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Chapter 499 Banquet Hall

In the afternoon, Su Cheng had a round stomach and lay under the parasol by the swimming pool as usual.

The temperature difference in Kazakhstan is extremely large, with 20 degrees Celsius at noon and 20 degrees Celsius at midnight and 20 degrees Celsius at midnight. In addition, dryness is also a major feature here. It is common for newcomers to have chapped lips. Such an environment is suitable for the fragrance of fruits and fruits, but it makes it difficult for foreigners to adapt. Sucheng has been in the city for a long time and prefers a wet environment. When the environment is dry, he either goes swimming or just like now, watering some water by the swimming pool and resting.

In the past two years, he could hardly feel such a leisurely atmosphere.

If you are in China, let alone endless documents, it will be a headache to meet continuously. Not to mention the businessmen who are traveling with you, officials are not young, especially local government cadres. With the increasing trend of investment promotion, more and more people come. It would be fine if people are not there, but people are not welcome, it would be unreasonable.

However, it is a place like Almaty that avoids the hustle and bustle outside and allows Sucheng to completely relax.

"Watermelon?" Shu Lan brought a plate of bright red watermelon on the table, and took a piece of it. She had always loved sweets, but when she came to Almaty, she fell in love with local fruits and could eat a basket every day.

Xinjiang is the province with the largest temperature difference in China, and the sweetness of the melons and fruits produced are also the most delicious. However, around the world, the fruits and fruits of Kazakhstan are the most famous. In the former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan provided a large amount of fruits and fruits to Moscow and the Soviet Union every year. At the same time, this is also one of the few products in the Soviet Union that could exchange for foreign exchange.

The fruits provided in the villa are naturally selected from the best, and Su Cheng also eats a lot every day. He squinted his eyes easily, reached out and twisted a pointed watermelon. He swallowed it in one bite, then threw away the watermelon peel, ate another, and threw away another watermelon peel. His movements were like he had been tempered for thousands of times...

A plate of watermelon disappeared without a trace while talking and laughing, leaving only a ground of watermelon peel.

Su Cheng then relaxed on the chair and sighed: "Eat watermelons casually, throw away watermelon peels... This is like the life that the old rich man lives."

Shu Lan laughed: "The person who throws the watermelon skin at will is not necessarily the old rich man, but may also be a minor."

"It's good to be a minor. Is it a minor at the age of 16?" Su Cheng looked over with teasing. He and Shu Lan met for the first time, but he was 16 years old.

Shu Lan naturally remembered it. As her eyes circulated, her cheeks were slightly red, but her appearance seemed exactly the same as before.

Su Cheng couldn't help but come over.

"Bang!"

The closed door on the other side of the swimming pool was suddenly opened.

This door is an electronic door, which separates the villa from the villa next door. However, once opened, the lawns of the villa on both sides are connected together.

Just facing the gate, Sucheng saw a British butler first, and the hotel waiters in the row behind him were holding colorful things and carrying iron racks and other items.

"Could it be a coup?" This was Su Cheng's first reaction.

He lives in the villa of President Kazakhstan. If it weren't for the coup, who would have dared to force himself into it. It wouldn't be surprising that oil merchants encountered coups. The seven sisters of the oil have done many coups in small countries, and they have participated in coups in big countries.

However, Kazakhstan has always been known for its political stability. Is this going to happen?

What attitude should I maintain? In just a few seconds, Su Cheng's thoughts scattered... If it was an organized coup, he was not afraid of anything, but he was afraid of collective riots. It was just that the butler and waiter didn't look very similar.

The combination of the butler and the waiter is not a combination of a coup!

In a moment, Su Cheng finally came to his senses, hugged Shu Lan, who was unknown with one hand, and looked at the butler.

The British-style housekeeper stood firm and said, "Mr. Sucheng, Princess Aiman ​​asked me to inform you that the dinner will be held at 20 o'clock, and we will set up the venue now."

He hooked his palms, and the waiter behind began to set up tables around the swimming pool, chairs, pile up wine bottles, and arrange the stage and dining table...

Judging from the situation, the entire villa is going to be requisitioned.

Su Cheng slowly stood up, walked over to the butler and looked outside. The table, chair, wine table and other tables were from the open side door, and his eyes were all the way in.

In other words, the Princess Aiman, who lives next to her, actually took up his place to hold a dinner party.

It's simply inexplicable!

Su Cheng suppressed his anger and asked, "What does this mean?"

As he said that, his mind began to think about whose idea was this.

If it is the so-called princess' nonsense, the worst result is probably to lose face and add some jokes to the oil circle. However, if this is a competitor's trick, it is a different matter. The high profit and high danger in the oil industry have given birth to a large number of professional conspirators. There are endless stories of conspiracy, and not many big conspiracies starting with a small thing, but it is not without them. Su Cheng is not allowed to be careful.

The butler naturally couldn't guess the twists and turns in Sucheng's mind, and he said in London English: "Princess Aiman ​​is preparing to hold a grand dance party to entertain new friends from Europe. The invitation I gave you yesterday was for this. At the same time, I also wanted to borrow the villa you currently live in so that the dance party can be larger and more grand."

"Does anyone say you want to borrow a villa?" Shu Lan taught herself English, but she didn't speak fluently, but she had no problem listening. She had seen the invitation she sent yesterday, and she really didn't remember the words "borrowing a villa".

The butler smiled slightly and said, "This is an unwritten agreement in Kazakhstan. If a friend sends an invitation to another friend, he can borrow his friend's place to hold a dance..."

Su Cheng smiled and said, "Kazakhstan has such an agreement? Can you try to send an invitation to Moscow? Isn't it more handsome to hold a dance party in Red Square?"

"I'm not Kazakh, but since we are here, please let us continue to prepare for the banquet." The British housekeeper practiced British Tai Chi, after all, such a reason is indeed unreasonable, but Princess Aiman's request could only perform his duties.

These days, although the British-style housekeeper is famous, it is not easy to find a high-paying job.

Su Cheng curled his lips and did not stop the dozens of waiters from working, and continued to ask: "Does President Nazarbayev know about this?"

"I don't know about this." The housekeeper smiled.

"What about Princess Aiman ​​you mentioned?"

"Princess Aiman ​​will thank you later. She is choosing a bouquet for dinner." The housekeeper smiled and said, "Then can we continue to set up the venue?"

Su Cheng ignored him and whispered to Shu Lan: "You go to the second floor first. I'll make two calls."

Shu Lan nodded obediently, then whispered: "Be careful, this is where people are."

Su Cheng's ears were itchy and he smiled and said, "I know. It's probably because of this princess's temper. Nothing will happen."

No matter how much he said, after sending Shu Lan back to his bedroom, he made several calls in a row.

Dahua Industrial has been working hard in Kazakhstan for two years, but it is not deeply rooted, and it is also a bit fundamental. A large company with billions of dollars in assets will inevitably have to have close relationships with politicians if it wants to build a large-scale country, let alone a company like Dahua Industrial that attaches great importance to public relations and information.

Although Nazarbayev is Dahua Industrial's greatest power background in Kazakhstan, Dahua has also operated a considerable relationship and intelligence network.

After a few phone calls, Su Cheng learned about Princess Aiman ​​from the front and back.

Speaking of which, this is just a girl in her early 20s. She has been a Young Pioneer and a member of the Communist Youth League, but she was sent to Europe to study during the Soviet turmoil. During this period, she ran a magazine and became a model, and became a person in the European fashion circle... The most outstanding thing is that although her magazine mainly introduces Kazakhstan, her selection angle is Central Asian fashion, it has been recognized by mainstream European society, and therefore received praise from Nazarbayev and received large funding from Kazakhstan. Aimman used this money to expand his network, making the magazine's circulation benchmark of 20,000 copies per issue.

In the European fashion world, this number is enough for publicity.

Such a woman in the fashion industry seems to have no intersection with the oil industry.

If you want to tell the reason why she came to the house, according to a well-informed person, it may be that the villa where Sucheng currently lives was her. Due to Nazarbayev's face, Aimman couldn't drive people directly, so he wanted to use this method to force Sucheng away.

If this is true, this is a struggle for children to play house. Whether Su Cheng gives way or not, it will not cause any storm.

But Su Cheng is a cautious person by nature, especially when he is abroad, he naturally needs to think twice when encountering things.

He handed over the information he received to the Information Bureau, and while letting professional analysts analyze it, he fell into deep thought.

Princess Aimman is not very old. She has lived in Europe in recent years and is in the fashion circle. It is not surprising that she would not take the chairman of a foreign company seriously.

There are too many oil companies in Kazakhstan, and there are too many oil companies in Europe, the United States and other places that are too late to bribe Kazakhstan's political leaders, so how dare you offend them?

This Aiman ​​Prince mainly developed some arrogance, which is not new.

But, she is ignorant, isn’t there anyone around her who is sensible?

The China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline is important to China and to Kazakhstan. What's more, there is also the capital migration plan that Nazarbayev attaches importance to.

Do you have to make a fuss about a villa?

Su Cheng was not in a hurry, thinking about it over and over again, but the others did not have such good patience.

Gu Hongjun was soon forced to be anxious by the sound arranged outside. He couldn't help knocking on Su Cheng's door and said whistling: "The tables outside are full, and you can be angry just by looking at them. Mr. Su, do you want me to smash it!"

Although he was nominally a security guard sent by the state to Sucheng, he had been here for a few years and had already been to Sucheng, so he would not care about diplomatic rules. According to Gu Hongjun's simple thoughts, as long as Su Dong nodded, he would naturally be steadily. If not, with his personality, he would not have to send two people to make a fuss.

"No hurry." The little anger that Su Cheng had accumulated before had already scattered from his face. At this time, he looked tepid: "It is difficult to build and destroy it easily. Let them set up the table first. At that time, it depends on ours whether this dinner can be held."

"Then just wait?"

"Wait."

"What are you waiting for?" Gu Hongjun was confused.

"Look at whether this Princess Aiman ​​appears." After the consideration just now, Su Cheng happened to straighten his thoughts for Gu Hongjun: "If this Princess Aiman ​​is really a princess sick man, then she will definitely come out after 8 o'clock. Didn't the butler say that she is choosing a flower, whether it is showing off her power or threatening or tempting, she must convince me, otherwise, how can she force us away?"

Gu Hongjun touched his head and asked, "What if she hides?"

"Hidding means that there are some guidance behind her. Why should I hide from me with such unscrupulous behavior?"

Gu Hongjun had a flash of inspiration and said, "If she looked down on us at all, maybe she would be too lazy to see us?"

When he said this, Su Cheng was stunned and laughed: "You said this, it is really possible that this princess disease is a disease. Since that's the case, let's hold a banquet as well."

"Let's do it too?" Gu Hongjun couldn't understand now.

Su Cheng looked at his watch and smiled and said, "It's a little tight until 8 o'clock, but it's enough. After all, the venue has been arranged. I'll call a few more times. You can call the public relations department and organize our security guards. Oh, and notify the Kazakhstan police and ask them to send someone to help with security."

Gu Hongjun left without understanding.

Su Cheng called the embassy and said that he wanted to hold a dinner, asked the embassy to participate, and asked the embassy to invite some friends to participate, but there was no consent there. Doing diplomacy is to do relationships, and embassies abroad are inevitably held multiple banquets every year. However, in the early 1990s, the Chinese embassy had no funds, and except for the routine New Year and Spring Festival and other times, they rarely held them on their own initiative.

Even if it was held, they couldn't bring out much real information. At this time, the Russian Embassy had attractive caviar and world-famous products such as vodka, so the Chinese Embassy could only use spring roll dumplings and silk to make up the numbers.

Large-scale events were a huge burden for the embassy at this time, especially the irreplaceable beverages such as champagne and red wine were expensive and they had to buy them. They could only be said to be encouraged to maintain them. Sucheng voluntarily bears the costs, but the Chinese embassy disagrees, but the time is a little tight and there is no time to complain.

At the same time, the recruited members of the Public Relations Department also began to quickly call and send invitations to contact the politicians and wealthy businessmen in Kazakhstan.

The China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline is basically laid in Kazakhstan, and there are quite a few relationships to be connected. However, no matter whether these relationships are connected or not, most of them will not refuse the invitation from Sucheng. After all, if the purpose is not a means, the banquet held in President Nazarbayev's villa is still very attractive.

Listening to the familiar phone ringtone in his ear, Su Cheng gently pushed open the curtains and looked at the neatly tidied banquet hall below, and couldn't help but smile.

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