"Lao Zhang, why are you here?" Liu Dahai was stunned when he saw the person standing at the door, and subconsciously stood up.

"Why can't I be here?" The visitor walked into the private room with a smile, and seemed to be very familiar with Liu Dahai: "I just came from the exhibition hall, you kid can do it, the booths of the booth have been confiscated, and he came here in style." If it weren't for your staff telling me the address, I wouldn't have been able to find it. It just so happens that it's a meal, anyway, it's just the two of you, Liu Fatzi, don't care about adding a pair of chopsticks, right? ”

As he spoke, the other party pulled a chair and sat down, and then naturally greeted the waiter who had just finished serving the food and asked him to add a pair of dishes and chopsticks. As for Zhou Liwen, who was sitting in the main seat, the person who came just glanced at it, maybe he just thought that the young Zhou Liwen was just Liu Dahai's junior or something, and he didn't care.

Liu Dahai couldn't cry or laugh, he and Zhou Liwen ate well, and when they were chatting happily, Lao Zhang, who was an uninvited guest, suddenly appeared, and he originally planned to talk to Zhou Liwen about business and ask Zhou Liwen for more advice. But now it's good, Lao Zhang is sitting here, what do you say about the next topic? What's more, today's meal is specially for Zhou Liwen, what is this old Zhang sitting on the side inexplicably?

However, Lao Zhang, Liu Dahai, is not easy to catch, and others don't care, Lao Zhang is different. Speaking of Lao Zhang, he can be regarded as Liu Dahai's iron buddy, although the two are not from the same place, they are not mixed together since childhood, and if they say that they have only known each other for seven or eight years.

Unlike Liu Dahai, Lao Zhang is in the toy business and has a well-sized toy factory in the township, and its products are mainly exported to Europe and the United States. At first, they met at a trade fair in the south, and the two had a similar personality and had a good chat, and soon became friends. After that, there was a time when Liu Dahai's business encountered some difficulties, and it happened that this matter was in Lao Zhang's location, Liu Dahai couldn't find anyone to help for a while, so he tentatively called Lao Zhang, who thought that Lao Zhang, who had not seen a few faces, didn't say anything after hearing it, patted his chest and agreed.

A few days later, the matter was settled by Lao Zhang, Liu Dahai personally went over to thank Lao Zhang for this, but who would have thought that Lao Zhang not only accepted the "thanks" he sent, but smiled and said that friends should help, anyone in this business field may encounter difficulties, as long as you can help, you must help.

After this incident, Liu Dahai and Lao Zhang have become iron buddies with a good relationship, and the two sides have cooperated several times over the years, and the relationship between the two companies is also like a brother company. That's not all, even their wives have a good relationship with each other, and in this respect they are almost like brothers.

looked at Zhou Liwen apologetically, Liu Dahai was thinking about how to greet Zhou Liwen. Zhou Liwen didn't care at all, but looked at Lao Zhang, who sat down with a smile and treated himself as half a master.

"Eat, I said Liu Fatty, can you please eat without chopsticks? Don't you usually see you always grabbing vegetables with me like a starving ghost? Maybe he was hungry, Lao Zhang picked up the chopsticks and ate a few bites of food, then took a sip of wine, and when he chewed his stomach, he found that Liu Dahai looked at him with a strange expression. Lao Zhang, who was a little puzzled, put down his chopsticks strangely and couldn't help asking.

"You ...... guy." Lao Zhang revealed his old bottom in front of Zhou Liwen, and also said that he grabbed vegetables to eat like a starving ghost, didn't he tell Zhou Liwen that he was a pig who only knew how to eat? Liu Dahai looked very embarrassed, he paused to clear his throat and said, "You didn't see any guests there?" Is it okay to be elegant? Come, let me introduce you, this is Zhou ....... ”

"I'm Xiao Zhou, a friend of Boss Liu." Zhou Liwen hurriedly took over the conversation and said, not only that, but he also picked up the wine bottle with a smile and added some wine to Lao Zhang's half-drunk wine glass: "You are Boss Zhang, right?" Boss Liu and I mentioned you, and it's a coincidence that you can see you today. It's okay, it's okay, let's just have dinner together or something, don't you eat this meal, come on, come on, this Babao hot sauce is good, but the signature dish here, you try it? ”

"yes, I'll taste it." Lao Zhang took a bite with chopsticks, nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "Don't say it, the taste is really good, but the spicy taste is a little lighter, and it is a little too sweet." Hehe, my ancestral home is from Sichuan, and my taste is on the heavy side. ”

"This is the way this cuisine is, the taste here in Huhai." Zhou Liwen smiled and said: "Today with Boss Liu is to try something new, this restaurant is very famous, and I have never been here before." ”

"Well, I've heard of this restaurant, but it's the first time I've come in." Lao Zhang nodded very understandingly, their bosses usually have similar hobbies, either fun or delicious, and it is normal for some famous restaurants to find a few friends to taste fresh, so he only thinks that Liu Dahai and Zhou Liwen may be the same today.

"By the way, Xiao Zhou, what kind of business do you do at home, why haven't you heard the fat man mention it before?" Lao Zhang ate a few bites of food, touched a pack of cigarettes and came out, took the initiative to hand it to Zhou Liwen, and then threw it to Liu Dahai, and asked with a big grin.

The corners of Liu Dahai's mouth twitched when he heard it, and he wanted to say it but didn't dare to say it, Zhou Liwen was very natural, took the cigarette and took the initiative to pick up the lighter on the table to help Lao Zhang light it, and replied: "I am in the electronics business, a small business, I have met Boss Liu before, and I happened to go to the exhibition hall today, so I just ran into it."

"Oh, the electronics business, it's in the south, right?" Lao Zhang looked at Zhou Liwen's dress and asked with a smile, these bosses who do processing basically have regional divisions, such as toys, most of them are in the Yangtze River Delta region, or they are near Huacheng. However, most of those who are engaged in electronic products are in the south, because the south is close to the Xiangjiang River, and from the perspective of geographical environment, it has advantages from the period of reform and opening up.

Zhou Liwen nodded noncommittally, Lao Zhang patted Zhou Liwen's shoulder and said: "In recent years, electronic products are not easy to do, Xiao Zhou's family does not seem to be simple, and the current enterprises are all washed down by big waves." By the way, the fat man used to do this, and you are half of your peers, so it's normal to know each other. But then again, the fat man's luck is much better than that of our brothers, and I don't know what luck this guy had, and he caught a big boss in Europe. Unlike me, relying on the annual Christmas orders in Europe and the United States, the raw materials have risen sharply over the years, and the labor is not as cheap as before, the business is becoming more and more difficult to do, Xiao Zhou, and the fat man to learn hard, he is now changing to machinery, if the quality of the products in your factory is good, let him introduce you to some customers, if you do a good job, you will be rich

Lao Zhang spoke vigorously, and Liu Dahai almost wanted to cover his face when he heard it. Make a fortune by yourself? It's pretty much the same thing to put it mildly. With Zhou Liwen's status and wealth, it is not enough for him to lift shoes for Zhou Liwen

Lao Zhang is a relatively talkative person, not to mention that there is also an iron buddy Liu Dahai together. In addition, he is a self-acquaintance, and he chatted with Zhou Liwen in a few words, a few glasses of wine, dancing when he is happy, and hooking up with Zhou Liwen is like an old friend who has known him for many years.

Speaking of which, Zhou Liwen was just polite at first, and he didn't want to tell his identity in front of Lao Zhang, so he fabricated a fake identity according to the other party's words. But who would have thought, chatting and chatting, Zhou Liwen found that this old Zhang had a better temper and personality than his own appetite, how to say it, it was the same as the feeling that he and Guo Tao had a few friends back then, and in addition, during his college career, his old classmates were drinking beer and bragging and farting in the dormitory.

This kind of feeling is rare for Zhou Liwen. As his business is getting bigger and bigger, his identity and status are very different from before, and many friends who are good on the surface are polite and respectful to Zhou Liwen, and the situation of dealing with him like a real friend is almost gone.

Even Guo Tao, an old friend, has had some estrangement with Zhou Liwen in recent years, not that their relationship has faded or that there are any contradictions, but that with the growth of age and different status, the mentality of both parties has changed. If there is anyone else who can really chat and play as casually as Zhou Liwen, maybe Richard can be counted as one. However, there are some things that both sides can not say in full, and as a good businessman or a successful entrepreneur, loneliness is inevitable.

And today, Lao Zhang, who was sitting with Zhou Liwen in a daze, made Zhou Liwen gradually find this feeling, listening to Lao Zhang talk about their entrepreneurial experience back then, as well as some bad things and interesting things that he had encountered over the years, Zhou Liwen listened to it with relish on the side, and even praised Lao Zhang, which made him laugh happily

"Xiao Zhou, our era can't be compared with your era, you can be regarded as good luck." patted Zhou Liwen's shoulder hard, and Lao Zhang said with great emotion: "Maybe your father knows that like our generation, who didn't sneak up in business and risk going to jail when they started business, it is not easy to get to where they are today." When you take over the family's business in the future, you may be able to appreciate a thing or two, but no matter how you say it, our feelings back then are incomparable to what we do now. ”

"Well, although I haven't experienced it, I've heard of it." Zhou Liwen nodded and said, "It is said that many people in your generation ran out of the single gang?" ”

"Do you still know about the Running Gang?" Lao Zhang's eyes widened, and then he patted his thigh happily: "That's right, you don't know, my Lao Zhang ran through the single gang back then, a person and a flat shoulder back and forth from south to north, relying on the method of ant moving, it was not easy to accumulate the family business that later opened the factory, don't hide it from you, I still keep the flat shoulder of the single gang back then, I will take it out and wipe it when I have time, and this thing will be left to my children and grandchildren in the future."

Zhou Liwen laughed when he heard it, and Liu Dahai also laughed with him, but his smile seemed a little unnatural, and he blamed Lao Zhang for mentioning something bad, but he went to mention these old things, if Zhou Liwen was not happy to hear it, wouldn't his arrangements today be all in vain.

Liu Dahai thought about letting Lao Zhang pull it off like this, and the ghost knew what kind of nonsense he would say, and he would forget it, but Zhou Liwen would be in trouble if he was unhappy when he heard it. Thinking of this, Liu Dahai coughed, and when he saw Lao Zhang subconsciously looking at him, he asked with a smile: "By the way, Lao Zhang, I forgot to ask you before, did you go to the exhibition hall to find me just now?" ”

"yes, I went around and didn't find you, so I didn't ask about it." Lao Zhang nibbled on a pigeon and said while gnawing.

"Looking for me?" Liu Dahai asked.

"Can't I look for you if it's okay?" Lao Zhang glanced at him, and Liu Dahai smiled awkwardly: "Of course not, didn't I call you when I came to the exhibition before, you said that you had an important list to discuss, and you didn't have time to come." How's it going? Finished talking? Has the project been taken down? ”

"After the talks, the project was taken down." Lao Zhang sighed and said, "If you don't mention this, I was about to talk about it, I came to you today to ask for your help." ”

"Help?" Liu Dahai was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What's wrong?" Is it a matter of funding? Say, how much does it cost? ”

Lao Zhang drew a number, Liu Dahai was taken aback, and asked why there was such a big gap.

"Hey, now business is getting more and more difficult to do, you also know that I took over the World Expo project last year, originally wanted to make a good profit by relying on the designated products, but who would have thought that the goods were sent out, and the return of the money was so slow, and now the organizing committee still owes me this amount." And the organizing committee is all masters, and the goods continue to be asked, and the money is the same as squeezing toothpaste, and it is barely enough to give a little bit if you squeeze hard. In this way, even no one can support it, to be honest, this time to win a new order, although the profit is not high, but the money will be returned quickly, I plan to rely on this to make up for the flow. But now let the accountant calculate carefully, the factory is almost out of money to purchase raw materials, no, there is really no way, I can only ask you for help. ”

Liu Dahai nodded understandingly, in fact, the business he was most unhappy with was to do business with the government, don't look at him as a famous entrepreneur and a representative of the National People's Congress in the local area, but he knows better than anyone what kind of virtue the gang of guys in the government agency is, these people are all eating people and not spitting out bones, even if there is a big profit, there are not many that can end up in their hands, and there is a lot of trouble in the future.

The year before last, Lao Zhang took over the business, and Liu Dahai was not very optimistic. I have persuaded him several times, but the international toy market has not been good in recent years, and Lao Zhang's factory is under-opened, so he is very urgent about this transaction. To tell the truth, even if he doesn't make any money, he is willing to keep the factory running, not to mention that there is still a lot of profit from the bidding plan.

In this way, Lao Zhang finally won the bid and signed the contract. But who would have thought that after the official operation, the organizing committee shirked the payment deadline for various reasons, which made Lao Zhang in a dilemma. And it is impossible to interrupt the supply, after all, he is an official and he is a businessman, and he has no good fruit to eat when he makes trouble, and Lao Zhang, who has suffered a loss, can only break his teeth and swallow blood, and ponder other ways to get out or make up for the loss, so there is this cooperation in export orders.

Although the figure reported by Lao Zhang is not much in Zhou Liwen's eyes, it is a huge amount of money for ordinary domestic enterprises, even if Liu Dahai wants to take it out in one go, it is a little difficult. What's more, his business is in the process of transformation, most of the funds are invested in the new machinery company, and there is not much liquidity available in his hands, but in any case, Lao Zhang is his brother, so he has to help, Liu Dahai pondered and said: "Give me ten days?" I don't have that much money in my hands all at once, so I have to raise some money. ”

"Ten days? Ten days is too long, isn't it okay to do three? Lao Zhang asked embarrassedly.

"Three days is definitely too late, so let's do it, five days, how about I try to get it done in five days?" Liu Dahai thought for a while and replied.

"It's ......." Lao Zhang hesitated, calculating the time of the order, he was a little nervous for five days, but except for Liu Dahai, he couldn't find a buddy who could borrow so much money from him at once, so he nodded after thinking about it.

Who would have thought that at this time, Zhou Liwen suddenly interjected and asked Lao Zhang how much the organizing committee owed him. Lao Zhang sighed and shook his head and said a number, this number is much larger than the amount he asked Liu Dahai to borrow, Zhou Liwen nodded understandingly, if this money can be recovered, with Lao Zhang's financial resources, it is indeed no problem.

"Boss Liu, I remember that you are in urgent need of funds for the machinery company now, right? What if you lend money to Boss Zhang, what if your funds are cut off? Zhou Liwen asked.

Liu Dahai's expression suddenly became embarrassed, and Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then looked a little uncomfortable, and at the same time blamed Zhou Liwen for being a little troublesome.

"Boss Zhang, don't blame me for saying this, you and Boss Liu have been friends for many years, and you don't want to drag Boss Liu down, right?" Zhou Liwen seemed to sense Lao Zhang's thoughts, and said to him with a smile.

Lao Zhang opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he shook his head and sighed.

"Actually, if you don't have enough funds, you can find a bank loan, besides, you have an agreement with the organizing committee, I remember that some commercial banks can directly use this as a mortgage according to the proportion, didn't you try it?"

"It's useless to try, the bank door is open to the south, state-owned enterprises or something is no problem, but what are we? Private enterprises, which one will bird you? Xiao Zhou, what you said is just theoretical, can this theoretical thing be true? Lao Zhang shook his head and said, there was still a trace of anger in his expression, it seemed that he hadn't tried it, it was estimated that he had already tried it and hit the nail.

"I used to be engaged in finance, Boss Zhang, do you have a contract with the organizing committee? If it's convenient for me to see? Zhou Liwen thought about it and asked.

Lao Zhang hesitated, of course he took the contract with him, and this time he came to Huhai with the contract to ask for money, but is this thing useful for Zhou Liwen to see? However, seeing Liu Dahai, who was sitting opposite, secretly glancing at him, Lao Zhang still took out the copy of the contract in his bag.

Zhou Liwen took it and took a closer look, this company is not complicated, it is basically a standard contract, and the content is also very clear. After reading it, Zhou Liwen thought about it, asked Liu Dahai for a piece of paper, then wrote a sentence, and then returned the contract and the note to Lao Zhang.

"Boss Liu, let's stop here today, I still have some business, thank you for your hospitality, we will have a chance to sit again in the future." Boss Zhang, you take this note, tomorrow you take the contract and relevant materials to the headquarters of Huhai Bank to find a gentleman named Yao Liang, and show the note to the other party. Okay, you drink slowly, I'll go first. Zhou Liwen greeted them with a smile, and then refused Liu Dahai's politeness to send him out, and left quickly when he went out alone.

"What the hell are you doing this Xiao Zhou?" Lao Zhang watched Zhou Liwen leave with some incomprehension, but Liu Dahai was different, he hurriedly asked Lao Zhang to take a look at the note, when he saw the sentence above and Zhou Liwen's signature below, Liu Dahai breathed a sigh of relief, patted his old friend on the shoulder and said: "You, you, the real person is still confused in person, brother has this thing, you are still a fart for those things."

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