Just when Dai Fengnian was imparting life lessons to his sister Dai Fengni, the doorbell of the villa rang.
The housekeeper went to open the door and was startled when she saw a black man standing outside.
The black man was wearing a black suit and a black top hat, holding a civilized stick and holding a bottle of red wine in his other hand. He opened his mouth and grinned.
"Ghost!" The housekeeper was so frightened that she almost jumped up.
"Sorry, I'm not a ghost! My name is Tatar, I'm from France, I'm looking for Dai Fengnian, Mr. Dai!" the black man said in proficient Cantonese.
The housekeeper then panicked and reported to Dai Fengnian.
When Dai Fengnian heard that the other party's name was "Tatar", he hurriedly went to greet him personally.
Dai Fengni couldn't help but ask when her brother looked like this: "Brother, who is he?"
"Tatar is one of my distinguished customers. He is the person in charge of French Evian Mineral Water in Hong Kong. This time our Daishi Trading Company will cooperate with him to represent Evian Mineral Water."
Dai Fengnian looked very excited, completely different from the calm and composed person just now.
At least Dai Fengni has never seen her brother lose his temper like this.
Evian mineral water has a history of hundreds of years. Since Napoleon III of France, this ice-pure mineral water has been recognized by many upper-class people in France.
In 1860, the Kingdom of Sardinia ceded Sava and Nice to France, and they became two French provinces. Evian is the northernmost town of the two provinces. In 1962, the provisional governments of France and Algeria signed here
The famous "Evian Ceasefire Agreement" was established.
Three years later, in 1965, the Evian mineral water production plant was officially established, and Evian mineral water began to move from France to the world.
Today, this kind of mineral water has occupied the market in major developed countries and regions such as France, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and its sales are excellent.
This time Tatar came to Hong Kong to find partners and jointly develop the Hong Kong market.
Dai Fengnian is a business wizard. From the beginning, he saw the bright future of Evian mineral water. Coupled with Hong Kong's special environment, if this kind of mineral water is introduced, it will definitely be welcomed by everyone, especially the upper class in Hong Kong.
That's why Dai Fengnian was so excited and wanted to run over to greet Tatar in person.
"Dear Mr. Tatar, hello!" Dai Fengnian said in not very proficient French.
Compared with English, French is more difficult to learn. Dai Fengnian also worked overtime to learn a few polite expressions in order to meet Tatar.
When Tatar heard the familiar French, he smiled happily, took off his top hat, bowed slightly to Dai Fengnian like a gentleman, and said, "Thank you, dear Mr. Dai!"
After speaking, he handed over the red wine he was holding and said, "This is my first visit. I specially brought a bottle of red wine from Bordeaux, France as a meeting gift. Please don't mind!"
Dai Fengnian hurriedly took the red wine with both hands, took a look at it, and praised: "Mr. Tatar, you are thoughtful, I like drinking red wine very much!"
Then he handed the red wine to the housekeeper next to him and said: "Mr. Tatar, you are so polite and you have come from a long way away..."
Dai Fengnian suddenly felt that he didn't know enough French. After all, he learned it unexpectedly and didn't accumulate much vocabulary. Now he was stuck trying to express his meaning.
Tatar was very considerate and said in Cantonese: "Mr. Dai, I know a little bit of Cantonese, why don't we talk in Cantonese."
Dai Fengnian laughed: "That's very good! But my French is a halfway decent one, and the more I speak it, the more awkward it becomes! I just didn't expect that Mr. Tatar, your Cantonese can be spoken so well!"
Tatar said proudly: "I love China and Chinese culture, so when I was in France, I followed many kind-hearted Chinese people and learned a lot of Chinese, including Cantonese, Northeastern dialect, and Sichuan dialect..."
After saying that, Tatar said a few more words, "Who are you? You son of a bitch!"
Dai Fengnian could only smile awkwardly: "Mr. Tatar, you are really versatile!"
"Thank you for your compliment, Dai! In fact, many people have said this about me - uh, are you inviting me in? Doesn't it look good for us standing at this door together?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, please come in quickly!" Dai Fengnian hurriedly invited the other party into the living room.
As soon as Tatar entered the living room, he immediately saw Dai Fengni sitting on the sofa. He was shocked and said, "God, this lady is -----"
Dai Fengnian helped introduce her, "This is my younger sister, Dai Fengni."
Dai Fengni had to stand up and say hello to Tatar, "Hello, Mr. Tatar!"
"I'm fine, thank you, beautiful girl!" Tatar looked at Dai Fengni infatuatedly. When he saw Dai Fengni reaching out her hand, he grabbed her fingertips and then kissed the back of her hand in a gentlemanly manner.
Dai Fengni was startled. Although she knew this was the etiquette of foreigners, she had never been cold to ghosts, especially if he was a black man darker than a coal head.
Dai Fengni quickly retracted her hand and said, "Please sit down!"
Tatar didn't mind her dodge just now at all, but he was disappointed that he didn't kiss the back of the goddess' hand.
After the two parties sat down, Dai Fengnian asked the housekeeper to serve tea.
The housekeeper was well-informed in the Dai family, but this was the first time she had seen a black man at such a close distance. Facing Tatar, who grinned at her from time to time and showed his white teeth, she still felt a little frightened.
In desperation, Dai Fengnian asked the housekeeper to go down first, so as not to be rude, and asked Dai Fengni to help pour tea and water for the time being, which was also a sign of respect for the distinguished guest.
"Mr. Tatar, do you mind if I invite you to my home this time instead of discussing matters in the company?"
"How could that be? I really like this way of doing business, it's natural and comfortable!"
"That's good. I wonder if we, Dai Shi, will sign a cooperation agreement with your company this time. What else do you want?"
Tatar changed his smile and became serious. He picked up the tea bowl placed in front of him very skillfully, pinched the tea lid with one hand, used the tea lid to pull the tea noodles, and took a sip.
Then he raised his head and said: "Our company's requirements are very simple, that is, we must break into the sales channels of Hong Kong's upper class and middle-class people!"
After a pause, "So, Mr. Dai, do you have confidence in this?"
Dai Fengnian smiled and said with arrogance: "In addition to our Dai Group, no one in Hong Kong is qualified to promise such a thing!"
"There are more than 2,000 stores in Hong Kong, and we at Dai's have more than 300, and most of them are concentrated in the Hong Kong and Kowloon areas, targeting the upper class and middle class people."
"In addition, our Dai's also has a huge number of other sales channels, covering mid-to-high and low-end areas, and the customer groups we target are also mid-to-high and low-end customers. It can be said that there are only things you can't imagine, and there is nothing that our Dai's can't do!"
"So Mr. Tata, you can rest assured that your company's choice is absolutely right. I can help Evian fully open the Hong Kong market!"
Tatar also smiled, "I like your answer very much, so I hope we can have a happy cooperation!"
Dai Fengnian didn't expect Tatar to be so cheerful. He immediately became happy and hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake Tatar's hand: "Happy cooperation!"
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Tatar stayed at Dai's house for almost half an hour, and the two sides discussed some details regarding their cooperation agreement.
Dai Fengni was with me the whole time.
Dai Fengnian also intended to let her learn, and from time to time he would explain it to her with examples in front of him.
Soon, the negotiation ended.
Tatar stood up to say goodbye. He longed to kiss the beautiful back of the goddess Dai Fengni's hand when leaving, but unfortunately, there was still no chance.
After Tatar left, Dai Fengnian told his sister that kissing the back of the hand was just a traditional French etiquette. Why should you resist so much?
Dai Fengni curled her lips, "Even if I let a ghost kiss me, I won't let him kiss me! It's as black as a coal head!"
In response, Dai Fengnian could only shake his head.
Here Tatar left the Dai family and left the Dai family villa, only to see the streets being extremely busy.
There were stalls selling bamboo cane tea, some carrying loaders selling sesame seeds, and even roadside stalls shaving people's heads. All of this made Tatar very interesting.
Tatar played around for a while, then put on his top hat, waved his civilized stick, and waved his hand to hail a rickshaw as the Romans do. He had just put one foot on it and was about to get on the bus and leave, when a voice said: "That handsome black guy, please stay.
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Tatar couldn't help but look back and saw a man in a white suit looking at him handsomely.
Tatar spoke in Cantonese: "Who are you?"
The man in the white suit took out a business card from his arms and handed it to Tatar, with a bright smile on his face: "Hello, I'm Shi Zhijian!"