10am. Mo Ting arranged for the representatives from Switzerland to to stay in a hotel near Hai Rui. The 3 men and 2 women seemed a bit annoyed by the trip.
"Didn't we already avoid having to work with Tang Corps? The CEO is currently missing, so there is no way to continue with our collaboration. There are plenty of big companies waiting to work with us, why did the Boss insist for us to come to Beijing?" one of the representatives said in a puzzled tone as he sat on the sofa.
"Did you think you are the only one that doesn't understand? We had to come all the way to this h.e.l.l hole, where even the air is hazy."
"Endure for a bit. We can leave after we meet with them."
They each tidied up their stuff and followed a hotel staff to one of the hotel's meeting rooms. However, as they arrived, they did not see the CEO of Hai Rui nor did they see Tangning.
"What is this all about? Why isn't a representative from Tang Corps here to greet us?"
"I've never seen a host arriving later than their guests. Is this Asian etiquette?"
They were already frustrated by the fact that they were sent to Beijing. Now, with the added fact that no one from Tang Corps had appeared to greet them, they couldn't help their expressions from turning sour.
However, 5 minutes later, the door to the meeting room was pushed open. Tangning walked in wearing a black coat and flat shoes as she greeted the group of representatives in fluent Italian, "It's a pleasure to meet all of you."
Out of the group of five, only one woman stood up to shake Tangning's hand. Meanwhile, the remaining four, leaned back on the their chairs and glared at her, "Based on your att.i.tude today, there is no way we will work with you."
"Let's put business aside for now and have some food," Tangning maintained her smile as she turned and signaled to the waiter.
The representatives' expressions did not change. But...as soon as the waiter brought in one dish at a time and placed it on the table in front of them, their eyes lit up in surprise.
"How did you know that I like to eat lasagna?"
"This is my favorite cookie to go with coffee..."
"This..."
The party of five were surprised that Tangning knew what they all liked. In fact, some of this information, they had never shared with the people around them.
Seeing this, one of the representatives finally revealed an interested smile and crossed his arms as he asked, "Can I ask, how did you find out what we liked?"
"I've looked at your profiles. Some of this food was written down - others I guessed," Tangning smiled. "For example, the lady beside you doesn't seem to like drinking water."
The woman that Tangning was pointing to, nodded her head, "That's right! How did you know?"
"That's a secret. Feel free to give this food a taste and we can chat about it afterwards," Tangning deliberately kept them guessing as she held onto their curiosity. As they really wanted to hear Tangning's response, they forgot about their previous frustrations and started trying the food that was prepared for them.
Tangning lowered her head and smiled, but she only drank water the entire time.
Half an hour later, everyone finished their meals. At this time, the man called Jean put down the knife and fork in his hands and said to Tangning, "Although we are very thankful for your hospitality, we have already decided to cancel the collaboration with Tang Corps. We simply flew over this time to show Hai Rui some face."
"It's fine, I won't force you. But, I have some statistics that you might be interested in." After speaking, Tangning gestured for Song Yanshu to distribute the information to the five people seated at the table.
"This is the sales performance for Tang Corps in the final month of last year. The second doc.u.ment is the product that Tang Corps intends to promote in Europe. From our research, we have found that Europeans have been fascinated in Chinese medicine in recent years, but no one has invested into that market. Tang Corps has always been a leader in the perfume industry and have always given preference to our partner companies...We are planning to invest into this new market, and we would like to give you the opportunity to be at the forefront."
The representatives looked at the information in their hands and threw it to one side, "There are plenty of big companies that have given better offers than you. Plus, Miss Tang, do you even understand perfume?"
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