Chapter 246: The Banquet

In the evening, Jester followed Lee Kun-hee to the location of the feast he had spoken of.

It is an annex in Seoul, and according to Lee Kun-hee, it should have been built by Ming people who came to Korea hundreds of years ago to do business.

The buildings inside do not have the kind of dwarf houses of traditional Korean architecture, and the water pavilions often have the life of the Ming Dynasty gardens, and they are not only the exquisite and small gardens of the southern gardens, but also the grandeur of the northern courtyards.

Passing through the elegant courtyard, with a small bridge and flowing water, Jester, led by Lee Kun-hee, and a few friends who were on the other side to accompany the wine, came to an extremely spacious house.

There are paintings hanging on the walls of the room, but if you look at it, Jester thinks it is very exquisite, similar to the gongbi paintings in the Chinese paintings he knows, the paintings are people, and in the center of the room is a long low table, some like the big long tables of Western banquets, but they are much shorter, about as tall as the small ones he saw in film and television dramas before.

Originally, he thought it was also a small one, but, obviously, the reality was still very different from what he thought.

The floor is laid with the floor, the floor is spotless, and there are pipes under the floor, although it is winter, but I don't feel the chill at all, take off my shoes, step on the floor, and immediately feel a pleasant warmth.

"{You may be seated.}

Lee Kun-hee smiled and stretched out his hand to Jester, pointing to the back end of the long table, which is the position of the host and guest, and the host is directly in front of the long table.

After everyone was seated, Lee Kun-hee introduced Jester to the people who came with him-except for one of them, who was the host of the banquet, and the other three were all sons of some Korean consortiums who had befriended Lee Kun-hee.

"This time, thanks to Mr. Shen, he opened this banquet. However, it is never open to the public, and only those of us in the circle know that the previous banquet for tonight has actually been booked, but after I said that you are coming, he immediately contacted the host who booked this banquet for tonight. Lee Kun-hee pointed to a middle-aged man in his early forties with thinning hair, whom Lee had previously told Jester about being a Korean restaurant bigwig.

As he spoke, Korean soldiers walked in one by one, dressed in Chong-Magei, a traditional Korean costume. The wide skirt, tied to the chest, perpendicular to the ground, wearing only a pair of trousers inside, although at a glance, it was tightly wrapped, and nothing could be seen inside, but the blouse was short and small, and the straps of the chest squeezed out half of the room. It's very tempting.

It's not exactly what Jester had in mind, it's not that he thought of the old prostitute of the green house, but the geisha, but the geisha, but the geisha is a Japanese term. Koreans like to call them Yaksang.

At this time, plastic surgery was not yet practiced in Korea, and the appearance of these students was extremely beautiful, apparently selected, and Jester was invited to eat at a Japanese restaurant when he was in Japan. There are also very cultivated geisha to accompany them, but the Japanese pay too much attention to etiquette, and not only Koreans are so open-minded. And it's the traditional way of applying a thick foundation, which makes Jester's meal very uncomfortable.

How can he eat so comfortably at this meal, although it is still far from the kind of Qinglou flower wine he fantasizes about, but it is barely qualified.

The beautiful servants all sat to the right of the guests, and Jester saw the most beautiful one sitting next to him, and he knew that it should have been specially arranged, but he was quite curious as to why they were all sitting on the right side, and there must be a reason for this.

And Jester didn't hesitate, and immediately asked, what makes sense in this.

The host of this banquet, the Korean restaurant boss surnamed Shen, immediately replied with a smile: "In fact, this will also be passed down from China, and only the most traditional banquet like ours is still here, because the ancient scholars carried swords, and the sword was placed on the left side of the body, and the Lingsheng served on the right side, so that it was convenient for the host to free his right hand to pull out the reason to meet the enemy." ”

Hearing the other party's answer, Jester smiled awkwardly, but in the eyes of the other party, he was just a Chinese born in the United States, and in terms of understanding of Chinese culture, even they were inferior, only Jester knew that he was not a banana man who was born in the United States and knew nothing about China.

Jester's understanding of Korean food may only be gold stains and barbecue, and at most hot pot, but when the maid who came in with the food, the richness of the dishes really made Jester smack his tongue, even if he learned from his family, his grandfather was a famous chef of Sichuan cuisine and knew many origins, but the richness and luxury of this meal were the only ones he had seen in his life.

Lee Kun-hee saw that the appetizer was almost over, maybe he had the highest status among these people, after all, he was the future master of the Samsung Consortium, so although he was not the host of this banquet, he was still sitting in the main seat, so he should also toast the first glass of wine.

"If you don't get drunk, you won't return."

Li Jianxi told him before that the tradition of the banquet is very simple, that is, the four words of not getting drunk and not returning, but the non-drunk and non-returning of the banquet is not the kind of non-drunk and non-return after a heavy drink, because this way of drinking is too advanced, so the first dish of this banquet must be a dish that can form a protective film in the stomach.

It's like Jester knows that some people like to drink a bottle of yogurt before drinking.

To be honest, this way of sitting there without even moving, and having someone feed you bite by bite is quite uncomfortable for Jester, who doesn't think he's a pleasure person.

The first dish used to base is a bowl of porridge ground with pine nuts, white as milk, with a gentle sniff of the nose with a burst of pine forest fragrance.

After eating it in the mouth, it is sticky, smooth and fragrant, and the rosin in the mouth is put into the flesh and blood, which is extremely appetizing.

And Jester has also heard that since ancient times, Korean pine nuts are one of the tributes, he is more fragrant than Japanese pine nuts, whiter and slender than China, and has the reputation of fairy food. This is all the information he collected when he was making the knowledge of cooking and cooking in zuò, and it just so happens that he is very interested in it, so he often takes it out and looks at it, so he still understands these things.

At such a banquet, they are all men, so it is naturally impossible to talk about anything else, but Jester is not interested in these meat jokes, and this is the main escort Jester, so Lee Kun-hee and the others saw that Jester was not involved, and they all kept silent.

"Brother Li, this time Ling Zun ......"

These people are also the top group of people in South Korea, and the news that the founder of Samsung Group is critically ill is not a secret in the circle, after all, these largest family businesses in South Korea will attract the attention of countless people at any time.

And this one who opened his mouth was a man much younger than Li Jianxi, only in his thirties, I heard Li Jianxi's introduction before, it was a company of the Zhao family, but the Zhao family had a big business, this son was not favored, but he only worked in a trading company under the Zhao family, but he could ask this question so directly, and Li Jianxi did not change color, obviously, his relationship with Li Jianxi is good.

However, saying that his father may not have any hope is not something that Lee Kun-hee can say, it is very undesirable for him to come to eat this kind of banquet when his father is seriously ill, and this can also be prevaricated by the excuse that he accompanied Jester, a distinguished guest, to eat, but if he said that his father was bad behind his back, even if it was true, it would have a very bad impact in the circle.

And Lee Kun-hee, in the upper circle of South Korea, has always shown himself as a filial son.

Therefore, Li Jianxi's face showed a lonely look, then shook his head, and said in a tone that obviously didn't want to talk about more: "I can't talk about my father's affairs, and I don't know very well. ”

Hearing Lee Kun-hee say this, the few people present immediately turned their eyes to Jester's body.

At this time, Jester was opening his mouth, and the servant next to him was picking up a piece of wild ginseng that was not thick or thin with a pair of silver chopsticks, dipping it in wild honey and feeding it to his mouth.

Seeing someone looking at him, after he swallowed the food in his mouth, he just smiled, and his eyes looked at Lee Kun-hee, who had no other expression on his face, but Jester still knew what the other party meant from his smile, and these people present were obviously also responsible for inquiring about the specific situation of Lee Byung-cheol for their family.

"Huh." After laughing softly, Jester said, "I know Li Jianxi well, everyone knows, Mr. Li talked to me about something, it involves the secrets of Samsung Trading Company and our Jester Holdings, so I can't say it, but this matter will not be more than a week at the latest, everyone will know, but from Mr. Li's words, he is extremely satisfied with the development of Samsung Trading Company during his illness in the past few years, especially Samsung Electronics, which is his all-or-nothing investment choice after the Han Fei incident, It can be said that it is his last effort, and he is very satisfied with the achievements of Samsung Electronics overseas in recent years, and selling Samsung's products outside of South Korea is the biggest dream of his life. ”

After Jester said this, several people present were also silent, and the eyes they looked at Li Jianxi were completely different.

Jester didn't say what they wanted to know the most, though.

But what is said in this passage is enough. (To be continued......) R1292