After the welcome banquet ended, Jiao Yaqiang and Tian Xizhen drove Li Ye and the others back to their accommodations.
Once everyone got in the car, they quickly began collectively griping about the same thing.
"I used to watch White Elephant song-and-dance films and thought their people seemed pretty decent! But now that I've seen them up close, it's really hard to put into words."
"Exactly! This morning, Summit stood there blocking us with that sour face, acting like some grand old master. But look at the way they fawned over Jeff and the others tonight—
Then the moment he turned around, he started throwing his weight around with me. I just can't figure it out. We won in '62, so why does it feel like they were the ones who won?"
"Jeff, the big boss, was the one hosting a welcome banquet for us today. Why did those White Elephant people shamelessly come crowding in too? Isn't that just spoiling everyone's mood?"
"You still don't get it? They couldn't even see us. They were squeezing themselves in beside Jeff and Gary."
"..."
Since everyone present was one of their own, and they had all had a little to drink, their complaints grew more and more heated.
The reason was that Jeff had thrown a welcome banquet for the "guests" from the First Branch Factory today, yet Summit and those White Elephant people had also shown up, leaving everyone somewhat disappointed.
And Sister Zhen, as Jiao Yaqiang's wife, also had grievances against people like Summit. She said mysteriously, "That White Elephant movie you mentioned—was it called something like Abaragu? I saw it too!
When I watched it back then, I also thought the White Elephant people were kind, that White Elephant was a civilized society governed by law. But only