Lost and Spy

Chapter 52
Meng Shaoyuan did not ask Butler Qiu to send him back.

He also wanted to walk on his own, thinking about what to do.

The prosperity of Shanghai's public concessions can only be experienced by those who come here in person.

American expatriates have the highest standard of living in public concessions.

And in the power of the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry, the Americans are also second only to the British.

A foreigner about the same age as Meng Shaoyuan approached.

The two looked at each other, and the foreigner suddenly said in fairly fluent Chinese, "Hey, is that you?"

Meng Shaoyuan also felt that his face was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before: "Who are you?"

"Nanjing, Nanjing. Hang Lung, Xu Deshan."

Ah, just remembered.

That was the first time Meng Shaoyuan went to the Hang Lung Company, and when he was waiting at the door, didn't he just see this foreigner walking out of the Hang Lung Company, where he kept complaining that Xu Deshan was a hooligan, was it unreasonable?

Unexpectedly, he also came to Shanghai.

And this guy has a really good memory. He just glanced at him at first, but he recognized him at a glance?
"It's great, Nanjing, we met. Shanghai, we met again." The foreigner was very enthusiastic: "It's really 'a thousand miles to see again'."

what?
Meng Shaoyuan was stunned for a moment before he reacted, laughing and laughing.

It should be "fate to meet each other for thousands of miles", right?

"I, American, Kret." The foreigner pointed to himself and said, "You, Chinese, we meet for the second time, can you invite me to dinner?"

what?
Does it work like this?
Where is this and where?
Meng Shaoyuan scratched his head: "We don't know each other well, you don't even know my name, why should I invite you to dinner?"

"What's your name?"

"Meng Shaoyuan."

"Look, we know each other now."

puff!
Meng Shaoyuan almost spat out, and fell for this foreigner: "Why should I?"

"I'm very hungry and have no money." Kret turned over his pocket, which was cleaner than his face: "You are blind."

"What?" Meng Shaoyuan's eyes widened: "What did you say? Am I blind?"

"Yes, yes, I'm blind." Kret nodded again and again: "I'm blind, so it's refreshing to invite friends to dinner."

Blind liver and gallbladder, very refreshing?

Meng Shaoyuan burst into a burst of wild laughter, and his stomach hurt from laughing: "Oh, you are a dead foreigner, you are blind, you are laughing to death... That's called chivalrous courage... Oh, no, no..."

Kret doesn't know where the joke is at all.

Man what?Isn't the "blind liver and gallbladder" that I learned by myself a very loyal word spoken by the Chinese?
"It's a thousand miles away and I see it again. I'm blind. You foreigner is too funny. I'll treat you to dinner. I'll treat you to dinner." Meng Shaoyuan was overjoyed.

Therefore, Meng Shaoyuan invited a foreigner who could speak Chinese and Chinese idioms to have a meal.

Then he saw what is the reincarnation of a starving ghost.

Krett used chopsticks quite well, the wind was blowing, the two bowls of white rice were eaten, and the four dishes were not even soup.

The guy patted his stomach and was very satisfied: "Thank you, my friend. In Chinese, a meal should be repaid with spring water..."

"Stop, stop."

Meng Shaoyuan hurriedly stopped, for fear that Krett would say another idiom that would make him squirt: "I said Xiaoke, you are an American anyway, how did you end up in this field?"

"Fields? I don't have fields at home, we don't farm."

I rely on!

Meng Shaoyuan was angry and happy: "I said how did you become like this?"

"Ah, that's it, it's all to blame for that big hooligan Xu Deshan."

Kret said it literally.

He is a native of Miami, Florida, USA. He is 25 years old this year. He started to study Chinese history very early and is full of interest in China.

He accumulated a sum of money and traveled across the ocean to the country he longed for, ready to take a good look at China while panning for gold.

His first stop was Nanjing.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Nanjing, he fell into the trap of others.A man pretended to be friends with him, and after gaining his trust, he tricked him into the casino, set up a game, and won his money cleanly.

He later realized that he had been deceived. Upon inquiring, he found that the casino was owned by Xu Deshan, so he found Hang Lung Company, hoping to get some money back so that he could live on.

Who would have thought that Xu Deshan blasted him out.

Kret was helpless and could only find the American embassy for help, but the ambassador was also helpless about this matter, so he gave him a sum of money to get rid of the matter.

He thought of trying his luck in Shanghai, but he didn't expect that this guy was also unlucky. He was "patronized" by pickpockets when he arrived in Shanghai. As a result, he was left penniless, living on the streets, and did not eat for more than a day.

He wanted to ask the local church for help, but he didn't expect to meet Meng Shaoyuan on the road.

"You guys are unlucky enough." Meng Shaoyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are both a liar and a thief, and you have met them. Why can't you meet good people?"

"You are a good person, a good person, invite me to dinner." Kret gave a thumbs up.

"It's done, it's done, don't flatter yourself." Meng Shaoyuan thought for a while: "I'll be a good man to the end, I'll lend you a sum of money, you can hurry back to your United States, and if you have a chance to meet again in the future, remember to pay it back. Just give it to me."

"No, I'm not going back." Unexpectedly, Kret said firmly: "I want to stay in China."

"No, the question is if you stay in China, what can you do?"

"I can do a lot of things. I study Chinese history, but my major is chemistry. I got my bachelor's degree at the age of 20, and then I signed up for the Department of Electronic Engineering and got my master's degree."

Hey, this guy is so smart?
Chemical, electrical engineering?
These are very useful!
Crater gushed: "My hobby is shooting, so all my marks are very accurate..."

"Okay, okay."

Meng Shaoyuan was afraid that he would say endlessly, "Which university did you go to?"

"Massachusetts Institute of Technology, my electrical engineering advisor is the famous Vannevar Bush."

Meng Shaoyuan was drinking tea when he almost spit it out.

Who?
Vannevar Bush?

Founder of the American Science Agency, America's greatest scientist and engineer?

During World War II, almost all U.S. military research programs at that time came from the leadership of Van Nevara.

The most famous of these is the "Manhattan Project".

Manhattan Project, Atomic Bomb!

Of course, these are nothing, he has more amazing inventions than the atomic bomb:
Simulate a computer!
Without him, there would be no computer of the future!

Without him, there would be no future Microsoft and Bill Gates.

Vannevara student?

Meng Shaoyuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Kret, his eyes were as if a lecher saw a peerless beauty.

Kret was suddenly a little scared. Could it be that this Chinese man has some problems with certain orientations?
At this moment, there was a high-pitched voice from outside suddenly!
(End of this chapter)