Chapter 100: The Dinner Party

In the luxurious Batavia Governor's Palace, in order to welcome the arrival of Zhao Shijie and other Australian officials and businessmen, the banquet hall has been newly decorated, and two pots of blooming flowers have been placed on the left and right sides of the entrance.

In addition, the number of sentry posts outside the governor's palace has also been doubled, and in order to ensure the safety of the guests attending the dinner, there is already a team of Dutch soldiers patrolling back and forth nearby, and as long as there is a suspicious person, they will immediately stop the other party, interrogate them, and make sure that there is no problem before letting them go.

This kind of good night, Liu Yun has participated in many times, it can be said that this is a gathering of the current Batavian high society, everyone dances and drinks at the dinner, and talks about the business they are interested in, and many times, at the dinner, Liu Yun can get a lot of useful information.

When the carriage of the Embassy of the Republic of Australia with a five-star red flag stopped in front of the gate of the Governor's Palace, the person in charge of reception immediately came over and gently opened the door to welcome the guests into the Governor's Palace.

Europeans and Chinese, who came in and out, looked at Liu Yun from time to time, and nodded to say hello.

"It seems that you do mix well in the upper class of Batavia." Zhao Shijie said with a smile.

"Diplomacy, Lao Zhao, if you are here, you will be invited to various dinners or balls, which are a kind of social activities in Europe, and they like to talk about all kinds of things and business that they are interested in at the ball, just like our wine table culture."

"Minister Zhao, welcome to Batavia again," Fan Dimen saw Zhao Shijie and Liu Yun enter the banquet hall, stepped forward and politely stretched out his right hand to shake Zhao Shijie, the intimacy between the two is like a friend reunited after a long absence, no matter who sees it, no one will believe that Fan Dimen wants to find the Australian nest all the time, and then carry out an attack.

"Dear Mr. Governor, you seem to have gained a lot of weight, this is a gift for you, a white glass statue of Jesus, and the latest evening dress produced by our Australian Yang Wenwen clothing company, I believe you will like it."

"Then I'll have to appreciate the gift," said Van Diemen, pulling out the milky glass statue of Jesus wrapped in a small wooden box. Immediately, the crowd of people talking around them gathered around at the same time.

"Oh, Maiga, what do I see, this is a statue of Jesus, is this made of jade?" A British businessman couldn't help but ask excitedly.

"No, no, this gentleman, this is a glass product, our craftsmen add some special substances when firing glass, so it looks as white as jade, but as long as you hold it in your hand, you can tell the difference between it and jade."

Hearing Zhao Shijie's explanation, some guests and businessmen set their eyes on the milky white statue of Jesus in Fan Dimen's hand, of course, they only looked at him, and no one dared to take it in their hands to take a look.

For this, Zhao Shijie has been prepared, and then took out a statue of the same Jesus, which is our latest production in Australia, as a devout Christian, if you can put such a milky white statue of Jesus in the living room at home, you can not only decorate the beauty of the room but also express your identity like others.

After speaking, Zhao Shijie handed the statue of Jesus in his hand to the nearest person, and they looked at each other, as if they were not afraid that one of them would fall to the ground because one of them was lost.

"Good things, good things," everyone who saw them praised the items in their hands vigorously, and finally reluctantly passed the statue of Jesus in their hands to the next person under the reminder of others.

Although Christianity in Europe at this time was divided into many denominations, such as Catholicism and Protestantism, there was one thing in common, whether they were all branches of Christianity, so the respect for the statue of Jesus was the same.

This time the statue of Jesus was originally to change the single product, targeted firing, the glass factory fired a total of 20 as a test of the water, if the market response is good, the next trade will increase the export of the statue of Jesus.

In addition, the key goods of this foreign trade are the carbonated drinks produced by the newly established Coca-Cola Company and the luxury dinner dress produced by Yang Wenwen Clothing Company, the manufacturing difficulty of Coke is not great, as long as you find the chemical group to get the sodium acid, benformic acid These corresponding things come out, stir with boiled water, and the Coke is made, and a few guys are very shameless to steal the name Coca-Cola, although the name is the same, it is far from the genuine product before the crossing.

Since this thing was manufactured, there is almost no market in Australia, except for the occasional nostalgia for the taste of Coke and the Dutch elders to patronize a few times, the Ming immigrants don't want to drink as long as they drink it once, just a bowl of black sweet water, drink it and burp uncomfortable, and sell it expensive, what is delicious, not as good as the home-made sugar water, at least not burping.

Therefore, there is no market in China, and the business is cold and about to fall into the brink of bankruptcy, Deng Jianjun, the founder and general manager of Coca-Cola, has no choice but to look overseas, the reason why there is such an idea is because those Dutch old people seem to be very interested in this kind of black water, and the Europeans are more acceptable from their reactions.

As the representatives of the company traveling with the ship this time, Deng Jianjun and Yang Wenwen were walking back and forth in the banquet hall at this time, the former holding a tray with several small bottles and wine glasses on it, if he was not wearing a dress, others would have thought he was a waiter at the dinner.

And Yang Wenwen walked around, in order to attract the attention of the housewives of the Batavia high society present, she was wearing a low-cut evening dress, which was cut and sewn by herself in combination with the elements of oriental Hanfu and the design of well-known designers in later generations.

Not to mention, the actions of the two have indeed attracted the attention of many people, and some people are not only interested in Yang Wenwen's dress, but also interested in this beauty with oriental temperament, and they are all speculating about her identity.

At this time, Yang Wenwen was standing with Liu Yun, and John, the representative of the British East India Company, walked over with a glass of wine and a smile, "Hey, Yun, don't you plan to introduce me to this beautiful young lady next to you, she has become one of the protagonists of the dinner today." ”

This is John, an English aristocrat, this beautiful young lady is the director of Yang Wenwen Garment Co., Ltd. in the Republic of Australia, her family is quite influential in the country, and in her early years, Miss Yang Wenwen's father and grandfather were high-ranking government officials. Liu Yun said with a serious face, and even Yang Wenwen, who was standing on the side, seemed to be a little true.

"Ou, is it, then Miss Yang is also a nobleman, I'm really happy to meet you, can I have the honor to invite you to a dance later?"

"Well, Mr. John."

Then you and Yun, talk first, I will come over to invite you later, John seemed to see that Liu Yun and Yang Wenwen had something to talk about, so he consciously said goodbye and left.

"This John is the representative of the British East India Company in Batavia, and the family is also a nobleman in England, and if you can get his help, maybe your clothes will sell well." Liu Yun explained to Yang Wenwen in front of John's back image.

"Yes, a 17th-century hillbilly, I must let him bow down under the old lady's group," Yang Wenwen said confidently.