In the early morning, on the shores of the Black Sea, in the presidential suite of the Mankaski Hotel, Gu Kun was wearing a towel blanket and holding a fat goblet of ouzo, standing in front of the large French window, watching the rolling waves.
The water of the Black Sea is really black, giving the environment an extra layer of solemnity and depth.
Because this is an inland sea that is almost isolated from the outside world, it can only be connected to the Mediterranean Sea through the narrow Bosporus Strait.
The seawater in the Black Sea hardly exchanges with the Mediterranean Sea, so there are no ocean currents here, and there is no circulation between surface seawater and deep seawater. There is almost no dissolved oxygen and marine life below a depth of several hundred meters, which is why it is so dark.
Looking at such a depressing sea, Gu Kun somewhat understood how Pushkin was able to create such a hysterical poet.
Midrova woke up slowly, and was awakened by a low murmur. Then she wrapped her body gently and affectionately, leaned in from behind, and hugged Gu Kun's majestic waist.
"I didn't expect you to speak a little Russian. Were you reciting Pushkin's "To the Sea" just now?" Midrova quietly rested her hair on Gu Kun's back. His back was very broad and stable, which fascinated the girl.
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Compared with the common values brought by Chinese civilization that "women should like gentlemen and money", Lucia and Heklan women are obviously more inclined to worship the strong, and of course money is equally important.
"I like the sea, so I only know this one of Pushkin's poems, and I know nothing about other Russians." Gu Kun drank half a glass of ouzo in one gulp and replied calmly.
This is not surprising, just like some poor students with poor English skills can sing a few favorite English songs fluently. This is just a matter of interest.
Gu Kun doesn't like Russian, he just likes Pushkin's "To the Sea".
Midrova took a deep breath and greedily tried to store more of Gu Kun's masculinity: "Are you leaving now? Have you finished all the things you came here for? So soon?"
Gu Kun: "I have to go. I still have a few friends to meet in China. Moreover, I am an international student and I have to participate in the selection for the Universiade. It doesn't make sense if I don't fulfill my obligations - you little slut, these days
God has squeezed me dry, and it would be a huge disgrace if I was like a weakling on the competition field."
Midrova blushed pretty, recalling how she had been without shame these past few days, a sense of happiness arose spontaneously: "Then when will you come again? Do you still need to come?"
"Don't worry, it will come. I may stop by for a few more days in May. There may be a big business deal in the second half of the year. I will stay for a while. I will take you with me then." Gu Kun promised confidently,
Then the conversation changed,
"However, in the past two months, I have something that I want to find someone to help me with. If you can handle it, I will let you be my personal assistant in the future."
"What's going on?" Midrova suddenly saw the hope and her mood cheered up.
"I was studying in China, and the relevant leaders asked me to look for some international students. After I discussed with them, they were also willing to give priority to students from Blackland. So I want to set up a student aid foundation to specifically help you female students who have just graduated.
High school students, going to study abroad in Hujiang City, China——
Not all of them are qualified to enter Hujiang Jiaotong University, because it is still a prestigious school and needs to be selected. However, as long as their high school grades are good and their conduct and physical examinations can be passed, I can guarantee that they will at least be arranged to go to a slightly worse school in Hujiang.
.For example, Hujiang Maritime College, or some universities with strong hotel management majors, such as East China Normal University and Huwaii University.
As long as they study abroad in Hujiang and perform well, my foundation can provide certain subsidies to cover their tuition and living expenses. The conditions are the same as those of the Xiangjiang and Lijiapo Student Aid Foundations. They sign a six-year contract after graduation.
A one-year service contract is sufficient. After graduation, you must work for Lanzhou's maritime and tourism companies for at least six years."
Midrova was slightly surprised by the information conveyed by Gu Kun, so she took two minutes to digest it before fully understanding it.
What surprised her the most was why the best school in China for hotel management was a normal university?
But this is China's national conditions. The top universities in hotel management and tourism management are either normal universities or foreign languages universities.
As for why Gu Kun, who was just a Jiaotong University student and had good relations with the leaders in charge of international students at Jiaotong University, was able to help China Normal University and Shanghai Foreign Language School introduce the source of international students... Midlova also couldn't understand this.
She didn’t know how tight Huaxia University’s demand for high-quality international students was in 1995, and how difficult it was to improve international university rankings and improve internationalization indicators. Gu Kun said that if there were more international students in the past, would Jiao Tong University need them?
After all, those schools that are one or two levels below Jiaotong University will be happy to take over.
The cultural quality of Heklan girls at least in basic courses is generally better than that of their African brothers. Who wouldn't want to accept better students?
"Why do you only want girls? You can't be..." Medlova thought about it until the end, and suddenly thought of a not-so-good possibility.
"What are you thinking! I only want girls because I don't want to hurt the national sentiments of the Chinese people. I hope that all the international students introduced by me and assisted by the foundation will study hard during college! Don't mess around!"
Gu Kun explained his original assumptions and deductions about this issue to Midrova in detail.
After listening, Midrova finally understood her husband's difficulties: "It turns out that there are so many pitfalls to avoid when running the cultural and tourism industry. It's really not easy."
Gu Kun patted his hand back and said: "In the past two months, you will help me get in touch first. By the way, register a foreign foundation's office in Blackland. How to do it? Help me organize all this."
I'll give you the funds soon.
We don’t necessarily have to go to Kiev in the first year. Anyway, there are at most a few dozen people a year. You are in Kherson. Nikolaev just spends a little money on publicity and places some recruitment advertisements in newspapers. Don’t go further than
Crimea and Odessa.
In May, I will have an auction in the Netherlands. After collecting the money, I will come here to wait for a few days. Then I will sign the legal documents from the admissions agency and meet with the new students to eliminate their doubts.
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In the mid-1990s, there were many bad guys who abducted girls from Blackland to Western Europe to endure hardships in the name of introduction work, and fell into trouble. Gu Kun didn't expect Midrova to help him spend money to advertise in newspapers, just
If you can recruit the right people, you will definitely have to show them something useful in the end.
"Leave this matter to me. I'll ask the hotel to apply for unpaid leave for the next two months and concentrate on helping you recruit students. You can return home without worries."
Gu Kun and Midrova had a final breakfast together and returned home without any worries.
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Gu Kun did not choose the flight back to Shanghai, but flew directly from Kiev to Beijing.
Because he called Tang Jia before and got the news: the domestic qualifiers for this year's 18th World Universiade were held in Beijing and ended in late March.
Coach Chen of the Jiaotong University school team will soon take several members of the school team, along with other coaches/players participating in the track and field/swimming selection, to the capital in advance to adapt to the climate and venue for the final sprint training.
Therefore, Gu Kun went directly to the capital to meet Coach Chen and the others and just went through one formality.
In addition, Gu Kun already knew that just after the Chinese New Year, an old friend from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs, Section Chief Ma Fengma, who he met when he was doing foreign trade with China last year, came to see him once. He was not in the country at the time.
For this reason, Gu Kun made a special call back to China to inquire. Section Chief Ma has not officially resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs, so he must be in the capital. Gu Kun returned to the capital just in time to see him.
After a tiring day of travel, Gu Kun finally arrived at the Beijing Airport in the middle of the night on March 8, and then found a hotel near the airport to spend the night.
The next day, he took a taxi into the city. On the way, he picked up his mobile phone and called Section Chief Ma.
"Chief Ma, I heard that you came to see me during the Lantern Festival? I'm sorry, I was abroad at that time. Yes, I came back today. I just got off the plane in the early morning and fell asleep for a while. The first thing I thought of was
Looking for you. Do you have time to have lunch?"
On the other end of the phone, Ma Feng was obviously flattered. He didn't expect that Gu Kun, a busy overseas Chinese businessman, would be so concerned about his affairs.
Half a month ago, he just casually contacted some friends, not expecting to get any help. So he didn't find Gu Kun at that time, and he didn't take it seriously.
Who would have thought that the first thing Gu Kun did without stopping after returning home was to pay homage back and forth.
"This... why is this so embarrassing? Gu Sheng must have many important things to deal with, right?"
"It doesn't exist, then let's have lunch together at the Friendship Hotel. It's settled." Gu Kun didn't give the other party a chance to refuse, and decided directly.
For Gu Kun, he rested everywhere anyway, so he arrived at the Friendship Hotel early at about 10:30 in the morning, asked for a booth, ordered some coffee and desserts and sat down for a while.
It was approaching noon, and he estimated that Ma Feng was about to arrive, so he ordered a table of exquisite delicacies.
Since there are only two people dining, there is no need to have a lot of dishes, just four dishes and one soup, which is decent enough, and the cold dishes are not included.
The four hot dishes are Dongpo pork elbow, Longjing shrimp, beggar's chicken, kale lily, and the soup is water shield beef soup.
Gu Kun ordered all the flavors from Donghai Province, which can be regarded as taking care of the taste of Ma Feng, a fellow countryman, which shows his sincerity.
After a while, Ma Feng arrived at the Friendship Hotel on his bicycle.
"Chief Ma, this way."
Ma Feng was still asking for table reservation information at the front desk, and Gu Kun took the initiative to walk over and pull him to sit down, as if they were familiar with each other.
After the two sides exchanged a few words, Gu Kun asked Ma Feng why he had come to see him before.
Ma Feng was a little embarrassed and said tactfully: "Actually, it's nothing. I just want to quit my job. I'll inform my business friends. It's a handover. In case you have any inquiries about foreign trade and economic matters in the future, I won't contact you.
, isn’t it a delay?”
"You actually quit? Chief Ma, with all due respect, you are just 30 years old. If you can be a section chief in a national ministry, your career prospects are not bad. Are you really willing to do it?" Gu Kun did not criticize the other person and pretended to care.