Su Yang relented, and Hans smiled triumphantly.
Looking at the large house, Hans asked, "What do you do? You're so rich you can buy billions of things without batting an eye."
Upon hearing this, Su Yang said, "I don't do anything. I live off my parents' welfare."
"What?" Hans was confused. "What is welfare?"
"It's a subsidy provided by Long Country to some impoverished families."
Hans looked at Su Yang in bewilderment. "No way? With your conditions, you're considered an impoverished family in Long Country?"
Su Yang also found it a bit ridiculous and chuckled. "Just kidding. I dabble in a bit of everything, it's hard to explain specifically. Just think of me as an investor."
Hearing Su Yang's words, Hans breathed a sigh of relief. "You scared me to death. I almost thought Long Country was that rich."
Actually, it didn't sound true at all, but for some reason, Hans believed whatever Su Yang said.
However, Hans's words still left Su Yang somewhat dissatisfied.
"Mr. Hans, a country and a person, regardless of wealth or appearance, as long as they exist in this world, they are equal to everything else that exists in this world.
So, I think you shouldn't just focus on things like money. Mutual respect might get you somewhere."
"Hahaha, you really know how to joke. What could I possibly gain? Also, there's an old saying in your Long Country, isn't there? The strong rule.
That's how this era is. If you're strong, people will fear you. If you're weak, people will bully you.
And in this society today, the only measure of that is whether you have money or not.
World rankings are also based on money. You say not to value money too much, so what should we value?"
Hans's words left Su Yang momentarily speechless.
He pursed his lips, looked at the person in front of him, and said, "What you say has some truth to it, but we have many old sayings in Long Country. More sayings encourage mutual respect and equality for all.
Having more money does grant higher status, but stripped of all that, we are all humans, merely life forms dependent on this planet. We shouldn't have any discrimination."
This statement was Su Yang's subtle jab at Hans. He still had to film the show with Hans, meaning they would spend a lot more time together.
Su Yang didn't want Hans to constantly look down on Long Country and its people.
Otherwise, Su Yang might snap one day and kill Hans.
Hans seemed to nod thoughtfully after hearing Su Yang's words, then said, "You're right, but have you considered that everyone has their own perspective? We can't force others to share your view."
Su Yang was speechless at Hans's words.
What he said was perfectly logical.
But it was as if Su Yang's previous words had been dismissed as nonsense.
This made Su Yang very annoyed.
A nameless rage ignited within him. While Hans's words were logical, Su Yang felt something was off, which made him furious.
He pursed his lips and took a deep breath, trying to suppress the urge to explode.
Seeing Su Yang fall silent, Hans's smug smile returned.
It was a smile as if he had won a battle.
"Su Yang, you think so too, right?" he said, patting Su Yang's thigh. "You're so rich, I feel like you're already at the very top. You don't need to consider others. The strong rule, and the definition of strength is money."
Su Yang certainly didn't think so, but he had completely lost the desire to argue with Hans.
No matter how much he said, Hans would just revert to his original thoughts.
Su Yang just hoped that Hans wouldn't go too far during the upcoming filming.
He hoped Hans wouldn't be discriminatory towards him or Long Country, and that it wouldn't be too severe.
Su Yang never considered himself a refined person. If Hans constantly gave him a hard time on camera, Su Yang might just lose it and beat Hans up.
Given Su Yang's personality, beating Hans up would be letting him off easy.
If it weren't for the show, Su Yang would have killed Hans on the spot.
Su Yang didn't want to engage with Hans, so after Hans finished speaking, he simply nodded.
"Mr. Hans, can we go over the show's schedule now?"
Hans waved his hand. "What's the rush? You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?"
Hans answered his own question. "I haven't had breakfast either. Let's eat and chat." Su Yang had no choice but to agree.
He frowned and rubbed his temples, then lowered his head before looking up at Hans with a smile.
It was a rather forced smile.
"Jiang Hei," Su Yang called out to Jiang Hei, asking, "Is breakfast ready?"
Jiang Hei looked at Su Yang and nodded. "It's ready, Boss."
"Good, let's go eat." Su Yang stood up and gestured to Hans. "Let's go, Mr. Hans, we'll have breakfast."
Hans's face lit up with a smile. He stood up and followed Su Yang's lead towards the dining room.
The dining room featured a luxurious long table laden with exquisite Western breakfast dishes.
"Why is it Western breakfast?" Hans ignored Su Yang and his companions, walked to the table, sat down, and said with great dissatisfaction, looking at the food.
Su Yang licked his teeth, suppressing his inner displeasure, and said to Hans, "Mr. Hans, we are in Mei Country. What else would we eat for breakfast?"
Hans disdainfully poked at the hot dog and bread on his plate with a fork. "Don't you have many specialty snacks in Long Country? Why eat these?"
"Those require specialized chefs to prepare, and we didn't bring any Long Country chefs. This is all we have for breakfast. Please make do, Mr. Hans." Su Yang replied.
"Lack of hospitality?" Hans looked at Su Yang, his face showing extreme dissatisfaction. "Isn't that what that phrase means?"
Su Yang pursed his lips and remained silent. Hans continued, "Didn't you just say that as long as a guest's request isn't too unreasonable, it can be met?
We want the guests to be happy here. I want to eat a Long Country breakfast. You can't even fulfill that, can you?"
Hans looked at Su Yang with a dissatisfied expression.
Su Yang lowered his head, reining in his anger, and said to Hans in as pleasant a tone as possible, "Mr. Hans, we didn't bring any Long Country chefs.
We don't have anyone who can cook here either. Please make do for now. Our chefs will arrive in a few days, and then I'll treat you to all sorts of delicious Long Country cuisine. Is that acceptable?"
Hans put down his fork with dissatisfaction and looked at Su Yang. "With so many of you, surely there isn't a single person who can cook?"
"We..." Su Yang really didn't want to bother anymore and wanted to say that they indeed couldn't cook.
Su Yang himself knew how to cook, but he absolutely would not cook for Hans. Someone like him wouldn't receive any kindness from Su Yang.
"I can make something simple," Liang Li said, unable to watch any longer.
Rubbing her temples, Liang Li looked at Hans. "Mr. Hans, I can make you a simple Long Country breakfast.
However, please don't have too high expectations for it. After all, it's just breakfast. Except that we don't usually eat bread in the morning, there isn't much else."
Liang Li then remembered something and added, "We are all ordinary people with our own jobs, so we genuinely don't know how to make specialty snacks. I hope Mr. Hans won't make things difficult for us anymore."
"OMG... Am I making things difficult for you?" Hans feigned extreme shock, looking at Su Yang with blinking eyes, like a pure and innocent soul.
Su Yang avoided Hans's gaze, which implied he thought the same.
Seeing that Su Yang was ignoring him, Hans realized he might have gone too far.
He then said, "Alright, simple is fine too. I don't like overly complicated things in the morning."