Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

"Okay see you tonight"

After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen let out a long breath.

It seems that I am overthinking. He is not the only one invited to the banquet tonight. Many princes and rich and powerful politicians in the Middle East will attend.

The purpose is to celebrate the birthday of the most beloved granddaughter of Prince Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, who is about to succeed the throne, and the most beautiful princess of the fourth generation of the Saudi royal family.

Of course, birthday celebration is one aspect, and more people mainly came for Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, the second-generation prince.

It has been 50 years since Saudi Arabia was founded in [-]. In addition to the first generation of founder Ibn Saud, the old king, Saudi Arabia has experienced three second-generation kings.

Except for the third king who won the throne by means of a coup, the other second and fourth kings took over the throne smoothly. Compared with the previous brothers who took over the throne, there are some variables. Fah, who ranks sixth in the second generation Prince de bin Abdulaziz was much luckier.

The current king is sick and hospitalized. As the crown prince, Prince Fahd bin Abdul Aziz took advantage of the king's illness to quickly seize power.

Next, even if the king recovers from illness, I am afraid that Prince Fahd bin Abdul Aziz will not be able to move.

Chapter 651 Etiquette

For the evening banquet, Yang Chen started to learn Saudi Arabian etiquette after eating at noon, from greetings to eating, he started to learn every detail, so as to avoid being rude at the banquet later.

As an independent country, there are many taboos in Saudi Arabia, and the next person he is going to meet is the future King of Saudi Arabia, a decades-old antique.

Most of the time, the older the person is, the more disciplined he is.

Especially those who have status, they pay extra attention to details, if they can't handle small things well, big things are naturally not worth entrusting, this is the common stubborn thinking of some old-school people,

After all, he is not the head of state or minister, and some necessary etiquette still needs to be followed.

Otherwise, even if people don't say anything, they will inevitably not be happy in their hearts.

This time, he came with a request.

Courtesy to people, there must be something to ask for.

If he has something to ask for, he naturally has to be courteous to others first.

After studying British etiquette last time, Yang Chen didn't have any resistance to it. In comparison, the etiquette in Saudi Arabia is much simpler than that of the British royal family.

As we all know, the longer a country exists, the more various stinky rules it will have. Although Saudi Arabia is an independent country, there are many taboos, but those taboos are generally only aimed at its own people.

Saudi Arabia is only 50 years away from the founding of the country. Apart from religious etiquette and canons and laws, other aspects only need to be paid attention to, so as not to be too rude.

But the British are different. As an empire on which the sun never sets and once dominated the world with a history of hundreds of years, the British have so many etiquettes on formal occasions that it makes one's scalp tingle.

Especially in Europe, in the early days there were many big and small countries, and there were countless nobles.

Gathering with such a group of people, let alone other things, a simple meal can make you want to live or die.

The British pay attention to etiquette because of their own historical background. The establishment of Saudi Arabia is too short, and the background is far from comparable to that of the British royal family.

Therefore, there are many formal rules missing.

"Sir, let's start with the most basic greetings."

Yang Chen looked at the respectful old man in front of him, let go of the blue beauty sitting beside him, and motioned her to sit on the side.

"Butler Hawass, let's start now."

Hawasi is the butler that Hassar stayed behind to take care of Yang Chen and his party. When he heard that Yang Chen was going to the palace to attend a dinner at night, he took the initiative to come over and ask Yang Chen if he needed to learn Saudi etiquette.

After all, the palace is no different than other places, there are a lot of things to pay attention to, and Hawass also knows that his prince attaches great importance to Yang Chen, so he naturally doesn't want the other party to make rude moves because some details are not in place.

Hawass: "Under normal circumstances, when Saudi Arabians meet, they will habitually shake hands and greet each other first. If they are familiar with each other, or if they are favored by the elders, they will usually put their left hand on your right shoulder. And kiss your cheeks, it's a kiss."

"It's the first time I've come here, and the only person I'm familiar with is you, Prince Hassar. I don't think there will be such a kiss."

Kissing rituals in European and American countries are generally popular between men and women. Most men and women just need to shake hands and hug. There are very few kissing rituals. After all, two big men's faces are pressed together, which is somewhat embarrassing.

But Saudi Arabia is different. Let alone kissing between men and women, women are not even allowed to talk to strangers, even a simple handshake is impossible.

Therefore, regarding this kiss ceremony, Yang Chen only felt a chill.

"By the way, Housekeeper Havas, can you help me think about what gifts I should prepare for the evening?"

Hawas shook his head and said, "Sir, you only need someone to be present at night, and you don't need to prepare any gifts."

Yang Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, "I don't need to prepare gifts? Is this appropriate?"

Hawass: "It will be inappropriate if you give a gift, sir. Of course, if you have a good impression of the ninth princess, sir, you can ask His Highness the Prince to help deliver the gift to Her Highness the Princess."

"However, sir, please keep in mind that the Arabs strictly worship idols and only have Allah in their hearts. The gifts they give..."

Through Hawas's explanation, Yang Chen immediately gave up the idea of ​​giving gifts. Restricted by the Islamic Sharia law, the emotional life of Saudi women is not a personal matter. The emotional marriage between women needs to be decided by their parents Decide.

Saudis are very taboo about contact between men and women. Women's rooms are strictly separated from men's rooms. Men are not allowed to enter women's rooms casually, and women are generally not allowed to show their faces in front of strangers.

Even if a man chats with his close relatives and friends, he must never mention the other party's wife, otherwise he will be regarded as having bad intentions.

Therefore, it is easy to be blamed for giving gifts directly.

In Saudi Arabia, if a husband wants to divorce, there is no need for any ceremony or proof, and he only needs to say divorce three times in front of his wife.But if it is the wife who wants to divorce, it is absolutely impossible.

All afternoon, Yang Chen was listening carefully to the introduction of the housekeeper Hawasi. A series of unimaginable rules in the middle made Yang Chen discover that the princesses of Saudi Arabia, apart from their noble status, are completely incomparable with the princesses of other countries.

There is no name of a princess, but no reality of a princess.

All women are strictly bound by the Islamic law, and their life destiny is no different from that of ordinary Saudi women. Except for the difference between good and bad life, princesses should abide by the rules at all.

Soon, as the afternoon passed, Hawass slightly bent over and said, "Sir, we'll almost stop here."

"Ah, alright, let's stop here then." Yang Chen nodded his head, and he was quite interested in a country like Saudi Arabia.

The customs here, through the mouth of Hawasi, let Yang Chen deepen his understanding of this country.

Religious belief makes the people of this country, or the people of the entire Middle Eastern country, become actual servants, servants of the king, servants of the so-called true Lord.

The minds of the people of the whole country are tightly bound by a series of canons and laws, which makes people feel incredible just by listening to it.

"Sir, if Miss Lan is going to attend the palace dinner today, please remember to prepare a headscarf for her." After speaking, Hawas turned and left.

Although the blue beauty is not from Saudi Arabia, the disheveled appearance of the other party is still difficult for Hawas to accept.

Of course, he is just a servant, and Yang Chen is a distinguished guest, all he can do is to make a few suggestions.

Seeing Yang Chen turn to look at herself, the blue beauty asked cautiously: "Can I not go at night?"

"Why don't you go?" Yang Chen patted his thigh, motioning for her to sit over. For this arrogant chick, he really likes to see her soft and weak side.