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Chapter 484 Now is the world of young people

The climate on the north coast is generally mild but not humid, of course, relative to the south.

Shen Jianzhen was smoking a pipe and holding a newspaper in his hand, but his mind was not on the newspaper.

There are five minutes left until the appointment time.

He knew that Zhou Yaowen was never very punctual. He brought back a very free and easy manner from studying abroad. He did things without any rules and looked sloppy and not at all decent.

But those who did not take him seriously now have grass three feet high growing on their graves.

Only the old people who used to be with the President knew that among the group of people who returned from studying abroad, he was ranked second, except for the one who is now the Prime Minister.

Zhou Yaowen returned to Tianmen but did not serve as mayor. To outsiders, this might seem like a sign of madness, but to an old man like Shen Jianzhen, it was like releasing a tiger from a cage.

Since he is in that position, he has to do things according to the rules.

As long as he didn't sit in that position, no one in the entire Tianmen could restrict his actions.

The one who is really crazy is the President. There is no place in the world that doesn't need a capable minister like him to govern. You actually gave him a holiday and let him do whatever he wants. I don't know what you are thinking...

If we let him teach and educate people, who knows what kind of monster he will cultivate in ten years.

The ringing of the doorbell instantly brought Shen Jianzhen back to his senses. He put down the newspaper and looked towards the door.

Zhou Yaowen was wearing a blue shirt and holding an umbrella in his hand. He nodded politely to the doorman and handed the umbrella to him.

He looks like an old scholar with an unattractive appearance and no strength at all.

Who would have thought that such a person was best at making bombs twenty years ago?

Not only in the physical sense, but also in other aspects.

"I shouldn't be late, right, Professor Shen?"

Zhou Yaowen sat down in front of Shen Jianzhen with a smile, and turned around to look around: "A real American restaurant? I came all the way here, and you treat me to French fries and Coke?"

Shen Jianzhen put down his pipe and said with a smile: "The steak here is good. A student recommended it to me."

"It doesn't matter how you cook the steak, the only difference is the quality of the meat. There is still a big difference between domestic beef and federal beef."

"The cattle used here are live cattle shipped from the federal government."

"Really? Then I have to taste it carefully."

Zhou Yaowen rubbed his hands excitedly when he heard this: "To be honest, I haven't eaten a lot of decent high-end steaks in all those years abroad."

"You've said it before, and you've said it many times. At that time, the conditions outside were not good, and the subsidies from the court were not enough. You had to spend frugally."

"Did I say that? Look at me, I'm old and my memory is not good. Excuse me, excuse me."

Zhou Yaowen laughed loudly, picked up the menu and called the waiter, then looked at Shen Jianzhen and said, "You are a rich man, so I won't be polite to you, right?"

"Then let's have a charcoal-grilled rare rib eye, Caesar salad, fried onions, lobster soup... maybe they don't have that, let's have a mushroom soup, a bottle of California red wine, and an ice cream..."

"California red wine? Are you trying to save me money?"

"No, no, no, I want the ones from California."

Zhou Yaowen laughed and said, "When my husband took us to visit the World Expo, the president of the federation tried to sell California red wine to the old Europeans, but they laughed at him and called him cowboy juice. I will never forget the expression on the president's face."

“It’s really quite different.”

"It depends on personal taste. I think it's more interesting to drink if it's a little different."

Shen Jianzhen took the menu and ordered a few simple things. After the waiter left, he put away his smile and whispered, "The hairy people can't hold on any longer." Zhou Yaowen smiled but said nothing.

"At most, they can survive two more major tidal cycles before the Roman Empire disappears. So they are going crazy now. If we don't take a step back, no one knows what they will do."

"It's not that exaggerated. At worst, they can go to the New World."

"The New World is just land, not even a bit of time and space depth. They are not fools."

"Whether they are fools or not, what does it have to do with us?"

Seeing the waiter bringing the appetizer bread and vegetable salad, Zhou Yaowen calmly picked up the napkin on the table.

"After that war, the Chinese fleet will not dare to enter the Asian waters for at least ten years. Who cares if they are happy about it? If they are not happy, they can just hang themselves on a rope and die as far away as possible."

Shen Jianzhen said helplessly: "What I mean is that there is no need to push them to the edge. Now that the country has just been founded, there is a lot of work to be done. How can we have the energy to compete with lunatics? How long has it been since you last spoke to the president on the phone? Do you really think that maintaining a tough attitude now will be of any benefit to the country?"

"That's a matter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consider. I'm not in the position to make decisions. What's the point of you telling me?"

Zhou Yaowen took two bites of the vegetable salad, put down his knife and fork, and waited quietly for the waiter to bring the steak.

Shen Jianzhen took a puff of his pipe and said in a deep voice: "The Joshua people are willing to pay."

"Oh?"

"A lot of money."

The waiter came over, put down the steak, picked up the red wine bottle, pulled out the cork, and poured wine into the two people's glasses.

Zhou Yaowen raised his glass and clinked it with Shen Jianzhen's. He smiled and asked, "What do they want to buy?"

“Buy an identity.”

"Long-term residency? That's a good thing!"

“It’s not long-term residency, it’s nationality.”

Zhou Yaowen took a sip of red wine, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "So you want to naturalize? That's not a problem..."

"It's not a complete assimilation. After all, they have a long history, so it's normal for them to have their own ideas."

Shen Jianzhen spread his hands and said, "I think we can consider letting them in first, and then slowly absorb and digest them. It's just a matter of time. We have integrated so many ethnic groups in the past, and even the Fuso people and the sea people can be educated. There is really no need to pay too much attention to the Joshua people."

"The country's current foreign policy is still too exclusive and lacks grace and decency. If the president really wants to recreate the grand atmosphere of the past when the Celestial Empire was celebrated by people from all over the world, he should not dwell on these trivial issues."

Zhou Yaowen cut a piece of steak, put it into his mouth, and chewed it carefully.

When it comes to steak, the first bite is the most delicious. What matters is that it has just come off the grill, is soaked in the flavor of meat and smoke, and brings a fully pleasant experience to the taste buds.

From the second bite onwards, it was just “eating meat”.

Of course Zhou Yaowen didn’t care about these things. He certainly knew how to enjoy himself and would not waste the remaining meat on the plate.

"In principle, I think you're right."

After swallowing the beef and wiping his mouth with a napkin, Zhou Yaowen raised his glass and said with a smile, "Face is indeed very important. When I was young, I didn't care much about it. Now that I'm older, I realize that what those old guys said back then actually made sense."

Shen Jianzhen also laughed and said, "In the blink of an eye, several decades have passed. We are all old now and don't have the vigor and vitality we had back then. It's time to give way to the young people and let them have their own adventures."

The two looked at each other for a moment and clinked their glasses.

(End of this chapter)