When I landed from Heathrow Airport, it was drizzling in the London area, but Huo Dongjun and Charles Wood were not in the mood to enjoy the scenery of London in the rain at all, and under the arrangement of the staff of Hannas London, they took the Heathrow Express train from Heathrow Airport directly to Paddington Railway Station, and then transferred to Nottingham.

The reason why he hurriedly got off the plane and took the train was not that the reception work of Hannas Company could not even arrange a car, but that the time was a little tight, and Aladel Milne promised to meet Huo Dongjun at ten o'clock tomorrow morning in his own small estate in Nottingham, but before tomorrow, Huo Dongjun must first go to Nottingham to meet Johnson Donald to find out how interested Aladel Milne is in running to the Hong Kong colony to start work.

By road, it takes almost three hours or four hours, and by train it takes only an hour and a half, and the Hanners are already waiting at Nottingham train station.

When Huo Dongjun arrived at the Nottingham Railway Station, it was already 5:20 p.m. London time, and he took the reception car arranged by Hannas Company to the Swan Hotel in the West Bridgeford district where Johnson Donald lived, and met Johnson Donald, the British ghost manager of Dongtian Investment, who had been playing the outpost nearly two weeks earlier than himself, accompanied by Johnson Donald, and the vice president of Hannas's London company, Bard Hill.

Whether it is Charles Wood, Bud Hill, or even Johnson Donald, he is not interested in standing outside the hotel door to chat at this time, and accompanied Huo Dongjun into the business room that has been booked a long time ago, and after the waiter delivers coffee and leaves, Johnson Donald handed a shorthand book to Huo Dongjun, and after not seeing each other for more than a week, Johnson Donald seems to be a little more energetic than when he was in Hong Kong:

"Boss, I've met with this Mr. Aladell-Milne three times since I came, the first time just to talk about the weather at a cocktail party, and the second and third times to have a real conversation with him, and these are the messages I jot down after each conversation. ”

"His attitude?" Huo Dongjun did not directly flip through the small shorthand book, but handed it over to Charles Wood, as professionals, people like Charles Wood and Bard Hill can better judge Aladale Milne's mind from these messages.

Johnson Donald shrugged: " The second time we met, he read the industry analysis report provided by Bain International, and then gave a grade on it like a professor, e, he failed the evaluation of the analysis report and plan that we asked Bain International to do at a high price, but he was very sure of the Asian market, he thought that in addition to Eastern Europe, which is still fiercely seizing the market, the next TV media battlefield must be Asia, the third meeting, he seemed to have no interest in the invitation, and talked to me about life and work, and most of the time I was saying, he seemed to be perfunctory, to be a quiet listener, I said that my boss wants to communicate with you in personHe gave an unkind time, otherwise I wouldn't have flown you from Hong Kong to London and then by train to Nottingham right away. ”

"I want to know, is you or is he in control of the rhythm of the conversation and chat in the third meeting? He is leading you to talk about work and life?" Almost at the same time, Huo Dongjun and Charles Wood asked similar questions, focusing on the questions of these small talk at the third meeting, who is guiding the rhythm.

"Of course it's him, and if it were me, I'd continue to talk to him about going to Hong Kong to work. Johnson Donald's eyes lit up, Charles Wood asked such a question he was not surprised, after all, his old classmate has been in the headhunting industry for many years, and his sensitivity is far beyond others, but his young boss actually discovered this problem, and he couldn't help but admire, even he himself was only afterwards under the prompting of Bard Hill to affirm some of Aladale Milne's ideas.

Bard Hill looked at Huo Dongjun with gray-blue eyes that were slightly sunken into his eye sockets, and said in an affirmative tone:

"We judge that Aladell Milne is very interested in the emerging Asian market, all his achievements in the TV industry come from change and revolution, if there is an opportunity for him to change the entire Asian TV landscape, his character makes him unable to refuse, but his current concerns come from your identity, Mr. Huo, in the eyes of Aladale Milne, you are just a young man with a little bit of money, he obviously does not want his boss or partner to be a layman who knows nothing about the industry, that report makes him not optimistic about you, and judging from the question of his third meeting with Mr. Johnson DonaldHe is trying to understand the status of a British person working in a Chinese company, cultural differences, philosophies and even completely different work attitudes, and it can be seen from the time he asks you to meet people like this, you know, British people rarely meet people like this, he is waiting for you to be unprepared or dissatisfied with him, and then let himself find a reason to refuse to open up the Asian market. ”

"So ......"

"So, your watch is the only chance, only this time, Aladell Milne has fallen into a choice barrier between the titles of 'Asian TV Industry Changer' and 'Hairy Boy's Partner', you want to use your meeting tomorrow to turn the scales, I'm very sorry, I can't help at all with tomorrow's conversation, it's all up to you, Mr. Huo. Bard Hill said apologetically to Huo Dongjun.

Huo Dongjun looked at Bard Hill intently, and nodded slowly: "That's why I'm coming to Nottingham, whether it's success or failure, I have to try it myself." ”

Several people had dinner together, and at 945 the next morning, Huo Dongjun, who had changed into a suit of fine fabric, accompanied by Johnson Donald and Charles Wood, went to Alladel Milne's holiday estate in the Blakestow district of Nottinghamshire.

This is a small estate covering an area of no more than three acres, compared with the British rich people's large estates or castles of dozens of acres, it is quite shabby, but listening to Johnson Donald's introduction on the road, it seems that the small estate of Aladel-Milne actually produces the best sparkling wine and oak flavor white wine and cider in the whole of Nottinghamshire, although the British local wine is recognized as the most unpleasant in Europe, but it can make the Nottinghams who are used to drinking imported fruit wine give this small estate the first name of Nottingham fruit wine, and the old man's life taste can be seen。

At 10:03, Huo Dongjun stood upright outside the manor, Johnson Donald rang the old-fashioned doorbell, and a maid dressed in Irish clothing opened the door and ushered the three into the manor.

An old man of Anglo-Saxon ethnicity stood in the antechamber of the manor, with an old butler in a tuxedo next to him.

Johnson Donald reminded Huo Dongjun softly behind him: "He greeted him in the front yard, I didn't have this treatment before, boss." ”

When he was about to approach the other party, Johnson-Donald took two steps forward and took the lead in introducing: "Hello, Mr. Milne, this is the boss of Dongtian Investment, Huo Dongjun." ”

"Hello, Mr. Milne, I'm Huo Dongjun. Huo Dongjun stood still when he took a step away from the old man, and stretched out his hand to the other party with a smile: "Thank you for inviting me to your estate, listen to Johnson, this estate produces the best sparkling wine in Nottinghamshire, and thank you for today's sunny weather, so that I can stand firm, instead of rushing in to avoid the rain." ”

"Hello, Mr. Huo, although Mr. Donald has already said your age, but when you stand here, I can't help but be surprised, oh my God, you are like those young horses in the horse farm, energetic and very strong-looking, energetic young people, welcome, please come in. Aladell-Milne shook hands with Huo Dongjun and nodded slightly, obviously Huo Dongjun was satisfied with his first conversation, introduction, thanks, and then two topics thrown out to avoid embarrassment, his favorite fruit wine and the weather that the British most often talked about.

"This is Mr. Charles Wood of Hannas. "Johnson Donald introduced Charles Wood to Aladale Milne again.

"Greetings, Mr. Milne, for the sake of that documentary you played, I want to say that you did not lose, and I, and many others, have your back. Charles Wood bowed slightly to Aladale Milne and said politely.

The documentary he was talking about was the incident in which director Aladell Milne was forced to resign.

Aladell-Milne waved his hand: "No, no, anyone would do that, the people have a right to know what the British government has done with their tax money, my dear old Alfred, the guests have come, take us to the tea break." ”

The old butler on the side bowed slightly to the people: "Sir, the refreshments are ready, I can lead the guests to the garden for refreshments, but you have to wait a while, our tuner, Viscount Gilbert, is coming, you need to meet him." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, guys, you can go to the garden with Alfred first, the piano in the manor is too long, the keys need to be adjusted, I'll be there after receiving Viscount Gilbert, I'm really sorry. Aladell Milne said sincerely and apologetically to Huo Dongjun.

Huo Dongjun's smile remained unchanged: "It's okay, Mr. Milne has created an opportunity for us to visit this manor, thank you." ”

When he followed the housekeeper into the garden and arranged for someone to deliver refreshments, Huo Dongjun said to Johnson-Donald with a relaxed expression: "When you met this Mr. Milne before, he talked like this?

"The first time it was, when it came to the professional aspect, he wasn't, and I was surprised, oh my God, he looked like that BBC changemaker, a clearly rude old British aristocrat. ”