Nine Hundred and Forty. Network

The useful thing obtained from this experiment is that in a person's life, he must know a few useful friends.

When Butler showed off his network to Qin Shiou before, Qin Shiou didn't think much about it, but after coming to the annual meeting of Express Company today, he suddenly discovered that his previous concept of making friends by doing nothing may not be wrong.

He never deliberately made friends with powerful people, so he won the appreciation of some powerful big shots. It was simply to appreciate his gentlemanly demeanor of sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and not fighting or getting bored.

Cole Strauss is one of these big men. He and Qin Shiou only met four or five times, but both sides left a good impression.

In this way, with the addition of the six-person theory, through Cole-Strauss, Qin Shiou can get to know many valuable people.

When Qin Shiou went out for a stroll in the afternoon, he ran into the current head of the Strauss family. He was chatting and joking with several men of similar age. When he saw Qin Shiou, he waved and said happily: "Hi, Qin, Come here and introduce some friends to you."

Qin Shiou quickened his pace, doing so can give people a good impression and let people know that you care about them.

Cole Strauss gave Qin Shiou a lot of face, and put his arms around his shoulders affectionately and introduced: "This is Qin, a child of my father and I, the most remarkable fishery owner in Canada, and the area of ​​the fishery he owns is already enough Build a big country."

Qin Shiou said a few words politely, and then Cole introduced others: "This is Andre Karanzpoulos, you can call him Uncle Andre, because he is a guy who cares a lot about seniority, haha. Andre Uncle is from Philip Morris International. If you like to smoke, it's a good idea to be on good terms with Uncle Andre..."

The name was very unfamiliar, but Qin Shiou immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard the identity. He hadn't heard of the name Philip Morris International before when he was in China. But when you come to Canada, it's like a thunderbolt.

This company is the largest tobacco company in the world. Many people may not be familiar with its name, but when it comes to its product Marlboro cigarettes, no matter whether you are a smoker or a non-smoker, you must be familiar with it.

"This is Moore Fritz. Union Pacific, and his uncle is Lance Fritz, and of course the guy doesn't like being associated with him as an uncle, but I don't care because high school The two of us are rivals. Haha." Cole laughed.

Moore Fritz is a middle-aged man with flaxen hair, potbellied but not stupid, with a pair of shining eyes.

After listening to Cole's introduction,

Moore and Qin Shiou shook hands, and said in a loud voice: "Don't listen to the bad guy Cole talking nonsense, I am me, my uncle is my uncle, and we are not alone. Why are the identities connected, right? ?”

"You're right, Mr. Fritz. It's like I don't like people linking me to Qin Shihuang." Qin Shiou smiled.

Moore became interested and asked curiously, "Qin Shihuang? Who is that?"

"Qin is Chinese, and Qin Shihuang is one of the greatest emperors in the history of their country. If they have the President Mountain, then this Qin Shihuang will go to the President Mountain." A thin middle-aged man laughed.

Moore widened his eyes and said, "Do you have a relationship with this emperor?"

The thin middle-aged man looked at Qin Shiou strangely. Said: "But, as far as I know, Qin Shihuang and Qin have different surnames. Isn't he called Yingzheng?"

"Yes, Qin Shihuang's name is Ying Zheng. We really have nothing to do with each other." Qin Shiou said seriously.

Moore patted Qin Shiou on the shoulder, and then burst out laughing.

Cole then introduced the skinny middle-aged man who knew a lot about Chinese history, and said, "This is Sid Schwartz, my close comrade-in-arms. He is a third-party private equity investor from Onex. This guy is History buff, especially interested in Roman and ancient Chinese history.”

Qin Shiou and Sid shook hands. These people are big players. Philip Morris International is a Fortune 500 company, and Onex is also one of the Fortune 500 companies. Union Pacific is not, but its parent company, Union Pacific is The world's top 500, and Moore's uncle belongs to Union Pacific, which is a family business.

Sid looked at Qin Shiou. He obviously knew more than history, and quickly recognized Qin Shiou's other identity: "Last year, there was a tsunami in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and someone rescued a ship of passengers. That young man is you, right? And now The high-end seafood in New York is taken care of by a fish farm named Daqin Seafood, are you the owner of the fish farm?"

Qin Shiou nodded with a smile, and said, "It should be me. I am both involved in these two matters."

There is nothing like a high-end seafood merchant, but as a hero in a shipwreck accident, this status can give people extra points.

Moore said to Cole: "What a great guy, I heard about that incident, forgive me for not recognizing Qin's identity. Seriously, guys, I admired the captain very much at the time, he is an amazing guy!"

Others responded one after another, and Qin Shiou nodded in a low-key manner, but he accepted all the compliments, and being too modest would make these mall bosses think he was hypocritical.

As the sun was setting, the bosses were chatting about going to play poker. Sid invited Qin Shiou to go with him, but his phone rang. After he got through, Brandon called and told him that Billy and Little Black were also there. Come, let him go and get together.

Qin Shiou politely bid farewell, saying that a good friend is here, and he went to entertain him. Sid seemed to really feel good about him, and then invited him to play golf together tomorrow, so Qin Shiou naturally couldn't refuse anymore, and agreed happily.

The arrival of Billy and Little Black made Qin Shiou even more surprised. Isn't the annual meeting of American Express very high-end? Why did these two guys also get here?

Now that the group of four is very close, Qin Shiou didn't hide it. After passing by, he asked a question: "The two of you are also eligible to participate in this annual meeting? Does American Express invite 10,000 people?"

Billy gave Qin Shiou a black tiger's heart, and feigned anger: "You dare to underestimate me, boy, you are dead!"

Brandon explained: "Of course these two guys are not eligible to receive the invitation letter, but Blake's father can, and so can Billy's brother. They are attending the meeting in place of relatives, so they are qualified."

In fact, Qin Shiou was the most unqualified person, but American Express held the annual meeting standard. Through their black gold centurion card, anyone with a liquidity of more than 50 million U.S. dollars in the past year can participate.

Qin Shiou used this centurion card for all funds. Because of the coordination of American Express, the bank payment was more timely, and Jennifer was responsible for the special service reimbursement, so he became a celebrity of American Express.

There are also many people who attend the annual meeting instead of the elders in the family. Many large companies in Canada and the United States are family-owned, and they pay great attention to cultivating the next generation of successors. (to be continued)