King of Industry

In the Chinese Consulate General in Quebec, Minister Kong Xianchao and three counselors from the Legation entertained the North American economic and industrial exchange delegation.

Due to the important status of Quebec Province, several officials of the Chinese Consulate General in Quebec have higher administrative levels than ordinary consulates.

Like Kong Xianchao, although he is only the consul general, his status is slightly inferior to Yuan Zhengping, the Chinese ambassador to Canada, and his administrative level is only the deputy office.

But he himself enjoys the hall-level treatment.

At the same time, he is also the second most important person among the Chinese foreign affairs personnel stationed in Canada, second only to Yuan Zhengping, and his status should not be underestimated.

As for the three counselors of the Consulate General, they are all serious director-level cadres, and they are equal to the Chinese consuls in other cities in Canada.

Among the three counselors, Commercial Counselor Pei Chunming and Industrial Counselor Li Haoping are all highly educated talents who graduated from Beijing University of Foreign Studies.

The two of them are not very old, only about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, three or four years younger than Kong Xianchao.

As for the other Economic Counselor, Feng Yuejin, he is the oldest among the several leaders of the Consulate General, and he is already forty-five years old this year.

Sitting in his seat, Zhao Guoyang silently looked at the four leaders of the consulate general.

This time I brought a delegation to Quebec Province, and I have a very important task on my shoulders.

Without the cooperation and support of the leaders of the Consulate General, it would be impossible to fulfill the entrustment of the superiors.

Although Zhao Guoyang believes that the leaders of the ministries and commissions must have communicated with the consulate general early in the morning before their team came here, and also talked about the general situation.

But if you want to cooperate with the consulate general, you need to see the degree of adaptation after the meeting.

Researcher Zhao, come and try the cream tart, the most representative dessert in Canada. Consul General Kong enthusiastically raised his hand to Zhao Guoyang who was sitting beside him.

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang quickly thanked Kong Xianchao, picked up a cream tart with a fork, and put it in his mouth to taste slowly.

Seeing this, Kong Xianchao nodded slightly, then turned to Xu Guangyuan and said, Old Xu, you're welcome too, let's start! After more than ten hours of flying, the journey is exhausting. Everyone must be hungry, right?

Because of the frequent contact between the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kong Xianchao and his three counselors did not regard Xu Guangyuan as an outsider.

Between the words, the intimacy revealed is obviously more than that of others.

Xu Guangyuan was a man who didn't know how to be polite. After hearing what Kong Xianchao said, he said uh, forked a cream tart and swallowed it into his mouth.

After eating one, Director Xu was still a little unsatisfied, so he quickly forked another and stuffed it into his mouth.

Seeing his devouring appearance, the Commercial Counselor Pei Chunming couldn't help laughing and said, Xu Chu, the way you eat this is to make our comrades in the Consulate General drink porridge next month!

Xu Guangyuan turned his head indifferently and asked, Brother Chunming, aren't you too stingy? Isn't it just that you ate two more snacks, so there is a need to be so fussy?

After Xu Guangyuan finished speaking, Li Haoping next to Pei Chunming quickly explained: Xu Chu, Chunming was just joking, you can eat as much as you want, it doesn't matter!

But speaking of it, the price of this 'cream tart' is really not cheap. Don't look at its small size, the price is almost two Canadian dollars. Li Haoping added.

Damn, two Canadian dollars, if converted into RMB, it's almost twenty yuan?

Hearing this, Xu Guangyuan was speechless for a while.

He couldn't help looking at Zhao Guoyang, who was sitting opposite him, and said, Brother Guoyang, please educate everyone. Is this 'butter tower' so expensive? Don't let Chunming and Haoping fool us!

Xu Guangyuan's words were naturally ridiculed, but everyone could hear his affirmation and trust in Zhao Guoyang inside and out.

Kong Xianchao glanced at Zhao Guoyang with a smile, and said curiously: Researcher Zhao, according to what Old Xu said, you know Canada very well? Then let's listen carefully!

After hearing Consul Kong's meaningful question, Zhao Guoyang replied honestly: I don't dare to accept Consul Kong's words, I just know a thing or two...

While holding up the butter tower on his fork, Zhao Guoyang explained to the inspection team: If you want to talk about this 'butter tower', it has a very long history. It can be traced back to the 17th century.

Its basic production method is to put cream, maple syrup, eggs and various nuts into the pastry and bake it, and finally form it into the current shape.

After entering the 20th century, raisins and nuts have gradually become popular in various restaurants. It is quite popular in cafes large and small in Canada.

Listening to Zhao Guoyang's explanation like a treasure, everyone in the inspection team naturally admired it.

Several leaders of the consulate general also had surprised expressions on their faces.

After a moment of silence, Kong Xianchao couldn't help but sighed and said, When I received a call from Mr. Li before, I asked him whether the inspection team should arrange for workers who are familiar with Canadian food and humanities to accompany them. It was declined by his old man.

Mr. Li said that as long as the inspection team has head Zhao, there is no such thing as not understanding or adapting.

Kong Xianchao laughed at himself and said, At that time, I murmured, thinking that Mr. Li was exaggerating, but now I am amazed by what Researcher Zhao said when he just opened his mouth!

It seems that what Mr. Li said is right. Researcher Zhao, you are a mobile 'encyclopedia'. We don't need to worry at all...

After Kong Xianchao finished speaking, the three counselors of the consulate general all agreed.

Zhao Guoyang humbly said a few words quickly, trying to distract everyone's attention, so that everyone should not focus on himself all the time.

When Zhao Guoyang was thinking about how to change the subject, Huo Xiufen, the only woman sitting in the back seat, smiled and said, Researcher Zhao told me a lot about Canadian history and culture along the way.

To be honest, although I think I already know Canada well, when I'm with Researcher Zhao, I'm immediately inferior.

After Huo Xiufen finished speaking, Feng Yuejin, Huaxia's economic counselor in Quebec, said with a half-smile: Mr. Zhao knows Canada quite well, that's the best. We don't need to worry too much about it at the Consulate General. This matter.

Speaking of this, Feng Yuejin looked at Kong Xianchao and said, Consul Kong, isn't there going to be a government work briefing on foreign economics in Quebec City tomorrow, should I go and listen to it? I guess I won't be able to accompany Zhao Tuan tomorrow. Director Xu, they are heading to Montreal...

Kong Xianchao was obviously a little displeased when he heard that Feng Yuejin put down the pick as soon as he came up.

But there is no way, this old Feng is the oldest and most experienced person in the consulate general, coupled with his strong professional ability, even the consul general Kong Xianchao has to give him some face.

But when he was still entertaining the inspection team, Kong Xianchao felt a little uncomfortable when he came out like this.

However, Zhao Guoyang didn't feel much about Counselor Feng's statement.

He just smiled and nodded and said, Understood! You can go to Counselor Feng if you have something to do. For the inspection team, tomorrow's trip to Montreal, we can go there by ourselves, so we don't need to trouble Consul General Kong and everyone.

Zhao Guoyang didn't say anything against Feng Yuejin's statement of disunity, on the contrary, he even excused Counselor Feng a few words.

After hearing his general words, Pei Chunming and Li Haoping, the other two counselors of the consulate general, also felt somewhat displeased with Feng Yuejin at the same time.

Pei Chunming slowly put down the knife and fork in his hand, and slowly said: Counselor Feng, the Quebec City Government's foreign-related economic briefing will definitely be published in the newspapers after the meeting, right?

I don't think it's a big problem if you don't go to the scene to listen. Why don't you come with us and accompany Researcher Zhao to Montreal!

Although Zhao Guoyang just expressed his attitude, he said that he would just bring the inspection team to Montreal.

But neither Kong Xianchao nor Pei Chunming or Li Haoping could allow such a thing to happen.

Because in that case, the Huaxia Consulate General in Quebec would seem too unkind.

When Pei Chunming questioned him in public, Feng Yuejin's expression turned a little ugly.

He snorted and said, Counselor Pei, tomorrow's foreign-related economic briefing will be hosted by a senior official from Quebec Province. The meeting will detail the economic development goals and related policies formulated by the Quebec Provincial Government in the next five years.

Such important content, even if it is read in the newspaper, there will definitely be a lot of omissions. It's fine if you, the commercial counselor, don't go, but if I don't go, it will definitely not work!

After Feng Yuejin said these words, Pei Chunming's face turned pale.

He naturally understood the meaning of Feng Yuejin's words. The other party was relying on the old to sell the old, accusing him of not doing his job well.

But in fact, this kind of foreign economic briefing held by the Quebec provincial government is held every month, and its importance is not as high as Feng Yuejin said.

What's more, even if you don't go by yourself, you will definitely send one or two attendants to listen in.

It is an international joke to say that if you don't appear in person, you will miss some important information.

Although he was very upset, Pei Chunming couldn't find any way to change Feng Yuejin's mind when he faced Feng Yuejin's reluctance.

Seeing that the situation was a bit frozen here, Kong Xianchao felt depressed for a while.

Just when Consul General Kong was about to speak out in person to ease the matter a little, Researcher Zhao, who had been listening silently, jumped ahead and spoke up.

His first words were quite surprising.

Only Zhao Guoyang asked Feng Yuejin in a relaxed tone: Counselor Feng, the Quebec foreign-related economic briefing you are going to attend tomorrow should focus on analyzing Quebec's current economic situation and future development direction, right?

Feng Yuejin didn't know what Zhao Guoyang was going to say, so he nodded immediately, looking a little dazed.

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