Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 661 Gift
In fact, for the staff of these foreign embassies, they are actually a privileged class in the country. The food, clothing, housing and transportation are the best in the country, and even if they violate some laws and regulations, they also have diplomatic immunity. It is used in diplomatic embassies of various countries.

In fact, the staff of the British embassy do not have many opportunities to contact ordinary Chinese people. Basically, they only work and live inside the embassy. Occasionally, they will be watched and discussed by the Chinese people when they go out. This feeling is like animals in a zoo. Not only them, almost all foreigners who come to China for tourism have the same treatment of being followed by crowds.

However, when these foreigners want to communicate with Chinese people, they need to face serious language barriers. They are full of curiosity about China and want to get in touch with local Chinese people to understand some things, but such opportunities are rare because at that time they could use There are not many Chinese who communicate fluently in English.

So when Duan Yun was able to speak fluent English, it immediately aroused the great interest of all embassy and consulate staff including the British Minister Makeney, and they all enthusiastically communicated with Duan Yun.

Now is the honeymoon period between China and the United States, and the western countries are also very friendly to China on the surface, so when Duan Yun chats with the staff of the British embassy, ​​he can clearly feel the subconscious enthusiasm.

Duan Yun still knows a lot about the UK. He had a British friend when he was in college, so he still knows a lot about some customs and high-tech industries in the UK.

From the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace, from the just-concluded Falklands War to Harrier fighter jets, from Spey Engine to Rolls-Royce, Duan Yun knew everything about Britain, and the staff of the British embassy were also dumbfounded.

For the staff of the British embassy, ​​they never imagined that a Chinese would have such a thorough understanding of Britain, even the British political system, the upper and lower parliamentary system, and the development of cutting-edge industries in Britain. Talking freely and expressing their own opinions made the British staff, including Minister Makeney, feel a little unbelievable.

But what followed was their great curiosity about Duan Yun's identity, and they all asked what Duan Yun did for work.

When they learned that Duan Yun was the general manager of a branch factory of a state-owned enterprise and also ran an electronics factory, they all felt a little incredible.

Because in the eyes of these British people, Chinese companies these days belong to the state, and they don't know that there are private companies in China, so that the minister named Makeni doubted Duan Yun's real identity.

Upon seeing this, Duan Yun took out a corporate brochure from his bag and handed it to the staff of the British embassy.

Nowadays, no matter where Duan Yun goes, he always carries a beautiful self-made corporate brochure with him. He brought this brochure to BJ this time to show Cui Jian. Just promote the products of your own factory with them.

Duan Yun’s brochure is very beautifully made, and the photos of their factory are very beautiful, clean factory area, smiling, energetic civil servants, speakers and car gearbox products shot by Cheng Qingyan as a model, and finally suits and leather shoes Duan Yun holds the National Gold Medal in his hand, and the award-winning photo taken with the Great Hall of the People as the background vividly shows the style, vitality and honor of a factory. It has a sense of the times and is full of stories. The staff of the consulate praised it again and again, and this was the first time they felt the inner vitality of a Chinese company.

In terms of the automobile industry, compared with the old capitalist country Britain, China is obviously just a toddler, so although the staff of the British consulate praised the beautiful factory area of ​​Duan Yun Labor Service Company and the workers looked very energetic, but in fact They didn't think much of Duan Yun Factory's auto gearbox product that won the National Gold Medal, but Duan Yun brought another catalog of speaker products produced by Tianyin Electronics Factory, which aroused their interest.

In fact, there are many well-known international audio manufacturers in the UK at present, but the speaker shapes in Duan Yun’s catalog look very avant-garde and individual, especially Duan Yun’s wooden speakers with special metal nameplates look very good in quality and low in price , which aroused the great interest of Gongshi Makeni.

In fact, in addition to handling some normal diplomatic affairs, these foreign consulates will also act as middlemen for business matchmaking, seeking for some of their domestic companies to conduct business in China since there were not many foreign companies setting up offices in China at the beginning of the reform and opening up. Import and export business.

Duan Yun also has some understanding of this situation, so he also wants to seize these opportunities as much as possible to promote the products of their factory.

Duan Yun is eloquent and humorous, making these British embassy and consulate staff laugh constantly. After seeing that Minister Makeni is interested in their speakers, he gave the exquisite speaker product brochure to Mark In addition, he also said that he would send them a set of Tianyin brand stereos to the embassy in a while.

Ambassador Makeni also expressed his gratitude for Duan Yun’s gift of speakers. In fact, in the British Embassy, ​​Makeni’s residence has a set of Japanese audio equipment. He also likes to listen to music alone in the house. It was his happiest time. In fact, Makeni was already very satisfied with his Japanese stereo, but he couldn't stand Duan Yun's exaggerated praise of their factory's products, so he readily accepted Duan Yun's gift.

Finally, after the meal, Makeni gave Duan Yun his business card, and expressed his welcome to Duan Yun, and he could visit their embassy as a guest when he had time in the future.

In fact, Duan Yun was invited by the British embassy mainly because he is fluent in English and has extraordinary knowledge in conversation. It is very helpful for the British to understand the customs and customs of China and the development of enterprises. This is also the job of their embassy and consulate. One, so they are also very willing to communicate and contact with Chinese elites like Duan Yun.

After Duan Yun put away Makeni's business card, Cui Jian's band also ended today's performance.

"Brother, let's talk in another place." Cui Jian stepped forward and patted Duan Yun on the shoulder, motioning for Duan Yun to follow them.

When leaving the restaurant, there was another episode, that is, the lobby manager of that restaurant approached Duan Yun and asked Duan Yun if he would like to come to their restaurant as a resident singer, Duan Yun naturally declined...

(End of this chapter)