Chapter 897: Encountering an Acquaintance
Wei Puti nodded and said, "That's about it. I have to rush back to the headquarters immediately. Because of the ferryman, there are many things that I need to go back to handle. Keep in touch. If there is any new news, I will be the first to do so. inform you."
Shi Lei nodded and watched Wei Boti's back walking away along the bank of the Thames.
Wei Puti took two steps and suddenly turned around, finally with a bright smile on his face.
"Christmas Eve will be in two days. I wish you a Merry Christmas." After that, he turned around and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
Shi Lei smiled and shook his head, yes, it's the end of the year in a blink of an eye, and it's almost Christmas in the blink of an eye.
Shi Lei didn't feel anything about Christmas, he just felt that it was just a gimmick by merchants to promote consumption.
Christmas has a different meaning to Westerners. It is a major religious festival that they believe in. The vast majority of Westerners are born as natural believers. And even for the few who are not religious, Christmas is a holiday, just like the Spring Festival in China.
For the Chinese people, except for a few religious people, everyone else is just joining in the fun.
Shi Lei is not a person who likes to join in the fun, so he certainly has no interest in such festivals.
Turning around and walking towards the hotel, Shi Lei discovered that even in a place like London, where Christmas was only two or three days away, there didn't seem to be much Christmas atmosphere on the streets.
For Westerners, Christmas is more of a private holiday, used to spend time with family. Just like during the Spring Festival, there are no activities for businesses to do. The whole world is empty, which makes you feel that the population of China is not that large.
While walking, Shi Lei suddenly realized one thing. Christmas, for the mayor of London, should be the most relaxing time of the year, right?
Once people relax, they are easier to contact.
Could it be that the contact with the Mayor of London will fall on this Christmas?
In short, he had no clue. Shi Lei had already walked to the door of the hotel. After thinking about it, he still didn't go back.
Since he knew that the black card would inevitably make some macro adjustments to increase the possibility of Shi Lei and the Mayor of London getting to know each other, Shi Lei naturally wanted to move around the crowd more.
That time in Sydney, didn't Shi Lei walk around randomly and reach the Sydney Grand Theater before meeting Huo Chengdong for the first time?
In Japan, at Manmaoza in Okinawa, it was because Shi Lei simply took Sun Yiyi to play that he met Liu Qian and Liu Zhen and his wife, and then directly came into contact with Miyamoto Genichi.
Therefore, Shi Lei must spend more time in London.
Unknowingly, Shi Lei wandered near Big Ben, a famous attraction in London.
After all, it was a famous landmark building, so Shi Lei stood still and looked up.
Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind: "Master Shi?"
Shi Lei turned around and saw an acquaintance.
"Manager Zhao? Why are you in London?"
"Isn't it almost the end of the year? The company is doing statistics on this year's performance, and our technical department is relatively free. I just took my annual leave and came to the UK with my girlfriend to have fun."
Only then did Shi Lei notice that there was a woman in her twenties standing behind Zhao Di.
He smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I am Shi Lei."
When the woman heard this, she immediately seemed a little excited. Shi Lei has become famous in the country in the past year. Many girls regard him as the best model for their boyfriend. It is natural that Zhao Di's girlfriend has not heard of him. What's more, Zhao Di is still working at Qixuan, and his current position is already the vice president in charge of technology.
When she heard Zhao Di calling him Mr. Shi, the woman had already made some guesses. With Shi Lei announcing his family status, the woman was immediately sure that this was the man nicknamed the National Husband among her best friends.
"Hello, Mr. Shi." The woman quickly reached out her hand and shook it with Shi Lei.
Shi Lei took back his hand and said with a smile: "This is really a coincidence. Are you here just for a trip?"
Zhao Di nodded and said, "It's just a trip, but not entirely. My girlfriend is studying at a university in London. This time I came here to accompany her to a class reunion."
"Oh? I went to a university in London, and that's a top student." Shi Lei said with a smile, but he was thinking that it couldn't be such a coincidence that Zhao Di's girlfriend has a classmate who happens to be related to the mayor of London. What's the relationship?
Zhao Di glanced at his girlfriend, with obvious pride in his eyes, and said: "She graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science..." Maybe he was afraid that Shi Lei didn't know much about it, so he added: "This university is A G5 super elite university in the UK that is as famous as Oxbridge.”
The woman hurriedly said: "What nonsense are you bragging? I studied politics and it's hard to find a job."
Shi Lei laughed and said: "We are destined to meet each other. We can meet each other seven or eight time zones apart. If you have nothing to do tonight, I will treat you to dinner."
Zhao Di hurriedly agreed. He felt grateful for Shi Lei in his heart.
When he was retained, to be honest, it was only because of Shi Lei's broad-mindedness that he could do it. At that time, he had been flirting with Shi Lei for a long time over the original few shares. Fortunately, Shi Lei didn't mind. Although the shares were indeed much less, their gold content was far from what it used to be.
Today, Qixuan is said to be valued at over 10 billion, which is definitely the most conservative estimate, which means that Zhao Di is now worth over 100 million. If it were the original company, Zhao Di's entire team would only be able to get a few million, or even less.
It's not just a direct change in worth.
At first, Zhao Di was just the leader of a small team of less than ten people, but now, he is the vice president of the most popular company in China.
Seeing that more and more branches are opening, Qixuan is about to establish a group company. By then, he will be a senior executive of the group, and a technical director is indispensable. It is not impossible to be the vice president. After all, he and Xu Zhida are Shi Qiang's most important right-hand men in the company's business. The team under him has already exceeded 100 people.
Even if he leaves Qixuan one day, he will be able to easily find angel investors for starting a business just because he has been the vice president of Qixuan, and if he works, he will definitely be waiting for a position at the vice president level.
It can be said that Shi Lei is his benefactor. In less than a year, Shi Lei changed the career trajectory of his entire life.
Now Shi Lei said he wanted to treat them to a meal. Zhao Di was of course a little flattered. To be honest, he had not met Shi Lei many times in the past year.
However, Zhao Di's girlfriend gently pulled Zhao Di's sleeve. Shi Lei saw it and said with a smile: "Why, do you have something to do tonight? It doesn't matter? You must stay in London for Christmas, right? I have to stay for some time anyway, so I'll wait for you to be free."
"How dare you let Mr. Shi wait for us, we..."
Shi Lei waved his hand and interrupted Zhao Di, saying: "Since this is the city where your girlfriend lived, and you are accompanying her to attend the class reunion, you must follow her arrangements. Don't talk, let her talk. Sister-in-law, do you have something to do today?"
The woman said a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, Mr. Shi, we made an appointment with a good friend today and agreed to have dinner together tonight."
Zhao Di said dissatisfiedly: "Then let's go together, anyway, she is coming alone."
The woman was a little embarrassed, but it was not easy to refute her boyfriend's words. After thinking about it, she said: "Well, let me ask her, her identity is a bit special..."
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