The first thousand four hundred and fortieth chapters
Ye Fan and Hong Lai entered the private room.
At this time, three geishas were already kneeling on the mats and waiting.
The private room was decorated in an elegant cherry blossom country. Ye Fan and Hong Lai were sitting on the floor in front of a short square table with exquisite wine and dishes.
After getting permission, one geisha picked up the shamisen and played it, while the other one danced gracefully.
The remaining one knelt beside Ye Fan and Hong Lai, poured wine for them, chatted and served them.
Ye Fan chuckled and said, "Miss, how long have you been working here?"
He asked this question in standard Sakura Mandarin. The geisha was obviously taken aback, and then asked in Sakura Mandarin: "Are you also one of our compatriots?"
"No, I am from the Xia Kingdom. I just stayed in the Sakura Kingdom for a few years to study."
Ye Fan shook his head and said with a smile.
"I see."
The geisha pursed her lips and smiled, her face painted white with a strange color: "To tell you sir, I have lived in Chinatown since I was a child, and I have been working here for less than half a year."
"Is that so..." Ye Fan asked again, "Can you tell me your age?"
"Sir, don't ask about a girl's age easily!"
The geisha covered her mouth, smiled, and said softly.
Ye Fan heard some clues from her words and immediately smiled: "Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"Um?"
"Bet on how old you are."
Ye Fan touched his chin.
The geisha's face is painted thick and white, and it is difficult to tell her specific age from the surface, but she calls herself a girl, so she should be young.
"If I win, how about you accompany me home tonight to talk about life?"
Ye Fan raised his eyebrows, "Of course, if I lose, I will take you to the mall and choose a brand-name bag or clothing for you!"
The geisha was stunned and shook her head slightly: "Sir, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't promise you."
"Why?"
Ye Fan was a little surprised.
"This is my job, not my life."
The geisha shrugged her shoulders.
Ye Fanjian said that he did not force the other party, but just nodded: "Okay, I respect your decision.
Then, can we just treat us as ordinary friends and have a casual chat?"
"Of course, this is what I should do."
The geisha smiled and said, "Sir, please have a drink."
As she said that, she poured Ye Fan a glass of sake.
Ye Fan drank it all in one gulp, chatted and laughed with the geisha a few times, and then turned to look at Hong Lai.
Hong Lai's expression was very stunned.
"Why, there are flowers on my face?"
Ye Fan smiled.
"no no."
Hong Lai was amazed: "I didn't expect Mr. Ye to have such a profound knowledge of Sakura Mandarin!"
"It's a joke, I know the common languages of several countries, and Sakura Mandarin happens to be one of them."
Ye Fan was not modest, he laughed and said: "Come on, come on, drink!"
"good."
The two of them crossed paths and drank for a while.
Hong Lai saw that Ye Fan had such a good drinking capacity, and if he didn't speak out, he might not have a chance.
"Mr. Ye, you seem to have a good rapport with my cousin!"
Hong Lai didn't dare to reveal his purpose all at once, so he resorted to a roundabout strategy.
Ye Fan nodded and smiled: "Yes, Brother Hong is indeed quite good and worthy of close friendship."
"Yes, my eldest brother is a good old man!"
Hong Lai chuckled and said, "I wonder if Mr. Ye has any comments about him...?"
"how?"
Ye Fan also showed a weird smile: "Is my evaluation important?"
"To be honest, Mr. Ye, although I am related to my cousin, we are not particularly close.
You should also be able to tell that he doesn’t like to talk very much and is not good at communicating.”
"I see it."
Ye Fan nodded, pretending to be worried: "I just don't know what he's like at work."
"Actually, I can't blame my cousin. The main reason is that my cousin is too weak."
Hong Lai's words were very clever. He directly avoided Ye Fan's doubts about Hong Zhan's work ability and only turned the topic to his body.
"Yes, it is indeed a bit weak."
Ye Fan smiled and looked Hong Lai up and down: "Mr. Hong is also one of the people in charge of the cooperation between Novan and Huabang Cuisine. You must take more care of our Novan in the future!"
"Everywhere, I should do it."
Hong Lai raised his head and looked at Ye Fan.
After a few seconds, the two of them smiled knowingly.
"Come on, come on, Mr. Ye, please have a drink!"
Hong Lai filled up Ye Fan's bowl and said, "We will be a family from now on.
As the saying goes, one family does not speak two different languages. As long as we are in Chinatown, whatever request Mr. Ye has, I will definitely meet it!"
"Haha, then I'll trouble Mr. Hong!"
Ye Fan and Hong Lai clinked their glasses and drank.
After drinking a glass of wine, Ye Fan suddenly frowned and said, "By the way, what's going on with Hong Xianxian?"
"oh?
What does Mr. Ye mean by this?"
Hong Lai asked knowingly.
He had long known about Hong Xianxian's incident in Binhai, and it was said that it was quite unpleasant.
Even when Hong Xianxian came back, she proposed to cancel the cooperation with Novan.
"Hong Xianxian has been to Binhai before. I contacted her and felt that she was not suitable to be responsible for the cooperation between the two companies.
I don’t understand why Mr. Hong would send a young girl to handle a large project worth tens of billions, the risk is too great!”
Ye Fan smiled.
Hong Lai sighed, "Who made Xianxian the old man's granddaughter?
Besides, Xianxian has a high diploma and is said to be getting a doctorate soon!"
"Haha, female doctor!"
Ye Fan sneered, "No matter how high your diploma is, it's useless. I didn't even graduate from college, so why didn't I still start Novan?
Mr. Hong, do you think so?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Ye is young and promising, so he certainly doesn't need that piece of paper."
Hong Lai nodded in agreement: "It's just that in the eyes of our old men, diplomas are above all else! How can someone like me, who graduated from an ordinary community college and only did a small management job, be qualified to sit in the position of project leader!
"
Ye Fan grinned, "It's possible!"
"Yeah?"
Hong Lai was secretly happy and shook hands with Ye Fan, "Then I will hang out with Mr. Ye from now on, please take care of me!"
“Look out for each other, look out for each other.”
Ye Fan laughed.
At this time, Hong Lai's cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was his father calling.
"Mr. Ye, I'm sorry, I want to take a call."
"Mr. Hong, do it yourself."
Hong Lai apologized and walked out of the private room to talk on the phone.
Ye Fan watched him leave, lowered his head and smiled strangely.
"Hong Zhan is the puppet and Hong Xianxian is the gun. They are both tools used by Mr. Hong to control Huabang Cuisine.
And you, Hong Lai... are just like a vulture, you will thrive when you are full and you will devour your master when you are hungry! Hong Xianxian is too immature and cannot take charge of the overall situation in a short period of time, and Hong Zhan is too weak to be reused.
Mr. Hong brought our Nuo Fan in, probably because he wanted to compete with you, a vulture, and gain experience with Hong Xianxian! Tsk tsk, the old man is so careless! However, I, Ye Fan, am not a good bird, he is a vulture.
I am a bird of prey.
Old man, I want to see if you are using me or I am using you!"
If he bypassed Mr. Hong and asked for help directly, maybe Ye Fan would agree.
After all, if Huabang Cuisine is stable, Chinatown will be stable. In this way, Novin's market here will do better and better.
But if Huabang Cuisine gets into internal strife, it will definitely affect Novin's business here.
Ye Fan finally decided to accept this cooperation, either not to do it, or to do it well.
Ye Fan didn't want to see his Nuofan suffer a defeat in the overseas market because of the civil strife at Huabang Cuisine.
"Sir..." The geisha on the side poured sake for Ye Fan and asked softly: "I have finished the wine, do you want more?"
"Need not."
Ye Fan waved his hand and asked with a smile: "What's your name?"
"Sir, you can call me Nanako."
The geisha returns.
"Well, let me ask you something."
"As long as Nanako knows, she will tell the truth."
The geisha nodded.
Ye Fan crossed his arms and asked curiously: "Why is Shanmoto Kabukicho opened in Chinatown?
This should be the main neighborhood where we Xia people live, isn't your boss afraid that the Xia people here will cause trouble?"
"Sir, what you are talking about happened decades ago.
At the beginning, when our boss opened Kabukicho, there were indeed a lot of troubles. At that time, the business was very bleak and it almost closed down."
The geisha replied with a smile.
"Hey, you know all this?"
Ye Fan was stunned.
He originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect that he could actually ask something.
"Because my mother used to work here, he told me."
The geisha continued.
"Later, the boss seemed to get the support of one of his friends, who not only provided a large amount of funds, but also sent dozens of powerful warriors.
Our boss relied on these people to open up the market in Chinatown.
In addition, more and more compatriots come to work in Xiaobai Country, and the boss’s business is getting better and better, gradually reaching the scale it is today.”
"I see!"
Ye Fan suddenly understood, "Your boss is really lucky!"
"Sir, why are you asking about this?"
"I'm just curious."
Ye Fan stretched out and said, "It's getting late, I almost have to go back."
With that said, Ye Fan took out his wallet from his pocket and put a few rice dollars on the table as tips for these geishas.
"Well done, sir."
Nanako suddenly regretted not agreeing to this young man's request.
It's rare to meet a customer with such a good character nowadays. If the two of them get along, maybe he can really pull himself out of this pit of fire.
It's a pity that this guest has never been mentioned again since he refused.
Ye Fan left the private room, just as Hong Lai came back from the other side of the corridor and beat him up.
"Mr. Ye, where are you going?" "It's getting late, I have to go back."
Ye Fan smiled and said: "I have to go to bed early today, and I will take my family out to play tomorrow."
"Yes, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye rarely come to Xiaobai Country, so they should take a good look around."
Hong Lai nodded repeatedly.
"Then I won't disturb Mr. Ye tomorrow. The old man will meet with Mr. Ye the day after tomorrow to discuss cooperation. We will make another appointment after the meeting."
"no problem!"
Ye Fan and Hong Lai shook hands and walked to the front desk together, preparing to pay.
At this moment, a burst of angry shouting suddenly came from the other end of the corridor.
"I don't care what method you use, just book me a top-notch private room on the top floor! If you can't do it, let your boss Sugimoto Shu explain it to me personally!"