The moment the door is pushed open, the aroma of food and wine, the heat, and even the psychological joy rush into your face.
The singing and laughter inside suddenly stopped.
A group of miners sitting together, as well as a few people in simple clothes, all looked at Rory and Lynn at the door.
"It's very leisurely. I'm so anxious to come here to seize the opportunity, but I have time to hold a banquet at night." Rory walked in and said in a strange tone.
"It's not a big advantage. After all, this place was discovered by our Paramount Company. It shouldn't be a problem to come anytime." A young man sitting cross-legged in the middle of the carpet with slightly red cheeks and a glass of wine said with a smile.
Although he was replying to Luo Li, there was no hostility in his tone. He looked generous and informal, and he was a person who was easy to get close to.
What surprised Linn the most was that this young man's corruption value was only [-160].
And the mine owner Carmine he saw before leaving today had a corruption value as high as [280].
Within one day, the upper and lower limits of the corruption value were refreshed.
"Winston, why are you dressed so inconspicuously?" Rory raised his chin at the young man and looked down condescendingly.
"I'm not here to enjoy the pleasure, so why should I dress as luxuriously as you?" Winston, who was dressed in simple clothes and had darker skin, replied.
"Aren't you enjoying yourself? You have wine and meat, and you are singing songs." Rory joked.
Winston raised his index finger and showed a pure and sincere smile: "After a busy day, everyone should relax. You are just in time, sit down and play together."
The miners close to Rory moved to the side to make room for Rory and Linn.
"Don't you ask me why I came here? How many people did I bring here?" Rory wanted to sit down pretending to be calm, but he couldn't help but ask.
"You must have brought a whole fleet of vehicles to build houses and transport machines... You don't need to think too much about it." Winston personally poured a glass of wine for Rory and Lynn who were sitting down, "First of all
May I introduce you to them?"
"This is my attendant, named Linn." Rory took the wine and briefly introduced each other, "This is Winston from Paramount Company, who is responsible for presiding over all matters related to the new mine."
"Nice to meet you." Winston and Linn had a drink, and then introduced the other people present, "I would also like to introduce you to our employees of Paramount Company. This is..."
Hearing that Winston had finished introducing several important subordinates and had not finished introducing the names of the miners, Rory interrupted unhappily: "Okay, I don't need to know the names of the miners. After all, except today
, I’m afraid they won’t be qualified to be in the same room with me in the future.”
Lin En felt that the atmosphere in the room was sinking a bit.
This is also normal.
Sitting with everyone but rudely stating that you disdain to deal with these people is an act without emotional intelligence.
To put it nicely, it highlights one's own status; to put it badly, it means that it distances oneself from others for no reason.
Lin En wanted to smooth things over and avoid making the atmosphere too awkward.
But Winston took the initiative and said: "Then just forget about his identity. Anyway, he is not qualified to meet you again. Come on, have a drink."
"Master Winston, why don't we stay here today? Let's go out first without delaying your discussion..." A miner felt uncomfortable and suggested.
"You are treating Rory like an outsider when you say that. There is nothing to hide between us." Winston drank the glass of wine in one gulp. "Rory, don't hold it like that, either.
Since this is a relaxing banquet, everyone should be happy."
"There's nothing to hide? That's what you said." Rory was not in a hurry to drink, "Why did your Paramount Company send people over in advance to build houses and prepare for machine mining?"
"We discovered this place first, why not?" Winston asked the miner who was near the bottle to help him fill another glass.
Rory narrowed his eyes and said: "You discovered it first, but since we have decided to negotiate on the 9th, isn't it too uncontractual for you to do this?"
"There is no conflict between these two things." Winston looked relaxed and comfortable, stuffing a piece of barbecue into his mouth, and said vaguely, "We at Paramount Company are definitely going to mine anyway. Is it possible that you planned it?"
Eliminate us from the negotiations and leave us no new veins? That's too much, you have to punish yourself three times first."
"Don't misunderstand me." Luo Li sneered, "The purpose of negotiation is to determine the division of new mineral veins. We are not short of these days. Isn't it that you sent people over in advance to increase the bargaining chips?
?”
"Actually, it's not as complicated as you think. We just made sure that Paramount Company has the right to mine the new vein no matter what, so why not start the work as soon as possible a few days in advance." Winston smiled, "Okay, I'll follow
You are so polite, why are you really talking about business? We will talk about this tomorrow, come on, drink first."
Rory took a small sip this time: "I don't like to joke around."
"Do you mind if others make fun of you, haha!" Winston always acted indifferently and didn't take Rory's quarrel to heart.
Lin En, who was watching, found it quite interesting.
Rory's aggressiveness was all on the cotton, and in the end it made him a little unable to get off the stage.
"This wine is not very good. I didn't expect your life to be so bad. If necessary, I can give you some of my wine collection." Rory was still trying to belittle Winston.
"It's not bad. You are also welcome to send some better wine. Brothers, since Mr. Luo Li gave a big gift verbally as soon as he arrived, we can't neglect it. Come, let's perform a show for Mr. Luo Li, sing and dance.
Something like that." Winston was neither humble nor overbearing, and he accepted Rory's 'kindness' magnanimously, and invited the miners to join in the fun, performing performances to add to the fun.
Under the instigation of others, the two miners got up and danced clumsily in a slightly open area to the side.
"Okay, haha! It's really funny!" Winston clapped his hands and laughed as if no one else was watching.
The other miners also laughed and made fun of the dancing workers.
Rory felt out of place.
This scene of getting along with the miners and calling them "brothers" would never happen in their mining fields.
"Did you see that?" Rory said to Lin En in the noise, "You treat the miners too much as human beings. This is why Paramount will always be lower than us and will go bankrupt sooner or later."
"Bankruptcy? Are you overthinking it?" Winston heard Rory's voice and replied with a smile before Lynn could speak, "Although our company is indeed in a state of loss, the number of losses is decreasing every month.
.You can rest assured that it won’t be long before you can officially make a profit again.”