Li Xuewu guessed that this was what Zhou Gancheng was thinking, otherwise he was holding a cigarette in his mouth and staring, why didn't he light it?
Zhou Gancheng's eyelids twitched, he narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Ha~"
Li Xuewu chuckled lightly, wiped the lighter and gave him a signal.
The other party looked at him for a few seconds, then came over to take the fire.
After Li Xuewu lit it for him, he lit his own cigarette.
The two of them just stood at the connection between the carriages and smoked in silence.
The weather in the north at the end of December is dry and cold. If it is windy, it can even make people feel nervous and desolate.
If you say that the north wind blows the white grass on the ground and the sky blows with snow in August, it is not an appropriate description. It should be more like thousands of miles of ice, and the snow is floating in the bowl.
Looking out from the window of the carriage, the sunlight is dim, the white ground is darting across, and the hills are undulating, really like a silver snake dancing on a mountain, or a wax figure riding in the wild.
Zhou Gancheng held a cigarette in his hand and squinted his eyes to look at the young man looking at the snowy scene outside the window for a long time before asking: "Is the child okay?"
"Huh? Oh~"
Li Xuewu looked away from the window, looked back at Zhou Gancheng beside him, smiled slightly, and said: "It's good, it's a special deal."
After saying that, he turned around, stood sideways against the wall, raised his hand and took a puff of cigarette, and said with a smile: "When I came out in the morning, I dug a flower pot and complained to me that it was a goldfish that broke it."
"Hmm~"
Zhou Gancheng also smiled slightly, looked at Li Xuewu and nodded, saying: "You are lucky."
"Do you still believe this?"
After flicking the ashes from his cigarette, Li Xuewu blew out the smoke and said, "I believe that self-cultivation will bring you blessings."
"That's right~"
Zhou Gancheng lowered his head, blew out a puff of smoke, and said, "You are better than I thought."
"No need to be so polite, right?"
Li Xuewu looked at him with a smile and said, "We are friends, right?"
"Haha~"
Zhou Gancheng chuckled and glanced sideways inside the carriage, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Is your factory undertaking such a big project?"
"Is it your claim?"
He raised his eyebrows slightly and said suspiciously: "Or...is there any special channel?"
"What channel? I don't quite understand what you mean."
Li Xuewu frowned slightly, then asked with a smile: "You haven't heard about the Yangcheng Fair?"
"Hmm? Where did the old man get in touch?"
Zhou Gancheng obviously knew about this, but he just didn't know what was going on at the steel rolling mill.
At this moment, he turned his head and glanced inside the carriage again, then pursed his lips and said, "You're quite capable."
"The leaders have great ideals, and the workers have great ambitions, but there is nothing we can do~"
Li Xuewu spread his hands helplessly, pursed his lips, and said: "The most tiring ones are those of us who work."
"Are you kidding me?"
Zhou Gancheng looked Li Xuewu up and down and said suspiciously: "Excessive modesty is just showing off."
As he spoke, he shook his head slightly and joked: "Young man, please be humble."
"I understand, let's learn more from our old comrades"
Li Xuewu replied with a smile, raised his hand to motion to the carriage behind him, turned his head slightly and asked: "Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have any arrangements?"
"It's up to you."
Zhou Gancheng's eyes never left the carriage. He took a puff of cigarette, turned his eyes and glanced at Li Xuewu, saying: "You don't need me to remind you about security and confidentiality, right?"
"No problem with security, keeping it secret..."
Li Xuewu looked at him funny and asked: "Do you think it is necessary to keep our shipbuilding and production technology secret from the outside world?"
After speaking, he raised his hand and tapped the window glass, gesturing at the dilapidated countryside passing by outside the window. He turned back to him and said, "I think your confidentiality is about to be challenged."
"That's what you did too!"
Zhou Gancheng glanced out of the window, then raised his hand and nodded to a foreign affairs officer standing at the door of the carriage, signaling to close the curtains.
The foreign affairs officer nodded slightly to express his understanding, then walked into the carriage and checked whether the curtains on the windows were closed.
Although this carriage has soft seats, the comfort level of the seats is not very good.
Fortunately, there are many people accompanying us, and every representative of the Italian business team is accompanied by someone.
The car windows are always closed with white gauze curtains, and the black earth covered with snow outside is looming and blurry on the gauze windows.
You can't even look at it, let alone take pictures. All business team members are not allowed to take pictures or visit at will. The rules have been explained in advance.
Li Xuewu's reminder also meant to remind and ridicule, leaving Zhou Gancheng helpless and helpless.
"Tell me about your factory's plans."
Zhou Gancheng threw the clean cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out with his foot. He pointed inside the carriage and said to Li Xuewu: "I asked, and they all said you are the person in charge of foreign trade."
"Who is so arrogant?"
Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Zhou Gancheng and said, "You know a lot."
“I’m getting older and I’m a little more curious.”
Zhou Gancheng raised his neck indifferently in the face of Li Xuewu's inquiry and said casually: "I just want to hear how you tricked an old foreign man into delivering orders and equipment to you."
"Hey! Comrade Zhou!"
Li Xuewu raised his hand and nodded at the other party, then threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and said: "I regret your wording!"
"oh?"
Hearing Li Xuewu talking to him in diplomatic terms, Zhou Gancheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Deception is a bit..."
"How can you say that?!"
Before Zhou Gancheng could finish speaking, Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean by an old man? That Mr. Andrew is only in his forties."
"..."
Zhou Gancheng's mouth twitched and he looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly.
He cares about whether the other party is an old man!
He asked if there was any problem here!
You just listened to what I said, old man, and you didn’t mention the matter of tricking others into delivering orders and equipment, right?
Fortunately, we were on a train and there were railroad tracks blocking it. Otherwise, you would have thrown me eight hundred meters away by changing the subject in such a sharp turn!
"so what?"
Zhou Gancheng stared into Li Xuewu's eyes and said, "Your factory spends a lot of time introducing yacht manufacturing technology just for such a small order?"
"Or?"
He pursed his lips, lifted up his belt, looked at Li Xuewu with squinted eyes and asked, "In your factory, which one of your factory leaders has other plans or intentions?"
"After all, you are a cadre in the ministry. You have a high vision."
Li Xuewu gave him a funny look and said: "In your eyes, do you use the word "a little bit" to describe a manufacturing project with an annual order volume of more than 100 high-end cruise ships?"
"Stop talking nonsense, what I say is not relative to me, but relative to you!"
Zhou Gancheng stared slightly, pointed at Li Xuewu with his finger, and asked seriously: "What on earth are you going to do?!"
"You know better than me what you are thinking and why I am here."
“Of course it’s development, of course it’s progress”
Li Xuewu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looked at Zhou Gancheng without fear and said, "You don't think we have any international friendship with that foreign businessman from Italy that goes beyond the rules, do you?"
"First of all, Italy is not within the scope of the Third World, and secondly, the scope of our cooperation does not involve any political factors."
"If enterprises want to develop, technology must advance."
Li Xuewu explained very seriously: "What you see is that we go to great lengths to help each other build boats, the kind of cruise ships that are extravagant and used for luxury enjoyment."
"What you don't see is that we are working hard to learn the application of new material technology and the expansion of new mechanical technology, and you don't see that we are accumulating development strength."
"Director Zhou, what is the basis of your suspicion?"
He looked at the other person's expression and asked bluntly: "Isn't it just because the other person is a foreigner?"
Zhou Gancheng stared into Li Xuewu's eyes without saying a word. He just kept looking at him, and the air between the two suddenly solidified.
The train shook slightly, and the carriages passed through a switch one after another. Zhou Gancheng slowly said: "I don't care whether you want development or progress, I want to know whether the problems behind this will affect my progress."
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After saying that, he slightly narrowed his left eye, took a step forward, approached Li Xuewu and said softly: "Don't you know that all foreign-related activities will be flagged for investigation?"
"Department of Secrecy?"
Li Xuewu turned his eyes, looked at Zhou Gancheng firmly and said: "I don't think I have any problems that need to be investigated by the Secrecy Department."
"It's you, I want to know what you are worried about!"
"..."
Zhou Gancheng pursed his lips and did not answer his question. Instead, he looked at him with worried eyes, raised his right hand and pressed it on Li Xuewu's right shoulder.
He took two steps towards the corner of the passage, looked at the inside of the carriage, and said softly: "The most rigid will be broken, the most wise will be injured, the strong will be humiliated, and a humble gentleman will be humble."
"oh?"
Li Xuewu showed a sarcastic smile, stood at the corner of the aisle, looked out the window and said, "Someone is teaching me how to do things."
"I quite admire them. I'm afraid they have done too many shady things and are used to being like mice. They have to beat around the bush to find you here when they talk to me."
"Don't be impulsive"
Zhou Gancheng sighed slightly, then patted Li Xuewu on the shoulder and said, "I'm doing this for your own good, and it's not worth being so angry."
"hehe"
Li Xuewu turned his head and looked at the other person, raising his eyebrows slightly and asked: "Do you think I am the humble gentleman you said?"
"Or!?"
He narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a bad smile: "I look as gentle as jade and a humble gentleman, so you think I'm kind, right?"
No longer looking at Zhou Gancheng's slightly astonished expression, Li Xuewu slightly raised his right shoulder, moved the other person's hand away, walked around him and walked towards the carriage.
"Can you please give me a message? Tell that person. If you have the guts, just let him come over. I promise to let him take action first."
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Inside the carriage, the atmosphere is as warm as spring, but much warmer than the joint between the carriages.
As soon as Li Xuewu walked in, several people greeted him and invited him to sit down and chat for a while.
He was standing in the corridor, politely responding to greetings with a warm face, and occasionally joking with the guests on his seat.
Seeing how well-rounded he was, both Zhou Gancheng, who was standing in the corridor with a thoughtful expression on one end of the carriage, and the leaders at the other end of the carriage, who were chatting enthusiastically, were all paying attention to his movements.
Some people are born with a collar/sleeve temperament and will attract attention wherever they go.
Just now Li Xuewu was saying that he was as gentle as jade and a humble gentleman, which was quite pleasant to hear.
But now you see him fluently exchanging several languages, advancing and retreating well-founded, and chatting and laughing with everyone in the spring breeze. Even a gentleman can't do more than that.
A person's temperament will not completely cover up the shortcomings in his appearance, but it will make up for the advantages in his personality charm and make him shine even more dazzlingly.
"He can really speak"
Luo Yun pouted his lips, smiled and whispered to Zhou Xiaobai beside him.
Zhou Xiaobai smiled sweetly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and pushed Luo Yun, who was leaning over, to remind her to pay attention to the occasion.
Her eyes couldn't help but glance at the girl sitting opposite. She was dressed in a fashionable style and had a good temperament, which she couldn't ignore.
But Luo Yun didn't care about this. Even though the person sitting opposite her looked at the two of them from time to time, her eyes were still boldly observing the situation in the car, especially curious about the foreigners.
"You're not from a steel rolling mill, are you?"
I saw the girl opposite put down the white porcelain tea cup in her hand, smiled at them, and asked: "Are you a friend of Deputy Director Li?"
Luo Yun withdrew his gaze and looked the other person up and down. Regardless of Zhou Xiaobai's sweating hand holding hers, he asked straightforwardly: "Are you a police officer or a flight attendant?"
"Haha~"
The person opposite also had a good temper, and seemed unwilling to get to know these two little girls, or maybe she was afraid of the Deputy Director Li she just mentioned.
At this moment, seeing Luo Yun's tit-for-tat ridicule, he just smiled softly, pursed his lips and said, "What a lively little girl."
"Thank you, you are quite lively too"
Luo Yun felt Zhou Xiaobai's reminder to keep her hands down and not cause trouble, but she was used to her character of not taking advantage of others.
In the courtyard or outside, if the little girl was not happy, she would have been bullied at home. She was the one who took the initiative to protect Zhou Xiaobai on weekdays.
"I'm not hostile, I'm just curious."
The other party smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and introduced himself: "My name is Zhou Miaomiao. I am from the Arts and Publicity Team of the Publicity Section of the Steel Rolling Mill. I work in the dance troupe."
"Oh~~~"
Luo Yun glanced at her, pulled Zhou Xiaobai who was about to shake hands, looked at the other person, and said casually: "You look quite artistic."
"Thanks"
Zhou Miaomiao could see that the two were on guard against him, which might have something to do with him mentioning Deputy Director Li.
At this moment, he didn't care about the other party's wariness about not wanting to shake hands. He smiled and put down his arms and said, "Deputy Director Li and I also know each other. I just saw Secretary Peng taking you to the car, so I asked you this."
"Oh, yes"
Luo Yun nodded and said casually: "We are Secretary Peng's cousin, let's take a ride to Jinmen."
"Hehehe"
Zhou Miaomiao was amused by her words. She pursed her lips and looked at Luo Yun, her eyes full of teasing for the little girl.
Luo Yun also noticed the flaw in her words at this moment, but she didn't intend to explain it, so she just hesitated, ignored the other party's laughter, and continued to look at the foreigner.
These days, crooked nuts are even rarer than monkeys and elephants in zoos, and opportunities to watch them at such a close range are rare.
Peng Xiaoli, who had just brought them into the car, introduced that these were all Italians.
Luo Yun looked at them very curiously and murmured softly to Zhou Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, you don't look like a wimp!"
"Stop talking~"
Zhou Xiaobai glanced at Zhou Miaomiao who was opposite him cautiously, and lightly scolded Luo Yun to stop her from talking anymore.
The funny stories about Italy on the battlefield were all jokes she heard from her father and secretly told them to Luo Yun at the station.
Luo Yun's evaluation of these Italians he had never met was that they were nothing but cowards.
At this moment, Zhou Xiaobai reminded her that she also knew to pay attention to the international impact and could not let the other party listen to her words.
Let’s not talk about those foreigners, so we can only talk about Li Xuewu.
She covered her hands and leaned into Zhou Xiaobai's ear and whispered: "Why can Brother Wu speak foreign languages?"
"have no idea"
Zhou Xiaobai glanced at Li Xuewu, who was chatting and laughing with the foreigners, his eyes full of admiration and admiration.
Not only do I admire his greatness, but I also admire his confidence and versatility.
"Deputy Director Li is well-known in our factory for his talent and ups and downs."
It was as if he heard their whispers, or read something from their somewhat unscrupulous eyes that were slightly concealed.
Zhou Miaomiao said with a smile: "Director Li praised him as a banner figure for the young people in the factory who can bring order to the world with his writing skills and with his military skills to change the world."
Zhou Xiaobai laughed as proudly as he heard the other party's compliment.
Luo Yun, on the other hand, stared at her cautiously and asked, "Does the dance troupe have many opportunities to contact the leaders of your factory?"
“Not a lot”
Zhou Miaomiao glanced at her and explained with a smile: "The leaders are very busy, and it is rare to meet them. We all in the factory know this."
After speaking, she glanced at Zhou Xiaobai, who was blushing slightly, and asked, "Didn't Deputy Director Li tell you this?"
"without……"
Zhou Xiaobai hesitated and said: "He never praises himself, he always makes fun of himself."
"Yes, that's it"
Seeing her answer, Zhou Miaomiao nodded in approval and said: "Deputy Director Li's greatest advantage is his humility. He praises others more often and rarely talks about himself."
While talking, he tentatively asked Zhou Xiaobai: "Deputy Director Li is not so serious in life, right?"
"No……"
As soon as Zhou Xiaobai started speaking, she was pulled by Luo Yun. When she turned her head and looked to her side, Luo Yun was giving her his eyes.
Her expression was slightly stunned, then she pursed her lips and lowered her head, not daring to say anything else.
At this time, Zhou Miaomiao also saw some clues. He picked up the tea cup and glanced at the other side, but did not take the initiative to talk again.
Then I saw two little girls talking quietly along the way, and their eyes looked over from time to time, as if they were guarding against her.
Zhou Miaomiao simply took out a red book from her bag and read it, her eyes focused and her enthusiasm for learning quite serious.
Luo Yun glanced at it, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and whispered into Zhou Xiaobai's ear: "I dare to bet you that this bitch is definitely not a good person!"
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A Willys opened the way, followed by three Magic cars, and finally a Jingcheng CA10 bus followed.
After the business negotiation team came out of Jinmen Railway Station, they were arranged by the foreign affairs department and went directly to the motorcade waiting below the platform.
The five vehicles drove directly along the street to the trade management center of the steel rolling mill in Jinmen under the command of the lead vehicle in order.
The last time he came to Tianjin, Li Xuewu and Li Huaide selected the office address of the Trade Management Center.
The buildings and courtyards that originally belonged to the bank were enough for these people to stay.
The main office building alone has three floors, not to mention the auxiliary building in the backyard and the dormitory building.
Li Xuewu is the leader in charge of the Tianjin Trade Management Center, and the person in charge is Zhuang Cangshu, who is in charge of joint trade at the Economic and Trade Office.
The first car was occupied by the factory's security officer and fleet dispatcher.
Sitting in the second car were Li Huaide, Li Xuewu and Zhuang Cangshu.
Sitting in the third car were Andrew and his accompanying secretary and technical advisor.
Sitting in the fourth car were Liu Shaozong, Gao Yaqin and Zhou Gancheng with a solemn face.
Zhuang Cangshu arranged for the rest of the people to take the minibus at the back. There were other vehicles accompanying them, but they were not among the convoy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This arrangement naturally makes sense. In the Mainland, you may eat the wrong meal, but you will never sit in the wrong seat.
I'll take a few words to explain the rationale, don't think I'm verbose.
The host is the host and the guest is the guest.
As a guest, the guest does as the host does.
The way to treat guests is to do whatever they want.
According to the distinction between inside and outside, today the steel rolling mill is the host, and the other two parties are the guests. Therefore, the car of the leader of the steel rolling mill is in front, and the cars of the other two parties are behind.
According to etiquette, Mainland China is the host and Andrew is the guest today, so Andrew's car is in front, and Zhou Gancheng and others' cars are behind.
There is a lot of knowledge in this, whether you are in the mainland or abroad, even those so-called particularly open countries also pay attention to this.
Of course, depending on the actual situation, the order that needs to be arranged is also different. This is an unspoken rule, and it needs to be handled accordingly.
In the second car, Li Xuewu and Li Huaide were sitting in the back, while Zhuang Cangshu twisted his body and sat in the passenger seat to give the two people a work report.
“The offices of Yishang’s technical and management teams are located on the third floor near the back building.”
"Accommodation and living are arranged on the third floor of the dormitory building. The living area and work area have special partitions and dedicated management."
Zhuang Cangshu looked at the expressions of Li Huaide and Li Xuewu cautiously, fearing that there would be loopholes in his arrangements and that he would be criticized by his leaders.
Li Xuewu didn't mean to criticize him. He looked out the window and compared the difference with the last time he came to Tianjin.
The streets are still clean and bright, with neither too many nor too few cars. There are still a few tall buildings, while the rest are low-rise buildings and bungalows.
Pedestrians along the way either stopped to watch the convoy, or frowned and took another route, with different attitudes.
Li Huaide's eyes were slightly closed, and he didn't know if he was listening or if he had fallen asleep.
Zhuang Cangshu did not see the leader's opinions and did not dare to stop reporting. He only talked about the arrangement of the venue and the arrangements for the operation.
"The cafeteria has prepared a banquet. It is a banquet specially prepared by the Western chef. It mainly focuses on seafood..."
"passed"
Li Xuewu looked out the window and said softly.
Zhuang Cangshu's brows twitched slightly, and he said nervously: "Then I will notify the logistics as soon as I arrive to make rectifications, reduce the use and consumption of ingredients, and strive for..."
"I mean the Trade Management Center passed."
Li Xuewu turned his head and glanced at him, pointing to the building not far outside the window as if he was looking at a fool.
"Ah? Ah!"
Zhuang Cangshu was stunned by Li Xuewu's words, then smiled awkwardly and explained: "The road in front of our door is being renovated and we have to go around a corner."
"Haha~"
Li Huaide listened to the conversation between the two and chuckled. He glanced at Zhuang Cangshu, who had just been frightened by Li Xuewu's tone and turned pale. Then he looked at Li Xuewu again, patted his knee gently and said:
"Relax. If you have anything to do, take it easy when you get back. Get rid of this matter first."
"I know the leader"
Li Xuewu agreed first, then nodded to Zhuang Cangshu and said, "You continue."
"Forehead……"
Zhuang Cangshu opened his mouth in embarrassment, and then said: "There are also arrangements for the evening. I contacted the seafood company guest house, they can..."
“Don’t mess around at night”
Li Huaide suddenly interrupted his report, the smile disappeared from his face, and he pointed at him and said: "Follow the rules, be cautious, don't make surprises, don't make mistakes."
"yes"
Zhuang Cangshu looked at Director Li, but from the corner of his eye, he noticed that Deputy Director Li's attitude had become colder, and he knew that his arrangement was unnecessary.
"Don't be nervous, let alone panic."
Li Huaide sat back in his seat, watching the convoy enter the street where the Trade Management Center was located, and said: "Foreign affairs reception should be carried out step by step, and you can do whatever is arranged by the Foreign Affairs Office."
After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at the back of the car, and then asked Li Xuewu: "Are you going to stay at home tonight?"
After asking this question, without waiting for Li Xuewu to answer, he said directly: "Let's get together after dinner."
Li Xuewu just nodded without answering. After the motorcade entered the trade management center compound and stopped in order, he got out of the car first and went to the back to greet Andrew.
Sha Qizhi, director of the Foreign Affairs Office, held a notebook in his hand and waved to the reception staff with a serious face.
A security guard had already rushed over to help the convoy open the door, and at the same time guided the entourage who got off the minibus to the reception room to rest.
The leaders in the three cars in front were accompanied by Li Xuewu, and together with Li Huaide, they greeted everyone to visit the building of the Trade Management Center.
Andrew walked beside Li Huaide with his accompanying secretary. On the other side, Li Xuewu was introducing something to him.
A teacher from Huaqing University in the factory acted as a temporary translator and walked on the other side of Li Huaide to serve him.
Liu Shaozong from the Ministry of Industry, Gao Yaqin from the Foreign Economic and Trade Department, and Zhou Gancheng from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs walked in the second row and entered the building together with the others.
Just when the motorcade turned into the street, they were shocked by the solemn and heavy building in front of them.
When I walked inside the building, I looked at the high ceilings and crystal chandeliers, and my eyes widened in surprise at the large area of stone and solid wood decoration.
They didn't know much about the history of the steel rolling mill. They really didn't know that the steel rolling mill was so powerful and could have such a large and luxurious office outside the factory.
Li Huaide enjoyed the surprised looks from Andrew and others, and tried hard to lower the corners of his mouth, not letting his pride destroy his aura.
Zhuang Cangshu walked at the front, leaning sideways to introduce the general situation of the trade center and the functions of each region.
Andrew pointed at the European-style reliefs on the wall and commented from time to time, while Li Xuewu softly explained this history in French.
Li Huaide didn't speak easily because he was afraid he couldn't help but laugh out loud. Only when Li Xuewu reminded him of something he could show off, would he reserve a few simple words and laugh.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, Andrew would utter an admiration and a compliment, causing everyone behind him to chuckle in agreement after listening to the translator.
When Zhuang Cangshu led everyone up the luxurious marble staircase to the third floor and introduced him to the office area that had long been designated for Geely Star Shipping Company, Andrew expressed surprise and thanks.
Andrew's family shipyard is called Geely Shipyard, a very rustic but precious name.
Anyone who sails on the sea wants their trip to go smoothly, and no one wants to encounter pirates when they go out.
Therefore, the Geely brand is not only liked by Chinese people, but also by foreigners.
Andrew wanted to develop yacht sales business in Asia. He was careful not to use the family brand directly, but chose to establish a sub-brand specifically for Asia, Geely Star.
That means that once the brand is ready, the family shipyard will take the initiative to stand up and say that this is its own son, reaping a wave of benefits and bundling a wave of reputation.
If Geely Star's business is poor, its reputation is bad, and its quality is worrying, then it will choose to ignore it and pretend not to know. Even if someone mentions it, they will only say that this is their godson and it has nothing to do with it.
From this, it can be seen that Andrew is experienced in business operations and has little confidence in the domestic yacht production project.
He was so embarrassed and picky when he was in the capital. Even after communicating with Li Xuewu many times, he was still a little worried about the shipyard in Yingcheng.
Why did he have to drag everyone to Yingcheng, and even take the initiative to apply and invite people from the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation? Just to put pressure on the steel rolling mill and give him confidence.
When he saw the office area and living equipment and facilities prepared for them by the steel rolling mill, his worry instantly eased a lot.
Watching people order food is something that is common in China, but also in foreign countries.
Don’t forget that Lin has seen too much and feels that foreigners don’t pay attention to ostentation. Otherwise, how do you think the nobility of Rolls-Royce is reflected?
The fleet of business negotiation vehicles and office ostentation are absolutely indispensable. Bosses of large companies don’t take buses or subways to negotiate. You think you’re selling insurance!
Don't be deceived by those so-called public intellectuals. What he writes about is happening abroad. In fact, he may not have even been out of the county town, and he is just making up random things to earn a few dollars in royalties.
What about strictly obeying traffic lights, why the streets are cleaner than your face, what about not leaving a piece of paper after the concert, what about being determined not to take bribes, etc. If you believe him, you are the big fool of this century!
Later, this trend of comparison appeared in the mainland, and it was all brought in by these foreigners.
On the balcony on the third floor of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Trade Management Center facing the Haihe River, Andrew pointed out with great interest what the large yacht docked at the shipping dock not far outside the window was saying.
Li Huaide's face no longer had the proud look just now, and he looked deeply at the luxury yacht.
After listening to the interpreter describing Andrew's show off, he turned his head and looked at Li Xuewu expectantly.
Li Xuewu also looked at him with emotion, and instantly understood the meaning in Li Huaide's eyes: Dad! I want it too!
He knew Li Huaide's character very well. He was a guy who loved great achievements. He could only pretend to be in front of others, and he would never allow himself to become the background wall of others.
Li Xuewu saw that yacht and found it to be really beautiful. It was not like the fashionable and avant-garde cruise ships of later generations. It was a unique feature of this era.
Let’s not talk about anything else. This is a nearly forty-meter-long hull. You know it’s expensive without asking.
Yachts are not fishing boats. The increase in value per meter of a fishing boat can never keep up with the increase in meter length of a yacht.
Andrew stood on the edge of the balcony, pointed at the white yacht and introduced it to everyone: "This is a birthday gift I got five years ago. It is a high-speed boat that my father personally designed and supervised the construction."
"The hull length is 115.8 feet, the width is 21.9 feet, and the waterline is 6.7 feet. It can easily accommodate eight people to live on it for a long time..."
Li Huaide listened to the translator's introduction and his eyes drifted to Li Xuewu again.
The meaning seems to be: Look! Other people’s fathers will give yachts as birthday gifts, and my birthday is coming soon too!
How about I draw you a yacht?!
Apart from turning his head and looking out the window, Li Xuewu pretended not to see Lao Li's eyes. What else could he do?
I can't do it!
We can't let him go up and cover Andrew's broken mouth to stop him from showing off!
Do you still think that he will really fulfill Li Huaide's wish and contact Yingcheng Shipyard to actually build such a yacht for him?!
Are you crazy?!
Are yachts so expensive?
Could it be that Yingcheng Shipyard couldn’t build it?
Of course not. The construction cost is high, but the maintenance cost is huge!
The only thing you need to remember about this thing is that you can only go out to the sea when you have time and the weather is nice, and the weather is nice and sunny.
In addition to taking your yacht baby out for a couple of rides and firing a couple of guns, you spend the rest of the year docked at the port, making no money and just throwing money in.
The important thing is that Andrew's yacht is very new, it was built and delivered in 1961.
But if you wait and see in three to five years, this thing is basically a refurbished ship. Except for the hull, which is still usable, other equipment has to be dismantled and reinstalled.
No one likes outdated things. Retro is about temperament, not appearance, including the elderly.
Otherwise, why do you think the yacht babies are all young and beautiful, but you don’t see an old man in his sixties or seventies ordering a group of aunts of the same age to come and play with them.
That's not a yacht baby, that's a yacht insurance!
Even now Andrew uses it as a means of business and office transportation. You really think he loves his father, so he cherishes this yacht.
His father is a billionaire, and there is nothing wrong with him loving his father, but it has nothing to do with loving yachts.
The successor trained by this kind of family really squats on the yacht and sleeps with his arms around the boat every day, while his father has to jump on his feet and curse.
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It's just that the equipment and facilities above are extremely luxurious to satisfy passengers' comfortable riding experience.
It opens several times a year and lasts for eight years. I'm afraid only people with too much money to spend will buy it.
Given Lao Li's greedy and fearful nature, even if such a boat was built for him, he would not dare to go out to sea on this thing except to take a look at it on the pier!
Who dares to build one for Li Huaide? He dares to take the gun in his hand and send him to the West.
Pretending is appropriate and should be done in moderation. Don't turn around and suffer behind the scenes for the sake of being dignified in front of others.
After showing off to Li Huaide and others, Andrew said to Li Xuewu: "Mr. Li, we will take this yacht to Yingcheng tomorrow morning."
"good"
Li Xuewu smiled slightly, turned to Zhuang Cangshu and said: "Contact the crew, if you need anything, try to help."
"Okay, leader"
Zhuang Cangshu glanced out the window enviously, and took the initiative to find Andrew's accompanying secretary to meet him.
Li Xuewu didn't want Andrew to continue to show off. He raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "How about we go see the staff rest area?"
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The dinner at the Trade Management Center was quite good. Zhuang Cangshu was afraid that Li Xuewu would have objections, so in addition to the seafood feast from the Western chef, a Chinese chef was also temporarily arranged.
The categories of Western food were reduced and Chinese dishes were added, so that the meal combined Chinese and Western food. The attitude on the leader's face softened a little.
This means that in Jinmen, he can still find a Western chef. If he were in the capital, he might not be able to invite him with an eight-carat sedan chair.
Who dares to say that he can cook Western food? He would rather say that he is not a cook and just eat and drink casually than dare to say that he is a Western cook.
Li Xuewu sat at the head table and did not get angry at Andrew's showing off in the afternoon and drink from them. Today's occasion was not the time for a drinking contest.
Everyone eats well, drinks well, and speaks well is truly good.
The culture of the wine table has never been unique to China. Judging from Andrew's social performance, this old man often discusses business at the wine table.
Li Xuewu took the time to glance at Zhou Xiaobai and the others. When it came to eating and drinking together, it had to be these two young men.
We really caught the opportunity. The two little guys at the corner table were like squirrels, but they were making great efforts to enjoy the seafood feast.
The banquet didn't last long. There was still a lot of talk at the main table. Everyone chatted while eating. They didn't mention work anymore, but talked about life.
In particular, Andrew took the initiative to talk about the life concepts and cultural differences at home and abroad, and talked about some of his likes and opinions on domestic life customs.
How else can you say that this old man knows how to communicate at business banquets? If you don't talk about work and life, are you really talking about their family life?
Of course not, it is about discussing each other’s attitudes toward each other’s survival and business environment from a personal perspective, seeking the other’s impression of you, and adapting to the values that both parties agree with.
You wouldn’t really think that the bosses at a business banquet of this level would only discuss topics like where your children go to kindergarten, what’s going on with my wife, how old is my son, and peeing and playing with the kids next door.
Bar?!
Stop making trouble!
Do you think this is a class reunion? Even a class reunion wouldn't talk about this. Who doesn't mean to get a room after dinner...um...that kind of thing!