Chapter 559 Foreign Monks Can Chant Sutras
Jack said it all for this reason, so Song Miaomiao could only agree.
She said, "Okay, let me try. I'll ask him to see if he is willing to meet you."
"Thank you."
Then Jack said that he would pick up Song Miaomiao in about half an hour. Song Miaomiao agreed, then hung up the phone, changed clothes, and went to Shi Lei's room again.
Seeing Song Miaomiao running back again, Shi Lei was a little surprised. He said, "What's wrong? Jack doesn't invite you to dinner, so you plan to follow me to make a living?"
After Song Miaomiao walked into the room, she sighed and said, "Don't tell me, I almost let you guess it right. Jack invited me to dinner, and the purpose was really to find you. He didn't say what the specific matter was, he just said... I wanted to ask you for a favor, but he refused to tell me when I asked him. Then he asked me if I could help arrange a meeting with you. Shi Lei, what skills do you have that others don't have? Oh, besides your super fighting ability How can an ordinary person actually let Jack be so eager to see you?"
Shi Lei also shook his head in confusion and said, "How did I know?"
"That's strange. At first, I thought Jack wanted to apologize to you because of Huo Chengdong's sake. But then I remembered that he said that he would return to the United States in a few months. Huo Chengdong is here No matter how good Australia's reputation is, it has nothing to do with him. And at last night's cocktail party, he was 90% fine. He just wanted to pave the way for George to attend. He didn't expect that George, with so much 250, would actually spend all his money to attend. Everyone at the cocktail party was offended."
"Don't look at me like that. I really don't know. But it doesn't matter if we meet him once. How about you make an appointment with him after dinner? I'll just meet him at the hotel."
"Are you sure they haven't arranged any other activities for you after dinner? The strip club here is said to be pretty good!"
"I won't go even if it's arranged. I'm not interested. You think I'm you. You really want to see women without clothes. I might as well come back to see you!"
"Is my figure better?" When Song Miaomiao heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up.
Shi Lei knew he had made a mistake, waved his hand and said, "I just said it casually to show that I am not interested."
"Hey! What a prude!" Song Miaomiao waved her hand, "Where are you going to have dinner with someone?"
Shi Lei told Song Miaomiao the name of the restaurant. Song Miaomiao couldn't figure out the restaurant in Sydney, so she said, "Then go on your own. It's almost time for me to go down. Jack said he would pick me up in half an hour, and he will probably be there soon."
After Song Miaomiao left, Shi Lei also changed his clothes and went downstairs.
The businessman who originally invited him to dinner also said he would come to pick him up, but Shi Lei was not used to this, so he said he would go by himself, but the other party did not insist.
When he was in the lobby downstairs, he didn't see Song Miaomiao, so he must have left, so Shi Lei asked the doorman to call a taxi and take him to the restaurant.
As soon as he entered the door, Shi Lei saw a Chinese man he had met yesterday stand up from his seat, smile and wave to him: "Hey, Mr. Shi." Then the man strode over, stretched out his hand and shook it with Shi Lei.
Although Shi Lei knew that the other person's name was Dai Zhenxing, he actually didn't match his number at all. Now that he saw the person, he finally looked familiar, so he matched his number.
"Hello Mr. Dai, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
"No, I've just arrived." Dai Zhenxing is very young and looks to be in his early thirties. When he speaks Chinese, his accent contains some soft and waxy Wu Nong's soft language.
"Come on, Mr. Shi, please come this way." Dai Zhenxing looked very enthusiastic and invited Shi Lei to sit down.
"Where is Mr. Dai's hometown?" Shi Lei asked after sitting down.
Dai Zhenxing smiled and said: "My ancestral home is Jiangdong Province, but my father and I were both born in Shanghai. When I graduated from high school, my father immigrated here with his whole family. When I saw Mr. Shi yesterday, I felt We are very close, and I feel even more cordial when I heard that Mr. Shi is from Jiangdong Province."
Shi Lei thought to himself that just being friendly wouldn't lead to inviting him to have a meal alone, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Dai, if you have any questions for me, we might as well talk about it first. I prefer to get straight to the point."
But Dai Zhenxing said: "Don't worry, how about we order first and then talk after we finish ordering?"
Shi Lei nodded, and Dai Zhenxing called the waiter, asked Shi Lei if he had any taboos, and then ordered all the dishes.
Then, Dai Zhenxing said: "It can be seen that Mr. Shi is a cheerful person, so I won't hide it. Yes, yesterday, when I heard Mr. Shi talk about the project you are developing now, I felt This is really a very good entry point. I myself have always been engaged in environmental protection related industries, and my family business has always been related to this aspect. So, I wanted to discuss it with Mr. Shi to see if there is any The possibility of collaboration.”
Shi Lei smiled slightly and said: "I don't know what the environmental protection-related industry that Mr. Dai is engaged in refers to? In fact, our project can be regarded as a green travel project at most, whether it is the project itself or the required products. There is little demand for environmentally friendly materials.”
Dai Zhenxing quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, Mr. Shi may have misunderstood me. My family does make environmentally friendly materials, but I myself am more engaged in promoting environmentally friendly lifestyles. Mr. Shi's shared bicycle project, I feel it is in line with our company’s philosophy, so I personally hope to cooperate with Mr. Shi’s company to introduce this project to Australia.”
Shi Lei was stunned and thought to himself, are foreigners really that honest? Have even Chinese people living abroad become honest? If you fall in love with this project, you can just copy it and find a venture capital investor to start it. Why bother looking far away?
"With all due respect, if Mr. Dai is interested in this project, he can start a company in Australia. There is no need... Of course, if there is an opportunity to go abroad and open a company in Australia, I am very willing. But. , this project does not involve any intellectual property rights, and there is nothing that requires patents..."
Dai Zhenxing smiled and waved his hand and said: "Mr. Shi is a real person, so I won't talk in circles. To be honest, if it was just to attract venture capital, then go public, make money, and build a business, I could wait until Mr. Shi After returning to China, I can just copy your business model and implement it in Australia. But of course I can do it myself. To be honest, this thing is still based on a concept, and there should be no profit model yet. ?I personally am not optimistic about the profitability of this project. The reason why I want to cooperate with Mr. Shi is because this project can completely become a bridge between two cities or even two countries. Can foreign monks chant sutras? This is not only We Chinese think this way, and so do Australians. They are more willing to believe in successful cases from abroad than local companies."
Shi Lei understood.
To put it bluntly, Dai Zhenxing's purpose is not this project. Of course, he understands that once this project is launched, the company's valuation will rise in a rocket-like upward curve. However, for this kind of conceptual project, generally speaking, venture capital institutions will not allow entrepreneurs to cash out too early. If you want to cash out, you almost have to wait until after the listing.
What Dai Zhenxing really needs is to use Shi Lei, a foreign monk, to deal with the Australian government. In fact, he still wants to sell the environmentally friendly materials produced by his family, but he just needs a project to build a good relationship with the government.
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