It was already twelve o'clock at night, and Chen Taizhong and Yuan Se were still discussing work. After Shao Guoli, Wei Minghe and his party came back from Moulin Rouge, they were already 70 to 80% drunk, and the jet lag had not completely reversed, so they fell on the bed.
And fell asleep.
There are six rooms at the top and bottom of the Office in Europe. The six rooms above are guest rooms. Among the six rooms below, two rooms are the offices of the director and deputy director. There are two more offices, a file and financial room, and the last room is...
…Group dormitories.
"The people from the Economic and Social Affairs Office have gone too far this time." The two of them were talking in Director Chen Taizhong's office. Director Yuan was quite dissatisfied with Secretary Li's words today, "I have known for a long time that Rona-Poulenc was going to
Hearst Corporation merged, but they didn’t remind us.”
"They have no obligation to remind us." Chen Taizhong smiled nonchalantly, but it was unclear whether he thought so in his heart, "Besides, they can't always be clear about everything."
"But they must be aware of this matter." The halo above Yuan Se's head is that of a talented person, not a halo of mental retardation. How can it be so difficult to get him with such a small cause and effect? "The Economic Affairs Office does not pay general attention to our European office. It goes back and forth.
Not to mention a few times later, you came in front today and they came right after you. How can you get such treatment in a normal place?"
"I don't even want to think about this matter, but you have to say it." Chen Taizhong smiled bitterly, thinking that only one person can figure out such a trivial matter, "Can you please stop being disgusting with me?"
"They are trying to bully you." Yuan Sun knew how to listen to Director Chen's words. Not only did he continue to speak, he also added a cold snort. "Hey, it's a good thing that we are not under his direct control. This kind of partnership
, it doesn’t matter if you want it or not.”
"How can we cooperate with others? Our level is not enough. When we ask for help, we just go to him and leave." Chen Taizhong answered him with a smile, but the next moment, his brows wrinkled slightly, "Just say
To be honest, we are still not as good as others in terms of information collection."
"This can be done slowly. There are a lot of financial news in French newspapers and magazines. Accumulation always requires a process." Director Yuan answered firmly. In fact, he was not really that bold to insist on telling the ambassador
The reason for the boss's challenge was that he had carefully considered the work style of his own leader and knew that Director Taizhong had the kind of temperament that gets stronger with every setback.
It just so happens that Yuan Se is also the kind of boss who is very proud at heart. He doesn't like to be blackmailed and plotted by others. Now he naturally wants to persuade his director to shoulder the responsibility. "Even if it's not a cooperative relationship, it's still a brotherhood, right? What they're doing is serious.
It’s boring.”
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Chen Taizhong pointed to the pile of forms in front of him, "You can pick any three people here, one clerk and two cleaners." By the way, dormitories can be provided to one person at most.
"Let's take a look at these dozen people." Director Yuan's words were a bit rash, but quite unconventional. "I chose them for my own reasons, but Director Taizhong, you have to help check them. After all, you are the boss."
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"Oh, you can't make me worry less." Chen Taizhong sighed, but he was slightly happy in his heart. He chose his deputy really well. Not only did he have similar temperament, but he also had similar cognition. "Okay, I'll let you know tomorrow.
Let them come for the interview."
The next morning, there was an interview, but in the afternoon, as a flight landed, many more people came from the European Office, including Ma Xiaoya, Mr. Yu, Nangong Maomao, Mr. Su and her film crew.
Yes, Yin Jinghua didn't come, and I don't know if he was also banned because of his involvement with Huang Hanxiang.
However, Mr. Yin brought a gift, a foldable red pine screen with the Three Friends of Suihan painted on it. The market price is about 10,000 yuan. As Mr. Yin, this gift is a bit of a personal gift.
The price has dropped, but for occasions such as opening and listing, it is quite good.
Everyone else also had their own gifts, which goes without saying. The wonderful thing is that the film crew all brought a gift. It was a sailboat model, which means "smooth sailing", although it looks very big.
Good stuff, but it’s also someone’s intention, isn’t it?
It is August 4th in France, and they arrived not too late. That night, a dance was held in the European Office to entertain friends from all walks of life. Although Shao Guoli and Wei Minghe felt that this group of people was a bit unworthy of their status, since they were
It doesn't matter if you play.
The models brought by Bella and Grace played a big role in lubricating the situation. There are more than a dozen models who came this time. They are the kind of people who earn wages. A dance is two hundred euros per person, which is not too shabby.
Of course, the more important thing is that if there are masters who like each other, then they can develop other businesses. They are all adults. Who doesn't understand this?
In fact, Bella and Grace's Chinese lover is not a secret in the model's family. He is a rich and tall man. He even has some friends and is very lavish, like an Arab prince.
Generally speaking, one must admit that the origin of this rumor comes from Wei Minghe's lavish spending.
Isabella also came to today's party. Wei Minghe also remembered this coquettish woman, but unfortunately, there were four women he had sex with, but the one he cared about the most was killed by one.
The American rich man took over the package, so he was not very interested.
He was not enthusiastic, and others were naturally too lazy to follow his cold face. Parisian models were not much worse at observing words and emotions than domestic ladies, so when he found out that Shao Guoli was very interested in a female model, he hugged her and started dancing.
After three dances, he smiled and muttered to Chen Taizhong, "Old Shao seems to want to drink my foot-washing water this time, haha."
"Kozisa is still drinking your foot-washing water." Chen Taizhong calmly raised his head in one direction. "That girl, you have lost your seal of approval." nbsp;nbsp; "Kozisa
?" Wei Minghe was slightly startled when he heard this. He had just come to France and knew a little bit about those almost important figures. He followed the other person's eyes and chuckled, "It turns out to be Isabella.
This woman has a lot of water, but it’s looser down there.”
As he said this, he turned around and walked towards the other party. Seeing this, Chen Taizhong hurriedly reached out and grabbed him, "I said, Lao Wei, this famous flower has an owner, why are you fussing over it?"
"What the hell, what does she want to do by attending this kind of dance?" Wei Minghe snorted disdainfully, "It's not like Kochisa doesn't have a wife, it's just for everyone to have fun with, I say, don't be too loyal.
Pull me, I haven't even been brother-in-law with the deputy minister."
But the loose ones are not fun. Chen Taizhong wanted to persuade him, but found that he couldn't say the words. Instead, he unknowingly relaxed his grip on his hands and watched Wei Chu break away and walk towards Isabella.
, couldn't help but mutter angrily, "Is it an honor to be the brother-in-law of a minister? Besides, I'm not a Chinese minister."
"If he were the minister of China, he wouldn't have the guts." At some point, Ma Xiaoya stood next to him and actually overheard the conversation between the two. However, this was probably because Wei Minghe knew about their relationship and spoke.
Because she didn't hide it very much, she sighed with emotion and shook her head, "These days, my wife has always been someone else's best friend."
You are someone else's wife, so I feel good about you! Chen Taizhong reacted to every teasing comment and suddenly realized that these words were suspected of rubbing salt on Xiaoya's wounds. He couldn't help but smile, "I hope he can give me this
It's a bit of honor to be the master, don't mess around here, after all, this is a government agency
However, his idea was obviously overly worrying. Shao Guoli and Wei Minghe were very able to control themselves. This control did not mean that they did not act recklessly, but that they did not choose to act in this place in Europe.
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It was past eleven o'clock when the dance ended, and the two of them had chosen their favorites. With the active coordination of Little Bella, they probably even agreed on the price. Mr. Shao chose two, one of which was Wei Minghe's foot-washing water.
, Wei Chu chose two, and they were all old acquaintances, but one of them included Isabella, so that was for sure.
After the two of them selected the person, they took the person known as "late night snack" and never came back again.
In fact, Chen Taizhong has been to Paris more than once or twice, and he doesn't even know if there is such a thing as "late night snack" here.
Nangong Maomao and the others will not live in the European Affairs Office. This is a government agency and they are businessmen. In this episode, everyone knows that Chen Taizhong has already booked hotel rooms for them.
Of course he had to pay for the entertainment fee when his friends came to support him. However, the entertainment fee was a bit high, so much so that Yuan Ban grinned, "Director Chen, if you don't save some money, we'll have to pay the salary this month."
Going bankrupt."
Therefore, at the end of the day, there were only five people left in the huge European Office, Chen Taizhong, Yuan Se, Ma Xiaoya, Bella and Grace. Director Chen hesitated and looked at his deputy.
"Lao Yuan, I'll take Mr. Ma to the hotel. Well, he may not be back at night. You have to take care of your home. The city leaders will come here tomorrow."
"I can call those international students over tomorrow. Don't worry about the cleaning." Director Yuan nodded with a smile. After seeing the four of them leave, he curled his lips and walked to the side to pick up the phone, "Hi,
Brigitte, why don't you come with Bella today? I hope you will appear in front of me right away. Is there a nightclub? Okay, I'll pick you up.
That's what the saying goes. It works like this. Especially for Little Bella, despite her young age, she used women to get through Director Yuan's relationship early. Of course, her purpose was not very complicated. She just wanted to be with her too loyal.
When the relationship is relatively intimate, the deputy director of the Office in Europe should not be an eyesore.
Xuanzhang arrives one after another (Part 2)
By August 5th, the place became more and more lively. Duan Weihua, Wu Yan and Director Qiu from the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office arrived on the same flight at noon, accompanied by thirteen people, which was quite a team.
Already.
Chen Taizhong rented a car to take advantage of the opportunity at the airport, and the film crew also set up cameras outside the airport. However, seeing the huge flow of people, the Chen family counted carefully, sixteen, uh, stationed in Europe
The number of guest rooms seems to be a little short.
Then we can only arrange Mayor Duan, Mayor Wu and Director Qiu to other hotels. Since the European Office cannot accommodate them, the relevant leaders must receive better hospitality. This is what he decided.
Fortunately, he got a piece of news the next moment. Director Qiu's secretary came over quietly to say hello, so what, four or five of these people are family members of relevant personnel, and their accommodation does not need to be arranged. Chen
Director, you know,"
Tsk, this can really be arranged, Chen Taizhong immediately understood, there are six guest rooms, two are single rooms, two are standard rooms, and there are two triple rooms, it is enough to live in just now!
However, there are only two single rooms, but there are three department-level cadres who came. This makes Chen Taizhong a little embarrassed. This is a bit weird,
Duan Weihua is the mayor of Phoenix. A single room is no problem. Mayor Wu and Director Qiu are left scratching their heads. The Provincial Foreign Affairs Office is at the deputy department level, and Director Qiu enjoys the main hall.
The treatment is good, and he is a provincial leader, so he should live in a single room.
However, Wu Yan is in charge of the mayor, isn't he? Although he is not in charge of the European Affairs Office, he is in charge of the Investment Promotion Office. Chen Taizhong naturally prefers Mayor Bai to live in a single room. The single room has a large bed.
However, Yuan Sun was smart and quietly made a suggestion to him, "Director Qiu is the leader of the province. We cannot respect him too much. Otherwise, please ask him to go out and stay."
Yes, this is the Phoenix Office in Europe, not the Tiannan Office in Europe. Chen Taizhong realized it. He happened to have booked a lot of guest rooms, so he asked Director Qiu for permission. Unexpectedly, he refused directly.
"I have an acquaintance in the embassy who has booked a room for me in the hotel next door." Director Qiu replied with a smile, "Anyway, the listing will be posted at nine o'clock tomorrow, right? I'll be there on time.
I'm sorry, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial People's Government also has its own pride. I thought that if I came to participate in the listing of your European Office, it would be considered as a face to you. How can I live here with you? We are a provincial government agency.
Even Director Qiu didn't plan to attend the welcome banquet prepared that night. He still wanted to have a good time with his acquaintances from the embassy. Anyway, it's not too late to start dealing with the Phoenix people tomorrow.nbsp;nbsp;
Standing in different positions, everyone pursues different things.
However, for Phoenix people, who cares about his choice? Everyone comes to support the listing of their own dispatched agencies, not to see the faces of the leaders of provincial agencies, not to mention that Boss Duan is present?
The flight they took was very early in the morning. After ten hours of hard work, they arrived in France in time for noon. So after everyone arrived at the European Office, they had something to eat and then went to bed to get rid of the jet lag.
In the huge hall, calm was restored again. The director and deputy director of the Office in Europe looked at the temporary workers, one male and two female international students, who were busy in the hall, and discussed the evening affairs in a low voice.
"Let's hold another party tonight." Yuan Se wasn't very familiar with this, but he was still willing to actively offer his opinions. "We can also consider inviting some French guests over."
In fact, he was a little too excited today because he rarely answered two questions from Mayor Duan. When he was the deputy section chief of the Veteran Cadres Section of the Education Commission, he never dreamed that there would be such a day in his life when he could directly talk to the mayor.
Face to face.
"Let Boss Duan decide," Chen Taizhong answered him with a smile, "When the boss is here, we just have to provide good service. Well, we have to be service-minded. I don't know who else will come in the afternoon."
Someone did come in the afternoon, and Deputy Minister An Guo of the Ministry of Science and Technology also came. Normally, if he was dispatched, it would be the embassy. But what is interesting is that Minister An came in his own name this time, which means that
He came here because of his personal relationship with Chen Taizhong.
Of course, even in their own names, Mayor Duan and Mayor Wu had to follow Chen Taizhong to pick him up at the airport. Not to mention the level gap, they were doing it to save Phoenix City. Of course, they were filming the whole process.
Indispensable.
Minister An and his party checked directly into the hotel that Chen Taizhong had booked for them, and told Mayor Duan and Mayor Wu that they would come to the European Office in the evening to take a look and recognize the door. It was also private.
Xiao Chen was able to invite Minister An, which made Duan Weihua more respectable. After returning to the European Office, he actually thought about the details of tomorrow's listing, "Xiao Chen, tell me your arrangements for tomorrow."
"One word"
After Chen Taizhong said a few words, another guest came to the door, but it was Secretary Li and Reporter Guo who came the day before yesterday. They came here to inform the Phoenix City European Office that Liang Tianxi, the second secretary of the Economic Affairs Office, would be present for tomorrow's listing.
Secretary Li gave the notice and left, but Reporter Guo stayed and asked Duan Weihua about the establishment process of the European Office. Of course, Mayor Duan may not be very experienced in others, but he still dealt with reporters.
There was no problem. We talked for a long time in a foggy atmosphere. Later, there were other visitors, so the interview ended.
When reporter Guo went back and compiled the recording of the conversation, he couldn't help but cursed "old fox." Daqing didn't say anything except that Phoenix City attaches great importance to foreign exchanges and seizes every opportunity to "bring in and go out". He even said nothing to the Office in Europe
The prospects and expectations are also full of clichés and have nothing of substance at all.
It's not that Duan Weihua has nothing to say. In fact, he is also a little angry. He said in his heart that if you know that Rhone-Poulenc is going to merge with Hearst, just know it. If you don't tell us, it doesn't matter if you tell us, but you shouldn't do it at this time.
Say no?
Telling is a favor, not telling is a duty. The Economic Affairs Office wants to use this information to reach some kind of tacit understanding with the European Office in a humiliating manner. This is understandable, but if you choose to say it at this time, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of my Duan family?
s face?
If we had said it a few days earlier, it would have been a good thing. If we had said it a few days later, we wouldn't have regretted that we had signed the agreement. But at this juncture, it would be really disrespectful to me. As a co-author, I am someone who doesn't know the truth and is being laughed at.
A local mayor?
Of course, Duan Weihua also knew that this was actually not the fault of Jing Shen Chu, but he was always unhappy, wasn't he? Finally, he knew that it was best not to offend the owner of the Xinhua News Agency reporter station, so he followed his temper and deceived him for a while.
Next came the Chinese. Some representatives from Huaqiao came to visit one after another. This showed the work Yuan Se had done in France. He seized every opportunity to promote the existence of the Office in Europe, even going to the Chinese in the 13th and 19th arrondissements.
Promote it in a relatively crowded place.
Seeing that the Office in Europe is about to be listed, there are always those who are interested in sending some small gifts, flower baskets and the like. It is noisy. Chen Taizhong, Yuan Ban and the three temporary workers are all very busy together.nbsp;nbsp; As long as
Everyone who comes to the door is a customer, and you can't care about your identity at this time.
Mayor Duan was not idle either. The boss with enough status was introduced to him. Another boss whose hometown was Fenghuang or Tiannan was also introduced. Even Mayor Wu started to
Welcome these people.
Gradually, more and more people surrounded Mayor Wu. It seemed that everyone shared this love for beauty. Even Zhong Yunqiu was surrounded by two old men Bai An - they came from Subo forty years ago.
French.
While they were making a fuss, someone came in at the door and shouted, "Hey, Chen, I see you're here!"
The voice was not too loud. When Chen Taizhong heard this, he looked up and realized that it was Anthony who had tried to harass Grace. He was said to be a mafia man of Italian descent.
I was dizzy. Who told him I was here? Director Chen was really confused for a moment, thinking that this guy is not a good guy just by his appearance, and the four people following him look like they are bad guys by their temperament.nbsp;nbsp
;Please boss, I have a group of leaders here.
"Ah ha, Anthony" thought so. The Chen family's response was not slow. They hurriedly walked up to give each other a warm hug, "I'm so happy that you can come see me."
When Duan Weihua saw this, he glanced at his secretary calmly. The secretary was smart. He grabbed Fanze beside him and asked, "What are they talking about? Could you please help Fanze?"
"Not only did I come to see you, I also brought you a gift." Anthony waved his hand, and the two young people behind him held up a box. Inside the crystal box was a wooden knight, riding a tall horse, holding a long flag hanging a flag.
Spear, "I heard that such a thing is in line with your etiquette, right?"
"Oh, it's a very beautiful work of art, I like it." Chen Taizhong smiled and hugged him, trying to lead him aside. Unexpectedly, the respected Mr. Don Anthony actually added a superfluous sentence, "This is from Palermo."
Gift, I like the puppet show there."
Oh my god, can you please stop saying a few words? Chen Taizhong looked back and saw that Mayor Duan and Mayor Wu had stopped talking to others, but stared at himself and Anthony in shock, with a despicable villain whispering on the side.
Strictly speaking, it is the translators who are performing their duties.
Seeing him turn around, Duan Weihua smiled slightly. The smile was basically natural. Chen Taizhong quickly turned his head and coughed, "Ha, I guess you haven't visited my office yet, right?"
With a push and a shove, he invited Anthony into his office, and after asking someone to put the small wooden sculpture aside, he curiously asked, "Anthony, was it Abel who told you, 'I'm here?'"
"Oh, that's not it." Anthony smiled and shook his head, "You know, I also have some models on hand.
After he failed to harass Grace, Grace and Bella's roommates knew about it, and then this reputation began to spread in a small area. There was a master who was too harshly recorded by Anthony and wanted the help of two beauties.
Tell me to intercede.
But again, the water in Paris is too deep. Although Grace and Bella are young, they also know that there are some people they cannot afford to offend. Such examples are everywhere in the modeling industry, so they are very
Naturally refused.
Because they knew very well that they were very lucky to be able to avoid being harassed, and Chen Taizhong was in far away China. If anything happened, they would only regret it.
But even so, there are two models under Anthony's banner who get along well with them.
In this industry where trouble is easy, it's always good to have a few powerful friends.
By the way, one of them "came to attend the dance yesterday. Since he came back late, he had to explain where he went and how much money he made. As soon as this person said it, Anthony knew that the Chinese Chen was going to be here permanently.
It's Paris.
Ever since Anthony attended Abel's salon, Chen Taizhong has been in contact with all the people on weekdays. Everyone knows that although he calls himself Tang, he is actually self-proclaimed. To put it bluntly, he is just a gangster. Paris is a gangster.
There are more than one or two good ones.
The Mafia's sense of honor made him less interested in topics such as whitewashing, but everyone had a yearning for high-class prostitutes, and Chen was in contact with that prostitute.
Yes, Anthony was also willing to maintain good-will contact with Chen Taizhong. When he heard the news, he had to ask about what he needed to pay attention to if he wanted to participate in this ceremony.
God is my witness, he originally wanted to bring a bottle of wine just like Chen did at Abel's house last time. Fortunately, there were many Chinese in Paris, so he understood the relevant etiquette.
"Sending congratulatory gifts in advance is a courtesy only for very good friends. Thank you very much, respected Tang Anthony." Chen Taizhong was very satisfied with his explanation, but he had to point out something.
"You are welcome to attend my opening ceremony tomorrow, but when you arrive, there are the deputy ministers of France, the deputy ministers of China, our mayor, and the executive vice president of Rhone Poulenc. I want you to
Just come here alone, as you can see, the house I live in is not very big."
"Well, I understand that." Anthony smiled and nodded. He also knew that Chen was tactfully saying that it would be a more solemn occasion at that time, and of course it was not appropriate for him to bring a group of young people here. "I heard that it would be a more solemn occasion.
Wei is here too? I miss him very much. "By the way, I still don't know much about your ceremony. Do I need to prepare evening clothes tomorrow?"
Are you wearing an evening dress? Chen Taizhong looked at his pudgy figure and couldn't imagine how he could look like wearing an evening dress. He smiled and shrugged, "Haha, it doesn't need to be so formal." If you like,
So whatever."
The two of them were chatting inside, and someone outside whispered softly that there were not many Chinese in Paris living at the bottom of society. Someone recognized Anthony and asked, "Isn't that the Italian Mafia?"
