On the morning of 18 February, the "Elizabeth No. 3" cruise ship taken by Xiao Zhenlei and others passed through the Strait of Malacca, crossed the Indian Ocean, passed through the Red Sea, crossed the Suez Canal, crossed the Mediterranean Sea, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, and entered the Atlantic Ocean before finally arriving at the port of London.

Along the way, Opiyin, who was an Englishman, had nothing to do, but the nine specially trained Iron and Blood Operations Operatives led by Awaya vomited a mess after boarding the ship, and their seasickness did not occur at the same time, and after more than ten days of tossing and turning on the ship, these people gradually adapted to life on the ship, and gradually recovered.

After the cruise ship arrived in the port of London, Xiao Zhenlei wore a navy blue woolen coat, a black top hat, shiny leather shoes, a pair of leather gloves on his hands, and a shiny civilization staff on British soil.

There was a light rain in the sky, gray, the air was full of mist, raindrops were dripping on his lips, Xiao Zhenlei tasted a sour taste, he spat out a mouthful of spit and said: "Oh, this is really a bad weather, Opiyin, don't tell me, the weather in London is like this every day!" ”

Opiyin shrugged helplessly and said: "In fact, it's basically the same, although it doesn't rain a lot of times, the sky in London hasn't been fresh for many years, but although the weather here is terrible, this is my hometown after all, I'm still happy to be back here, sir, I hope you can have a good time here!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "Of course we will have a good time, because we are here to make money." Opiyin, you've been with me for more than half a year, and when we're settled, I'll give you a few days off so you can go back and see your family. I hope they'll be happy for you to come back! ”

"Thank you, sir, I think my mother will be overjoyed!" Opiyin's tone and voice were a little agitated.

At this time, Su Gu, the captain of the special task force, approached Xiao Zhenlei and said, "Sir, there is a sign with your name written on it twenty meters ahead, is that the person who came to pick us up?" ”

When Xiao Zhenlei heard this, he immediately looked ahead, and looked over the heads on the dock to see a tall thin Westerner in a coat holding a sign. The sign is written with his Chinese name, and those Chinese characters are written at a certain level, but I am afraid that it is written by international students here or Chinese who have lived here for many years, but there is a young Chinese man standing next to this person, and that handwriting should be written by him, right?

"The guy who picked us up arrived. Let's go! Xiao Zhenlei said and walked towards the tall and thin Westerner with the staff of civilization, and only when he got closer did he see the person's appearance clearly, not only was he tall and thin, but his face was also a slender horse face, and his cheeks were covered with dense short stubble beards.

"I'm Xiao Zhenlei!" Xiao Zhenlei said in English.

The man's eyes widened, and he said in great astonishment, "Oh, God, you are Mr. Xiao Zhenlei. You're so young, you can speak English, hello. I'm Williams, oh, this is Mister White, a Chinese student I invited from my school in London to act as our translator! ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook Williams' hand and smiled, "Thank you for coming to pick us up, Mr. Williams!" After speaking, he looked at the Chinese student beside him, and also stretched out his hand and said with a smile in Chinese: "Mr. Bai, I can meet a compatriot in this foreign country." What a blessing! ”

This Chinese student, surnamed Bai, looks very gentle, just like Williams. Also thin and not tall. It looks like it's only more than 1.6 meters and less than 1.7 meters, but this height is also very tall.

"Hello Mr. Xiao, my name is Bai Siqin, and I am now an international student at City University!" The young man shook hands with Xiao Zhenlei and said, he did not expect that Xiao Zhenlei did not have the slightest habits and characteristics of the Chinese of this era, and the current Chinese meet each other and give a fist salute.

The two talked a few more words, and next to Williams, he held an umbrella and watched the rain tend to get heavier and heavier, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Xiao, it seems that the rain will get heavier and heavier, let's go to the hotel first, right?" I've got three cars ready and just waiting outside."

"Okay, let's go to the hotel first!" Xiao Zhenlei said and walked to the outside of the dock first.

The group passed through the customs inspection very smoothly, and came to the street outside to see three cars outside, this kind of car is still produced by his Zhenhua company's automobile factory, which is completely different from the convertible of the Ford Model T, which is a fully enclosed car, and the later classic car is basically very similar, sitting in it is much more comfortable than the Ford car, the window is installed with glass, and there are curtains in the rear side glass, and the style is very similar to the later Dodge classic car.

plus Williams and Bai Siqin, a foreign student, there are a total of thirteen people, and each car has a driver, and one more person can't sit down anyway, so Williams took out a little money to Bai Siqin, wanting him to find a way to go back.

Now that it is raining so heavily, Bai Siqin can only take the public tram if he wants to go back to school, Xiao Zhenlei frowned, and stopped: "Wait, Mr. Williams, I want to talk to this Mr. Bai, why don't you let one of the drivers do the tram back, and I'll drive!" ”

"Oh, okay!" Williams spoke to the future boss, and had to follow Xiao Zhenlei's instructions, gave one of the drivers some money, and let him find a way to go back, and everyone got in the car to go to the hotel to stay, he is the general manager of Zhenhua Company, Hall, recommended by the college classmate, has experience in the management of iron and steel metallurgical companies Dutchman Williams.

Williams sat in the front car to lead the way, three agents sat in the back seat, the middle car was driven by one of the agents, Su Gu sat in the passenger seat, Xiao Zhenlei took Bai Siqin and another agent to sit in the back seat, and in the last car sat Opiyin and three other agents.

The windshield wipers on the front windshield play a key role in the heavy rain as the car moves forward, brushing away the rain without affecting the driver's vision.

Bai Siqin asked, "Mr. Xiao, what are you doing in London this time?" Visiting family or having another job? I don't think you're an ordinary person, ordinary people don't have such a big pomp and circumstance, you won't be from the imperial court, right? ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "I came to London this time to do business!" ”

"Oh, what business are you doing? I've been studying here for three years, so maybe I can give you some advice! Bai Siqin is obviously a person who likes to talk very much, maybe there are too few Chinese here, and when he meets Xiao Zhenlei and other compatriots from China, he can't help but open the conversation.

Xiao Zhenlei smiled and pointed to the top and said: "These cars are produced by my car company in Shanghai, I am here to do this kind of business, by the way, see what other business opportunities there are here in London!" ”

Bai Siqin's mouth opened wide in shock, and he came back to his senses after half a sound: "I've been in London for three years, has this kind of high-tech heavy industrial factory already appeared in China?" Such cars are produced at your factory? Oh my God, this is a remarkable step forward, even the British, the Americans, and the Germans are just beginning to develop this industry! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled and didn't speak, hearing Bai Siqin's exclamation, Su Gu and other agents in the car all showed confident and proud looks.

Three cars pulled up in front of a hotel on Regent Street, London's West End, which had been built for 45 years, and at that time the quality of service and luxury in London's hotel industry was among the highest.

Because he knew the number of Xiao Zhenlei and others in advance, Williams opened a separate suite on the fourth floor of the Langham Hotel for Xiao Zhenlei to rest, and opened three double rooms opposite this single room, these rooms are enough, except for Xiao Zhenlei, when resting at night, Su Gu and the other nine people will not all sleep, and they must arrange personnel to keep vigil, so three double rooms are enough.

After staying at the hotel, after washing up and resting, Xiao Zhenlei had a long talk with Williams in the guest room where he rested, and it didn't end until almost noon.

After this long talk, Xiao Zhenlei has basically determined that Williams is the general manager he is looking for to manage the steel company, in the conversation, Xiao Zhenlei found that Williams has a lot of management experience in large steel enterprises, of course, this is equivalent to the various conditions of this era, if placed in the future he is of course outdated.

And Williams is also very satisfied with Xiao Zhenlei, the boss, Xiao Zhenlei said that as long as Williams is willing to deign to go to China to help him set up a steel company, he will solve all the official matters, Williams only needs to manage the steel company wholeheartedly, let the steel company be built and enter the production period, and some other obstacles, Xiao Zhenlei will clear the obstacles for him.

After both had no problems, the two parties quickly signed an employment contract that described Williams' position and responsibilities, as well as the remuneration and benefits he would receive during his tenure as general manager.

Both parties were satisfied, Xiao Zhenlei called the hotel to send a bottle of red wine, and the two toasted together to celebrate, and then Xiao Zhenlei asked: "Mr. Williams, can I buy land in the UK in my current capacity?" ”

Williams was a little surprised when he heard this, "Boss, do you want to buy a house in the UK?" If you want to buy land, you probably can't now, because you don't have British citizenship or a citizen of a Commonwealth member, you can rent it, but you can't own the land, and of course if you set up a company here, you can buy land! ”

So that's it! Xiao Zhenlei understood, he thought for a while and said: "Williams, I will stay here in London for more than a month, from today, you will start to work officially, I hope you will register a company for me next, it doesn't matter if you spend more money, but the speed should be fast, I want to complete all the procedures as quickly as possible!" ”

Although Williams was very confused, as a professional manager, he immediately said that there was no problem, and he would start running this afternoon. (To be continued) R466