Chapter 164: Hospitality
Chen Jianguo had been delayed for many days, and seeing that his son's condition was improving, he took Rong Jing and Xiao Mo'er to prepare to rush back to Hanjiang City. They originally wanted to bring them over one by one, but after making this suggestion, Kang Xuedong thought about it for a few days, but still didn't agree.
It's not that he doesn't worry about Rong Jing's care, it's really too special. Ordinary food can't be eaten for her, and she has to prepare food for her every day, and Rong Jing has to go to work, which is too troublesome.
What's more, she has a good relationship with Xiao Mo'er. But Xiao Mo'er has already gone to primary school, but she can't go to school, and in the long run, it will have a very bad psychological impact on her.
Knowing that they were going to separate, Yiyi and Xiao Mo'er cried for a while, but then they got better again. Yiyi has always been a very well-behaved child, without a mother, although sometimes I cry for a while when I think about it at night, but I have always been very strong during the day.
Besides, in addition to her mother, she has the closest relationship with Kang Xuedong and Chen Mo, and she is reluctant to leave them. Although Xiao Mo'er is her good friend, her father and brother are the closest people, and she is reluctant to leave her father and brother for Xiao Mo'er.
Chen Jianguo returned to Hanjiang City, and Chen Jianjun and they also moved back, this time, they also emptied their things, and they didn't want to go back to this small courtyard to live in the future. On the contrary, it was Chen Zheng, who didn't move in the room here, thinking about coming to stay every once in a while.
When his grandfather was alive, Chen Mo still went to work in the company every day, but he was not in the mood during this time, and he needed someone to accompany him one by one, so he didn't think about going to the company again.
On the 24th, Berezovsky took Nastya and Yu Weiwei back from Shanya, and signed a formal oil supply contract with CNPC the next day. However, Berezovsky only attended the noon cocktail party, and in the afternoon, he brought Nastya to Chen's house to attend the dinner held by Chen Mo for him.
During his visit to the capital, he also got acquainted with many managers of domestic oil companies and officials from government departments. From the warm reception of the other party, he also knew that the country had high expectations for his arrival. His stay in China is actually a clear signal to the other side. However, the Chinese side apparently has its own concerns and has not taken the initiative to put forward the idea of in-depth cooperation.
Siberian Oil Company is only the fourth largest oil company in Russia, and more importantly, it is far from China, separated by Lukoil and Yukos Oil, both of which are larger than Siberian Oil Company, and their oil fields are closer to China.
CNPC now has a long-term supply contract with him. is to risk offending those two companies, mainly because the two companies have always cooperated with Petronas, and PetroChina dares to do this.
Until this contradiction is resolved, Siberian Oil does not have much leverage to impress the Chinese side, and its only advantage is its influence in Moscow.
But Lukoil is an old-school force in Russia, and it should not be underestimated in Russia, and he will not touch this hornet's nest when he does not have a reason. And Yukos's Khodorvsky is even more domineering than himself, he is now the richest man in Russia. The presidential candidate will not sell much face at all.
Therefore, if he wants to directly reach in-depth cooperation with the Chinese side, he still wants to rely on Chen Mo to serve as this liaison. There is him in the middle of communication. Liaise, ask questions, solve problems, and don't care if you succeed or not. will not damage the relationship between the parties.
Before coming to China, he only regarded Chen Mo as an ordinary cadre's son, believing that his sphere of influence would not exceed that of CNPC. But when he saw so many leaders at the old man's funeral. He knew that he had not studied this young man thoroughly at all.
He deliberately went to the south for two days, and his intelligence officers also made a detailed investigation into Chen Mo's family history. But what surprised him was that except for one of his uncles who served as a high-ranking official in the capital, their family should not have much power.
The discrepancy between the facts and the results of the investigation made him understand that there should be a force behind Chen Mo that he could not touch, just like the mysterious analysis team in his eyes, which had completely predicted the current situation in Russian politics two months ago.
For Chen Mo's unfathomable depth, he was not afraid, but very happy, as long as this power could be used by him, it would be a good thing for him. Moreover, he is confident that he will not be an opponent with the other party, because their purpose is the same.
On the first day, he invited a group of part-time workers from the sub-district office to clean up the entire yard, and on the second day, he contacted Zhao Yunzhe of the Zhao family's private cuisine and asked him to directly arrange a chef to come to the door and prepare a sumptuous dinner. Just for this table of banquets, it cost Chen Mo 30,000 yuan, which is still a friendly price.
Choosing to accompany the guests, this also made Chen Mo a little embarrassed, although his aunt and uncle, godfather, and his mother and Cao Zhongmou were enough in terms of etiquette, but after all, this was not a simple private banquet, and some official figures could not be invited.
But as soon as this comes, there will be more people to invite, and those who invite CNPC can't help but invite people from CNPC, as well as the National Development and Reform Commission, and it's not good to miss anyone. Either you don't invite them, but if you miss any of them, you're offending people.
In the end, Kang Xuedong made a round of phone calls, and after learning about the situation, he wrote four invitations and asked Chen Mo to send them to the door in person. CNPC, CNOOC, Petronas, one person from one family, Kang Xuedong also represents the National Development and Reform Commission. There was also an invitation, which Chen Mo sent directly to the Fifth National Court.
On the one hand, when Berezovsky visited China with the Russian delegation, the other party received him, and on the other hand, it was always necessary to find a leader who could hold down the position, and Berezovsky should not be underestimated.
And in fact, this is completely Kang Xuedong's thoughts, even if they don't show muscles, the current Berezovsky also attaches great importance to them.
Referring to the fourth invitation sent in the morning, Chen Mo was thinking about the privileged license plate again. The fourth invitation was nominally sent to the door by him, but he couldn't get in at all, and in the end it was the secretary who collected it on his behalf. If you have a privileged car, even if there are some places that are not so convenient to enter, at least wherever you go, you will not be used as a thief!
But this thought passed by in a flash, and he didn't take it to heart. His grandfather had just died, and he was in a depressed mood these days, and if it weren't for Berezovsky's visit to the capital, he wouldn't want to come into contact with anyone.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Berezovsky arrived with Nastya, followed by the cheeky Yu Weiwei. Chen Mo didn't see her, stretched out his hand to Berezovsky and said: "Mr. rarely comes to the capital, but I have not fulfilled the friendship of the landlord, and I have always been very ashamed in my heart. ”
"It's really sad to let my grandfather die, I heard that you are still seriously ill because of this, please cherish your body more."
If it was before, Berezovsky would not have been so polite to Chen Mo, so when he heard his words, Chen Mo paused for a moment before he reacted, knowing that now he attaches more importance to himself.
Leading him into the courtyard, Chen Mo introduced him to the functions of each house and invited him into the main house. "I heard that Mr. also intends to buy property in the capital, I don't know if he has chosen a good house?"
He shook his head and smiled, "Not yet." Originally, I wanted to buy a small courtyard like yours, but Nadya didn't like it, and I wanted to live in a Western-style villa, so I haven't made up my mind yet. ”
"Sir, also interested in the courtyard?"
"That's not it, if I go to a country, I always like to buy a house with a local style, which represents the history of a country, but young people always like a modern house."
The small courtyard of the Chen family, except for the larger rooms in the main house, the layout of the east and west wings is relatively small. Like the east wing where Chen Mo lives, although there are three rooms, each of them is less than 20 square meters. It doesn't matter if it is used to greet ordinary friends, there will be many distinguished guests today, and it is too cramped to entertain in the east wing.
The area of the main house is actually not large, each room is less than 30 square meters, but it is always stronger than the east wing.
Therefore, although Chen Mo didn't want to touch the old man's relics, he still cleaned out his study, and the bedroom still didn't move. And in order to add a little elegance, he also put out some of the old man's treasured literary toys.
The two girls were very familiar with this place, and after they came in, they took one by one into the east wing and played with themselves. Several bodyguards were also arranged by Chen Mo to his second uncle's former living room, and he took Berezovsky to the study.
The reason why he was arranged to come over now was to reserve time for them to communicate. For this reason, his aunt and mother will not come until half past four, and the other leaders will not come until five o'clock.
Berezovsky was a professor of mathematics before, but after all he was a professor and had a higher education. Therefore, when Chen Mo accepted these literary games with him, everything made him full of interest.
Especially the old man's painting table, Chen Mo forgot that this table was also an antiquity, but he could see it at a glance. "This is a large sandalwood painting table from the Ming Dynasty, right? I've seen an auction before, and the style is almost identical to yours, and I remember it was a million dollars. ”
Chen Mo was a little dumbfounded, glanced at the inconspicuous table, and couldn't believe it. This table is used by the old man to practice calligraphy and painting, he knows that it is red sandalwood, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive! If this is what he said, wouldn't this table be more expensive than most of the other inheritances left by the old man!
There are cultural relics with a history at home, and the old man has donated them before, and most of the ones left behind are antiquities that have no origin and are not national treasures and some modern paintings and calligraphy. Those paintings and calligraphy have always been more valued, but one piece is worth seven or eight million, and there is no one!
In front of him, Chen Mo didn't pretend to be smart, invited him to sit down on the sofa behind the desk, and said with a smile: "If you don't say it, I really didn't know it would be so expensive, I just thought it would be worth tens of thousands of dollars." ”
He laughed, glanced at Wen in the room and said, "Let's sit in the living room and chat, I have a big addiction to smoking, but I don't want to damage these treasures because I smoke." (To be continued.) )