5. Wine
At six o'clock, very punctual, Huang Yi appeared at the door of Mr. Xia, did not speak, Mr. Xia saw that she knew that the time was up, so he quickly turned off his laptop, packed his things and prepared to go out. But when she came to the door and was about to close the door, she suddenly remembered whether she should bring the suitcases with her, so that she would not have to go back again after the dinner, so she went to open the cabinet door, but found that the two large boxes were gone, and cried out in surprise, "Why are they gone!" ββYvo
e, I've arranged for someone to load it in the car! β
The two of them went downstairs side by side, but Mr. Xia still didn't understand, he hadn't seen anyone come in the office all the time, when was the box pulled out, so he asked Huang Translator, Huang Translator smiled and said, "When you go to the bathroom, I asked the security guard to move into the car!" β
Hearing this, Mr. Xia also smiled, but smiled a little reluctantly. To be honest, she wasn't used to being served to this extent. Besides, she felt a little inappropriate to do this without her orders. However, today is the first day, she didn't say anything, and when she arrived at the door, Mr. Fan came over to open the car door, and Mr. Xia asked again, "Why are you embarrassed to stay in your car?" Despite this, she got into the car, knowing that everything was pre-arranged. However, there is a vice president who drives, and he is enough to save face.
"Xiao Huang, ask her if she still eats in the factory?"
Before Huang could translate, he heard Mr. Xia say, "Be careful! Mr. Fan had already seen an electric tricycle crossing the road at the intersection in front of him, which was too common in the local area, but it seemed very dangerous to Mr. Xia, who had just arrived in China, because this was the condition that caused the car accident. When the tricycle passed, Huang asked Translator, and Mr. Xia replied, "It's much better than I imagined?" β
"Do you want to get some Western food for lunch or something?" Mr. Fan asked again.
"Don't use it for the time being, wait for a while, if it really doesn't work, it's not too late to arrange it. However, thank you Mr. Fan for being so careful. Mr. Xia's words were sincere, but Huang Yi felt a little uncomfortable, but Mr. Fan was really beautiful. He said in his heart that the beauties of the world are the same, as long as they care about it, there is no heart that cannot be melted.
From the development zone to the city, it is a distance of three or five kilometers, but it is the rush hour of commuting, and it is also a racing car in a small county, but it is not as powerful as a big city. Besides, most of the traffic jams in the county are caused by pedestrians or car drivers not obeying traffic rules, otherwise they would not be so congested. However, this is a reality, and the problem of quality cannot be changed in a day or two.
Half an hour later, the three of them arrived at the hotel. As soon as I entered the door, I saw the huge banquet hall, which made Mr. Xia, a foreigner, feel that he was here to attend the banquet of the governor of the United States, no, the president of the United States. Needless to say, the spaciousness of the room is the luxurious decoration and the atmosphere embellished with various crystal lamps is extraordinarily splendid. In the lounge area, there is a set of high-end sofas, in the middle of which is a high-end solid wood coffee table, although Mr. Xia can't tell what brand they are, but she knows that this texture and feel will definitely not be an ordinary brand. In addition, in addition to the large dining table, there is also a small square table with four chairs placed on the four sides, and most of the managers who arrive in advance gather around to chat. Seeing the two CEOs come in, everyone stood up and said hello. This time, Mr. Fan followed Mr. Xia, and after Mr. Xia shook hands with everyone, he also pretended to shake it. A few loyal subordinates also lost no time in grimacing.
"Mr. Fan, have you finally arrived?" A girl in professional attire walked over and said. "How to arrange today's dishes, the old rule is that you order it yourself?"
Mr. Fan looked at Mr. Xia who was sitting on the sofa, and then said, "Little sister, show the menu to our boss!" β
As soon as these words came out, all four were shocked. This is not Mr. Fan's style. It's not the first time they've come here to eat, and they have almost no right to order. One is that the price of food here is really high, and the other is that they all know that this is a designated restaurant for President Fan to entertain VIPs. Although it may not always be in this grade of banquet hall, the meals are almost the same. Even if he invited the local leader, Mr. Fan would never be like this. I don't know why Mr. Fan is so polite to the newly appointed boss today, is he really willing to be the second one?
The waiter took the menu to Mr. Xia, she didn't understand what it meant, she just took it as a local courtesy, so she glanced at it, but there was not a single English letter on the menu, if it weren't for the photo above, she would think it was a joke with her. However, Mr. Xia is not a person who has never seen a big scene, and soon said with a smile, "Mr. Fan, arrange it!" β
Mr. Fan said to the secretary Nunu, and the secretary understood in his heart and pulled the waiter out.
Soon, a few cold dishes came up, Mr. Fan stood up and beckoned everyone to sit down, he personally pulled the chair of the main seat for Mr. Xia, and asked Mr. Xia to sit down very gentlemanly, and then began to beckon everyone to take a seat, but a circle of people stood there and didn't know how to sit, waiting for Mr. Fan to order. Mr. Fan said, "Xiao Huang, you sit next to Mr. Xia, good translator, Director Fang, you sit next to me, the factory director sits next to Xiao Huang, and the door is left to Sa."
A (Mr. Fan's secretary), the others sit casually. β
As soon as the words fell, the big guy quickly took a seat, and Mr. Xia looked at all this and felt very curious, and didn't understand what was important about this arrangement. She knew that today was a banquet to welcome her, which was somewhat formal, but after all, she was an insider, so she didn't need to be so particular. At the same time, she also found that the finance director and the people director were not so excited.
As soon as he sat down, Mr. Fan instructed the waiter to fetch a pair of knives and forks and put them in front of Mr. Xia. This made Mr. Xia very moved, and once again confirmed that this deputy was very careful. However, she looked at two other foreigners, one was the chief technician of the laboratory, an Australian, and the other was an expert in charge of 5S, who was temporarily seconded from other factories in China to help rectify the situation. It seems that they have become accustomed to eating with chopsticks, and they are not surprised at all by Mr. Fan's arrangement.
Because Huang Translator sat on her right hand, and the neighbor was the factory director, Mr. Xia chatted with the factory director through the translation. She also asked some innocuous questions, but suddenly Mr. Fan seemed to hear that when he saw that the workers in the workshop were all old this morning, he no longer joked with others, but listened attentively to the content of Mr. Xia's chat. However, the factory director is an old oilman, and it seems that every question is answered very decently, so that Mr. Fan is relieved and jokes with several middle-level female managers again.
The first hot dish that came up was a huge brine platter, which was supposed to be a cold dish, but they made it a hot dish in this place. This means that the banquet has officially begun. The secretary didn't know where to take out two bottles of Feitian Moutai, opened the lid, and poured wine for Mr. Xia first. Xia always had the heart to block it, because she hardly drank high liquor except red wine, but when she saw the new faces in the room, she endured it, she knew the saying that she followed the customs of the locals, and thought to herself, when the banquet started, she would ask for another bottle of red wine. But unexpectedly, after all the wine glasses were filled with Moutai, Mr. Fan got up and went to his handbag, took out a bottle of wine like magic, and said to Mr. Xia, "Mr. Xia, take a look, is this an authentic Bordeaux red wine?" Mr. Xia took the bottle and took a closer look, and found that it was an authentic Lafite Rothschild, and he was very surprised. She is well aware of the price of this wine. In general, it is not a very solemn occasion, and even in your own home, you rarely drink such high-end wine. Of course, for her Jewish family, although her father is a financial predator, thrift is their living habit, if it is not for reception or business occasions, in the eyes of Mr. Xia, her family life is almost no different from that of ordinary people in the United States.
"Xiaoxia, go and ice this wine!" Mr. Fan stopped a waiter and instructed her.
The girl named Xiaoxia had a pair of red phoenix eyes, and when she heard Mr. Fan say her name, she couldn't help herself with joy. She hurriedly walked over, took the wine bottle, and accidentally touched Mr. Fan's fingers, her heart beat hard, and her face turned red to the base of her neck. She cautiously went out with the bottle in her hand, and the scene was seen by two women, who pierced their eyes like thorns. However, as if he didn't know at all, Mr. Fan stood up, picked up his wine glass, and said, "Today I finally look forward to our general manager, Mr. Xia." On behalf of all the staff, I welcome Mr. Xia to our small factory to preside over the work. Let me first make a statement, everything is done in accordance with the spirit of Mr. Xia's instructions, we must unite around Mr. Xia, build our factory better, and go to a new level! β
Before the translation was finished, everyone drank their glasses of wine. Mr. Xia was a little embarrassed, but he still pulled the back and drank the small cup of Moutai. Immediately afterwards, she coughed up, because she was really not used to this high level of spicy wine. Mr. Fan saw that the beautiful boss really couldn't drink liquor, so he immediately went over and picked up the wine bottle, poured a little wine for her personally, and waited there for Mr. Xia to taste it first, he was like a waiter. Mr. Xia thought it was funny, but she still accepted this kindness, picked up the goblet, covered it with one hand for a moment, and then put it to her mouth, tasted it, the wine swirled in her mouth, she appreciated the taste, and then swallowed it slowly, only wiped her red lips with a tissue, nodded, and said, "Well, not bad!" β
Mr. Fan knew that wine was naturally good wine, and he bought it at ChΓ’teau Lafite in France, so of course he couldn't be wrong. To be honest, to be able to take out this Rafe today, he still made a lot of determination in advance. If it is purely for the identity of this boss, he is reluctant to give up this bottle of wine. But from Saturday to now, he feels that he has a special possessive desire for this beautiful woman, so he quietly offers courtesy, so in front of women, not to mention a bottle of wine, or a villa, he will not hesitate to do anything.
After pouring the wine, putting it back in the ice cubes, and returning to his place, he said, "Which lady wants to taste it, come yourself!" In fact, he knew in his heart that among the five women sitting there, Mr. Xia was excepted, and the other four had a little to do with him. Huang Translator and Secretary Sa
A Needless to say, it is the kind of lover relationship or the physical relationship, the other two women are his relatives of Mr. Fan. One is Xiao Shang, a technician in the laboratory, that is, the girl who praised her for speaking English. The other is Fei Fei, the cashier of the finance department. According to her rank, Fei Fei is not qualified to attend such an occasion, but Mr. Fan specially arranged for her to attend, ostensibly to give foreigners a face, because they would think that this cashier was one of the few core members arranged by foreign companies after the acquisition. It's a pity that Mr. Xia didn't think about it that much at all, because she didn't know and was not familiar with these people. Maybe one day when she actually gets into the role, she'll mind these details, but that's for later.
The big dish came up, first a small bowl of shark fin soup per person, and then Australian lobster, before everyone started, Mr. Fan used chopsticks to divide a portion for Mr. Xia, and he also made an exception to Director Ding of Finance and Director Guo of Human Resources. The two directors were surprised by the fact that this was the first time they had been treated like this since they joined the company. In the past, I have always heard that Mr. Fan is very arrogant, but there are few opportunities to eat with Mr. Fan on formal occasions, and most of them eat together in the company's small restaurant. But today they don't seem to feel like it's what is said to be outside. Because these two directors have only been employed for less than a year. The rest waited for the waiter to divide the meal.
This was followed by another hard dish, double-headed abalone. Because the plates were pre-divided, the waiter came up and gave it directly to Mr. Xia at the main table, followed by Mr. Fan. These waiters are human spirits and know the importance of the seats and characters at a table, and there is nothing wrong with them. This is also learning.
Mr. Xia experienced the first two dishes, she knew that this was a high-end dish, but she was not very used to this way of eating, as for the lobster, she preferred the Japanese-style sassy mime dipped in horseradish. Abalone is not her favorite, and every time she eats it, it feels like chewing dried radish. However, she has to admit that the abalone made by Chinese chefs still tastes very unusual. In order to finish the food on the plate, she kept drinking mineral water. She knew that only water could help her get down.
This is followed by roast suckling pig. In the past, she had seen suckling pig in a Chinese restaurant in the United States, red and bright, and it looked good hanging in a glass cabinet, and it could also arouse the appetite of customers. But it was the first time that the whole suckling pig had been put on such a close distance as today. The waitress first put the huge suckling pig on the table, turned it around, let everyone enjoy it, and then brought it down and put it on her own counter to divide the meal for everyone. At the same time, Director Hu, who was sitting under Huang Yiyi, began to toast. He was the oldest of all those in attendance today, and he also looked the most earthy, but that didn't affect his ability to drink. He stood up and said solemnly, "Xiao Huang, you help me translate, I am very happy to meet Mr. Xia, today I represent more than 800 factory workers, I sincerely toast Mr. Xia." I can't speak, I'll drink first! After speaking, Xiao Huang was still translating, and Director Hu drank it all. Immediately afterwards, Mr. Xia picked up the goblet and wanted to drink red wine, but was blocked by Director Hu, "This is not good, you say boss, everyone below us should take you as an example, if you don't drink liquor today, then we won't drink liquor in the future!" When Mr. Xia heard Director Hu's words, he felt that it was very reasonable, and the upward and downward effects were effective, which was what the professor kept emphasizing when she was studying MBA. Now that I have become the leader here, the general manager, if you don't drink liquor, you can't integrate into this circle, that is, you can't give everyone face, and you can't let everyone not drink white bars for the sake of a general manager? Besides, this is a county town in China, and it is normal to have its own characteristics, and you have to adapt to this environment, rather than letting everyone adapt to yourself. Thinking of this, Mr. Xia picked up the wine glass and drank it all. But this time it seems that Moutai is not so spicy, maybe she has experience or psychological preparation.
However, Mr. Xia didn't know that as soon as this head was opened, the next thing was Director Fang's toast, that is, Director Hu drank the wine in front of him, so he couldn't favor one over the other, so he naturally had to drink it. Sales director may not be the most important position, but in China's business philosophy, it is the most important role. So Mr. Xia took another drink. Next, when the other directors saw that the new general manager had been saluted in front of them, they couldn't be indifferent, so they stood up and toasted one by one, except for the translator and Mr. Fan, who did not toast, almost a circle of people toasted Mr. Xia. After drinking this circle, Mr. Xia began to feel hot all over, and he really wanted to take off his clothes and take a cold shower. But she knew it was a ballroom, not her home in Miami. She still needs to be reserved, she still needs to stay awake.
"Mr. Xia, try this!" Mr. Fan personally handed over a plate of vegetable salad. Mr. Xia's red eyes glanced at Mr. Fan beside him, and felt that this was a charcoal in the snow, with a plate of vegetable salad, not only to satisfy his appetite, but also to use the sour taste to stimulate the brain.
Mr. Xia began to eat her own salad, how the suckling pig was eaten by everyone, and what dishes were served later, she didn't seem to remember much, the only thing that made her have an impression was that when she was enjoying the salad, she seemed to hear everyone say again, and now she officially started drinking and cleared the customs. After that, she didn't remember.