Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1302 What Should Be Done?

Fengtian. Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau.

Xiao Meng was stunned when Xiao Wei hung up on him. He put down the phone, got up, and went to the leader's office. A deputy bureau chief.

"Director Su, I've made the call."

"What did you say? Which day are you coming?"

"They didn't say. They said it's in Kyoto, and I'll be attending some kind of school there. They said school starts soon, so it depends on the school's arrangements. They said they'll contact me before I come back once everything is arranged."

Director Su looked up at Xiao Meng: "That's all?"

Xiao Meng nodded. Director Su slammed the documents in his hand on the table: "Outrageous! Doesn't this Zhang Wei have any sense of the bigger picture? He dares to push aside matters concerning foreign investors. If this affects investment, can he take responsibility?"

Xiao Meng licked his lips: "Well, Director Su, it's a private company, we can't interfere."

Director Su said, "These private business owners are disorganized, undisciplined, and lack any sense of the bigger picture. They only think about making money. They completely disregard the government and are arrogant and unruly. I think these people should be disciplined. They don't know what's good for them."

Xiao Meng stood there looking at Director Su, waiting for him to speak.

Director Su muttered for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and get busy. Let me know when you've made contact."

Xiao Meng turned around and rolled her eyes: "In the end, all we can do is wait. I thought you were so capable, but you're only impressive in front of us."

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"Let's go back. We'll have to meet sooner or later anyway, let's hear what they have to say." Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "I can't figure out why they want to see us."

Chen Hui said, "Whatever, let it be. What's the point of thinking about it? It probably won't bring anything good."

Xiao Hong said, "Let's go back. We still need to give face to the unit here. Let's see what they say. If it doesn't matter, just listen."

Xiao Wei said, "What if it matters?"

Xiao Hong glared at him and stood up: "Come on, let's go for a walk, let's sit in the bookstore for a while. It's really comfortable sitting on the second floor over there, and the courtyard is beautifully landscaped. It's too empty here."

Chen Hui raised an eyebrow at Xiao Wei with a smug look.

A few people came out, called Ma San's daughter-in-law, and took Xiao Xiaohui to the bookstore.

Business was pretty good; there were seven or eight people seated at three tables. The room was decorated with some partitions and wooden shelves holding bonsai trees, giving each table its own space so that they wouldn't disturb each other.

Seeing Xiaowei and the others come in, the waitress Xiaoxue pouted and came over to greet them: "Brother Xiaowei, Brother Xiaohui, Sister-in-law."

Chen Hui looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Who bullied you? Why are you pouting like that?"

Xiaoxue glanced to the left: "It's all because of Sister Xuemei. She never listens to me no matter how much I tell her, and she's always sending me this and that."

Xiao Wei glanced over there and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiaoxue said, "I've gotten into trouble for giving gifts. Now people just ask for them when they come over, and they scold me if I don't give them to them."

Xiao Hong chuckled and said, "If Sister Xuemei could make money, I could have gotten into the central government."

Xiaoxue pouted and said, "I think so too. Brother Xiaowei, why don't you try to persuade Sister Xuemei in the future? Either she doesn't care about anything, or she takes care of everything herself. Look at the situation now, what am I supposed to do?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's nothing serious. Xue Mei isn't really a businesswoman. She's just looking for something to do. You just need to do your job well. I'll talk to her when she gets back. But I don't know if she'll listen."

Chen Hui said, "I'll definitely listen, and then I'll still send it as usual. I'll forget about it after three days."

Xiao Hong pulled Chen Xiao upstairs, Xiao Wei and Chen Hui found a place to sit down, and Xiao Xue followed behind.

"Hey waiter, hurry up and bring this over! We've been sitting here for ages. Where's the boss?"

Xiaoxue turned her head and asked, "Coffee, fifteen or twenty or thirty? Which do you want?"

The person on the other end said, "Are you obsessed with money? It's just a glass of water. You always give it to me when I sit here, why do I have to pay today? Are you targeting me or something? Do you just not like me?"

Xiaoxue looked at Xiaowei.

Xiao Wei got up and went over.

There were four girls at the table, who looked like students from the Central Academy of Drama. The one who was speaking was leaning back in her chair with a cigarette between her fingers, sizing up Xiao Wei as he walked over.

"Sorry, my sister isn't here. There's nothing free here. All the coffee is imported. The 15-yuan coffee is imported coffee powder, and the 20-30-yuan coffee is freshly ground coffee beans."

This price is considered low for Kyoto. Coffee from here would easily cost 30 or 50 yuan elsewhere in Kyoto, so they don't make their money from coffee. My sister is a nice person, but just because she gives it away doesn't mean it's free, right?

The woman waved her hand: "Call the boss over here so I can ask him. What, you look down on us women?"

Xiao Wei looked at her and said, "This is a business, a place to sell goods and make money. You come in to buy things and spend money, and we sell things and provide services. This is only natural."

As for my sister occasionally giving me cookies or a cup of coffee, it's just a kind gesture, not to say that our things are free or worthless. You took what was offered, didn't appreciate it, and even made an enemy of her? Does that mean we shouldn't charge you?

The woman glanced at Xiao Wei: "How dare you talk to me like that? Do you think I'm short of a few bucks? This isn't how things are done. It's usually a free gift, but today you want money? Why should I?"

Xiao Wei said, "I'm running a business. Giving things away is a favor, and taking money is my duty. This is a place for customers to shop. Hey girl, do you run a shop where everything is free? Where is it located? I'd like to come and check it out."

What happened? Shouldn't I be obligated to do this? Now I owe you something?

I give you things that normally cost only a few dozen yuan, and you don't appreciate it or say thank you, but now it's become a must? What's the point of me running a shop then? You can have the house and the shop; it'll be yours sooner or later anyway. Is that what you mean?

The two girls next to him nudged the one who was speaking: "Forget it, why do you have to drink it? It's not like it's anything good. Let's just talk."

Xiao Wei said, "Brazilian coffee beans, I just gave you a few cups out of kindness, and now they're not good stuff anymore. How much do you have? Do you know how much this costs per pound here?"

Go all over Kyoto and look carefully, see how many shops have it, and how much they're selling it for, then come back and tell me this, okay?

"What are you bragging about?" The woman smoking stood up, threw her cigarette on the floor, picked up her purse, and said, "I'm leaving. I'm never coming to this lousy place again. Honestly, I came out to spend money and ended up with a belly full of anger."

Xiao Wei bent down, picked up the cigarette butt, put it in the ashtray, and shook his head.

Xiaoxue, with a stern face, took the money without missing a single penny. The girls left, grumbling and cursing, and spat as they turned back at the door.

Chen Hui said, "Sister Xuemei is something else. If you're going to do business, just do business. Why make such a mess of things? I bet there will be more of these kinds of incidents in the future. I really can't understand people's thought processes these days. This is the first time I've seen anything like this."

Xiaoxue asked, "Can it keep going like this?"

(End of this chapter)