Chapter 246: People wandering in the rivers and lakes
On the platform, primary school students wearing white clothes, blue trousers and red scarves came forward to lay flowers. Director Wang of the Provincial Economic Commission and Director Liu of the Department of Foreign Trade shook hands with Mr. Hutch cordially and greeted each other's family members. There is no need to go into details.
Later, accompanied by several officials, Bob took a Mercedes-Benz sedan specially used by the Foreign Trade Department to receive foreign guests to the Provincial Economic Commission to participate in a more formal welcome ceremony held in the Economic Commission Auditorium.
As a partner of the Hatch Group, Gao Fan was invited by the Department of Foreign Trade with his nose pinched. He was squeezed into a domestic car with several division-level cadres of the Department of Foreign Trade and also arrived at the Economic Commission.
As for the other people who went to Yangcheng to participate in the Spring Fair this time, they were picked up by their respective units at the station. Before disbanding, Zhu Nian informed them that they would go to the Foreign Trade Department to attend the celebration party the next day. This is also customary.
The welcome ceremony held by the Provincial Economic Commission for Bob was a combination of Chinese and Western styles. It was roughly like setting up a few round tables in the auditorium, and everyone sat around the table. The leaders went to the rostrum to give welcome speeches, and Bob also went up to express his thanks.
The speeches made by both sides were beautiful but empty words.
After the ceremony, all kinds of wine and food were served in a stream, and naturally there was a speech, a toast and a toast in return. Bob didn’t know much about Chinese table etiquette and seemed a bit unfamiliar, but everyone didn’t care, thinking that “I
That's what "foreigners" are.
After a round of drinking, while the officials at his table began to toast each other, Bob took the wine glass and slipped to the table in the corner where Gao Fan was sitting, pretending to toast Gao Fan, and complained in a low voice.
: "Gao, I'm dying. I've never drunk such strong wine. I think Chinese wine has higher alcohol content than whiskey."
Gao Fan gloated: "Didn't you say you want to experience Chinese culture? Let's start with the wine culture. If you don't know how to drink, you still want to do business in China?"
"But why can't you drink? Is there Coke in your cup?" Bob discovered a mystery, that is, Gao Fan's cup contained a red liquid that didn't smell like alcohol, but it was full of alcohol.
A sweet scent.
Gao Fan looked at the Maolin red rice wine in his cup, remembered the story of later generations, and said with a smile: "That's right, this is the Coke from our Maolin Province, called Red Army Coke."
"Red Army Coke, what does it mean?"
"You know, Maolin was originally the Soviet area, which was the base area of the Red Army. The life of the Red Army was very difficult at that time. They could only have extra meals during the holidays or when they had a big victory. When the Red Army had extra meals, they drank
This kind of coke is called Red Army Coke."
"Can I try it?" Bob asked eagerly.
Gao Fan called the waiter and asked her to get another cup and pour half a cup of rice wine for Bob. Bob took a sip, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he took a big sip.
Maolin's red rice wine actually has an alcohol content of more than ten degrees, but it's just because it's extremely sweet in the mouth, and Bob has drank a lot of high-alcohol white wine before and is completely insensitive to such alcohol content, so he doesn't think it's wine at all.
, but really think of it as Coke.
"It tastes so good. I think it tastes much better than Coca-Cola!" Bob praised. "Wouldn't it be rude if I drank this Coke instead of distilled liquor?"
"It's absolutely no problem. In our Maolin, Red Army Coke can also be regarded as alcohol." Gao Fan said.
"Gao Fan, you are really not a friend enough. You should have told me this earlier." Bob muttered and ran back to his table happily, completely unaware that Gao Fan was having fun.
Bob, who thought he had deciphered the code of the Chinese wine table, asked to change his wine to "Red Army Coke" when he returned to his table. The New Year greeter who was specially responsible for accompanying him didn't understand it at first, until he understood what "Red Army Coke" meant.
"Red Army Coke", and he quickly asked the waiter to fill a large enamel jar with it.
Bob really mistook the rice wine for Coca-Cola and started to toast to everyone frequently, always doing it first. As expected by Gao Fan, after drinking the rice wine from the enamel vat, Bob slipped under the table and became drunk.
I fell unconscious.
Bob was drunk and slept until noon the next day when he woke up. Looking back on the process of his drunkenness, how could he not have thought that the "Red Army Coke" Gao Fan said was actually a hidden murderous intention. When he drank it, he didn't feel it.
big.
However, how can a person wander in the rivers and lakes without getting stabbed? Bob is not worried about his drunkenness.
After sobering up, Bob was invited to go to the Provincial Economic Commission and had a formal meeting with officials from the Economic Commission and the Department of Foreign Trade. He declined the arrangement of the two departments to send people to accompany him on the inspection, claiming that he wanted to fully participate without interference.
Canghua Vitamin Company’s business activities in order to understand the operating characteristics of Chinese enterprises and provide the group with first-hand inspection information.
Previously, Zhu Nian had reported his conversation with Gao Fan on the train to the leaders of the two departments, claiming that it represented Mr. Hatch's intention. After analysis by the two departments, they felt that the foreign guest had such a request, and he also
It is inconvenient to refuse.
Bob's drunken behavior at the dinner the previous day also made the leaders of the two departments feel that this foreign guest had a straightforward personality and was not a pretentious person, so they no longer insisted on sending someone to accompany him, and just left Bob alone.
He asked Bob to call him at any time if he had anything to do, and made promises such as answering calls every day and answering calls every day...
Hey, this seems to be the kind of treatment a certain monkey can enjoy when he protects a pilgrim.
After spending another day in Ruizhang, the provincial capital, Bob and Gao Fan got on the train and headed for Cangtang.
"Gao, why do you always have to tease me?"
Sitting on the train, looking at the scenery outside the window, Bob complained to Gao Fan like an aggrieved little daughter-in-law.
"I told you that Red Army Coke is also alcohol. It's okay to drink a little bit of it. Who drinks like you?"
Gao Fan said disapprovingly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with knocking a foreigner down at the wine table. The drinking style of my country, Akarin Province, is also very fierce, okay?
As expected, Bob was not really angry. He smacked his lips and replied:
"Well, don't tell me, Red Army Coke is really a magical drink. I think I have already fallen in love with this Coke."
"This is not easy." Gao Fan said, "When you go to our Cangtang, I dare not say anything else. There is absolutely no problem in eating and drinking. It is guaranteed to be natural and pollution-free. As for Red Army Coke, you can do it 24 hours a day.
It's enough to drink it as boiling water."
"The premise is..."
"The premise is that you work hard and help us get the vitamin E production equipment back first."