Hua Zhenxing put away the sound barrier, and the door of the private room opened automatically. He and Charles both stood up and left the table to greet him.
The eldest of the three brothers, Xiao Guang and Lao Sanlang, came outside the door. The second brother, Sima Zhi, was still in the manor. Although Xiao Guang didn't think that today's guests could do anything to him, he still maintained his usual caution.
Attitude, not all three brothers came, leaving some back-up to support them.
Xiao Guang looks to be less than forty years old, with a medium build, wearing an improved modern Chinese suit, and a smile that looks very stylish. How can I describe this expression? Combined with his body, he looks very humble, but deep down he is
It's the feeling that a person in power is "approachable".
Schoolmaster Lin looks about ten years younger than Xiao Guang, and is also about ten centimeters taller. At nearly thirty years old, he is considered an "old man" in the Kingdom of Kilili, but in many other places in the world he is still a young man, and he looks pretty good.
Handsome, with a bit of arrogance.
In fact, Xiao Guang and Colonel Lin are not as young as they look. These three brothers came to Banda City to run Sanhu Town twenty years ago. Now Xiao Guang is actually fifty-five years old, and Lang
The school resident is forty-three years old.
After the door opened, the two people were stunned for a moment. In the private room was a young black man and a child. Although the monks could not describe their age, no matter how advanced Huazhenxing was, he was still an adolescent.
Temperament and description are things that adults cannot fake.
Xiao Guang was just stunned, then quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hand and said: "It turns out that Mayor Xia is coming to Sanhu Town. How wonderful! Since Mayor Xia came in person, why didn't he say anything when he sent someone to notify him?
Are you clear? We can also prepare a special welcome ceremony!"
Schoolmaster Lin immediately came to his senses and nodded: "It's too hasty to meet like this. We didn't prepare well in advance. Why do you have the nerve to let Mayor Xia treat us to dinner at Sanhu Restaurant? We must entertain you well today!"
With their eyesight, it was not surprising that they could recognize Charles. As the local emperor of Sanhu Town, even if he didn't care about the affairs of Feso Port, he couldn't care less about the major events happening in Banda City.
By the way, Charles is now the mayor of Banda City and a senior official of the League. As for the mayor of Fiso Port, Locke is temporarily acting.
Gu Wentong once secretly planned to push Locke to the position of president of the new alliance and mayor of Fesoport. He tried every means to build momentum for Locke, but now he has achieved results.
After Charles became the mayor of Banda City, it was natural for Locke to take over as the acting mayor. Even the local indigenous people thought it was natural.
Charles's information is not a secret. He is a public figure, even the only public figure in the local area. If we go back to a year ago, you could ask a random person in Port Fiso, what does the mayor look like and what is his name? It is estimated that ten
Nine of them don't know him, but if you ask people now, almost everyone will know Charles.
Charles's speech and various promotional videos of the new alliance are now broadcast every day in various communities in Bubanda City. Even if Xiao Guang and others did not see it, Huazhenxing had already sent someone to send a piece of information in advance.
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Charles shook hands with the two guests one after another and said: "The situation in Banda City is not yet stable, and I don't want to alarm too many people. Today I just want to meet with three gentlemen to talk about how Sanhu Town will develop in the future. There seems to be another
Why didn’t Mr. Sima come?”
Xiao Guang: "Sima Zhi has something to do today, and we both came here for the same purpose. Mayor Xia, this gentleman is...?"
They did not know Hua Zhenxing. Hua Zhenxing took the initiative and said, "Mr. Xiao, my name is Hua Zhenxing! We met that day in the wilderness. I appeared as Major General Farah."
"Oh, it turns out to be fellow Daoist Hua. Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!" Xiao Guang's tone obviously became higher. He and Principal Lin both bowed to Hua Zhenxing, and their attitudes changed subtly in an instant.
Just now they thought that Hua Zhenxing was a follower brought by Charles to act as an assistant or translator. Although Charles spoke fluent Dongguan, he may not be able to understand all Dongguan, so he still needed such an assistant.
It turned out that Hua Zhenxing was the monk they met that night, and their judgments immediately changed. Between Hua Zhenxing and Charles, they obviously thought that Hua Zhenxing was the one who had the final say, and he was standing behind Charles
's boss.
This is both admirable and enviable. They only owned Sanhu Town by controlling the Sanhu Gang, and this young man is too courageous, right? By controlling the leader of the new alliance, he not only owned Feso Port, but also
Arrived at Banda City!
Their judgment is not entirely wrong. Hua Zhenxing is indeed Ciel's behind-the-scenes supporter and the one who really has the final say. But on the other hand, it is completely wrong.
Hua Zhenxing also returned the courtesy and said: "Please sit down quickly and ask the waiter to serve hot food!"
The orders were quickly served, and Xiao Guang asked: "Fellow Taoist Hua, Mayor Xia, what kind of wine would you like to drink? We have all kinds of good wines produced in Dongguo, which can't be bought elsewhere."
Hua Zhenxing took out a bottle of Moutai that was manufactured fifty years ago from the backpack next to the chair and asked: "Is there any new wine? It's best to mix it with two bottles."
Old Man Yang on the first floor cursed in a low voice: "This wasteful thing!"
Mo Shangtong frowned and said, "Isn't wine just for drinking? Do you think that wine can't be drunk, or that Xiaohua can't drink it?"
Ke Mengchao smiled and said: "I only took one bottle, but you took two bottles today."
Old Man Yang: "Can this be the same? I invited you two, and he invited those guys."
Mo Shangtong: "It's indeed different."
Ke Mengchao: "It makes sense!"
Sanhu Restaurant did not have this year’s new wine, but it did have Moutai that was produced the year before last. Colonel Lin got up and went to get two bottles in person. They were genuine and not fake.
Old wine tastes better when mixed with new wine, but it is very particular. Hua Zhenxing originally wanted to mix it himself, but Charles got interested and insisted on giving it a try. He mixed it back and sipped it.
Schoolmaster Lin laughed and said, "What a treat today! I didn't expect that Mayor Xia would mix wine?"
Charles said without raising his head: "I originally opened a wine shop, producing, supplying, and selling everything. One-third of the banana wine sold in the bars in Fiso Port is actually supplied by me."
Colonel Lin: "That's not Dongguo liquor, it's completely two flavors."
Charles: "I've also mixed Dongguo liquor, added sugar to banana wine, and added Dongguotou domestically produced Erguotou, and adjusted the taste of each batch. That's what Xiaohua taught me. I've drank a lot of Dongguo myself, like
I've had this kind of Maotai at Xiaohua's many times."
Xiao Guang: "Then I'm relieved, Mayor Xia will continue to pay."
One bottle of old wine and two bottles of new wine. Charles used a big pot to mix out about a pound and a half of mature wine. The wine dividers for everyone were filled, and he toasted first.
Xiao Guang then said: "Then let me toast you too! Welcome fellow Taoist Hua and welcome Mayor Xia!"
Then Mr. Liang raised his glass and said: "Then let me toast again, for the sake of happy cooperation in the future... Eat the food first! Fellow Taoist Hua, how is the food here? I'm not bragging. Looking at the entire country of Jili, in
You can’t eat such authentic Dong Guo cuisine anywhere else.”
Hua Zhenxing frowned slightly and said: "The skills of the chefs here are still far behind. They can't even keep up with the canteen chefs at the construction site, let alone the canteen chefs of Huanxiang Industrial. It's a pity these materials... I'll try something else.
It's all the same. I can't say I didn't do it well, I just don't know how to do it."
Hua Zhenxing did not deliberately seek trouble, he just told the truth. Speaking like this is not in line with the habits of a Dongguo person, but Hua Zhenxing grew up in a non-southern environment, and he did not give much face when speaking.
Moreover, he was treating guests today, and the place he chose was the restaurant owned by the other party. It was already a great honor to do this. As for how good the food was, Huazhenxing did not evaluate it based on his own level. There were two people he was most familiar with.
Canteen for comparison.
Charles seemed to be a little gloating about his misfortune, and explained while suppressing a smile: "Actually, Xiaohua knows how to cook since he was a child. He is the highest-level chef I have ever seen!"
Huazhenxing also realized that it was a bit rude to say this, and added: "Maybe the taste here is more suitable for locals or overseas tourists, and this is normal."
This may be true, but what Mr. Lin just said was "authentic Dongguo cuisine". His face was obviously a little confused, and he yelled at the waiter.
When you call for a waiter when eating locally, the speed of arrival often depends on the mood of the other party. But as soon as Mr. Lin called out, a waiter came running through the door and said with a trembling voice: "Mr. Lin, what are your orders?
"
Principal Lin: “Who cooked this table of food?”
Waiter: "I'm not sure. Is there something wrong?"
Mr. Lin: "If you don't know, just ask which chef made which dish. Ask me clearly. If you can't remember, just write it down with a pen! Remove all the dishes from this table and tell the head chef.
He shouted, "Make a new copy of it exactly as it was, and ask him to do it himself."
Waiter: "The chef is very busy today. Because there are many guests, this dish should not be cooked by him."
Schoolmin Lin: "I don't care if he is busy or not, this is my guest, let him cook quickly! If my guest is not satisfied, I will also be very dissatisfied. This is not a matter of redoing a table of dishes!"
Hua Zhenxing was a little dumbfounded, and Charles was watching the show next to him. The table was all cleared, and soon there was another table with the same dishes. Xiao Guang asked Hua Zhenxing to try it again. Are you still satisfied?
Hua Zhenxing waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about the food and let's talk about business. Mayor Xia is here today. We can talk about many things directly, and we can do it after we agree."
Lang Xiaomin picked up the wine glass and said: "It's easy to say at the right time. How much we gave Farah every year in the past will be what we give to Mayor Xia every year in the future. This time we are all on our own and we will definitely be able to cooperate better."
I can have the benefits delivered right away, but Mayor Xia, when will the Sanhu Gang be released? I still expect them to work every day!"
Charles put down his cup and said slowly: "Bribery, corruption of state agency staff, in order to seek illegal benefits... Those who commit extremely large amounts and cause particularly heavy losses to the country shall be sentenced to ten years or more in prison, life imprisonment or death.