The two looked at each other and smiled, but a hint of sadness was hidden in their smiles.
Everything is a new beginning, everything is a new attempt. In life without each other, we need to be stronger and live more beautifully.
At 10 p.m., Lu Feng and Su Yourong were still chatting. They each lit a cigarette and had already finished two bottles of red wine. Su Yourong's expression remained unchanged. She took a puff of her cigarette and said, "Things outside are different now than they were a few years ago. In your situation, if you can't control the overseas partner company, you'll always be at the mercy of others. Most of the profits will ultimately go to the agency."
“I know. The initial idea for this batch of goods was just to let them try their luck outside and see if there were any sales channels. Now that they can sell them, I’m not too worried.” Lu Feng took a puff of his cigarette, which was already filled with smoke, and said thoughtfully, “Originally, I wanted Zhang Fengxia to send someone to contact the company they were cooperating with, but that didn’t work out either.”
"You think you can get these things just by spending a little money? You underestimate these people." Su Yourong shook her head with a smile and said, "These are the lifeblood of those companies. When I was doing foreign trade, my foreign partners hid them better than my underwear."
Lu Feng laughed when he heard this analogy.
"Don't laugh. When you cooperate with someone, for example, you take 50%, and tomorrow someone else makes a connection and takes 40%, and there are even people willing to take 10%. The relationships involved are complicated, beyond your imagination. It's like the smuggling I was involved in back then. There were companies that acted as intermediaries, introducing jobs, people who were responsible for smoothing things over, and you also had to bribe customs officials. There were specialized companies that handled transshipment when the ships arrived in Hong Kong. It still required cooperation."
“All your international connections came through these middlemen. They provide guarantees between you and your company, while taking a cut. The longer the network, the more mouths to feed!” Su Yourong picked up her wine glass, poured in the last bit, swirled it, and downed it in one gulp. She said, “Can you really negotiate such a long network, such relationships, such cooperation between companies, and such long-term profit sharing by simply going to them?”
The international trade that Lu Feng encountered was different from what Su Yourong had told him. In his previous life, international trade mainly relied on internet platforms and trade fairs organized by regional or national organizations, and was conducted face-to-face with partners.
The international environment is different now than it will be twenty years from now, and business models are completely different as well.
"Waiter, bring two more bottles of red wine," Su Yourong called out.
"I'm done drinking, it's time to go back and rest," Lu Feng said, glancing at the time.
"You want to know all this, but you're not going to make me happy. That's not how you do it, is it?" Su Yourong stubbed out her cigarette and said, "Of course, if you're going back to rest, or if you're going to rest with me, then we'll go."
"Let's drink!" Lu Feng said helplessly.
"Hahahaha!" Su Yourong covered her face and laughed, asking, "Am I really that unacceptable to you?"
"It's not a matter of accepting or not accepting, but that your primary goal has never been to have a good impression of someone, but to have ulterior motives towards them."
The waiter brought over two bottles of red wine, opened them, poured them into a decanter, and poured some into a glass. Lu Feng looked at her and asked, "What do you think we should do about these problems I'm facing right now?"
“Ninety percent of the mainland’s international trade exports go through Hong Kong, with RMB converted to HKD, HKD to USD, and the remainder through Shenzhen port. Since Hong Kong is the main transit point, things become much easier.” Su Yourong said with a half-smile, “Do you understand now? Cheers, you’d better drink most of that in one gulp!”
"I never imagined that I would end up in your hands one day." Lu Feng smiled bitterly, picked up his wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
The two bottles of red wine were consumed quickly, and before they knew it, it was past eleven o'clock at night. When they left the Western restaurant, the wind outside was a bit chilly. Su Yourong was dressed rather lightly, and she crossed her arms and said, "Let's drive back."
"Okay, have you booked the hotel?" Lu Feng asked seriously.
"What hotel should I stay in?" Su Yourong asked, looking surprised. "I'll stay wherever you stay."
"President Su, what you're saying is meaningless."
“How am I not interested? You’re not a married man anymore, why can’t I sleep with you? Since we’re in a cooperative relationship, this will make our cooperation even closer.” Su Yourong leaned closer to Lu Feng and said, “It’s like close contact.”
"You're quite the artsy type. I thought you were going to talk about the connection between people. I'm going back now." Lu Feng said, walking towards his car.
Before Su Yourong could get into the car, Lu Feng closed the door, started the engine, lit a cigarette, and sped away, completely ignoring Su Yourong's shouts outside.
"You bastard!!"
Su Yourong was so angry that her eyes turned green. She took off her high heels and threw them at the speeding car.
"I've never seen anyone like you. Expecting me to help you? Keep dreaming!"
She yelled for a long time, but the car never came back. She had no choice but to pick up the shoes and flag down a taxi to find a nearby hotel.
The next day, on the plane, Su Yourong sat in first class and, noticing Lu Feng's unpleasant expression, asked, "Do you think you acted like a man last night?"
"You'd better treat me like a woman. There's no need for that between us!" Lu Feng leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.
"you!!"
Su Yourong was so angry she didn't want to speak. Countless men outside couldn't resist her charms, but in front of this man, she was as indifferent as if she didn't like women.
As the plane took off and landed, Liu Cheng was already waiting at the airport. Recently, the R&D company's funds had run out, and the budget for the new year had not yet been released, so he was under a lot of pressure.
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