Chapter 15
That was the timing if we would keep running business or close.After Lucas involed his consulate. The rest of the shareholders began to be blindly optimistic about the letter of concern from the Foreign Affairs Office. They felt that their neighbors were bullying them.Only Lucas kept calm without judging or pushed more benefits for himself.
I listened on the side, but my heart was actually confusing, which reminded me that the original foreign affairs yamen in the Qing Dynasty had changed its packaging and now appeared.It was ridiculous.I didn`t want to be the bad translator to sell our people to flatter anyone.
Soon. The police promptly arranged for a police dispatch and also assigned the community police to understand the situation.
Mr. Alexie. Lucas and our Chef were present. The neighborhood committee believed that the restaurant had noisy customers which disturbed the life of the neighborhood. Their attitude was quite tough. No apology for the light box.
We had to conclude this meeting without any solutions. The police officer advised us to be patient and asked us to involve our landlord in the next round meeting or the letter from consulate would be useless.We followed his advice. It’s my first time doing a translation job on such a significant occasion. I was in a panic at some moments during the meeting. It’s proper training for courage.
However, despite several rounds of communication between the neighborhood committee and Mr. Feng, no agreement could be reached. They continued to have more meetings and more disputes.
But thanks to the help of the police. We all agreed to allow our operation to proceed as normal during the meeting. For a while.We got stuck somewhere during the communication and we started to overthink on it.It`s stressful especially for the foreign investors.
Our shareholders wanted the neighborhood community business committee to compensate. However, I raised objections because it wouldn’t be a good thing to offend the residents, and Chinese people would feel embarrassed. They took my advice on this matter.Actually I just shared my Chinese feeling with them.This time.We did right.
So, under the coordination of the community police, we wouldn’t pursue relevant responsibilities. But the industry committee needs to accept our mobile light box, and we’ll do our best to control the volume of the store and escort drunk guests out of the neighborhood community to ensure there’s no noise disturbing the people. We had a good negotiation during the final meeting. We could remain in the neighborhood.
What a lesson and please try not to open any restaurant within the neighborhood club.It`s great that we could run our place as normal and enjoy the peace after chaos.
After this mission.Lucas invited me offenly to his party or café.We started to know each other more and more.We got similar points from politics view about Isreal .movie and sports. We watched “Breaking Bad”together with beers.He was very open mind and he told me that his parents divorced when he was a kid, no matter what happened in life, not to turn your back on your children.
One time. Lucas needed to transfer his visa from another company.Then he invited me to fly over to HK together for his visa notice.I had leaded up for many visa cases and I got no chance to visit there for once.So we made time together.
The funning happened during we started to book tickets and hotel.I agreed on economic class but he wanted business class and single room in hotel.For me.I didn`t have idea for short flight on business class and I shared room with friends.He laught and he said HK if two boys hang out which we might be judged as gays and no boys at one room.He also advised us to visit Maucau for one night and return to shanghai from airport of Maucau.
What?All right.He covered difference price between business class and economic class for me as gift for my helping during broked light box case.Under my insist of saving logic.we still shared one room in hotel.I was on sofa.Very Chinese.Hahaha.I got different friends which I wouldnot judge fish or meat.It was people`s freedom to choose their life style.
Lucas didn`t judge my saving logic at all.Our trip to HK got confirmed.