The first leg of the expedition was to England, and with the time spent in Hong Kong, the 18 men flew for a whole day and a night to reach London.

It was Christmas approaching, the business atmosphere in London was very strong, and there were no good booths left, so the Chinese embassy could only arrange the booth of Phoenix City to Birmingham, which is the second largest city in the United Kingdom, less than 200 kilometers away from London.

Birmingham New Town's industrial exhibition area is actually famous in Europe. However, this did not satisfy Chen Taizhong, because there were only three people in the booth.

It was the two chiefs and deputy chiefs of the second business section, plus Xu Shaohui's recommendation, a lady named Wang Yuting, this woman is from the provincial government office.

After getting on the plane, Chen Taizhong understood why this delegation is called a shopping group, this nickname, in fact, is very correct, among the eighteen people, except for the deputy mayor Yang Ruifeng, who led the group and came in person, the others are all the spouses and children of the city leaders.

Even Wang Dongsheng, deputy director of the Investment Promotion Office and director of the Phoenix Bureau of Industry and Commerce, originally said that he was going to come, but this time he sent his wife under the pretext that he was busy with work at the end of the year.

and Liu Min, the secretary of Mayor Duan Weihua, also took advantage of this moment to run out and have a dashing look, in the entire inspection group. Her attitude towards Chen Taizhong is quite friendly.

It is not only Phoenix City who came to the place, but also the daughter of Fan Xiaojun, the vice governor of the province, and the wife and sister of Zhu Bingsong, the deputy secretary and mayor of Subo City. No flowers, no flowers.

Moreover, with Chen Taizhong's amazing ear power. On the plane, he understood one thing, why the investment promotion was set at this time, dare to love, it is Christmas Eve, just like before the Chinese New Year, and now Europe is the most abundant period. It's the best time to shop.

The specific itinerary is arranged as follows. The booth is set in the UK, and you have to have someone to guard the booth, right? In addition to the stall keepers, the others first England, then France, then Germany, Italy, and so on.

Investment promotion can not always passively keep a booth and forget it, many cities and large enterprises and the like. You still have to come to the door to communicate, so from the perspective of the place of work, others can only say that they are more tired than the stall keepers. Because they are tasked with the task of "public relations" when traveling around the world.

It was a wonderful expedition.

As for who should keep the stall, there is no need to repeat it, it must be the staff of the investment promotion office who came to Phoenix City, they have the clearest and most thorough understanding of Phoenix City, and they are the only ones who are responsible for publicizing and introducing to the public.

Others, such as Zhu Bingsong's wife and sister, who speak good German and work in the Tiannan Provincial Post and Telecommunications Administration, can fully introduce to German friends the great investment in communication infrastructure in Tiannan Province and Phoenix City in recent years.

However, Director Qin Liancheng is not unreasonable, he said, the booth can be guarded in rotation, and the investment promotion office has three generals this time, and it is completely open.

Therefore, he asked everyone to take the initiative to sign up,

Chen Taizhong didn't frown, so he decided to stay in Birmingham forever, to be honest, not only did he want to make some achievements, but he also didn't want to get too close to those shopping groups, so as not to cause trouble.

And he also knows that because his family has not decided to invest in the new development zone, Yang Ruifeng, as the director of the management committee who is also in charge of the new development zone, is more or less uninterested in himself.

Xie Xiangnan saw that he had registered, and he could only sign up, when Qin Liancheng asked him how long he planned to stay, looking at Chen Taizhong's fierce eyes, Deputy Section Chief Xie stumbled, and it took a long time before he said, "Hmm...... As long as Section Chief Chen guards, I will keep it for as long as I can. ”

Zhang Lingling heard it, and when she heard it, she chuckled, "Ha, I don't need to be busy this time~"

Chen Taizhong didn't bother to pay attention to her, and the two said that they seemed to need to pick two girls from the local international students to come to the booth reception, Wang Yuting jumped out and said that she would also stay at the stall.

Wang Yuting is about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and she also graduated from a university in the capital, with a high score in English and passed the sixth level, and was assigned to the provincial government office as soon as she graduated.

She is not tall, she looks quite delicate, she looks shrewd and capable, and the most important thing is that she came to Europe, it seems that the purpose is not to shop or travel, and she can take the initiative to stay and guard the booth.

Although Chen Taizhong's English is good, his overall level is still at the high school level, and his oral level is okay and can

I can express myself freely, but my vocabulary is seriously insufficient.

Xie Xiangnan's English is not very good, it is said that he was barely able to pass the fourth level, and now he has been working for a few years, and he has already returned what he learned to the school.

In this way, it seems that the task of doing the explanation is still pressed on Wang Yuting, and Chen Taizhong is quite unhappy about this: The people in Phoenix City are dead? Let the Subo woman help talk?

Therefore, he asked to recruit two more female students, Qin Liancheng was a little embarrassed by this request, "Taizhong, this time out, we originally came out in the spirit of diligence and thrift, and the funds will be assessed when we go back, although we have to think of a way, the money of this hired person can still be squeezed out, but in this way, doesn't it seem that our investment promotion office is useless?" ”

Actually, what Director Qin wants to say is: With your and Xie Xiangnan's English level, it is enough, and now there is another Wang Yuting, there is no need to hire any more people, you should be stupid to stand here in the booth, can you really attract businessmen and attract capital? It's nothing more than the meaning of existence.

Chen Taizhong was furious when he heard it, damn, there is no problem at all with so many people playing at public expense, I want to hire two commentators temporarily, but the funds are tight?

However, he is basically accustomed to this kind of strange phenomenon that is not weird, and when Director Qin explained, he was also helpless, which made him really unable to pursue this issue.

As soon as the investment promotion delegation left the UK, Chen Taizhong found Xie Xiangnan, "Old Xie, I think it's better to recruit two girls, others look eye-catching, and our work is easy, don't you say?" ”

In the past two days, there were still some people who came to their booth, but after chatting with them, they turned their heads and chatted with Wang Yuting, which made Luo Tianshangxian feel a little hurt in face.

But listening carefully to what Wang Yuting said, Chen Taizhong didn't think that her spoken language was better than herself, at most, it was just that Ya's vocabulary was bigger than that of her buddies. ,

Of course, this is just an inertial thinking, people always habitually look up to themselves, when a person thinks that the other person's level is "about the same" as himself, in the eyes of outsiders, there is definitely a gap between the two, in exchange for the person being compared, that is: I am much better than him!

But Chen Taizhong didn't take this factor into account, so he thought it was British sexism, and he had to pry Deputy Section Chief Xie to agree with his opinion.

Xie Xiangnan is really a person who doesn't have any opinions, "Well, what you said may make sense, but Director Qin has already said that funds are tight." ”

"It's a big deal, let's take care of it ourselves," Chen Taizhong insisted on convincing his deputy, so that if two of the three people who guarded the stall insisted on this plan, Wang Yuting's opinion could be ignored, "It will definitely be easy to sign one or two intentions and then reimburse." ”

Xie Xiangnan fell into thought and was silent, Wang Yuting listened to it but wondered: I feel that my consciousness is high enough, I don't go to travel to guard the stall, this guy surnamed Chen is more ruthless than me, and he is willing to pay out of his own pocket for the sake of public affairs?

Where did Chen Taizhong know her thoughts? Seeing that Xie Xiangnan was reluctant to express his position, he was a little annoyed, "I said, the eyeball economic beauty effect, you don't know this?" ”

"That'...... Just hire it," Xie Xiangnan's temper, there was really nothing to say, "You are the leader, you say it, forget it, is it...... You didn't bring any money? ”

I don't have more money than you bring! Chen Taizhong glared at him, and felt for a while that he was sorry not to bully this person, "I have the money, well, you can find international students by yourself...... You've got to do something, right? ”

"Shall I go with Section Chief Xie?" Wang Yuting volunteered to stand up, "It's just a good time to visit Birmingham, I haven't been here yet." ”

Birmingham seems to be a heavy industrial city, Chen Taizhong nodded with a smile, and didn't break it, "Hehe, okay, you two can relax, here, I'll just stare at it." ”

The two of them left for less than five minutes, and there were three young girls here, dressed in very fashionable clothes.

Headed by a red-haired and blue-eyed beauty, almost one meter eight tall, as tall as Chen Taizhong, although the figure is slender, the twin peaks are tall and abnormal, with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a towering nose bridge.

What's worse is that in such a cold weather, the three women are all wearing ultra-short leather skirts, and the three pairs of white long legs are dizzy.

"Phoenix, China?" The leading beauty, squinting at the sign of the booth, showed a sneer at the corner of her mouth, the arrogance of the Britannica, at this moment, she snorted coldly, "Why doesn't this person have braids?" ”