The earliest city to open a port in modern China was probably Guangdong, but the most prosperous city to open a port was Dongfang City, located on the Huangpu River.
Starting from the late Qing Dynasty, it has been almost more than 100 years now. Dongfang City is still the most prosperous and shining pearl among Chinese cities, not even comparable to Hong Kong.
In difficult times, Dongfang City's fiscal revenue accounted for one-sixth of the national finance. You can imagine how important Dongfang City is in China's economy with such a large economic capacity.
Of course, many people say that xenophobia and worship of Japan are very serious in the East, and to some extent, this is also true.
But no matter how you look at it, as the second largest financial center in East Asia after Tokyo, Japan, the East has its own strengths.
Fairy Company's businesses in the East, in addition to the cloud computing and cloud storage company and electronic circuit board factory, are Fairy Direct Stores, Xiaoyao Mall, Xiaoyao Logistics and Xiaoyao Express.
Of course, the Oriental Branch of Director Yang’s Fairy Canteen Dessert Shop is also under intensive planning.
There is also a 4G optical fiber pilot in cooperation with Huaguo Dentsu, which is also gradually being implemented. However, it will only be the operator Huaguo Dentsu, not Fairy Company, that will appear in the operation process.
Therefore, Fairy Company has little impact on the overall economy of Dongfang City, not as much as some other state-owned enterprises and Fortune 500 companies.
But no matter which big city it is in, Fairy Company is always the most dazzling presence.
Because Fairy Company’s advertisements have always been overwhelming. Although there are not many celebrities anymore, print advertisements, media advertisements and screen advertisements are all available at any time.
After Merck took over the advertising department of Fairy Company, he designed many advertising models for Fairy Company according to the model he used at Nokia. Now they are very easy to use, the efficiency has been improved a lot, and the cost has been reduced.
10%.
According to Fairy Company's credit calculation standards, it will no longer be a problem for Merck to receive a super big red envelope by the end of this year.
Xiao Qi originally planned to come over to express condolences to the two little girls and return to Rongcheng the next day.
But in the morning, he received a call from Xia Yudong.
Xia Yudong is the son of Xiao Qi's cousin Xia Pingzhu. He works for PetroChina in Lin'an. Last time Xiao Qi went to Lin'an to help him solve the problem of buying a house and a car.
Originally, Xia Yudong said he would get married this year, but because of Xiao Qi, he became the deputy director of the financial department of Lin'an PetroChina, in charge of many aspects of reimbursement. Therefore, he was very busy and could not think about getting married for the time being.
Fortunately, he is not old, he is only 26 years old this year, and Zhou Tingyue is only 24 years old, so naturally there is no rush.
"Xiao Qi, are you in the east?" Xia Yudong asked.
"Yes, I'm in the East." Xiao Qi said, "How do you know, cousin?"
"My mother has been chatting with my cousin these past two days, and she said that you are busy in the capital and Dongfang. It just so happens that your sister-in-law and I are also coming to Dongfang today. So I thought we could get together," Xia Yudong said cheerfully.
"Okay, wherever you are, I'll pick you up." Xiao Qi said with a smile.
"We just took the express train now, and we won't arrive until noon." Xia Yudong said, "Your sister-in-law wants to have a crab dinner and has booked a seat at the Drunken Crab Restaurant. You can just wait for us there at noon.
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"Crab dinner?" Xiao Qi said, "Oh, if I have two friends who want to come with me, that's no problem, right?"
"Of course you can." Xia Yudong smiled. "A man or a woman?"
"Female, just a friend." Xiao Qi replied.
"Okay, see you at noon then!"
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Qi changed hands and called Kasha. "Hey, little money girl, do you like crabs?"
"Crab? Big crab?" Kasha said lazily.
"No, little one, in the east of China, in the Jiangnan area, there is a very special food." Xiao Qi said. "It is only available in this season. If you are not used to eating such fishy things, forget it.
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"Who said I'm not used to eating? I just haven't eaten before..." Kasha felt a little strange when she said this, "By the way, didn't you go back to Chengdu today? Why are you inviting us to dinner again?"
"My cousin and cousin-in-law came to Dongfang, and they happened to invite me to dinner, so I wanted to take you to a lively place." Xiao Qi explained.
When Xiao Qian Niu heard this, she immediately became interested, but she pretended to be a little embarrassed, "Well, since you are so sincere in inviting me, let's come, lest you lose face in front of your cousin and sister-in-law."
"Nonsense!" Xiao Qi laughed, "When you came here, you couldn't wear smoky makeup like last night. You are already very beautiful without makeup, so you don't need makeup."
"What do you need to say? We are already big beauties!" Xiao Qian Niu said proudly.
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Drunken Crab Restaurant is a very famous crab-eating place in the East.
Orientals love hairy crabs more than the breeding bases in Jiangnan and Jiangdong. At least one-third of the authentic hairy crabs are killed by diners in Dongfang City every year.
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival is the best time to eat hairy crabs. In mid-to-late October, you can catch the tail end and there are still a lot of hairy crabs.
Xiao Qi took Kasha and Anna to the Drunken Crab Restaurant. After giving Zhou Tingyue's name, he entered the box she reserved, and then asked the waitress in the store to introduce the famous Eight Pieces of Crab.
The eight pieces of crab are eight tools used to eat hairy crabs. The whole process is very complicated, and it turns eating crabs into an art form.
Kasha and Anna were astonished as they watched the waitress skillfully cut the hairy crabs apart, put the crab roe, meat paste, etc. on the plate in categories, and finally restored the crab shell and claws into a complete crab.
Clap your hands repeatedly.
In a stupid place like the United States, where have you ever seen such a sophisticated way of eating?
At this time, Xia Yudong and Zhou Tingyue also arrived in the box. They were very surprised when they saw that the two female friends brought by Xiao Qi turned out to be two delicate foreign girls.
But then I thought about it, Xiao Qi is the richest man in the world, so he naturally has a wide circle of friends. It is not surprising that he has several female foreign friends.
It's just...they are both too young and beautiful, right?
While Xia Yudong was thinking this, Zhou Tingyue exclaimed: "Kasha? Anna?"
She was speaking in English. After hearing this, the two women raised their heads and looked at her. Now Zhou Tingyue knew even more that she had read it right!
"Wow, it's really them, husband!" Zhou Tingyue pulled Xia Yudong, who was greeting Xiao Qi, and said happily: "They are Kasha and Anna! The concert we are going to watch tomorrow is theirs!"
"Um!?"
Xiao Qi looked at his cousin-in-law curiously, "Are you also a star-chaser?"
"Of course! When Michael Jackson came to the East for a concert last time, I liked their two performances! Kasha's hotness and Anna's youthfulness are invincible. They are both very energetic!" Zhou Tingyue said, "We
Many of my colleagues like them, and at least dozens of them will come over tomorrow!"
Zhou Tingyue comes from a good background. Her father is a civil servant and her mother works in the banking system. She also does simple and easy copywriting work at a TV station, so she has to be more particular about her daily life.
In contrast, Xia Yudong is very simple. Except for normal living expenses, he basically saves all money for his mother to take care of.
However, Xiao Qi gave them many wedding gifts last time, so Xia Yudong will also fulfill some of his girlfriend's small wishes now.
"Thank you for liking us!" Listening to Xiao Qi's translation, Kasha smiled and said in Chinese: "Sister-in-law, I'm glad to see you!"
Hearing what she said, Anna over there blushed and said the same thing.
Xiao Qi didn't even notice that the two women were shouting like this, but they were very serious.
Zhou Tingyue also didn't notice. She only knew that the two American celebrities were very friendly to her, so she sat next to them and even communicated with them.
Smile and enthusiasm are the best weapons to dissolve strangers.
In addition, Zhou Tingyue is Xiao Qi's sister-in-law, so the two girls are naturally more docile. Even the most arrogant Xiao Qian Niu is as well-behaved as the girl next door, which Xiao Qi is not used to seeing.
When the steamed hairy crabs were served, Zhou Tingyue had already acted as a teacher, teaching them how to eat hairy crabs conveniently.
Although Zhou Tingyue is not a good teacher, the little women are laughing and playing around, and the mood of enjoying the fun has already surpassed the mood of eating delicious food.
Xiao Qi and Xia Yudong were also eating and chatting.
"Cousin, when my cousin returned to her hometown this year, the old people at home were asking why you didn't go back..." Xiao Qi said with a smile.
"Hey, don't talk about it. Just before the Spring Festival, I encountered a funding review for a big project! Originally, if I wanted to say anything, the higher-ups would definitely let me go, but I can't always be special, right? So I can only take it with me
Colleagues will work overtime during the Spring Festival!" Xia Yudong sighed, "I will tell them in advance this year that I will go back to my hometown no matter what!"
"Haha, it's best to bring your sister-in-law with you." Xiao Qi said, "By the way, my mother is still asking, when will you have the wedding banquet?"
"It's coming, it's coming!" Xia Yudong said, "It's either on Christmas or New Year's Day! When the specific time is determined, we will send out invitations immediately! Well, we have already received the certificate a few days ago.
Got it!"
"Ah, congratulations! Cousin, I wish you happiness!" Xiao Qi raised his drink cup.
"Thank you!"
Xiao Qi smiled and nodded in agreement.
He also knew that because the wedding house he gave to his cousin was too big, covering a duplex of more than 260 square meters, more than 1 million was spent on decoration.
Zhou Tingyue's mother also kept her word. Although the price was so expensive, she still took the initiative to cover the cost. This made Chen Yulian, who had always had opinions about her, tell her cousin that this woman is not bad and knows that she means what she says.