Director Xie is about forty years old, elegant and elegant, and looks like a scholar, but his temperament is cold and hard as a soldier. Obviously, like Minister Niu, he is also from the army.
He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "I have admired Comrade Xiao Tang's name for a long time, and I finally met him today."
"Hello, Director Xie!"
Tang Niannian shook hands with him, felt the thick callus on his palm, and felt more clearly.
"Lao Niu talks about you in my ears every day, and my ears feel numb."
After sitting down, Director Xie made a joke. Although it was a bit exaggerated, it was also true.
He and Minister Niu were comrades-in-arms and a life-long friendship. After changing careers, he went to the government department and Minister Niu went to the steam turbine factory, but the two often drank together and discussed current affairs.
Minister Niu often mentioned Tang Niannian during this period and praised her to the best of her ability. Director Xie became more and more curious about Tang Niannian and wanted to see how powerful this little girl was.
Tang Niannian smiled, not feeling embarrassed at all, and was very calm.
Director Xie was even more curious about her. This little girl was young and looked like a general.
The lunch was quite rich, including fish, shrimp and crab meat. Minister Niu said with a smile: "There is a saying in Shanghai that the autumn wind makes crabs' legs itch. Although it is not autumn yet, hairy crabs taste good too. Come!"
There were exactly four hairy crabs on the plate, not too small in size, one for each person, just right.
Minister Niu put them on plates, and everyone began to peel the crabs. Tang Niannian didn't move. She liked all snacks and dishes made with crab meat and crab roe, but she didn't like to peel the crabs herself.
It's too much trouble, she's lazy.
"Why doesn't Xiao Tang eat?" Minister Niu asked with concern.
"I don't like to eat."
Tang Niannian smiled and put the crab back on the big plate.
Mr. Zhang, who was sitting next to her, just opened the lid, revealing a plump female crab full of yellow. The fragrance wafted out, and Tang Niannian couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
Director Xie glanced at her, with a smile in his eyes, and asked the waiter to bring a clean plate, peeled the crab in an orderly manner, and used a small spoon to scrape the crab roe and meat into the plate one by one.
"Lao Jie, why don't you eat?"
Minister Niu was surprised. He had never eaten crabs in such a way before.
Director Xie smiled slightly, said nothing, and continued to scrape the meat slowly.
Minister Niu didn't ask any questions and concentrated on eating the crab.
Mr. Zhang was also eating crabs, and they all thought that Tang Niannian really didn't like crabs.
Tang Niannian swallowed several times and picked up a few pieces of braised pork to eat. Although she was very greedy, she definitely didn't want to peel it off herself.
Then she asked Shen Xiao to skin ten of them for her.
snort!
"Here, eat!"
Director Xie handed over a plate full of crab meat and a small plate, looking at her with a smile, his eyes were particularly kind.
Tang Niannian was stunned and couldn't react for a moment. Was it peeled for her?
"Eat quickly. My daughter is just like you. She likes eating crabs, but doesn't like peeling them. I peel them for her." Director Xie handed over more plates.
He could see through Tang Niannian's appearance just now. Just like his daughter, she was a greedy and lazy girl.
It’s just that his daughter can no longer eat crabs.
well!
Tang Niannian came to her senses, quickly took the plate, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Director Xie!"
What a great man!
"Eat quickly!"
Director Xie's smile was a little more sad.
Xiao Tang looks very healthy and energetic at first glance. Unlike his daughter, who has to be fully equipped when going out since she got sick. The little girl who used to be the most greedy can now not eat a lot of food and is skinny and skinny.
Tang Niannian felt a little surprised when she understood the director's sadness. She had an intuition that it was related to his daughter, but it was not convenient to ask about other people's privacy when they met for the first time. Let's ask about it later.
She had a very good impression of the gentle and gentle Director Xie, just like the father she imagined.
Gentle and strong, he is both a loving father and a mentor in life. Her biological father should be the same as Director Xie, right?
Tang Niannian finished the plate of crab meat in three or two bites. Director Xie also peeled off all the crab meat for her and ate it without eating a single bite.
"Xiao Tang, you are too lazy to peel it off, you should have told me earlier!"
Minister Niu suddenly realized that the little girl didn't like to eat, but was too lazy to do it.
Tang Niannian puffed up his cheeks and glanced at Minister Niu angrily. No wonder his surname was Niu. He was really a bully and his words were not pleasant.
Director Jie is better, he is good-looking, gentle and considerate. If she were asked to choose her father, she would definitely pick Director Jie.
Minister Niu felt her resentment and laughed.
After finishing the meal, the waiter cleared the table, and Tang Niannian took out the samples she brought and placed them on the table one by one. Everyone's eyes gradually turned from casual to serious.
Especially Director Xie. He came to dinner just for the sake of Minister Niu, and he was really curious about Tang Niannian. He didn't think that a small rural enterprise could produce such amazing handicrafts. But what Tang Niannian brought surprised him.
"Are these all made in your village?"
Director Xie picked up an exquisite bamboo lantern with a small candle inside. Tang Niannian had just lit it. The orange candlelight passed through the lantern, emitting thin and dense light. It was warm and beautiful. Foreigners must like this kind of handicraft.
Director Xie has participated in the Canton Fair three times and has a fairly good understanding of the preferences of foreigners. They like Chinese folk handicrafts, such as paper-cut lanterns and shadow puppets. Foreigners like them very much.
However, for several years in a row, nothing new has been produced, and foreigners’ aesthetic tastes will be tired. Therefore, at the Spring Canton Fair in the first half of the year, the transaction orders for handicrafts did not improve.
In fact, there has been no progress for several years. Although it has not decreased, the leaders are very anxious. If there is no progress, there will be regression, but they can't think of a good way for a while.
Unexpectedly, the samples brought by Tang Niannian would make his eyes light up. Director Xie had a gut feeling that these things would definitely satisfy the foreigners. He seemed to see orders rolling in like snowflakes.
Tang Niannian nodded and said with a smile: "These are just a few samples. Time is limited. There are other samples that I didn't have time to make."
Director Xie's eyes brightened even more and he asked anxiously: "How long will it take to make it?"
"A month or so, I'm already doing it."
Tang Niannian made a deadline, and she was not surprised by Director Xie's performance. These samples were made according to the handicrafts of later generations. At that time, they were all popular products for export. They were decades ahead of the times and would definitely win the Canton Fair. Shine.
"Director Xie, if our beautiful handicraft factory in Tangcun can get the participation list of the Canton Fair, we will definitely make more new products. I also dare to issue a military order and guarantee to get an order of at least 200,000 US dollars!"
Tang Niannian boasted that the order of 200,000 US dollars was not big, but it was not small. For the export of handicrafts, it was a big order.
And what she said was a conservative figure. She was confident that it would exceed 200,000.
If that didn't work, she would go to the foreign businessmen's rooms in the middle of the night and pretend to be their God.
