I Really Didn’t Want To Make A Lot Of Money

Chapter 368

Chapter 368

“Normal business, what do you want to eat?” The old man’s Mandarin is not very standard, and he sounds like a southerner. His eyes swept over the two of them.

It is very rare for Chinese men to bring Western white women.

Lyudmila felt his gaze and greeted him in Chinese that he had learned from Chen Ling: “Hello!”

The old Chinese man smiled, with sparse yellow teeth, picked up the menu on the counter, lifted a wooden board on the counter, and walked out.

“Sit here, you can see outside by the window.” The old Chinese man recommended a seat and put the menu on it.

Lyudmila sat down and looked through the menu.

Chen Ling asked: “Listen to the accent, the boss is from the south?”

“I’m from Taiwan.” The old Chinese man said, sitting down at a table next to him. “I was the first to open a Chinese restaurant here, for forty years.”

There is such an old Chinese restaurant in a small country in Africa! Chen Ling was surprised: “The old man has been here for forty years? Always open a restaurant?”

The old Chinese man nodded: “Golden Dragon Hotel, a golden signboard, a time-honored brand in Gabon.”

Chen Ling suddenly thought that Gabon might not have established diplomatic relations with the mainland 40 years ago, and asked: “Why did you come to this small place to open a restaurant?”

“I used to cook at the embassy, ​​but the embassy withdrew. I didn’t want to go back to Taiwan, so I stayed.” said the old Chinese man.

Sure enough, this is the case!

As soon as the conversation box opened, the old Chinese man couldn’t stop, and told his story like a bamboo tube poured into beans. Maybe it was because his years in Gabon were too long, maybe he liked to tell others about his glory days when he was old. His narrative was very fluent, and he told the story of a wandering foreigner in non-standard Mandarin.

“When I was young, I was ignorant and thought that the farther I could run, the better, so I came here. Later, when I got older, I wanted to go back but couldn’t. I didn’t have a friend in Taiwan, and I didn’t have a friend in Gabon. I couldn’t help it. Can’t integrate into the group of locals.” The old man shook his head.

The old man stood behind the counter personally to greet the guests at such an old age. Chen Ling guessed that his restaurant was not doing very well.

“…I usually don’t have much hobbies, so I like to play in the front Kakino. That Kakino was built with the money I lost to them!” The old man continued, a little bit angry and a little bit complacent. Kakino is the casino.

“I don’t know how to do business, that’s it.” The old man said, “You mainlanders are very good… There is a descendant of Wenzhou, you know? Minister of Foreign Affairs, surnamed Cheng.”

Chen Ling has heard of this person. It is said that a Wenzhou native named Cheng went abroad to do business. He smuggled into France at the first stop, learned French there, and met a few Gabonese. Later, he followed the Gabonese to Gabon and started a timber business in a small town in the south. The locals got married and gave birth to several children.

Chinese people have always attached great importance to the cultivation of children, even if they wandered into Black Africa by themselves half a century ago. Boss Cheng trained all of his children as international students and all went to study in France. Among them, the eldest son obtained a doctorate in economics, and then began to participate in political activities in France, and became an adviser to the Presidential Palace in Gabon before his 30s.

“Do you know the Minister of Foreign Affairs?” Chen Ling asked.

“I know a few people in his family.” The old man said, “They all met in the casino, hahaha…it’s a pity that I have no money, otherwise I can cooperate with them in business and make money.”

Chen Ling didn’t fully believe the old man’s words. He drove a restaurant, and he didn’t know how many Chinese people came and went. I am afraid that every time he sees a Chinese, he will say these things again and again, right?

At this time Lyudmila had already ordered the food and gave the order to the old man.

Sure enough, the old man went to place the order and stood behind the counter and stopped talking. He spent almost his entire life in a foreign country with no relatives, relying on a restaurant to make money, and a casino for entertainment. He is alone today. Others might think he was lonely all his life, but maybe he himself felt very rich, who knows?

Soon, the waiter served the food.

The food was done well, it was a standard foreign Chinese food, which was in line with Lyudmila’s expectations. She ate very happily, and she had already forgotten that spot on the beach.

One after another, guests came again, all locals, and the old man didn’t walk out of the counter to order in person, but just stood there like a welcoming boy saying “Welcome” and “Thank you for coming next time.”

When Chen Ling and Lyudmila paid and left, the old man finally said a few more words.

“Gabon has a good environment. There are more mosquitoes, snakes and ants in the urban area. Take precautions at ordinary times. Don’t get malaria and don’t be bitten by snakes.”

The two thanked him for his kind reminder and left.

A middle-aged woman wearing an apron appeared behind the old man, chewing on something.

“Are you talking nonsense again?” the middle-aged woman said vaguely.

The old man didn’t look back: “Young man, just a reminder.”

“You should also remind them that Gabonese are xenophobic these years and pay attention to safety!”

“Oh, good luck to them!”

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After Liang Bojun received Chen Ling’s briefing, he received a detailed report from Lyudmila. Liudmila’s supplementary analysis of the motives of Olang Group was very convincing, and Liang Bojun finally made up his mind to fully participate in the Mbaram iron ore project.

It was on this day that Sun Jiaran received the resignation report submitted by Mr. Feng.

“What?” Sun Jiaran was very surprised, “You will retire in a few years, why do you resign at this time?”

Mr. Feng will retire at the age of four years. He has served in CS company all his life, and he is about to live a retirement life with a lot of money and no responsibility. At this time, he suddenly resigned. The general reason cannot be explained.

Therefore, Mr. Feng did not intend to cover up at all, he said: “There is a better place to go.”

“Better?” Sun Jiaran couldn’t think of any other company that could be better than CS, and became suspicious, “Lao Feng, are you okay? You don’t want to come to a late festival!”

Mr. Feng smiled and said, “If there is anything that can’t be guaranteed, that’s the case.”

“The company has decided to participate in the investment in the Mbaram iron ore project. This is an unprecedented large project. This is your performance. Are you willing to give up like this?” Sun Jiaran changed his perspective.

“I left the CS company, but I don’t expect to leave the Mbaram iron ore project.” Feng said, “I will help Chen Ling do things.”

Sun Jiaran was silent for a moment, and said: “He is very unscrupulous. He is digging the wall of the partner! I will report to Mr. Liang.”

“He didn’t dig me, I took the initiative to go.” Mr. Feng is not nervous at all, “I hope to change the environment in the past few years when I can still work.”

“Do you mean you were not happy at the company? The company environment is not good?” Sun Jiaran looked ugly. The overseas business is now under the control of Sun Jiaran, and a veteran will resign when he retires. If this is not handled properly, Sun Jiaran’s reputation will be adversely affected.

Mr. Feng didn’t want to tear his face and said, “Mr. Sun, you also said that I’m at this age. The best choice is to work in the company until I retire. So, it has nothing to do with the company’s environment, I just I want to change to an environment that I haven’t experienced in my life. I’m older, but I’m curious. That’s it!”

Sun Jiaran picked up Mr. Feng’s resignation report and glanced at it, and said, “I’m not your immediate superior, so it’s not easy to sign it.”

Feng is always the general manager of the West Africa area, and his superior is the regional general manager. However, the regional general manager only has the right to do business, and he only has the right to know and suggest to the staff at the district level. Whether he agrees with Mr. Feng’s resignation will ultimately fall on Sun Jiaran.

Sun Jiaran is just looking for an excuse. The person in charge at the district level wants to leave. The report is only a form. It is a form of respect for the company. If you really want to leave, who can stop it?

Therefore, Mr. Feng didn’t worry at all, and said, “Mr. Sun, I suggest you hurry up and choose someone to replace me. I must take it seriously. Mr. Chen, don’t talk to him like that. He can directly contact Mr. Liang or even the director of the company. The longest side also has to give President Chen face, right?”

Describing a fact is a bit like a demonstration. This made Sun Jiaran even more unhappy, but there was no way.

The company is now going to do the Mbaram iron ore project and Chen Ling’s hotel project. This Chen Ling is absolutely unacceptable. Lao Feng said it was voluntary, but ghosts believed it!

“What position does Chen Ling give you? What remuneration?” Sun Jiaran asked dejectedly.