Volume 1 Chapter 47: Transaction
Got up early and rushed to code, freshly baked and delivered, seeking everyone's collection and recommendation!
"This is my home phone number in Beijing, if you have time, feel free to give me a call, I can be your free tour guide!"
Tang Tian's face turned red, and Li Liqiang and Zhang Shuna, who were standing behind Li Yifan, stared at her with piercing eyes, making her feel a bit unnatural.
"Thank you, I'll contact you when I'm free."
Without saying much more, Tang Tian nodded to Li Yifan's parents and then turned around and left, disappearing into the streets outside the Qingchen City train station.
"Son, is she really just your classmate?"
The old man's sinister smile made Li Yifan feel a bit awkward.
"Can't you be serious for once, old man?"
Zhang Shu reached out and pinched Li Lisheng's arm, then very seriously pulled Li Yihuan over.
"Son, be honest with mom, is she your girlfriend?"
"Oh no! My own mom?!"
A small episode in the morning, and the excitement of returning to Beijing, made the old couple's enthusiasm very high. Seeing his parents' emotions full and high, Li Yifan's mood also improved a lot.
The current capital is not as crowded and noisy as it will be ten years later. The capital, which has just woken up from the night, is not crowded yet, but people starting to go to work can already be seen on the road in twos and threes.
The traffic on the road is about to enter rush hour, and a thin mist has begun to rise in the sky of the capital city. The exhaust fumes from cars have filled the air, and as Li Yifan smells them, he feels a sense of familiarity mixed with confusion. This is the capital city, the place that left him with painful memories ten years ago!
After graduating from university, Li Yifan joined the Northern Drifters with a third-rate university diploma and infinite expectations for the future. He lived in this city for three years, until the accident and career change later on.
Thinking back to those three years of youth, this city had given him countless laughter, but left him with even more unspoken gray memories, most of which were related to failure.
But for this life, these gray memories are destined to be the gloom that one has to sweep away from their memory!
"As I walk on every street here, my heart seems to never be calm. Apart from the roar of engines and electrical sounds, I seem to hear his heartbeat like a candle in the wind. I laughed here! I cried here! I lived here! I died here! I prayed here! I was lost here! I searched here! Lost here! Beijing! Beijing!"
Li Yifan's mind echoed with the song of that weathered old man from years ago, and he was back again. How many cycles does life have? But this time, he was destined not to be lost or cry here again.
Li Yifan made a silent vow in her heart and clenched her fists tightly.
"Yi Fan, what's going on? Hurry over."
The parents in the distance had already found a taxi, and Li Yifan quickly helped his father lift the packed Longjing tea into the trunk of the taxi.
The car drove away from the familiar station with a loud roar.
Li Yifan and his family lived in a three-star hotel near Liangma Bridge. Originally, Li Yifan wanted to find a high-end hotel, anyway, after selling Longjing tea, the family had money and it didn't matter about this little bit of expense.
However, they couldn't bear to stay in such a high-end hotel, and even now this three-star hotel, the two elderly people still think it's a bit expensive.
Standard triple room with bathroom costs 181 yuan per day, this price really makes them feel painful.
The next morning, Li Yihao and Li Yiqiang set off together, heading straight for the Great Wall Hotel near Yan Sha Commercial City, where they had an appointment with someone to negotiate today.
Chanel, such a luxury brand, also started to settle in the major shopping malls of Bincheng in recent years. Li Yifan also got the contact number of the China headquarters of this internationally renowned luxury brand from their promotional brochure.
When he dialed the phone number of the Chinese national headquarters at home that day, his hands were shaking slightly, but after explaining the purpose to the other party, the eagerness in the other party's words quickly calmed him down.
The time for the meeting and negotiation had been agreed upon long ago, and the location was also fixed at Room 8008, Business Suite of the Great Wall Hotel.
When the suite door opened, the noble and elegant woman's face that appeared inside suddenly gave Li Yifan a sense of familiarity as if he had been separated from her for two lifetimes. He quickly activated his brain, searched for a while, and finally came to the conclusion that he had never seen this woman in two lifetimes, and he was certain that he did not know her.
But why does her temperament make me feel such closeness and familiarity?
When Li Lichang saw the woman's face, he was also stunned for a moment. Indeed, this woman gave people a very strange, familiar and intimate feeling, but they really didn't know each other.
"Hello, I am Anna Lee, General Manager of Chanel in China."
The elegant and poised woman opposite him stretched out her hand as calmly as Li Lisheng.
She is relatively tall among women, with a height of over 1.7 meters, an oval face, and a full head of black hair. If it weren't for her angular facial features and blue eyes, she would easily be mistaken for a Korean.
Seeing Li Lianqiang and his son's stunned eyes, the woman opposite smiled calmly and said.
"My father is Chinese, so don't be surprised by my appearance and the Chinese I speak." "Really? No wonder!"
Li Liqiang forced himself to calm down at this time, after all, such a scene, and such a noble woman, was not something he, a chef, had experienced before. On the other hand, his son Li Yifan quickly calmed down after the initial shock, while the elegant woman opposite him looked at Li Yifan with appreciation in her eyes.
There is another blonde-haired and blue-eyed foreigner in the house, but judging from his face, he is not young.
"This is our product appraiser Pierre. Since you are here to sell dragon's saliva, I think you shouldn't mind if we have it appraised?"
Anna is very concise and speaks without beating around the bush.
"Of course, no problem."
"Well, since you're already here, let's get straight to the point. But before we start negotiating, shouldn't we take a look at your goods?"
Anna blinked her bright eyes and looked at Li Lisheng and his son.
"No problem."
After finishing speaking, Li Yifan took out the backpack that had been on his back all along, and then took out a large package wrapped in foam from inside.
This piece of ambergris is the smallest among those they brought, but it weighs over 20 kilograms. When he first arrived, he held it in his arms all the time, which almost exhausted him.
Seeing Li Yifan's sweaty appearance, Anna got up and went to the small refrigerator in the room, took out a bottle of chilled Coke and handed it over to Li Yifan.
Li Yifan flashed a toothy smile at her, and Anna also felt a little strange. What's going on? These two fathers and sons who had just met made her feel this way. This feeling was familiar, but she couldn't quite put it into words.
I can almost be certain that I had never met them before, but why did I have such a familiar feeling?
The appraiser, unaware of the feelings between them, took the dragon's saliva from Li Yifan's hand and unwrapped it, placing the yellowish-brown dragon's saliva in front of him.
He first asked a question, then scraped off some powder from above and put it in his mouth to chew, this action made Li Yihuan feel a bit nauseous.
It's widely acknowledged that ambergris is either vomit or excrement from a whale, and yet this guy dares to put it in his mouth to taste it, what courage!
Pierre, an experienced appraiser, nodded at Anna after a preliminary examination and then took out a magnifying glass to observe the large piece carefully.
With the reckless slaughter of whales, the amount and transaction volume of ambergris have been declining sharply in recent years. Now, the annual global trading volume is only about 100 kilograms, so this thing is absolutely worth a city, more valuable than gold!
As Longjing tea became popular, some counterfeit products also emerged. To avoid losses for the companies, they must be cautious when purchasing.
Pierre sniffed the ambergris from front to back for over half an hour, then cut off a small piece and lit it with a lighter. After smelling the fragrance that filled the room, this meticulous old man finally showed a smile on his face and nodded at Anna.
"Alright! Your goods have been confirmed by us, now we can get down to business. The two Mr. Lis, I wonder what price you plan to sell the dragon's blood resin in your hands?"
Foreigners indeed like being straightforward and direct, this style of getting straight to the point, Li Yifan also likes this kind of refreshing feeling!
