In the afternoon, Sioux City had a round belly and slept under a parasol by the pool as usual.

The temperature in Kazakhstan varies greatly, from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius at noon and minus 20 degrees Celsius at night. Such an environment is suitable for the fragrance of melons and fruits, but it is difficult for outsiders to adapt. Sioux City has been in the port for a long time, and still prefers a humid environment, and when he feels that the environment is dry, he either goes swimming, or, as he is now, pours some water by the pool and lies down to rest.

In the past two years, he has hardly felt such a relaxed atmosphere.

If it is in China, not to mention the endless batches, it will be a headache to meet endlessly. Not to mention the businessmen who are traveling with them, the officials are not young and old, especially the cadres of local governments, and with the increasingly hot tide of attracting investment, more and more people are coming. If the person is not there, it is fine, and if the person is not received, it is impossible to say anything.

But it's a place like Almaty, sheltered from the hustle and bustle outside, that can completely relax Sioux City.

"Watermelon?" Shu Lan took a plate of red and bright watermelon and put it on the table, and took a piece in his mouth. She has always loved sweets, and when she came to Almaty, she fell in love with the fruits of the earth, and she could eat a basket every day.

Xinjiang is the province with the largest temperature difference in China, and the sweetness of melons and fruits is also the highest. However, in the world, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries are the most famous, in the former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan had to provide a large number of melons and fruits to Moscow and various parts of the Soviet Union every year, and at the same time, this is also one of the few products in the Soviet Union that can be exchanged for foreign exchange.

The fruits provided in the villa are naturally the best of the best, and Sioux City eats quite a few every day. He squinted his eyes easily, reached out and twisted a watermelon with sharp horns, and swallowed it in one gulp. Then throw away the watermelon rind, eat another one, and throw another watermelon rind, as if it had been tempered a thousand times......

A plate of watermelon, talking and laughing, disappeared without a trace, leaving only a piece of watermelon skin.

Su Cheng then lay comfortably on the chair and sighed: "Eat watermelon as you like, watermelon peels are littered...... It's like the life of an old rich man. ”

Shu Lan smiled: "The person who threw the watermelon rind is not necessarily the old rich man, but may also be underage." ”

"It's good to be underage. 16 is a minor, right?" Su Cheng looked at him with a smile. The first time he and Shu Lan met, they were 16 years old.

Shu Lan naturally remembered it. His cheeks were slightly red, but he looked exactly the same as before.

Su Cheng couldn't help but lean over.

"Bang!"

Closed gate on the other side of the pool. Suddenly someone opened it.

This door is an electronic door that separates this villa from the villa next door, but once opened, the lawns of the villas on both sides are connected.

Sioux City was facing the gate, and I saw a British butler in the lead, and a row of hotel waiters in the back, all holding colorful things in their hands. There are also those who carry iron shelves and other objects.

"Could it be a coup d'état?" was Sioux City's first reaction.

He lives in the villa of the president of Kazakhstan, and if it weren't for the coup d'état, who would dare to break in. It is not surprising to say that oil merchants have encountered coups, and the Seven Sisters of Oil have done many coups in small countries. They have also participated in coups d'état in major countries.

It's just that Kazakhstan has always been known for its political stability, so how could such a thing happen?

What attitude should I maintain? In just a few seconds, Sioux City's thoughts diverged...... If it was an organized coup d'état. He had nothing to fear, just a mass riot. It's just that the housekeeper and waiter don't look like it.

The combination of the housekeeper and the waiter is not a combination of a coup d'état!

Suddenly, Su Cheng finally came back to his senses, put his arm around Shu Lan, who didn't know why, and looked at the housekeeper with his eyes.

The British housekeeper was expressionless, and stood firm and said, "Mr. Su Cheng, Princess Ayiman asked me to inform you that the dinner will be held at 20 o'clock, and we will set up the venue now." ”

He hooked his palm, and the waiter behind him began to set up tables around the pool, put chairs, stack wine bottles, and set up the stage and dining table......

Look at that posture, it's about to requisition the entire villa.

Sioux City slowly stood up and looked past the butler. Tables, chairs, wine tables and other things came in from outside the side door of the hole, all the way in.

In other words, the princess Ayiman, who lives next to her, actually wants to occupy his place for a dinner party.

It's just inexplicable!

Su Cheng forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "What does this mean?"

As he spoke, his mind was already thinking about whose idea it was.

If the so-called princess is messing around, then the worst result is probably to lose face and add some jokes in the oil circle. However, if this is a competitor's trick, it is a different story. The high profits and high dangers in the oil industry have given rise to a large number of professional conspirators, and interlocking conspiracy stories emerge one after another.

The butler naturally couldn't guess the twists and turns in Su Cheng's mind, and in a mouthful of London English, he said, "Princess Ayiman is going to hold a grand ball to entertain new friends from Europe, and the invitation I sent you yesterday is for this purpose." At the same time, I also want to borrow the villa where you currently live, so that the area of the ball will be larger and grander. ”

"Could it please be on the sticker that you want to borrow the villa?" Shu Lan taught herself English, and she didn't speak very fluently, but she had no problem listening. The invitation sent yesterday was something she had read, and she really didn't remember any words about borrowing a villa in it.

The butler smiled slightly and said, "This is an agreement in Kazakhstan, if a friend sends an invitation to another friend, he can borrow a friend's place to hold a ball......

Su Cheng smiled: "Kazakhstan still has such an agreement? Can you try to send an invitation to Moscow, wouldn't it be more handsome to hold a dance party on Red Square?"

"I'm not from Kazakhstan either, but since we're here, let's get ahead with the banquet preparations. "The British butler is playing British Tai Chi, after all, such a reason is really unjustifiable. But Princess Ayiman asked for this, and he could only fulfill his duties.

In these years, although the housekeeper of the British Fan is famous, it is not easy to find a high-paying job.

Su Cheng pouted, did not stop the work of the dozens of waiters, and continued to ask, "Does President Nazarbayev know about this?"

"I don't know about that. The butler smiled.

"And what about Princess Ayiman?"

"Princess Ayiman will come to thank you in a moment, and she is choosing a bouquet for the dinner. The butler smiled and said, "Then can we continue to decorate the venue?"

Su Cheng ignored him and whispered to Shu Lan, "You go to the second floor first." I made two calls. ”

Shu Lan nodded obediently, and then whispered: "Pay attention to safety, this is someone's place." ”

Su Cheng's ears itched, and he smiled: "I know, it's probably this princess's fan's temper." There will be nothing. ”

After all, after sending Shulan back to the bedroom, he made several phone calls in a row.

Dahua Industrial has been operating hard in Kazakhstan for two years, which is not deep-rooted, but it is also a little rooted. Large corporations with billions of dollars in assets will inevitably have inextricable relationships with politicians if they want to build on a large scale in a country. What's more, it is a company like Dahua Industrial that attaches great importance to public relations and information.

Nazarbayev is certainly the largest power background of Dahua Industrial in Kazakhstan, but with his power, Dahua also operates a large network of relationships and intelligence.

After a few phone calls, Sioux City knew everything about Princess Ayiman.

Speaking of which. This is a young girl in her early 20s, who worked as a Young Pioneer and a member of the Communist Youth League, but was sent to Europe to study during the turmoil in the Soviet Union, during which she ran her own magazine. He also worked as a model, and then became a member of the European fashion circle...... The best part is. Although her magazine mainly introduces Kazakhstan, because the angle she chooses is Central Asian fashion, it has been recognized by the mainstream European society, and has been praised by Nazarbayev, and has received a large amount of funding from Kazakhstan, and Ayiman has used the money to expand her network of contacts, so that the circulation of the magazine has reached the benchmark of 20,000 copies per issue.

In the European fashion industry, this number is more than enough to get the word out.

Such a woman in the fashion industry feels that she has little to do with the oil industry.

If you want to say the reason why she came to the door, according to the analysis of a well-informed person, it may be the villa where Su Cheng currently lives, which she used to live in. Because of Nazarbayev's face, Ayiman couldn't drive people out directly, so he wanted to force Sioux City away through this method.

If this is the case, this is a child's struggle at the level of a family, whether Su Cheng lets it or not, it can't set off any waves.

But Sioux City is a cautious person by nature, especially abroad, so he naturally has to think twice more when encountering problems.

He forwarded the information he had received to the Information Bureau, and while he let the professional analysts analyze it, he himself fell into deep thought.

This Ayiman princess is not very old, she has lived in Europe in recent years, and she is mixed in the fashion circle, it is not surprising to say that she does not take the chairman of a foreign company in her eyes.

There are many oil companies in Kazakhstan, and oil companies in Europe, the United States and other places are too late to bribe Kazakh politicians, how dare they offend them.

This Ayiman Gong is mainly arrogant, and it is not a new thing.

However, she is not sensible, is there no sensible person around her?

The China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline is as important to China as it is to Kazakhstan. What's more, there is also the plan to move the capital that Nazarbayev attaches great importance to.

Can you make a fuss because of a villa?

Sioux City was not in a hurry, thinking over and over again, but others were not so patient.

Gu Hongjun was quickly forced by the sound of the arrangement outside, and couldn't help but knock on the door of Su Cheng, and said with a huff: "The table outside is full, it's angry to look at." Su Dong, do you want me to smash it!"

Although he is nominally a security officer sent by the state to Sioux City, he has been in the past few years, and he has long been towards Sioux City, where to care about diplomatic rules. According to Gu Hongjun's simple thoughts, as long as Su Dong nods, he will naturally be stable, if not, with his temperament, let alone send two people up first, and make a fuss.

"There's no hurry. The little bit of anger that Su Cheng had accumulated before had already escaped from his face, and he said tepidly at this time: "Construction is difficult and easy to destroy, let them set the table first, and when the time comes, whether this dinner can be held or not depends on us." ”

"Then wait?"

"Wait. ”

"What are you waiting for? Gu Hongjun was confused.

"Look at whether this Ayiman princess appears or not. After thinking about it just now, Su Cheng just said to Gu Hongjun to straighten out his train of thought: "If this Ayiman is really the princess's sick criminal, then she won't wait for 8 o'clock, and she will definitely come out." Didn't the housekeeper also say that she was choosing tweed, whether it was showing off her might or coercion, she had to let me obey, otherwise, how could she force us away. ”

Gu Hongjun touched his head and asked, "What if she hides?"

"Hiding means that she has someone behind her. With such a reckless act, why should you avoid me. ”

Gu Hongjun had a flash of inspiration and said, "Then if she doesn't look down on us at all, maybe she won't be too lazy to see us?"

As soon as he said this, Su Cheng was stunned, and said with a smile: "You say so, it's really possible that the princess is sick, in that case, let's also hold a banquet." ”

"Shall we do it too?" Gu Hongjun couldn't understand now.

Su Cheng looked at his watch and said with a smile: "It's a little tight until 8 o'clock, but it's enough, after all, the venue is all arranged, I'll make a few more calls, you call the people from the public relations department to come over, and then organize our security guards, oh, notify the police in Kazakhstan again, and ask them to send someone to help do security." ”

Gu Hongjun walked away as if he didn't understand.

Su Cheng called the embassy, only saying that he was going to hold a dinner party, inviting the embassy to participate, and asking the embassy to invite some friends to participate, and there was no room to agree. Diplomacy is about relationships, and embassies abroad inevitably hold several banquets every year. However, in the early 90s, the Chinese embassy was not well funded, and rarely took the initiative to hold banquets except for the regular New Year's and Spring Festival.

Even if it was held, they couldn't come up with much dry goods. At this time, the Russian embassy has tempting caviar, vodka and other world-famous products, and the Chinese embassy can only make up the numbers with spring rolls, dumplings and silk.

Large-scale events are a great burden for the embassy at this time, especially the irreplaceable drinks such as champagne and red wine are expensive, and they cannot be bought, which can only be said to be an encouragement to maintain. Sioux City volunteered to bear the cost, and the Chinese embassy did not agree, that is, the time was a little tight, and it was too late to complain.

At the same time, the members of the public relations department who were recruited also began to quickly call and send invitations to contact the political leaders and wealthy businessmen of Kazakhstan.

The foundation of the China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline has been laid in Kazakhstan, and there are many relationships to be opened. However, whether these relationships are connected or not, most of them will not refuse Sioux City's invitation, after all, if eating and taking cards is an end rather than a means, a banquet held at President Nazarbayev's villa is still very attractive.

Listening to the familiar ringing of the phone in his ears, Su Cheng gently opened the curtains and looked at the neatly cleaned banquet hall below, and couldn't help but smile.

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