Chapter 45 Forty-five, two little seals

Five years ago, the first leader of Ergou once taught Ergou: "In today's society, people have less and less time to sit together and communicate with each other. They can sit together and talk quietly. There are fewer and fewer opportunities to talk when you are young. If the communication is smooth for two hours, then you are likely to become friends. Therefore, when you meet customers, you must chat more with customers, not necessarily about work As long as the customer does not show boredom, you can continue to chat with him. Chatting and chatting, maybe you will become friends. In this way, you not only have more customers, but also have more friends. Things will be much easier when we become friends." Thinking about it carefully, in the past five years, the people who used to chat quietly with Ergou for two hours have really become Ergou's friends.

Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen must understand this truth, they understand two things.One is that since Chief Wei is going to celebrate his birthday with Xiao Jing, they will definitely not arrange other things at night. They must have a lot of time to chat with Chief Wei. If they have the opportunity to chat, they will have the opportunity to become friends; the second is the first meeting , I definitely can’t talk about a single business, at most I can introduce what I do. The place to eat is in a small private room in Li Si's newly opened seafood hotel, which is quite quiet. On this day, Mr. Shen and Zhao Hongbing were both dressed in suits and leather shoes, very orthodox business people.People in sharp suits can be seen everywhere in Shanghai, but in the Northeast back then, very few people always wore neat suits.Mr. Shen and Zhao Hongbing both served as soldiers. They have straight waists and broad shoulders, and they look extraordinarily energetic in suits.And it is said that they both carried briefcases, although Ergou guessed that their briefcases contained at most a pack of cigarettes and a lighter.

"Come, come, let's get acquainted. This is our old Wei, who works in the municipal government." Xiao Jing enthusiastically said to Mr. Shen and Zhao Hongbing who had just walked in. "Hello, hello." Both Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen stepped forward and shook hands with Mayor Wei. "This is Zhao Hongbing. I have been playing with me since I was a child, as I often mentioned to you, and now I work in Ziyu Group, responsible for purchasing..." "Little buyer, hehe." Zhao Hongbing never dreamed that Xiaojing would say that he was doing shopping.But since Xiao Jing said so, he could only bite the bullet and continue like this.

"Manager Zhao, everyone says purchasing is a fat job." Director Wei smiled kindly at Zhao Hongbing. "Let's have a meal, hi!" Ordinary people are usually very restrained when they see a leader who is usually majestic, but Zhao Hongbing never does.Zhao Hongbing has seen many officials since he was a child. His father was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and the power in his hands was no less than that of Director Wei. The ideological and moral classes in primary schools always teach us to be neither humble nor overbearing, but there are not many people who can really be neither humble nor overbearing.Most people always feel a little timid when they meet someone who is stronger than them, but when they see someone who is far inferior to them, they feel a little more complacent.Therefore, most people are both humble and arrogant.People who can truly be neither humble nor overbearing usually achieve great things, as is the case with Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen, and so is Director Wei.Moreover, people only like to be friends with people with similar abilities to themselves, and if they show too low self-esteem and arrogance in front of others, it is difficult to make real friends.

"This is Mr. Shen. A native of Beijing, Zhao Hongbing's comrade-in-arms, he has now invested in Ziyu Group and is the vice president of Ziyu Group." "Mr. Shen, hello." Director Wei got up again, and shook hands with Mr. Shen politely. "Hello, Director Wei." "Don't be the director, the director, are you annoying? Just like me, just call him Lao Wei!" Xiaojing interjected. Director Wei looked at Xiao Jing with a smile, but said nothing. "That...inappropriate. I'm only thirty-four this year, you must be older than me, so I'll call you Brother Wei!" Mr. Shen said with a smile, looking at Director Wei. "Okay!" Director Wei always speaks simply, never procrastinating.

At this time, both Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen were seated.They both did the same thing: they took off their ties, even though they had tied them ten minutes earlier in the car.Their action is to convey two messages.One is that this is a family dinner, so it should be relaxed and happy. Wearing a tie is a bit restrained, and some are too formal; the other is why do you need to wear a tie?This is to tell Director Wei that they are also decent people with serious business. "Look at the hand of the red soldier. It's a disability left by the soldier. Look, it's basically unusable." After Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen finished taking off their ties, Xiaojing said to Chief Wei.

"Defend the family, protect the country, good! Come, have a drink! I don't know how to drink, so I will offer you a glass of tea instead of wine!" Director Wei raised his tea cup.Director Wei is definitely a decent person, he and Xiao Jing belong to an illegal couple; Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen are Xiao Jing's friends, he must give Xiao Jing's friends enough face, so that Xiao Jing can have face. Zhao Hongbing also raised his tea cup: "Come on, let's have a drink together, and I wish Xiaojing a happy birthday!" It's fun. In the next few hours, Zhao Hongbing, Shen Gongzi and Director Wei chatted about some social topics at the time, about the national economy and the people's livelihood, and even about their favorite sports stars.

Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen are not low in cultural accomplishment and self-cultivation. Although there is a certain gap with Director Wei, they come from society after all. What they learned greatly touched Director Wei who is concerned about the national economy and people's livelihood.There are some things that a high-ranking person like Director Wei can't know.During the chat, Xiao Jing kept making jokes, which added a bit of ease to the chat. "Our family's old Wei only has one hobby, playing tennis. He goes to work at five o'clock every morning. As long as there is nothing serious, he will definitely play tennis on the tennis court under the government. I really don't know what's so interesting about that thing."

"Ah, I love playing tennis too!" Mr. Shen said. "Really? How did you play?" Director Wei was very interested. "It's okay, but loves to fight!" "One day we two will learn from each other!" Director Wei issued a letter of challenge. "Be sure to learn it!" "it is good!" In fact, Mr. Shen doesn't know how to play tennis at all, but Mr. Shen is not afraid, he can learn it now, and his motor nerves are so developed that ordinary people can't imagine.He is a bit like Campos, the former goalkeeper of the Mexican football team.It is said that Campos played football as a hobby back then. Golf, tennis, billiards, windsurfing, cricket, table tennis, basketball, any of which Campos can enter the national team.The reason why he was a goalkeeper was that he scored a lot of goals when he played as a striker, but the goalkeeper of his team always lost the ball. He said: "You can't, look at me." Then Campos put on the gloves and became the goalkeeper, and the result was He became one of the most famous goalkeepers in the world in the 1990s.Mr. Shen is our Chinese Campos. As long as it is a sport, Mr. Shen will surpass 90% of the people around him.

Zhao Hongbing and Shen Gongzi just hope to have such an opportunity to communicate more with Director Wei. Tennis diplomacy is indeed a good choice. Xiaojing's birthday party ended successfully in this way. Mr. Shen and Zhao Hongbing still remember that day was the first time they ate dinner all night and didn't drink a sip of wine.Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen drank tea all night. For Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen who had been arguing and drinking with a group of people in the rivers and lakes all day, they were not used to it. Not used to it is not used to it, but their goals have been achieved, that is: in the future, they will often have the opportunity to contact Director Wei, and they may become friends with Director Wei.

Ten days later, Mr. Shen brought a tennis racket to Director Wei for a match. Two months later, Mr. Shen called Director Wei "big brother". The word "Wei" was missing in front of "brother", and the word "big" was added. Mr. Shen and Zhao Hongbing's strategy is very appropriate and decent. Even if Zhao Hongbing was not involved in Zhang Yue's case, Director Wei should have heard about Zhao Hongbing's affairs.In any case, with Director Wei's identity and his self-conscious nature, it is impossible to associate too much with people like Zhao Hongbing.But Mr. Shen is different. Mr. Shen is Mr. Shen from Beijing who has no criminal record at the police station. He is an entrepreneur and an absolutely decent person.There is nothing wrong with being friends with someone like Mr. Shen. In the summer of 1999, Zhao Hongbing once invited someone to a meal, which was also a classic among classics.The reason why he invited this meal was that Mr. Shen told him: There is a piece of land in the eastern suburbs to be tendered, and our chance has come. Zhao Hongbing wanted to invite developers who might participate in this land bidding.Zhao Hongbing invited his competitor to dinner. The place to eat is still at Li Si's Seafood Hotel.Li Si's Seafood Hotel was the most luxurious restaurant in the area in the late 1990s.Of course, Zhao Hongbing and Mr. Shen never paid for their meals here, and always regarded Li Si's seafood restaurant as their own canteen. When Zhao Hongbing invited him to dinner this time, he brought only one person—Li Si.Not even Mr. Shen. Zhao Hongbing, with a straight waist, and Li Si, who is squinting and hunchbacked, stood at the entrance of the hotel to welcome the guests. They invited five big real estate developers and five bosses! Although Zhang Yue is gone, Zhao Hongbing is still a big brother in society after all. If a big brother in society invites you to dinner, he must give face. Moreover, Zhao Hongbing is still their colleague who bows their heads but does not look up. They were all on time, at six o'clock in the evening, they all arrived one after another, and Zhao Hongbing exchanged greetings one by one... At the entrance of Li Si's Seafood Hotel, there are two baby seals for people to watch. Li Si bought them from Dalian for more than 3,000 yuan.It costs five yuan a pack of feed, and you can feed it as soon as you buy it.These two little seals are very lively and everyone loves them. Everyone who comes to Lisi Hotel for dinner will stop to look at these two little seals. Most of them will buy a pack of feed to feed them. The two developers also stood at the door watching the little seal, and they were still chatting and laughing. "Mr. Wang, these two little seals are really interesting." "Yeah, I'll feed them one at a time." "Hehe, they also ate a lot of my food, but they still don't recognize me." "Hey, this seal really has no conscience. It doesn't know us when it eats our food." "Well, one day I have to eat both of them." "Have you ever eaten seal meat?" "Can I eat this thing if I haven't eaten it?" "I don't know, haha, maybe not?" Everyone was seated. "Thank you for your appreciation, let me offer you a toast first!" Zhao Hongbing raised his glass.Everyone had a drink. "You don't know each other yet. This is my comrade-in-arms. He grew up as a child, Si'er. You can call him Sier, and he is also the owner of this restaurant." Zhao Hongbing said. "I know, I know. How come I don't know him." This group of developers should be thinking: Who doesn't know Li Si?Who doesn't know Li Si's insidiousness?Why do you invite us to dinner and bring Li Si? Li Si squinted his eyes and smiled: "I have met all the bosses here. They are all regular customers here, but they are not very familiar with them before. Now, you are all friends of the Red Soldier. The Red Soldier and I are friends. Brother, play together all day, we will have more chances to meet in the future." "That's it, that's it." Several bosses echoed. "Now I'm also engaged in real estate, and I invite everyone to come here for no other purpose, just to ask for more advice from you in the future. After all, I am a novice in this industry, and I will ask you for more advice in the future." Zhao Hongbing's words were high-sounding and impeccable. "Don't dare, dare not, let's communicate more in the future!" "Si'er, we've had several glasses of wine, why haven't the dishes been served yet?" Zhao Hongbing blamed Li Si who was beside him. "Hey, Red Soldier, don't worry, don't rush." ​​Several bosses said one after another. "Yes, don't worry, there are delicious food!" Li Si smiled. After more than half an hour, everyone chatted and drank a few more glasses of wine before the first dish came. "Here comes the delicious food!" Li Si said. "What is it?" Everyone including Zhao Hongbing was asking. "You have never eaten!" "what?" "Seal meat!" "Where did the seal come from?" "The two raised at the door have been steamed." "Huh? Then..." "Mr. Wang said that you have never eaten seal meat when you were chatting just now. I heard it. Butcher it for you to taste. I don't know how to do it, so I asked the chef to steam it." "The seals are for people to watch..." "Oh, Mr. Wang, don't worry about it, this is our own stuff, we can eat whatever we want!" "Boss Li, you're saving face." The bosses who said they wanted to eat seal meat just now felt a little embarrassed. "Why are you so polite, eat it! I haven't eaten it before." According to Zhao Hongbing, the seal meat is rough and unpalatable.After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, I drank a little too much... "I heard that there is a piece of land in the eastern suburbs that is going to be tendered for a while. I want to give it a try. What do you guys think? Is the land okay? Give me some advice." "It's a nice place..." "If a community is built there, there will definitely be a future..." "Red Soldier, you can do it..." Speaking of this matter, these developers are all sensible people, and they know what is going on in their hearts, so there is no need to say a word. 1. Why did Zhao Hongbing bring Li Si to dinner?This is a problem.Certainly not because Li Si is the owner of this restaurant, but because Li Si is the most famous social elder brother who likes to stab a knife in the back.Of these developers who are worth hundreds of millions, who is not afraid that their wives, children, and children will get into some trouble for no reason? 2. Why did Li Si kill the two precious seals at the door for them to eat?This is also a problem.This is definitely not because Li Si is bold and generous, but because Zhao Hongbing and Li Si have something to ask of them.What are you asking them for?Please don't raise the price on that land. What is mixed society?This is a mixed society.Give you enough face first, and then you can decide what to do.If Zhao Hongbing and Li Si came up just to threaten and intimidate, it would probably be the worst method, and it might not be able to solve the problem.Which of these developers has nothing to do with the government?You Zhao Hongbing dare to threaten me?I will find someone to arrest you tomorrow, and charge you with gang crimes!