Chapter 270

After receiving the chopsticks from Jessica, Zheng Jianguo put some pieces of chicken on the plate in front of him, and put the chopsticks next to the spicy chicken plate.

Then Zheng Jianguo raised his head, looked at Bruce with a smile and said, "unlike the mainstream of meal sharing in Europe and America, the dining table culture of the Republic is mainly dinner.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no concept of hygiene. In conditional families, they will prepare public chopsticks as a tool for taking meals, and then use their own chopsticks to eat.

If we really follow the old etiquette inherited for hundreds of years, people will ask for silence when eating, that is, they are not allowed to speak when eating - "

"I've met this before. When I went to the Republic of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a dinner party. A waiter specially introduced this kind of public chopsticks, but Zheng, please try it and see what I learned -"

Bruce nodded slightly in response to Zheng Jianguo's statement, and quickly sent out an invitation to taste. The latter did not immediately pick up chopsticks, but made an invitation to spicy chicken and said, "previously speaking of the old etiquette in traditional culture, the requirement of traditional culture for Chinese dishes is complete color, aroma and flavor.

Please see, although spicy chicken is a domestic dish and usually can't get on the top banquet, it is made of green pepper and red pepper with chicken main materials. Red, green and yellow are packed into a plate. It makes people's intestines and stomach open and their fingers move. The color of this spicy chicken is still good.

Well, the second fragrance is that now this dish of spicy chicken has been brought to the table. We can all smell the aroma of the oil after high temperature heating. Of course, I've put it on the plate, which is stronger than your feeling. Jessica, please arrange the dishes for you. "

As it was the first time to entertain guests with Chinese food, Bruce ignored that the traditional western style long table was not suitable for people to pick up food with chopsticks. Zheng Jianguo, who had just commented on the dishes, looked at Jessica, who had not left. He immediately smiled and said to each other's blue eyes. The latter quickly looked at Bruce and saw him smile and nod: "Oh, this is my negligence, Jessica, You can divide it with a spoon - "

Jessica looked back at Zheng Jianguo again, and then took up the dishes and spoon with a smile to cook for several people. Zheng Jianguo also took up the chopsticks with a smile and said, "it's my negligence. I didn't notice that Jessica can't use chopsticks, but I asked her to help cook because I talked about the most important part of the dishes, taste!

After all, no matter how beautiful the dishes are and how pleasant the aroma is, its function is still edible. Then let's taste this spicy chicken and I'll comment again - "

"Hehe, come on, since Zheng said it, let's taste it together -"

Seeing Zheng Jianguo put a piece in his mouth, Bruce asked others to eat. Just as he put a piece of chicken in his mouth with chopsticks, although the taste was similar to what he had eaten, when his eyes fell on the bones between chopsticks, he woke up and thought of something: "Cagney, bring five plates."

"Yes, Mr. Bruce, it seems that you have localized the spicy chicken -"

Similarly, looking at the chicken bones on the chopsticks, Zheng Jianguo threw them directly on the table, and there was no trash can under the table. Fortunately, at this time, people had thought of it, so after giving an ambiguous statement, they put the chicken bones on the chopsticks on the plate brought by Cagney, and the dish was even finished.

After eating the spicy chicken on the plate, Ignatius brosnaan nodded approvingly at Bruce. Then, as if the Chinese food introduced by Zheng Jianguo had aroused curiosity in his heart, he quickly asked, "Zheng, you have been in America for a long time. Do you have any food that impressed you?"

"Coke and hamburger."

Without thinking, Zheng Jianguo gave his own answer. He came to America for so long, that is, he had time to cook by himself after graduation.

In the previous year of adaptive learning and preparation for the exam, most of them lived by these two combinations. If you think about it now, you quickly summed up the advantages: "affordable, simple and convenient."

"It doesn't seem to have the color and taste you said earlier ~"

Ignatius brosnaian still had a faint smile on her big face, when Martha had brought a steak.

Zheng Jianguo looked at the main dish represented in Western food and continued to say: "the pace of life is different. The pace of life in the Republic is relatively slow. The time of work and life is almost a fixed mode in stability, and the requirements for time are not so tense.

This is also the reason why hamburger fast food restaurants are all over the United States. If hamburger fast food restaurants are opened in the Republic, there may be no living soil except for tasting fresh food -- "

"Have a try?"

With a slight frown on Ignatius brosnaan's big face, Bruce said: "at present, the domestic material conditions of the Republic are relatively scarce. Of course, the more important thing is that the consumption level there is not high, and the high per capita income is dozens of dollars."

"More than ten dollars is right -"

Zheng Jianguo quickly corrected Bruce's beautification. At present, the domestic exchange rate is a fixed exchange rate. He has not seen the benefits of a low exchange rate. He just thinks that too much lower than the US dollar will reduce the image of a socialist country.

Unaware that they want to become the world's factory, such a high exchange rate is counterproductive. At least, the enthusiasm of investors will be reduced: "last year, the income of urban residents across the country was only 375 yuan, while the income of members was less than 50 yuan -"

"Is it so low?"

The big face of Ignatius brosnaan was shocked, but Bruce in the position of the LORD was not surprised: "this is only the net income in cash. The communes in the Republic belong to the Communist nature, work together and enjoy together. The needs are solved by the communes uniformly, which is different from us."

"Oh -"

Some neat voices suddenly spread. Zheng Jianguo smiled and nodded at several people. These are the facts in the major media.

Although he can say a lot, considering that the people present here are not ordinary people, but the staff of the US State Department, and they are all partial to diplomacy, he said something irrelevant next time, and the meal is even over.

Although it was a family dinner, Bruce obviously worked hard. The dishes were simple, but he followed the formal process.

After the appetizer, soup, side dishes, main course and dessert, when Jessica brought coffee, everyone changed the venue to the living room.

Catlin at the table said, "Martha, it's time for you to practice the piano. Cagney and Jessica go to the kitchen to help me --"

"Can Cagney still work?"

Ian emer just sat down on the sofa and was surprised by what he heard. Bruce, who was holding tea, smiled and turned to Zheng Jianguo and said, "Ian, you don't know that most children in the Republic can do housework. If Zheng lives in the countryside, he has been working with his parents since he can run.

When I arrived in the Republic, I was shocked by their understanding, so from then on, I asked Catlin to deliberately leave some housework for them -- "

"That's why there are so many excellent graduates in Harvard University who devote themselves to backward areas, such as Africa.

You don't have to live in a difficult environment, but you must realize the impact of a difficult environment on people, both positive and negative. "

When he heard about himself, Zheng Jianguo could feel Bruce's shock at that time, just as the group of foreign students who came with him walked out of the airport and saw a busy metropolis.

This is a collapse of the world outlook, so when he heard that an overseas student was unwilling to return home, Zheng Jianguo's choice could only be silence: "this can help people examine their actions, gains and losses, and help them revise their world outlook --"

"It seems that you have really learned a lot -"

Evelyn Tali looked at Zheng Jianguo with approval, then smiled and said, "listen to Bruce, Zheng, you still have some research on finance?"

"Oh, I can only say I have. Research is not enough."

Zheng Jianguo understood Bruce's purpose of inviting him. He thought it was to say hello to Cagney in advance when he went to Boston for school. Now it seems that he is deeper than he thought: "at that time, he was lucky and made some money when he hoarded silver with the harant family -"

"Zheng, don't be modest. Bruce is full of praise for you. If silver and gold are your good luck, then your keen sense of market will be fully revealed on oil. This is not luck -"

Ignatius brosnaan's big face flashed a smile. He was able to be pulled by Bruce to attend this private party for the purpose of the medical doctor who is said to know the market very well: "when you heard about the Soviet soldier Chen, you judged that the oil market was going to rise --"

"Zheng, Ignatius brosnaan is not only my friend, but also the deputy director of the East Pacific Affairs Bureau. He talks about everything in his work and life -"

Bruce sat next to him with a teacup, looked at Ignatius brosnaan with a smile on his face, and then continued: "he is surprised at the conclusion you reached after hearing the news, because it represents the rise of global oil prices, and its impact on the market and economy is incalculable --"

"Do you think oil will continue to rise?"

Evelyn Tali, who had never said a few words, suddenly interrupted Bruce, but the latter looked at Zheng Jianguo as if he had nothing to do.

Zheng Jianguo also understood that these people might have reached some agreement before they came. After nodding slowly, he said, "I think there is a great probability that it will rise, as long as the two largest oil producing countries do not expand production and export --"

"Soviet?"

"Shall we?"

Evelyn Tali and Ignatius brosnaanzi spoke, and Zheng Jianguo nodded and said: "at present, the Middle East should have the largest oil reserves. Several countries account for so much of the world, but the situation in that region is unstable.

Afghan refugees continue to flow to neighboring countries, and the United States has severed diplomatic relations with Iran. The insurmountable regional security has led to even some countries to increase mining, but they have to be transported out after mining. These are unstable factors.

As for other regions, although there are many oil reserves, only the Soviet Union and the United States can have the technology and ability to carry out large-scale development and utilization. Just considering that oil production plants and refineries can not be built in a day, the oil price will rise for some time. "

"But now, with the rise of oil prices, many people have proposed to expand coal production and develop nuclear energy technology and comprehensive new energy -"

Ignatius brosnaan looked at Bruce next to him and looked back and said it indefinitely.

Zheng Jianguo flashed a memory in his mind and nodded suddenly: "everyone wants to develop new energy, because it can get rid of the existing dependence on petrochemical energy and establish a new industrial system at the same time.

However, the reality is, in the existing industrial system, will those vested interests allow this to happen?

Imagine that if the battery made of atomic graphite layer I found can make the car run 1000 kilometers and the plane fly 10000 kilometers in 10 minutes.

Do you think the existing engine manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers, oil companies and even the oil kings in the Middle East will allow this kind of thing to happen? It's almost against the whole world -- "

"Atomic graphite battery is so exaggerated?"

Ignatius brosnaan's face suddenly changed, and Bruce was frightened by what he heard. He quickly said, "I haven't heard you say --"

"This is the latest research result, which has not been published ~"

Zheng Jianguo took a sip of coffee and found that all the people looked at each other in amazement, so he continued to say with a smile: "of course, considering that the preparation technology of atomic graphite layer is still very primitive, its preparation cost is very high, that is to say, starting with the preparation technology, it still needs a series of technological breakthroughs to achieve this goal -"

"You are much better than those fools' proposal to find new energy, but finding new energy also needs to break through many technologies -"

Ignatius brosnaan's face changed again, quickly put down his coffee, looked at Bruce, opened his eyes wide and continued to say: "now, in order to deal with the rising oil price, the aides of the Government Council suggest that the president cooperate with other countries to find new energy to reduce the current high oil consumption, so as to reduce the oil price, Zheng, Should this news be useful to you? "

"The news is useless because I haven't heard --"

Zheng Jianguo blinked and quickly denied it. He saw that Ignatius brosnaan had laughed. But before he opened his mouth, he continued to say: "what I said belongs to the confidential content of the laboratory. After all, it is the unpublished research results. However, Bruce, our oil contract should be closed -"

Bruce asked, "why?"