Chapter 41: A Gorgeous Dinner Full of Variables
"Well, stay up. Anyway, I'm used to this kind of dull life. I can't do all the high-level financial mergers and acquisitions, securities funds, and venture capital that you are engaged in, and I don't want to get rich, and peace is a blessing. You know me, I'm most comfortable in the lab. Li Guanghan said calmly and modestly.
"Well, what shall I say about you, what will your brother not be able to learn? I think you learned everything faster than me, and you could easily score higher than me. I've been wondering how you figured it out so quickly. I see that you mainly have no desires and no higher requirements for yourself. Xu Jinfeng sighed.
Li Guanghan laughed and said, "Lao Xu, you haven't come back for so many years, don't criticize me if you finally give me a call." I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow, or the shabu-shabu mutton in Wudaokou, which we used to go to when we were in college. ”
"Huh?!" Xu Jinfeng didn't want to hide his surprise, "Brother, is there any mistake, what age is this, how can we deign to go to that greasy little restaurant with our current identities?" Or let me invite you, I have found a good place, one of the best private restaurants in the capital, absolutely elegant and clean, and the taste is first-class. Don't drive, we're going to have a few drinks, I'll let the driver pick you up. ”
Li Guanghan was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly explained that he was not stingy, but wanted to take Lao Xu to the campus for a walk, and then relax and eat in the small restaurant he frequented when he was young, nostalgic and reminisce about his youth. If Lao Xu feels that the grade of the place to eat is not high enough, he can change it and choose it.
This time it was Xu Jinfeng's turn to laugh, "Guanghan, don't be surprised, I'm not looking down on you, what I have here is the cost of entertaining customers and inviting guests to dinner, and it doesn't cost anything." Besides, you are no one else, you are a young and promising scientist in the limelight, and it is also an honor for our company to invite you to dinner. Be sure to give face, and be sure to appreciate the light. Besides, I'd like to ask a few people to accompany you, and they're all eager to get to know you. ”
"Know me? What is the value of my knowledge, and I can't help people do anything, you fool me. Li Guanghan didn't believe Lao Xu's polite words, he thought that Lao Xu was afraid that his self-esteem would be damaged, so he made up a white lie to persuade him to go to the banquet, and he also wanted to argue a few words and change it to his own treat. Unexpectedly, Lao Xu said resolutely: "My dining place has been booked, it is difficult to book a room there, and if you don't go to the deposit, you will be wasted, and I will send a driver to pick you up at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon." ”
Li Guanghan couldn't fight, he had no choice, so he reluctantly agreed.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Xu Jinfeng's reception car stopped at the gate of the institute on time. Li Guanghan got into the car neatly dressed, and there was already a passenger in the car, a middle-aged man who was well-dressed and polite. The middle-aged man nodded, stretched out his hand to Li Guanghan, and introduced himself: "You are Researcher Li, I often hear Xu Jinfeng mention you, and I have admired you for a long time." Lao Xu and I were alumni and fellow countrymen when we were in the United States, so we knew each other very well. I am currently working in the China office of Auray Biopharmaceuticals, my name is Liu Weijiang. Just call me Xiao Liu. Li Guanghan also greeted Liu Weijiang politely: "Fortunately, Aorui Biotech is a large international biopharmaceutical company." Mr. Liu is a young talent. ”
"Where, Researcher Li has won the award, I am a mixed meal, compared with a scientist with such an aspiration as you, it is not worth mentioning." It turned out that he was also one of the guests at tonight's banquet, because he was on the way, so Lao Xu asked the driver to pick him up.
Li Guanghan politely twisted his head to look at Liu Weijiang, he had a fluffy and slightly curly black hair over the ears, very natural and casual but not messy, a pair of white and slender hands, even the nails were carefully trimmed. Li Guanghan smiled and said, "If you hadn't introduced yourself, I would have thought you were an artist." So tasteful. "Hahaha......" everyone laughed.
As soon as the car crossed the third ring road, it headed towards the west of the city. Li Guanghan asked the driver where the place to eat today was, and the driver said that he couldn't say the specific address, anyway, it was a secret private restaurant, and there were only two tables of diners a day, which was very popular. "Wow, Lao Xu is going to spend a lot of money to show off, no wonder he refuses to eat my mutton." Lee Kwang Han said. Liu Weijiang also kept staring at Li Guanghan with a smile.
It was already completely dark, and the car had already driven out of the city, and the traffic was noticeably sparse. Mountains appeared on the skyline in the distance, and in the near distance there was a gentle mountain road, with tall and lush ancient pines on both sides of the road rattling in the wind. Occasionally, I see one or two ancient buildings with rafters and cornices, and the green glazed tiles exude a faint light at night. Finally, the car stopped in front of an antique red gate. There was no conspicuous sign on the door, only two symmetrical delicate red lanterns. There were also red gauze lanterns hanging in the winding path of the door, and the waiters were already standing smiling and nodding. The warm red that permeated the air reflected the ruddy spirit of people's faces, and it was in this red shroud that Lee Kwang Han reunited with his brother who slept on his top bunk, whom he had not seen for many years.
Lao Xu's well-maintained round face could not see the vicissitudes of life that he said, but he was a little more sophisticated and sleek, and a pair of slender and upturned eyes revealed the shrewdness of a businessman. The two hugged each other excitedly, patted shoulders and backs, and then walked into the room with their shoulders hooked. Li Guanghan was stunned, this is a place to eat, it is simply a small museum. Huanghuali's Ming Dynasty-style Taishi chair, red sandalwood bed, covered with soft satin Suzhou embroidered cushions. A pot of Gentleman's Orchid is placed on the mahogany flower stand, and a large vase of blue and white porcelain and purple clay pots of various shapes are placed in the glass cabinet next to the wall. On the dining table, there are bright yellow enamel dishes, plus sterling silver soup spoons and ivory chopsticks, which is quite royal.
Li Guanghan was amazed, and even said that it was too extravagant. Lao Xu hahaha, busy introducing another distinguished guest who had already been seated, the chairman of a listed company in the west. Li Guanghan wondered in his heart, what did Lao Xu do under the banner of inviting me to dinner, there were many and miscellaneous people, and it was impossible to chat with the old people, and it was so expensive, why bother, it was really better to have mutton shabu.
The guest was angry and took his seat. Li Guanghan sat next to Lao Xu, and the seat on the other side of Lao Xu said that he would deliberately reserve it for another mysterious guest. Everyone was very curious and inquired, Lao Xu pretended to be mysterious and said, you actually know each other. Let's eat the first dish first, Buddha jumps over the wall, and she will have to wait a while to come over.
The waiter served everyone a Buddha jumping over the wall with a delicately covered soup cup. Li Guanghan lifted the lid of the soup, and a strange fragrance came to his nose.