Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 358 The beer is gone
Talking about the impression of the Germans~ Chen Li in his previous life only had some understanding from TV and news media.

So ~ before getting to know the real Germans, Chen Li’s impression of Germans was just like what the media advertised.
Rigorous ~ serious ~ punctual ~ old-fashioned ~ conservative and so on and so on!

Chen Li once heard a story from a friend who had studied in Germany, saying that he went to a bank to open an account.

If you are in China, the procedures for opening an account in the class are very simple, basically it will take about half an hour at most.

But in Germany ~ this time may take a week or two.

The whole process is indeed rigorous enough that there are no mistakes at all, but the efficiency is also very low.

Moreover, such similar things are common in all walks of life in Germany.

But even so, Chen Li's friend still likes to brag about Germany very much, and he tends to reduce this situation to rigor.

Uh~ It's really rigorous!But this kind of rigorous reasoning is hard to appreciate.

That friend of Chen Li's is considered half-virtuous, but in fact Chen Li also understands him quite well.

After all, although this buddy went to study in Germany, the university was actually just average.

Studying in Germany itself is not considered popular, this buddy also went to an ordinary university, so it seems a little bit like that!

So this buddy always likes to brag about the whole country of Germany~ He can brag about all kinds of things from all walks of life.

In short~ In the mouth of this buddy, Germany is a country with high-quality citizens, epoch-making technological development, and even a country that is awesome in everything!

Reasonable~ Chen Li naturally wouldn't believe these things.

In those days, it was no longer popular in China to boast about "foreign countries". After all, it was the information age, and it was meaningless to blindly praise foreign countries.

But even so, Chen Li would be more or less influenced by this buddy.

At least ~ Germany in the eyes of Chen Li in his previous life is indeed a pretty awesome country.

But now~ Chen Li has learned German by himself, and also met an authentic German like Hannah, so he naturally has a new understanding of Germany.

It is undeniable that as a developed country, Germany is indeed awesome in many aspects.

But it's definitely not what Chen Li's friends boasted about!
For example, the so-called Germans are most famous for being strict and punctual~ But in fact, the delay of German trains and even subways is simply commonplace!
This is completely different from the impression that the Germans have always given people.

Another example is Chen Li's friend boasting that the Germans are of high quality and all of them follow the rules.

That friend also told Chen Li a story about a German who stood quietly under the traffic light and patiently waited for the green light in the snow on a night when there were no cars on the road. ...

This... sounds like that.At that time, this buddy also denounced the behavior of many Chinese people in the country who like to rush across the road.

To be honest~ At that time, Chen Li also felt that there were indeed some problems with the Chinese people, because this kind of situation really existed, and it was not a minority.

But in fact, both Hannah and Hannah's father have actually done this kind of thing.

In the words of Hannah's father ~ on a snowy night ~ when facing traffic lights with no one and no cars around, the person who really stops and waits. Probably quarreled with his wife.

Because I don't want to go home~ so I would rather stay on the street on a freezing night than go back to that warm home.

In fact, from this point, it can be seen that the Germans are not as old-fashioned as Chen Li thought they were, rigorous or even ignorant of humor.

This is the real world, just like those foreign braggarts these days, they always like to brag about foreign countries like utopia, but in fact... this buddy may not even know the country he is bragging about.

Just like in the previous life~ people always boast about the country where they live a good life, saying that they are very clean, and there is not even a little garbage on the streets.

But in fact, there are not only garbage on the streets, but also drunks and even idiots.

So ~ this kind of bragging can also fool the Chinese people in an age when information is not well developed.

In the future information age, Chinese people will be able to learn about the customs and other details of the world even if they stay at home.

But although Chen Li's friend is indeed a German blower, he often even likes to praise Germany.

But there is one thing~ Chen Li's friend really didn't brag.

That is. Germans like to drink beer!

This point~ can be seen from Lucas's complaints about whether it is good to drink or not.

In fact, Lucas is a pretty good guy, and he can be regarded as a well-informed and polite foreign guy.

It's just that when beer is mentioned~ this guy's previous high EQ disappeared in an instant, which shows that beer is really a favorite thing for Germans.

Not even Lucas, but Lucas' father Philip.

After tasting Shennong beer~ the first thing Lucas did was not to continue drinking, but went directly to his father's table with the bottle of Shennong beer.

Yes~ As the speaker of the negotiation team, Philip naturally sat with the leaders of domestic manufacturers.

Of course~ Originally, Lucas and Laura were also going to be arranged at that table, as well as Professor Lu, a master in the translation industry.

It's just that this time, Professor Lu came mainly to visit friends, not to translate, so he directly dragged Laura to the side table.

Needless to say, Chen Li, his status on the table is already in the face of Professor Lu.

But because Lucas became friends with Chen Li, and Chen Li brought "good" beer, so Lucas followed Chen Li to the side table.

Then ~ Lucas took the bottle of Shennong beer to the main table, and then the bottle of Shennong beer was gone.

Not only was the bottle of Shennong beer gone, but even the box of Shennong beer that Chen Li brought back was gone.

Finally~ Lucas shared a bottle of beer, full of resentment!

This guy actually miscalculated!He thought that this wine was brought out by Chen Li, and Chen Li must still have it.

In fact, Chen Li still has them, but Chen Li is unwilling to take them out.

The reason is very simple. Chen Li is a bit "stingy"!
This stinginess does not mean that Chen Li is reluctant to part with this beer. Although the beer is expensive, it is paid for in Huaxia coins, and it is not impossible for Chen Li to afford it.

With Chen Li's current income, he can afford to drink Shennong beer every day.

It's just that in order to exchange for Shennong beer, Chen Li paid a full 50 credit line of the mall currency.

This made Chen Li a little distressed.No~ it’s not a little bit, I feel so distressed that I can’t breathe, okay?
The main reason is that Chen Li has never thought about entering the beer industry, so the 50 credit line is really just used as a fork.

Facing foreigners~ Chen Li is actually very happy to play this fork.

But I'm not happy to spend 50 credits to install a fork!
So~ Chen Li is actually a little unhappy!He was unhappy, so naturally he didn't want to see Lucas happy.

If it hadn't been for the little bastard Lucas to "provoke" him, he wouldn't have thought about installing that fork, and if he didn't install this fork, he wouldn't have spent the 50 mall currency credit line.

At this moment, Chen Li~ seems to have become Xianglin's wife.

But unlike Mrs. Xianglin who can only complain, Chen Li can do something.

For example~ if he is depressed, he can make Lucas depressed too!
A box of Shennong beer ~ a total of 24 bottles.

Moreover, this Shennong beer is not in a 500ml bottle that is popular in China, but in a 330ml bottle.

So ~ a case of Shennong beer, this dinner will be wiped out immediately.

And because he only got one bottle, Lucas pestered Chen Li for Shennong beer after dinner.Then.
"It's gone~ It's really gone!"

"This beer was given to me by a friend of mine. There were originally two cases. I drank one case myself."

"There's only one box left, and I'll give it all to you!"

"You want to show off to your father yourself, who can you blame when the wine is gone?"

"Look for me? It's impossible for me to conjure it up for you!"

"How about it? Our Huaxia beer is no worse than your German one, right?"

There was a hint of cunning in Chen Li's eyes. Seeing Lucas' state of "dissatisfied with desires", Chen Li suddenly felt a little happy.

Cough cough~ It's not kind to base one's happiness on other people's unhappiness, but it's really cool!

"Chen~ I have to admit this!"

"Your Huaxia beer is pretty good!"

"But...too little!"

"Chen~ Do you still have a way to get some more?"

"It's fine if I don't drink it, but after drinking a bottle, I can't drink any other beer."

The "other beer" that Lucas mentioned here actually refers to other domestic brands of beer.

Because there is only one case of wine for dinner, but there are about ten people in the team from Germany alone, and 24 small bottles of Shennong beer are definitely not enough.

Lucas only got one bottle, and the other beers were shared by others.

Later~Because Shennong beer was gone, other beers were served at the hotel.

Qindao~Yanjing~Xuehua brought some over, but after drinking Shennong beer, drinking these beers feels like drinking water.

How to describe this feeling?You can probably understand that feeling if you use a wine glass that has drunk white wine to fill water.

To put it bluntly~ it is equivalent to drinking water with a little alcohol taste!
If there is no Shennong beer~ then these Germans will drink ordinary beer, after all, the customs of each country are different.

Chinese people just like to drink this kind of relatively light beer. Naturally, when Germans come, they also want to fit in with the local customs.

But ~ Shennong beer is in the front, which makes these Germans a little excited.

They didn't expect that they could drink such good beer in Huaxia~.

But the only downside is that there are too few ~ it is really too few.

Drinking is a thing~ In fact, I am not afraid of drinking too much and getting drunk, the most fearful thing is not drinking enough!
That kind of unfinished feeling~ is even more uncomfortable than the uncomfortable state of drinking too much!

Enough to drink ~ drink well ~ everyone will be satisfied.

But half of the drink is gone. This is equivalent to hanging people's hearts, which is called a tangle!

So ~ when Chen Li looked at Lucas with a happy expression of desire and dissatisfaction, a person suddenly came to him.

"Xiao Chen~ I heard that you brought the wine tonight?"

The person who came was a person in charge of a domestic manufacturer. To be precise, this person seemed to be the director of the factory office, mainly responsible for logistics or something.

The purpose of the person in charge is very simple~ it is to rush to the box of Shennong beer brought by Chen Li at night.

He never doubted whether there is such a beer as Shennong Beer. After all, China is so big that many places have their own specialties, whether it is beer, liquor or even beverages.

He just thought that this beer~ might be a beer produced by a small factory in a certain place, and it probably didn't sell very well.

In fact, at night, he also drank a glass of Shennong beer.

But he felt that the beer was average, even a bit unpalatable!

This is actually quite normal. As the office director of a domestic manufacturer, this person usually drinks liquor more often.

If you want to talk about baijiu, this guy can probably tell you from brewing to wine tasting, and he can even tell what kind of wine it is once you drink it!

This is no nonsense!Some people drink~Drinking with ordinary people is actually two different things.

Ordinary people drink because of entertainment, or because they like to drink!
But some people drink ~ that's work!

Pay attention~ work and entertainment are actually two different things!

In his previous life, Chen Li knew a professional wine taster. How awesome is that guy?

What kind of wine the director of the factory can taste is already very impressive.

But the sommelier that Chen Li knows can tell you directly whether this wine is good or not~ what year it was produced~ why it is good~why it is not good~ even the story of this wine back then can tell you everything Chu.

What is it called?This is called professional!

You ordinary people have a drink~ it’s just a hobby at best!
Isn't there such a saying?Don't take your hobbies to challenge my major?

Uh~ ok~ It's a bit far-fetched, let's talk about the director of the factory office.

This person's knowledge of beer is very limited, at most it is a little more than ordinary people.

But~ as the director of the factory office in charge of logistics work, the purpose of this man who came to Chen Li was very clear.

For Shennong beer!

To be honest~ If this person came to Chen Li first, maybe Chen Li would give it to him.

Chen Li told Lucas that there was no more wine~ that was because Chen Lixiang felt uncomfortable seeing Lucas!
But this is just a bit of bad taste of Chen Li!

Chen Li could deliberately see Lucas's displeasure because he didn't drink enough because of a little bit of bad humor, but he didn't want to affect the cooperation between the two companies because of this incident.

After all, this is a serious business, and if the negotiation fails because of such a trivial matter as not enjoying the wine, then the fun will become a big one.

Of course~ this is actually just Chen Li's personal thoughts.

Because of this kind of thing, Chen Li had actually seen it with his own eyes.

When some people in China talk about cooperation, some like to go to entertainment venues to talk, but in the end the talk collapsed because of some trivial matters. Chen Li really met more than one.

But in fact~ this time Lucas' family business and domestic cooperation, it is impossible to be affected by a few bottles of beer.

In fact, the cooperation between the two parties has already been reached.

This time the German team came here, first to sign a contract, and second to guide the domestic team.

So no matter what Chen Li thinks~ it's actually a bit ridiculous.

But whether it's ridiculous or not, Chen Li is not willing to affect others because of his nonsense.

So ~ when facing Lucas, Chen Li can bluntly say that Shennong Beer is gone.

But when facing the person in charge, Chen Li couldn't say that.

"Director Liu~! This wine was indeed brought by me."

"However. This wine was given by a friend. There is only one box left, and I drank it all tonight."

"I know why you're here~ Now, I'll call my friend and ask him if there are any more."

"If there are~ I'll ask him to bring some over!"

"But ~ Director Liu, I have to tell you in advance. This wine is not cheap!"

"It's easy to talk, easy to talk ~ easy to talk about money!"

Director Liu immediately laughed when he saw Chen Li being so upbeat!
The price is really not a problem, after all, he didn't pay for it himself.

"Then this matter will trouble Xiao Chen!"

"By the way~ This is my business card. If there is anything I can help you in the future, Xiao Chen, don't be polite to me!"

The two exchanged pleasantries, and finally ~ Director Liu stuffed Chen Li with a business card and left.

Holding this business card~ Chen Li's eyes began to light up.

After this day's contact~ Li Chen found out that Director Liu is actually quite capable!

Talent~ I really want to dig it out!

(End of this chapter)