MTL - The Era of Hard Work-Chapter 802 Lost Ivan (ask monthly pass)

  Chapter 802 The Lost Ivan (Ask for a Monthly Pass)

   Came to the exit of Yaoqiang Airport, Lu Dong checked the time, entered the hall and waited patiently. After a while, Li Wenyue came out of the bathroom.

   "It should have arrived." Li Wenyue said.

   Lu Dong pointed to the real-time broadcast on the big screen: "Thunderstorm in the capital, it's late."

  Ivan came from Russia and had to transfer planes in the capital before arriving in Quannan.

   Li Wenyue glanced at it and calmed down: "Ivan just came back and have a look."

   Lu Dong said: "The specific phone number is not clear, but I'll find out when I meet someone."

  Beijing flight was delayed, the two of them sat on the bench and waited peacefully.

   "I just came back last night. I heard that Zhao Di was hired two days ago... Liu Linlin's father fell on top of our village?" Li Wenyue asked, "Did you call an ambulance?"

   Lu Dong also called yesterday afternoon: "I'm hospitalized, it seems that the situation is not very good. I did a pathological examination the day before yesterday, but the results have not yet come out."

   Li Wenyue said: "After receiving Ivan, let's go to the hospital to see?"

   Lu Dong replied: "Okay, let's go together then."

   An old classmate for many years, Li Wenyue was very concerned and asked, "Uncle Quan is not too optimistic?"

   Lu Dong nodded slowly and did a pathological examination to see if it was malignant or benign.

  The two were talking, and after waiting for more than 40 minutes, the flight finally arrived.

   came to the pick-up port, and it didn't take long before I saw Ivan, who was as strong as a brown bear, dragging two suitcases out of it.

   Lu Dong took the lead to greet him: "Ivan!"

   Big Iwan strode up to Lu Dong, let go of the suitcase, stretched out his thick arms, and gave Lu Dong a hug.

  In the summer, when the clothes are few, the big Iwan's long hair touches Lu Dong, and Lu Dong can't help shivering.

   "Welcome back!" Lu Dong parted at the right time.

   "I miss you so much!" Big Iwan smiled happily and hugged Li Wenyue again: "Wenyue, long time no see, you are stronger than before!"

   Li Wenyue smiled: "You are still strong."

   Big Ivan made a flexed arm to brighten his muscles: "In Russia, I also belong to the top strong man."

  Li Wenyue took his suitcase, Lu Dong led the way, entered the parking lot and got into the car.

   The three rushed to the university town.

   Lu Dong drove the car and said, "I have already booked the hotel. The Crown Hotel on the south side of the central intersection is where we used to go to eat."

   Big Ivan said with a smile: "When we get here, I will listen to your arrangement."

   "Are you tired all the way, do you want to get rid of the jet lag first?" Lu Dong asked, "I will catch the wind for you tomorrow?"

   Big Ivan shook his head: "There is no need for jet lag, I came here after a sleep in the capital."

  Lu Dong said to Li Wenyue: "Wenyue, you inform Song Na, Wei Guo and Lao Du that they will be at the Crown Hotel tonight, and we will clean up Ivan."

  Li Wenyue took out his mobile phone to make a call.

   Big Ivan lowered his voice: "If you don't get drunk, you won't go home tonight!"

   Came to the hotel and checked in. It was getting late. After a short rest, I went directly to the restaurant of the hotel. Lu Dong just booked a private room.

   After waiting for a while, Song Na, Qiao Weiguo and Du Xiaobing came over one after another.

   Along with Song Na, and Natasha.

   However, Natasha just started a relationship with a young associate professor of the provincial university, and her relationship with the big Ivan ended before it started, and it was destined to be only a memory.

   Big Iwan came back for a walk, and the first people who started the business together in Lu's Catering can be considered to have gathered together.

  The old friends reunited, the atmosphere was warm, the alcohol was not much, and they talked together most of the time.

   mainly talks about the life of Ivan after returning to Moscow, and the changes of several people here.

   "It's a pity that you came two months early." Du Xiaobing clinked glasses with Ivan and said, "I want to come in October, just in time for Lu Dong and Song Na's wedding."

   After drinking, Big Ivan couldn't help patting his legs: "I knew I had postponed my holiday!" He turned and asked, "Lu Dong, Song Na, have you decided where to go for your honeymoon?"

  Song Na replied, "I haven't decided where to go for now."

  The big Ivan warmly invited: "It's better to go to Moscow and St. Petersburg for a honeymoon and see the Russian style."

  Du Xiaobing deliberately said to Lu Dong: "This is a good idea, I heard that Russia is rich in beautiful women."

   Lu Dong replied, "When we meet again another day, I have to tell Yu Jing that Lao Du is very interested in Russian beauties."

   "You're amazing!" Old Dugan was inferior: "When I didn't say it."

   Li Wenyue returned to the topic: "Ivan, is it easier to be a teacher at Moscow University than here?"

   Big Ivan shook his head: "It's better that when I was here, I was valued here, and I was heard. When I went back, I was an ordinary member of many teachers."

   Song Na, Du Xiaobing and Li Wenyue, who have experienced university education, naturally understand what is going on.

   There is no way to say such a thing, so Lu Dong changed the subject: "Ivan, it's not easy to come back and stay for a while. The university town has changed a lot in the past two years, and Qingzhao is now a famous cultural tourism city."

   When I came over by car, Ivan saw the change. In my memory, the place was a field, and there were already many high-rise buildings: "The speed of development here is too fast to imagine."

   Frankly speaking, even if he returned to Moscow, he wanted to come back more than once.

  Ivan misses the friends here, the warm weather here, the university environment here, and the delicious food here.

  I have been in Taidong since I was a teenager. After staying for many years, Ivan has long become a Chinese stomach and is not suitable for all kinds of Russian food.

  Russian food in his eyes and mouth is simply dark food.

  Even, the knife and fork are far inferior to chopsticks.

   Big Ivan picked up the chopsticks and picked up several chopstick dishes one after another. The nostalgic taste blew up his taste buds, giving him an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

  Unfortunately, because it was summer, there was no hot pot prepared.

  Thinking of hot pot, Big Iwan remembered another purpose of coming this time, and said to Lu Dong and Du Xiaobing: "Lu Dong, Lao Du, I'm coming back this time, mainly to see the school and old friends."

   He and Lu Dong, although they hadn't seen each other for several years, didn't feel any strangeness when they met, and said directly, "There is another purpose. I want to open a restaurant in Moscow. I wonder if Lu's Catering has any plans to expand overseas?"

When    was on the phone, Lu Dong heard the big Ivan mention this, and was not surprised.

  Du Xiaobing had discussed with Lu Dong before, and he was thinking about it. It was indeed a big temptation for him, the general manager of the business, to go abroad.

   Lu Dong can roughly understand Ivan's situation and thoughts through the previous phone calls.

  Ivan used to be a foreign teacher at the provincial university. His salary was not generally good, and his speech was also weighty, and he attached great importance to it.

   Based on these, Lu Dong specially asked Ivan to assist in various procedures and documents involving government departments in the early stage of his business.

   But back in Moscow, Ivan is a very ordinary teacher. Although he speaks Chinese very well, the two countries have had close exchanges before, and there are too many people who can speak Chinese, which does not show the advantage at all.

   Furthermore, since the 1990s, the economic situation in Russia has been relatively general. How can the salary of an ordinary university teacher compare to that of a foreign teacher in Taidong University?

  Stand on the top of the mountain to see the best scenery, and then back to the foot of the mountain will have various discomforts.

  People live in this world, if they want to live a good life, they must be thirsty for money.

   Lu Dong did not rush to give an answer, but instead asked: "Ivan, what do you think?"

  Ivan put down his chopsticks and said, "I can help the company open the restaurant to Russia and St. Petersburg, and then develop westward to enter the European market."

   He changed his voice: "Of course, it is more difficult to develop westward, especially to enter the Western European market. But in Russia, I can help the company to straighten out the relationship and let the restaurant open smoothly."

  Du Xiaobing smiled: "Ivan, your university teacher doesn't want to do it anymore?"

  Ivan said with a bit of helplessness: "The income is too low. I haven't experienced it here. I may think it's good, but with the experience here, it's hard to be satisfied with the income."

He explained again: "Actually, my parents and I brought a lot of money back to Russia, but we made a wrong estimate, and most of the cash was used to buy better houses, and it took a while to find out that Russia's The economic situation is much worse than expected.”

  Lü Dong has a general understanding. Economically, it is not too much to say that Russia is strong from abroad and cadres at the same time.

   Even after the great emperor came to power, all aspects depended on the natural resources under the huge country and the legacy left by the Red Empire.

   Even if the huge red empire was divided up in various ways, the legacy still allowed Russia to maintain the air of a world-class power.

   After careful consideration, Lu Dong said, "Ivan, Lu's Catering Company going abroad and entering the overseas market is a step that will be taken sooner or later. My plan with Lao Du will wait for the domestic market to stabilize."

  Du Xiaobing nodded: "The domestic market is huge, and the company has yet to touch many places."

   Hearing the two of them say this, Ivan is inevitably a little disappointed. If Lu's Catering enters the Russian market, it will inevitably set up a branch in Russia, then the most suitable person to serve as the general manager of the Russian branch is naturally him.

   Lu Dong is not in a hurry to take this step, because there are too many blank potential places in the huge domestic market.

  I didn’t even eat what was at hand, so I went to see what was in other people’s pots.

But after hearing what Ivan said, Lu Dong had another idea: "Ivan, you can consider doing import and export. The products of Lujia Village Catering Company are currently selling well in Chinatowns in North America and many European countries. , I wonder if there is a market in Russia?"

  Ivan's mood is high again: "There are many Chinese doing business in Moscow."

   Lu Dong said to Li Wenyue again: "Wenyue, talk to Ivan another day and take Ivan to visit Lujia Village."

   Li Wenyue answered: "Ivan, if you are interested, let's make an appointment."

  Ivan thought about it for a while: "Tomorrow I'm going back to the provincial university. Maybe I don't have time. Can I do it the day after tomorrow?"

  Li Wenyue nodded: "Okay, I'll send a car to pick you up in the morning the day after tomorrow!"

   Tomorrow he is not free either, so he will go to the hospital with Lu Dong to visit Liu Mingquan.

   (end of this chapter)