Material Empire

Spain is also a country with a well-developed food culture. Honggang's celebration banquet was quite large. It seems that Jiang Huanwen bleeds a little. Due to the substantial savings in the cost of introducing electric furnaces, both the Foreign Trade Department and the Metallurgical Department fully understood Jiang Huanwen's generosity.

Although Jiang Huanwen kept saying that Qin Hai was the biggest contributor to the introduction of equipment this time, when it came time to talk about the heroes of wine, the names of Qin Hai and Chen Hongcheng could only be ranked very far behind, and naturally Zhu Xiaofeng and others ranked in the front A bunch of government officials and even diplomats from the embassy. Qin Hai doesn't care about the false name on this scene, and the people on the scene are also very clear about the actual situation.

Some good people have summed it up: read a research report, those who rank at the bottom are often the real authors, and those who rank at the top may not even be able to name the project; read a credit report, rank at Those at the bottom are often those who have made real contributions, while the ones in the front are only the "relevant leaders" who have given important spiritual support.

At the celebration meeting of the introduction project of the electric furnace, Qin Hai and Chen Hongcheng's names were the last two, and even Chen Hongcheng's name was before Qin Hai.

After some praise and self-praise, the banquet entered the stage of free conversation. Wang Zheyi, who was appointed by the embassy to attend the banquet, came to Qin Hai with a half glass of red wine, smiled, raised his glass, and said, "Comrade Xiao Qin, congratulations."

Qin Hai quickly picked up his own cup, but pretended to be stupid: "Secretary Wang, I don't know what you are congratulating on."

"There are too many things to congratulate you on." Wang Zheyi slightly covered his mouth with his hands and smiled, and said, "First of all, you helped Director Jiang and the others complete this difficult negotiation and achieved an amazing reversal. Shouldn't I congratulate you on this?"

Qin Hai shook his head and said, "Then you are congratulating the wrong people. You should congratulate Director Jiang and the others. In the words of Mr. Zhu, the excitement belongs to them, and I have nothing."

"After returning to China, won't you be commended?" Wang Zheyi asked with big beautiful eyes. I don't know if she is naturally charming, or if she learned to be cute after working in diplomacy, Qin Hai has to admit that this girl's expression when she blinks her eyes is very lethal.

"Commendation... probably a little bit, but what use is this commendation to me?" Qin Hai replied with a smile.

Wang Zheyi can also imagine from the layout of today's celebration banquet what kind of commendation Qin Hai will receive in the future. Excessive emphasis on Qin Hai's contribution means that everyone else is useless. Such a thing is absolutely not acceptable in Hongyuan Province. Will do it, so Qin Hai can only show a small face in the report in the end, which is equivalent to the role of passerby.

She nodded and said, "Let's talk about something else. I heard that you, Xiao Qin, successfully negotiated several big deals during your stay in Madrid, and even established a cooperative relationship with Leonardo, a steel tycoon in Madrid. , is this worthy of congratulations?"

"No way? Who did you listen to?" Qin Hai was taken aback. Only Chen Hongcheng participated in the negotiations with Leonardo. Zhu Xiaofeng and the others were completely unaware of it, but how could this Wang Zheyi know?

Wang Zheyi was very satisfied with the effect she created. She smiled and said, "How can our embassy not know what the Chinese citizens have done in Spain in time? Besides, the steel tycoon wants to have a little something with you." The Red Sea company cooperates, and we also need to ask our embassy to help understand the authenticity, right?"

"I actually forgot this." Qin Hai said with some annoyance.

Wang Zheyi was right. Of course, Leonardo could not have established a cooperative relationship with them without knowing their details. It is the minimum prudence to ask the embassy for some information. As for the embassy, ​​of course, they will not take such things lightly. It is also responsible for national security to learn about the details of Qin Hai's relationship with Leonardo through some secret channels.

In front of the powerful state machine, Qin Hai's narrow-mindedness really has no secrets at all. He carefully asked Wang Zheyi: "Secretary Wang, I want to find out, should the country have no restrictions on my cooperation with Leonardo?"

Wang Zheyi said: "Don't worry, we don't care about foreign trade, as long as you don't betray national intelligence, we won't interfere with anything. But I also remind you that foreign cooperation is an act actively encouraged by the state, but if in foreign cooperation The country will never allow anything that is detrimental to the interests of the country or humiliating the dignity of the country."

"Can you stop talking to me so seriously? I'm really a little scared..." Qin Hai said with a smile on his face. He already understood the implication in Wang Zheyi's words, that is, Qin Hai's behavior violated the requirements of the foreign trade department, but because it did not involve national security, the embassy would not intervene.

Wang Zheyi didn't have any bad feelings towards Qin Hai. She is generally aware of all these things that Qin Hai did in Madrid. She discussed this issue with Ambassador Luo of the embassy. Interested people are very valuable and deserve the protection of the embassy.

Ambassador Luo didn't care about the behind-the-scenes transactions between Qin Hai and Leonardo. Not to mention that the Red Sea company behind Qin Hai was just a private company, it was not uncommon for state-owned enterprises to collude with foreign businessmen to launder money. The purpose of these state-owned enterprises laundering money is to free up foreign exchange to buy luxury goods, while Qin Hai’s purpose of doing so is to import foreign materials and equipment. Zhe Yi admired Qin Hai even more.

Regarding these views, it was impossible for Wang Zheyi to tell Qin Haihe everything. She hinted at Qin Hai, and Qin Hai immediately understood, which made Wang Zheyi very happy. She purposely raised her face and scolded: "Comrade Xiao Qin, please be more serious. We are not chatting in a cafe now, but having a serious conversation."

"Look at my brain!" Qin Hai patted himself on the head, turned out a small stack of colorful cards out of nowhere, handed them to Wang Zheyi, and said, "Secretary Wang, this is for you!" Yours. We may be leaving Madrid soon, and what we promised you must be implemented."

"What is this?" Wang Zheyi took a look at the stack of cards inexplicably, and couldn't help being startled, and his face flushed for no reason. It turned out that it turned out to be a stack of Liss fancy ice cream coupons from Serrano Commercial Street, and there were as many as a dozen cases. Wang Zheyi has always known the price of this kind of ice cream, and one serving can eat up her monthly salary. When she first met Qin Hai, in order to blow his self-confidence, she told Qin Hai to invite her to eat Liss ice cream. Unexpectedly, Qin Hai really remembered it.

"You're crazy, how much does it cost!" Wang Zheyi said in a low voice, and at the same time looked both sides with a guilty conscience. Fortunately, everyone is busy flattering Zhu Xiaofeng and others now, and no one pays attention to their two youngest characters.

Qin Haidao: "Just keep it. I don't have time to accompany you to eat, so I can only give you a few coupons. However, these coupons are not given to Ms. Wang for free. Maybe there is something else I need to ask Wang Ms. help."

"I knew you were sugar-coated cannonballs." Wang Zheyi finally recovered. She knew that Qin Hai hooked up with Spanish businessmen in Madrid and made a lot of money. It seems expensive, but to Qin Hai, it might really be just a drop in the bucket. She stuffed the card into her small Kun bag, and said, "I'll accept the sugar coating, and I'll return the cannonballs. If you want to ask this girl to do something, you have to go to the embassy through your foreign affairs department, otherwise you won't talk about it."

"I asked you to help me buy some academic materials and so on, and I also need to write essays?" Qin Hai said with a smile.

Wang Zheyi chuckled and said, "I can help with this..."

"Yeah, that's enough." Qin Hai said.

Sending ice cream coupons to Wang Zheyi was just Qin Hai's whim. That day, he and Chen Hongcheng happened to pass by the Serrano commercial street, and when they saw an ice cream shop doing a promotion, he paid for a dozen cards and prepared to give them to Wang Zheyi when he found time. Qin Hai likes Wang Zheyi's elegant and refined appearance, which is one of the reasons why he gave Wang Zheyi a coupon. As for the other reason, he was a bit of a philistine, that is, Qin Hai felt that he would have to handle a lot of business through Spain in the future, and it would be very beneficial to make friends with a staff member of the embassy.

After accepting Qin Hai's gift, Wang Zheyi felt a little embarrassed, and the two of them seemed to have nothing to say for a while. Wang Zheyi raised his glass to Qin Hai, took a sip of the red wine himself, and then said, "I really don't like the weather in Madrid. I still like the capital."

"Why, Miss Wang is from the capital?" Qin Hai asked casually.

Wang Zheyi nodded, then reached into his bag to take out a note paper, found a pencil and wrote a few words, handed it to Qin Hai, and said, "Qin Hai, actually I may not be working in the embassy for a long time, I will go back to China next year at the latest. This is my home address in the capital, if you have anything to do in the capital, you can come to my house to find me."

After that, she turned around and walked towards the others with the cup. Qin Hai unfolded the note in his hand and looked, only to see a phone number and an address written on it: XXX, Building XX, No. XX, Sanlihe Road, Beijing.

A few days later, the delegation from Hongyuan Province finished their work in Spain and set off to return home. Wang Zheyi sent the delegation to the airport, and before entering the security gate, she stuffed a small pocket into Qin Hai's hand, waved her hand and left. Qin Hai opened the pocket and looked, it contained some snacks for killing time on the plane, but it was bought according to the taste of girls, which made Qin Hai feel dumbfounded.

The plane flew over Eurasia and landed at Pujiang Airport. When he walked out of the airport, Qin Hai saw a huge banner in front of him: Warmly welcome the delegation of Hongyuan Province to return with honor.