The three Hong Tao people arrived not too early. There were already dozens of people in the venue. They were divided into several small groups and scattered throughout the circular restaurant. They were tasting the food and wine on the table and talking in low voices.
Topics of interest to each.
Thomas led Hong Tao and Irene toward the innermost group of people. Hong Tao observed the people passing by as he walked. Among these people, most of the men were over 30 to 40 years old, and 5 to 60 years old.
There are quite a few, and the age range of the ladies is quite wide. There are young and beautiful girls, as well as old women with heavy makeup.
"Hey! Thomas, you've eaten. Please introduce your distinguished guests to us. They are very unique..." Before Hong Tao and the other three could reach the group of people, there was someone in the crowd who happened to be facing this way.
Several people discovered Thomas, then separated from the crowd and came forward. While greeting Thomas, they carefully looked at Hong Tao and Irene.
"They are all senior executives of local law firms in New York. Like us, this group of people handle trade, commercial law, and patent cases. This man with a hooked nose is called Paul, and he is one of the partners of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. They are in
China has also started business, earlier than our company, and opened an office in Beijing. The Chinese name should be Baovis." Although it is the first time for Erin to come to such an occasion, she still has some understanding of the big names in the industry.
, while keeping the smile on her face, she briefly introduced the basic attributes of this group of people to Hong Tao in Chinese.
"Oh, this can be considered a competitor." Hong Tao didn't know the names of these people at all. He didn't even know what Bovis & Associates did. He had heard of the Jeanswest brand and had worn jeans from it.
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"Everyone, this is the head of our firm's Asia department, Ms. Irene Hong. This is Mr. Hong Tao from China and Ms. Irene's husband." At this time, Thomas finally got rid of Paul's entanglement and began to talk to Hong Tao.
and Irene introduced them to this group of people, and then introduced each group of people to Irene and Hong Tao one by one.
"Beautiful lady, my name is Paul. Although we have never met, you have deeply hurt me in Beijing, so you have to dance with me in the first dance today, which is a small consolation."
When introduced to the middle-aged man with a hooked nose, he shook hands with Hong Tao politely or casually, and then focused his attention on Irene.
"I'm honored, please." Irene was very generous, letting the hooked nose hold her hand.
"Mr. Hong, you don't mind if I borrow your wife for a while." Paul did not forget the proper etiquette, and pretended to nod to Hong Tao, and then pulled Irene towards the dance floor.
"My dear, I'll be back in a moment. You can take care of yourself." Irene turned around and winked at Hong Tao. Then she followed the hooked nose.
"Mr. Hong, don't worry. Although Paul is a competitor of our company, I have to say that he is indeed a gentleman. Come on. Let's sit here. I heard from Eileen that you like smoking cigars and drinking hard liquor.
There are fine cigars and Scotch single malt whiskey here." Thomas did not abandon Hong Tao and let him fend for himself, but always stood by Hong Tao's side. No matter what he thought in his heart, to Hong Tao, he was still a good person.
Qualified host.
"Paul said that Irene hurt him in Beijing? How come I didn't know about this?" Hong Tao followed Thomas to the swivel sofa in the corner and sat down. While taking the wine glass handed by the waiter, he asked about the person just now.
What the hook-nosed Paul said.
"Hahahaha, you misunderstood. Paul likes to joke. The injury he mentioned was a business matter. Your German friend was initially targeted by Paul, but was snatched away from him by Irene.
And he didn’t even have a chance, which drove him crazy.” When Thomas mentioned this, he laughed from the bottom of his heart.
Many people were also attracted, so 7 or 8 people sat in a circle on the sofa together, listening to Thomas bragging alone.
"My German friend? Do you mean Pan or the Marx Brothers?" Hong Tao was not too clear about this matter. This was all business dealings between Irene and Pan. He just knew that Pan had made a big fortune from Europe.
A sum of funds was used to invest in real estate in China through Boss Liu's relationship, but he never asked about the specifics, and he didn't want to ask. People in Europe always use the unit of billions to calculate, so Hong Tao talked to them about this.
The topic made him feel very insignificant. He had shamelessly poached several million yuan from Pan to invest in his company and felt that he had a sense of accomplishment and didn't want to be stimulated anymore.
"Of course it's Ms. Pan. She just came to our office last month to sign some documents. We had a great time cooperating. Ms. Pan specifically mentioned you to me. Do you know what word Ms. Pan used to describe you?
"When Thomas saw that there was a large audience, he was not in a hurry to speak, and started chatting with Hong Tao about home affairs again.
"She can't say anything good about me. She is like a fully charged money printing machine. She thinks about the stocks and investments in her hands all the time. It's a pity that God gave her all his beauty. It's such a waste."
Hong Tao didn't mind saying bad things about Pan behind his back, since she couldn't hear him anyway.
"Hahahahahahaha, Ms. Pan said that you are an honest and suspicious, cunning and smart, honest and interesting man. However, I didn't see that you have so many contradictory characters. Maybe it's because we have only been in contact for a short time.
Maybe because of it." Thomas said a bunch of contradictory words, and Hong Tao doubted whether these were Pan's original words, at least she had never evaluated herself face to face.
"The most important thing is that she said that you are her patron saint and that you helped her successfully avoid this economic crisis. Not only did she not suffer any losses, she also gained a little. Many of us here have heard of this German man directly or indirectly.
The goddess of the investment world, so we are also very curious about her evaluation of you." Thomas then finished Pan's words, then leaned on the sofa like an old fox who had just stolen a chicken, holding a big pipe in his mouth and waiting with a smile.
Following Hong Tao's answer.
"Hahaha, this is probably Ms. Pan joking. I don't even know what stocks are, let alone investing. As for avoiding the economic crisis, I only helped her a little bit on the spiritual level.
All the decisions were made by herself, and I was not involved at all." Hong Tao looked at the 7 or 8 pairs of green eyes staring at him like hungry wolves around him, and finally understood why Thomas wanted to invite an unrelated person like himself.
I came to attend this very professional coterie gathering, and it was all the fault of that talkative Pan.
"Mr. Hong is as humble as all Chinese people. Well, let me tell you about Paul being bullied by Irene. Irene took back all the investment projects in China controlled by Ms. Pan from Paul."
, but our firm is seriously short of manpower in Asian affairs, especially China, so we only selected one-third of the relatively high-quality projects and took them on, and returned the rest to Paul." Thomas saw Hong Tao.
Not being able to tell the truth at all, I stopped asking about that matter and turned the topic back to Irene and Paul.
"When Paul regained these projects, he quickly discovered that many of the projects he was originally optimistic about were missing, so he knew what was going on. He actually called me in the middle of the night and talked to me on the phone.
I yelled for a full 40 minutes, saying almost all the curse words, before I could relieve my anger. Now that I think about it, I find it funny that the famous Paul, who has representative offices in several big cities in China, actually let a guy who just
A young female lawyer who had only been in the industry for a few years was so angry that she almost had a stroke, hahahahaha..." After Thomas finished saying this, not only did he laugh heartily, but also the people around him laughed too.
, it seems that this hook-nosed Paul may not be so popular here, and he is almost becoming an enemy of the people.
"Then did Paul finally take over those projects?" Hong Tao was not worried about Paul, but was afraid that Thomas would go too far and embarrass Pan. Although Hong Tao didn't know where the money Pan invested in China came from, he
Most of it is not Pan's own money, nor the Marx brothers' money, but belongs to many wealthy people in Germany and even Europe. They are only optimistic about Pan's successful escape before the financial crisis, so they let Pan be their spokesperson. These
Once there is a problem with money, it is estimated that the Marx brothers will not be able to afford the compensation even if they sell all the family property. If you want to be bold, Pan said that he is second, and no one dares to say that he is first. This is simply asking for money rather than life, and she
We’re not short of money yet, what do you mean by this picture?
"Of course he took it. No matter whether he held his nose or gritted his teeth, he had to take it. Otherwise, not only our firm would set up branches in China, but also firms in Europe or North America would take notice. When the time comes, he
Our leading position in China will be wiped out." Thomas said proudly, and the other senior executives of the firm listened with interest.
"I'm afraid you won't have the last laugh, Mr. Thomas. Those investment projects that you are not optimistic about should be no worse than those projects that you are optimistic about, especially projects related to real estate and infrastructure. In the end, their yields should be similar.
"Hong Tao really couldn't stand Thomas's irritating and ridiculous behavior, so he couldn't help but tell the truth again.
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