Chapter 783: Suspicious Dinner
Li Siwen opened the door and found that it was Li Fuzhen standing at the door, the other party first glanced sideways into the room, and then asked, "Didn't disturb your good deeds?" β
"Uh...... We're talking about work. Li Siwen was a little embarrassed, as if in the other party's impression, he would definitely mix with Han Jiaren and Xu Weiwei.
"By the way, are you going to Mr. Jiang's dinner?" Li Fuzhen asked and added: "If we go, we can go together." β
"You don't say I almost forgot." Li Siwen glanced at his watch, it turned out that it was already seven o'clock in the evening, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said, "How about we leave in five minutes?" β
"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the hall downstairs." Li Fuzhen bowed slightly and left.
Li Siwen returned to the room and put on a suit, called Xu Weiwei and Kong Guangnan, and called the hotel to arrange a vehicle, and then the three of them went downstairs.
In the Mercedes-Benz car at the door of the hotel, Chief Engineer Kong sat in the front, Li Siwen, Xu Weiwei and Li Fuzhen were crowded behind, after the car started, Li Siwen looked at Li Fuzhen and asked, "Miss Li, isn't your assistant coming?" β
"I told her that you guys would take care of it." Li Fuzhen smiled softly, and suddenly said, "Mr. Li, can you ask a question?" β
"I may not be able to answer a question that is too complicated." Li Siwen smiled back, he actually knew that the other party suddenly wanted to go to dinner with him, and he must have wanted to ask about his actions at the symposium. But for his layout, every step is confidential, he won't trust anyone except his own people, even Li Fuzhen is a potential opponent, and this answer is also a hint that Li Fuzhen should not ask nonsense.
Although Li Fuzhen is only in her early twenties, after all, she is from a chaebol background, so she understands this hint and smiles slightly: "The question is very simple, I just want to know if the VCD industry can really succeed in the future?" β
"Absolutely." Li Siwen is categorical.
"Thank you." Li Fuzhen nodded lightly and turned her gaze to the car window.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the four of them rushed to the Donglaishun Hotel, although the grade is not high, but after all, it is a time-honored brand, very popular, and Jiang Wanmeng set the dinner here is also intentional, after all, there are not only some corporate executives who are eating today, but also some leaders and experts above, extravagance and waste are naturally not good.
After Li Siwen and his entourage entered the box, Jiang Wanmeng greeted him in person, and introduced while greeting him: "We have set up a total of three tables today, two tables for corporate executives, and one table for experts and leaders, you can arrange it yourself." β
"Okay, Brother Jiang, you go get busy first." Li Siwen finished politely, looked at Kong Guangnan and said, "Chief Engineer Kong, you go to lead the table, you should be familiar with those experts or something." β
"Well, there are a few of them from the Chinese Academy of Sciences." Kong Guangnan didn't shirk either: "I'm over." β
"Okay." After Li Siwen agreed, he said to the two beauties beside him: "You two are with me?" Or do you want to find a place on your own? β
"Phew, it's such a big place, where are we going? It's not a feast. Xu Weiwei snorted, directly grabbed Li Siwen's hand and walked towards one of the tables, while Li Fuzhen followed behind with a smile.
After taking a seat, Li Siwen carefully observed, there were about 50 people attending the dinner, basically all of them were at the symposium, in addition to some experts and leaders, the two big tables of the company were also corporate executives at the meeting.
But what's interesting is that some powerful companies are sitting at the same table, such as Panasonic, Sony, Hitachi, LG, Philips, Siemens, Changhong, and Liu Zhonglie naturally sits with them.
On the other hand, Li Siwen's table, except for translators and assistants, the rest of the companies are not famous, seeing this scene, Li Siwen has to sigh that Xu Weiwei will choose a place.
Of course, he doesn't mind, the dinner itself has the nature of a group, everyone comes to eat this meal, not only to appreciate Jiang Wanmeng's face, but also to make some partners through the dinner table, after all, big guys like them, once the cooperation is reached, at least 10 million will start, to put it bluntly, it is a matter of interests.
Even Li Siwen's table was the same, before the meal came up, a boss handed Li Siwen a business card.
"Mr. Li, I am Wu Guangda of Jiangwan Electronics Factory, this time I heard about the VCD project, so I came to join in the fun, I didn't expect to meet so many big people, obviously a small factory like ours can't get a chance at all.
However, the strength of our factory is still very strong, the antenna technology is definitely the top in the mainland, if Mr. Li has a list, we must consider us. Wu Guangda said with a smile.
Li Siwen glanced at the business card and found that this electronics factory was from Changshan, so he nodded and said, "Okay, if you have the opportunity, you will definitely cooperate." β
"Mr. Li, our company not only develops antennas, but also makes matching circuit boards, if you cooperate with us, we will definitely give you the lowest price in the market."
"Mr. Li, the accessories of our factory are all technicians invited from abroad......"
Li Siwen squeezed a smile and took all the business cards, and this scene, he seemed to be like the sun, very dazzling. But if you look at it in combination with another table, you will find how embarrassing Li Siwen's situation is at this moment.
After all, the bigwigs don't take him seriously, only some small businesses revolve around him, is this still dazzling? Clear-eyed people understand that the current Li Siwen is a master who can't get on the stage, and Liu Zhonglie and others even point fingers at this side from time to time.
"Boss, I seem to have chosen the wrong position." Xu Weiwei lowered her head and said a little apologetically, she didn't realize the problem at first. Now she found out that the big people were sitting at the table opposite, and reminded worriedly: "Why don't you go and sit?" β
"It's good to sit here, you didn't choose the wrong one, even if we sat down just now, it was boring to ourselves." Li Siwen said calmly.
"You're not comforting me, are you?" Xu Weiwei said in a low voice.
"Of course not." Li Siwen explained: "When we first took our seats, they deliberately occupied the empty seats at the table, obviously afraid that we would sit over. You sat here for the first time because there were so many empty seats. β
"I remember, it is." Xu Weiwei suddenly realized, bit her lip and continued: "These people are too hateful. β
"They all hated me to death at the symposium, not to mention that Liu Zhonglie was in the way." After Li Siwen finished speaking, he looked at Li Fuzhen and said, "Miss Li, I'm sorry, according to your identity, you should sit at that table." β
"Giggles, it's nice to sit here." Li Fuzhen replied softly.
During the chat, the meal had already been served, and Jiang Wanmeng gave a generous speech with a wine glass, basically thanking him.
When the words of thanks were finished, Jiang Wanmeng dried up the wine, and then continued: "I know that everyone is very concerned about the VCD project, but I and Mr. Sun Yansheng and the province have had a preliminary study on the investment, in short, the first step of investment will be jointly funded by me and Mr. Sun Yansheng, the amount is about 20 million US dollars, as for whether to introduce other capital in the future, I will give an answer within two weeks, so you don't need to ask about investment today, just eat and drink well, I will toast you again." β
This time, Jiang Wanmeng learned to be smart, and he could see from the symposium that these capitalists were joining forces to engage him.
Therefore, at this dinner, he was anti-customer-oriented, and took the lead in throwing out the topic of investing 20 million US dollars, and also showed the intention of terminating the investment, which was also secretly putting pressure on major enterprises. It is also to express his confidence in the VCD project to the expert group and leaders.
To make Jiang Wanmeng's words clear, that is, if we have follow-up funds in two weeks, it will be more difficult for you to invest, so it is best to say something stammering.
But Jiang Wanmeng is smart, these old fritters in the business world are even smarter, how can he play with these people if he is engaged in technology.
Everyone obviously realized the other party's intentions, and almost at the same time raised their glasses and said: "Mr. Jiang, since today is a dinner, let's not talk about work, let's toast Mr. Jiang together." β
Everyone held the cup, Jiang Wanmeng could only grit his teeth and drink, and he had to show a smile.
"This Jiang Wanmeng is too naΓ―ve, can he fight with these people?" Li Siwen took a sip of wine and said, "This is to break your teeth and swallow it in your stomach, hehe." β
Li Siwen said, he was not interested in continuing to watch the liveliness of the other party, and began to eat by himself, and did not forget to praise: "I heard that this Donglai Shun has a history of eighty or ninety years, and the dishes are really good." β
When he said this, he couldn't help but look at Xu Weiwei, and found that the other party was eating in a big gulp, and then looked at Li Fuzhen next to Xu Weiwei, like a kitten, putting it in his mouth little by little, even if he ate rice, it was one grain at a time.
"Xu Weiwei, you eat slowly." Li Siwen couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Xu Weiwei looked at Li Siwen's gaze and then at Li Fuzhen, and soon understood. This guy is laughing at himself and gobbling up, not like a woman.
"Hmph, you're dead." Xu Weiwei approached Li Siwen and gritted her teeth and said.
"Ahem, I didn't say anything, and this dish is really delicious, you eat more, you can't gain a few pounds in one meal."
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After more than an hour, everyone was also full of wine and food, and the bigwigs from all parties really did not discuss the VCD at all as they said before, obviously this has formed a tacit understanding, and Jiang Wanmeng is also helpless, just like Li Siwen said, he broke his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach.
And just when everyone thought that today's dinner would end in such a peaceful way, Kong Guangnan suddenly picked up his wine glass and walked to Liu Zhonglie's table.
Kong Guangnan's face was flushed, obviously he had drunk a lot of wine, seeing this scene, Xu Weiwei hurriedly said to Li Siwen: "Boss, what do you think Chief Engineer Kong is doing?" β
"I don't know." Li Siwen frowned.
"I looked at the leader's table before, Director Zeng and the people next to him have been pouring wine into Chief Engineer Kong, can't anything happen? He's a technologist. Xu Weiwei was a little worried.
"It's okay, I'm here, what are you afraid of." Li Siwen replied calmly, but he also looked at Kong Guangnan curiously, not knowing what the other party was going to do.
"Lao Liu, we have worked together for many years, aside from the relationship with Liansheng, even now, you and I can be regarded as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and we can be regarded as friends and colleagues, right?"
Kong Guangnan's voice was very loud, attracting all the eyes in the room.
"Lao Kong, look at what you said, of course we are friends." After Liu Zhonglie finished speaking, he got up and grabbed Kong Guangnan and introduced to the dinner table: "Colleagues, this is our Liansheng's meritorious figure, Mr. Kong Guangnan, the former chief engineer, although we finally parted ways because of the disagreement, but his contribution to our Liansheng will always be engraved in the merit book." β
"It turned out to be Chief Engineer Kong, who has admired his name for a long time."
"The Hanka developed by Chief Engineer Kong is a sign of the times."
The executives sitting around the dinner table expressed their approval of Kong Guangnan, which made Xu Weiwei at the other table say: "It seems that their relationship is not bad!" β
"I always feel like it's not that simple!" Li Siwen frowned secretly, he wondered why Chief Engineer Kong, a person who usually speaks little, suddenly found Liu Zhonglie, what did he want to say?