1987: Sleepless Tonight

"Let him eat the steak first, and later we will find out the mistake of his eating method, so as to damage his confidence, so that we can take the initiative in the next negotiation."

Hannah is crafty.

Before formal negotiations, a psychological contest has already begun.

Born in a businessman's family, he has been exposed to this aspect, and it is used in a practical way, trying to suppress Lu Hao's spirit.

The two of them communicated in English and did not shy away from Lu Hao. All their words fell into Lu Hao's ears.

There is no market for western food in China for the time being, but Qingchuan Hotel has opened a western restaurant, and there are other restaurants, which are actually not for ordinary people, but for foreigners.

When they come to invest, travel, visit, etc., these foreigners must have a place to eat. The western restaurant of Qingchuan Hotel is for this purpose.

The hired cooks and related service personnel have all been trained, and the etiquette is in accordance with foreign countries.

The knife and fork are already on the table.

The steak was also done pretty well.

Lu Hao was not in a hurry to eat, but deliberately looked at the two of them, and asked, "Why don't you eat? Don't worry, I will treat you to dinner today."

"You eat first." Hannah frowned, "We are a little uncomfortable, we will eat later."

She found a lame excuse.

Lu Hao smiled and said, "Is it because I didn't take the initiative to open the seat for you when I sat down just now, so you think I'm a little rude, so you lose interest in eating?"

!!!

Hannah and Emily looked at each other, both of them were a little strange, Lu Hao actually knew this etiquette?

There are many things to pay attention to when eating steak. One of them is that when taking a seat, the man must take the initiative to open the seat for the woman.

In fact, there is this rule to show a gentleman's demeanor. As for whether he is a real gentleman, or he is pretending to be a gentleman and flaunting himself, it is hard to say.

"How would he know?" Hannah was very strange and communicated with Emily in English.

"It should be a coincidence. People here pay great attention to respecting the old and loving the young, and they also respect women. When they go out to play, men will take the initiative to carry things for women. When they need to do heavy work, men will also come to help. Meals are also paid by men." Emily said.

In fact, Hannah was very clear about what she said, but she was a little confused by what Lu Hao said suddenly, so she asked this question.

Seeing the dumbfounded looks of the two foreign girls, Lu Hao felt a little proud.

Isn't it Western food?

Isn't it western food etiquette?

Not only did he understand, he might even understand more than the two of them.

Poor people have troubles of poor people, and rich people also have troubles of rich people. Some etiquettes have to be learned and obeyed even if they are unaccustomed to them and no matter how pretentious they are, because this is the default rule in this circle. If you If you don’t abide by it and don’t learn it, everyone will exclude you and look at you strangely.

That way, let alone discussing business or cooperation, even if you sit down to have a meal, others may get up and leave halfway without giving you a chance to speak.

Just like some things, at first it will be very jerky, a little uncomfortable, and a little painful, but if you endure it for a few minutes, the situation may improve, and the result will be wonderful.

"It's not because of this, you don't need to think too much, you eat the steak first, we'll eat it later." Hannah asked Lu Hao to eat the steak first.

Lu Hao grinned lightly, picked up the fork in his left hand, and the knife in his right hand.

Many people know the way to eat steak. You need to hold the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right hand, but there is still a special way to hold it, which many people don’t know.

He straightened his index finger and thumb, and stuck the knife with the first joint of his middle finger, with the other end of the knife facing the palm of his hand. The fork is also held in this way, but with a different hand.

In fact, in a formal western food restaurant, steak is the main course, and the meal will be served in the order of appetizer, soup, side dish, main course, salad, dessert, and coffee.

However, it may be because there was no request, or seeing that there were only three of them, they thought it was just a simple steak, so Qingchuan Restaurant did not prepare appetizers, soup, and side dishes, but directly served the main course. steak.

Lu Hao pressed the left end of the steak with a fork, fixed it, cut off a bite-sized steak along the side of the fork, and then used the fork to put this small piece of steak into his mouth.

The movements are very skilled.

There was no rattling when the steak was being cut, nor was there any rattling when the steak was in my mouth.

There is no place for any ceremonies.

This situation confuses Hannah and Emily again. They had expected that Lu Hao would make a mistake while eating the steak. They would take this opportunity to beat Lu Hao and beat Lu Hao in terms of momentum, so as to control the initiative of the meal. But I didn't expect that Lu Hao didn't make any mistakes.

Not only is the action of cutting the steak very correct, but the posture and angle of holding the knife and fork are also very perfect.

Relax your shoulders and wrists.

The arms are not outstretched.

The angle between the knife and the dinner plate is always about 15 degrees!

These are standard actions in Western food etiquette, that is, when the two of them usually eat Western food, or even when eating Western food with family members or friends, they will not strictly implement it, because it is too cumbersome and too rigid.

uneasy.

But Lu Hao did it all.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Lu Hao put the knife and fork on the plate.

The knife and fork and the tip of the knife faced each other in a figure-eight shape, facing him, then he got up, left his seat, and walked towards the bathroom.

In order to ensure that the two babes were really startled, he decided to do it a few more times.

The placement of knives and forks is very particular. This arrangement means that I will leave for a while in the middle, I have something to deal with, and I will come over to eat later.

Hannah and Emily were already dumbfounded.

"It seems that we have underestimated him. This Mr. Lu is not only capable of doing business, but also very proficient in etiquette." Hannah said, "For this meal, he obviously did his homework."

She didn't know that Lu Hao's understanding of these etiquettes came from his previous life experience. She only thought that Lu Hao had asked others for advice before eating this meal, and she didn't know that Lu Hao made these actions on purpose after he understood their words. direction to think.

"He was indeed a surprise." Emily agreed, "Our plan fell through."

At this moment, the two of them no longer wanted to overwhelm Lu Hao and embarrass Lu Hao.

Convinced.

People are like this, if you show your strength, you will agree with you and fear you, even if you are a foreigner.

Lu Hao didn't really go to the bathroom, he just took a few steps where the two of them couldn't see, then turned around and came back.

He opened red wine, poured two thirds full for the two of them, then poured it for himself, looked at them, "Do you two still eat this steak?"