You're beautiful. You're beautiful.

You're beautiful， it's true.

There must be an angel with a smile on her face，

When she thought up that I should be with you.

But it's time to face the truth，

I will never be with you.

On the west bank of the Nile, at the "Four Seasons Hotel" in Giza, the room is only the ambiguous half-dim bedside lamp, and in the iPod speaker on the table, James Blunt is singing his new song.

The curtains were not completely closed, Shishi was naked, her hands were propped up on the edge of the window, Zeng Zijian was holding her tightly behind her, the two of them were in rhythm, and the two pairs of eyes were looking at the same place, the big pyramid in the moonlight in the distance.

The two men calmed down.

Shishi turned her head, kissed him, saw his wandering eyes, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zeng Zijian let go of her and walked to the bathroom by himself: "Alas, I can't always pounce on the CEO of 'Oscar', our respected Mr. Ali." ”

"Oscar" is an Egyptian family-owned conglomerate, and its "Oscar Telecom" has been aggressive in its investment plans for some time. "Weizhong" hopes to gain a more advantageous market structure in Egypt and establish deeper cooperation with "Oscar Telecom", but the relationship between high-level customers is weak and the progress is not as expected.

Zeng Zijian wanted to talk to Ali, the CEO of "Oscar Telecom", as soon as possible, but he suffered from the lack of good channels and opportunities, so he finally met a few times, and was sent away without a few words.

He managed to get acquainted with Ali's secretary and found out that Ali used to fly to Dubai on Sunday morning and return to Cairo on Wednesday afternoon for official reasons. He simply bought a ticket every week to fly from Cairo to Dubai on Sunday morning, and returned to Cairo from Dubai on Wednesday afternoon, just to meet Ali at the airport and create an opportunity for in-depth exchanges.

I really met twice, but Ali was accompanied by a few people, and he was in a hurry, and it was very good to be able to listen to him say "Hello".

Ali didn't go to Dubai again this week, Zeng Zijian took Shishi to the pyramids to watch the sunset, had a Chinese meal nearby, and simply opened a room at the "Four Seasons Hotel" in Giza in the evening to enjoy the weekend.

Shishi followed him into the bathroom and asked, "Do you guys go to the customer like this?" Wait for the rabbit. ”

"Why not? This is often the case in the early years when a company first enters a country! At that time, how many overseas customers knew what 'Weizhong' did? The first thing we do when we first arrive in a country is to find a house to live in, and the market goal in the first year is to meet people and wait for the rabbit! It took three years to talk to the customer's senior management, and it took three years to get the first contract with a contract of 80 US dollars. 'Weizhong' has relied on this kind of hard work and fighting to the death to fight to this day! Didn't I tell you the story of how I spent a month guarding the water dispenser in the UAE customer's pantry when I first arrived? ”

Shishi looked at him gently, remembered something, and said: "The fat manager of our company is quite annoying, and he always looks at me with lust. ”

Zeng Zijian was absent-minded, and just kissed her on the forehead: "Then you be careful." I'm going to the golf course tomorrow to pounce on Ali. ”

Zamalik Island in the middle of the Nile is an idyllic retreat on the edge of bustling life, historically beloved by Western colonizers and in modern times Cairo's foreign embassy district. More than 100 years ago, the British founded the Gizira Sports Club on the island, and the golf course in the club is said to be the first in Egyptian history.

Tsang Zijian inquired from Ali's secretary that Ali would come to play, and he wandered around the golf course early in the morning, but he never saw Ali's shadow.

Towards noon, he sat down depressedly and asked for a glass of mango juice, looking at the Cairo Tower in a daze.

The Cairo Tower is 187 meters tall and is inspired by the lotus flower revered by the Egyptians. It is said that the Americans gave Nasser's government $6 million to stop supporting Algeria's struggle against French colonialism, but Nasser used the money to build the tower opposite the U.S. embassy as a symbol of the Arab resistance.

Zeng Zijian looked at the Cairo Tower and thought, "Where does this look like a lotus?" Isn't that just a middle finger up? Nasser is really ruthless, he takes money from others and gives them the middle finger. ”

A tall, Egyptian with his hair meticulously cured with hairspray sat down on the chair next to him.

Zeng Zijian glanced at him, and had no intention of talking.

But the Egyptians asked him enthusiastically, "Where do you come from?" Japan? Korea? ”

"China."

The man suddenly became excited: "You are Chinese, I want to ask you a question, why did the strap of the Chinese leather bag I bought break after less than half a year?" Why is it not allowed to use the Chinese watch I bought for one year? Why did the Chinese power strip I bought almost burn down my house? Can you tell me why? ”

"Chinese make everything", this is a common compliment used by overseas friends after hearing that he is Chinese in those two years, but inferior products from China can indeed be seen everywhere.

Zeng Zijian thought to himself, "There is revenge for injustice, and there is revenge for revenge, but don't put a label on the heads of more than a billion people!" ”

He looked at the man, and when he saw that he was covered with famous brands, he said, "Why did you buy a Chinese leather bag?" Since you're coming to play in this stadium, you should buy 'Prada' or something. ”

"Because I like China!"

The man shook the Patek Philippe on his wrist and squeezed his eyes at Zeng Zijian: "I once bought a 'Rolex' in China, and it is exactly the same as the real thing, which is really interesting!" I bought one curiously, but it broke after a year of use. ”

Zeng Zijian looked at him helplessly: "Sorry, these things can't represent China." Have you ever been to China? ”

"Of course, I have been to China twice, to some very famous cities, like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Yiwu, Wenzhou, Dongguan", the man smiled heartily and stretched out his hand to Zeng Zijian: "I like Chinese, it's nice to meet you, my name is Ahmed, Ahmad Ali, what is your name?" ”

Zeng Zijian's heart moved, if an Egyptian is called "Ahmad Ali Muhammad Ahmad Heda", then according to the Arab custom of taking names, "Ahmed" is his own name, "Ali" is his father's name, "Muhammad" is his grandfather's name, "Ahmed" is his great-grandfather's name, and "Heda" is their family name.

Intuition made Zeng Zijian enthusiastically hold his outstretched hand: "My name is Hadim, Hadim Zeng, it's a pleasure to meet you." Your name is Ahmed Ali? So, Ali Muhammad is yours? ”

"Ali Muhammad is my father."

Zeng Zijian moved his chair slightly and turned slightly towards Xiao Ali: "So you are also in the telecommunications industry?" ”

"No, no, I just came back from England. I'm more interested in history, geography, culture, and maybe I'll go into tourism. ”

"Really? My wife is also in the tourism industry. ”

"Really?"

"And, of course, she's in Cairo, in Egypt's tourism."

Zeng Zijian took out a business card from his wallet and handed it to Xiao Ali: "Didn't your father come to play today?" ”

Xiao Ali took the business card, looked at it carefully, and smiled: "Weizhong Company, so are you waiting for my father here?" I heard him mention that there is a Chinese from Weizhong Company who knows his itinerary better than himself recently, it must be you, right? He's not coming today, let's go, I'll take you to play ball, let's talk about China and tourism, but don't talk about your telecom business, I'm not interested. ”

The "Oasis" travel agency where Shishi works is also on Zamalik Island, and she takes a taxi to commute to work every day.

Sunday is the first working day of the week for Egyptians, and Chandan is so busy that he doesn't even bother to eat lunch. Seeing that it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, he was about to stand up and move his muscles, when the mobile phone rang, Shishi said anxiously on the other end of the phone: "Qian Dan, you come downstairs, I am downstairs in your office." ”

Qian Dan went downstairs full of doubts. As soon as Shishi saw him, she took two steps forward, grabbed his arm and dragged him to the wall, and said anxiously, "You accompany me to 'Oasis' to find Zijian." ”

Qian Dan was even more confused: "Go to 'Oasis' to find Zijian?" What's the situation? ”

"Our dead fat manager called me into his office at noon, said that he wanted to give me a car, and touched my ass while talking, I was angry, rushed back and told Zijian, Zijian was going to go to him to settle accounts, I said it, I won't go to work anymore, he originally agreed, just now I called him, he said that he was on his way to Zamalik, and he wanted to help me solve the problem. I'm afraid that he will suffer, so you accompany me to find him. ”

Qian Dan didn't have a car, so he and Shishi walked quickly to Digra Square, took a "black cat sheriff" and went straight to Zamalik Island.

There was a traffic jam on the bridge over the Nile, and the two men became more and more anxious.

It was easy to get downstairs to "Oasis", Shishi rushed up with Qian Dan, but the office was peaceful. As soon as the two stood at the door, the little girl at the front desk followed, squeezed her eyes at Shishi, and raised her hand to point to the conference room.

Shishi rushed to the front, pushed open the door of the conference room, and was stunned again.

On one side of the table sat the fat manager, and on the other side, in addition to Zeng Zijian, there was also Brother Wang.

Brother Wang, who is never afraid of the heat, is still wearing a suit and leather shoes and tie, but he puts his feet in leather shoes high on the edge of the table. There were also two Egyptians sitting next to them, the two were burly and magnificent, both with a black patch in the middle of their foreheads, and they belonged to people who did enough homework every day and kowtowed.

Seeing Shishi rushing in, the fat manager quickly stood up, looked a little timid, and said in a loud voice, "I'm sorry." ”

When Zeng Zijian saw Shishi, he also stood up and said to a few people at the table: "Okay, let's go." ”

After he finished speaking, he walked over and hugged Shishi: "Let's go", then turned his head to Brother Wang and said, "It's almost dinner time, let's have a meal together!" ”

Qian Dan and Shishi followed him downstairs in a fog.

Brother Wang said goodbye to the two Egyptians downstairs, and said to Zeng Zijian: "I know a good Japanese restaurant, which is on Zamalik Island, not far away, you can follow me!" ”

He drove the car in front to lead the way, and Zeng Zijian followed behind with Qian Dan and Shishi.

Qian Dan and Shishi were still in the clouds, and Shishi said: "I'm afraid that you will suffer a loss, so I quickly pulled Qian Dan here, why did you think of looking for Brother Wang to help?" ”

Zeng Zijian said indifferently: "You won't suffer a loss if you pull Qian Dan here?" Do you think I'm really going to fight alone? What's the use of fighting? Aim to solve problems in everything you do. Brother Wang used to brag to me that he knew people from the Cairo underworld, so I called him. Prove that he didn't brag, those two Egyptians were really on the underworld, and the fat man was frightened. ”

Qian Dan said: "How can Brother Wang know the people on the underworld here? ”

"Brother Wang's brain is working, in addition to working in 'F Company', he is quietly doing his own private business, coming from Huaqiang North to electronic products, and transporting marble back from here. He got to know a lot of people here in his business dealings. ”

Shishi sighed and said, "What problem do you want to solve?" I don't come to work anymore, it really scares me to death, I'm afraid you'll suffer. ”

Zeng Zijian said: "Who said not to do it? You've done nothing wrong, and you'll continue to work at 'Oasis' tomorrow. The fat man was frightened by us today and won't dare to harass you. He will give you a car, you can use it when you commute to work, go out to run attractions, restaurants, we didn't ask him for a mental damage fee to be cheap. I'll talk to you when I get home in the evening. ”

The Japanese restaurant recommended by Brother Wang is hidden on the side of a secluded tree-lined road, with a small shop surface, and it is elegant and quiet inside.

The four of them ordered a table full of sushi, sashimi, and sake.

Zeng Zijian, Brother Wang, and Shishi were full of interest, talking about how they came to the door, how the fat manager was afraid of begging for mercy, and also talked about Brother Wang's own quietly doing business, how strange and powerful Huaqiangbei's various mobile phones are, and how Egypt's beige marble is competitive in the Chinese market, etc.

Qian Dan didn't say much, he played with the Japanese wine glass, occasionally picked it up and touched the glass, thoughtfully.

Round after round of drinking, they cleared more than a dozen pots before leaving.

Brother Wang drove away by himself, and Zeng Zijian's car took Shishi and Qian Dan along the avenue on the bank of the Nile.

Zeng Zijian turned on the car stereo very loudly, and the single looped "You are beautiful".

He said excitedly: "Dandan, I recommend James Blunt's song to you, this singer turned out to be a British soldier, participated in the Kosovo War, known as the captain poet, and has been very popular recently." ”

Qian Dan let out a "hmm" and looked out the car window, feeling faintly uneasy.

Zeng Zijian turned his head and glanced at Qian Dan: "Dandan, you don't talk much all night?" Don't feel happy to see Brother Wang? We are all small part-time workers, the company is the company, and the private matter is the private matter. ”

Qian Dan blurted out: "Zijian, I've always admired you." At that time in Changsha, you were better than me, you thought more deeply and farther than me, you played football better than me, and you played 'FIFA' better than me, and you were my idol. Today I found that you are even more powerful than I originally thought, and I can't do it. ”

Zeng Zijian glanced at him from the rearview mirror and said meaningfully: "There are some things that you may not be able to reach, but you are unwilling to do it, right?" ”

After a while, he said again: "Have you ever thought that one day in the future, 'Weizhong' thinks that we are too old to rush and may drive us away?" What are we going to do when that time comes? Set up a stall to sell pirated discs? Or do you have a little bit of pursuit, open a '7-11'? ”