Chapter 121: The English Baroness
Chapter 121: The English Baroness
The middle-aged white man who spoke frowned slightly innorantly, although he had long known that the Baroness Claraus in front of him was a famous discriminatory yellow among the British aristocracy, but in such a public place, making such a remark still made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Baroness Claraus, please be cautious here!" Finland is not a country where racism is rife, and although there are always white supremacists in the country, people who speak openly about racism are undoubtedly unwelcome in Finland.
"Hmph! Yellow Peril!" said Baroness Clarus's beautiful lips with a thick sense of anger.
"Baroness Claraus, that is a distinguished guest invited by Monsieur Yoma Aurela!" the middle-aged white man had to raise his voice slightly to remind her. Yoma Aurella may not have reached his peak in the minds of Finns, but the changes in the Nokia Group over the past two years have been seen by many.
Hearing the name of Yoma Aurela, Baroness Clarus seemed to sober up a little, she turned her head no longer to look at Fang Mingyuan, and said with a smile: "Robert, I'm sorry, I lost my temper just now! Every time I see these yellow people, I can't help but think of my grandfather who died in Myanmar back then, it was these hateful yellow people that made me never see my grandfather since I was born. Although, my father inherited the title from him, and I took it from my father. β
"Would you like to ask, was your grandfather killed by the Japanese in World War II?" asked Robert, curious.
"No, no, no, he was tortured and killed by the locals in Myanmar, although he didn't go to Myanmar with no malice, just to collect some local antiquities. Baroness Claraus gritted her teeth.
Robert nodded thoughtfully, but there was some disdain in his heart. Collecting local antiquities, to put it bluntly, is not to plunder the local cultural relics, the Oriental people are taboo about digging graves, you rob other people's cultural relics, dig the graves of other people's ancestors, and people kill you is also a normal reaction. The British are really very arrogant, and this logical thinking is really very understandable.
Although the Finns are Caucasian, they have suffered as much in the history of Finland as the poor colonial countries. First it was ruled by Sweden, then occupied by Tsarist Russia, and it was only after the Russian Revolution that Finland became truly independent. But after independence, it faced a brief but unforgettable civil war. In the Second Shijie War, Finland had a war with the Soviet Union and Germany, and after the war, it had to cede land and war reparations to the Soviet Union, and carefully circled with the Soviet Union, until the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Finns were considered to have gone to the sword above their heads!
So many Finns are sympathetic to the former colonial countries. For bandit logic like Baroness Claraus, there is not much market among the Finns.
Baroness Claraus took a sip of red wine and said, "Robert, I have something to ask you for this time. I bought a shipbreaking yard in India, and the Finnish shipping company currently has two scrapped freighters that need to be sold, but their asking price is very high, and this offer, if you add up the cost of transporting the ship back to India and dismantling, will not make much money at all!"
Robert's face was impassive, but his heart was full of dissatisfaction. In fact, he had already heard about this matter, and the quotation of the Finnish shipping company was not outrageous, but it was just the one in front of him who wanted to continue to lower the price! Moreover, Robert also heard that Baroness Claraus did not know what means were used to make the head of the department in charge of the sale of scrap ships of the Finnish shipping company turn away another shipbreaking company from China.
But no matter how dissatisfied he is with the woman in front of him, Robert will not show it. Behind this woman, there are still a lot of shili in the UK, and I can't be guilty of making enemies with her. "Baroness Claraus, what do you mean?"
"I'm just going to trouble you, I heard that Robert, you have a lot of business dealings with the Finnish shipping company, can you help me make peace with the person in charge of the Finnish shipping company, and in the future, I will repay you!" Baroness Claraus rolled over with a wink, and said in a flattering manner.
"Baroness Claraus, it seems that these are the four times you have asked for me, and your promise will be rewarded, right?" Robert picked up his wine glass with a smile, leaned back on the sofa and said, "I just don't know how long Baroness Claraus wants to drag on these first three times?"
Baroness Clarus's beautiful face suddenly distorted, and her slightly larger mouth gritted her teeth and squeezed out "Damn!"
Robert was startled, he didn't seem to say anything excessive, did he?Did Baroness Claraus put on such a look? Only then did he notice that Baroness Claraus's gaze was not actually directed at him, but behind him. Robert turned his head to look, only to see that there were a few more yellow-skinned people at the table where old Johnny had just arrived.
Baroness Claraus certainly knew Qi Weiqiang and them, and how could she not pay attention to these three yellow men from Huaxia who wanted to buy scrapped freighters from Finnish shipping companies, as their potential competitors.
At this time, the presence of Ziviqiang and the others with old Johnny undoubtedly made Baroness Claraus feel that things were going in a direction she did not want to see. Because Baroness Claraus knew that in fact, the Finnish shipping company did not ask for the two scrapped freighters, but she had just taken over the Rivers shipyard, and the shipyard needed too much capital investment, which took up a lot of her capital, so she wanted to reduce the price as much as possible. And Qi Weiqiang's appearance undoubtedly made Baroness Claraus's plan to lower the price may be frustrated!
"Robert, can you introduce John Gershville to Director John Gershville for me?" said Baroness Claraus.
Robert was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's okay to introduce it, but ...... Gershville directors are meeting guests right now, should we wait?"
"Robert, if he hadn't been a guest, I wouldn't have been so anxious to introduce you!" said Baroness Claraus, who had regained her state of mind. However, the thought of competing for business with the yellow race she despised the most, she was still very uncomfortable in her heart.
"Baroness Clarus, are you sure you want to do this?" asked Robert, after a moment of silence. This one is known for his discrimination and hatred of the yellow race, but there is someone over there who is invited by Aurila, and if this one makes any inappropriate remarks there that annoys the other party, then even he will be implicated. Therefore, Robert did not want to comply with Baroness Claraus's request.
Baroness Claraus couldn't hear what Robert meant, and smiled: "Robert, you can rest assured that this is a public place, even if I hate yellow people, I won't be rude in public." Robert, could you please introduce me to the directors of Gershville? β
At this point, Robert also understood that it would be inappropriate to stop Baroness Claraus any longer.
Qi Weiqiang's legs were secretly trembling with excitement at this time, he didn't expect that Fang Mingyuan's movements would be so fast, and how long had passed, and he would actually be able to sit down with the director of the Finnish shipping company. And sitting on the side was actually Yoma Aurella, the president of Nokia Group!
Not to mention that in China, Qi Weiqiang has long heard of Nokia's name, and in Finland these days, Orila's name is even more calloused. However, now the famous Orila sat in front of him, smiling.
This young man, Fang Mingyuan, how could he have such a great amount of energy? Not only him, but also Accountant Qin and Liu Yan, who were sitting not far away, were also excited at this time. To be able to enter the banquet of the Finnish upper class is already worth the trip for them.
"Mr. Qi, are you saying that you arrived in Finland three days ago and found our company, but the head of our company's department responsible for selling these two scrapped freighters did not receive you? Such an approach is clearly not in the interest of Finnish shipping companies, and the more buyers there are, the more choices there are for sellers.
They have been waiting in Helsinki for three days, but they have not heard back, and they don't know if your company's two scrapped freighters have been sold. If these two scrapped freighters have been sold, shouldn't they also be informed, at least they can return home with peace of mind, or go somewhere else to see if they can have a new target? Qi Weiqiang's English is seven and six, so Fang Mingyuan and Lin Rong are responsible for translating between the two sides.
Old Johnny knew that this was not the time to investigate the dereliction of duty of the head of a certain department of the company, so he put the matter aside for the time being, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qi, since this is the case, then tomorrow morning between nine and ten o'clock, please come to the Finnish shipping company, if there is still no one to receive you at that time, then you can contact me directly." As he spoke, Old Johnny asked for a pen and paper from the waiter, "This is the phone number for my office!"
"Director Gershville, I wonder if I'm lucky enough to have your phone number?" a coquettish voice came from the side. ROοΌ~οΌ