Chapter 46: The French Feast

Maxim's and "Zhongtian Securities" are only separated by a pedestrian street, both of which are located in the most prosperous Xinyu Square in the center of Jiangzhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Infomaxim's, in an old, three-story building on the east side of the square, was the French embassy during the Kuomintang period.

After nearly 100 years of wind and rain erosion, except for the slightly mottled walls of the exterior wall, the whole building is still solid and heavy. The interior retains the style of the year to the greatest extent, and all the thought has been put into the selection of furniture and accessories, as well as the matching of colors.

Yellowed photographs in framed photographs on the walls, a letter leaning against a shelf that was not mailed in time, a fire jumping in the fireplace...... Everywhere you look, there are memories, and there is the illusion of a world away.

The huge curtain like a waterfall is like an epic and magnificent picture, recording the vicissitudes of life for a whole century, but it needs to be carefully read.

A true French meal is exquisite, with a total of 13 courses, from the first appetizer to the final dessert. All of them are made from the finest and freshest ingredients, and are carefully prepared by talented artisans. The exquisite tableware of the highest quality, the brilliant and picturesque colors of the dishes themselves, each dish is a priceless work of art.

Awakening the sleeping taste buds and stimulating the spirituality in the soul of each dish is none other than the elixir of the Orchids. The culture of red wine, like the tea ceremony, is broad and profound, and has a long history.

Under normal circumstances, it takes about three or four hours to complete the 13 delicacies. Lunch is much simpler, with 3-5 dishes, but each dish is just as high quality as a feast for the senses.

French cuisine also pays attention to the pairing of wines, in addition to the well-known red meat with red wine and white meat with white wine. We are also very particular about the arrangement of pre-dinner aperitifs and after-dinner dessert wines. French cuisine is mainly divided into three categories: 1. Classical; 2. Homely; 3. New school. With the development and progress of society, people's pace of life is getting faster and faster, and the new French cuisine has begun to be accepted by more and more people. Maxim's is a new French restaurant with a unique perspective on ingredients and drinks. There are also many clever ways to introduce new dishes.

Entering the gate of Maxim's, an old Frenchman with white hair led everyone to the terrace on the second floor to take their seats. The bustling street scene of the downtown area and the quiet terraces of this century-old building complement each other, making people feel bright and relaxed.

After Sun Yutong came back from arranging the menu, he naturally sat down next to Cui Zhiwei, and chatted with Cui without looking at the high-pitched voice. Gao Gao knows it, but this is not the place to coax her. I was able to deepen my impression with the goddess from Greece. So he turned around and chatted happily with Christie, who would often come up with a half-sentence in the local dialect, which made her smile high-pitched.

The senior management of "Zhongtian Securities" are very young, and CEO Lin Rongxuan is a returnee who has studied in the UK for five years, and is not yet 40 years old this year. Christy is only 33 years old when she hears Sun Yutong, and Zhong Tingting, a member of the audit committee, is only 29 years old. The oldest is Feng Kun, a member of the development strategy committee, who is only 45 years old and in the prime of life.

Being young has the characteristics of being young, and never mentioning anything related to work. It's just a great deal of wonder from all over the world, mostly tourism-related topics, talking about strange things around the world.

After a while, the appetizing appetizer was served, and it was naturally the world-famous frozen foie gras. Normally, this dish is served with dessert wine, but the new style boldly chooses the 2002 sparkling wine of Brand, because the rich bubbles can neutralize the oiliness of the foie gras.

There is a centimeter-thick piece of fatty liver on a five-centimeter-square plate, accompanied by fragrant pear sweet sauce, sweet wine jelly and fig toast, and the outermost circle is a layer of pale yellow frozen goose oil, which is slightly fatty to eat, but it is smeared on the toast and smeared with a layer of pear sweet sauce, and the greasy taste is diluted by the sweet and sour taste. The foie gras is a slightly lighter chestnut color, similar to luncheon meat, but the texture is very delicate, and when cut with a knife, it feels like slicing cream, and no matter how thin it is, you will never notice the graininess.

In the face of such a delicacy in the world, the high-pitched index finger moved. In addition, accompanied by the amazing Greek goddess, the mood is naturally good. Sun Yutong suddenly said to Christy: "Crystal, there is an old saying in our country: what you eat makes up for what you eat. Eat kidneys to aphrodisiac, eat fish heads to nourish the brain. ”

Christy asked curiously, "Really?" So does eating foie gras nourish the liver? ”

Sun Yutong smiled weirdly and said, "It's also right and it's not right." ”

"Why?" Christy's innocent look is extremely cute.

"It depends on the situation, and for the average person, it can tonify the liver. But when you meet that kind of guy whose heart and liver are rotten, it's useless to make up for it. As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Zhiwei almost didn't squirt out a sip of wine. I endured it with all my strength, covered my mouth with a napkin, and swallowed the wine alive.

Cui Zhiwei's slightly abrupt behavior attracted the attention of others, and remembering the high-pitched reminder to him before the meal, he quickly turned his head back, covered his mouth with a napkin and pretended to cough lightly twice, making others think that he was just clearing his throat. This trick really worked, and everyone turned their attention back to the food in front of them and continued to chat with the people around them.

Of course, Gao Kang understood what this girl was referring to, touched Cui Zhiwei beside him, and whispered: "Let her drink less sparkling wine, and then replenish her qi to go in, and she will be angry for a while!" ”

Cui Zhiwei smiled and whispered in his high-pitched ear: "You two tease me like this again, I can't hold back my gaffe, don't blame me then!" ”

It's right to think about it high-pitched, or hang the Sun family's girl first, and after a while, the local bun next to him will spray a sip of wine on the face of the person opposite, and it will be lively! So he decided to let Sun Yutong insinuate how to spoil himself, and he wouldn't answer the question anyway. After all, Sun Yutong is measured, and she will never go too far on this occasion.

Christy is proficient in Chinese, but she may not be proficient in the people here, and she does not notice anything unusual. Seeing that he is high-pitched and talkative, he is also open-minded, and he talks happily to everyone, and his first impression feels okay. Moreover, Greek girls are naturally enthusiastic and bold, and when they meet a polite and humorous man, they naturally chat with him.

And he is tall and burly, a head taller than most of the men around him, and he has been muscular and strong after long-term training. Christie's height is 1.7 meters, and a pair of high heels is 1.75 meters higher. Standing beside her with a tall 1.83 meter tall head, it feels quite a match.

It is conceivable that for Christie, the height of 1.7 meters alone is enough for ordinary men to just dare to look up at her. Coupled with the appearance of an angel who was born in a wealthy family, she is like a treasure at a jewelry exhibition for men, and the whole world is watching, and there are only a handful of people who dare to touch it.

Gao Gao didn't know Christie's personal situation, and it was not convenient to ask when they met for the first time, and Europeans attached great importance to personal privacy, which belonged to the scope of people's privacy. But none of this is important to Gao Yan, he has already realized the highest level of flirting with girls: dead skin and bravery! From the first time he saw Christie, he secretly made up his mind: if he didn't take her, God wouldn't allow it!

Delicious dishes followed, and the high-pitched soul had been hooked away by Christie, and it was not in the food at all. He tried his best to find a topic to chat with people, and when Christy learned that Gao Kang was a criminal policeman with great achievements in the past, she immediately became interested, and pestered Gao Gao to let him talk about those thrilling experiences in the process of handling the case. This is in the middle of the high-pitched heart, every girl has a reverie for heroes in the depths of her heart, and he deliberately revealed that the identity of the former criminal police officer was this calculation.

The high-pitched and honest smile is very deceptive, and it covers up his "sinister intentions" to flirt with his sister very well. Coupled with his moderate exaggeration and colorful narration, not only Christy listened with relish, but Lin Rongxuan and several other people also held their breath, widening their eyes and listening to his "heroic deeds" in a high-pitched voice. is high-pitched, but deliberately only half of it whetts everyone's appetite, making people mistakenly think that he is modest and low-key. Sun Yutong saw through the high-pitched scheming at a glance, this is to create an opportunity for a private meeting with Christie, you are a forgetful guy, Sun Yutong can't wait to step forward and bite him a few times!

After a brief introduction to his past, Gao Gao naturally asked why Christy came to settle in China. So Christy explained why.

Christy, 33, was born into a wealthy merchant family in Athens, the third of five siblings. My parents run a global international luxury cruise company, which has 6 super-large luxury cruise ships of various types, of which 5 are joint ventures and other leasing methods, and only one is wholly owned, "Oceanus". It is also the largest and most luxurious of all, with a displacement of 180,000 tons, 12 decks, and a capacity of 5,000 guests. The cruise has a variety of recreational facilities, including a golf driving range and three helipads. The cost is even more expensive, reaching 700 million US dollars.

Greece is a country that advocates freedom and romance, and tourism is the country's pillar industry. Greece is also a strange country, where the government's emphasis on people's livelihood is almost perverted, and there are countless subsidies and relief programs of all kinds. Not to mention the full coverage of social security and health insurance, unemployment benefits were once the first in Europe. A large number of public facilities are free of charge, and even the government will issue divorce subsidies if two people are divorced.

But the government has to pay huge bills every year, and Greece simply can't afford to spend this astronomical amount. As a result, the government began to raise tax rates dramatically, and on the other hand, it turned to the international community for help in borrowing. Christie's father, Ares, sniffed out the signs of the crisis in time and began to transform in the 90s of the last century, setting his sights on overseas markets.

China, which has been maintaining a strong economic growth momentum, naturally attracted the attention of Iris. Since 1995, he has been frequently in and out of China to find suitable projects. In 1997, Jiangzhou became the youngest municipality directly under the central government. In order to attract foreign investment, from the central to the local government. Taiwan has a series of preferential policies. Iris believes that this is a good opportunity, and the Jiangzhou Foreign Trade and Economic Commission has also increased its contact with him and taken the initiative to introduce various high-quality projects.

After the operation of the relevant departments of the Jiangzhou Municipal Government, Iris finally took the first step and invested 180 million US dollars to establish A.S INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD (A.S International Chemical Co., Ltd). It became the first batch of foreign-funded chemical enterprises in the first economic development zone in Jiangzhou City. It is mainly engaged in the research and development of natural gas chemical plant products, fine chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates. The main products of the factory include iminodiacetonitrile, methionine, sodium sulfate, dimethyl malonate, diethyl malonate, etc.

With the strong support and assistance of the municipal government, coupled with the good market situation, Iris has achieved rapid results in its investment in Jiangzhou City. It also strengthened his determination to make China his new home base, with his headquarters in Jiangzhou City. Therefore, he entrusted a lawyer to liquidate and transfer the cruise tourism company in Greece, and all the funds were withdrawn and transferred to the Asian and Chinese markets. Christy also longed for this mysterious ancient oriental civilization, so she followed her parents to study in China. Two younger brothers and sisters also came with the family to go to school, and the eldest brother and second sister developed in the United States and Germany respectively.

Christi University did not choose to major in finance, but chose Chinese language and philology. After all, if you want to get a glimpse of the artistic treasures of Chinese civilization, learning Chinese is a necessary prerequisite. Although Chinese is difficult, a good language environment can accelerate her mastery of Chinese. By the time she graduated from college, Christy was already fluent in Chinese.