Men and women eating in the courtyard

What level is it? It’s on the same level as me!

Li Xuewu guessed that this was what Zhou Gancheng was thinking. Otherwise, why didn't he light it while holding the cigarette in his mouth and staring?

Zhou Gancheng's eyelids twitched, he narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Ha~"

Li Xuewu chuckled lightly, wiped the lighter and gave him a signal.

The other party looked at him for a few seconds, then came over to take the fire.

After Li Xuewu lit it for him, he lit his own cigarette.

The two of them just stood at the connection between the carriages and smoked in silence.

The weather in the north in late December is dry and cold. If it is windy, it can even make people feel nervous and desolate.

If the north wind blows the white grass on the ground and the snow falls on the ground in August, it would not be appropriate to describe it. It should be more like thousands of miles of ice, and the snow is floating in the bowl.

Looking out from the window of the carriage, the sunlight is dim, the white ground is moving across the landscape, and the hills are undulating, really like a silver snake dancing in the mountains, or a wax figure riding in the wild.

Zhou Gancheng held a cigarette in his hand and squinted his eyes to look at the young man who was looking at the snowy scene outside the window for a long time. Then he asked, "Is the child okay?"

"Huh? Oh~"

Li Xuewu looked away from the window, looked back at Zhou Gancheng beside him, smiled slightly, and said: "It's good, it's a special deal."

After saying that, he turned around, stood sideways against the wall, raised his hand to take a puff of cigarette, and said with a smile: "When I came out in the morning, I dug a flower pot and complained to me that it was a goldfish that broke it."

"Hmm~"

Zhou Gancheng also smiled slightly, looked at Li Xuewu and nodded, saying: "You are lucky."

"Do you still believe this?"

After flicking the ashes from his cigarette, Li Xuewu blew out the smoke and said, "I believe that self-cultivation will bring you blessings."

"That's right~"

Zhou Gancheng lowered his head, blew out a puff of smoke, and said, "You are better than I thought."

"You don't need to be so polite, do you?"

Li Xuewu looked at him with a smile and said, "We are friends, right?"

"Haha~"

Zhou Gancheng chuckled and glanced sideways inside the carriage, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Is your factory embarking on such a big project?"

"Is it your claim?"

He raised his eyebrows slightly and said suspiciously: "Or...is there any special channel?"

"What channel? I don't quite understand what you mean."

Li Xuewu frowned slightly, then asked with a smile: "You haven't heard about the Yangcheng Fair?"

"Huh? Where did the old man contact you?"

Zhou Gancheng obviously knew about this, but he didn't know what the tactics were at the steel rolling mill.

At this moment, he turned his head and glanced inside the carriage again, then pursed his lips and said, "I'm capable enough."

"The leaders have great ideals, and the workers have great ambitions, but there is nothing we can do~"

Li Xuewu spread his hands helplessly, pursed his lips, and said: "The most tiring ones are those of us who work."

"You are joking?"

Zhou Gancheng looked Li Xuewu up and down and said suspiciously: "Excessive modesty is just showing off."

As he spoke, he shook his head slightly and joked: "Young man, please be humble."

"I understand. Let's learn more from our old comrades."

Li Xuewu replied with a smile, raised his hand to motion to the carriage behind him, turned his head slightly and asked, "Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have any arrangements?"

"It's up to you."

Zhou Gancheng's eyes never left the carriage. He took a puff of cigarette, turned his eyes and glanced at Li Xuewu, and said, "You don't need me to remind you about security and confidentiality, right?"

"No problem with security, confidentiality..."

Li Xuewu looked at him funny and asked, "Do you think it is necessary to keep our shipbuilding and production technology secret?"

After speaking, he raised his hand and tapped the window glass, gesturing at the dilapidated countryside passing by outside the window. He turned back to him and said, "I think your confidentiality is about to be challenged."

"That's what you did too!"

Zhou Gancheng glanced out the window, then raised his hand and nodded to a foreign affairs officer standing at the door of the carriage, signaling to close the curtains.

The foreign affairs officer nodded slightly to express his understanding, then walked into the carriage and checked whether the curtains on the windows were closed.

Although this carriage has soft seats, the comfort level of the seats is not very good.

Fortunately, there are many people accompanying us, and every representative of the Italian business team is accompanied by someone.

The car windows are always closed with white gauze curtains, and the black earth covered with snow outside is looming and blurred on the gauze windows.

You can't look at it, let alone take pictures. All business team members are not allowed to take pictures or visit at will. The rules have been explained in advance.

Li Xuewu's reminder also meant to remind and ridicule, leaving Zhou Gancheng helpless and helpless.

"Tell me about your factory's plans."

Zhou Gancheng threw the clean cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out with his foot. He pointed his finger inside the carriage and said to Li Xuewu: "I asked, and they all said you are the person in charge of foreign trade."

"Who is so arrogant?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Zhou Gancheng and said, "You know a lot."

“I’m getting older and I’m a little more curious.”

Zhou Gancheng raised his neck indifferently in the face of Li Xuewu's inquiry and said casually: "I just want to hear how you tricked an old foreign man into delivering orders and equipment to you."

"Hey! Comrade Zhou!"

Li Xuewu raised his hand and nodded at the other party, then threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and said, "I regret your wording!"

"oh?"

Hearing Li Xuewu talking to him in diplomatic terms, Zhou Gancheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Deception is a bit..."

"How can you say that?!"

Before Zhou Gancheng could finish speaking, Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean by an old man? That Mr. Andrew is only in his forties."

"..."

Zhou Gancheng's mouth twitched and he looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly.

He cares about whether the other party is an old man!

He asked if there was any problem here!

You just listened to what I said, old man, and you didn’t mention the matter of tricking others into delivering orders and equipment, right?

Fortunately, we were on a train and there were railroad tracks blocking it. Otherwise, you would have thrown me eight hundred meters away by changing the subject in such a sharp turn!

"so what?"

Zhou Gancheng stared into Li Xuewu's eyes and said, "Your factory spends a lot of time introducing yacht manufacturing technology just for such a small order?"

"Or?"

He pursed his lips, lifted up his belt, looked at Li Xuewu with squinted eyes and asked, "In your factory, which one of your factory leaders has other plans or intentions?"

"After all, you are a cadre of the ministry. You have a high vision."

Li Xuewu gave him a funny look and said: "In your eyes, do you use the word "a little bit" to describe a manufacturing project with an annual order volume of more than 100 high-end cruise ships?"

"Stop talking nonsense, what I say is not relative to me, but relative to you!"

Zhou Gancheng stared slightly, pointed at Li Xuewu with his finger, and asked seriously: "What on earth are you going to do?!"

"What are you thinking and why I am here? You know better than me."

“Of course it’s development, of course it’s progress”

The corners of Li Xuewu's mouth raised slightly, and he looked at Zhou Gancheng without fear and said, "You don't think we have any international friendship with that foreign businessman from Italy that goes beyond the rules, do you?"

"First of all, Italy is not within the scope of the Third World, and secondly, the scope of our cooperation does not involve any political factors."

"If enterprises want to develop, technology must advance."

Li Xuewu explained seriously: "What you see is that we go to great lengths to help each other build boats, the kind of cruise ships that are extravagant and used for luxury enjoyment."

"What you don't see is that we are working hard to learn the application of new material technology and the expansion of new mechanical technology, and you don't see that we are accumulating development strength."

"Director Zhou, what is the basis of your suspicion?"

He looked at the other person's expression and asked bluntly: "Isn't it just because the other person is a foreigner?"

Zhou Gancheng stared into Li Xuewu's eyes without saying a word, and just kept looking at him. The air between the two suddenly solidified.

The train shook slightly, and the carriages passed through a switch one after another. Zhou Gancheng then slowly said: "I don't care whether you want to develop or make progress. I want to know whether the problems behind this will affect my progress." .

After saying that, he narrowed his left eye slightly, took a step forward, approached Li Xuewu and said softly: "Don't you know that all foreign-related activities will be flagged for investigation?"

"Department of Secrecy?"

Li Xuewu turned his eyes, looked at Zhou Gancheng firmly and said: "I don't think there is anything wrong with me that will be investigated by the Secrecy Department."

"It's you, I want to know what you are worried about!"

"..."

Zhou Gancheng pursed his lips and did not answer his question. Instead, he looked at him with worried eyes, raised his right hand and pressed it on Li Xuewu's right shoulder.

He took two steps towards the corner of the passage, looked at the inside of the car, and said softly: "The most rigid will be broken, the most wise will be injured, the strong will be humiliated, and a humble gentleman will be humble."

"oh?"

Li Xuewu showed a mocking smile, stood at the corner of the aisle, looked out the window and said, "Someone is teaching me how to do things."

"I quite admire them. I'm afraid they have done too many shady things and are used to being like mice. They have to beat around the bush to find you here when they talk to me."

"Don't be impulsive"

Zhou Gancheng sighed slightly, then patted Li Xuewu on the shoulder and said, "I'm doing this for your own good, and it's not worth being so angry."

"hehe"

Li Xuewu turned his head, looked at the other person, raised his eyebrows slightly and asked: "Do you think I am the humble gentleman you said?"

"Or!?"

He narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a bad smile: "I look as gentle as jade and a humble gentleman, so you think I'm kind, right?"

No longer looking at Zhou Gancheng's slightly stunned expression, Li Xuewu raised his right shoulder slightly, moved the other person's hand away, and walked around him towards the car.

"Please give me a message. Just tell that person. If you have the guts, just let him come over. I promise to let him take action first."

——

Inside the carriage, the atmosphere was as warm as spring, but much warmer than the joint between the carriages.

As soon as Li Xuewu walked in, several people greeted him and invited him to sit down and chat for a while.

He was standing in the corridor, politely responding to greetings with a warm face, and occasionally joking with the guests on his seat.

Seeing his thoroughness, both Zhou Gancheng, who was standing in the corridor with a pensive expression on one end of the carriage, and the leaders at the other end of the carriage, who were chatting enthusiastically, were all paying attention to his movements.

Some people are born with a collar/sleeve temperament that attracts attention wherever they go.

Just now Li Xuewu was saying that he was as gentle as jade and a humble gentleman, which was quite pleasant to hear.

But now you can see that he exchanges several languages ​​fluently, advances and retreats well-founded, and chats and laughs with everyone in the spring breeze. Even a gentleman can't do more than that.

A person's temperament will not completely cover up the flaws in his appearance, but it will make up for the advantages in his personality charm and make him shine even more dazzlingly.

"He can really speak"

Luo Yun pouted his lips, smiled and whispered to Zhou Xiaobai beside him.

Zhou Xiaobai smiled sweetly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and pushed Luo Yun, who was leaning over, to remind her to pay attention to the occasion.

Her eyes couldn't help but glance at the girl sitting opposite. She was dressed in a fashionable style and had a good temperament, which she couldn't ignore.

But Luo Yun didn't care about this. Even though the person sitting opposite looked at the two of them from time to time, her eyes were still boldly observing the situation in the car, especially curious about the foreigners.

"You're not from a steel rolling mill, are you?"

The girl opposite put down the white porcelain teacup in her hand, smiled at them, and asked, "Are you a friend of Deputy Director Li?"

Luo Yun withdrew his gaze and looked the other person up and down. Regardless of Zhou Xiaobai's sweating hand holding hers, he asked straightforwardly: "Are you a police officer or a flight attendant?"

"Haha~"

The person opposite also had a good temper, and seemed unwilling to get to know these two little girls, or was afraid of the Deputy Director Li she just mentioned.

Seeing Luo Yun's tit-for-tat ridicule at this moment, he just smiled softly, pursed his lips and said, "What a lively little girl."

"Thank you, you are quite lively too"

Luo Yun felt Zhou Xiaobai's reminder to keep her hands down and not cause trouble, but she was used to her character of not taking advantage of others.

In the courtyard and outside, if the little girl was not happy, she would have been bullied home. She was the one who took the initiative to protect Zhou Xiaobai on weekdays.

"I'm not hostile, I'm just curious."

The other party smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and introduced himself: "My name is Zhou Miaomiao. I am from the Arts and Publicity Team of the Publicity Section of the Steel Rolling Mill. I work in the dance troupe."

"Oh~~~"

Luo Yun glanced at her, pulled Zhou Xiaobai who was about to shake hands, looked at the other person, and said casually: "You look quite artistic."

"Thanks"

Zhou Miaomiao could see that the two were on guard against him, which might have something to do with him mentioning Deputy Director Li.

At this moment, he didn't care about the other party's wariness about not wanting to shake hands. He smiled and put down his arms and said, "Deputy Director Li and I also know each other. I just saw Secretary Peng taking you to the car, so I asked you this."

"Oh, yeah"

Luo Yun nodded and said casually: "We are Secretary Peng's cousin, let's take a ride to Jinmen."

"Hehehe"

Zhou Miaomiao was amused by her words. She pursed her lips and looked at Luo Yun, her eyes full of teasing for the little girl.

Luo Yun also noticed the loophole in her words at this moment, but she didn't intend to explain it, so she just hesitated, ignored the other party's laughter, and continued to look at the foreigner.

These days, crooked nuts are rarer than monkeys and elephants in zoos, and opportunities to watch them at such a close distance are rare.

Peng Xiaoli, who had just brought them into the car, said that these were all Italians.

Luo Yun looked at them very curiously and murmured softly to Zhou Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, you don't look like a coward!"

"Stop talking~"

Zhou Xiaobai glanced at Zhou Miaomiao across from him cautiously, and lightly scolded Luo Yun to stop her from talking.

The funny stories about Italy on the battlefield were all jokes she heard from her father and secretly told them to Luo Yun at the station.

Luo Yun's evaluation of these Italians he had never met was that they were nothing but cowards.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaobai reminded her that she also knew to pay attention to the international impact and could not let the other party listen to her words.

Let’s not talk about those foreigners, so we can only talk about Li Xuewu.

She covered her hands and whispered into Zhou Xiaobai's ear: "Why can Brother Wu speak foreign languages?"

"have no idea"

Zhou Xiaobai glanced at Li Xuewu, who was chatting and laughing with the foreigners, his eyes full of admiration and admiration.

Not only admire his stature, but also admire his confidence and versatility.

"Deputy Director Li is well-known in our factory for his talent and ups and downs."

It was as if he heard their whispers, or read something from their somewhat unscrupulous eyes that were slightly concealed.

Zhou Miaomiao said with a smile: "Director Li praised him as a banner figure for young people in the factory who can bring peace to the world with his pen and his horse with military force."

Zhou Xiaobai laughed as proudly as he heard the other party's compliment.

Luo Yun, on the other hand, stared at her cautiously and asked, "Does the dance troupe have many opportunities to contact the leaders of your factory?"

"not many"

Zhou Miaomiao glanced at her and explained with a smile: "The leaders are very busy, and it is rare to meet them. We all in the factory know this."

After speaking, she glanced at Zhou Xiaobai, who was blushing slightly, and asked, "Didn't Deputy Director Li tell you this?"

"without……"

Zhou Xiaobai hesitated and said: "He never praises himself, he always makes fun of himself."

"Yes, that's it"

Seeing her answer, Zhou Miaomiao nodded in approval and said, "Deputy Director Li's greatest advantage is his humility. He praises others more often and rarely talks about himself."

While talking, he tentatively asked Zhou Xiaobai: "Deputy Director Li is not so serious in life, right?"

"No..."

Zhou Xiaobai just opened her mouth and was pulled by Luo Yun. When she turned her head to look at her side, Luo Yun was winking at her.

Her expression was slightly stunned, and then she pursed her lips, lowered her head and dared not say anything else.

At this time, Zhou Miaomiao also saw some clues, picked up the teacup, glanced at the opposite side, and did not take the initiative to talk.

Then along the way, only two little girls were seen whispering, and their eyes looked over from time to time, as if they were on guard against her.

Zhou Miaomiao simply took out a red book from her bag and started reading it, her eyes were focused, and her enthusiasm for learning was quite serious.

Luo Yun glanced at her, his mouth slightly twitched, and he leaned close to Zhou Xiaobai's ear and whispered: "I bet you that this woman is definitely not a good person!"

——

A Willys led the way, followed by three Magic City cars, and finally a Beijing CA10 coach.

After the business negotiation team came out of the Jinmen Railway Station, they were arranged by the foreign affairs department and directly got on the convoy waiting below the platform.

Five cars drove along the street directly to the Trade Management Center of the steel rolling mill in Jinmen under the command of the lead car in order.

The last time I came to Jinmen, Li Xuewu and Li Huaide chose the office address of the Trade Management Center.

The building and courtyard that originally belonged to the bank were enough for these people to stay.

The main office building alone has three floors, not to mention the auxiliary building in the backyard and the dormitory building.

Li Xuewu is the head of the Jinmen Trade Management Center, and the person in charge is Zhuang Cangshu, who is in charge of joint trade in the Economic and Trade Office.

The first car was occupied by the factory's security officer and the fleet dispatcher.

The second car was occupied by Li Huaide, Li Xuewu and Zhuang Cangshu.

The third car was occupied by Andrew and his accompanying secretary and technical advisor.

The fourth car was occupied by Liu Shaozong, Gao Yaqin and Zhou Gancheng, who looked solemn.

The rest of the people were arranged by Zhuang Cangshu to take the minibus at the back. There were other vehicles accompanying them, but they were not in the motorcade.

This arrangement naturally makes sense. In the mainland, you may eat the wrong meal, but you will never sit in the wrong seat.

I will explain the reason in a few words. Don't think I am too long-winded.

The host is the host and the guest is the guest.

The way to be a guest is that the guest follows the host's convenience.

The way to entertain guests is that the host follows the guest's convenience.

According to the distinction between inside and outside, the steel mill is the host today and the other two parties are guests, so the car of the leader of the steel mill is in front and the cars of the other two parties are in the back.

According to the distinction between etiquette, the mainland is the host today and Andrew is the guest, so Andrew's car is in front and the cars of Zhou Gancheng and others are in the back.

There is a lot of knowledge involved, whether you are in the mainland or abroad, even those so-called particularly open countries pay attention to this.

Of course, the order of arrangement is different according to the actual situation. This is an unspoken rule, and it needs to be handled as appropriate.

In the second car, Li Xuewu and Li Huaide sat in the back, and Zhuang Cangshu twisted his body to sit in the co-pilot seat to give the two a work report.

"The office location of the Yishang technology and management team is arranged on the third floor near the back building"

"Accommodation and living are arranged on the third floor of the dormitory building. The living area and the work area have special partitions and special management"

Zhuang Cangshu looked at the expressions of Li Huaide and Li Xuewu cautiously, fearing that there would be loopholes in his arrangement and being criticized by the leader.

Li Xuewu did not mean to criticize him. He looked out the window and compared the difference from the last time he came to Tianjin.

The streets are still clean and bright, with not many cars and not few cars. The buildings are still those high-rise buildings, and the others are low buildings and bungalows.

Along the way, pedestrians either stopped to watch the convoy or frowned and hid here to change their routes, with different attitudes.

Li Huaide closed his eyes slightly, and it was not known whether he was listening or had fallen asleep.

Zhuang Cangshu did not see the leader's opinion, so he did not dare to stop reporting, but only talked about the arrangement of the venue and the arrangement of this operation.

"The canteen has prepared a dinner. It is a reception banquet specially prepared by a western chef, mainly seafood..."

"Passed"

Li Xuewu looked out the window and said softly.

Zhuang Cangshu's eyebrows jumped slightly, and he said nervously: "Then I will notify the logistics department to make rectifications as soon as I arrive, reduce the use and consumption of ingredients, and strive to..."

"I mean the Trade Management Center has passed"

Li Xuewu turned his head and looked at him, pointing to the building not far from the window as if he was looking at a fool.

"Ah? Ah!"

Zhuang Cangshu was stunned by Li Xuewu's words, and then smiled awkwardly and explained: "The road in front of our door is under renovation, so we have to go around a corner."

"Hehe~"

Li Huaide listened to the conversation between the two and chuckled. He glanced at Zhuang Cangshu, who was frightened by Li Xuewu's tone and turned pale. Then he looked at Li Xuewu again, patted his knee and said, "Relax. If there is anything, we can solve it slowly after returning. Let's deal with this matter first."

"I know, leader"

Li Xuewu agreed first, then nodded to Zhuang Cangshu and said, "You continue."

"Uh..."

Zhuang Cangshu opened his mouth awkwardly, and then said, "Also, for the arrangements at night, I have contacted the seafood company guesthouse, they can..."

"Don't mess around at night"

Li Huaide suddenly interrupted his report, his face no longer smiling, and pointed at him and said: "Follow the rules, be cautious, don't be surprising, and don't make mistakes."

"Yes"

Zhuang Cangshu looked at Director Li, but he noticed from the corner of his eyes that Deputy Director Li's attitude had turned cold, and he knew that his arrangement was unnecessary.

"Don't be nervous, let alone panic"

Li Huaide leaned back in his seat, watching the motorcade enter the street where the Trade Management Center was located, and said: "Foreign affairs reception emphasizes a step-by-step approach, and you should do whatever the Foreign Affairs Office arranges."

After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at the back of the car, and then asked Li Xuewu: "Will you stay at home tonight?"

After asking this question, he didn't wait for Li Xuewu to answer, and directly said: "Let's go together after dinner."

Li Xuewu just nodded, without answering. After the motorcade drove into the yard of the Trade Management Center and stopped in order, he got off the car first and went to the back to greet Andrew.

Sha Qizhi, director of the Foreign Affairs Office, held a notebook in his hand and waved to the reception staff with a serious face.

A security guard had already run over to help the motorcade open the door, and at the same time guided the accompanying personnel who got off the minibus to rest in the reception room.

The leaders in the three cars in front, accompanied by Li Xuewu, and Li Huaide greeted everyone to visit the building of the Trade Management Center.

Andrew walked beside Li Huaide with his accompanying secretary, and Li Xuewu was introducing something to him on the other side.

The teacher of Huaqing University in the factory acted as a temporary translator and walked on the other side of Li Huaide to serve him.

Liu Shaozong from the Ministry of Industry, Gao Yaqin from Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and Zhou Gancheng from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs walked in the second row and entered the building with others.

When the motorcade turned into the street just now, they were shocked by the solemn and heavy building in front of them.

When they walked into the building, they looked at the high ceilings and crystal chandeliers, and were surprised by the decorations decorated with large areas of stone and solid wood.

They didn't know much about the history of the steel rolling mill, and they really didn't know that the steel rolling mill had such strong strength that it could have such a large and luxurious office space outside the factory.

Li Huaide enjoyed the surprised looks from Andrew and others very much, and tried to lower his mouth, not letting his pride destroy his aura.

Zhuang Cangshu walked in front, leaning sideways to introduce the general situation of the trade center and the functions of each area to everyone.

Andrew pointed at the European reliefs on the wall and commented from time to time, while Li Xuewu explained the history in French.

Li Huaide would not speak easily, for fear of laughing out loud. Only when Li Xuewu reminded him of something he could show off, would he simply joke and say one or two words in a reserved manner.

Every time at this time, Andrew would make an exclamation and a compliment, causing the people behind him to laugh and agree after hearing the translation.

When Zhuang Cangshu led everyone up the luxurious marble staircase to the third floor and introduced him to the office area that had long been allocated to Geely Star Shipping Company, Andrew was surprised and thanked him again.

Andrew's family shipyard is called Geely Shipyard, a very rustic but precious name.

Anyone who sails on the sea hopes that everything will go smoothly. No one wants to encounter pirates when going out.

So the Geely brand is not only liked by Chinese people, but also by foreigners.

Andrew wanted to expand the yacht sales business in Asia. He was very cautious not to use the family brand directly, but chose to establish a sub-brand exclusively for Asia, Geely Star.

That means that if this brand is done well, the family shipyard will take the initiative to stand up and say that this is their own son, harvest a wave of benefits, and bind a wave of reputation.

If Geely Star is in poor business, has a bad reputation, and has worrying quality, then choose to be indifferent and pretend not to know. Even if someone mentions it, they will only say that this is their godson and it has nothing to do with it.

From this point, it can be seen that Andrew is experienced in business and lacks confidence in the domestic yacht production project.

He was so embarrassed and picky in Beijing. Even if he communicated with Li Xuewu many times, he was still a little worried about the shipyard in Yingcheng.

Why did they have to take everyone to Yingcheng, and even took the initiative to invite people from the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to join them? It was to put pressure on the steel mill and give him confidence.

When he saw the office area and living facilities prepared for them by the steel mill, his worries were instantly relieved.

This matter of looking at people's dishes to serve them well is common in China and abroad.

Don't think that foreigners don't pay attention to pomp and circumstance just because you have seen too much. Otherwise, how do you think the dignity of Rolls-Royce is reflected.

Business negotiation fleets and office pomp and circumstance are absolutely necessary. The bosses of big companies don't take buses or subways to negotiate. Do you think they are selling insurance?

Don't be fooled by those so-called public intellectuals. He wrote about foreign countries. In fact, he may not even have been out of the county. He just made up stories to earn a few dollars of royalties.

What is strictly abiding by traffic lights, what is the street cleaner than the face, what is not a piece of paper after the concert, what is resolutely not accepting bribes, etc. If you believe him, you are the biggest fool of this century!

Later, this kind of competitive spirit appeared in the mainland, and it was all brought in by these foreigners.

On the balcony facing the Haihe River on the third floor of the Trade Management Center of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Andrew pointed out the large yacht docked at the shipping terminal not far from the window with great interest and said something.

Li Huaide's face no longer had the smug look just now, and he looked at the luxury yacht with deep eyes.

After listening to the translator's story about Andrew's boasting, he turned his head and looked at Li Xuewu with some expectation.

Li Xuewu also looked at him with a feeling, and instantly understood the meaning of Li Huaide's eyes: Dad! I want it too!

He knew Li Huaide too well. This was a guy who loved to show off. He could only pretend in front of others and would never allow himself to become someone else's background wall.

Li Xuewu saw that the yacht was really beautiful, unlike the fashionable and avant-garde cruise ships in later generations, which was a unique feature of this era.

Let's not talk about anything else for now, just this nearly 40-meter-long hull, you don't need to ask to know that the price is not cheap.

Yachts are not fishing boats. The value increment of a fishing boat for every meter of length is definitely not as good as the meter increment of a yacht.

Andrew stood on the balcony, pointed at the white yacht and introduced it to everyone: "This is my birthday gift five years ago. It is a high-speed boat designed and supervised by my father himself."

"The length of the hull is 115.8 feet, the width is 21.9 feet, and the waterline is 6.7 feet. It can easily accommodate eight people living on it for a long time..."

Li Huaide listened to the translator's introduction and his eyes drifted to Li Xuewu again.

That seemed to mean: Look! Other people's fathers will give yachts as birthday gifts, and my birthday is coming soon!

How about I draw a yacht for you? !

Li Xuewu now turned his head and looked out the window pretending not to see Lao Li's eyes. What else can he do?

I can't do it!

You can't let him go up and cover Andrew's broken mouth to stop him from showing off!

Do you really want him to satisfy Li Huaide's wish and contact Yingcheng Shipyard to really build such a yacht for him? !

Are you crazy? !

Are yachts expensive?

Can't the Yingcheng Shipyard make them?

Of course not. Expensive is one aspect, but the maintenance cost is the biggest one!

This thing can only be used when you remember it, have time, and the weather is good, so you can go out to sea in a sunny day.

Apart from taking your yacht baby out for a few jumps and firing a few shots, the rest of the time it stays at the port all year round, not making a penny, just throwing money in.

The important thing is, Andrew's yacht is very new, it was built and delivered in 1961.

But wait for three to five years, this thing is basically a refurbished ship, except for the hull, which can still be used, all other equipment has to be dismantled and reinstalled.

No one likes old things, retro is about temperament, not the inside, including the elderly.

Otherwise, why do you think yacht babies are all young and beautiful? Haven't you seen old men in their sixties and seventies ordering a group of aunts of the same age to play with them?

That's not a yacht baby, that's yacht insurance!

Even now, Andrew uses it as a business and office transportation. Do you really think that he loves his father, so he also cherishes this yacht?

His father is a billionaire, and there is nothing wrong with him loving his father, but it has nothing to do with loving yachts.

If the successor cultivated by this family really squats on the yacht and sleeps with the boat every day, his father will jump up and down and curse.

This thing is just a ship, a passenger ship for people.

It's just that the equipment and facilities on it are extremely luxurious to meet the passengers' comfortable riding experience.

It can be driven several times a year and driven for eight years. I'm afraid that only people with too much money to spend will buy it for fun.

With Lao Li's cowardly character, even if he was given such a boat, he would dare to take it out to sea except to take a look at it at the dock!

Who dares to say that this thing is built for Li Huaide? He dares to send the other party to the West with a gun in his hand.

There is a limit to how much you should show off. You can't be honored in front of others and suffer behind your back.

After showing off to Li Huaide and others, Andrew said to Li Xuewu: "Mr. Li, we will take this yacht to Yingcheng tomorrow morning."

"Okay"

Li Xuewu smiled slightly, turned to Zhuang Cangshu and said: "Contact the crew, if there is anything you need, try to provide help."

"Okay, leader"

Zhuang Cangshu looked out the window with envy, and took the initiative to find Andrew's accompanying secretary to connect.

Li Xuewu didn't want Andrew to continue to show off, raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "Let's go and see the staff rest area, how about it?"

...

The dinner at the Trade Management Center was still very good. Zhuang Cangshu was afraid that Li Xuewu would have an opinion, so in addition to the seafood dinner of the Western chef, he also temporarily arranged a Chinese chef.

The categories of Western food were reduced, and the dishes of Chinese food were increased, so that this meal combined Chinese and Western food, and the attitude on the leader's face was slightly eased.

This is only in Tianjin, where he can find a western chef. If it were in Beijing, he would not be able to invite one even with a sedan chair.

Who dares to say that he can cook western food? He would rather say that he is not a chef. Those who eat and drink for free dare not say that they are western chefs.

Li Xuewu sat at the main table with Andrew, and did not take out his anger on Andrew's boasting in the afternoon and force them to drink. Today's occasion is not the time for a drinking contest.

Everyone eats and drinks well, and good words are really good.

The drinking culture has never been unique to China. Judging from Andrew's social performance, this old Deng often talks about business at the drinking table.

Li Xuewu took the time to glance at Zhou Xiaobai and the others. If we talk about free food and free drinks, it has to be these two young eaters.

They really caught the opportunity. At the table in the corner, the two little guys were like stealing squirrels, and they were working hard on the seafood feast.

The banquet did not last long. The main table still talked a lot. Everyone ate and talked while eating. They didn't talk about work anymore, but talked about life.

In particular, Andrew took the initiative to talk about the life concepts and cultural differences at home and abroad, and talked about his likes and views on domestic living customs.

Otherwise, how can you say that this old Deng knows business banquet communication? Do you think that if you don't talk about work and life, you are really talking about each other's family life?

Of course not, it is to talk about the attitude of each other's survival and business environment from a personal perspective, seek the impression of the other party on oneself and adapt to the values ​​that both parties agree on.

You don't really think that the bigwigs at this level of business banquets are discussing topics like where your child goes to kindergarten, how my wife is doing, how old my son is, and whether he pees and plays in the mud with the kids next door? !

Stop it!

Do you think this is a class reunion? Even if it is a class reunion, they won't talk about this. Everyone will say that they will get a room after dinner... um... that kind of thing!