Chapter 654: 654
There were three people in the office . Xia Lei knew Philip and his assistant, Alida, but he never would have guessed who the third person would be . It was Sylvia ー the European equivalent of Szlamy, and Germany’s best engineer .
Practically nothing had changed about her . Her wine-red hair was pulled into a simple ponytail, which paired beautifully with her refined, Eastern features . She was so beautiful she could’ve been mistaken for a doll .
This extraordinary red-haired woman before Xia Lei made him think of what had happened during his second visit to Germany .
“We meet again, Mr Xia . ” Sylvia smiled as she took the initiative to extend her arm for a handshake . “How have you been?”
Xia Lei snapped out of his daydream, and took Sylvia’s hand while returning the smile with his own . He replied in German, “Hello, Miss Sylvia . I’m doing well . Welcome to China . ” He paused, then continued, “Rest assured . You’re no longer in Germany so there won’t be any government-directed kidnappings, terrorist attacks, or persecution either . ”
Everything he had said was, in fact, what the German government was guilty of .
Philip’s expression grew awkward . He was standing here as a representative of the German government . Xia Lei saying all that in front of Philip was making it difficult for him to broach the subject he wanted to discuss .
“Mr Xia, I am very pleased to meet you again . ” Whatever he felt, Philip still put on a polite face, greeted Xia Lei, and also shook hands with him .
Xia Lei invited the three Germans to take a seat after exchanging pleasantries .
Liu Zhengnan made coffee for the three Germans, and tea for Xia Lei . Xia Lei hadn’t recruited any secretaries, so his assistant had assumed these responsibilities as well .
“Have the human resources department recruit a secretary,” said Xia Lei . In the past, he never thought there was anything wrong with letting Liu Zhengnan do these things, but he was Xia Xue’s boyfriend now, and a potential brother-in-law . He felt it was no longer appropriate to make him fulfil such duties .
Liu Zhengnan was very attentive to Xia Lei’s worries, and he said softly, “It’s fine, Brother, but you should definitely recruit a secretary . I’ll talk to the human resources department and let them pick a suitable one for you . Do you have any particular requirements?”
“I don’t really have any requirements, as long as they as they have a good work ethic and can speak a foreign language,” said Xia Lei .
Liu Zhengnan left with Xia Lei’s description in mind .
“Talk . ” Xia Lei went straight to business after his assistant left . “What brings you three here?”
“Hehe, so it’s like this . . . ” Philip smiled and said, “We’ve specifically brought Sylvia over for an inspection and technology exchange . ”
“An inspection and technology exchange?” Xia Lei’s gaze went to Sylvia . “Just you?”
Sylvia nodded . “Mm, just me . ”
Xia Lei smiled . “You represent Rheinmetall AG, right? I never received any sort of official invitation from them, but now you’re telling me that you’re just going to waltz in and do an inspection and technology exchange . Did I ever agree to this? It wouldn’t pan out even if I agreed, anyway . The higher-ups need to approve it too . ”
Thunder Horse Military Factory was home to a plethora of technologies, and a substantial amount of the equipment found on-site were classified military secrets . Rheinmetall AG would certainly need high-level authorisation in order to send a representative over to inspect the place . Even if Xia Lei was the director of Thunder Horse Military Factory, he did not have the authority to allow their plan .
“Well…” Sylvia looked at Philip .
Philip quickly glanced at Alida, who took out a file from her briefcase, and delivered it to Xia Lei with both hands .
Xia Lei looked over the file and furrowed his brow . The person who had signed the document allowing Sylvia to enter Thunder Horse Military Factory was actually Yu Shanhe . He had the power to authorise this . However, the actual contents of the document were very simple . There was nothing else written in it other than the permission for Sylvia to come for the described inspection and technology exchanges .
‘This is . . . strange . Even if Yu Shanhe wanted to mess with me, he wouldn’t be so stupid as to allow Germany’s leading ammunitions supplier to send people over so that they could learn from me . This isn’t much different from selling out our country . Could the higher-ups have reached a business deal with the German government?’ thought Xia Lei to himself .
“You see, Mr Xia, we’ve already obtained their approval . So now, we’d like you to cooperate with us in this very fortunate occurrence,” said Philip .
“Fortunate? Heh, I don’t believe this is ‘fortunate’ at all . And even if Yu Shanhe agreed, I haven’t . Thunder Horse Military Factory is my personal company . Do you think Yu Shanhe is going to make my decisions?”
“You…” An ugliness crept onto Philip’s face .
Sylvia was also anxious . “Mr Xia, I know you took what happened in Germany to heart, but that had nothing to do with me . I’m just here for what we talked about . Iー”
Ring ring ring, ring ring ring…
Sylvia was interrupted by Xia Lei’s ringtone .
Xia Lei checked his phone and walked towards the door . He answered the phone when he got to the doorway .
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