My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 623 Christmas Dinner
The sun sets and night falls.

The colorful lights in the manor were lit up, full of festive atmosphere, and the servants were busy in an intense and orderly manner. There could be no mistakes in the dinner party, otherwise it would embarrass the host.

Hearing the guard's announcement, Xu Dong immediately took his wife to the gate to welcome the guests.

"Mike, Lily, Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas, we're not late, are we?"

"No, you were the first to arrive."

"Haha, it's good that you're not late. I brought a bottle of [-] Lafite. Let's taste it together later."

"Honey, we have a lucky meal tonight."

Xu Dong said with a smile.

After some pleasantries, Mike and his wife walked into the villa with their son. They originally had a daughter, but they got married last year, and married a junior section chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In less than half an hour, all the guests arrived one after another. In addition to the group around Mike, Xu Dong also invited Yang Shuo's father.

After receiving the invitation, Father Yang's family of three flew over from Platinum.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Christmas dinner officially began.

Before the meal, Ke Ke and his younger siblings sang a Christmas song live, which won applause.

After the performance, Xu Dong stood up:
"Today is Christmas. I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. This is the first time our family has celebrated such a formal Christmas. Please forgive us for the poor hospitality."

"Old Xu, you are being polite."

"Yeah, you have a lot of families. I think this place has a more festive atmosphere, and there are so many delicacies, which is already very rare."

Mr. Mike agreed.

Xu Dong smiled, picked up the wine glass:

"Come on, let's have a drink first."

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

Yang Lina greeted quickly: "The roast goose just out of the oven, everyone eat it while it's hot."

The Christmas dinner prepared by the old Xu's family is very rich, not only the traditional Western roast goose, salmon, barbecue and vegetable salad, but also some summer meals.

Such as braised pork and braised pork ribs.

In short, it is mainly meat.

……

After drinking and eating, Xu Dong took everyone to the small garden next to them. They chatted while drinking black tea to digest food.

The women sat at the table, chatting about family matters.

A table of men.

It's just that the atmosphere is a little dignified.

Recently, the major countries in Europe have been making frequent moves, and it is quite imminent. Everyone here is a family and a family. No one likes war.

Especially a nuclear war that would destroy everything.

Mr. Mike tried to ask his friend: "George, you have a lot of contacts in the UK, have you heard any inside information?"

"Don't worry, without the acquiescence of the beautiful country, the British people would not dare to use force without authorization. They are just exerting pressure and want to win more oil shares."

Mr. George looked confident.

“How come you see?”

"The reason is very simple. The second, third, fifth and seventh fleets of the beautiful country are stationed in Usreel and the surrounding waters of the Gulf respectively.

Europa's navy is simply vulnerable. If they don't settle the beautiful country, they can't even cross the Tuji Strait. How can they start a war? "

Mr. George explained.

Xu Dong nodded, feeling that what the other party said made a lot of sense. In modern warfare, air dominance and sea dominance are fought. Without these two things, no matter how strong the army is, it is useless.

Another Mr. Matthew, immediately added:
"George's analysis is correct. I guess that the British and French should be bluffing. The emperor of the British is still in the country, and the war should not be fought."

"It's best not to fight. There are no winners in war."

Father Yang sighed lightly.

Xu Dong didn't want to talk about these nonsense anymore, they were just ordinary people, it's useless to think too much.

"Mike, I want to build a few glass houses in the yard, do you know anyone here?"

Before Mr. Mike could answer, Father Yang took the initiative to take over the conversation: "Old Xu, look for me to build a house. Our company is specialized in this."

"Does your company also have business in Sydney?"

Xu Dong was puzzled.

"It can be shipped by sea. The steel frame structure is very fast to install. What size do you want?"

"Come to ten acres!"

"Only ten acres? I think your yard is quite big, why don't you get more?"

Father Yang suggested.

Xu Dong waved his hand: "Too much is useless, it can't be managed, and the water consumption is too high."

He didn't want to turn his home into a factory.

"Well then, when do you want it?"

"Of course, the sooner the better, can it be completed before the Chinese New Year?"

"No problem, I'll place an order for you when I get back."

Father Yang nodded.

Xu Dong replaced wine with tea: "Thank you very much."

"a piece of cake."

"By the way, didn't your company say that it would build a branch in Sydney? How is the progress?"

"The site of the factory has been selected, and construction will start after the year."

"So fast?"

"If you don't hurry up, you can't. The stock price of your bakery is simply scary, and the company's leaders want to follow suit."

Xu Dong said in astonishment: "Don't you have problems left over from history? Can you go public?"

Others also looked sideways.

After all, the stock market is the hottest topic right now.

"The higher authorities have made up their minds. Before the end of next year at the earliest, the Shanghai-Beijing Exchange and the Pengcheng Exchange must be restored. Our company has already gone through the declaration process."

"How to solve the remaining problems?"

Xu Dong asked.

"The specific plan has not been determined yet, I just heard some rumors here."

Father Yang paused and continued to introduce:

"The higher authorities are going to separate all historical stocks from the original listed companies, and set up a special trust fund independently, which will be backed by the state.

As for the specific creditor's rights relationship, we will slowly clarify it when the time comes. This process is destined to not be quick, and it may not be completed in ten years. "

After all, there are two to three hundred million retail investors in the country.

The complexity of this is even more troublesome than triangular debt.

Mr. Mike gave a thumbs up: "This method is very good. It seems to have been used many times before. If I remember correctly, is it called shelving disputes and jointly developing?"

"Papa...Mike, you summed it up very well."

Xu Dong applauded.

"Old Xu, when will the new seaweed be on the market? If it is later, the cake will be divided."

Mr. Mike reminded.

"I'm already queuing up. This time it's on the science and technology innovation board, and the review is relatively strict. If you hurry up, it will be officially listed in the next year."

Xu Dong nodded solemnly.

George and the others at the side looked at each other, seeing the pie in front of them, they were all moved.

In the end, Mike came forward to help and asked:
"Old Xu, is Xinke Seaweed still short of funds? George and the others have saved some money over the years, but they are currently short of investment channels."

"As long as it is a normal investment, I welcome it, but you have to think clearly, the original stock generally has a limited sale period, and there are many changes in the middle."

Xu Dong couldn't help reminding.

The few people in front of me are different from the Nisang people. They are all small businessmen who have become monks. They don't have much capital themselves, and it is not easy to make some money.

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(End of this chapter)