"Sherley, it's incredible that young man is the owner of this company! How old is he? Even if he inherits the family business, it's not so early!" Andre was surprised when he heard the blonde girl's statement.

"Brother, that young man is definitely not simple! We have visited state-owned enterprises these days. Although we have seen very few production and operation situations, we can see from the attitudes of the officials of the Ministry of Commerce and the attitudes of those business managers to those business managers that those enterprises not only have no autonomy, but also have a humble and weak status as managers." The blonde girl Shirley sighed with a look.

Unlike developed Western countries that are dominated by economy, girls have to admit that in this land, their connections and political status determine the key to everything!

"The young man you are talking about seems to be no different from the managers of state-owned enterprises in the past, and he is also a flatterer." When Chen Hongtao first entered the conference room, he held Deputy Minister Qian Yicheng's hand in both hands and shook his storm, Andre felt quite uncomfortable.

In Andrei's view, Chen Hongtao's despicable actions were completely a sign of flattery.

Seeing Andrei's slightly contemptuous look deep in his eyes, the blonde girl smiled: "What Chinese people value is to repay their kindness, that is, only if you give others enough face, will others return you with the same courtesy! Brother, don't you see that General Manager Chen Hongtao has a very good relationship with Minister Qian?"

The blonde girl is like a Chinese master, and she is very familiar with the ancient Chinese allusions.

When Shirley reminded him, Andre felt that he was reexamining Chen Hongtao in his memory.

"That young general manager named Chen Hongtao is different from the executives of those companies we have seen in the past. Although he didn't say much in the conference room today, he still exuded an invisible influence. Have you noticed the look of the commerce and trade personnel looking at him? It was a kind of awe, and this kind of look was rarely experienced in those people before." Shirley and Andre walked to a shaded locust tree and thought.

"Sister, do you want to contact General Manager Chen Hongtao in private?" Andrei understood some of Shirley's meaning at this time.

"It can't be considered private. Since the Ministry of Commerce and Trade arranged for us to inspect Mingzhu Group, we can have legitimate communication with the general manager of this company. Foreign companies like us, if they want to establish a sole proprietorship in China, it will definitely not work. Only when they can find powerful partners to establish a joint venture are hoped to take root in this land. Just like Coca-Cola, they also benefited from cooperation with COFCO to open up the Chinese market." The blonde girl seemed to have made a decision and looked in the direction of the canteen.

"I'm afraid that the young general manager would ignore us. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be not very interested in our arrival. We just came to him rashly, and it would be difficult to impress him..." Andre showed a little worry on his face. He was not stubborn. At this time, he obviously affirmed Shirley's statement.

"Brother, you were wrong. Judging from the time General Manager Chen Hongtao stayed in the conference room, he was obviously very interested in the arrival of our country's investment inspection team. The reason why he did not make a statement immediately was that he should be observing silently. I believe that after lunch, even if no one in the inspection team came to him, he would take the initiative to contact some companies in the inspection team. However, compared with other companies, our Handerson International Consulting Company does not have any competitive advantages, so we must be more proactive to seize the opportunity!" As Shirley spoke, she was already walking back to the cafeteria, as if she was afraid of missing a slight opportunity.

"Sherley, even if we found him and were received, if we talked about the essence, we should know that our Handerson Consulting Company cannot afford much money. How can we impress him and how can we meet his request?" Andre, who came to China for the first time, seemed a little nervous, especially after nearly a month of eating and drinking, he had a clear understanding of the difficulties of doing things here.

"Even if we can't afford sufficient funds, it does not mean that we have nothing. The inspection companies we came with us still need our consultant headhunting company to connect advanced projects, technologies, and high-quality talents, not to mention the current Mingzhu Group, which we are in, a company with no advanced management experience. The vast business network we have is not available to any company in the inspection team. If we can negotiate well, our Handerson International Consulting Company can borrow a chicken to lay eggs and quickly grow and grow on the land of China through the local advantages of this privatization group." Although the blonde girl's words were full of confidence, it was more like cheering herself up. At least the worry hidden in her eyes showed that she was not really well-founded.

After the brother and sister returned to the cafeteria with anticipation, the banquet not only did not part, but the foreigners on the table gradually tended to drink higher.

After a solemn apologized in front of everyone, Andrei and Shirley took the seat again, but their eyes had an extra goal, and this goal happened to be Chen Hongtao who was having dinner with his secretary Liu Miaoyan in the corner of the canteen.

Although it was the first time I had a meal with Chen Hongtao, Liu Miaoyan couldn't stand it secretly!

There is no reason why Liu Miaoyan is hard to bear. Chen Hongtao has eaten this lunch for a long time. Not only does he rely on leaving the employees in the cafeteria, he is even more likely to be dispersed by foreigners at four tables. Without drinking, he ate a lunch for nearly two hours, which made Liu Miaoyan, the secretary, a little collapse!

Early on, Liu Miaoyan had finished eating and watched Chen Hongtao have a meal.

It's strange that although Chen Hongtao ate slowly, he never stopped. Two big bowls of rice and two plates of dishes, even Liu Miaoyan didn't know how much food Chen Hongtao's belly could carry.

It was not until several staff members of the Ministry of Commerce had already drunk the amount that the banquet dispersed. It seemed that the matter of checkout had been explained before, and the money was in Andre's hands. When it was time to checkout, such errands were naturally done by Andre, brothers and sisters who had no identity in the inspection team.

Seeing the swaying Moutai bottle, Andre couldn't help feeling a little secretly. Less than a month after he came to China, he realized that although the material foundation in this place was poor, the consumption was not low everywhere. From accommodation to dining, he completely treated the foreigners in their inspection team as "big heads". Even if he had a big meal in the United States, it was not as expensive as here, and there was no place to say anything about it.

If someone had "arranged" it, Andre would not have felt so distressed, but the inspection and consumption of all companies in the inspection team was divided according to the number of companies. In comparison, the small number of Handerson International Consulting Company was obviously at a disadvantage.

"The opportunity to make extra money is here!" Chen Hongtao saw Andre and Shirley walking to the window and handing over the money, he quickly packed up the dishes and walked towards the window for the meal with his secretary Liu Miaoyan.

The four of them met almost at the window. The aunt who was making food happened to be the woman in white clothes, about forty-five years old.

However, the middle-aged woman at this time no longer had the enthusiasm she used to give Chen Hongtao soup, and was secretly feeling sorry for the consumption of the four tables of banquets at the window.

"Sherley, these four tables of meals should be about two thousand dollars, right? Eating in this broken place, with the consumption standards here, one thousand dollars is enough!" Andrey asked his sister in English. Like the aunt who made the meal, he felt sorry for him, but he felt sorry for the money in his pocket.

Andrei, standing at the window, never expected that Chen Hongtao could understand English. After speaking out in pain, he even smiled kindly at Chen Hongtao.

Seeing Andre taking out a roll of dollars from his bulging trousers, even if the aunt who made the meal was dull, she knew that this foreigner should have to pay the money.

"Secretary Liu, how much do you have to charge for this?" Faced with such a thing, the old lady who was cooking was obviously a little confused.

Before Liu Miaoyan could speak, Chen Hongtao had already laughed out loud: "Didn't you see this foreigner's face saying that there is too much money and people come quickly? I asked him for 20,000 US dollars. According to the high-end banquet standards abroad, our four tables of dishes that are comparable to state banquets are worth this price, so I wrote the number for him in a small notebook."

When Liu Miaoyan heard what Chen Hongtao said, her face twitched. She looked at the man and woman in front of her, and then looked at the aunt who was making food, and finally nodded.

Although Chen Hongtao mentioned collecting money before, Liu Miaoyan did not expect that her boss would be so dark! She spoke for only 20,000 US dollars.

In 1985, although the exchange rate between the US dollar and RMB was not as high as that of later generations, it also floated around 1:3. Twenty thousand US dollars is 60,000 RMB, which is really not a small amount.

At this time, Chen Hongtao completely focused his eyes on Andre's bulging trouser pockets, as if he was calculating the number he said, whether he could clean the foreigner's pockets at one time.

Unlike Andre's appearance that was ignorant, just after Chen Hongtao finished speaking in front of Shirley, the blonde girl couldn't help but show a faint surprise and anger on her face, but this expression did not last long and was quickly hidden by her.

Among the few people in the window, the most calm one was the aunt who made a meal. The woman seemed to be not very sensitive to the concept of money, especially foreign currency she had never seen before. She only listened to Liu Miaoyan, the secretary, and regardless of the two thousand dollars Andre took out, she directly wrote a 2 in the notebook and drew four 0 in the notebook. She raised the notebook with the numbers on both hands and put them on the window so that Andre, the foreigner who paid the money, could see clearly.

Seeing the 20,000 Arabic numerals in the small notebook, Andre almost clanged his chin when he was stupid: "No! Really, is it true? Shirley, is it that I was dazzled or she wrote it wrong..."

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