Chapter 376 It’s Chinese New Year, it’s Chinese New Year, it’s Chinese New Year
That night, Chen Chuan made an appointment with Yang Haoxuan, and together with Boss He, the three of them had a dinner party.
"Brother Chen, it's quite nice here!"
Yang Haoxuan looked around.
Boss He introduced with a smile: "Brother Yang, we are going to have a meal tonight. This hotel is Maracaibo Bay, no... it should be the top hotel in the entire America."
"Boss He, are you kidding me? Shouldn't the best hotel be on the island of Cuba? My brother-in-law said it himself, the island of Cuba is a paradise for rich people."
Zhang Hao expressed his doubts.
Chen Chuan answered helpfully: "Brother Yang, why are you not exaggerating? This hotel is indeed the best hotel in America. As for why it is located in Maracaibo Bay?
In fact, the reason is very simple. This restaurant does not just provide delicious food, it serves more as a social place. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Social?" Yang Haoxuan seemed to understand for a moment, and he tried to ask: "I still don't understand. There are so many cities in America, including ones more prosperous than Maracaibo Bay. Why did you choose here alone?"
Boss He couldn't help but remind him: "Brother Yang, what Lao Chen said so much can actually be summed up in one sentence, because the American branch of the Department of Energy is in our Maracaibo Bay. Do you understand now?
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"I see, but I remember that the Gulf of Mexico should have been developed earlier than here, and the oil production is higher than here. Why not divide the branch..."
Yang Haoxuan's face was full of doubts.
"Because it's warmer here."
Boss He answered directly.
"Warm? Is it that simple?"
"Otherwise, what do you think? Many things are actually not as complicated as we think."
Yang Haoxuan smiled bitterly and cupped his hands towards Boss He: "I've learned a lesson."
Chen Chuan quickly interrupted: "Brother Yang, don't listen to Lao He's nonsense. The Ministry of Energy must have other considerations. It's definitely not as simple as Lao He thinks."
"Old Chen, don't believe it. Xu Bin told me this personally. How can it be false?"
Boss He vowed to do so.
Xu Bin is the top leader of the Americas Division of the Department of Energy.
"When someone says something casually, do you still take it seriously?"
Chen Chuan said unconcernedly.
Boss He stopped and said sourly: "Old Chen, you have to argue with me, right? Isn't it just that you discovered a small oil field? Look at what you can do, your tail will be raised to the sky."
"Hmph..." Chen Chuan immediately snorted coldly and put on a magnanimous look: "I know you are under a lot of pressure recently, so I won't argue with you."
Seeing this, Yang Haoxuan quickly changed the subject: "Hey, Boss He, are there any signature dishes here?"
Boss He immediately showed a smile:
"Brother Yang, you have asked the right person. Speaking of the signature dishes here, I was lucky enough to taste them once. As for Lao Chen, I probably have never heard of them."
"Isn't it just lobster and egg pancakes?"
Chen Chuan said unconcernedly.
He only learned about this dish when he just ordered it.
Yang Haoxuan couldn't help but be curious: "Is there anything special about this dish?"
Just hearing the name of the dish, it doesn’t seem like a big deal.
Although lobster is very expensive, it is not a rare thing. He has eaten it several times at his brother-in-law's house.
"Brother Yang, this is a delicacy made with whole lobster meat, sevruga caviar and six eggs. Even before the Yellowstone volcano erupted, a portion would have cost tens of thousands of dollars."
"What's its current price?"
Yang Haoxuan took advantage of the situation and asked.
Boss He held out three fingers: "Three hundred thousand, mainly because caviar is too expensive. Each portion requires a full three hundred grams of caviar. Of course, lobster is not much cheaper either."
"So expensive?" Yang Haoxuan exclaimed.
The price was beyond his imagination.
Boss He shook his head: "It doesn't matter if it's expensive. The key is that reservations are often not available and we need to queue up. Speaking of which, we are lucky. I happen to have a quota."
"Boss He, who is the boss behind this restaurant? You are very courageous! How dare you openly contradict the official government, which has repeatedly ordered us to be diligent and thrifty. Is this going to turn the world upside down?"
Yang Haoxuan frowned.
Boss He pushed open the door of the private room and replied casually: "The owner of this restaurant is a big warlord from the south. The official can't control him. Besides, it's not illegal to open a restaurant, so how can we control him?"
"Big warlords? Aren't warlords all in the inland areas? How did they build breeding farms?"
"That's a good question." Boss He gave a thumbs up, and then explained in a low voice: "I also heard it from people. In fact, the real owner of this hotel is a large consortium on the island of Cuba. Only they can
Got so many precious ingredients.”
"Why don't they make it public?"
"To avoid suspicion, what other reason could there be?"
Boss He curled his lips.
After the three of them sat down, Chen Chuan casually handed the menu to Yang Haoxuan: "Brother Yang, you also know that I have made a fortune. You can order whatever you want. I will treat you tonight."
"Don't waste money, just order a few home-cooked dishes. Don't order expensive ones, they won't be worth the money."
Yang Haoxuan tried his best to evade.
Boss He grabbed the menu directly: "Brother Yang, let's not be polite to Lao He. He won't be able to eat enough for one meal."
"Boss He, you really don't need it, especially the lobster and egg pancake you just talked about. It's too expensive. If my brother-in-law knew that I spent hundreds of thousands on a meal, he would probably scold me to death."
"Where are you going?" Boss He opened the menu and pointed to the top dish: "Look at this gooseneck barnacle steamed egg. One serving costs 660,000."
"What the hell? Why is it more expensive than lobster and caviar?"
Yang Haoxuan's eyes were opened today.
"This kind of gooseneck barnacle is also called dog claw snail and sea chicken's foot. It is called seafood from hell. Its growth environment requires very high water quality, and its output is extremely rare, so it is sold so expensively.
But speaking of it, it actually tastes just like that, and it’s mainly a rare treat. If the restaurant hadn’t been out of stock during this period, I would have ordered one tonight, which would have caused Lao Chen to bleed.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Boss He showed a look of regret.
Yang Haoxuan waved his hands repeatedly: "It's really a crazy grab for money. We won't eat the goods if they are available. Let me tell you, these are proper IQ taxes. We can't fall into their trap."
"Brother Yang, why are you so polite to Old Chen? We don't eat it often, so eating it once in a while is nothing."
Boss He quickly advised.
Chen Chuan then echoed: "Brother Yang, even without you tonight, I still want to try these dishes, otherwise why would I earn so much money?"
"No, no, I really can't. If you do this, I won't dare come out with you next time."
Yang Haoxuan remained unmoved.
Although he was very moved, he didn't want to spend the other person's money. The worst he could do was ask his brother-in-law to pay for a dinner for him. His brother-in-law was much richer than the two in front of him.
After hearing this, Boss He had no choice but to give up!
In the end, the three of them ordered several "home-cooked dishes", including fish and meat, plus drinks, which cost them a total of more than 50,000 yuan.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Boss He couldn't help but inquire: "Brother Yang, is there something going on in the city? Why isn't there a welcome dinner tonight?"
"Nothing happened." Yang Haoxuan shook his head and then explained: "The Chinese New Year will be coming soon. My brother-in-law thought it was troublesome, so at his suggestion, the city moved the welcome dinner to the evening of New Year's Eve."
"So that's what happened. I thought the consul came here with bad intentions and wanted to attack Mayor Hu and others?" Boss He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why do you think so?"
Yang Haoxuan said in surprise.
"This is not groundless. In Chile, the governor took down the entire mining area's top management in one move, which really frightened many people."
Chen Chuan explained with a smile.
Yang Haoxuan wiped his mouth: "That time it was just a coincidence. Someone informed my brother-in-law of the illegal behavior of the leaders of the mining area. My brother-in-law never thought about causing trouble in the mining area."
"Well, actually it doesn't matter if the consul takes the initiative. Dean Fan has gone crazy during this period and has successively taken down the top leaders of more than a dozen state-owned enterprise giants."
Boss He was very sad.
Yang Haoxuan suddenly felt admiration: "Dean Fan is really fierce. According to his approach, it is estimated that the entire senior management of state-owned enterprises will have to change their blood."
"Dean Fan made too big a move this time, and I'm afraid there will be chaos down there." Boss He said worriedly.
Chen Chuan was full of confidence: "How could there be chaos? President Fan's wave of reforms has received widespread applause from the public, which means that people's support can be used."
"Oh, I hope it won't affect us."
"Don't worry. I just met the consul at noon. The consul personally assured me that no matter how the situation changes in the future, it will not harm our interests."
Chen Chuan tried to comfort him.
Boss He nodded and couldn't help but said with envy: "Old Chen, it's better that you have a good life. You can settle down early and no matter how the policy changes, it won't affect you."
"I forgot to tell you. I'm going to sell the oil field and play a bigger game. I will directly win the exploration rights of the three areas A7, A8 and A9 next to you."
Chen Chuan threw a shocking bomb.
"Old Chen, are you serious?" Boss He asked in surprise.
"I trust the Archon."
Chen Chuan did not explain much.
Boss He shook his head and said nothing more.
Yang Haoxuan said with excitement: "Brother Chen, you are so courageous!"
"I hope I won't regret it one day."
Chen Chuan responded with a smile.
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Time flies and it’s New Year’s Eve soon.
Zhucheng, the residence of the consul.
Yang Huaqing spent a whole afternoon, taking his sons with him to pay New Year greetings to the staff of the Consul's Mansion and at the same time send out Spring Festival benefits.
Compared with the Dragon Boat Festival, the benefits this time are much lighter, with only one canned meat.
It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with it, or that he couldn't afford it, but because Dean Fan had warned him in advance, his family had no choice but to give him face, and in the end only one can was left.
"Dong dong dong..."
"Please come in!"
Yang Huaqing pushed the door open and walked in: "Uncle Xia, aren't you finished yet?"
When Xia Congwen saw the person coming, he stood up immediately:
"Madam, why are you here? The consul just sent an urgent document and asked me to process it as soon as possible."
The four Zhang brothers immediately shouted:
"Grandpa Xia, happy New Year! We wish you good health and all the best."
"You came just in time, I prepared a red envelope for you, just give it to you."
After Xia Congwen finished speaking, he immediately took out five big red envelopes from his pocket and gave them to the four brothers one by one. The last one was handed over to Yang Huaqing.
"Madam, this is fruity."
"Okay, I'll accept it on her behalf." Yang Huaqing accepted the red envelope with a smile, and then pointed to the gifts in his sons' hands: "Uncle Xia, this is this year's Spring Festival benefit. You can take it back together later!"
The four brothers were carrying a lot of things in their hands.
There was fish, meat, and a big bucket of fresh milk.
"There are too many things, I can't accept them."
Xia Congwen refused repeatedly.
Yang Huaqing winked at his sons, and the four brothers immediately put the things in their hands on the desk and ran out of the office with a clatter.
"Don't leave!"
"Uncle Xia, your Jingyi has just become pregnant. Now is the time when she needs nutrition. These things are given to her to replenish her body. Even if you don't think about it for yourself, you have to think about it for your granddaughter, right?"
Xia Congwen let out a long sigh: "Oh, I've already collected a lot of food from your family, and there are so many this time. How can you be so embarrassed for me?"
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"That was not what I meant……"
"I understand, please don't be polite. If Lao Zhang is not here, the Consul's Mansion still has to count on you!"
Xia Congwen excused himself and quickly accepted the gift. The old woman and granddaughter at home had long been looking forward to the stars and the moon, and he could not let them down.
At around six o'clock in the evening, the New Year's Eve dinner at the Consul's Mansion started early. Zhang Chongxin and Li Dajuan were also celebrating the New Year here, as well as Yang Dengbang and his wife.
Not long after the New Year's Eve dinner started, Leslie Cheung suddenly pointed at the TV and shouted:
"Look, my dad is going to give a Spring Festival speech."
After everyone heard this, they all looked at the TV.
In the TV screen, Zhang Hao was sitting at his desk, looking slightly nervous.
After all, it was the first time and it was human nature.
"Hello everyone, the Lunar Year of the Rooster is about to pass, and the Year of the Dog is about to arrive. On the occasion of the New Year, I wish everyone in Venezuela a happy Spring Festival and a happy family!
The past year was an extremely important year in the history of the development of the Federation.
Faced with the increasingly severe survival crisis and the arduous tasks of reform, development and stability, all the people rose to the challenge and worked together in unity. With the spirit of not being afraid of fatigue or hardship and the perseverance, they wrote a new chapter in saving the nation..."
The speech was very short, only less than five minutes.
At the end of the speech, there was warm applause in the restaurant: "Bah bang bang..."
"Dad is so handsome!"
Zhang Guodong shouted excitedly.
Li Dajuan immediately nagged: "An'an, you have to study hard and strive to be a consul when you grow up, taking over from your father..."
"Old woman, don't talk nonsense. How can there be any reason for a father-son succession to be a consul?"