Chapter two hundred and eighty ninth, sharpening knives(1/2)
“What a beautiful hotel!”
When entering the hotel chartered by the Prince of Doha, both Hua Yihan and Lei Weidong's eyes lit up, because this is not a Western-style hotel common in beautiful countries, but an Oriental hotel that imitates the Ming and Qing Dynasties and has a model of royal gardening art.
Obviously, the Prince of Doha deliberately chose this place to meet, and even placed the Cannonball Speed Contest nearby because of this hotel.
The hotel is very large, covering an area of at least hundreds of acres. It adopts a garden-like structure and is rectangular in shape running from north to south. The layout is axially symmetrical and has three parts: the front area, the middle area and the back area.
The front lobby is the reception area of the hotel, which is also the lobby of an ordinary hotel. In addition to handling accommodation registration, there is also a restaurant open to the public to receive individual guests for meals and banquets.
The central area is a garden and play area. In addition to planting a variety of flowers, plants and trees, there are also buildings such as pavilions, bridges, flowing water, rockery lakes and so on. Walking in the middle, you can see sparse flowers and trees, and winding paths.
It is a rare garden landscape.
As for the back area, it is an area for dining and accommodation. It is mainly for accommodation and mainly receives guests staying in the hotel. The banquet hall here is where the Prince of Doha and Lei Weidong met.
When Lei Weidong and Hua Yihan arrived, the people from Goudahu were already seated in the banquet hall. The leader was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, and it was Prince Doha, the head of the military industry of Goudahu.
Seeing Lei Weidong come in, Prince Doha said politely with a smile on his face: "Welcome, friends from the East, please order first. It's appropriate to talk before serving."
As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter who had been waiting aside came forward and handed over the menu.
Lei Weidong took it and looked at it, and was stunned because the dishes written on it were!
Roast suckling pig, braised pigeon, barbecued pork with honey sauce, crispy roasted pork, baked lobster in soup, steamed Eastern star spot, Ah Yi abalone, ginseng with abalone sauce, boiled geoduck, salt and pepper shrimp, garlic bone, coconut milk
Bird's nest with rock sugar, stewed snow clam with papaya...
All are classic dishes in Cantonese cuisine.
Lei Weidong was very surprised to see such classic Cantonese food on the other side of the ocean in the beautiful country. What was even more strange was that the menu only had dish names but no prices.
Rules of the world!
When the two parties negotiate, if the negotiation is successful, the host usually pays. If the negotiation fails, the guests will rush to pay for the sake of face and friends.
Of course, with the net worth of Lei Weidong, the Prince of Doha, he doesn't care who pays, but rules are rules. The reason why there are no prices on the menu is that there is only one possibility.
These dishes are not available in the hotel at all. The Prince of Doha specially invited a Cantonese chef to cook them for Lei Weidong, and even the ingredients were flown in from across the ocean.
As a wealthy person with no shortage of money, this possibility is 99%.
"Yihan, come and order. You can order whatever you like. You're welcome." After thinking about it, Lei Weidong handed the menu to Hua Yihan and asked her to order.
"Um!"
Hua Yihan nodded and took the menu. She had seen the market before and had received special training before coming here to know how to make it at this time.
First, we ordered big dishes such as baked lobster in soup, steamed Eastern star spot, Ah Yi abalone, ginseng with abalone sauce, boiled geoduck, and suckling pig. We also ordered some cold dishes, soups, desserts, and fruit plates.
The combination is very appropriate, not to mention Lei Weidong, even the Prince of Doha noticed it.
I originally thought that Hua Yihan was Lei Weidong's little lover, someone who brought her to the world, but now it seems that she is a bit underestimating this girl.
"Who is this girl?" Prince Doha asked.
"A friend from the mainland, Hua XX's most beloved granddaughter, came with me this time to see the world." Lei Weidong introduced to the Prince of Doha.
"Hua XX's granddaughter, I have admired her for a long time."
Hearing that Hua Yihan turned out to be Hua XX's granddaughter, Prince Doha's attitude was much more correct. Originally, he had doubts about meeting Lei Weidong and thought that it was unlikely that he would help him. After all, it was just a two-foot kick, and the most he could do was pass a pass.
talk.
Now it seems that I have underestimated Lei Weidong. Even Hua XX's granddaughter can work as a follower by his side. Lei Weidong's influence in the mainland is greater than I imagined, and he is very sure about kicking.
This made the Prince of Doha talk with a lot of enthusiasm. Of course, it is definitely not possible to just say it in vain. You need to test it with words and slowly bring out the topic.
Faced with the temptation of the Prince of Doha, Lei Weidong jumped onto the fish platform steadily. This is how business negotiations are. The first two parties to the negotiation lose their composure, so they tested each other for more than ten minutes. The main dishes were almost ready. Several people
It's still going around and not talking about the core issue.
"Mr. Lei, Mr. Jiang Lang and I are good friends. I heard from him that you have a good relationship with the mainland and can decide many things." After holding back for a long time, the food was all eaten, and the Prince of Doha finally couldn't help but talk about the topic.
"Don't listen to Jiang Lang's nonsense. I'm a businessman. I just invest in some profitable businesses in the mainland. I know a few people. If I'm certain, I'll exaggerate. The most I can do is spread the word to my friends."
Lei Weidong shook his head and said that he was not as great as Prince Doha thought, he was just a businessman.
"As long as I can send a message, I just have a headache now when I can't find the person to send the message." Faced with Lei Weidong's impeccable answer, Prince Doha smiled,
He waved his hand and motioned for everyone to leave, leaving only those who both parties believed in.
Lei Weidong got straight to the point, "I heard from Jiang Lang that you can get a double kick, the kind of double kick I need."
"Two-kick, Mr. Prince, you are joking, how can I get two-kick? This thing is too sensitive, I will only introduce it." He gave Hua Yihan a chicken leg and added an abalone for himself.
Lei Weidong shook his head and retorted.
"Whether it will succeed or not is not something I can control."
"As long as you can introduce me." Prince Doha picked up the wine glass and touched it lightly with Lei Weidong, and said, "The fight between the lion and the camel has been too fierce in the past few years, and too many people have died. Even an outsider like me can't see it.
Go down.
They are at war. As the richest country in the Middle East, we are also afraid, so we want to buy some defensive kicks to protect ourselves.
It's a pity that neither the Eagle Sauce nor the Wooly Bear will be sold to us. No matter how much money we pay, we can't do it. We had to find another way and found you."
"Normally, this kind of thing is not for sale. Unless your friend wants it, you might consider it." Lei Weidong didn't say anything clearly, he just rubbed his fingers and smiled.
If it was someone familiar to Lei Weidong, Yazi, Salina and others would know that he was going to trick people when they saw Lei Weidong's smile, the kind that would not pay for their lives.
I had this look on my face when I was talking about a loan with a Japanese idiot some time ago. Originally, the Japanese idiot thought I was getting a big deal and could earn over a billion dollars in interest.
However, as the fiscal deficit of the beautiful country has increased sharply, the foreign trade deficit has increased significantly. For its own interests, the beautiful country hopes to increase the export competitiveness of its products through the depreciation of the US dollar to improve the imbalance of the international balance of payments.
So Japan's stupid Finance Minister Noboru Takeshita was forced to meet with James Baker, the Finance Minister of Beautiful Country, Gerhard Stodenberg, Finance Minister of Hans Cat, and Pierre, Finance Minister of Gallic Chicken, in September today. ·Begberg, Niu Niu's Finance Minister Nigel Lawson at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
Together with the bank presidents of the five countries, they reached an agreement that the five governments jointly intervened in the foreign exchange market to make the US dollar lower in an orderly manner against the major currencies in order to solve the huge trade deficit of the beautiful countries.
That is to say, starting from September, in just three months, the Japanese yen exchange rate soared from 250 yen to 1 U.S. dollar to around 200 yen to 1 U.S. dollar, an increase of 20%.
When the news came, everyone in the Tsukamoto family was shocked.
The 20% increase not only ate up the interest they earned from Lei Weidong, but also lost their principal. The most frightening thing is that the appreciation of the yen seems to have no end, and the Tsukamoto family has lost money in Lei Weidong's hands. Even the pants have to be pawned.
Every day I think about terminating the contract with Lei Weidong.
It's a pity that after finally setting a trap for the opponent, how could Lei Weidong let them jump out easily? If he didn't chop twice, he would be sorry for the compatriots who died in the war.
"As long as we can buy the two kicks we need, money is not an issue. In our desert, there is no other oil, but we can get it as much as we want. You can set a price.
As long as the price is right and not outrageous, I’ll buy it.”
When it came to money, Prince Doha became so arrogant that he didn't care how hard Lei Weidong's sword slashed. It was definitely much more ruthless than in another time and space, and he would cut off his hand directly.
"There is no way to quote this price." Lei Weidong shook his head and said:
"First of all, I'm here to send a message. I don't know the price. Secondly, there are many types of kicks, some that fly far and some that fly close, some that are so powerful that they can blow up people's fingers, and some that are less powerful. I can hear the sound in the air,
We must determine the technical indicators, how powerful it is and how far it is, before we can negotiate the price.”
"That's right. It's a bit early to talk about the price now." The Prince of Doha was not an idiot. He knew that what Lei Weidong said was right, so he asked, "Where can we talk about technical issues? It's better to let us take a look at it here." sample."
"Technical issues definitely need to be discussed by professionals. As for seeing samples, you also need to apply. However, it is really inconvenient in the beautiful country. It is better to do it in Xiangjiang. Everyone can rest assured."
Lei Weidong thought for a while and said.
"I have a five-star hotel in Xiangjiang, Hotel Cointreau. Prince, you can use the name of traveling to Xiangjiang to stay in my hotel. Then I will invite technical personnel from the mainland.
Let’s just discuss it behind closed doors in the hotel.”
"It's a good idea!" Prince Doha discussed it with his assistant, nodded, and agreed to Lei Weidong's proposal.
The professional and technical personnel of Erjiki are different from rich people like Lei Weidong. They are all national treasures. Many people follow their every move. It is really not safe to come to the beautiful country. Don't look at the good relationship between Yingjiang and Rabbit now.
For technical exchanges, people were not only invited to visit the aircraft carrier, but the amphibious ship also helped to modify the aircraft. However, there were not only a lot of dirty tricks, but also more. If Yingjiang knew about the double kick, he would definitely stop him.
"Pop!"
The Prince of Doha clapped his hands!
The butler on the side took out a huge check from his pocket and presented it to Lei Weidong and said,
"This is 50 million US dollars. Give Mr. Lei your introduction fee. If the cooperation can be achieved, we will also thank you greatly."
That's what an independent business is like. It's completely a seller's market. You have no choice when buying a house. As long as you try your best to please the seller, giving money is the simplest and most convenient way.
"Fifty million dollars, Your Highness, you are so generous. Don't worry, I will contact you when I get back and try to finalize the matter in the shortest possible time. Then I will ask Jiang Lang to visit you in the Middle East."
Picking up the check and looking at a five plus seven zeros, Lei Weidong smiled.
In order to kick things off, he just asked Jiang Lang to go to the Middle East to wait for news, and the cost was only the initial five million US dollars. Now the business has already made a profit before it was finalized. Not to mention, he also gained the friendship of the prince, which can be said to be a huge profit.
Putting it into the pocket of his white shirt, Lei Weidong said with a smile.
"How short is the minimum time? Mr. Lei, can you give a specific time?" the prince asked.
"A month, there will definitely be news within a month." Lei Weidong was silent for a while, raised a finger and said in a positive tone.
"One month, okay, Mr. Lei, I will wait for the good news you will send in one month." Such a big thing can have results in one month. Prince Doha was very satisfied, nodded, and held a bottle full of red wine.
Wine Glass stood up and said loudly:
"Everyone, let us toast to Mr. Lei for winning the Cannonball Speed Contest."
To be continued...