Chapter 9: Chinese Cuisine
After Mike finished discussing with his two companions, he turned to us, and very graciously praised Gu Feng's thorough investigation work, he admired it very much, and then changed the conversation, asking for an increase in his own shareholding and 30% of the management retention, including the purchasing manager and the purchasing supervisor present, and said that this was his bottom line, if this requirement was not met, he would not talk. I thought Gu Feng would negotiate a few more rounds, but he only replied: "deal."
His cheerfulness made Mike save face greatly, and the little old man was happy.
After that, the two sides discussed many details, and finally when I finally signed and sealed the purchase contract, my breath in my chest was finally relieved.
It happened to be lunch time, Gu Feng said to invite Mike to eat with them, the little old man was very happy, and said that he wanted to taste the most authentic Chinese food, I thought Gu Feng would take them to a high-end restaurant, but I didn't expect him to take them to the restaurant where they ate hot pot last night. Is hot pot the most authentic Chinese food? I'm a little unsure.
opened a box, and the four walls of the box were hung with various histories and allusions about hot pot, plus the text of the combination of Chinese and English, and several foreigners watched it with relish.
Gu Feng ordered a mandarin duck pot, and the work of shabu-shabu naturally fell on me, before getting out of the pot, I also asked Mike if they could eat spicy, they said that they could eat a little bit, so I put the food in two pots, and suddenly thought of Gu Feng's reaction last night, and put more in the clear soup pot.
Mike: They are very unskilled in picking up the cooked food with chopsticks and feasting on it.
“Wow,sospicy!” Seeing them being spicy and drinking ice water, I secretly held back a smile, caught a glimpse of Gu Feng's smile out of the corner of my eye, and suddenly realized that he brought them to eat hot pot for another purpose......
Although the tears came out of the spicy eyes, Mike and the others were still happy to eat. This meal was enjoyed by both the host and the guest.
After opening a few bottles of red wine, Mike and Gu Feng drank a lot, and I also drank a few glasses, my cheeks were hot, and my head was a little dizzy. The little old man drank a little high, Gu Feng asked Lao Xu to send them back to the hotel to rest, and then come back to pick us up after Lao Xu sent them off.
As soon as I drank alcohol, my cheeks were hot, and I covered my face with cold fingers to cool down, feeling more comfortable, and squinting slightly.
Seeing me holding my face in my hands, he thought I was uncomfortable, poured me a glass of warm water, and came closer to ask me if I was uncomfortable.
The cold fingers had lowered the temperature on my face a little, maybe it was because of the lack of air circulation in the box, or maybe it was because he was close, and I felt that the temperature on my face seemed to have risen again.
The red wine began to exert its strength, and I felt that my brain could not react a little, and I looked at him blankly with my eyes open, and my eyes were slightly misty after drinking. Suddenly, I seemed to see him smile: "Don't cry this time, I don't have a tissue now." ”
I suddenly sobered up a lot, and my heart moved, and I smiled in disguise: "It's not so easy to see me cry again." ”
He laughed softly, was silent for a while, and said in a low and soft voice: "I want you to be happy." ”
Gentle words, coming out of his mouth, are like a caffeine addict smelling the aroma of coffee, which makes people want to stop.
I felt like I had drunk a cup of cold brew coffee that had been extracted for too long, with a strong aroma in my mouth, which flowed into my stomach and was absorbed and quickly spread into the bloodstream, with palpitations, my heart beating irregularly, but there was a hint of sweetness.
Did I like him? No, I instinctively rejected that. The last failed relationship made me not want to touch love easily. I patted my face to clear my mind. Fortunately, at this time, the driver Lao Xu came back, breaking this strange atmosphere.