People did not hate humorous people too much. Most people liked chatting with humorous people because everyone enjoyed being happy.
The moment Lin Qi opened his mouth, he became the center of attention.
And he did not merely become the focus. He also took control of everyone's emotions.
He laughed for a while before abruptly stopping. The relaxed laughter in the room died away with him.
That was control over the situation. The people did not even realize that their emotions had been taken over for a brief time.
"I'll answer Ms. Judy's question, then—why am I sitting here as an economic expert?"
He kept smiling, as if he had never considered Ms. Judy's targeting him an insult. With his humor and wit, even those who had not particularly liked Lin Qi found it difficult to hate him now.
His mockery of the Upper Class and his self-deprecation satisfied certain emotional needs shared by most people. At that moment, everything was under his control.
"Someone helped me organize a series of speeches I once gave at various salons. Yes, I'm shameless enough to call them speeches. I did all the talking while everyone else listened."
"These organized manuscripts eventually became three very meaningful..." He tilted his head slightly. "Sorry, I never went to college, so I don't know whether they count as papers. Speeches might suit me better."
"These three speeches were titled 'Economic Warfare,' 'Financial War,' and 'Crisis Theory.' I'm very grateful to the experts and scholars who helped organize them. I'm also grateful that, based on those three drafts and three ways of thinking, they extended them into roughly twenty or thirty different interpretations and perspectives."
"I predicted the Great Depression and the collapse of the financial system. I pushed for the establishment of the Nagaril Joint Development