Chapter 36: Hospitality

“Hi, guys, good morning! How are you doing this morning?” ("Hi guys, good morning! are you all okay this morning?")

On Tuesday, at 9:10 a.m., when Xu Xincheng came to the bar to say hello to Peter and the other seven people, everyone had completely lost the strangeness they had when they met for the first time yesterday, and the seven of them greeted him warmly: "Hi, Steve. Good morning!” ("Hi, Steve. Good morning!")

Last night, Xu Xincheng and the seven of them played until about 10 o'clock in the evening, and then personally sent them back to the hotel, and made an appointment with them to meet them at the company bar at 9:10 this morning. He arrived at the office at half past eight this morning, and spent half an hour busy with some urgent business at hand, and then rushed over.

He wanted to pick them up at the hotel in person, but the hotel they stayed at was near the Pearl River 111 Creative Park, only about 20 minutes on foot, Rose said no, they had already walked the road with Director Li yesterday morning, and they already knew the road, so they could come to the company by themselves.

“Good morning! Steve. How are you?” ("Good morning!") Are you alright?") Rose said as she jumped off the bar chair and walked briskly over to him.

Rose is wearing a three-quarter-sleeved shirt with a white background printed with bright red roses, a pair of black jeans, and the white sneakers of yesterday on her feet.

Xu Xincheng looked at the smiling Rose, reciprocated with the same smile, and at the same time stretched out his hand to shake her hand, and said with a smile: "Rose, good morning!" I can see you are definitely feeling very good this morning.” ("Good morning, Rose!I can see you're definitely feeling really good this morning!")

Rose shook hands and said at a blistering pace, "Yes. I had a very good day yesterday, probably one of the best days in my life. And I want to thank you again for yesterday.” ("Yes.") I had a very enjoyable day yesterday, probably one of the most enjoyable of my life. For yesterday, I want to thank you once again. ”)

Her face was full of joy and excitement, and as she spoke, she took two small steps forward, leaning in front of him, only about 40 centimeters away from him.

He smelled the scent of roses, and he immediately sensed that Rose was acting too intimately, and he said lightly, "You are welcome!" It was my pleasure!” ("You're welcome! that's my pleasure!"), turning to the other six, and saying to them and Rose, "You guys are welcome. It was my pleasure. I had a very good day yesterday too.” ("You're welcome! That's my pleasure!") I had a great time yesterday too.) ”)

He paused, then said, "Now, are you guys ready?" We are going to have more fun today.” ("Now, are you ready? Today, we're going to be happier.") ”)

The crowd happily replied in unison, "Yes." ("Yes.") ”)

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Today's first arrangement is to introduce the seven of them to General Manager Li and chat with him.

Last Wednesday afternoon, Xu Xincheng asked for advice on this matter, and General Manager Li felt that his suggestion was very good, and it was also appropriate to chat with the guests who flew all the way from Silicon Valley, so he immediately agreed to this suggestion, and set aside a time slot from half past nine to half past eleven this morning to meet and chat with them.

After the eight people entered the general manager's office, he introduced Peter and seven others to General Manager Li.

General Manager Li invited everyone to sit on the sofa next to the tea table, and he wanted to personally make Chaoshan Kung Fu Tea to entertain them. This is the habit of General Manager Li to entertain all visitors, and tea tasting is one of the most important aspects of his greeting guests.

Xu Xincheng found that this is a good way of hospitality, especially when meeting with guests who meet for the first time, which can quickly break the ice and create a friendly atmosphere, not only for Chinese people, but also for foreign guests.

At first, the seven of them were still a little reserved, but when they saw that General Manager Li had spent so much "effort" to make tea for them and politely present it, they immediately felt that they had been sincerely respected and hospitalized, and from that moment on, the atmosphere of the whole office began to liven.

This is the first time the seven of them have drunk kung fu tea, and it is also the first time to see people brewing kung fu tea, so they are all interested in it, and everyone thinks the tea is really delicious, and they all praise this tea as the best tea they have ever drunk.

When Rose asked about the secret of brewing such a good tea, he proudly introduced them to the history of the Chinese tea ceremony, the history of Chaoshan Kung Fu tea, the exquisiteness of tea brewing, and the eight steps of tea brewing.

General Manager Li's English is very authentic, after all, he is a returnee who has studied and worked in the United States for so many years, he talked eloquently for them to introduce the Chinese tea ceremony, chatted for about 20 minutes, and the seven of them listened with great interest, and asked some details in detail from time to time.

In the past two years, Xu Xincheng has learned a lot of very clever and courteous hospitality from General Manager Li, and what he admires the most is that he can always quickly get acquainted with people who meet for the first time, and he can always quickly break the ice by drinking kung fu tea and chatting about the tea ceremony, and quickly create a good chat atmosphere.

The most important thing is that he has always been able to grasp the proportions very well, in fact, talking about the Chaoshan tea ceremony and the Chinese tea ceremony, he can chat for hours, but he knows very well that in the company, work is the goal, and at this moment, drinking tea and talking about the tea ceremony is only a means to achieve this goal, first, by observing their performance when drinking tea and tasting tea, you can more or less understand their personality and cultivation, and second, break the ice to create a good chat atmosphere.

General Manager Li saw that the strangeness and estrangement of the first meeting had been broken, and the friendly atmosphere of chatting had been formed, and he knew that it was time to get to the point. So, he brought the topic to work at the right time.

He said that Chongchao Shangong tea pays attention to fully equipped and exquisite tea utensils, pays attention to follow the standard steps of tea brewing, pays attention to intentions, pays attention to "kung fu", scientific research, technology development is the same, research and development technology and products must also be equipped with complete precision instruments and equipment, and must also study and formulate scientific methods and methods, but also must study and establish a reasonable step process, must pay attention to step by step, pay attention to intentions, pay attention to "kung fu", only in this way, can we develop good technology and good products.

Xu Xincheng agreed with General Manager Li's statement, and he thought to himself: "It seems that the so-called tea ceremony is not only the way of hospitality, the way of life, but also the way of doing things. The tea ceremony and the way of doing things are actually the same. ”

Then, General Manager Li talked about the great achievements made by the United States in the field of Internet and AI in recent years, talked about China's development in the field of Internet and AI in the past 20 years, from far behind to catching up, and then quickly catching up in some fields in recent years, and finally talked about Hongfei's current position in China's Internet and AI field and its development plan for the next five years.

Rose and the other seven people excitedly discussed with him the history of Silicon Valley, as well as the useful inspiration that China can get from it, and discussed the latest development and some relatively large achievements of Silicon Valley in the field of Internet and AI in recent years. After all, everyone is a peer, and they all have great enthusiasm for the Internet and AI, so everyone is very excited, speculative and happy.

In the whole process of chatting, Rose's performance was the most active, the most prominent and excellent, and many of her views were highly recognized by General Manager Li. The two also had an in-depth discussion on topics of common concern, such as the development trend of AI in the next five years and ten years.

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The meeting, which was scheduled to end at half past eleven, lasted until twelve.

After the meeting, Xu Xincheng took them out of the company building and then to the staff cafeteria.

This time was different from yesterday, this time, many colleagues had already met them, so everyone invited the seven of them to their own table for dinner.

In the end, the seven of them each sat at a separate table and chatted with the "fans" at the same table.

After lunch, they went back to the bar with the "fans" and continued to chat over coffee.

Today, more people came to the bar for coffee, and many new "fans" joined, and just like yesterday at noon, the seven of them were invited to sit down at a bar table, and then everyone gathered around them to talk enthusiastically.

Rose has more fans today, and there should be close to 100 people before and after, and everyone is lining up to take a photo with her. If yesterday, she was as beautiful as Hollywood beauty Blake Lively without makeup, then today, she is a few points more beautiful than Blake with a little powder.

After the lunch break, according to Manager Zhang's instructions, Xu Xincheng arranged them into three project teams, let them participate in the work of the team, and also arranged specific tasks for each of them, and set specific goals.

All seven of them were quickly in the groove and focused on their work.

At half past four in the afternoon, when Xu Xincheng visited the three teams, they had already established a good partnership with the technical experts of each project team.

It can be seen that they have now adapted to the working environment to a large extent.

Rose's performance is particularly good, she is usually playful and active, and as soon as she starts working, she is fully focused and concentrated.

At six o'clock, according to the agreement, eight people gathered in the company lobby.

Tonight, Hui is going to take them to taste authentic Cantonese cuisine, but he has three other arrangements before dinner.