Chapter 369: The Russian-Style Hongmen Banquet (I)
Tony's departure took us to a well-decorated restaurant.
In the elegant hall, I saw that half of the guests here turned out to be foreigners. It seems that this is a restaurant that is very popular among foreigners.
The waiter ushered us into a clean private room.
The round table was not big, I sat on Roman's left-hand side, Valery sat on Roman's right-hand side, and Tony sat opposite Roman.
It may be that I have not been in the country for a long time, and I am a little uncomfortable with the thoughtful and warm service of the waiters here.
Tony motioned to Roman to look at the recipe and said: The commercial counselor knew that Roman was in Beijing today, and he originally planned to personally pick up Roman, but it happened that he was going to participate in a very important foreign affairs event, so he asked Tony to do it for him.
Roman looked at the recipe and seemed unsure of what he wanted to eat, so he told Tony that he was not familiar with Chinese food, so let Tony watch it himself.
Tony turned to me and smiled and asked:
- "Linna, do you like Chinese food?" ”
- "Hehe...... Of course I like it, how can any Chinese not like to eat Chinese food? I laughed.
- "What? Chinese? Tony and Valery blurted out almost at the same time.
- "What? Am I not like Chinese? I asked with a smile.
- "Hahaha......" Roman laughed happily at the reaction of the two of them.
- "Linna, you are Chinese, then your Chinese must be very good, right?" Tony asked, looking at me inquiringly.
- "The best language I speak is Chinese!" I said
Hearing me say this, Tony stared at me for a few seconds, then lowered his eyes to the recipe and asked:
- "What do you like to eat, Lenna?" ”
- "As long as it's Chinese food, I love it!" I said.
- "I have a suggestion, how about we ask Lena to order food for us?" Lina is the best Chinese among us. Tony said to Roman.
I took the recipe and introduced them to each of the dishes on it.
Valery saw me and said with a smile after communicating with the waiter:
- "They all say that I have lived in China for 18 years and am a Chinese expert, but I know my Chinese level. Linna, if I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I really doubt that you could speak Chinese so well! To be honest, I don't think even the embassy interpreter is as good as your Chinese. ”
- "That's nature, Chinese is Linna's mother tongue!" Roman emphasized
- "Linna, is your mother Chinese?" Tony asked curiously
- "My parents are both Chinese. I said
Both Valery and Tony looked at me in amazement.
- "Huh...... How? Lena scared the hell out of you, didn't she? Roman smirked.
- "You don't believe it, or you ask them to see if I'm Chinese?" I gestured with my chin to the waiter who came in.
- "Just listening to you, I think you are 100% Chinese, but when I look at you, I feel that you are not Chinese." The waiter said with a smile as he served us food.
Valery translated the waiter's words to Roman and Tony, who both smiled in agreement.
During the dinner, Roman asked Tony if he could let them start work first in order to ensure the construction period?
As for the several qualification documents of the engineering team, they will definitely make up for them as soon as possible. After all, this is a professional engineering team with ten years of engineering experience, and their qualifications are completely no problem according to the requirements of the Chinese government, but some documents are not complete according to Russian standards, but this will not really affect the quality of construction. If these details delay the construction period, is it too much to lose?
I tell you that he can't decide this alone, but he can discuss it with the leaders of the Commerce and Trade Department, and maybe the leaders will be accommodating.
Roman seems to want to know the attitude of the leaders of the trade representative office. Tony, however, did not divulge any information on this.
Suddenly, Tony turned to me and asked:
- "Linna, you are Chinese, so have you ever been to Sanya in Hainan?" How's it going there? ”
- "I haven't been, but I've done commercials for travel companies there." I feel that the beaches in Sanya are really beautiful," I said
- "The commercial counsellor's wife told my wife that she really wanted to go there for a vacation. She also asked me how much it would cost if I went with their family. This Linna, can you help me find out? Tony asked.
- "Of course that's fine, my friend works for a travel agency. By the way, doesn't your wife want to go? I know that many Russian tourists like to go there in winter! If there are a lot of people, the travel agency will give you a discount," I said.