The negotiations after the Iron Lady entered the Great Hall took longer than expected. The two of them could only listen to the banana man on the TV talking nonsense, and Rong Zhengen wanted to smash the TV.
Jiang Hua used the remote control to turn down the TV sound, and then returned to his office to get a chess set. In fact, he took it out of his own space. It was an antique chess set made of dark wood, something he had collected more than ten years ago.
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"Let's have a fight." Jiang Hua said with a smile: "The designer was joking in the great hall and talking about defeating the enemy, while we went to war on the Chu-He-Han border."
"That's a good idea. Let's win a game. I think I was the runner-up in the chess competition when I was in elementary school."
Jiang Hua frowned: "Didn't you go to a British aristocratic elementary school? How could you hold a chess activity?"
Rong Zhengen said boldly: "It was organized by a few of us Chinese children. It was the first time in the history of that school. It was absolutely unprecedented."
After hearing a few people, Jiang Hua smiled and asked: "How many people participated in your competition?"
Rong Zhengen was feeling very proud and said without thinking: "Three people."
Jiang Hua smiled and said: "You have to be second among three people. You are firmly in the middle."
Rong Zhengen had a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, but he didn't say anything. He just picked up the chess piece and made a move.
With such childish tactics, Jiang Hua was of course jumping the gun. Zhang Hua felt that he had overestimated Rong Zhengen's chess level, but he didn't expect that he had overestimated it too little.
The battle was settled within five minutes. Jiang Hua said doubtfully, "Is it true that the three of you participating in the competition are all lousy chess pieces?"
"No, I can't remember the name of the first place player. His father is a scholar and his chess level is very high. It is said that some people at that time praised his steady chess style and that he might become a great chess player in the future."
Jianghuahua asked boredly: "What about the last one?"
Rong Zhengen said with some hesitation: "The last one is the son of Superintendent John. He has been fascinated by our culture since he was a child, so he entered the competition."
"I'm asking about his chess level."
Rong Zhengen said with embarrassment: "When the competition was held, he had just learned the rules of chess less than a month ago, and I taught him."
Jiang Hua was speechless. He was silent for a while and said: "You mean that among these three people, you are the only one who is a bad chess player, and there is also an amateur?"
"That's probably what it means."
Jiang Hua messed up the rearranged chess pieces and sighed: "Let's play backgammon. If we play chess, I can't bear to take your pieces."
Rong Zhengen didn't mind being cold and grabbed the chess piece in his hand. He felt something was wrong the moment he grabbed it.
"Your chess pieces are wrong. Why are they made of wood and so heavy?"
"Gloomy Wood."
"Holy shit." Rong Zhengen held the chess pieces in front of his eyes and looked at them with envy. "It's a good thing. Why don't you give it to me? My dad will have his birthday soon, so I'll take this as a gift."
Give it to him as a birthday gift."
Jiang Hua said angrily: "Don't even think about it. When it comes to antiques, I belong to Pixiu. Light can't get in or out."
"You look so stingy."
Rong Zhengen was not angry when he didn't get the treasured chess piece, and started playing backgammon with Jiang Hua. His level of backgammon was not bad, and he and Jiang Hua won and lost each other, but it made him addicted.
At this time, the mobile phone on the table rang. It was Rong Zhengen's mobile phone. Jiang Hua used this phone to communicate with his colleagues in the mainland.
Jiang Hua pressed the answer button and said hurriedly: "Jiang Hua, Jiang Hua."
"I'm here, Lao Zhang, just tell me."
"The Iron Lady came out and fell down while walking down the steps of the Great Hall. She even knelt down."
Rong Zhengen felt as if his brain had been hit by a large cannonball, and his mind went blank. This act of falling was more shocking than the officially released document.
"Thank you, Lao Zhang."
Jiang Hua cut off the call, handed the mobile phone to Rong Zhengen, and nodded to him: "Inform the trading team, now is the time for them to show off their skills."
Rong Zhengen came to his senses and quickly made a call: "Hey, the Iron Lady fell down at the door of the Great Hall. She knelt down."
Rong Zhengen didn't hear the answer from the other side, he only heard cheers. The people there also understood how powerful this kneeling was.
Rong Zhengen put down the phone, and at this time the TV camera also switched to the entrance of the auditorium, just in time to see the Iron Lady and her team walking out of the auditorium.
The expressions of the people from John's country were very bad, and they were still discussing something eagerly with each other. At this time, the iron lady, who had almost walked down the steps, staggered and knelt down forward.
I heard the frontline reporter keep shouting: "The Iron Lady fell down, the Iron Lady knelt down. Was she impressed by the leaders of the flower growers? Or was she impressed by five thousand years of civilization?"
As soon as the screen changed, it immediately cut back to the studio. The banana man's face was pale. Any fool knew that the Iron Lady was defeated in this round of confrontation, and defeated completely, so he was as dead as his ancestors.
Rong Zhengen was no longer interested in watching anymore. He turned off the TV and took Jiang Hua's hand: "Let's go, we have to go out and have a drink. At this moment, I can't calm down without drinking."
Jiang Hua was also very excited. In his previous life, he was born late and had never seen this historic scene. He had only watched the documentary, but he didn't have much experience.
Now, he is an experiencer of this great era, and he is in a place like Xiangjiang, at the cusp of the storm. When he saw the Iron Lady kneeling on TV, he felt mixed emotions in his heart.
Jiang Hua followed Rong Zhengen into the car. As he drove, Rong Zhengen said: "Let's go to the wine cellar last time. I have stored a lot of red wine from good vintages there."
Jiang Hua patted the center console in front of him: "Drink any red wine or bird red wine. If you want to drink, drink white wine. If you don't drink white wine, it's not enough to express your feelings. If you don't drink white wine, it's not enough to celebrate the victory."
Rong Zhengen honked the horn excitedly: "Okay, let's just drink liquor. I have a few bottles of old Fenjiu and Maotai in my house, and let my wife cook some good dishes. We two brothers will get drunk before we stop."
When the car was halfway down the road, Rong Zhengen's mobile phone rang, and Jiang Hua pressed the call button for him.
Rong Zhengen hummed twice and said, "I'm with Jiang Hua."
Then he hummed twice more: "Okay, we'll come over right now."
After saying that, Rong Zhengen turned the car around and drove in the other direction.
Jiang Hua asked with concern: "What's the matter?"
"The old man and several other respected seniors are having a drink at Manhan Tower to celebrate. Let's go over and join in the fun. The well-known seniors and up-and-coming juniors from Huashang Street will come over."
