Zhao Minglei drove a Lada, originally thought that he could use this car to pick up Mr. Steven, but who came out of the airport to know that Steven had already rented a car in Yanjing, and this car was a rare crown, when he saw the luxurious crown slowly stopped in front of them, where did Zhao Minglei still have the courage to invite the other party to sit in his broken Lada?

However, Mr. Steven took care of Zhao Minglei's opinion and specially inquired about the accommodation arranged for him. When he learned that Zhao Minglei had booked a room at the Friendship Hotel, Mr. Steven smiled and said that the guest would do whatever he wanted, and since he had booked a place, he would go to the Friendship Hotel.

Friendship Hotel was built in 1954, formerly known as Xijiao Guest House, renamed Friendship Hotel in 1956, and began to receive foreign guests in 1973, which is one of the oldest foreign-related hotels in Yanjing.

The group drove two cars, Steven and his party sat on the crown first, Zhao Minglei and Wang Juan's Lada then left the airport and headed towards the Friendship Hotel.

When he arrived at the Friendship Hotel, Zhao Minglei helped Steven and his party check in, and Steven opened three rooms, a large suite with a reception room was Steven's, and the other two rooms were on the same floor as Steven, and were occupied by Ruth and Steven's assistant (bodyguard) Paul.

Friendship Hotel is the best foreign-related hotel in Yanjing, the facilities are naturally not bad, entered the room and looked, Steven seemed to be very satisfied with the layout of the room, and then beckoned Zhao Minglei and others to sit.

"Zhao Xiansen, Yanjing, I am the first time to come back, and I will trouble you to order silk here ......." Steven handed Zhao Minglei a cigar, lit one and smoked it, and said very politely.

"No trouble, no trouble, this is what I should do." Zhao Minglei hurriedly said with a smile on his face, and asked Mr. Steven about his itinerary.

Steven smiled and told him that he couldn't stay in Yanjing for a few days, and this time he came to Yanjing mainly to see the market situation in the mainland, especially the northern market. As the big boss of Xiangjiang, he has more frequent contact with the mainland and Yangcheng, but he doesn't know much about the northern market.

Although Steven's company's products have been doing business with Yanjing as early as a year ago, in fact, in terms of business, it is not Xiangjiang Company that directly contacts Yanjing, but a company in the mainland, that is, Yangcheng, is in charge.

Originally, there was no need for Steven to make a trip in person, after all, the mainland market is still very small, and the business volume only accounts for a part of his company's total business volume. In addition, the cooperation between Yangcheng Company and Steven and their company is not bad, and he does not want to change partners in this case, but because of Zhao Minglei's indomitable sincerity, he was moved, especially the words that Zhao Minglei said on the phone made Steven have a strong interest in the mainland market, so this time he took the opportunity to take the opportunity to fly to Yanjing to see what the situation was on Yanjing's side.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Steven is very busy, he will attend Governor MacLehose's banquet in Hong Kong next Tuesday, have dinner with Sir Chung on Wednesday, and have a business meeting in New York on Friday, Mr. Steven must attend as a special guest, so Mr. Steven will return to Hong Kong on Sunday night." Ruth said in a mechanical tone.

But this short sentence made Zhao Minglei and Wang Juan dumbfounded, they were both governor and knight, and there was a business meeting in New York or something, these seemed to be the existence of another world in their understanding.

Today is already Friday, and Steven will stay until Sunday at the latest, which means that as Steven just said, it will be three days at most.

The three-day time was very tight, and Zhao Minglei originally planned to take Steven and his entourage around Yanjing, and he had done his best to be a landlord, eating and drinking well, and then visiting the Forbidden City, climbing the Great Wall or something, using this way to win over feelings.

But now it seems that these are impossible at all, and Mr. Steven directly proposed to Zhao Minglei that he would go to see the market in Yanjing the day after tomorrow, especially what Zhao Minglei said on the phone about his trading and channels, and in-depth investigation of the actual situation in Yanjing.

Time waits for no one, Mr. Steven and his entourage will leave Beijing on Sunday evening, if they can't negotiate before he leaves, then they can only say that it is a pity, and it is not too late to have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.

Zhao Minglei was a little surprised by this sudden change, but after thinking about it carefully, since the other party is the big boss of Xiangjiang, he is naturally not an ordinary person, and it is normal for the schedule to be tense. But in this way, his own arrangements were disrupted, and Zhao Minglei had no choice but to rearrange Mr. Steven's activities.

"No, I'm a little tired today, take a rest in the hotel, take a walk around the neighborhood in the evening, and feel the atmosphere of the mainland, especially the atmosphere of Yanjing." When he heard Zhao Minglei ask about his arrangements for the rest of the day, Steven waved his hand very generously: "Tomorrow, tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning, can you bother Zhao Xiansen to take me to see the market in Yanjing?" ”

"Yes, of course." Zhao Minglei hurriedly agreed.

"By the way, there is something I want Zhao Xiansen to help." Steven said suddenly.

Just when Zhao Minglei didn't know what the other party wanted him to help, Steven made a gesture with his hand holding a cigar, and Ruth on the side took a suitcase from the bodyguard Paul, opened it and took out a stack of large-denomination banknotes from it.

"Mr. Steven, ...... this?" Looking at the banknote in front of him, Zhao Minglei recognized that this was a Hong Kong dollar, and it was a large denomination of Hong Kong dollars.

Compared with the mainland's largest denomination of RMB is still 10 yuan, the maximum denomination of Hong Kong dollar in Hong Kong is already 1,000 yuan. Of course, the 1,000 yuan Taurus is rarely used by ordinary people, and even the 500 yuan banknote is rarely used on the market, so the 100 yuan banknote is usually used.

Ruth took out a Hong Kong dollar denomination of 100 yuan, and a thick stack was 10,000 yuan.

"I came in a hurry, I heard that the money used in the mainland is different from our Xiangjiang, what ...... do you want to exchange." As he spoke, Steven looked at Ruth, who still said in her formulaic tone, "Foreign exchange coupons." ”

"Yes, yes, foreign exchange coupons!" Steven slapped his forehead with a smile, and then continued: "This money is still bothering Zhao Xiansen to help exchange it, is it okay?" ”

Zhao Minglei is now worth a little, but when so many foreign currencies are placed in front of him, Zhao Minglei can't help but feel a dry mouth. He nodded again and again and said that this is no problem, there is such a service at the front desk of the Friendship Hotel, but as the host, Zhao Minglei suggested that Steven did not need to exchange foreign exchange coupons, just use the renminbi directly, since he invited Mr. Steven to come, he can pay these fees.

In this regard, Steven refused, and told Zhao Minglei very seriously that the rules of business are the rules, not to mention that this is not in line with Steven's identity. However, Zhao Minglei's reminder is good, if there is RMB that can be used, please Zhao Minglei to give him RMB directly, as for these Hong Kong dollars, they should be directly exchanged for RMB to Zhao Minglei.

As for the exchange rate, Steven asked Ruth, and Ruth quoted an exchange rate, and then Steven asked Zhao Minglei if this was okay? Zhao Minglei was overjoyed, nodded hurriedly and agreed, and immediately counted 2,000 yuan from his bag and handed it over with both hands.

After doing this, Steven sincerely thanked him, and then chatted with Zhao Minglei about the arrangements to go to the market tomorrow.

After finishing speaking, Steven looked a little tired, Zhao Minglei saw that it was almost there, and got up with Wang Juan to say goodbye to Mr. Steven and the others. 、

When he arrived downstairs, Zhao Minglei's mouth was so happy that he exchanged 10,000 Hong Kong dollars for 2,000 yuan, and he took a big advantage this time.

Although the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the renminbi was 5:1 last year, this year's exchange rate has begun to change, and now the actual exchange rate has reached the level of 4.8:1. Moreover, this is the official exchange rate, and the ratio of real private exchange has long broken the level of 3:1, reaching 2.9:1.

In other words, just helping to exchange 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, Zhao Minglei changed hands and earned nearly 1,500 yuan, plus the purchasing power of foreign currencies and the convenience of use on many special occasions, the advantage of which can be taken advantage of.

"Brother Minglei, Wishing you prosperity, those who see it have a share!" Wang Juan on the side is also happy, in her opinion, Steven is simply a wealthy Kaizi, and he has reaped such a big benefit as soon as they met.

Today, Wang Juan deeply felt the difference in front of Ruth, and at the same time aroused Wang Juan's unconvincing character, Zhao Minglei got 10,000 Hong Kong dollars from Steven's hand, this money can just come in handy, Wang Juan has already thought about it, take some foreign currency to the friendship store to see, learn Ruth's dress and give herself a set, what is this Xiangjiang woman? If she can dress like her, she must be more amazing than her with her appearance.

"Hehe, don't worry, you're indispensable." Zhao Minglei happily patted his pocket to give Wang Juan a reassuring look, and then he said to Wang Juan: "By the way, Mr. Steven is going back the day after tomorrow, how about Brother Liming?" Can you find time to meet tomorrow? ”

This is the right thing, Wang Juan naturally put it in her heart, and after meeting Steven and his party today, Wang Juan was even more impressed by the bearing and heritage of the other party's big boss in Xiangjiang.

Wang Juan thought about it and said that she had mentioned this matter to Zhang Liming before, but Zhang Liming did not give a clear answer, but just said that she would wait for someone to come. Now that the people have arrived, then they go directly to Zhang Liming now, right? Report today's situation to Zhang Liming and see what Zhang Liming means.

In this regard, Zhao Minglei agreed, the two immediately drove out of the Friendship Hotel, an hour later to Zhang Liming's office, it happened that Zhang Liming was rarely free today, and had time to listen to them say that they were going to pick up Steven today, when they listened to the happy report of the two of them, Zhang Liming asked a few questions, Zhao Minglei and Wang Juan answered one by one, and then Zhang Liming thought about it and told them that they could take time to meet each other tomorrow night, but there was not much time, that is, the time to have dinner, so that Zhao Minglei arranged the hotel in advance, See you at the hotel then.