Chapter 500: A Dinner That Can't Be Pushed
Two glasses of red wine, one glass per person, it didn't take long to finish drinking, Qu Yanyang wanted to pour wine again, but was stopped by Zhou An.
At tonight's dinner, he had a hunch that he would inevitably drink, and at noon, he naturally didn't want to drink more.
Seeing that he insisted, Qu Yanyang didn't persuade him much, and the two chatted casually while eating.
After dinner, he went to the balcony to smoke, she made him a cup of tea, helped him turn on the TV, and she went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
TV, Zhou An didn't have much interest in watching it, but he was quite bored when he was idle, and after smoking the cigarette in his hand, he went to the sofa to watch TV half-lying down to pass the time.
At the same time, I was thinking about tonight's dinner.
He doesn't know many people in the city, and it stands to reason that his new store hasn't opened yet, so there shouldn't be a dinner, but the fact is that someone has found him.
In the business world, some people are very well-informed.
His new store has not yet opened, but someone here has already learned that he is going to open a restaurant, and then asked someone to find him to discuss cooperation.
The person who invited him to the dinner tonight was a wine supplier, an introducer, and a director of the health department.
If he was just a liquor supplier, he might not have rushed to the city to attend the appointment, but the director of the health department couldn't help but give face.
If he dares not to give face to the director this time, he knows with his ass that when his branch opens, people will definitely find opportunities to find fault.
In his line of work, once he is targeted by the health department, he will be given a temporary inspection every three or five days, and the taste must be very sour.
Thinking about this, he frowned a little, because he knew very well in his heart that tonight's dinner would not be easy to deal with.
As the saying goes: there is no good feast.
When others invite guests, it seems that he is the one who takes advantage, but in fact it may not be the case.
Because it didn't mean that he went to the banquet tonight, he would give the director's face in place.
It's not that simple!
The introducer is the director of the health department, and it is difficult for him to refrain from the cooperation of the wine merchant tonight.
Although on the phone, the director said very beautifully, saying that there was a young man who made a drink supply and wanted to know him, whether to cooperate or not, they would talk about it themselves, and if it was suitable, it would be okay if it was not suitable or not.
But is that really the case?
If he really refuses to cooperate, will the director hold a grudge? Will he trouble him in the future?
Therefore, if you don't want to offend the director, the best thing is, of course, to choose cooperation.
What he is worried about now is that the conditions given by the wine supplier are too excessive, and if that situation really occurs, he chooses to cooperate, and his own interests will obviously be damaged.
If you don't cooperate, then the director may wear small shoes for him in the future.
Think about it: after his branch opens, the health department will come to inspect every three or five days, give him a punishment today, and order him to rectify tomorrow, will he still be able to do business?
Of course, he hasn't really met with the wine supplier yet, and the other party's cooperation conditions haven't been said yet, so the situation may not be the worst.
"What are you thinking?"
Qu Yanyang's voice interrupted his train of thought, and she came over with a plate of freshly washed grapes and handed it to him with a smile.
Zhou An put one in his mouth, and said while eating, "It's nothing, have you washed the dishes?"
"Well, the dishes and chopsticks that the two of us ate were washed quickly. ”
As she spoke, she sat down next to him, and did not put the plate in her hand on the coffee table in front of her, just holding it in her hand, and eating it with Zhou An, you and me.
He also took the ashtray on the coffee table and put it between them, "Just spit out the seeds." She said.
The two of them are definitely looking for something to talk about.
"The guy surnamed Wei is also interesting, today on Christmas Eve, he asked you to talk about cooperation tonight, heh, really!"
"It's nothing, I'm single now anyway, and Christmas Eve has nothing to do with me. Zhou An responded casually.
Qu Yanyang glanced at him and chuckled, "You can't say that, isn't Christmas Eve a good opportunity for you bachelors to get rid of being single!
Zhou An smiled, "Let's talk about it later! ”
Qu Yanyang smiled silently, took a grape and sent it to his mouth, Zhou An was stunned, glanced at her, but did not refuse, opened his mouth and ate it into his mouth.
The corners of Qu Yanyang's mouth curved slightly, and he casually changed the topic, "By the way, have you discussed the demolition of the house in your county?"
"Not yet, this is not in a hurry, let's see the conditions discussed by other people nearby. ”
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Evening.
Cloth Pavilion.
Just listening to the name, Bu Yige should be a place to sell clothes, but it is actually a restaurant, a store not far from Xinbai Commercial Street.
According to Wei Wei, who hosted Zhou An for a banquet tonight, Bu Yige is the most famous restaurant in this area, an old restaurant that has been open for more than ten years, and is a little famous in the entire Liugu City.
This is the place where he invited Zhou An to banquet tonight, so in the evening, Zhou An and Qu Yanyang took a taxi here.
When he got off the bus, a fashionably dressed young man in his twenties walked up quickly, smiling from afar, stretching out his hands, and greeted warmly: "Miss Qu, this is Mr. Zhou next to you, right? Welcome!!"
As he spoke, he had already walked quickly to Zhou An and Qu Yanyang.
Qu Yanyang smiled and nodded at him, and then introduced to Zhou An softly: "This person is Wei Wei!"
She had seen Wei Wei, because before making an appointment with Zhou An, Wei Wei went to the new store he was renovating to see, and happened to meet Qu Yanyang, who was supervising the work in the store, and talked with Qu Yanyang for more than half an hour at that time.
Therefore, he can recognize Qu Yanyang, and Qu Yanyang also has an impression of him.
This person is very white-skinned and a little fat, and looking at his clothes and temperament, he can almost conclude that he is not from the countryside.
Whether you are from the countryside or from the city, most of the time you can really tell from the outside.
Coupled with the accent he had just said hello, Zhou An could conclude that this person should have grown up in the city.
Although Yinma County also belongs to Liugu City, it is not far away, maybe to outsiders, there is no difference between the accents of Yinma County and Liugu City, but as a native of Yinma, he still knows the subtle differences in the accents between the two places.
"Hello, hello!"
Zhou An also stretched out his hands to shake with the other party, with a smile on his face, and his attitude seemed to be very enthusiastic.
"Where's Director Wu? Is Director Wu coming over tonight?"
After a few simple greetings, Zhou An looked behind Wei Wei and asked.
Director Wu is the director of the health department who matched them this time.
"Oh, he's already waiting inside, Mr. Zhou, please!"
Wei Wei's enthusiasm was undiminished, and he stretched out his hand to invite Zhou An into the store.
……
When Zhou An entered the private room on the second floor, he saw a middle-aged man about fifty years old sitting in it drinking tea, with a short and fat figure and a somewhat official face.
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