Chapter 417: Old Cow Eating Young Grass

The reception was held at the most luxurious 'Tien En' Hotel in Penang, which is the property of the Zhu family, a wealthy Chinese family in Penang. The main building has four floors and is mainly white.

Behind it is a large garden and golf course with beautiful scenery, which is very suitable for holding an outdoor cocktail party. Today's cocktail party will be held outdoors.

The Tien Yan Hotel was packed with guests today. Government officials, parliamentarians, wealthy businessmen, patriarchs of large families, and bosses of large companies from Penang and Malacca were all here, and they brought their families and wives with them. There were a total of five to six hundred people in the entire venue.

This can be said to be the most grand event held in Penang in recent years.

The guests felt honored to be invited by the Governor, and their faces were full of smiles. Among the crowd, the head of the Huang family, Huang Henian, his younger brother Huang Xinnian and his son Huang Linghui, became one of the focus of the crowd, and many people gathered around them to chat.

Not long ago, it was because of the Huang father and son that the Malayan earthquake occurred. The Sultan of Johor was killed, shocking the world and even alarmed the United States and the colonial power Britain. In the end, half of the land in Johor was sold to Governor Hadi.

In everyone's eyes, the Huang family has been completely labeled as Hardy.

Of course,

The Huang family was also happy to see this happen.

The men held their glasses of wine and chatted in groups of three or five, while the women gathered in groups and talked about topics that interested them.

At this moment,

There was a slight commotion in the distance.

Governor Hardy walked into the venue, with Han Ye-jin holding Hardy's arm. Behind Hardy, there was a large group of people following, including Andy.

The people at the party immediately divided into two rows and kept greeting Hardy. Hardy smiled and nodded to everyone.

Hardy didn't like those empty things. There were no complicated ceremonies. After meeting with people, he walked onto the stage and began to speak. The people in the audience stood up straight and looked at the Governor.

"I hope that in the future Penang and Malacca Autonomous Territory will be a place of freedom, democracy, security and stability, a place with strong tolerance, where people can live and work in peace, where religious beliefs are free, and where there is no famine or war."

"Of course, it is not easy to achieve this, so it requires the joint efforts of all the people in the Dominion."

"Economically, the Dominion will uphold an open policy and welcome all enterprises that want to invest here to settle down. My vision is to build the Dominion into a financial transit point in Asia and a processing base for high-tech products, with characteristics that belong to the Dominion and a place in the world."

"Culturally, diversity is a characteristic of the Dominion."

"Regarding education, I have communicated with the government. In the future, the Dominion will implement a policy of universal education. Primary education will be completely free and provide free lunch. Middle and high schools will implement universal education. We will build more than three universities and jointly run schools with top universities in Europe and the United States. We will make our universities world-class universities."

......

Hardy described a perfect picture to everyone present. Of course, he was not just drawing a big pie, he really intended to do so.

Andy stood far away and didn't listen to Hardy's speech very carefully, because he had already read Hardy's speech yesterday, and a lot of the content was negotiated between Hardy and him.

He took a sip of the champagne in his hand and looked away aimlessly.

suddenly,

His gaze fixed.

Because in the crowd, he saw a girl's face. It was a familiar yet unfamiliar face. Familiar because he had seen her yesterday, and unfamiliar because he had no idea who she was.

Yes,

It's the smiling girl on the beach yesterday.

Sometimes fate is a very strange thing. You may not feel anything even if you are together day and night, but you may be deeply impressed by someone just by looking at each other.

The lyrics of the song "Legend" read:

"Just because I saw you once more in the crowd, I could never forget your face. I dreamed of meeting you again by chance one day, and from then on I began to miss you alone.

When I miss you, you are in the sky, when I miss you, you are in front of me, when I miss you, you are in my mind, when I miss you, you are in my heart. "

I don't know if it was telepathy or Andy's gaze was too intense, but the girl seemed to sense something and turned her head to look at Andy.

The two looked at each other again.

The girl was slightly stunned. She seemed to have seen this man before, but she couldn't remember where. The two looked at each other. Out of politeness and upbringing, the girl nodded slightly to the middle-aged man who was staring at her, smiled in response, and then turned around to continue listening to Governor Hadi's speech.

Andy's heart beat again.

The girl laughed again.

......

Wuuuuu~!

After Hardy finished his speech, he received warm applause and then stepped down from the stage, and people began to communicate freely.

Hardy became the center of the men.

As for Han Ye-jin, she became the center of attention among the women.

Hardy brought Andy and introduced him to everyone as the president of Hardy Group. Everyone immediately became extremely respectful to Andy.

You know,

Now, the vast majority of enterprises in the Dominion are owned by the Hardy Group. Even the Hardy Investment Company, which currently has the largest assets, is just a subsidiary of the Hardy Group.

Soon Andy became the center of conversation among entrepreneurs.

"Hello President Andy, I am Zhu Yunquan."

A broken English voice came from behind Andy. Andy knew it was another person coming to say hello, so he turned around and looked over.

When he saw the person behind him, he was slightly stunned.

A middle-aged man, about fifty years old, slightly plump, which was nothing unusual. What stunned Andy was the girl next to the man, the girl who smiled at him twice.

Andy looked at the middle-aged man, stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Andy."

"My name is Zhu Yunquan, I~~"

Zhu Yunquan couldn't continue talking here. He basically doesn't speak English. He only learned the English greeting and introducing his name in the last few days.

Zhu Yunquan said to the girl beside him: "Xijun, please help me translate and say that this hotel is ours and we hope to cooperate with Hardy Hotel in the future."

The middle-aged man spoke this sentence in Minnan dialect.

The girl nodded and said in relatively pure English: "Hello, President Andy, my father said he was very happy to meet you. This 'Tian En' hotel is our family's business, and my father said he hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate with the Hardy Group."

The girl's voice is very gentle.

At least that's how Andy felt.

"Of course you can. May I know what your name is, Miss?" Andy asked.

"I'm sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Zhu Xijun." The girl smiled at Andy.

Laughed again.

This was the third time the girl smiled at him.

If Andy knew the story of China, he would know the story of Qiuxiang's three smiles to retain her love.

"Hello, Miss Zhu." Andy extended his hand to Zhu Xijun.

Zhu Xijun shook hands with Andy openly.

After letting go of his hand, Andy said, "So this hotel is yours. You have made it very good. The Hardy Group also has a hotel business. The Hilton Hotel Group, which is the largest in the United States and even the world, is a cooperative enterprise of the Hardy Group."

"We, the Hardy Group, also have our own hotel group, which is responsible for hotel businesses in the United States, Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. If you want to cooperate, that's totally fine. The Hardy Group is happy to cooperate with powerful companies."

Andy said so much, but Zhu Yunquan didn't understand anything and could only look at his daughter. He brought his daughter here today to let her do the translation.

Zhu Xijun translated Andy's words to her father. Zhu Yunquan was very happy when he heard it, and talked to his daughter for a long time. This time it was Andy's turn not to understand.

Zhu Xijun looked at Andy with big eyes and translated, "My father said that the Zhu family has hotels in Penang, Malacca and Singapore. Our Zhu family runs not only hotels, but also rubber plantations, plantations, rubber processing plants, wood processing, pulp and paper companies. We all hope to cooperate with the Hadi Group."

Andy smiled and said, "Of course."

Zhu Yunquan didn't expect the two sides to chat so smoothly, and said with a smile: "Xijun, please invite President Andy to visit our home if he has time and take a look at our company."

The girl hesitated, "Father, he is the president of the Hardy Group. How can he have time to come to our house?"

"You're welcome. This is a courtesy." Zhu Yunquan said.

Zhu Xijun turned to look at Andy and expressed his father's intention in English. Andy hesitated for half a second and then nodded. "I was just about to investigate the industrial structure in Malaya. It would be nice to go to your house and take a look."

Andy's answer surprised Zhu's father and daughter.

Then came the surprise.

I didn't expect that this big shot actually agreed. You know, for a business like the Zhu family's, not to mention Andy, the president of the group, even a branch president or even a department business manager can go there.

Who is Andy?

As the president of Hardy Group, he doesn't need to care about such a small business, but he actually agreed. Perhaps he can use this opportunity to establish some relationship with President Andy, which is definitely a good thing for the Zhu family.

Zhu Yunquan was overjoyed.

"Xijun, tell Mr. Andy that we are very welcome."

girl translator.

Andy smiled and nodded. The Zhu father and daughter said goodbye. Someone else came to chat with Andy. While Andy was chatting politely with the person, he glanced at the girl's back.

the next day,

The Zhu family sent someone to invite Andy, and he brought several company managers to the Zhu family's company for inspection.

We mainly visited rubber processing plants, wood processing, and pulp and papermaking enterprises. The scale of these Zhu family enterprises was quite good, which was considered very good in Malaya. However, compared with the United States, they were far behind and the level of industrialization was also lower.

The people in charge of the reception were naturally Zhu Yunquan and his two sons. Zhu Xijun continued to act as the translator. In fact, the two sons of the Zhu family could speak English fairly well, but much worse than Zhu Xijun.

The Zhu family father and son introduced it, and Zhu Xijun translated it beside them, occasionally explaining a few words, and half a day passed quickly.

Andy asked Zhu Xijun why her spoken English was so good and whether she had studied abroad. Zhu Xijun said she went to university in Hong Kong, majoring in economics.

This is not surprising, as English is now the main medium of instruction at the University of Hong Kong.

After the factory inspection, Zhu Yunquan talked to Andy about hotels, and finally about the customs and culture in Southeast Asia.

"If we develop the tourism industry in the future, Southeast Asian style can be a selling point. Our hotel focuses on local characteristics," said Zhu Yunquan.

Andy said, "I have visited some places in the past few days. Some of them are very interesting. However, I don't have the guidance of locals and I don't have a deep experience. It's a pity."

"It's easy to get guidance from local people." Zhu Yunquan looked at his daughter, "Why not let my daughter Xijun accompany President Andy to experience the local customs and practices here."

Zhu Xijun looked at her father, but still translated it.

Andy looked at the girl and asked, "Do you have time?"

Zhu Xijun hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "If Mr. Andy is willing, I would be happy to accompany him to experience the local customs."

Andy smiled and nodded.

"It's settled then. It's too late today. Let's go tomorrow. I'll have someone pick you up tomorrow." Andy said with a smile.

Then he resigned.

After Andy left, the family gathered around him. After all, his two brothers could understand Andy. Zhu Yunquan knew that Andy was willing to let his daughter accompany him to visit Penang, and said happily: "This is a good opportunity to get closer to President Andy. Xijun, you must build a good relationship with this President Andy."

"I will, father." Zhu Xijun nodded sensibly. He knew that President Andy was very important to the family business.

The next day,

Andy sent a car to pick up Zhu Xijun, and then they started sightseeing in Penang.

The streets and alleys,

A variety of local delicacies.

Zhu Xijun introduced local customs.

Although the itinerary is simple,

But the two of them had a very happy chat.

......

Governor's Palace.

Someone is reporting to Hadi.

"Boss, Mr. Andy went to Zhu's house yesterday. Today, accompanied by Miss Zhu, he toured the whole of Penang. It can be seen that Mr. Andy is very happy."

"Have you investigated the Zhu family's situation clearly?" Hardy asked.

Andy is the president of Hardy Group and can be said to be the most important person besides Hardy. Hardy trusts Andy very much, but he also pays more attention to his situation. After all, Andy is too important to Hardy Group and no mistakes can be made.

"It is said that the Zhu family is descended from the Ming Dynasty Zhu royal family and has been settled in Penang. They are one of the richest families in Penang, operating hotels, rubber plantations, plantations, rubber processing plants, wood processing plants and other businesses. Their assets are between 2 and 3 million US dollars. They are also a member of Hardy Investment Company."

"What's the situation with Miss Zhu?"

"The full name of that Miss Zhu is Zhu Xijun. She is 19 years old this year. The head of the Zhu family, Zhu Yunquan, has 7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters. Zhu Xijun has two older brothers and one older sister. Her older sister is married. She also has a younger brother and two younger sisters."

"Ms. Zhu went to study at the University of Hong Kong last year. She is a student of economics. She is back for vacation now. Before going to Hong Kong, Zhu Xijun had been studying in Penang and had never lived and studied in other places for a long time."

After listening to the introduction,

He picked up the photo on the table and looked at it again.

The girl has fair skin, bright eyes, a graceful figure, and is graceful and charming, not inferior to Han Ye-jin.

Andy was imprisoned because of his wife's affairs and suffered the disaster of prison. Even though he was rescued by Hardy and cleared of suspicion of murdering his wife, he was still badly hurt emotionally.

When it comes to relationships, Andy intentionally shuts himself off.

Hardy had tried to persuade Andy to find his love again before, but Andy never responded. Now he is willing to approach a girl, which is definitely worth paying attention to.

Hardy thought that if Andy was willing to find a Chinese girl, it would not be a bad idea. Nowadays, Chinese women, especially those in Southeast Asia, have received a strong traditional education, and the concept of supporting their husbands and raising children is deeply rooted in their bones. For Andy's wounded heart, it would be good to find a gentle and considerate Chinese girl.

The open, free and self-centered personality of European and American women is not suitable for Andy now.

But Andy is 42 years old this year, and it is definitely an old cow eating young grass for him to date a girl who is only 19 years old.