Chapter 51. Negotiation (Part I)
Ivan Coke, who had followed Leslie into Boradis, was led up the stairs to the second floor before he had time to observe the situation on the first floor of the bar. And the subject of his interview is sitting in the hall on the second floor.
When you arrive in an unfamiliar space, you will always observe your surroundings first, and in Ivan Cork's opinion, the two-story structure of this bar is strange. Because from the outside, the entire area of this bar is still very large, but now he can see, it seems much smaller, although the all-wooden decoration here is very beautiful, but it still can't erase the sense of oppression brought by the small space.
Cork is right, this hall is a dedicated place for reporters to interview, and it certainly doesn't take up too much space.
But soon he didn't have time to think about these things, because Morrison only gave him 10 minutes.
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With a beautiful accordion playing beautiful tunes and slowly echoing through the pub, the warm and idyllic afternoon in Manchester can't help but be a little lazy.
The faint sunlight shone from the window to Morrison's face, and half of his face, which was originally immersed in darkness, was illuminated. But he didn't dodge, just narrowed his eyes slightly, gently picked up the coffee in his hand, took a small sip, and felt the sweet and bitter in his chest, escaping, what a wonderful feeling.
Li Lin was lying in the booth, squinting a little lazily, and he didn't know whether he was pretending to sleep or looking at Morrison.
At this time, the population of Boradis was completely dispersed, and only a few drinkers remained, sitting quietly in their places, some like Morrison, and some like Li Lin.
It is like a famous painting created by the freezing of time, and it has a kind of magic that penetrates time
After a while, Li Lin finally closed his eyes.
Morrison's eyebrows were lowered, he silently drank the coffee in his hand, did not wake up Li Lin, and did not leave, just sat and drank like this, both of them, both of them had something to precipitate.
By the time Li Lin opened his eyes again, it was getting late, and the seats beside him were already empty.
He stretched comfortably and yawned. On the side, Roberts brought over a cup of iced drip coffee and placed it on the table.
"Where's Ravel?"
Picking up the cup, Li Lin asked casually.
"It's gone, it's been a while."
Roberts replied.
Li Lin nodded, didn't say anything more, patted the seat next to him, and motioned for Roberts to sit beside him.
"There may be a girl coming to me in the next two days to talk about the beer supply, and if she comes and I'm not there, you can take care of receiving her."
Li Lin told Roberts about Mengqing, and he accidentally forgot about it.
Seeing Roberts nod, Li Lin provoked another topic.
"Uncle John, I'm kind of thinking about opening a branch, do you have any good suggestions?"
In fact, Li Lin has always had the idea of opening a branch, but Li Lin couldn't find a place to satisfy him for a long time, but after staying in Amsterdam for a while, he felt that it was a good place.
Of course, another reason is that it is easier to come and go with your own store.
Roberts doesn't have any questions about opening a branch, but there are a lot of problems at the operational level.
"Where's the drive? Who is responsible for the management? Do we need to expand our security staff on top of what we already have? What about beer supply channels? ”
Hearing the other party's words, Li Lin's face showed a smile that he had long known that you would say this, and Roberts was a little furious when he saw it.
"Isn't Roberts Jr. always busy, juggling all sorts of issues for our bar. I promised him that if I had the opportunity, I would let him manage a branch, but no, the opportunity came! Li Lin had the expression of a chicken thief, and the evil smile on his face had betrayed him, "It just so happens that everything will be left to him, anyway, little Roberts definitely has enough enthusiasm in this matter!" ”
"That kid, it's too early!" Uncle Roberts didn't want his son to run a branch so early, "Where are you going to open it?" ”
"How about Amsterdam, I think it's a good fit. Do you want to think about it! ”
Li Lin bewitched this Uncle Roberts, in his opinion, it is not good to open a new store and let Uncle Roberts run to manage it, it just so happens that Uncle Roberts's son has been helping Poradis deal with the problem of purchase channels now, and it is best to let this energetic and lively young man do this.
"Let me think about it, don't worry, he's still busy anyway, and he doesn't have time."
Uncle Roberts is a little hesitant, unlike ordinary foreign families, little Roberts has always lived with Uncle Roberts, so the relationship between father and son is also very close, a bit like a Chinese family relationship.
Li Lin nodded, anyway, it was just an idea, and he was not in a hurry.
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The sun is slowly setting in this country that was once known as the sun never sets, and the lights are on, and the Chinatown at this time is full of people coming and going, and it is the time of activity.
At home, Mengqing sorted out the clothes on his body, which was still the small white suit he wore when he met Li Lin last time, but this time it looked a little smaller, giving people a little more playfulness and liveliness, and a little less dignified and mature.
"Eldest sister, where are you going, you just came back not long ago, are you going out again?"
Mengjun, who was hiding on the side, looked at the eldest sister who was looking in the mirror and asked in a low voice to his sister.
"I don't know, it looks like talking about work, but it's rare for the eldest sister to take out this dress, this is the eldest sister's favorite clothes, it's rare to see her take out this dress, although it looks like it's similar to the one that the eldest sister wears in the morning, but it's actually not the same thing at all."
Meng Xue knew very well that although there was only a difference in the size of these two clothes, the status in Mengqing's heart was very different.
The two of them glanced at each other, and there was a hint of curiosity on their faces.
In fact, Mengqing was also a little hesitant to take out this dress, but in the face of a negotiation partner of the same age as herself, she always felt that she looked a little old when she wore that dress, and of course the purpose of wearing that dress was to make her look more mature. But at this point, she was a little reluctant to let others think she was old.
After fiddling with his clothes for a long time, finally, Mengqing was about to set off.
"Mengjun, Mengxue, I'll talk about the supply, wait for me at home!"
After telling his two younger sisters, Mengqing left his home and walked towards the address of the bar that Li Lin said.
On the tall building, two heads stuck out of the window, watching Mengqing walk out of the apartment building and onto the street.
"The eldest sister didn't drive! Explain that the distance is not far! ”
The familiar expression on Mengjun's face resurfaced, and Mengxue on the side showed a hesitant look on her face.
"That's not good, if you let the eldest sister know, you'll be angry!"
Mengjun, who was afraid of losing his sister, didn't have time to ink his sister this time, so he put on his shoes neatly and ran out, and Mengxue, who was hesitant on the side, hurriedly followed when he saw this.