(.) Lived in Wang Jun's club for a few days, although this kind of leisure day is very comfortable, but after a long time, I feel bored, Zhou Liwen can't live after the third day, every day with nothing to do with them, play mahjong, play golf, fishing, brag or something, Zhou Liwen is about to grow hair, and Wang Jun said hello to them, Zhou Liwen went back to Huhai first, after returning home, he had a thought in his heart that has been lingering, if nothing else, it is Cao Yan and he mentioned Shi Wen's matter.

In the past two years, the cooperation between or company France Telecom is very good, the two sides have carried out comprehensive cooperation on this project, due to work reasons, Zhou Liwen and Shi Wen sometimes contact by email, but the two have maintained a very ordinary classmate relationship, but Zhou Liwen can not forget the scene when Shi Wen left Huhai, some words are clear to both sides, but no one speaks.

In fact, both Zhou Liwen and Shi Wen understand a truth, that is, although both parties are emotionally pinning on each other and have a good impression of each other, it is absolutely impossible to be together.

Zhou Liwen has a happy family, Lin Yaxuan is the love of his life, and two lovely children. As for Shi Wen, although she doesn't know her marital situation, Zhou Liwen felt that it was impossible for her to abandon her family and be with Zhou Liwen from the last time they met and chatted. Therefore, it is only a subtle spiritual exchange between them, and it is not like what outsiders imagine.

Back then, Zhou Liwen once promised Shi Wen that he would go to Europe when he had time, and by the way, he would go to her village as a guest. But all along, this promise has not been fulfilled, firstly, because Zhou Liwen has been busy with various things over the years and has not been able to spare any time, and secondly, it is also a kind of avoidance in Zhou Liwen's own heart, and he has not put it into practice.

Shi Wen definitely knew about these situations, but she never asked Zhou Liwen. For her, Zhou Liwen couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and this time Cao Yan mentioned Shi Wen again, which made Zhou Liwen feel a commotion in his heart when he thought that he had already put this down.

Zhou Liwen didn't have any idea of having anything to do with Shi Wen, he just wanted to see her again. This thought has been lingering since he returned to his mansion in Huhai from the clubhouse, and it has become stronger and stronger.

On the night of the second day after returning to Shanghai, Zhou Liwen made up his mind and prepared to leave for France. He didn't take his own private jet, because the private jet itinerary needs to be declared in advance, and this time he went to meet his old classmates in a private capacity, and Zhou Liwen didn't want to make such a big fuss.

Simply packed his luggage, Zhou Liwen went directly to the airport to buy a ticket to Paris, in the middle of the night, the plane took off on time, although Zhou Liwen was a little sleepy sitting in the first class, but his spirit was as high as a runaway teenager.

Air France's service is very good, the plane is also the latest wide-body aircraft, because it is a red-eye flight, there are not too many passengers on the plane, except for some tourists and international students, most of them are business people, basically as soon as they get on the plane, they ask the stewardess for a blanket, put on an eye mask and start to rest.

In addition to Zhou Liwen, there were four foreigners and three Chinese in the first class, and two of the three Chinese looked like government officials, sitting diagonally opposite the corridor on Zhou Liwen's right, talking softly and then resting separately. As for the other Chinese sitting on the left of Zhou Liwen, he looked like a private boss doing business, and his fat figure was at least dozens of pounds heavier than Guo Tao, fortunately he was sitting in first class, and if he changed to the ordinary cabin behind, he might not even be able to sit in the seat.

As soon as the fat man got on the plane, he ordered a plane meal, and after eating, he wiped his mouth and slept wrapped in a blanket. Zhou Liwen couldn't sleep for a while, asked the stewardess to take the headphones, turned on the TV screen in front of the seat and watched the movie.

Zhou Liwen's movie was also chosen at random, and after watching it for a few minutes, he knew that it was a European literary film, and to be honest, Zhou Liwen was really not interested in this kind of film, but Europeans, especially the French who advocate art, like this genre very much. Zhou Liwen didn't bother to change it, turned down the sound of the headphones, and looked at it casually with a blanket on his feet, and he didn't know how long he watched it, but his sleepiness gradually came up, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

I don't know how long I slept, but Zhou Liwen woke up in a jolt. At this time, the plane's radio broadcast the captain's announcement, saying that the plane encountered some air currents and would pass soon, so please don't panic and sit in your seat and fasten the insurance policy or something.

This kind of thing is normal on a long-distance flight, and Zhou Liwen didn't care about it, so he stretched out his hand and fastened his insurance.

"I'm sorry, you're Chinese, right?" At this time, a voice sounded in his ears, Zhou Liwen looked to the left, and saw the fat man sitting inside smiling at him and asked.

Zhou Liwen nodded slightly and asked him what was the matter, and the fat man was embarrassed to tell Zhou Liwen if he could help pull the safety belt for him, because his body was too fat, and the other end of the safety belt fell below when he was sleeping in front, and he couldn't touch it for a while.

Zhou Liwen couldn't help laughing after hearing this, turned sideways to find him the buckle of the safety belt, and then helped him tie the safety belt.

"Whew......." The fat man breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "This ...... Thank you, bro."

"You're welcome." Zhou Liwen waved his hand.

"Traveling to France or studying abroad?" The fat man asked very familiarly, at this time the bump of the plane had been much lighter, and it seemed that the plane was about to fly out of the airflow.

"Go do something." Zhou Liwen casually picked up the magazine inserted in the chair in front of him and looked at it, and he was not too interested in chatting with this fat man.

"Errands? Is it official business or visiting relatives? The fat man asked very gossipy.

Zhou Liwen glanced at him in surprise, and the fat man smiled: "Don't get me wrong, isn't this boring on the plane, since everyone sits together, there is fate, there is a way to rely on parents at home and friends when you go out." When you go abroad, or friends are reliable, everyone is Chinese, it doesn't matter if you chat, right? ”

As soon as he said this, Zhou Liwen was overjoyed, and nodded with a smile.

The fat man saw that Zhou Liwen did not explicitly refuse, and then stretched out his hand and said: "By the way, my surname is Liu, Wendao Liu, Liu Dahai, I do international trade, what do you call it, brother?" ”

"The surname is Zhou, call me Xiao Zhou." Zhou Liwen smiled and shook his hand.

Liu Dahai took out the business card holder from his pocket, took a business card from it and handed it to Zhou Liwen, Zhou Liwen took it and said, "I'm really sorry, I don't have a business card."

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm also used to it, it's like this for us in this line, I love to hand a business card to my friends, and now I rely on friends to help me in business, in case there is a business need in the future, please take care of it."

Liu Dahai said very truthfully, Zhou Liwen nodded and smiled understandingly, when he started his own business in his previous life, he was the same as Liu Dahai, no matter where he went, he could not bring the wallet but the business card holder must be carried, as long as there are new friends, he will hand over a business card, just like Liu Dahai said, doing business depends on the help of friends, in case the other party has this need, it is always right to cast a wide net, and there are dates or not.

glanced at the business card, the name of a foreign trade import and export company was written on the business card, and there was a factory name behind it, Liu Dahai's position was very conspicuous, and it was marked with the words executive director.

"It turned out to be Chairman Liu, and I am fortunate to be happy."

"What Liu Dong, just call me Lao Liu, the chairman and executive director, these are all deceiving foreigners, I will tell you the truth Brother Zhou, my company is also a small company engaged in foreign trade processing, but although the company is small, the business is not bad, and some things cannot be made by others, as long as there are samples in my company, I can guarantee that it can be made."

"Isn't this similar to the black wound?"

"Hey, Brother Zhou is still an insider" Liu Dahai smiled: "It looks the same, but there are actually some differences." ”

"Oh, what does that mean?" Zhou Liwen asked.

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Liu Dahai counted his stubby fingers and said: "The small commodity market claims that as long as there is a sample, it can be imitated in a week, and we can do this, but the key lies in the quality of the product." What do you think, what is the scale and nature of the factory over there? Those are all former township enterprises, and some of them are not as good as township enterprises, that is, they find some people to build small workshops at home, whether they use employees or equipment, including raw materials. One is the quality of employees, these migrant workers themselves are not high in education, and their skills have not been systematically trained, at most they are at the level of three-legged cats. The second is the equipment, the equipment they use is small or has been eliminated old equipment, the precision is not high, the processing capacity is not strong. The third is raw materials, in order to reduce costs, the cheaper the raw material purchase, the better, you say, how can there be a grade of things tossed out like this? Even though it looks the same, the quality and effectiveness are actually quite different. ”

"That makes sense." Zhou Liwen nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Zhou Liwen agreed with his opinion, Liu Dahai said more energetically, and immediately said: "Our company is different, although the scale of our company is not large, but it was a real transformation of the old state-owned enterprise factory, and the technical strength is not comparable to their kind of copycat goods at all." And all the machinery and equipment are a full set of perfect, a few years ago also added a German assembly line, the raw materials used are all genuine, the production of products fully meet the technical requirements of Europe and the United States, compared to the black wounds can only be exported to Africa, India and other third world countries compared with the broken goods, our main customer base are in Europe, America and Japan ....... ”

Liu Dahai said endlessly, his eyebrows were dancing, if he hadn't been sitting in his position and being tied by the safety belt, Zhou Liwen felt that he would even stand up and dance.

Listening to his self-boasting with a smile, Zhou Liwen seemed to have returned to his previous life for a while, why didn't he be like Liu Dahai, he blew himself up when he caught a potential customer, and he couldn't wait to boast that his company was a few points stronger than the top dozen in the 6o strong.

After talking for a while, Liu Dahai may have said it, and rang the bell to call the stewardess to ask for a glass of water, Zhou Liwen also asked the stewardess to take a glass of water at this time, Liu Dahai took a sip of water, maybe he reacted that he said too much, and smiled at Zhou Liwen very embarrassed.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, you haven't said it yet, are you on official business or visiting relatives?"

"It's a family visit, a friend." Zhou Liwen replied with a smile, he knew that as long as he talked about official business, with Liu Dahai's temper, he would definitely hit the snake and return to the stick, and asked himself what it was, so he simply said that he was visiting relatives.

"It's good to visit relatives, it's good to visit relatives" Liu Dahai nodded again and again, and then said: "Look at Brother Zhou's family is good, there are not many people who go to France to take first class, just now I thought you were going to France to discuss business like me." ”

"I didn't pay for the tickets I bought from my relatives abroad." Zhou Liwen said this with a smile, and then said: "Doesn't Boss Liu also take first class, and you see that there are several Chinese, not all of them take first class." ”

"I can't help it, brother, do you think I can sit in the back?" Liu Dahai patted his belly like an eight-month pregnant woman, and replied like this, Zhou Liwen was happy to hear it.

"Boss Liu is going over to talk about business?"

"Yes, there is a project to discuss, a purchase order of $3o a year, if I can win it, I can breathe a sigh of relief next year."

"Hehe, then I'll congratulate Boss Liu in advance on his success this time."

Liu Dahai suddenly lost his eyes from laughter, and nodded happily and said thank you.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, have you ever been to France?"

"I went there once a few years ago, but I went to Frankfurt first, and then to France, what's wrong?"

Liu Dahai looked left and right, and seeing that the stewardess was far away, he lowered his voice and said: "The French have not been very good to us Chinese in recent years, you can pay attention when you enter the Charles de Gaulle Airport." ”

"Attention?" Zhou Liwen was puzzled.

Liu Dahai saw that Zhou Liwen did not understand what he meant, and carefully explained the situation at Charles de Gaulle Airport to Zhou Liwen in detail, telling Zhou Liwen that Chinese people entering from Charles de Gaulle Airport will often be harassed, and even will be considered by the airport police as suspected and locked up in a small black room and beaten up, although he Liu Dahai has not experienced it, but this similar thing has been seen several times, let Zhou Liwen be more careful when entering the country, don't say the wrong thing and get into trouble.

Zhou Liwen suddenly realized, and said thank you. Of course, he will not directly tell Liu Dahai that he is holding a US passport, but Charles de Gaulle Airport still knows a thing or two about the bad behavior of Chinese, including Asian countries. Although this Liu Dahai is more philistine, he is not a bad person, and he can remind his fellow compatriots that this kind of person is rare now.

Liu Dahai is in the business of pneumatic actuators and controllers, and his product is a little technical, and it is also widely used. In many industries, these supporting facilities are very necessary, as he said, his factory and company were state-owned enterprises before the restructuring, the technical force is relatively strong, so to do business in Europe and the United States, including Japan, but now the entire foreign trade industry is fiercely competitive, although his company makes money, but the profit is not better than in previous years.

Zhou Liwen doesn't know much about these technical things, not to mention that he has never been in contact with them. Liu Dahai and Zhou Liwen chatted for a few words to find this problem, he is a more sleek person, and he also deals with customers a lot, and soon turned the topic to the foreign trade industry. For these, Zhou Liwen had a very good discussion with him, at first Liu Dahai was thinking of chatting casually with Zhou Liwen, but chatting and chatting about Zhou Liwen's views and judgment on foreign trade import and export is very powerful, not only some words made him suddenly, but also some suggestions made him feel more moved. In particular, Zhou Liwen pointed out that at present, China's dependence on exports is becoming more and more serious, but due to the rising cost of domestic productivity and the rise in the price of raw materials, coupled with the restructuring of export tax rebates, the pressure on export-oriented enterprises will become greater and greater in the future.

In view of these aspects, Zhou Liwen suggested strengthening the sales focus of domestic trade, and at the same time engaging in some products with relatively high technical content to increase the added value of products, and even considering doing some import trade.

"Brother Zhou, talented" Liu Dahai said very happily: "I don't know where Brother Zhou is now, how about coming to my company if you don't dislike it?" Not to mention anything else, the annual salary of 20,000 yuan is guaranteed to be no problem, how about matching you with a car? ”

Zhou Liwen smiled and politely declined, and said that he had not considered changing jobs for the time being, although Liu Dahai was very disappointed, he was not angry, and still asked Zhou Liwen to contact him anytime and anywhere if he changed his mind.

Time flies by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the plane announces that it will soon arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and passengers are asked to get ready.

When he arrived at the airport, it was early in the local morning, and after the plane landed, Zhou Liwen found an excuse to separate from Liu Dahai. He can't enter the country with a U.S. passport in front of Liu Dahai, if this is not the same as slapping the other party's face. Zhou Liwen's luggage is very simple, it is a bag that he carries with him, when Liu Dahai went to pick up his luggage, Zhou Liwen walked straight out of the exit channel, and easily completed the entry procedures with his passport, and when he arrived at the exit place, there was already a professional driver waiting. As a shareholder of Wells Fargo, Zhou Liwen of the world's richest bank, he can mobilize these resources anytime and anywhere with just a phone call, even in Europe. In fact, this kind of service can be enjoyed by customers who hold an Amex Centurion black card, let alone Zhou Liwen.

After confirming with the driver, the driver in uniform opened the car door and asked Zhou Liwen to get in the car, and after Zhou Liwen got into the car, the driver drove the luxury car to the hotel. In a hurry, Zhou Liwen temporarily stayed in a superior suite at the Place Athénée, one of the best hotels in Paris with a history of nearly 100 years and located in the bustling city center.

When I arrived at the hotel, I checked in with the help of the courteous waiter,...

Then went to the top floor of the suite, although this luxury suite is better than the best 75o in the hotel, but it is also a very good room, looking at the decoration and antiques of the 15th and 6th centuries, Zhou Liwen was very satisfied, and gave the waiter a tip, Zhou Liwen, who was a little tired, took a bath first, and then fell asleep quickly on the soft big bed.

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