(.) When I woke up in the afternoon, I opened the curtains and it was sunny outside.

Changing clothes, Zhou Liwen went out and went downstairs, refused the waiter's inquiry at the door whether he wanted to call a taxi, and walked forward along the street at the door, north of the famous Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe is close in front of him, and not far from the Eiffel Tower, these are famous tourist attractions in Paris. However, Zhou Liwen did not go there, but walked along the Champs-Élysées for a while, and came to Lanurnetbsp; Lanurc Tea Restaurant also has a branch in Xiangjiang, Zhou Liwen usually goes to it, but here in Paris he is the first time to come, pushing open the green tangled metal glass door, a uniformed waitress hurriedly greeted him.

I found a place to sit down at the window next to the street, ordered afternoon tea, and of course, the very famous almond round cake here, but the refreshments were served in exquisite sterling silver tableware, drinking fragrant French tea, tasting exquisite and delicious snacks, and the bright sunlight sprinkled on the body through the glass ceiling, which made people feel extremely relaxed.

After filling his stomach slightly, Zhou Liwen looked at the street scene outside for a while, took out his mobile phone after thinking about it, opened the address book, and found the number that had been stored but never dialed.

The phone rang a few times, and it was quickly connected, and Shi Wen's voice came from the phone.

"Levin?"

"It's me" Listening to her voice, Zhou Liwen smiled: "I didn't bother you." ”

"No, of course not." Shi Wen seemed to pause, but quickly smiled: "It's just a little surprising, are you in the United States or Asia now?" It's supposed to be night, right? ”

"Nowhere is it." Zhou Liwen replied like this, and then asked: "I remember that you invited me to your village as a guest before, why, is this promise still valid?" ”

"Of course it works, I'm always welcome if you come." Shi Wen replied without hesitation, and suddenly she reacted and said in surprise: "My God, you don't want to tell me that you are in Europe now, right?" ”

Zhou Liwen smiled: "It's really smart, I'm not only in Europe but also in France, and now I'm in Paris, how about it, are you surprised?" ”

"You're in Paris," Shi Wen was pleasantly surprised, "where are you in Paris?" ”

"The Lanurc tea restaurant on the Champs-Élysées is close to ......." Zhou Liwen replied, but before he could finish speaking, Shi Wen hurriedly said: "I know, I know, I have been to this place, don't go, wait for me, I'll come over immediately" After speaking, she hung up the phone in a hurry without waiting for Zhou Liwen to speak, and Zhou Liwen, who had hung up the phone, was stunned, is she also in Paris? And still nearby?

This guess was quickly confirmed, and only ten minutes later, Shi Wen appeared in front of Zhou Liwen's eyes. When she broke up with that year, she was still so beautiful when she met this time, and she had a unique style in a short white trench coat.

"I really didn't expect you to come to France suddenly, why didn't you tell me in advance?" Seeing Shi Wen enter the door, Zhou Liwen stood up with a smile, only to see her walking towards her quickly, with a hint of resentment and blame in her joy, and when she approached Zhou Liwen, she stretched out her arms and seemed to want to hug Zhou Liwen, but she hesitated as soon as her hand was raised, after all, Zhou Liwen is not French, maybe not used to such etiquette.

Zhou Liwen saw her hesitation, smiled and took the initiative to hug her, and also used the veneer gift that the French are used to. When the two separated, their faces were full of happy smiles, Zhou Liwen took the initiative to pull out the chair opposite her, and when she sat down, she waved to the waiter and asked her what she wanted to drink.

ordered a cup of black tea, and after the waiter left, Shi Wen took off her sunglasses and looked at Zhou Liwen with a smile, and Zhou Liwen also looked at her, and the two didn't speak for a while.

It wasn't until the black tea came up and Zhou Liwen took milk and sugar for her that Shi Wen asked, "Why did you suddenly come to France?" Is it official business? ”

Zhou Liwen shook his head and smiled: "Of course not, I came here to be a guest on purpose to fulfill our original agreement." ”

"Really?" Shi Wen asked in surprise.

Zhou Liwen nodded: "I've been very busy in the past two years, and I always don't have time to see you, and today I finally fulfilled my promise, but aren't you usually in Marseille?" How could it be in Paris? ”

"France Telecom has been meeting on the board of directors these days, and of course I, as an independent director, will attend. It's a coincidence that you're here, and if I'm a few days late, I'd probably be in Amsterdam. ”

"It seems that your France Telecom exhibition is good, I remember that Dutch Telecom is no worse than you in terms of scale, but I didn't expect your tentacles to have reached the base camp of your opponents."

"Actually, they are the same, now it's European integration, and Dutch Telecom also has their presence in France." Shi Wen replied with a smile.

The two chatted with this, and gradually talked about the situation of their respective days of separation from work, it can be seen that Shi Wen is living very well now, Zhou Liwen is very happy for her, as for Zhou Liwen's situation, Shi Wen knows more, after all, he is now rich in the world, and some actions are often concerned by the media. Talking about being rich, Shi Wen also jokingly asked Zhou Liwen how he felt when he learned that he became rich, and Zhou Liwen immediately made a surprised expression very exaggeratedly, which made Shi Wen cover his mouth and be happy.

chatted about work, and then talked about their respective situations, and gradually Zhou Liwen talked about the recent situation of several old classmates, and told her that just a few days ago, she lived in the club club run by Wang Jun and them for a few days, and met with Zhang Jian, his wife and Cao Yan. In addition, he talked about the fact that they were going to set up an international language school and pulled themselves into the water.

"And this?" Shi Wen immediately became interested, and carefully asked Liwen about the situation of this international language school project next week, and after Zhou Liwen explained to her, Shi Wen said that she was also interested, and when the time came, she directly contacted Wang Jun and Cao Yan to participate in it.

"If you want to take a stake, of course they are welcome, and it would be better if there were foreign teachers who could introduce them to them. French is one of the major international languages, and if you are in France, you will be the French teacher at the school. ”

"Not only French, but also Spanish, German, Portuguese and even Italian, I have it all." Shi Wen happily agreed, with the strength of France Telecom, coupled with Shi Wen's connections in Europe, it is almost a piece of cake to get these things done.

After chatting, Zhou Liwen asked where Shi Wen was just now and how she came over so quickly. Shi Wen smiled and told him that after attending the board of directors in the morning, she was resting in the hotel when Zhou Liwen called her, and the hotel where she stayed was nearby, and it was only two streets away.

"So close? Which hotel? ”

"Athenaeum Plaza Hotel."

Zhou Liwen's eyes widened instantly, and his face was full of incredulity.

"What's wrong?" Shi Wen said strangely.

"I also stay at this hotel."

"You're also at the Plaza Athenaeum?" This time it was Shi Wen's turn to be surprised, she hurriedly asked Zhou Liwen's room number, and when the two of them said their room number, they immediately looked at each other, and laughed at the same time after a while.

This world is so coincidental, when Zhou Liwen lived in the Athena Plaza Hotel, because the best suite 75o had already been booked, so he changed to a luxury suite, but he never thought that the 75o suite that was booked out was actually Shi Wen's room, and the two of them became neighbors across a wall.

When Zhou Liwen was catching up on sleep in the room, Shi Wen was only less than ten meters away from him, but they didn't know that the other party was so close to them. If it wasn't for the meeting, who would have thought that there would be such a coincidence.

The two of them, who were happy to lean forward and leaned back, felt that this might be God's arrangement, and laughed for a while before the two stopped.

In the lanur...

C stayed at the café for two hours and did not leave until after four o'clock in the afternoon. There was no shouting for a car, and the two of them walked through the streets like ordinary people, seemingly having endless words. Unconsciously, they came to the art bridge, walked up to the bridge, and looked at the railing of the bridge full of dense love locks. Seeing this, Shi Wen couldn't help but run over, as novel as a little girl, squatting down and carefully looking at the love locks of different shapes.

"You've been in France for so many years, you haven't been here, have you?" Zhou Liwen squatted down beside her and asked.

"I've never walked up to see it in the car, and you see, this heart-shaped lock is really beautiful, and it has the couple's initials on it."

"You haven't locked up here with your husband?"

Shi Wen shook her head gloomily: "He never pays attention to these, so he ......." ”

Looking at Shi Wen's complicated expression, Zhou Liwen's heart couldn't help but feel a little painful, and he blurted out without thinking about it: "Let's also hang a lock, right?" ”

"Really? Are you sure? Shi Wen suddenly looked back at Zhou Liwen, her eyes were full of joy, and at the same time there was a hint of expectation and inquiry.

Zhou Liwen didn't say anything, just nodded, then got up and picked up Shi Wen and strode towards the store by the bridge.

The love locks of the Art Bridge are very famous, there are shops specializing in selling love locks at both ends of the bridge, and you can see a dazzling array of locks when you enter the store, these locks have ordinary locks, as well as custom locks with unique shapes, and the store also has a special service for customers to provide inlay or engraving names and blessings.

Zhou Liwen and Shi Wen picked a red heart-shaped padlock, paid for it and asked the clerk to help them engrave the initials at the beginning of their names with tools, and then they returned to the bridge, locked the lock on the railing of the bridge with ordinary couples, and then threw the key into the Seine River under the bridge.

Looking at the key throwing a perfect arc and finally falling into the water, Zhou Liwen and Shi Wen looked at each other and smiled, their hands were slightly warm, Shi Wen naturally stepped her hand into Zhou Liwen's left hand, and then they slowly walked forward with the reason of going back.

The board of directors of France Telecom ended on the second day of Zhou Liwen's arrival in France, because Zhou Liwen came to Europe in his personal capacity this time, so he did not let Shi Wen inform France Telecom, let alone want to be disturbed by official business to his rare leisure life. According to the original schedule, Shi Wen had to go to Amsterdam in a few days, but because Zhou Liwen came, her trip was delayed by two days, and the two of them would walk together as long as they had time, strolling through the small streets and alleys of Paris, or finding a small café to enjoy the bright afternoon.

Happy days always pass quickly, in a blink of an eye, Zhou Liwen stayed in Paris for three days, and the fourth day was also his last day in Europe, because there were some affairs at the US headquarters that he had to go back to deal with, and Bill had several emails urging Zhou Liwen.

As for Shi Wen, she also has to go to Amsterdam, so today is also the last day they are in. However, they have already made an appointment, and as soon as everyone's official business is completed, they will find time to meet again, this time Zhou Liwen will go to Shi Wen's farm for a few days, and at the same time taste the wine of her vineyard.

On the night before leaving, Zhou Liwen was going to accompany Shi Wen to a drinking party. Originally, she was reluctant to attend, but because the organizer of this reception was the famous Lagardère Group in the French business world, the previous head of the Lagardère Group, that is, Jean who died a few years ago. Luc. Lagardère was "infantry" by the French, a peasant-turned-business wizard who single-handedly became a miracle in the French business world and even in the world business world. When he died, the whole of France was mourning, and the French prime minister and president sent a message of condolence to commemorate this "defender of the republic" with great charisma and strong influence in the business and political circles.

Now, it is Jean who succeeds the Lagardère group. Luc. Lagardère's son Jean. Arnault. Lagardère. The Lagardère Group and France Telecom, including some other industries with the Schwenf family, have cooperated, so Shi Wen really can't refuse this cocktail party, at least to show up.

Shi Wen's husband is not in France, because the family's business needs to be handled in Scotland and cannot be returned for the time being, so Zhou Liwen will accompany her to the reception as Shi Wen's temporary male companion. In fact, as Zhou Liwen, if the Lagardère Group learns that he is in Paris, a VIP invitation is indispensable. However, Zhou Liwen is not uncommon, but feels that it is casual to accompany Shi Wen to the reception in this capacity.

Zhou Liwen didn't bring any dresses when he came out in a hurry, but in a fashion capital like Paris, it was easy to find a top tailor shop. spent a lot of money to make a set of dresses, and in the evening of the same day, Zhou Liwen and Shi Wen, who were dressed gracefully and luxuriously, rushed to the reception venue in a luxury car arranged by the hotel.

The Lagardère Group's reception was attended by most of Europe's wealthy people, as well as executives and agents of multinational corporations and consortia. Although Zhou Liwen is rich, don't forget that he is Chinese, Europeans and Americans often do not have a good memory when looking at Chinese, and always feel that Chinese faces look the same. What's more, Zhou Liwen has never published a photo of him wearing a dress, so when he arrived at the place, he didn't recognize who this Asian man standing next to the independent female director of France Telecom was, and everyone only thought that Zhou Liwen was just a friend or relative of Shi Wen.

Zhou Liwen's French is not very good, and simple conversation is so-so, but communication at a cocktail party like this is not good at all. When he arrived at the place, when he saw Shi Wen coming, those French guys all had bright eyes and were courteous to her, but Zhou Liwen had no one to take care of him, and he was not angry, he took the initiative to retreat to the side with a smile and acted as a background, looking at the scenery of the French cocktail party from the perspective of a third party.

Since many people in the reception know each other, out of etiquette, Shi Wen must greet each other, or chat a few words or something, and it will take a lot of time to get more than a dozen, not to mention that the French also like to tell jokes or something. Shi Wen had no choice but to give Zhou Liwen a look, Zhou Liwen smiled knowingly, raised his hand and pointed to the side, signaling her to be busy, just find a place to drink and smoke casually, don't worry about him.

Seeing Shi Wen talking and laughing among a bunch of men and women, Zhou Liwen walked straight to the side to find a place to sit down, took a glass of wine and tasted it slowly.

After taking a few sips of wine, Zhou Liwen felt that the wine tasted very good, but he was a little uncomfortable with drinking, so after thinking about it, he got up and walked to the dining table on the side, and took a plate with some snacks to accompany the wine.

When he returned to his original position, Zhou Liwen saw a man in his forties sitting in the empty place next to him just now, and when he saw Zhou Liwen, he nodded to him with a smile, and then sat down in his place.

"Hello, I'm Baptiste, President of Delheiz France."

The other party introduced himself to Zhou Liwen that Zhou Liwen of Delheiz Group knew that this is a Belgian multinational retail group with a large scale and can be ranked among the world's top 6O. However, the president of the French region, according to the rank, only belongs to the middle level of the Del Haze group, it is estimated that he can participate in this reception in the name of the company, no wonder he is hiding in the corner like himself and is not welcomed, you must know that the basic people who come to the reception today are the elites of the French and European business circles, and it is difficult for him to break into the inner circle with his status.

"Bavc, nice to meet you." Zhou Liwen replied with a smile, when Baptiste curiously asked Zhou Liwen what company he worked in, Zhou Liwen only smiled and said that he was an unemployed vagrant, and he came to the cocktail party today to accompany his friends.

Although Zhou Liwen said so, Baptiste didn't see it that way, although Zhou Liwen is an Asian, but those who can participate in this cocktail party will not be ordinary people, not to mention that it is not simple to see what Zhou Liwen is wearing, you must know that Baptiste is the regional president of the retail group, these visions are still there. Even if the other party really has no career, it is likely to be the heir of a wealthy man in the Far East or something, compared to his small president...

It's much stronger.

Baptiste is a more talkative person, perhaps because of his profession, and immediately chatted with Zhou Liwen. When Zhou Liwen's French was not good, he changed to fluent English. Zhou Liwen did not refuse Baptiste's attitude, drinking wine and eating snacks, while having a nonsense meal with him.

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