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Although Lin Yilong would love to take Amy directly on the train, there are no bathrooms and the walls are too thin, so Lin Yilong decided to let this special encounter take place a few days later on the Czura - to enjoy the pleasant Mediterranean atmosphere - as for Venice, it is just a place for two people to change trains, because this place is more suitable for the specific date of the carnival in April and May. Amy also understood Lin Yilong's arrangement, so she took the high-speed train to Florence with him, arrived at 9 p.m., and checked into the Four Seasons Hotel, which is located not far from the city center.
The organizers of the agricultural exhibition in Florence had already applied for a booth for Lin Yilong and his Bracken Forest Farm in advance, and had reserved a booth for him in the corner - which was also requested by various farmers and agribusiness - However, with Tasmanian and New Zealand white truffles continuing to be on the market over the years, the Romagna-Tuscan stakeholders did not see a direct threat to the relatively small number of Welsh forest farms, and while they could not fully convince the organisers not to give the Brecken Forest Farm a booth, a little disruption was allowed.
Lin Yilong actually didn't care about this, this time the truffles, he only mailed to Florence less than a small incubator - but this incubator contained a white truffle weighing nearly 1.3 kilograms, so that the truffles were placed on the shelves and directly molded to form a much stronger effect than the previous small truffles that he had packaged in wooden boxes piecemeal. In just one morning, his on-site truffle samples were happily divided and sold out. Even if Lin Yilong didn't care about the price difference between selling a large piece of white truffle at the price of a small piece of white truffle, if such a barbaric on-site segmentation method was known to gourmets, he would probably call it a tyrannical creature and launch all media offensives to condemn him.
With a net profit of nearly 9,000 euros, Lin Yilong had nothing to do at the next agricultural fair after lunch, but got a chair and put it behind the display case to video call his parents, the Yeon sisters and Katie, until his old customer, Mr. Treven, found him.
This Mr. Telvin is actually very similar to the experience of Ed, the boyfriend of Lin Yilong's former boss and current partner McGonagall, except that Ed chooses to run his own business, while Mr. Telvin chooses to enter the Linz Hotel as a food and beverage supervisor. He knows no less about food than Ed.
Mr. Treven already knew a lot about the taste of Lin Yilong's white truffles, so he didn't bother much about the preservation of the white truffle samples, and they just met up for dinner at the St. Regis Hotel where he was staying, and then went their separate ways.
Amy spent the day visiting the Uffizi Art Gallery in Florence, and her artistic thinking about painting was probably forever stranded with Lin Yilong on the eve of World War II - that is, she could never understand the modern school of painting - and also visited the Ponte Veglio and Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, and finally returned to the hotel, where Lin Yilong was already waiting for him in their suite.
Looking at the lotus-colored cocktail party dress on display, Amy knew that she was going to accompany Lin Yilong to participate in some social occasions.
"Today we are going to meet a customer and have dinner together. Lin Yilong said to Amy, "The dinner there is good, of course, if Amy doesn't want to, you don't have to force it." ”
"There's something delicious, of course I'd like to. Amy nodded, and then took the cocktail party dress prepared by Lin Yilong and wore a very good fit for her figure into the bedroom to dress up.
It was difficult for Lin Yilong to tell which was more fascinating to him, wearing an evening dress on the "Orient Express" the night before, or Amy, who was now appearing in front of him in a cocktail party evening outfit - last night, during the meal, Lin Yilong, who also didn't get enough rest, was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, just hastily ate dinner, and went to sleep after a hurried wash.
Mr. Treven is not alone, he is accompanied by a girl of the same age as the Yeon sisters, but this girl is no longer the girl Lin Yilong once saw in the "Concorde" room at Heathrow Airport, she is a newcomer - similarly, the Yeon sisters were equally impressed with Mr. Trevin two years ago, and they also met Katie two months later, so naturally they will not confuse Amy with Katie.
The two of them saw in each other's eyes only a look of mutual appreciation, and then at the same time showed a smile that only a man can understand.
As usual with the usual greetings and introductions, the topic of a few people's meals soon turned to the topic of "over the pond". After the meal, Mr. Trevin and Lin Yilong separated from their female companions, found a slightly quieter corner in the living room, and sat down.
"That's a good girl. "At least it's better than I can find." ”
"Surely Mr. Travin didn't come to me to talk about this. Lin Yilong is not very interested in discussing the private lives of the two, and there are some things that everyone can understand in their hearts, "Is there anything I can serve?"
"Then I'll be blunt, I'm not going to work at the Leitz Hotel for the second half of the year, and I'm definitely not going to stay in Atlantic City. "But I still want to get fresh white truffles from you, as you just did, Mr. Lin, very large." ”
"In your own name or in the name of the new restaurant?" asked Lin Yilong.
"My new restaurant has not yet been registered and accepted, so it can only be done in my own name. "And, on the question of payment," replied Mr. Travan, "and, on the question of payment......"
"There is no need for Mr. Trevin to worry about the payment of goods, because I made a small fortune in the stock market two months later because of the notebook that I 'lost and recovered' two years ago. A portion of this money can be invested in your new restaurant, which is considered an unsecured interest-free loan. Lin Yilong replied, "Mr. Trevin won't refuse this investment, right?"
"Of course not. After listening to Lin Yilong's statement, Mr. Trevin knew that his previous strategy had been successful, "However, I just wanted to recommend Mr. Lin to buy some shares of the Leitz Hotel at that time, and I didn't mean anything else." ”
"I really bought a little bit, but it's just a contract. Lin Yilong said, then touched his pocket and found that he was not carrying a checkbook, "In order not to cause more trouble, I can only transfer it to you through investment or borrowing, do you think it's okay?"
Mr. Treven looked at Lin Yilong and wanted to know how much the Asian in front of him had earned, but that was not the question he wanted to ask.
"I would like to ask, how much is this investment?"
"According to the usual industry standards, it is about 4.2 million US dollars. Lin Yilong replied, "It is according to the usual operating standards of fund companies on Wall Street." ”