Volume 1 Chapter 271 The Queen Arrives
"Surrender, surrender!"
"I can't do it anymore."
"Hubby, please let me go..."
After a few rounds, Lu Jiao raised the white flag and surrendered. She would not submit to anyone except her own boss Li Tian, whose ability in this regard was simply terrifying and perverted. When he charged, he was like a beast, which made her love and fear him.
Li Tian increased his speed and ended the battle faster.
The whole office is filled with the atmosphere of love.
While the two were being affectionate, Xiao Lai sent a message to Lu Jiao. The moment Lu Jiao saw the message, she jumped up from Li Tian with a look of extreme shock.
"What's wrong?" Li Tian asked her.
Lu Jiao did not answer, but asked anxiously: "Is the Queen's company Qingcheng International Tourism and Culture Co., Ltd.?"
Li Tian thought about it and nodded: "Yes, that's right."
Lu Jiao asked again: "The Queen's name is Gu Ruoxi, Gu as in "Gu who is always careful and considerate", Ruo as in "Ruo who is as cold as ice", and Xi as in "Xi" which means a stream in the mountains?"
"That's the name." Li Tian was even more confused and wondered what was going on.
Lu Jiao closed her eyes and took a deep breath: "She is downstairs now."
Oh shit!
Li Tian almost rolled off the sofa.
"Why is she here?"
Li Tian's expression turned bad at that time. Could it be that his mother came here to catch someone cheating? Gu Ruoxi could even resort to such extreme means as jumping off a building. It was not impossible that she came here to catch someone cheating.
But how did Gu Ruoxi know he was here?
That doesn't make sense!
Seeing him show a panic expression for the first time, Lu Jiao was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
"She is here to discuss cooperation. Qingcheng International has won the Binhai Beach project, so some supporting services must naturally follow, such as shopping, meals, accommodation, etc." Lu Jiao saw Li Tian's worry and explained.
"So that's how it is." Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief. He almost had a heart attack.
Lu Jiao sneered, "Boss, being so afraid of a woman is not like your style."
"I'm not afraid of her, I'm afraid of my parents. If I do something to let her down and my parents find out, they will immediately give me a political lesson and give me a warning."
Li Tian felt that he was in a difficult situation. He was not afraid of anything except his family. Of course, he felt that it was not fear, but respect. He quickly changed the subject and said, "Go, go meet her and reach an agreement on the cooperation between Mingchu and Qingcheng International. By the way, tell them that no one is allowed to mention my name. If they see me, they should pretend not to know me."
"Um."
Lu Jiao nodded.
She took a few deep breaths and adjusted her emotions. She was still quite nervous when she saw the empress in the palace. She had eaten secretly with Li Tian just now, and she felt more or less guilty.
At the same time, she was not convinced that Gu Ruoxi was the queen. She wanted to see what the queen was capable of.
Therefore, when she walked out of the office, she was ready to make things difficult for Gu Ruoxi regarding the cooperation.
He walked into the conference room with several senior executives of the celebrity chef.
An urban beauty with long black hair caught her attention at once. Gu Ruoxi was so beautiful. She was even more beautiful in person than in the photo. Her hands were as soft as silk, her skin was as white as cream, and her lips were as white as gourd. All the idioms used to describe beautiful women can be applied to Gu Ruoxi.
Lu Jiao felt a strong sense of frustration. She really couldn't compare with him in terms of appearance and figure.
"Jiaojiao!"
A woman's voice woke her up from her frustration.
Lu Jiao looked carefully and saw three people coming from Gu Ruoxi's side. She didn't know the other one, but she was very familiar with the one who called her name. It was her mentor Yu Meihong at Binhai University.
In this world, she can deny face to anyone except Li Tian, but she absolutely cannot deny face to her mentor Yu Meihong.
When she was in school, she was driven by vanity and learned to spend money ahead of time, which led to her accumulating a large amount of debt.
The debt collector came to her house and forced her to work as a hostess in a nightclub to earn money to pay off her debts. It was Yu Meihong who paid the debt for her first. It can be said that if it weren't for Yu Meihong, she wouldn't be who she is today. Her life would have been ruined at that time.
"Teacher Yu, why are you here?" Lu Jiao hurriedly went to greet him.
"I'll be the middleman."
Yu Meihong introduced with a smile, "Let me introduce you, this is Miss Gu Ruoxi, the person in charge of Shangjing Qingcheng International." Looking at Gu Ruoxi, "Miss Gu, this is the Jiaojiao, Miss Lu Jiaolu, the person in charge of the famous chef I just mentioned to you."
"Hello, Miss Lu." Gu Ruoxi took the lead in extending her hand to shake hands with Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao held it and said with a smile, "Hello."
She was really impressed that he came with her mentor. Even if she didn't have the relationship with her boss Li Tian, she would have to give him face and discuss cooperation.
"I like to speak quickly, so I'll just say it straight. The Binhai Beach tourism project has been exclusively represented by our Qingcheng International. I plan to arrange all the tourists' dining needs in the future through your company. With the reputation of the famous chef in Binhai, I think it will be a good idea to cooperate with him." said Gu Ruoxi.
Lu Jiao smiled and said, "Sure, the profits are split 20/80, I'll take 80 and you'll take 20, and we can reach a cooperative relationship right away."
"General Lu, 28%, no catering supplier anywhere has ever offered such a low price." Jiang Qingqing, director of the Planning Department of Qingcheng International, frowned.
"Really? Then I don't mind setting this precedent."
Lu Jiao didn't care and wanted to test the queen's ability. "The catering market in Binhai is almost monopolized by us famous chefs. If you find any restaurant with a bit of class to cooperate with, the sponsors behind it are all our famous chefs. In Binhai, you can only cooperate with my famous chefs, there is no other choice."
This means that the profit is split 20:80, and you have to accept it whether you like it or not.
Jiang Qingqing wanted to say something else.
Gu Ruoxi raised her hand to interrupt: "Take out the data report of each holiday in Beihai Jiangbei'an last year and show it to Miss Lu."
"yes"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingqing took out a document from her briefcase and politely presented it to Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao opened it and read it carefully.
Gu Ruoxi said calmly: "The passenger flow of Beihai Jiangbei'an is over 5 million people a year. The level of Binhai Beach and Jiangbei'an is similar, and the annual passenger flow will not be too different."
"Ms. Lu's vision should not be limited to Binhai. Celebrity chefs will go global sooner or later. If the brand awareness of celebrity chefs can be improved in advance, with the brand effect, the celebrity chefs will be able to expand into the world with half the effort. This is a good thing for celebrity chefs, which means they can gain both fame and fortune."
"Also, Ms. Lu is wrong about one thing. In Binhai, we at Qingcheng International don't have to cooperate with famous chefs. Western food is actually a good choice. Do you think I'm right, Ms. Lu?"