So Zhang Xingming became the head chef, the Hong Kong Island chef was on the side, and the chef who was open to Qi ran to learn to make dumplings. The John people had a preference for all things made from wheat.

After two hours of struggle, at half past seven, a pure Chinese Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the restaurant of John's Most Noble Hotel began.

Zhang Xingming asked Xi Shuhui and Xu Xiaoya to go upstairs and invite all the guests who were still staying in the hotel today, which was not presumptuous in Western countries, but was very popular with them, and the vast majority of Europeans were happy to participate in this form of gathering.

There are not many guests, a total of more than 30 people, you must know that in this era, this hotel is not affordable for everyone, almost all of them are dignitaries from European countries, plus fifteen people from Zhang Xingming's side, and seven people from the investment team who just rushed over.

The hotel manager, the chef of the restaurant, and the guests all came to the restaurant with a skeptical attitude and scrutinizing eyes.

In addition to Chinese cuisine, there are also Hong Kong-style cuisine and local cuisine, after all, Zhang Xingming cannot prepare the amount of so many people, but it is still mainly Chinese cuisine. Zhang Xingming still has quite strong confidence in cooking, and he has done it professionally.

The dumplings are cooked and served, and the table is served.

Xi Shuhui made a banquet speech on behalf of Zhang Xingming as the host, introducing Zhang Xingming's identity. In foreign countries, you can't hide it, and people will pay attention to you if you show it generously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, fellow villagers who are euthanized, I am very happy to invite all distinguished guests to our New Year's dinner today, a very meaningful day for the Chinese people.

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China for 5,000 years, and it is the most solemn and significant day of the year, representing the farewell to the old and welcoming the new, and representing the blessings and wishes.

In China, this evening, the people of the whole country, whether poor or rich, officials or ordinary people, should gather together as families, hang large red lanterns, light firecrackers representing the removal of bad luck to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve, and send their most sincere wishes to each other.

Today, we are far away from China's rotational squatting, in this special Chinese festival to get together to spend such a big night, taste Chinese food together, taste dumplings that represent good luck and wealth in China, I hope you can be happy, happy, and make good luck and fortune in the new year, all the best.

This is the organizer of today's dinner, Mr. Zhang Xingming, the founder and owner of Hong Kong Island Golden Bauhinia Industry Group, Mr. Zhang is also the chairman of Hong Kong Island Evergrande Development Bank, the largest individual shareholder of Hong Kong Island ATV Group, the chairman of John Villevo Investment Company, the chairman of John Industrial Development Group, and the chairman of Bald Eagle Velvo Financial Investment Company.

Finally, Mr. Zhang is also the chef of today's dinner, and the exquisite Chinese dishes in front of everyone are all cooked by Mr. Zhang himself, please taste them. ”

There was warm applause in the restaurant, no matter what time it was, no matter what race you are, the rich are respected. And this is still a rich man who can cook, and being treated to a rich man's own cooking delicacies is quite grand and incredible in the eyes of foreigners.

More than 20 flavors of wine are available for guests to choose from. There are no brands of drinking abroad, they are all chosen according to their own tastes, and no one cares how much the wine is worth.

Of course, the wines offered by the Kailaiqi Hotel are certainly the best of the best from the major wineries.

Foreigners' dinners are different from Chinese, more free, they will walk around with plates or bowls to greet interested people and say a few words, and when eating, they will not care about what food is not said, they will praise it loudly.

"Wow, wow, solid. A banker from Dublin burned his tongue with dumplings, hissed and admired, clumsily scooping the dumplings into his mouth with a spoon. "Ascend Seth, solid. Hiss. Ascend to the west of the line. ”

A John dignitary next to him also nodded: "Denlaixi." Yes. ”

Because most people don't know how to use chopsticks, Zhang Xingming asked the restaurant to arrange service staff to divide the dishes for everyone, and scoop the dishes into everyone's bowl according to their own requirements, which also won everyone's goodwill.

Europeans and Americans do not eat much, the so-called can eat is our general level, they pursue a food culture of eating less and eating more, often two sandwiches and a cup of coffee is a lunch, at most add a little fruit.

Zhang Xingming also let the hotel prepare fruits, a sumptuous gourmet dinner ended, everyone sat down to drink a glass of champagne and eat a few pieces of fruit, exchanged business cards with each other, interested in each other's identity came together to chat happily, this is the tradition of Western-style banquets, who said that only Chinese have dinner table communication, foreigners really carry forward this point to the extreme.

The hotel owner and the manager of the restaurant were also quite satisfied and surprised by this meal, the two of them stood in the corner with wine glasses and talked for a while, and then called the Hong Kong Island chef invited by Li Chun over to communicate. ”

"Hello Mr. Zhang, I'm Peter Norris, please call me Peter. Thank you very much Mr. Zhang for the invitation, it was really a very unexpected food trip, a great experience, I think I will fall in love with Chinese food from today onwards, oh, and Sister Village. Knee to the knees. ”

"Hello, Mr. Peter, it's a pleasure to meet you. Zhang Xingming shook hands with the big man.

Xi Shuhui whispered: "Mr. Peter is the chief investment officer of Balin Bank. ”

Peter smiled and said, "Yes, Barings." Barings bank。 ”

Zhang Xingming was stunned for a moment and asked with a smile: "Can Mr. Peter understand Chinese?"

Peter said in Chinese, "A piece of electricity." He reached out his right hand, compared his thumb and forefinger, and raised an eyebrow.

Zhang Xingming also smiled and stretched out his hand again, saying, "Then Mr. Peter is welcome to China as a guest in the future, and I will invite Mr. Peter to a Chinese dinner." ”

Peter nodded, made a delicious expression and said, "Yes, Jiaozi." ”

After exchanging business cards with Peter, Peter said goodbye and went back to the room, and the other guests had already said goodbye one after another at this time, Xi Shuhui said: "Balin Bank is John's old bank, founded in 1762, and the assets of John's royal family are also taken care of by them, I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet Peter this time, I think we have the hope to get the opportunity to cooperate with Balin through this Peter." ”

Zhang Xingming raised his eyebrows and didn't answer, Balin Bank looked huge, but it was actually very fragile, and in 95 it was directly bankrupted by an investor in the Xingapi branch, as if it had lost $1.4 billion.

Banks in Europe and the United States are like this, the appearance is very bluffing, in fact, most of them are empty shelves, and all they spend and earn are customers, and they themselves do not have much net worth. They have already played the so-called financial system thoroughly, and they will only do this if they lie on the industry and suck blood in the other way.

In the history of Europe and the United States, some consortia that have been passed down through the test of time also operate banks, but they are more industrial investment and management.