Elegant Restaurant was a place that was easy to find. When Xu Yun and Lin Ge arrived and saw the black luxury cars parked in front of the restaurant, they knew that Baldwin had already arrived.
It was already a long time past the time that Baldwin had agreed on. Baldwin had complained for quite a while. He even asked Courtney to contact the meat shield and ask him what was going on. The meat shield was so scared that he called Lin Ge.
After knowing that they would be there, the meat shield carefully replied to Baldwin, saying that they would be there soon.
Baldwin was comforted by this, but everyone could see the anxiety and annoyance in his eyes.
However, Xu Yun and Lin Ge were not in a hurry. To them, it was still early. There was no need to be anxious.
When the two of them arrived at the entrance of Elegant Restaurant, it was already an hour past the agreed time.
Inside the restaurant, Baldwin was furious. He had sincerely booked the entire restaurant to show his sincerity! This was the most expensive Japanese restaurant in New York!
To book the entire restaurant, not only did one need to have enough money, one also needed to have enough power. Otherwise, the owner of this restaurant would definitely not care.
"Hua Xia people are ridiculous! They have no concept of time at all! "Baldwin scolded." They always think that they have nothing to lose by doing this! They don't care about punctuality! "
There were many such people in Hua Xia. Not only Baldwin, even Hua Xia people would scold them.
Indeed, there were quite a number of Hua Xia people whose actions were influenced by the mindset of "what is there to lose by not doing this".
A simple example was the popularity of tourism in Hua Xia in recent years. No matter how gentle the tour guides of the tour groups tried to get everyone to come back on time, it was useless. There would always be people who delayed and did not take other people's time seriously. This continued until the tour guides were so angry that they would not wait any longer and drive away! That was why things took a dramatic turn at the last moment.
"Many Hua Xia people are not used to being respected. They are used to being ordered around and intimidated!" Courtney said. "If we had threatened them from the beginning, they would not have been late!"
Baldwin frowned. "Disrespect?"
"Courtney has a point." Natasha smiled and said, "This may be the psychological aftereffects of Hua Xia's thousands of years of totalitarian rule. Those who know how to respect others and be respected by others must be very few, and their ancestors must be people of high status in the upper class. Most of the ancestors of Hua Xia were oppressed, ordered, and intimidated. They didn't know how to respect others, and they didn't know how to cherish the respect others gave them. "
Baldwin slammed the table. "How can you do this!"
"Hua Xia people have more or less inherited this kind of thinking habit in their genes. When they are asked, they will subconsciously search for the bottom line to get more space to move. This is the survival wisdom that I've been forced to practice because I've always been deprived of other choices by the powerful, "Natasha continued with a smile.
Baldwin furrowed his brows. What a joke!
"Hua Xia people lack a sense of time in their long struggle against the system. It has become the most passive and safest form of resistance. As far as I know, almost all Hua Xia people will show respect to the last person to arrive at a meeting and many other occasions, "Courtney said.
Natasha added, "Because in Hua Xia, the most important person must appear after everyone else has arrived. This is their rule."
"What kind of bullsh * t rule is this? It's ridiculous!" Baldwin scolded. "Are they purposely late because they want to show that their status is higher than mine?! Hua Xia people really have a problem with their sense of time! "
Xu Yun and Lin Ge, who had just walked into the restaurant, heard their conversation.
Lin Ge laughed and deliberately raised his voice. "Mr. Baldwin, if you say that, how do you expect the French and Italians to live? In comparison, they are the ones who don't know time, aren't they? Also, if you say that, you must have never dealt with the Indians, right? "
Hearing Lin Ge's voice, Natasha and Courtney turned to look at him.
The anger on Baldwin's face faded. To him, it was good that they were here. If they were late just to make him angry, he didn't need to care at all.
"Humans evolved from apes. Among all the apes that are still alive and have gone extinct, have you ever seen an ape that is punctual?" Lin Ge continued to speak as he stepped forward. "So, there are people all over the world who aren't punctual. Don't put the blame on us Hua Xia people. What do you mean by 'psychological aftereffects left behind by thousands of years of totalitarian rule?' Your ancestors were apes too. This is what the apes left behind. "
Natasha didn't intend to reason with Lin Ge.
"Humans evolved from apes. Apes live in trees for a long time. They eat fresh fruit and don't have to worry about food. The forest is dense, so they don't have to deliberately hide their tracks. After eating, they just poop under the trees. The environment of this species makes it unnecessary for them to have a sense of time." Lin Ge had already arrived in front of them as he spoke.
Baldwin wanted to speak, but Lin Ge didn't intend to give him a chance to speak.
"Humans generally procrastinate. Crossing time, space, and culture shows that this is a characteristic of this species," Lin Ge said. "It's not just the Hua Xia people. Other people aren't much better."
Baldwin's mood was ruined by Lin Ge's words. He suddenly didn't want to say what he wanted to say.
"Yes, what Mr. Carlos said does make sense," Natasha said with a smile. "Because all the existing humans are the descendants of homo sapiens who left Africa for the second time forty to fifty thousand years ago."
Xu Yun and Lin Ge shook their heads when they heard this.
"You may be, but we are Hua Xia people," Lin Ge said. "Although my time is precious, I still want to tell you a story."
Natasha didn't avoid Lin Ge's tit for tat. "I'm all ears."
"Wash it clean." Lin Ge disdained. A foreign girl actually wanted to teach him a lesson. If he didn't teach her a lesson, she would really think that he was very cultured. "In the suburbs of Yanjing, there is a small limestone mountain called the Mountain of Dragon Bones. Along the north side of the mountain, there is a small path that leads to some enclosed caves. Every year, one hundred and fifty thousand tourists come because of its fame, from white-haired old people to young schoolchildren."
"I've heard a little about it." Natasha followed up.
"In 1929, it was here that a researcher discovered a basically complete ancient human skull. It was determined to be about 500,000 years old. The researcher named it Yanjing Man. It is one of the earliest human remains ever found in the world. Listen carefully, it is one of the earliest human remains ever found in the world." Lin Ge emphasized. "This discovery has led many researchers to believe that humans first originated from Asia! Do you understand? "
"According to modern dating methods, the age of the said fossil is actually even earlier, as far as seven hundred and eighty thousand years ago." Xu Yun added.
"The core importance of Yanjing Man today is not as important as it used to be." Natasha said. "Humans found the remains of ancient human relatives that were even older in Africa, overshadowing your theory. This discovery consolidated Africa's position as the cradle of humanity. Modern humans and their ancestors spread from Africa to all parts of the world, while Asia was reduced to a kind of evolutionary dead end. "
Lin Ge didn't know how to refute, but fortunately, there was Xu Yun beside him.
"Many Western scientists tend to look at Asian fossils and artifacts through the colored glasses of Africa and Europe." Xu Yun smiled. "The other continents have always received more attention in the study of human evolution because the fossils found in these places are older and closer to the main ancient human research institutions. However, it is becoming more and more obvious that a large number of Asian materials do not match the traditional description of human evolution. Asia has always been a forgotten continent, and the role that Asia played in the evolution of human beings may have been underestimated to a large extent. "
Although Natasha was smiling, her words were very sharp. "Hua Xia people don't accept the idea that Homo sapiens evolved in Africa because you want everything in the world to come from Hua Xia? This is a bit similar to the Koreans, hehe … what a strong shadow of nationalism. "
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