Lan Shifang and Ding Shiping had already ordered the dishes and were waiting for Li He to arrive. The dishes were mainly steaks and other meats.
Li He was still not used to this western style of eating. He would change his knife and fork for each dish. When he was cutting the steak, there was a scraping sound. At the same time, the scraping sound of the iron spoon in the porcelain bowl was creepy.
He was so annoyed that he accidentally dropped the spoon on the ground.
He was so angry that he lay on the chair and did not pick it up.
Lan Shifang saw this and waved to the waiter in the distance. She took out a five-dollar tip and placed it on the waiter's plate. She then said to Jiang Baojian, "Tell him to bring chopsticks. This thing is really torturous. I am not used to it even after so long. Hurry up."
Jiang Baojian said a few words to the waiter, and the waiter turned around to bring chopsticks. This was an international hotel, and they naturally had such things. International hotels usually had Asian customers, such as Japanese, Koreans, and Singaporeans, who would occasionally request to use chopsticks.
After changing the chopsticks, Li He could eat freely. The entire steak was smeared with chili sauce and crunched noisily. He thought that he was the only one like this, but it turned out that Ding Shiping and the others did not have good table manners either.
The surrounding diners looked at the people at this table strangely. The guests at this table spoke loudly and ate rudely. There was no etiquette to speak of.
Li He and the others did not care. Only Jiang Baojian was a little uncomfortable. It was as if he had disgraced the Chinese people and embarrassed the country.
Ding Shiping saw that Jiang Baojian was still in a daze and knocked on the table in front of him. "Eat, why are you in a daze? It's good to eat happily. If you are too concerned about other people's opinions, you will only make yourself uncomfortable. As long as you are an American, even if you eat rudely, other people will find it interesting, straightforward, and informal. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being born in the wrong place. We are China people, and in their eyes, we are nothing. You have been here for so long, yet you still don't understand these things. "
"You are right." Li He did not expect Ding Shiping to have this kind of awareness. Chinese people cared too much about how other countries viewed them. In fact, it was because of their inferiority complex.
Lu Xun was an old man who could see through everything. "If you lose his trust, you will become suspicious. If you turn around, maybe you can only believe in yourself. That would be a new way of life. Unfortunately, it will gradually become more mysterious."
After dinner, Li He brewed a cup of tea. He had brought all the tea leaves from China. It was harder to find good tea in a place like this. And in some places, even boiling water might not be found.
After returning to his room, he called a few people into his room and continued to understand the current situation.
"Is it easy to find connections in the Czech Republic?" This was the most important task at the moment. No matter what, he had to contact the local tyrant. They had connections in the local area and were familiar with the situation. It was best to rope them in.
Moreover, they were currently in the midst of a general election. As long as their public relations were in place, they could even nurture a group of their own people.
Lan Shifang said, "That's not a problem. As long as you're willing to spend money, you can find them. I'll get Iron Ear to handle this. He's good at dealing with these people."
Jiang Baojian translated these words to Tie Hefei. Tie Hefei nodded his head and promised in English that there would be no problem.
Li He asked Lan Shifang, "How much funds do we have available?"
Lan Shifang whispered a few words into Li He's ear.
"USD?" Li He asked.
Lan Shifang nodded. "Yes."
"Then bring it all out. Don't be stingy. If it's not enough, I'll transfer more for you." Pan Song used less than six years to save up 20 million USD. Although it could not be compared to Old Mou and the rest, it was still a big family business. Li He continued to ask, "Can you find people who are willing to go to Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania?"
"Yes." Lan Shifang also gave a positive answer.
"Immediately send people to these three countries to understand the situation. I want firsthand information, especially about the automobile industry. Tractors and other machinery manufacturing industries are fine." Li He suddenly remembered that Bulgaria's trucks and engines were still unique in the international market. "For the time being, all of you will act in the name of Hong Kong's Treasure Island Trade."
"Then I'll make a call now and arrange for people to do it immediately." Lan Shifang saw Li He nodded his head in approval. She immediately stood up and went to her room to make a call. There were international calls in every room.
Just as Lan Shifang went out, someone knocked on the door again.
Ding Shiping stood up alertly and looked through the peephole before carefully opening the door. This was a habit that he had developed over the years. Some criminals often used hostages to trick people.
The Yugoslav lad who was tailing the Koreans returned.
He hurriedly reported to Li He, but his English was not very good and he stuttered.
Li He roughly understood that this Korean company had gone to Skoda Dynamics. And at the same time, there was also a German company. Li He did not hear the name of this German company clearly. In the end, he took a pen and paper to the Yugoslav lad called Matić and asked him to write it down.
Matić took the pen and wrote on the paper: Siemens, KWU.
"F * ck!" Li He cursed.
Jiang Baojian also looked at the paper curiously. "This is Siemens from West Germany. But what does KWU mean?"
"In Chinese, it means Siemens Power Station Alliance. It means Siemens Nuclear Power Station." Li He did not expect the Germans to have their eyes on Skoda Nuclear Power Station. He wondered if the German Volkswagen people were here. After all, it was the German Volkswagen that had won the Skoda car in the end.
Of course, he did not expect the Koreans to have such sharp noses. They actually had their eyes on Skoda!
At this moment, he suddenly felt that he should not look down on the world's heroes!
If the Koreans were here, then the Japanese would definitely be here too!
Now, he finally understood that Liu Baoyong and his men's goal was not that simple.
Prague was now a place where all kinds of forces intersected!
It was not that easy for him to reap any benefits.
He felt that there was a need to have a good talk with Liu Baoyong. Since everyone had the same goal, they might be able to work together.
Liu Baoyong and his men had diplomatic connections and could directly contact the local higher-ups. With their help, Li He would be able to avoid a lot of detours. He had money, and with both parties together, it would be a strong alliance.
Before going to bed, Li He calculated the time difference between Prague and Hong Kong. He then gave Shen Daoru and Yu Dehua a call and told them how to contact him so that he could report back if anything happened.
The next morning, Li He brought Lan Shifang to the embassy. Other than Hu Yuanchao and his men, he could not find anyone else.
Hu Yuanchao said, "They left early in the morning and will only be back in the afternoon."
Li He asked, "Do you know where they went?"
Hu Yuanchao said, "I'm not sure. They are all experts in machinery and electronics. Even the leader, Zhang Wenyu, is sleeping here."
Li He did not know what to do. He could not just wait there, so he could only wander around the streets of Prague.
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