"Haha, you actually saw through me." Nan Yi sighed and said, "Alas, I am very ugly, but I am very gentle."
“I didn’t hear it.”
"Then just listen more, and you will understand after a while. My female classmates used to say to me: I'm sorry, Nan Yi, you are a good person."
"Why should a good person feel sorry again?"
"Girl, you've never been in love, right? You'll know once you've been in love. There's still one sip left, drink it quickly, and then we can go eat."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid that a blind man like me will run away?" Chen Ruishi spat, drank the last sip of Coke in the bottle, and handed the bottle forward unhappily, "Take it and return it."
After returning the bottle, with the guidance of Chen Ruishi's nanny, the group walked around and around and arrived at a restaurant.
At the entrance of the restaurant, a platform was built with stools and door panels, on which were placed Double Happiness enamel basins filled with half-meat dishes. In the middle was a coal stove, on which was a pot of lotus root and pork ribs soup.
"This place is good. I usually eat here. They have a combination of meat and vegetables. You can eat as much as you want until you are full. It's only 80 cents per person." Chen Ruishi sniffed and said, "Smell it. Doesn't it smell good?"
Nan Yi took a look at the dishes in the basins. There was meat in almost every basin. Although it was deliberately cut into very small pieces, the quantity was still acceptable. Some of it was not pork, but chicken gizzards, duck offal and the like. Look at the ribs in the soup, which were a mixture of baby ribs and leg bones, which was not too bad.
If the boss here has no relatives in the meat processing plant or no other source of pork, 80 cents per person should not be much to earn. Look at the big white bowls of the first customers. There is only half a bowl of rice, and the rest are vegetables, with more meat than vegetables. At the very least, the cost is more than 50 cents.
"You blind bastard, you are quite calculating. You sent us away for just 2.4 yuan." After looking at the dishes, Nan Yi turned to Chen Ruishi and said.
"You will know if you try it yourself." Chen Ruishi said, and then said to her nanny: "I want chicken gizzards, lotus roots for lotus root and pork ribs soup, and other vegetarian dishes."
Nan Yi was scolded, but did not retort. Instead, he went to get a large white bowl, put at most five mouthfuls of rice in it, walked to the door, picked up the soup spoon in the washbasin, scooped it to the side of the washbasin, forced the juice out of the vegetables, and then put the vegetables into the bowl. He repeated this process until a high hill of rice appeared in the bowl.
Even though you can eat and play as you please here, Nan Yi estimates that by the time he comes for the second time, several basins will be empty.
Holding the bowl, Nan Yi came to Chen Ruishi's side and squatted down. There were only two tables in the restaurant, but there were dozens of customers eating. Most of the customers were standing at the door of the restaurant with their bowls in hand while eating.
"Squat down. It tastes better when you eat while squatting. Just squat. There's nothing around."
After hearing what Nan Yi said, Chen Ruishi slowly squatted down.
Nan Yi looked at Chen Ruishi's bowl. The vegetables and rice together only filled half a bowl. "You are not suitable for a buffet. It's a waste to eat so little with 80 cents. You can buy a bowl of noodles with a piece of braised food with 30 cents. It won't be worse than this."
"Don't think I don't know. You can't get anything good for 30 cents in Chengdu. A portion of white meat costs one yuan, and a braised rabbit costs 3.2 yuan. In the summer, cold drinks and skewers are not cheap either."
"You've never been to a cheap restaurant on a street corner, have you? You can have a delicious meal there for 30 cents, with both meat and vegetables. If you add another 20 cents, you can also have a bowl of soju."
“Aren’t those places dirty?”
"It's okay. You have to rely on luck. If the boss likes cleanliness, then the food will be clean. Just pretend I didn't say anything. Those places are really not suitable for you. In order to save costs, the ingredients may not be good. Don't say you can't see it. Even if you can see it, you can't tell it without some experience."
"You can tell?"
"Of course, I raise chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, cows, sheep, horses, donkeys, mules, snakes, centipedes, eels, turtles and fish. If they look different from what I have at home, there must be something wrong."
"Are you not bragging?" Chen Ruishi asked in disbelief.
"I'm not kidding. I really do raise centipedes. Since you're a good person, would you like me to give you a few centipedes to raise for fun?"
"If you're really kind, give me a pair of rabbits."
"Okay, tell me the house number."
"Number 5."
"knew."
After Nan Yi finished speaking, he waved his chopsticks and picked up the food in the bowl.
After eating most of it, Nan Yi went to get some more rice, and then started to eat it with relish, taking bites of both vegetables and rice.
As for Sichuan cuisine, Nan Yi is more accustomed to dishes that are neither spicy nor numbing. If the timing is not right, if he comes at the turn of spring and summer, he really wants to try the Hundred Flowers Banquet. He has heard from Luo Kun that he knows two or three Sichuan chefs who are good at cooking with flowers.
"How long will you stay in Rongcheng?"
"I'll take the afternoon train to Shancheng, and I'll spend a day in Chengdu on my way back."
"I'll give you my number. Can you call me when you come back?" Chen Ruishi asked expectantly.
"My child is old enough to help with cooking."
"Please don't be so sentimental, I just feel like I can chat with you." Chen Ruishi said, and after a pause, she continued, "You won't carefully protect my self-esteem just because I'm blind. It's easy for me to talk to you."
"Okay, you're blind, so I don't have to worry too much. Alas, being too handsome is a problem. Women can't walk when they see me. My wife wants to cut a few knives on my face and disfigure me."
Chen Ruishi smiled and said, "Anyway, I can't see it, so just keep bragging."
"You told me there's still a chance to regain my sight, so don't give up hope. If it doesn't work in China, try abroad. If it doesn't work, just accept your fate and figure out what a blind man can do."
"There is a chance. All I need to do is replace the cornea of ​​my left eye. The right eye will be a little more troublesome."
"Well, I thought your optic nerve was already dead. A corneal transplant is not a big deal. The medical expenses won't be a big burden for your family, right?"
"No, I can afford it."
"That's it, you blind idiot, why are you pretending to be pitiful? Even if your right eye cannot be restored, your left eye can be restored. You can use one eye until it becomes blind. You should have seen enough of this world. By then, you may wish you were blind so that you can avoid this filthy world."
"Impossible. Once you've experienced darkness, you won't want to become blind."
"You sound quite philosophical when you put it that way. I'll go get you a bowl of soup. Do you want some?"
"A quarter of a bowl is enough." Chen Ruishi handed the bowl to Nan Yi.
Nan Yi walked to the lotus root and pork ribs soup, scraped the casserole hard with a spoon, and made two quarter bowls.
"Bite the bowl while drinking. There are bone residues." Nan Yi handed the bowl back to Chen Ruishi and said.
"Um."
After drinking the soup, Nan Yi said goodbye to Chen Ruishi and went to the train station.
Nan Yi went to the ticket window, showed his work ID as the director of Shengchen Pharmaceutical, and took out a letter of introduction. Only then did he get five soft sleeper tickets [soft seats converted from soft sleepers], and then went directly to the platform to wait.
At 1:40, the train from the capital finally stopped at the platform next to Nan Yi and the other two. Nan Yi easily saw Wang Zhen and another person among the crowd getting off the train. When Wang Zhen looked in his direction, Nan Yi waved his hand. Wang Zhen responded and walked towards Nan Yi.
Before setting off, Nan Yi and Wang Zhen agreed on a meeting place. The first contact point was the platform. If they missed each other, they would leave a message at the second contact point, the front desk of Rongcheng Hotel. If they missed the second contact point again, they would meet at Deng Jiangnan.
Wang Zhen is 38 years old this year. He has never studied abroad and is a graduate of the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Chen Feng studied abroad and had to climb two steps up to become a deputy manager, but Wang Zhen became the chairman in one step. It can be imagined that his family background is not simple and his qualifications are not bad. In fact, he is also a member of the "small circle" and not a marginal figure.
"Nan Yi, have you been waiting for a long time?" Wang Zhen came to Nan Yi and said.
"I have been waiting since yesterday morning and have not eaten a single grain of rice. If you don't come, I will die heroically."
"Don't be ridiculous. You look so energetic. You must have eaten and drunk enough." Wang Zhen laughed and scolded, "The train stopped several times along the way. The second half of the journey was very bumpy and I didn't get enough rest."
"Then do you want to rest for a day before setting off again?" Nan Yi said seriously.
"No, I have to hurry up. I have to go to Xiangkeng in a few days, and then I have to go to Lijiaopo." Wang Zhen said, pointing to a man next to him, "Cao Rui, my assistant, you have met him."
"Hello, Assistant Cao."
"Hello, Comrade Nan."
Nan Yi greeted Cao Rui and said to Wang Zhen, "The train is at 3 o'clock. We still have some time. Do you want to go out for something to eat?"
"No, I ate a little in the car, I'm not hungry now." Wang Zhen waved his hand and said, "Have you visited Brother Jiangnan?"
"I had dinner at his place last night."
"I wonder if he's back in the capital on the way back, so I can go visit him in time."
"It may be too late. I heard he would be back in the next two days."
Wang Zhen said regretfully: "What a pity, I should have taken a plane here earlier."
"I just had a fight in Shancheng at the beginning of the year. Do you dare to sit on it?"
"You can take a military plane. There are often military planes flying from Chengdu to Beijing. But the conditions are poor and the noise is loud. One flight will make you deaf for two days."
At this time, there were indeed military aircraft flying frequently between Chengdu and Beijing, and one did not need any special privileges to board a plane. This route was meant to supplement civil aviation, and it was basically possible to fly on official business.
In fact, because some cities lack civil airports, many military airports at this time also take on some civil aviation responsibilities, but the audience is relatively narrow and many people cannot obtain this information.
"Nan Yi, I have already talked to Tang Jiangjin from the machine tool factory. Our visit this time is just a formality. Are you sure there won't be any problems in India?" Wang Zhen suddenly said again.
"Brother Wang, don't worry. If anything goes wrong, I will take care of it myself and will never make things difficult for you."
"It's good that you have confidence. You've made me run around in circles with just one word. I've been asking for policies and contacting motorcycle companies. If things go wrong, I'll inevitably be in trouble."
"You are the kind of people who won't show off until you see the rabbit. Why are you pretending to trust me so much?" Nan Yi complained in his heart and said, "Brother Wang, this cooperation is very beneficial to your Central China Trade. You can attack or defend. If you still complain, I won't be able to survive. I have done the most work, but I have gained the least benefit in the end."
"Haha, that's enough. You don't have to complain. Your interests are your own. The interests of Central China Trade belong to the country. They are of different natures."
"You were the one who called first, Brother Wang."
"Okay, okay, I won't complain." Wang Zhen suddenly frowned and said, "Nan Yi, the car will be on time, right? I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach. If it's on time, I'll hold it in."
"It should be on time at the departure station, but there is still plenty of time. Brother Wang, if you can't bear it, go to the station first to solve it, in case the conductor doesn't open the toilet door when you get on the train."
"Okay, wait for me, I'll be back soon."
As Wang Zhen spoke, he took out a roll of toilet paper from the luggage bag that Cao Rui was holding and hurriedly ran towards the waiting room.
Wang Zhencai waited until the train stopped at the platform and most people had boarded, then he hurried back with a refreshed look on his face.
We entered the soft sleeper car together. Luckily, there was no one else in the car.
After sitting down, Cao Rui took Wang Zhen and Nan Yi's teacups to get hot water. Wang Zhen took out the travel chess set and invited Nan Yi to play a few games.
Wang Zhen's first move was to use a cannon, but Nan Yi used a trick and fired the cannon directly at Wang Zhen's horse.
"Hey, Nan Yi, what kind of trick is this? You took my horse and lost my cannon. No matter how you look at it, you are at a disadvantage." Wang Zhen laughed while looking at the chessboard.
"Just wait and see. I learned this trick from my son. It's a bit of reverse thinking, which can easily disrupt the calculations of the masters."
"I don't believe it. Let's wait and see. Get on the horse."
The two of them took turns taking steps, but in the end Nan Yi was killed.
Although Wang Zhen won, he still felt a lingering fear. "You know what? This tactic of yours is really a bit unconventional. But, this should be your first time using it, right?"
"It's my first time using it, and I haven't thought about it carefully. I just copied it. Now I have a better idea, let's try again."
"I thought you played a few moves in a very rigid way." Wang Zhen said, moving the chess pieces in his hands. "Wuwei's chess skills are pretty good. Who did you learn from?"
"I gave him some advice, and then he learned from an old man in the park. He learned the moves of Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, southern and northern styles. He learned a lot of things, but he didn't study very hard. He didn't like chess very much."
"What a pity. Wuwei is definitely talented in chess, but my girl is not. Apart from her studies, she doesn't have any other hobbies. She just likes eating. She has become a little fat girl."
"That needs to be controlled. Regardless of whether you look pretty or not, being too fat can easily lead to complications."
"It's time to control it. I plan to enroll her in a dance class so she can exercise more." Wang Zhen said, frowning. After a moment of hesitation, he picked up a chess piece and changed its position. "Checkmate."
"Are you sure you want to checkmate and not regret your move?" Nan Yi said with a smile.
After hearing what Nan Yi said, Wang Zhen looked at the chessboard more attentively. After thinking for a long time, he said angrily, "No, I won't checkmate. I am a sergeant. I am quite insidious and have murderous intentions."
"You don't know how to appreciate a good person. If I hadn't reminded you, you would have died in three moves. I don't know who invented the idea of ​​undoing a move, but because of this, the fun of playing chess has been reduced a lot."
"Repenting a move is the essence of chess, and it contains the philosophy of life."
"Maybe." Nan Yi said without comment.
In this way, Nan Yi and his companion spent the several hours of the journey playing chess.
At around seven o'clock, Nan Yi and his colleagues got off the train in Shancheng. As soon as they stepped onto the platform, they saw someone holding a sign that read "Welcome Chairman Wang Zhen and Director Nan Yi to visit our machine tool factory."
"Brother Wang, have you notified them?"
"No, there should always be someone guarding the machine tool factory. Let's go over there."
"good."
"Hello, comrade, I am Wang Zhen."
"I'm Nan Yi."
Nan Yi and Wang Zhen walked up to the person holding the sign and introduced themselves.
"Hello, Chairman Wang and Director Nan. I am Xu Qingshui, the director of the Shancheng Machine Tool Factory. Director Tang has been looking forward to your arrival."
Xu Qingshui's self-introduction made Nan Yi and Wang Zhen look at each other in surprise. Neither of them had expected that the person holding a sign and waiting for people on the platform was actually a factory director.
You have to know that Shancheng has a special status. It doesn't have the status of a municipality, but it enjoys the treatment of a municipality. The level of the same positions is higher than that of ordinary cities. The Shancheng Machine Tool Factory is a large factory with thousands of employees, and the level is not low. To be honest, Xu Qingshui is two and a half levels higher than Nan Yi, the lousy factory director.
"Director Xu, I'm really sorry to trouble you to wait here." Wang Zhen said politely.
"It's okay, it's okay. Chairman Wang and Director Nan are our factory's distinguished guests. It's my duty to welcome you. The two distinguished guests must not have eaten yet. Our factory's car is waiting outside the station. I will take you to our factory guesthouse first, and then arrange for you to have dinner."
"Then I will follow Director Xu's arrangements."
Nan Yi and Wang Zhen followed Xu Qingshui out of the station and came to the two Santanas. They and Xu Qingshui sat in the back one, while the three school beauties were arranged in the front one.
The car drove out and drove on a straight road for less than two minutes before it started to go in circles, then went uphill, downhill, and in circles over and over again. The head swayed irregularly as the center of gravity of the car changed.
It is easy to drive in a mountain city, and you hardly see bicycles on the road. Few people in a mountain city can ride a bicycle because there is no need to learn. For people in a mountain city learning to ride a bicycle is like people living in a desert learning to swim, which is just a way of doing things because they have nothing to do.
Other cities develop horizontally, but Shancheng develops vertically. When a person living on the first floor poured a bucket of water out of the window, the person on the 32nd floor next door who was leaning against the window started cursing, "You're on the first floor next door, you live high up, right? Where are you pouring the water? Why don't you die miserably at home?"
It is difficult to drive in a mountain city. The roads are like a maze, and a three-dimensional maze at that. For people who don't have three-dimensional cognitive ability, it will be useless even if they have eight satellites for navigation.
When people were almost dizzy, the car finally went straight forward, and people went from swaying left and right to jumping up and down. From time to time, you could hear the sound of stones being crushed and being pushed away.
Anyone who has walked on a gravel-paved dirt road must have had the good fortune to see stones caught by wheels. The stones fly around like stray bullets. If you're lucky, they'll just miss you. If you're unlucky, they'll either hit the bicycle or get hit in the body.
Even if you have never been harmed by stones, you must have been greeted by the mud and water in the potholes. When the car passes through, a line of mud and water will be stirred up, and your thighs will be covered with spots.
Crackle, snap, splash. Nan Yi heard the noise and knew that it had rained in the mountain city two days ago. At first, he could still see the lights of thousands of houses outside through the window, but after a while, the mud and water blocked the car window and not a single light could get in.
The car was heading south, farther and farther away from the city. When we heard the sound of waves in the Yangtze River, the car turned into a big gate. The shock absorber system began to work, and apart from the roar of the engine, no other noise could be heard in the car.
After a while, the car stopped next to a small building. Xu Qingshui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, got out first and helped Nan Yi and the other man open the back door.
"Chairman Wang, Director Nan, your rooms are on the third floor. They are the two best rooms in our factory guesthouse. Your entourage will be arranged on the second floor. I will take you up now."
Xu Qingshui's level is still a little lacking. It would have been better for him to point out the room too deliberately. It would have been more appropriate if he pointed it out inadvertently or let Nan Yi and the others discover it "accidentally" by themselves.
Among the group, Wang Zhen was the most respected, so Xu Qingshui's courtesy was mainly directed at him, and Nan Yi was just a byproduct. It just so happened that Nan Yi was happy to have some free time.
When I walked into the lobby of the guesthouse, a beautiful lady at the counter came to greet me, "Director Xu, hello, guests."
"Chairman Wang, Director Nan, this is Lv Yi, a flower in our machine tool factory. Director Tang had a keen eye for talent and arranged her to be in charge of receiving guests at the guesthouse. Lv Yi is as brave as any man and a heroine among wine lovers."
"Oh, really? Then let's appreciate Comrade Lu's style." Wang Zhen said in a surprised manner.
Nan Yi glanced at Lu Yi casually. She was neither tall nor short, with a delicate figure and a hint of plumpness, and rosy cheeks. She reminded Nan Yi of Li Xiuxiu in Yanshan, and the fear of being forced to drink.
"Damn it, Xu Qingshui said that this Lu Yi can drink a lot, either he can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, or he will pass out after just one cup. Either way, nothing good will happen. Fortunately, I still have the tall guy Wang Zhen to support me."
Muttering to himself, Nan Yi followed mechanically up the stairs, thinking that he would drink wine to stimulate his appetite today, drink wine to rinse his mouth at noon tomorrow, and carry it with him when he walked in the evening. His head would become twice as big.
After entering the room, Nan Yi walked to the bathroom and saw two water pipes on the washstand. He immediately realized that there was hot water. He turned on the faucet and waited for a while, and hot water came out of the faucet.
After washing my face and sitting on the sofa to calm down for a while, there was a knock on the door.
"The door is not closed, please come in."
The door was pushed open and Wang Zhen walked in from outside, "Nan Yi, did you bring tea?"
"I brought it, but it's not with me. Go get it later. Didn't you bring it yourself?"
"Don't mention it. I didn't pay attention and spilled it. I stepped on it and my feet are all muddy. I can't drink it anymore."
"Then divide it evenly. I brought half a pound."
"You're right. You brought so much tea on a business trip." Wang Zhen smiled and walked to sit opposite Nan Yi. "I'm hungry. I don't want to drink later. I just want to eat a few bites of food quietly. Please sacrifice yourself. You may have a stomachache."
"Don't worry, Brother Wang, you can just say I'm allergic to alcohol, and I can skip the wine tomorrow."
"Haha, that won't work. You'll have to drink a little tomorrow. Your stomach ulcer is flaring up today, so if you risk your life to drink a few glasses tomorrow, it will be a great honor. Once Tang Jiangjin is happy, the terms of cooperation can be relaxed a little."
Nan Yi smiled and said, "Brother Wang, just keep bullying me. Unless there is no future between me and Tang Jiangjin, I can still pretend to be ill."
"You don't have to pretend. You can deal with Lu Yi downstairs later. I've seen a lot of women like her. She drinks alcohol like water. She can walk straight after consuming two or three kilograms. She's very difficult to deal with."
"I can handle it, but I'll crawl under the table and you have to carry me back, Brother Wang."
"Haha, I can even carry you back. Can I go down now?"
"That's all right. "
Nan Yi and Wang Zhen went down to the second floor and joined the school beauty, Cao Rui and the other three on the first floor.
Under the guidance of Xu Qingshui and Lu Yi, the group walked to the canteen of the machine tool factory. Before they had time to take a clear look at the canteen, they were taken into a large private room.
There are two large round tables in the private room, each with four vegetable bowls and a soup bowl. The vegetable bowls are as big as bathtubs, and are divided into four or eight compartments by protrusions. Each compartment contains different dishes. The soup bowl is similar to the dandy hotpot, divided into four compartments, and contains four kinds of soups of varying thicknesses.
The main table had 4832 dishes, excluding the dish that took up two spaces, so there were a total of 27 dishes and four soups; the side table had a little less, with 446 dishes and two soups.
"Tang Jiangjin has a keen sense of smell. Even before the standard for four dishes and one soup is issued, his workarounds have already begun to shine."
Nan Yi forgot in which skit in his previous life he saw the "four dishes and one soup" joke, and he didn't even remember when he saw it. He just knew that it existed. At the moment, he just heard that there was a plan to rectify unhealthy practices, but he was still unclear about what exactly was going on. He never expected that he would see a workaround now.
Wang Zhen glanced at the dishes on the table and said to Xu Qingshui calmly, "Director Xu, where is your Director Tang?"
"Director Tang didn't know you two would be here today, so he went to inspect the work at the county branch. I've called him, and he's on his way back. Director Tang asked me to have dinner with the two distinguished guests first, and then he'll apologize to you when he comes back."
"Director Tang is so polite. Actually, there's no need to rush back so hard. Director Xu, since that's the case, shall we get started?"
"Okay, Chairman Wang, Director Nan, please, please."
Xu Qingshui politely asked Nan Yi and the other man to sit down. After the three of them were seated, Lu Yi, who had just left on the pretext of something, came over with a tray on which were neatly placed several bottles of liquor.
The labels on the ordinary bottles have been washed off, so you can't tell what brand of wine it is.
Lu Yi walked to the table, put down the tray, picked up a bottle of wine and opened it, then walked to Wang Zhen and poured him a glass first, and then Nan Yi.
As soon as the wine entered the glass, the aroma overflowed and Nan Yi smelled a special aroma of wine.
Well, given the taste, the price of the wine can’t be low.
Wang Zhen waited for Lu Yi to pour wine for everyone and then said, "We are tired from the journey today. We still have to discuss cooperation with Director Tang tomorrow. Director Nan and I are being rude. Let us toast you two first. Please hold back your glasses. Come on, Nan Yi, let's toast Director Xu and Comrade Lu."
Nan Yi was touched by Wang Zhen's beautiful words. He raised his glass, followed Wang Zhen and stood up, clinking glasses with Xu and Lu. After Wang Zhen's glass touched his lips, he followed suit and raised his glass to drink.
After one glass of wine, Lu Yi immediately refilled it for the others. Xu Qingshui introduced the dishes on the table to Nan Yi and the others, telling them how they were made, how the ingredients were selected, and the stories behind them.
"This is Rongchang braised goose, which is originally a Chaoshan dish. More than 300 years ago, a group of Hakka people migrated to Rongchang. After generations of improvements based on the Chaoshan braised goose, the Rongchang braised goose with the characteristics of the mountain city was formed today.
This is Tuotuo fish, a Jianghu dish that has only become popular in the past two years. Because it comes from Tai'an, it is also called Tai'an fish. The raw material is silver carp from the Jialing River. It tastes delicious and natural. It has now become one of the signature dishes of the mountain city..."
I don’t know if this is so attentive to Nan Yi and the other two, or to the guests as well, but it can be said that every dish on the table is a representative of the mountain city’s cuisine.
It would take no more than 130 minutes to get from the train station to the machine tool factory, including the time spent in the room. Yet in less than two and a half hours, two tables of dishes were prepared, including those that needed to be prepared in advance. One can imagine how advanced the machine tool factory's kitchen team is and how huge the expenses are.
Nan Yi believed that he and Wang Zhen deserved such a grand reception from the machine tool factory. After all, they brought a brand new untapped market and a huge amount of foreign exchange, which meant a brand new chapter both publicly and privately.
But they are just passers-by in the machine tool factory canteen. Who was sitting here enjoying the food before they came, and who is eating here after they leave?
Nan Yi asked himself that if he was not a potential customer, he would never invest so much, nor would he allow other people in Nan's to invest so much. It seems that Nan's does not have such a corporate culture. The benefits are not on food and drink, but on more affordable things.
After eating and drinking it, I had diarrhea the next day, and the smell was gone on the third day. The effect is definitely not as good as other items that are integrated into life and work.
This may be the advantage of having full autonomy and the manager having the right to dividends. There is no need to sit back and watch the gold mountain go by without a share, and there is no need to worry about piling up the gold mountain but only to change the top of the mountain.
Wang Zhen seemed to be very interested in the story behind the dish, and he started chatting with Xu Qingshui via question and answer.
Perhaps seeing Nan Yi being ignored, Lu Yi found him alone with a cup in hand, "Director Nan, I want to toast you. I am a woman, you must give me this face."
Nan Yi raised his glass and said, "Comrade Lu, of course I have to drink the wine you toasted me with, but I can't just drink it straight. Let's tell each other a joke. I say, if you don't laugh, I drink, if you laugh, you drink, and vice versa. How about it, do you want to play?"
Lu Yi smiled slightly, "Okay, Director Nan, you are the guest, you go first."
"Okay, listen. One day, I met the movie star Xiaoqing on the street in Beijing. I really like watching her movies. After hesitating for a while, I walked up to her and whispered, 'Can you give me an autograph?'
Unexpectedly, Xiaoqing heard what I said and suddenly shouted: "No, I don't want to sleep with you."
There were a lot of people on the street at that time. When they heard Xiaoqing's shouting, they all stared at me. I wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it. I hated Xiaoqing so much.
But guess what, Xiaoqing suddenly came close to me and whispered: "I'm sorry, I'm studying psychology at night school recently, and I just wanted to test people's reactions in embarrassing situations."
When I heard what happened, my anger immediately subsided, and I also felt great respect for Xiaoqing. She was such a studious person that she took the test on the street. I thought I should help her.
So I imitated Xiaoqing and shouted: 'Ah, you want thirty, that's too expensive. '"
This kind of joke will only draw contempt in a few decades, but if it is applied to the present, it is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, or using a nuclear bomb to attack a tank, it is so overpowering.
"Ha..." Lu Yi couldn't help laughing, then came to his senses and covered his mouth with his hands, "Hahaha, forget it, I give up, Director Nan, your jokes are too funny."
"Haha, thank you, Comrade Lu, please go ahead."
"Okay, drink it then."
Lu Yi drank the wine in the glass very quickly, without blushing or beating his heart, and without changing his expression.
Okay, Nan Yi is already sure that Lu Yi is not the second possibility he thought of. She is a true heroine and cannot be messed with.
"Director Nan, it's my turn now. I'll tell you a funny story, too."
Lu Yi looked at Nan Yi with an expression that was hard to tell whether it was provocative or teasing, and said, "Last year, someone came to my house to do a census. I don't know what happened, but it turned out to be a foreigner. He stood at the door and asked me, 'How many people are there in your family?'
I politely replied: "I am alone in my room."
The investigator asked me back: "11 people?"
I explained to him: 'It's not 11 people, it's one person.'
"21? How did it become 21 again?"
I couldn't explain it to him clearly, so I could only patiently tell him: "You heard it wrong, it's actually one person."
The investigator asked me again: "71 people? How can there be so many?"
When I heard his question, I got angry and yelled, "It's just one person!"
"91? Oh my god..."
Seeing the investigator was so stupid, I got even angrier and shouted even louder, "Idiot, it's the same person."
"251 people?"
Lu Yi stopped talking here, and then looked at Nan Yi with incredible eyes, "Director Nan, why don't you laugh? Isn't it funny?"
"It's not funny, Comrade Lu. This is a joke in dialect. Tell it to the locals in Shancheng and they will find it funny. Tell it to me and you will look like you are dressing up for a blind man. I don't understand Shancheng dialect."
"Ah, I was wrong. I should have changed the joke. I'm so angry. I admit defeat. I drink." Lu Yi picked up the wine glass and drank it in one breath. Then he poured himself more wine and said to Nan Yi, "Director Nan, let's do it again."
"No hurry, let me eat a few bites of food first. I'm still hungry. Comrade Lu, are you married?"
Nan Yi picked up the chopsticks, picked up some food and started eating.
"Not yet. Director Nan wants to introduce someone to me?"
"Sure, Comrade Lu, tell me what kind of person you're looking for, and I'll introduce you to someone suitable."
"What kind of person..." Lu Yi said with a sly smile, "I want someone like you, Director Nan, who is young, good-looking, and a factory director."