Not to mention Cui Hongchun, even Expo Secretary-General Brownlee was quite helpless about this scene at the exhibition. The platform he had worked so hard to build turned out to be a place for people to sell thermal spray machines. People were running around the venue.
That group of people has nothing to do with agriculture. Does this count as overshadowing others?
Of course, this thought just flashed through Brownlee's mind. He should be very happy to have such a "gaochao" appear at the expo anyway. Many of the people present at the venue today were invited by Brownlee in the past.
If you can't invite them, they will never pay attention to such an agricultural machinery exhibition.
Yes. Now, these people have come to the venue. Although they are only paying attention to a strange thing called a thermal spray machine, it does not prevent Brownlee from mentioning today's glory in various publicity in the future. Let me ask, Lian Mou
Big names like So-and-so have made a special trip to Sao Paulo to see our exhibition. Do you dare to say that we are not high-end?
The lively scene at the Chinese booth lasted from the morning until the closing of the exhibition in the afternoon. Qin Hai and his partners were so busy that they didn't even have time to eat. They could only stuff a piece of bread into their mouths while chewing it, and they had to talk to customers while chewing it.
Communicate. Anyway, everyone knows that they do this because they are busy, so it is not considered rude behavior.
After finally surviving until the crowd dispersed, and sitting on the bus back to the hotel, Qin Hai felt that he could only breathe out but not in. Two young girls, Ning Jing and Qin Shan, sat in the row of seats next to them, their eyes were fast.
It was closed, and it was very rare that there was no chatter or gossip. As for Leng Yuming, Liu Shuo and the others, they were all in the same state. They were basically exhausted to the point of collapse.
It's okay for the people on Qin Hai's side. After all, they are all busy with their own affairs, and they are happy when they are tired. The expressions of the translators borrowed from the embassy are a bit ugly. The embassy has held events like "China Day" locally in the past.
There were times when they were quite tired during such publicity activities, but the intensity of the work this time was obviously beyond their imagination. The professional quality of the diplomats was not mentioned. Even though they were dissatisfied when working, they would not do it.
Show it. Now that the work is over, everyone begins to complain.
There were two translators sitting behind Qin Hai. One of them, named Yu, deliberately muttered to his companions at a volume that Qin Hai could hear: "I always thought that we were dedicated enough in diplomatic work. Good guy, now we are
I know that comrades in China are more dedicated to their work. With this motivation, I am afraid the four modernizations will not be realized until the end of this century, right?"
"It's not just about being dedicated. Comrades in China are also very frugal. With such a high intensity of work, I don't even bring a translator because I know it will be convenient for people in our embassy to use." Another translator named Meng also followed up understandingly.
cavity.
"Xiao Yu, Xiao Meng, don't talk like that. Aren't the comrades from China also not taking a break?" An older diplomat sitting nearby quietly stopped their complaints. This person's surname was Guo
, is a second-class translator, and this time the embassy sent him to be the person in charge of these translators.
Yu translated: "Secretary Guo, is it because we didn't communicate well beforehand? If we had known that the scene was so tense, we should have asked the ambassador to send us a few more people."
"Yes, my throat feels like it's on fire at the end of the day. If it's still like this tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on anymore." Translator Meng pretended to have a hoarse voice.
"Yes, if it's still like this tomorrow, it's best to ask them to hire a few people to help... They have made money selling equipment, so they can afford to hire a few translators in Sao Paulo, right?" Other translators also followed suit.
Qin Hai pretended not to hear the comments made by the translators. When he got off the bus at the hotel, he nodded to the translators and said polite words of thanks. Of course, everyone was concerned about his behavior.
Very disdainful, most of them nodded coldly and walked away.
After dinner, Qin Hai walked around the front desk of the hotel and then knocked on Secretary Guo's door.
"Comrade Qin? What, is something wrong?" Secretary Guo opened the door. Seeing that it was Qin Hai who knocked on the door, he couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"It's a little something, I want to talk to Secretary Guo." Qin Hai smiled.
"Oh, come in and talk." Secretary Guo led Qin Hai into the room. They sat down on the sofa and said lightly. There was no sign of intimacy on his face. To be honest, he felt that these people in China were doing too much.
It's unreasonable to use someone so harshly. However, he is a small leader after all. If he has any complaints in his heart, he will only complain to his own leader instead of speaking out in front of Cui Hongchun, Qin Hai and others.
Qin Haidao: "Secretary Guo, thanks to the help of your comrades in the embassy today, otherwise we would really not be able to cope with it."
"This is what we should do, no need to be polite." Secretary Guo replied.
Qin Haidao: "We didn't consider this matter well. We didn't expect that so many merchants would come to consult at the same time. As a result, everyone was exhausted. I am very touched by everyone's professionalism. I can't thank you enough."
I said, let’s wait for Minister Cui to tell Counselor Tian. I asked Secretary Guo to come out because our unit has a little intention to give to all comrades, and I asked Secretary Guo to pass it on to you.”
Having said this, he took a large envelope with the hotel logo from his arms and placed it on the coffee table in front of Secretary Guo.
"What does this mean?" Secretary Guo was a little surprised. He pointed at the envelope and waited for Qin Hai to explain.
Qin Hai smiled and said: "If we were in China and everyone has helped us so much, we should treat everyone to a good meal and give everyone some local products to show our appreciation. But this is Brazil, we
My eyes darkened, and I didn’t know where to go to treat everyone to dinner. I just went to the front desk to ask, and found out that they sell a kind of consumer coupons that are universal in Brazil, so I bought a few and gave them to you all.
It’s equivalent to me treating you to dinner.”
"Consumption coupon!" Secretary Guo's eyes widened. Of course he knew what a consumption coupon was. It is a voucher jointly issued by many commercial enterprises. This voucher can be used for consumption in various chain commercial institutions. In other words
, this thing is equivalent to money, but giving consumer coupons is much more elegant than giving money directly.
The chain institution that issues the consumption coupons has dining establishments, so it makes sense for Qin Hai to treat everyone to a meal. The key is that when people get this kind of consumption coupons, they will definitely be reluctant to use them for a big meal. You know, there are also restaurants in the chain institutions.
Department stores, diplomats who are always frugal will definitely use it to buy various foreign goods.
"Comrade Qin, this is inappropriate. We can't accept it." Secretary Guo quickly pushed the envelope back.
"Is Secretary Guo looking down on us?" Qin Hai said seriously.
"No, we have discipline and cannot accept gifts from foreign guests privately." Secretary Guo explained with some embarrassment. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing, and he really didn't know how to refuse.
Qin Hai pretended to be pure and said: "Secretary Guo, we are not foreign guests."
"Uh... It doesn't seem possible." Secretary Guo was speechless. The embassy's discipline seemed to only restrict them from accepting gifts from foreign guests, but it did not say whether they could accept gifts from domestic people. The problem is that people from the country,
They are usually the leaders of government agencies. They all have too high an eye and would not give gifts to diplomats like them.
Qin Hai pushed the envelope forward again and said: "Secretary Guo, this is not a gift, this is just a treat for everyone. If Secretary Guo must refuse, then I will have to send someone to St. Paul to find out more tomorrow.
, what kind of restaurant is more upscale, and then book a table and invite everyone to the banquet. But, you also know, our schedule is very tight and we have a lot of work, how can we have such leisure? "
"Actually... you don't need to eat." Secretary Guo hesitated and said, "Comrade Qin, everyone is complaining and saying weird things in the car today. Don't take it to heart. As for these coupons, you... it's best to take them back and refund them.
Alright."
"The front desk of the hotel has said that once the coupons are sold, they are non-refundable. If you don't accept them, I can only give them to Rutenberg and the others. Besides, I didn't do this because of everyone's opinions. You have worked so hard.
, wouldn’t it be too heartless for us business owners to show no signs of it?” Qin Hai was eloquent and worked hard to do Secretary Guo’s job.
Secretary Guo really had no experience in this area, so he let Qin Hai talk for a while, and finally accepted the coupon half-heartedly. As soon as Qin Hai left, he quickly called the translators to his room and told Qin Hai what he had just come to do.
He stated his intention to everyone.
"This Qin Hai wants to give us consumption coupons?" Translator Yu touched his head and couldn't believe it for a long time.
"Yeah, I don't think it's appropriate, but... I can't defeat him." Secretary Guo said, "How about we all come up with an idea. If we all feel that we shouldn't accept it, I will return it to him."
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and then Translator Meng said: "I think...this is also the intention of other companies. We are determined not to accept it, and it is not suitable. Everyone has worked all day today, and you should all know that the kind of hot food they sell
A spraying machine costs 2.2 million U.S. dollars, so the profit must be 100,000 U.S. dollars, right? We have put in so much hard work, so a small reward is not an exaggeration, right?"
Yu translated: "Xiao Meng is right. Didn't Secretary Guo say that Qin Hai meant to treat us to a meal? We really felt it was inappropriate, so after returning to Brasilia, we put together these coupons.
Wouldn’t it be enough to invite everyone in the embassy to have a meal together?”
"That's the truth." Another translator also agreed, "There are six of us in total. I estimate that each person has at least 50 US dollars, which adds up to 300 US dollars, which is enough for a good meal."
"Haha, if we receive a few more delegations like this, at least we will have the money to pay for the usual dental rituals." Everyone laughed together.
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