Chapter 19: The Flood Washes the Dragon King Temple (1)
After resting comfortably for an afternoon, having some dinner casually, the two of them who regained their fighting spirit hurried to the master's house. According to the agreement, the old man could only give his side an hour to negotiate, and every second counted.
"This is too unreasonable, a business of tens of millions of dollars has to be negotiated in an hour, even the richest man in the world does not have such a big decision" shook the carefully prepared plan in his hand, Ji Xin said with some confusion, this is the plan that he stayed up all night to rush out, which is full of how to operate and how to protect the environment from being destroyed if he gets the ranch.
Since those rich tycoons have no success in smashing with US dollars, I think that the owner must be very commemorative to the ranch, so I start from the feelings and the thing itself, and there is always some effect. Originally, there was some secretly proud Ji Xin in the letter who just showed off to his agent in the car, discussing the persuasion plan to be held later, but he didn't expect it to be a bad one, and he couldn't get out of the school.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Anthony, who was a little nervous, was the first to ring the doorbell, and the matter was in a hurry, this little man didn't care about the custom of going to the guest's house for more than ten minutes at night, so it was good to finalize the matter first. Otherwise, if a few people can meet in the future, they can still talk about it, how can they care about their demeanor? How can there be a Franklin weight?
"Are you Mr. Ji Xin and Mr. Anthony from New York?" Soon, the door opened, and a person who looked like a butler didn't say much, and made a standard guiding action, "Please come in, the master is already waiting in the study." ”
When it came to the end, Ji Xin was not so flustered, and it was a pity that he didn't follow the script, but he still made some preparations. Being in a hurry will only do bad things, this is the result of his parents' education since childhood, and the big grinning temperament of the people of Sichuan Province is vividly reflected in him. Carefully looking at the main house that came out of the big iron gate to greet him, Ji Xin found some details from it.
Although the housekeeper in front of him looks like he is about fifty or sixty years old, with gray hair, he is still meticulously dressed, the silver-white hair roots are soft and poured forward, coupled with the dark swallow-tailed butler clothes, snow-white shirts and gloves, and shiny leather shoes, obviously this is a noble butler with good demeanor and elegant manners, rigorous and capable, but it coincides with the typical British butler in Ji Xin's mind, this person once fantasized about standing in the building every day, wearing a wig, the kind of gentleman, as soon as he entered the door, No matter if you have something to do, you have to tell someone, mayihelpyousir? (Can I do something for you?) A native English London accent, Beier has face......
After hesitating for a while, Ji Xin walked a few steps quickly, and whispered alongside the housekeeper, "Hello, I saw you just now, it seems that I still have something to say, is it a little inconvenient for the master at this time?" We can come back tomorrow" unconsciously, Ji Xin used the skills of domestic dry sales, and everything was considered for customers. It's just that at that time, he hadn't improved his physique through Gu Yu, his observation was not so sharp, and his thinking was far less flexible.
The housekeeper's footsteps paused slightly, but he didn't stop, turned his head slightly, and looked at Ji Xin meaningfully, "No, don't worry, it's just that the host's body is not very cheerful, and please give you an idea of the time to speak" said, gently pushed open the heavy wooden door leading to the study, and bowed slightly with one hand in front and one hand behind the other, "I hope you can succeed"
Ji Xin thoughtfully recalled the conversation just now, it seems that the owner of this family wants to transfer the ranch because of physical reasons? Don't be self-inflicted. Shake your head vigorously and throw away the extra thoughts, you have already walked ninety-nine steps in a hundred steps, and the rest will naturally be clear at a glance as long as you go in.
Ji Xin glanced at the agent who followed him, "Tony, let's go, it's always bad to let the master wait for a long time" "Of course" seems to be very impressed by Ji Xin's decent performance along the way, Anthony, who has always been proud of his profession, rarely gave guidance or advice, maybe there will be a greater chance if it goes on normally?
Tidying up his clothes a little because of the hurry, and taking a deep breath, Ji Xin slowly walked into the room. As soon as he saw it, he gave Ji Xin a shock.
Instead of the glittering decorations of the imagination, or the paintings of several famous artists hanging on the walls, in this room, there seem to be only books. There is a huge wooden bookshelf on each wall on both sides of the room near the door, and a large number of books are placed on it, several of which seem to be often opened and read, slightly old, obviously not bought for the façade, Ji Xin took a closer look, and couldn't help but be happy, it was actually the "Analects" of Sage Confucius, it seems that this master has a deep understanding of Chinese culture.
At the end of the bookshelf was a brown desk, and anyone who saw it for the first time would only feel heavy, like a guard guarding the owner of the seat in front of him. The dark wool carpet feels extremely soft when you walk up, and it should be designed for the owner, luxurious and not so luxurious that it will take the protagonist of the sea of books.
"Hehe, young man, what's my room like? Haven't you seen it too much? The old man sitting in the seat was very interesting, and waited unhurriedly for the guests to finish the tour before saying, "This is specially designed by experts in Chinese ancient culture."
Ji Xin's eyes widened at this time, his mouth opened slightly, and he didn't know what to answer. The gray-haired old man in front of him actually speaks fluent Chinese, even if it is, the key is how to listen to this accent Ji Xin is the local dialect of his hometown, you must know that this is more difficult to learn than Mandarin, it seems that the teacher that this old man found at the beginning also took a lot of effort.
As for the possibility that the old man was deceived, this person didn't think about it, such a big family must be cautious and cautious when looking for a teacher, and there is no chance of making a mistake. Thinking of this, Ji Xin did not show weakness, and said casually, "Old man, what about you test me?" I don't know how this study is furnished, but it's really not easy for someone from another place to understand your standard Mandarin," he said, winking at Anthony, who was confused next to him.
"Haha, that's right, your little baby is very interesting" A witty remark made the old man lean forward and back, and the majestic momentum just created was also easily solved, "So many people want to talk to me about business, and they all think they are Chinese experts, but as soon as I speak, everyone is dumbfounded, and Wan Pulang's stupid big man still thinks I speak a foreign language?" ”
"It's only at your age that a person with status dares to evaluate people like this, and the legs of those tycoons who are not scared are weak" Ji Xin secretly slandered, but the old man understood what he meant, as the saying goes, ten miles are not the same, and the language is the same, those businessmen who have learned Mandarin come to understand the words of the adult, but it is not the same as the chicken
"That is, even if the accents are very different between different cities in our Sichuan Province, some of them are not as difficult as learning another foreign language, old man, it is really amazing that you can learn it" Ji Xin rolled his eyes, and he didn't want money to shoot it vigorously, maybe people would come out of this set.
Sure enough, the old man was hit by the oxygen place, and the old man pointed to the opposite seat with some affection during laughter, and motioned for the two to sit down, "The little guy is not old and not small, but if you want to talk about his understanding of China, except for a few old guys in the think tank, there are really few people in the United States who are earlier than me, you must know that I have been to you as early as the 60s, and these things are all brought back by me at that time."
Looking in the direction of the old man's finger, Ji Xin found that he had just observed not carefully, at least there was a more delicately decorated glass box behind the old man, similar to the antique shelf, the difference was that there were no priceless jewelry and antiques on it, Ji Xin looked at it one by one, this was simply a grocery store, cloth shoes, straw hats, a few yellowed paper nails of books, it seemed to be some kind of teaching materials, flat shoulders, a few clothes made of coarse linen, the appearance was quite fine.
"Well, this was all given to me by my friends in China, and it was my equipment at that time. More precious than anything" The old man stared slowly through the window, with some memories in his eyes, and it seemed that there were many stories in it, "By the way, what is that thing called, it seems to be a cigarette pouch and pot, it's really strong, will you?" ”
Ji Xin was amused by the old man's strange pronunciation, "I won't, this thing is too strong, now adults generally don't let children smoke it, saying that it is harmful, only a few dozen years old old farmer occasionally smokes a bag, but I think it's okay, my grandfather smokes every day" glanced at the carefully preserved big cigarette pouch, obviously the owner cherished it. A special booth was made, the faint light hit on it, the cigarette pouch is 30 cm long, the cigarette pouch pot is copper, the cigarette pouch mouth is jade, and the cigarette pouch rod is sandalwood, which is quite quaint.