On a hot summer day, the breeze blows slowly.
The Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle was parked quietly on the side of the road, and the exhaust pipe of the car was still blowing out white smoke. A large pool of water was already dripping on the ground under the exhaust pipe.
"Du, go and urge them again. They've been in there for an hour, why haven't they come out yet?"
"It's coming, it's coming..."
Du Jingsheng wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead.
This is really embarrassing. Two big bosses with a net worth of over 100 million were left hanging here for a full hour by a mayor.
Where is the law of heaven?
Du Jingsheng secretly went to the VIP room. Good guy, the movement almost caused the ceiling to collapse.
When encountering such a good thing, no one would mindlessly disturb other people's good things.
The two of them are still waiting for Bai Zhe to take them to play the show. What else can they do if they don't wait?
Looking at the steaming road in the distance, Qiao Ma helplessly put her arms on the armrest box, lowered her head and rubbed her temples.
It’s too nerve-wracking, and I don’t know if the stone tablet Bai Zhe mentioned is reliable.
"Look, they're finally out."
Hearing Du Jingsheng's shout, Qiao Ma quickly looked over.
Under the escort of the concierge lady holding an umbrella, the two people wearing sunglasses quickly walked out of the reception hall.
"Huh, Bai Zhe is so beautiful and blessed." Qiao Ma looked at Tang Yiran's delicate figure, shook her head and sighed helplessly.
Bai Zhe held Tang Yiran's waist, and the two got into the waiting Rolls-Royce. Du Jingsheng breathed a sigh of relief and directed the driver to follow the car in front.
"Let's go to Lieshang Village."
Bai Zhe confessed to the driver in a deep voice, then turned to look at Tang Yiran's rosy face with a smile.
It has to be said that after a fierce battle and deep cleaning, Tang Yiran now looks rosy and radiant, exuding the unique charm of a mature woman.
"Going to hunt Shang? Aren't you going to take them to Dongguan? Why go around the bush? Just go directly."
Tang Yiran looked at Bai Zhe in surprise when he heard this.
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhe frowned and sighed: "Oh, I was satisfied, so I just chose to abandon it. Women, there is no good thing."
"eat……"
Tang Yiran almost laughed, turned to look at Bai Zhe angrily, pointed at Bai Zhe's forehead with her finger and said, "Didn't you say that you want to take them to experience the thirty-six poses? What? Do you have no energy now?"
Bai Zhe looked innocent: "Did I say that? Why didn't I know?"
Tang Yiran didn't argue with him: "You know what's going on. Men are indeed lower-body animals. They become honest after being released once."
Bai Zhe frowned and said, "Dr. Tang, after all, there are two men in front of you. Please pay attention to your image when you speak, okay?"
Tang Yiran suddenly realized this, her face turned red instantly, she glanced at the silent driver and bodyguard in front of her, and quickly buried her head in Bai Zhe's arms in shame.
[Fortunately, I'm not a secretary or manager, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see anyone. 】
Thinking of this, Tang Yiran raised her pink fist and hit Baizhe on the shoulder and said, "You hate me, you're embarrassing me, I'll ignore you."
Bai Zhe was completely speechless. Women are indeed unreasonable animals. No matter how high their status is, they cannot escape the curse of love.
Qiao Ma and Du Jingsheng looked confused as they watched the vehicles in front of them get off the highway and go straight to the city center.
"What's going on with Bai Zhe? Didn't you agree to go to Dongguan? Why did you get off the expressway from the city?"
Qiao Ma shook her head in confusion: "I don't know, maybe there are other arrangements?"
"Let me give him a call."
Du Jingsheng quickly called Bai Zhe.
Hearing the phone ring, Tang Yiran got up and Bai Zhe clicked on it.
"Hello, Mr. Du?"
"Bai Zhe, where are you taking us?"
Bai Zhe and Tang Yiran looked at each other, with a smirk on their lips.
"Didn't we agree that I would take Mr. Qiao Ma to see the stone monument?"
"Looking at the stone tablet?"
Du Jingsheng was even more confused now and glanced at Qiao Ma strangely.
But when she heard about the stone tablet, Qiao Ma suddenly became energetic.
"Bai Zhe is really very organized in his work, I like it."
[Of course, it would be cool if he could give me the stone tablet tonight...]
Qiao Ma knew that Bai Zhe wouldn't be that stupid, and he wouldn't give the stone tablet to her easily if she didn't take out the chips.
Hearing Qiao Ma's praise, Du Jingsheng could only nod and say a few good words.
After hanging up the phone, Du Jingsheng began to think in his mind: [What is this Bai Zhe doing? According to the information he received, the stone monument had disappeared, but now he wanted to take Qiao Ma to see the stone monument. Wouldn't it be a joke if the group went there in high spirits? 】
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Li Xian had just returned from the temple. After calling the police, the police caught Tian Wen, the main suspect in the theft of cultural relics.
When they caught this man, he was so beaten that he couldn't recognize what he looked like. After a simple inquiry and surveillance comparison, judging from his appearance and characteristics, he should be this man. However, his confession was different from the reality. Entry and exit.
After struggling for a long time, the criminal police found the stone tablet based on the clues provided by Li Xian. The case of missing cultural relics was successfully solved. Tian Wen became the scapegoat, and he probably said goodbye to his theft career from now on.
However, when Bai Zhe called to ask, Li Xian told Bai Zhe the truth. The stone tablet he found was actually just a replica he found specially, and the real stone tablet was still at the foot of the sofa.
Bai Zhe didn't say much, and asked Li Xian not to tell the matter to a third person, but to just prepare for the reception ceremony.
Knowing that Nokia President Joe Mario was coming to visit, Li Xian specially arranged a welcome ceremony, beat gongs and drums for Joe Mario's arrival, and prepared a wonderful lion dance performance.
As soon as they got off the car, Qiao Ma and Du Jingsheng were stunned by such a grand welcome ceremony.
I originally thought that Li Xian would be very clear about his intentions and would definitely shut them out.
But I never expected that just because there was an extra Bai Zhe, he would receive such attention.
"Hey, Mr. Qiaoma, welcome!"
"Mr. Du, long time no see. Welcome."
With gongs and drums blasting and firecrackers blasting, Li Xian was particularly enthusiastic and took the lead to shake hands with Du Jingsheng and Joe Mario who had just arrived.
Bai Zhe and Tang Yiran stood behind Li Xian, as if they were the masters, smiling as they watched the two old men bewildered by Li Xian's warm hospitality.
"Warmly welcome Mr. Joe Mario, President of Nokia, to visit Lieshang."
On the huge temple gate, a banner with Chinese and English characters on a red background was particularly eye-catching. Qiao Ma noticed the content as soon as she got off the car.
And many journalists gathered on both sides with cameras, recording every move of several people in detail.
Bai Zhe's move was really clever. He directly exposed the fact that Qiao Ma came to see the stone tablet. If this was known to the public, what would happen?
It cannot be said that Mr. Qiao Ma came to view the monument. Just to keep it for yourself, right?
How will we gain a foothold in the Chinese market in the future? We will probably become what the Chinese people call foreign devils and will be kicked out as soon as we get off the plane.
But at this moment, even if Qiao Ma knows Bai Zhe's intention, she can only go with the trend. She doesn't need the stone monument, and she can make more money if she loses it. But the gentlemanly demeanor he finally established has collapsed, and no amount of money can make up for it. loss of reputation.
Li Xian obviously didn't speak English, so he simply asked Bai Zhe to act as his guide. After watching the lion dance performance at the door for a while, he followed Bai Zhe's footsteps into this antique temple with great interest.
"Mr. Qiaoma, before visiting the monument, I need to explain to you the long-standing origin of surnames in our Chinese civilization..."
"It is said that Pangu created the world, chaos first emerged, all things revived, Nuwa created humans, Jingwei filled the sea, Houyi shot the sun, Kuafu chased the sun and other myths emerged one after another, which created the prosperous scene of today's world..."
Li Xian doesn't know foreign languages, just like Bai Zhe can chat with foreigners in foreign languages. He speaks pure Mandarin, which makes Qiao Ma confused.
But a Chinese fan like Qiao Ma has an almost obsessive hobby for this Chinese culture that he knows only a little about. So when Bai Zhe listened to so much, sometimes Tang Yiran would quietly translate for him.
"Mr. Qiaoma, after talking about so many surnames, I want to ask you a question."
"Tell me." Qiao Ma listened fascinated, and was particularly satisfied with the rhythm of Bai Zhe's explanation. When she heard Bai Zhe ask, she quickly made an expression of listening carefully.
"In fact, your surname can also find its origin here, and it can even be traced back to who the originator of the surname is."
"Wow, is it so amazing?"
Foreigners are often surprised by this kind of root-searching, because most of them have very little understanding of their ancestors and bloodlines, and because most of their surnames are very confusing, and many people's surnames are also taken from their father's or grandfather's names, and they cannot identify them anymore. Trace back up.
Compared with China's mature surname culture, it is still in its infancy during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
But here, Bai Zhe plans to use this to give Qiao Ma a sense of belonging, in order to build a bridge of cooperation between Qiao Ma and China and better complete tomorrow's negotiations.
"Yes, it's that magical."
As he spoke, Bai Zhe turned to point to the inscription engraved with the word Qiao and said, "Look, Mr. Qiaoma, your last name is right there."
Qiao Ma quickly looked up as Bai Zhe pointed, and sure enough she saw a dense mass of small characters.
Bai Zhe smiled and began to explain for him: "The surname Qiao belongs to a branch of the surname Ji. The surname Ji is one of the oldest surnames in China. It has existed for nearly three thousand years. The place where the surname Qiao first appeared should be today's In Shanxi Province, China, because the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum is there, a group of nobles lived next to a bridge in order to protect the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum. From then on, people who walked out from here changed their surname to Ji and became the Qiao family. They went through another story. After more than a thousand years of evolution, the surname Qiao appeared..."
"Wow, I can't believe it. One small word can reveal so many secrets. It's really cool."
[I want to change my surname. From now on, my surname will be Qiao, and my descendants will all be named Qiao! 】
Qiao Ma was deeply attracted by what Bai Zhe said about the origin of surnames. She shook her head and marveled at this profound surname culture.
Li Xian and others looked at each other in confusion. They really couldn't figure out how Bai Zhe could know that Qiao Ma was so interested in these things.
