Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1678 Business Lunch Culture
The door to the single suite Han Li rented was closed around 5:30 PM, and when it was opened again around 7:30 PM.

Han Li closed the door and went downstairs to buy food. As for Maeve Lawson, her skin was rosy, and she lay on the sofa with her eyes closed, not wanting to move at all.
However, Maeve Lawson obediently endured the soreness, swelling, and numbness in her body. After Han Li left, she slowly moved from the sofa to the bathroom to take a shower.

Han Li was saving his strength by having a late-night snack; otherwise, it would have taken even longer, and Maeve Lawson would have fallen into a deep sleep due to overwork.

Foreigners always seem to eat the same few things, which is a good thing for people who have trouble making choices, because they simply don't have many options.

Han Li went to a restaurant on the street and bought six steaks, ten beef burgers, six bottles of cola, and two cups of coffee, then returned home.

However, on his way home, Han Li ate four steaks and eight beef burgers to fill his stomach. After entering the elevator, he took out several bottles of champagne from his spatial storage to liven things up.

Han Li didn't even consider whether it was appropriate or legal for Maeve Lawson to drink at her age; as long as everyone was happy, that was all that mattered.

When Han Li returned, Maeve Lawson had already finished showering and was now sitting on the sofa watching TV, wrapped in a bath towel.

Maeve Lawson is young and speaks very directly. It's also possible that the two of them have a "deep" life-or-death relationship. She looked at the bag in Han Li's hand and said in a coquettish tone.

"Dear, I'm starving! Please give me a bite to eat."

Seeing this, Han Li stopped teasing her. He reached out and rubbed her still damp hair, placed the bag on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and took out plates, cutlery, and wine glasses from the kitchen and put them away, saying...

"Little kitty, time to eat. Can you hold a knife and fork now? Do you want me to feed you?"

Maeve Lawson ate only a little salad and pasta at her foster mother's house for lunch. After more than two hours of physical labor in the afternoon, she just wanted to fill her rumbling stomach as soon as possible.

Moreover, Maeve Lawson had been fed in an unusual way by Han Li at the New York Plaza Hotel last time, and she didn't want to relive that feeling of suffocation and gagging, so she quickly waved her hand and refused Han Li's offer.

Han Li was not surprised at all by Maeve Lawson's reaction. He sat down next to her, opened a glass of champagne, poured two glasses, pushed one of them towards her, and then began to eat.

However, Han Li ate quite a lot on the way, and he drank with Maeve Lawson while eating.

After the meal, Maeve Lawson was slightly tipsy.

The two then sat on the sofa, watching TV, chatting, and drinking, quickly getting into the mood.

Maeve Lawson was now only wearing a towel, and the sound of clothes being torn was no longer heard.

However, the singing in the room became even louder than before, but the clear female voice gradually turned into a somewhat hoarse, smoky voice.
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The next day, after getting up, Han Li went from his bedroom to the living room and practiced all the forms of Xingyi Quan and the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique. After washing up, he sat down to boil water, drink tea, and read books.

When it was 8:30, Han Li left a note for Maeve Lawson, who was still asleep.

After changing his clothes, Han Li took out a backpack from his spatial storage, filled it with two sets of Hong Kong tea sets and about ten silk handicrafts, and then headed out to school.

Han Li easily found his way to Professor Giovanni Morrick's office, but unfortunately, his advisor was away at a conference in Washington, D.C. However, this suited Han Li perfectly. He hadn't originally planned to attend the Thanksgiving party in the US; his main purpose was to change his mood and, of course, to find some treasure.

The main reason Han Li made a special trip to the University of Pennsylvania was to thank Cedric Marshall, the senior who told him about the gathering.

However, since Han Li had come to the school, it wouldn't be appropriate not to meet with the tutor in charge of his credits; it was just a matter of walking a few more steps.

Professor Giovanni Morrick wasn't around, so Han Li divided the gift in two, giving one to the professor's secretary and asking the other to pass it on to his mentor, along with a lot of nice things to say.

Actually, Han Li had arranged these gifts in advance; otherwise, why would he have brought two identical tea sets?

After chatting with his mentor's secretary for a while, Han Li left and strolled around the campus, looking at the pretty girls. It was almost noon when he went to find his senior, Cedric Marshall.

There wasn't much to say at this point. After expressing his gratitude, Han Li pulled Cedric Marshall away from the school and found a rather upscale restaurant nearby.

Upon entering, Han Li learned that the restaurant offered business lunches, and without hesitation, he immediately chose one of the options.

Some magazines and public intellectuals in later generations said that the United States strictly adheres to self-discipline, does practical work, and does not have a culture of eating and drinking at the dinner table.

Actually, those people are talking nonsense, or they are of low status and have never attended such a business lunch.

It's important to know that in the United States during the 1980s and 90s, and even into the new century, business lunches were a crucial part of many things.

Whether you're a member of the state legislature or the House of Representatives, or an employee or manager of a corporation, if you can't even get a business lunch like this, it just means you're an unimportant and useless person.

Therefore, almost all high-end restaurants in the United States offer business lunches, which allow you to network with people for work purposes.

Many deals among so-called upper-class and elite individuals are made over business lunches, which inevitably involve the cutthroat competition of the workplace.

Business lunches, where people from different organizations and departments, as well as senior managers from different industries, come together, are the best opportunity to expand networks and negotiate deals.

Of course, such business lunches are quite expensive, and if the company cannot reimburse them, individuals are reluctant to invite others to participate.

After Han Li selected the business package, Cedric Marshall, who knew the inside story, quickly stopped him, saying that everyone had the same mentor and there was no need for such extravagance between senior and junior students.

This amount of money is nothing to Han Li, and given the stubborn nature of people from Beijing, once a statement is made, it cannot be taken back; he will continue even if it means losing face.

Moreover, if Han Li were to agree to Cedric Marshall's proposal now, the foreigner would think that Han Li couldn't afford it in the first place and was just saying it to save face.

In any case, after the business lunch, Cedric Marshall's enthusiasm for Han Li increased by several percentage points.

Having achieved his goal, Han Li left the place the next day.
(End of this chapter)