Material Empire

Spain, Madrid Barajas Airport.

A group of Chinese came out of the terminal building one by one. They wore uniform suits and pulled trolley suitcases of uniform specifications, and even had the same reserved and uneasy expressions on their faces. The one walking in the front was a slightly affluent man in his 50s, and next to him was a beautiful female translator.

"Director Zhu, please go this way...there seems to be a special passage for passengers!"

Huang Liwei, a female translator who has just graduated from the Language Institute for less than a year, is also going abroad for the first time, but she has to pretend to be familiar with all the rules, reminding Zhu Xiaofeng, director of the Hongyuan Provincial Department of Foreign Trade, from time to time.

"As expected of an established developed country, this airport... tsk tsk... is really big and luxurious." Zhu Xiaofeng looked around and made rambling comments. He has gone abroad several times, but due to the language barrier, he can't talk about the impression of the countries he has visited, and he can't sum up any characteristics, so he always evaluates them as "big" and "luxury".

"Director Zhu, look, that's the person from the embassy to pick us up." Huang Liwei spotted a big sign saying "Hongyuan Province" in the crowd at the airport, and immediately shouted excitedly in a low voice. To be honest, if there is no reception in the local area, she really doesn't know where to take this team.

"Is it Director Zhu? I am Wang Zheyi, the third secretary of the Chinese embassy. I have been appointed by Ambassador Luo to welcome you." A girl about Huang Liwei's age came forward with a smile and nodded to Zhu Xiaofeng.

"Oh, Secretary Wang, thank you Ambassador Luo, thank you Secretary Wang." Zhu Xiaofeng quickly reached out to shake hands with Wang Zheyi, with a somewhat humble smile on his face. He knew that even though he was the head of a department with real power in the province, he could yell and shout, but if he went abroad, he would be nothing. The embassy usually receives leaders and officials from ministries and commissions. He is such a local official that he can be completely ignored.

Wang Zheyi smiled slightly, shook hands with Zhu Xiaofeng lightly, then stretched out his hand and said: "The car we chartered for you is outside, please follow me. The hotel I booked for you is Mellon Palace Hotel. After arriving at the hotel , I will write you his name and phone number."

"Thank you so much, the embassy is really our caring person." Zhu Xiaofeng praised.

"You're welcome, this is what we should do." Wang Zheyi replied politely.

From the moment she saw Wang Zheyi, Huang Liwei's eyes never left her. She carefully observed Wang Zheyi's clothes, trousers, shoes, bracelets, hairstyle, makeup, and even secretly sniffed the scent of perfume that wafted from Wang Zheyi's body, and kept this smell firmly in her heart.

Wang Zheyi's clothes are actually very ordinary, but his charm is also revealed inadvertently, which is a kind of temperament that can only be cultivated by long-term foreign affairs work. On the other hand, this foreign trade delegation from Hongwon Province, everyone wore suits that were specially made before going abroad, but each of them looked extremely awkward. No wonder some people said that no matter where they saw the delegation from mainland China, they would not It will be mistaken for people from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

When Huang Liwei was in school, she was very envious of those teachers who could dress themselves like foreigners. These students neither had enough financial strength to buy fashionable clothes, nor had enough vision to match their own clothes. Now, there is a blueprint for her to refer to, how can she not study it seriously.

"Xiao Huang, Xiao Huang, what are you looking at!" The people next to him began to speak out, and Huang Liwei just stared at Wang Zheyi, and she almost bumped into someone else.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Director Jiang... I, I was just thinking about how to say the Mellon Palace Hotel that Secretary Wang said in Spanish." Huang Liwei said hurriedly. She is also responsible for the organizational and administrative work of the entire delegation, and knows everyone in the delegation. The person who reminded her just now was Jiang Huanwen, the director of Hongyuan Iron and Steel Factory, who was the big sponsor of this trip.

The Hongyuan Provincial Department of Foreign Trade organized a delegation to come to Spain this time. The main task was to negotiate the introduction of a set of steelmaking equipment that reached the European level in the late 1970s for the Hongyuan Iron and Steel Plant. After several years of hard work, Hongyuan Iron and Steel Works finally persuaded the Ministry of Metallurgy to agree to this introduction project, and spent a lot of energy to get Hongyuan Province to provide funds to realize this introduction. To import equipment, it is natural to visit the site first, so Jiang Huanwen made a report to the Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and asked to organize a delegation to Spain.

The Department of Foreign Trade approved the report, and at the same time required personnel from the Department of Foreign Trade to participate in the delegation, so as to check the introduction policy of Honggang. Of course, Jiang Huanwen couldn't refuse such a request, so the delegation included director Zhu Xiaofeng, translator Huang Liwei, a certain director of the provincial government office, the director's wife, and a certain director of the Metallurgical Department... On the list filed by the Foreign Affairs Office, Jiang Huanwen and several middle-level cadres of Honggang ranked at the bottom.

Before boarding the plane, Jiang Huanwen finally realized that they were no longer the bottom of the list, and two new members added their names after them. These two were named Chen Hongcheng and Qin Hai. good news that

When Chen Hongcheng was the director of the Materials Department, he had dealt with Jiang Huanwen, but the relationship was relatively ordinary. This time, Chen Hongcheng squeezed into the foreign trade delegation of Honggang through his relationship in the foreign trade department. What made Jiang Huanwen feel more comfortable was that the travel expenses of Chen Hongcheng and that little follower named Qin Hai were borne by Chen Hongcheng himself, and they did not spend Honggang's money. The only advantage he gained was that he got two very precious places to go abroad at that time.

During the training before the departure of the delegation, as well as during the departure, boarding, and transfer, Chen Hongcheng used his talent for dancing with long sleeves, and quickly got into a hot fight with all the people in the delegation. In contrast, Qin Hai seemed much duller. He had always maintained a taciturn attitude, and followed Chen Hongcheng closely, like a bag carrier.

As for Qin Hai's identity, the people in the regiment had not guessed. With the information conditions back then, Qin Hai's name was not enough to spread to Hongyuan Province, so no one knew who he was. When Chen Hongcheng introduced Qin Hai to everyone, he only said that he was a staff member of Red Sea Company, but what made everyone feel strange was that Chen Hongcheng's attitude towards this subordinate seemed a bit too equal, and this subordinate seemed to have too little vision .

Therefore, officials with rich political sense and gossip mentality made all kinds of conjectures about Qin Hai. A more concentrated opinion is that Qin Hai may be a child of a family related to Chen Hongcheng, who was arranged to work in Chen Hongcheng's company. day. With this kind of understanding, everyone's attitude towards Qin Hai became warmer. Don't look at this young and foolish young man, who knows which temple's god his father is?

Under the guidance of Wang Zheyi, everyone boarded a bus and arrived at Mellon Palace Hotel. This is a three-star hotel, located in the center of Madrid, surrounded by several commercial streets, and the traffic is relatively convenient. Every time a similar domestic business delegation comes to Spain, the embassy will arrange them in several similar hotels to facilitate the members of the delegation to go shopping.

In recent years, more and more domestic delegations have gone abroad to carry out business activities. Some delegations even came out for tourism and shopping under the guise of business. For these groups, what the embassy can do is to help rent a car to pick them up at the airport, and then find a hotel to drop them off, and then they will be left to themselves. If every delegation has to be accompanied by people from the embassy all the way, then the embassy will not want to do other things.

The process of checking into the hotel was naturally a one-off process. Most people in the delegation did not even understand English, let alone Spanish. Everything had to be guided by Wang Zheyi and Huang Liwei. These people are a bit of a face in China. They don't know what order is. They yell when they encounter something, and they can't wait for the translator to solve it immediately:

"Xiao Huang, please come and have a look, what is this thing for..."

"Xiao Huang, why can't I turn on the light here..."

"Secretary Wang, can you find someone to change the pillow, my wife is not used to this kind of soft pillow..."

The Spanish waiters in the corridor were all smiling, standing aside and looking at these old-fashioned old men from the east, indifferent, they only moved when Wang Zheyi and Huang Liwei asked them for help. Since this hotel became the hotel designated by the Chinese embassy to receive Chinese delegations, the waiters have become accustomed to this scene.

"Director Zhu, Xiao Qin and I will go out for a while, so you don't have to wait for us to have lunch."

In the chaos, Chen Hongcheng brought Qin Hai to Zhu Xiaofeng's room and asked Zhu Xiaofeng for leave.

"You...where are you going? Do you know the way?" Before Zhu Xiaofeng could say anything, Wang Zheyi, who was helping to guide the usage of various electrical appliances in the room, was taken aback and couldn't help but look back.

Seeing this, Wang Zheyi remembered that the two of them didn't seem to have said anything when everyone was asking her questions. After she handed out the room keys, the two people had disappeared without a trace carrying the suitcases before anyone could find the elevator. Up to this moment, most of them are still busy getting familiar with the room, but the two of them seem to have tidied up, and the older one seems to have washed and blown his hair in a leisurely way, and his hair looks quite smooth look.

"Where are you going, and don't you need to bring a translator?" Wang Zheyi asked strangely.

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