Cheng Xiaoxiao didn't understand why Bastien did this, but she still felt honored that her idol was respected so much.
Soon, the dishes she ordered for Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue were ready.
When Cheng Xiaoxiao served the dishes, she also served the authentic Burgundy Snails and the precious bottle of Marquis Wang dry red wine that Bastien gave them.
"Boss Xia, Manager Ling, this is a gift from Manager Bastien!" Cheng Xiaoxiao put the Burgundy Snails and the red wine on the table and said, "Enjoy your meal!"
Cheng Xiaoxiao had a good sense of propriety. After she opened the red wine for them, she left quietly.
She knew that she had disturbed them when she asked Xia Ruofei for an autograph and a photo. Now she couldn't disturb them anymore.
Of course, Cheng Xiaoxiao didn't go far. She just paid close attention to Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue nearby to make sure that she could appear as soon as they needed anything.
Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue enjoyed a delicious French meal. When they paid the bill and were about to leave, Bastien appeared and handed his business card to them. He said, "Mr. Xia, thank you for coming to Corner Restaurant. This is my business card. Next time you need to eat, please call me directly. Corner Restaurant will always have a place for you!"
Xia Ruofei took the business card and put it away. He said with a smile, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Bastien!"
He didn't give Bastien his business card, and Bastien didn't think it was disrespectful.
In Bastien's view, Xia Ruofei's status was naturally much higher than his, and how could Xia Ruofei give his contact information to others casually? It was normal that he didn't give him his business card!
Bastien didn't expect to make friends with someone like Xia Ruofei. He just wanted to make a good impression on Xia Ruofei. That was enough.
Xia Ruofei drove Ling Qingxue back to the company. On the way, Ling Qingxue said with a smile, "Ruofei, that manager really values you! It was food and wine, and it was actually a 90 year old Hou Bowang dry red wine! The cost of our meal can't even match the price of a glass of wine! "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "If you are humble, you must have a request!"
"What does he want from you?" Ling Qingxue asked curiously.
Xia Ruofei chuckled, "You're also in the food and beverage industry, so how could you not think of it?"
Ling Qingxue suddenly understood and said, "You mean … Bastien hopes to buy some top ingredients from the Taoyuan Company, such as … the best truffles you just mentioned?"
"I guess so!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "But he's too embarrassed to say it!"
"But aren't the truffles of your company auctioned in Hong Kong?" Ling Qingxue asked, puzzled. "Isn't the auction won by the highest bidder? What's the use of having a good relationship with you? "
"We can't all be the best truffles that can be auctioned, right?" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Those lighter truffles, although not up to the standard of the auction, are still very precious ingredients for a western restaurant!"
"Oh! I understand! " Ling Qingxue said, then asked with a smile, "Ruofei, you weren't bought by a bottle of wine, were you?"
Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "What do you think?"
"Of course not!" Ling Qingxue pursed her lips and smiled, "Our Boss Xia owns a winery! By the way, the sweet wine you asked me to bring back a few days ago, my dad praised it greatly after drinking it! "
"Really?" Xia Ruofei said, "If Uncle Ling likes it, I'll get him a few more bottles next time! Drinking one or two glasses of this kind of wine every day is also very good for middle-aged and old people. I heard that it can soften the blood vessels! "
"Okay! Don't tell him first! In case he drinks too much again! "Ling Qingxue said," Now that there are only two bottles, he'll drink less! "
"Haha! I'll listen to you! "Xia Ruofei said with a smile," If you need anything, just let me know in advance! "
The two of them chatted and soon arrived at the headquarters of Ling's Restaurant.
"I'm leaving!" Ling Qingxue said, "Drive carefully!"
After saying that, Ling Qingxue pushed the door open and got out of the car.
"Qingxue!" Xia Ruofei leaned out and said, "Are you coming back with me tonight? We haven't done it for a few days … "
Ling Qingxue's pretty face suddenly blushed — Xia Ruofei's voice wasn't low, if the security guard at the door heard it, her prestige as the president would be ruined …
Ling Qingxue quickly walked to the driver's side and whispered, "Ruofei, do you want to die? Why are you speaking so loudly? "
Xia Ruofei said innocently, "I … Is there anything shameful about this? I mean that we haven't practiced together for a few days, this kind of thing can't be said so loudly, right? "
"You mean practicing?" Ling Qingxue widened her eyes.
"Of course … What do you think?" Xia Ruofei asked, and then deliberately showed an exaggerated look of sudden realization. He pointed at Ling Qingxue and said, "You don't think … Do you? Wife, I find that your thoughts are getting more and more dirty! "
Ling Qingxue flew into a rage out of humiliation. She kicked the car door and said, "You deliberately misled me! Why are you so bad! "
After saying that, Ling Qingxue glared at Xia Ruofei coquettishly, then turned and walked back to the company.
Xia Ruofei shouted behind her, "Hey, you haven't answered me yet. Do you want me to pick you up after work? "
Ling Qingxue really wanted to directly reject this bad guy, but she couldn't resist the temptation of practicing. In the end, she turned back and said, "I have to work overtime, you can come over later …"
Xia Ruofei beamed with joy and said, "Alright!"
After teasing Ling Qingxue a little, Xia Ruofei felt quite happy. He hummed a song and drove back to the Taoyuan building.
Xia Ruofei thought of the idea he had at the western restaurant around the corner. After returning to the office, he called Feng Jing and Dong Yun to his office.
After the two of them arrived, Xia Ruofei said directly, "Manager Feng, Boss Dong, the truffle season is coming to an end. What do you think if we hold another auction in Hong Kong soon?"
Feng Jing heard and immediately said, "Chairman, you can still get that kind of top-grade truffle? If we hold another auction, it will be a lot better for our company! It just so happens that our company has been very popular on the Internet recently. We can strike while the iron is hot! "
Although Dong Yun hadn't joined the company during the last auction, she had heard about the Taoyuan Company's auction in Hong Kong. Hearing this, she said, "Chairman, if there are conditions, it's better to hold more auctions like this. It's self-evident that it's good to build our company's high-end brand image!"
Dong Yun and Feng Jing also didn't mention the profits.
This was because she had seen the company's relevant information after joining the company. She knew that the profits from the auctions in Hong Kong weren't transferred to the company's account. Instead, they were transferred to an overseas offshore company that was fully owned by Xia Ruofei.
However, Feng Jing and Dong Yun didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this. This was because whether it was the top-grade abalone or truffle, they weren't actually produced by the Taoyuan Company. Xia Ruofei got them from other channels. They were just sold under the Taoyuan Company's name.
Although most of the Taoyuan Company's shares belonged to Xia Ruofei, a little was still given to Feng Jing. The other executives also received a small amount of bonus shares. Therefore, it was reasonable that these profits weren't transferred to the company's account.
To put it simply, in their opinion, the fame was given to the Taoyuan Company. The money earned couldn't be transferred to the Taoyuan Company. In that case, Xia Ruofei still had to give Feng Jing and other executives a proportionate share of the profits. This didn't make sense!
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I want to make this auction bigger. Not only truffles, but also the top-grade abalone. In addition, I can also get a few hundred-year-old ginseng, plus our best Iron maple bucket and caterpillar fungus. I think that since we're going to do it, we might as well make it bigger and make our name known! In the future, as long as people mention high-end ingredients and Chinese medicinal herbs, they will think of our Taoyuan Company! "
"Chairman, are the ingredients and medicinal herbs that you just mentioned guaranteed to be of the highest quality?" Feng Jing couldn't help but ask excitedly, "If so, that's great!"
In addition to the Iron maple bucket, which was produced by the Taoyuan Company, several other things, including caterpillar fungus, were actually provided by Xia Ruofei himself. Feng Jing only knew that Xia Ruofei had a very strong channel and could get a lot of good things. In fact, including the Iron maple bucket, it was only processed by the Taoyuan Company. The raw material, Dendrobium ironhide, was also provided by Xia Ruofei.
"No problem!" Xia Ruofei said, "Leave the auction items to me! What I'm worried about now is that the company has just moved the headquarters. Can you take care of it? "
"No problem!" Feng Jing said, "Our company's team is getting more and more mature, and there is the support of Hengfeng Group in Hong Kong. It will definitely be no problem to prepare such an auction!"
Dong Yun also said, "Chairman! We promise to complete the task! "
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Good! This matter is settled for now! Manager Feng has dealt with Hengfeng Group many times. This time, you will still be in charge of liaising with them. Tell them about our intentions first. As for the auction items, including the exact quantity, I will let you know immediately after I confirm it! "
"Okay!" Feng Jing said straightforwardly.
Then, Xia Ruofei looked at Dong Yun and said, "As for the coordination between the front and back, including the preparation work, I will leave it to Boss Dong!"
"No problem!" Dong Yun said, "I will do my best to assist Manager Feng in the preparation work for this auction!"
“OK！” Xia Ruofei said, "If there is enough time, I hope that we can hold the auction in Hong Kong in one or two weeks, or at most half a month! The overall plan, including how to warm up the auction, how to promote it, and who to invite, will be up to you all to communicate with Hengfeng Group. I will not be involved in this matter! "
Feng Jing had long been used to Xia Ruofei's way of doing things. She smiled and said, "Leave it to us!"
…
In the evening, Xia Ruofei drove to Wal-Mart to buy some groceries. Then, he went to the headquarters of Ling Ji Catering to pick up Ling Qingxue. The two of them returned to Taoyuan Farm together.
After dinner, the two of them immediately went upstairs to cultivate again. They finished their cultivation at eight or nine in the evening. In fact, they had cultivated together for almost three to four days.
As Xia Ruofei expected, Ling Qingxue's cultivation broke through to Qi Refining Stage 2 during this cultivation, and her foundation was quite solid.
Originally, Xia Ruofei wanted to send Ling Qingxue back to the city, but she insisted that she could drive herself.
Ling Qingxue also felt that it was very hard for Xia Ruofei to accompany her to cultivate. It was so late at night, and she felt distressed that he had to go back and forth again.
Xia Ruofei thought about it and felt that there was nothing unsafe about driving. Moreover, with Ling Qingxue's current cultivation, even if she really encountered any danger or some thieves, ordinary people would not be her opponent even if she did not cultivate any martial arts at all. Therefore, there was really nothing to worry about.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei finally agreed to Ling Qingxue driving herself back.
Ling Qingxue drove the Mercedes-Benz that Xia Ruofei had been using for the past few days. Xia Ruofei planned to take the company bus to work tomorrow, and then have lunch with Ling Qingxue at noon, and drive the car back to the company on the way.
After Ling Qingxue left, Xia Ruofei simply went back to his room and entered the space to count the items.
The truffles that he picked last time were stored in the space. He roughly counted them. There were at least 20 truffles that were about the same size as the one at the auction in Hong Kong, which was enough for the auction.
In addition, there were more than 50 truffles that were relatively light. Of course, this was only relative. In fact, three to four hundred grams of truffles were relatively large in the outside world.
These truffles were obviously not suitable for auction, because it would easily tarnish the image of the Taoyuan Company as a high-end ingredient supplier.
However, Xia Ruofei wasn't used to the taste of truffles, so it was useless to keep these truffles. He couldn't help but think of Bastien.
For the corner restaurant, if he could sell these truffles to them, they would naturally be more than happy. After all, the restaurant was still open to the public, and only a small number of people at the top of the food pyramid had the opportunity to taste the top-grade ingredients. If the restaurant could introduce some relatively small but high-quality truffles, it would also improve the restaurant's brand.
However, Xia Ruofei didn't immediately decide to sell these truffles that he didn't plan to bring to the auction. Even if he wanted to sell them, he would definitely have to wait until after the auction. At this time, all the focus was on the auction. Anything that might distract the outside world would have to wait until after the auction.
The wild ginseng was also ready-made. Xia Ruofei directly went to the Archean Realm and dug up three of them.
The Archean Realm had a thirty-fold faster time flow, and the environment was excellent. Therefore, the wild ginseng was constantly reproducing. Now, a small ginseng forest had already formed. If it were in the outside world, such dense planting of ginseng would definitely result in a lack of nutrients. However, there were naturally no such hidden dangers in the Ring-Tu space.
The three old ginseng were basically two to three hundred years old. It was more than enough to take them to the auction.
Following that, he arranged for Xia Qing to use the method he had used previously. He used the difference in time flow to quickly cultivate some supreme-grade abalones and used this time to directly produce dried abalones.
The Taoyuan Company had ready-made Aweto and Iron maple bucket. As long as he picked out the best quality ones and sent them to the auction, it would be fine.
Xia Ruofei stayed in the Ring-Tu space for a while before returning to the outside world.
He went to the bathroom to take a shower. When he returned to his room, he recalled the matter of Ling Qingxue posting on Tieba at the corner restaurant. He couldn't help but pick up his phone and open the Tieba to take a look.
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