Siheyuan: My Northeastern Farmhouse

Chapter 332 Reception
Yu Qiang spoke in English at first, and Catherine frowned slightly. Don't you know that for formal cocktail parties in France, it is best to speak French?
However, because the other party was from the Chinese delegation, Catherine politely replied in French: "Bonjour, monsieur."

Yu Qiang reacted immediately and immediately followed up: "Bonjour, monsieur."

After Catherine smiled and nodded, she was about to turn around and continue chatting with the wives of government officials beside her. Just now, several ladies were praising her for looking very good today.
Catherine had just half turned around, but Yu Qiang continued to invite her in broken French and wanted to chat with her alone, "Ms. Catherine, can I invite you to chat alone?"

"Very important thing!"

Catherine frowned slightly again. It was already very impolite to interrupt her chat with other ladies and greet them in English for the first time.

Now you want to invite her to a place alone, or is it something very important?
Catherine looked Yu Qiang up and down first. He was wearing a regular Chinese tunic suit, which was slightly wrinkled and didn't fit particularly well. He had a three-quarter hairstyle with hair wax, a round face and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He looked a little oily.
Then Catherine looked around the reception and saw Gu Weijun still following a middle-aged man, who was chatting with Constance, Ambassador Huang, and several government officials and association presidents.

Oh, yes, this middle-aged man is the leader of the delegation, and Emma, ​​Mandy, and themselves are all left to Constance except for a brief exchange of greetings with the leader of the delegation at the beginning of the reception. Over there, Emma and Mandy were also chatting in the circle of officials’ wives and the circle of wives of industry associations respectively.

Catherine turned back to look at Yu Qiang, feeling a little headache. Wasn't this a problem for herself? Something else important? Do you want to invite yourself alone? Oh my god, how can anyone who hasn’t come into contact with someone talk about things for the first time? This is too rude.
"Ms. Catherine, what can I do for you?" Perec discovered Catherine's predicament and came over very quickly, holding champagne, seemingly unhurriedly.

"Oh, great!" Catherine patted the underside of the gooseneck with the pearl necklace. "Perec, please have a good talk with this gentleman on my behalf."

"He said there was something very important!"

"It will be very quiet and no one will disturb you."

Both Catherine and Perec were slightly startled. After looking at each other, Perec also frowned slightly, "But, sir, you just..."

Yu Qiang's mind was racing and he let out a "haha" and laughed dryly, "That's right, I mainly want to communicate with Ms. Catherine about the raw silk trade situation this year."

So Perec invited Yu Qiang again, and humorously gave him a step up, "Of course, sir, Ms. Catherine is a famous beauty in France and the vice chairman of a trading company. Many people want to know her." .”

"But I am the specific operator of the trading company. It is the same as what you talk to me, sir."

After Catherine said that her store had no more stock, the ladies all asked to help bring some back to China next time, no matter what the price!
Catherine smiled and agreed. She was very talented in selling luxury goods and cosmetics.

"Of course," Perec leaned forward slightly, "ma'am, it's my pleasure."

Yu Qiang looked around and found that some comrades from the delegation were already looking over. He immediately changed his color and refused quickly, "No, sir, I just came to say hello to the respected Ms. Catherine."

Yu Qiang continued to laugh dryly and made another excuse, "I'll go ask for instructions again." Then he walked away dejectedly.
Perec could only shrug helplessly at Catherine, and said in a low voice: "Ask Ms. Constance after we finish and see if we have discussed this year's trade with the Chinese representatives today."

Catherine and Perec became even more confused and looked at the center of the reception in unison. Shouldn't they be talking to the leader of the delegation? how come? The two looked at each other again. Is there something we don't know here?

Then Perec turned around to face Yu Qiang and asked with a smile: "Sir, please move to the lounge with me, okay?"

Catherine nodded and returned to the circle of ladies just now, talking about the secrets of skin care.

In fact, Gu Weijun already knew when Yu Qiang sneaked to Catherine. Is it true that he can see all the way and listen all the way?

Especially when she occasionally dished out some skin care secrets from ancient women in the mysterious Eastern China, the ladies in shock exclaimed and asked to try them out.

But in such a public place, Gu Weijun didn't believe what Yu Qiang could pull off? It is a mistake to contact foreign institutions and foreigners privately behind the organization's back.
Something else important? What important things can be done at his level? It's just that he might be trying to be clever.

For example, let's test Gu Weijun's position among traders and see if it's possible to replace him.
Although he had just been distracted by focusing on Yu Qiang's contact with Catherine, Gu Weijun still did not delay in translating for Director Miao.

Throughout the reception, Director Miao talked about the friendship between China and France, and also talked about the trade between the two countries, and expressed even greater expectations for the future trade cooperation. Then he occasionally smiled and told several presidents of the French Textile Association that Gu Weijun was now his assistant. If anything happened in the future, he could directly report to him.

He promised to work with Ambassador Huang to solve the problem quickly and timely and provide strong support for the further development of relations between the two countries.

We also welcome all leaders of textile associations to come to China for exchange visits.

Although several presidents of the French Textile Association and the Silk Weaving Association were a little surprised, and occasionally glanced at Gu Weijun, on this occasion, they all smiled and nodded very politely.

Director Miao's speech made Ambassador Huang look at him frequently. He couldn't be wrong. Why did he feel so strange?
Constance quietly squinted her eyes, sipping champagne from time to time, wondering what she was thinking.
At the end of the reception, Gu Weijun and Constance looked at each other, but still did not speak. They returned to the embassy with the large group. During the entire reception, they did not chat alone.

In Catherine's apartment, after the girls took a shower, they lay on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, eating snacks, drinking red wine, and chatting about tonight's reception.

Catherine first asked doubtfully: "Constance, why do I feel that tonight's wine party is weird?"

"Gu, I followed the middle-aged man named Miao the whole time and acted as a translator."

"And a person from their delegation rushed to me to talk about something important!"

"After Perec came over, we stopped talking."

"really weird."

Constance took a sip of red wine, adjusted her bathrobe, covered her feet, and replied lazily: "The peaches are ripe."

"Peaches?" Catherine was even more confused, "Are there peaches in this season? Aren't they supposed to ripen in autumn?"

Emma and Mandy laughed "chichi", this is Catherine's experience of not competing for family interests.

The two women added in unison: "Someone wants to take away the benefits of the raw silk trade from Gu."

"How dare they!" Catherine sat up in excitement, her hair standing on end, "We will never allow this to happen!"

"Okay," Constance said still lazily, making puns, "It's impossible for them to get past us!"

On the other side, in the embassy, ​​Ambassador Huang invited Director Miao to his office again. After making tea and sitting down, he said in a serious voice: "Director Miao, is your speech tonight inappropriate?"

"I see that you have always wanted to invite people from the French Textile Association to visit the country."

Director Miao smiled slightly and took a sip of tea. "Ambassador Huang, if we want long-term business, we need both parties to deepen their understanding of each other."

"What's wrong?"

"Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs should also help the Ministry of Foreign Trade in its work."

Ambassador Huang took a deep look at Director Miao and did not continue to speak. There was only the sound of drinking tea in the room.

(End of this chapter)