This is the first time I heard someone describe the quality of a wine like this, and I thought it might be because foreigners are not very familiar with and understand our country’s wines.
Of course, it may be that I don’t have a special hobby for wine, because I think any wine has the same taste, and the final result is that you will get drunk after drinking it, that’s all. If someone pours out Langjiu and Moutai,
If you taste them in front of me, I will never be able to tell the difference between them. The same is true if Wuliangye and other strong-flavor brands of wine are put in front of me.
The first hot dish served was the spicy fish made from the fish Peter caught today. This is the most traditional method in our Jiangnan Province: in a beautiful basin, there are white fish fillets in clear oil.
From the color of the dish, you can’t tell that the fish fillet has been wrapped in spicy flavor.
I started to raise my glass, "Dear Mr. Chairman, and ladies and gentlemen of the inspection team, you are very welcome to visit our Jiangnan Province. I am very happy today. After our sincere and rigorous exchange of opinions, both of us have
Our cooperation has finally reached a preliminary consensus. From now on, both of us will work together to create a better future. Please raise your glasses to the success of our cooperation and to the bright future of XX Pharmaceuticals!"
Everyone took a sip together, and then I used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish fillet for Peter. He was eager to eat it, but I quickly stopped him and said, "Mr. Peter, the temperature of this fish fillet is very high."
Gao, don’t be in a hurry and eat it right away.”
What I told him was true. There was no heat coming out of the basin containing the fish fillets, but there was so much hot oil in it, which was a technical means to keep the fish fillets fresh and tender.
After a while, Peter started to eat the fish fillets. After eating, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "OK! It's so beautiful! How is it made? And this wine, it tastes great! By the way, the mayor
Sir, I like you to call me Mr. Peter very much. From now on, I will also call you Feng. Okay?"
I laughed, "OK! We are committed!"
He and I drank a small sip separately and then I went to eat the fish fillet. It tasted really good and was cooked very authentically. The chef had already removed the fish bones when making the fish fillet. When you eat it, you can taste the fish fillet in your mouth.
It has a slight spicy taste, and more importantly, it is very tender and delicious.
Maybe it was because Peter caught this fish himself, and he almost pointed at this dish and ate it. Of course, the main reason was because this dish tasted really good.
A bottle of Maotai was actually not much when poured into each of our glasses, so the bottle was finished quickly. Then I asked Peter: "Mr. Peter, do you think we will continue to drink Maotai next?"
Or should I switch to Wuliangye?"
Peter said: "Wuliangye, let me taste the difference between this wine and Maotai."
At this time, I felt a little surprised, "Mr. Peter, is this the first time you drink our two national drinks today?"
I am indeed a little surprised. As the chairman of the board of directors of a large international company, he came to our country to visit and inspect. The leaders of the National Ministry of Health or the leaders of our province should have taken it out when they invited him to dinner.
This kind of wine? What’s more, he has also been to Gaolou City in our Jiangnan Province and several other places. It is impossible that they did not invite him to drink. Generally speaking, when we receive distinguished guests, we use Maotai or Wuliangye.
He answered me: "I rarely drink during official activities, at most I only drink some red wine or champagne. Feng, let me tell you the truth, I only started drinking after arriving in your Shangjiang City. At noon that day
In Shangjiang City, although I drank a lot of wine, I didn’t pay attention to the taste of the wine at all. To be honest, I was not as happy as I am today. Today, our project in China finally has a
The preliminary results are here, I think I should let go of work and have a few drinks with you."
I immediately understood. It seemed that my previous analysis was correct. Although Peter was in contact with the Gaolou City and other places at that time, what he really cared about in his heart was our Shangjiang City. In other places, he even refused to drink.
, this matter can explain everything.
It seems now that we completely ignored this point in our situation analysis at that time. Ultimately, this was because we did not know much about him, including the habits of foreigners.
In fact, a lot of information was placed in front of us, but we ignored it at the time. Fortunately, we did not lose the project because of this. But I think this can still be learned from a mistake in our work.
The lessons therein.
I laughed, "So that's it. It seems that Mr. Peter is also a workaholic."
He also laughed, "Yes, I am a very boring person. Apart from work, I am not very interested in other things."
I nodded and said: "From this point of view, it is very reasonable for your company to develop to the scale it is today."
He raised his glass to me and said, "Feng, I really like hearing what you say. Come, let's taste another beautiful wine from your country."
I smiled and went to clink glasses with him. He took a small sip and began to taste it slowly, "Well, this wine tastes good, but I still prefer Moutai. Moutai is the same as the wine in our country, it is much stronger.
And the aftertaste is endless.”
I smiled and said: "Then, let's switch back to Maotai."
He winked at me and said, "Let's talk about it after we finish this drink. This was bought with your taxpayers' money, and we can't waste it."
I suddenly felt that his words had an ironic meaning, but it was hard to say anything more. Foreigners always have a kind of incomprehension and even disgust when it comes to our system, which is actually understandable.
If we are domestic people, if we are invited by a leader to have a good drink, we often think it is a very honorable thing. But foreigners do not necessarily think so. In their minds, taxpayers have a higher status than
everything.
In fact, every country has privileges, but the coverage of privileges is different. In our country, privileges can be said to be everywhere, and people’s pursuit of privileges is much more common than in many countries. In our country,
Taxpayers are almost just a term in many cases, and not many officials pay attention to their rights.
It seems that Mr. Peter is indeed very happy today. He drank a lot of wine this night. Of course, I drank a lot too, because I was also very happy in my heart - this project has gone through so many twists and turns.
Being able to finally finalize it later is indeed something worth celebrating.
Originally, I also arranged the next step of our activities. There are various entertainment facilities here, and they were originally designed with high standards in mind. But Peter rejected our next arrangement, and he told me
He said that he would go to Beijing tomorrow and must arrange the next step of work in advance.
We have already discussed that the signing ceremony and press conference of both parties will be held in Beijing in three days. I told Peter that I would rush to Beijing in advance the day after tomorrow. (To be continued)