha took something from Sun Yuanyuan's plate and ate it. When she found out, she just stuck out her tongue.
Maniel calmly tasted the roast lamb cooked by the ranch chef when no one was paying attention, and compared it with that cooked by his own chef.
Of course, Maniel didn't care whether Sun Dahai was paying attention or not, but when people came to the capital, he still had to try not to cause trouble when receiving them.
That Risong had already booked a private room at Xi'an Restaurant in advance. Although he found that Maniel's entourage was more than expected, it didn't matter. Anyway, it was only around ten o'clock in the morning, and it was not the dining peak. So he had to change to a larger private room or open another restaurant.
The rooms are very convenient.
Sun Dahai also knew several merchants from the Middle East in his previous life. They preferred to have dinner together. A large group of people would eat haise together, and then drink tea and desserts together, and brag about it.
According to the teachings, they are not allowed to drink. Although no one knows whether they drink in private, but in group activities like dinner parties, everyone still has to abide by the rules.
There are very few entertainment activities that they can participate in, so drinking tea and chatting has become a traditional program. People in Dubai can also play cards (for entertainment only, but not gambling). In some Islamic countries, even playing cards is strictly prohibited.
Without hesitation, Maniel chose to open a private room and arranged for his entourage to dine there. Even his business manager Dejaminha only stayed in the private room after being given permission by him.
It can be seen that his sense of hierarchy is very strong. It is okay for friends of the same level to gather together. But the followers are just servants, and the master will not easily allow them to dine with him.
There were only five people in the huge box. In addition to Sun Dahai and Maniel, there were also his assistants, Dejaminha and the liaison officer sent by the embassy.
After all, Maniel was not one of those princes who grew up in Dubai. He was very interested in learning from Sun Dahai how to break the buns properly.
American schools focus on cultivating students' hands-on skills, so Maniel quickly learned to break buns in a good way.
While breaking the buns, Maniel began to talk about his mission to the capital.
After Prince Abdullah called Maniel's name, he called him specifically and briefly explained his thoughts to him.
Yesterday at the embassy, the task Maniel received was actually an extension of Abdullah's idea, but more detailed.
Dubai is located in the Middle East, and its natural resources are relatively extreme. Besides its abundant reserves of high-quality oil and natural gas, and its long coastline, there is almost only a large expanse of desert left.
Abdullah is very ambitious and wants to help Dubai develop as soon as possible. While coming to China this time to stand up for the king, he also wants to strengthen cooperation with China and develop more economic cooperation projects.
Abdullah and Maniel's father were similar in age and had a good relationship, so he used to take good care of his cousin, who was half his age.
Now that Maniel has given up his inheritance rights, Abdullah hopes to train Maniel so that he can become his right-hand man in the future.
This time Prince Abdullah took the initiative to ask Maniel to join his delegation to China. On the one hand, it was to give his cousin an opportunity to increase his qualifications and experience, and on the other hand, it was also to cultivate feelings and strengthen connections.
After all, the two of them are not usually together, and there is a twenty-year age difference between them, so there is a generation gap.
As for the name, it’s just that Maniel has direct business in China. (No. 9 hot pot restaurant has branches in mainland China, and Maniel is a shareholder, which is a very far-fetched reason.)
In the same way, the tasks that Abdullah assigned to Maniel were also frivolous and should be ignored at all. To put it bluntly, this was a gilded trip at public expense.
But in order to cover up others' eyes and prevent his brothers and uncles with inheritance rights from having an excuse to criticize him, the prince included Maniel's partner Sun Dahai among the financial partners he wanted to meet during this visit to China.
in the list.
understood!
Sun Dahai now understood everything. Prince Abdullah only used the meeting with him as a cover. He didn't care whether he could reach an economic cooperation agreement with him, and he didn't even know what his strength was.
It is estimated that after the prince shakes hands with me and takes a group photo, he will close the door and have a friendly exchange for ten or twenty minutes, and then he will complete the task. If he is lucky, he can even have a meal.
But, is this what Sun Dahai wants?
Sun Dahai is not opposed to being used as a prop or background for others. He is used to being obscene and developed, and he has long understood the truth that "life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills".
However, now some people really treat him and his friend Maniel as children and pull them out casually and use them for drama, but he doesn't want to.