After Li Ye and the others landed in Detroit, Pei Wencong arranged for GF Company personnel to handle the airport pickup. The hotel, vehicles, interpreters, and everything else had been thoroughly prepared.
When everyone arrived at the luxury hotel downtown, Wu Yan could not help asking, "Li Ye, isn't this accommodation standard a bit over the limit?"
"We broke off the negotiations with List Company, and Niu Hongzhang had already been making snide remarks about it."
Imitating Niu Hongzhang's tone, Wu Yan said sternly, "Certain people treat public money as if it were worthless, putting negotiating opponents in the best hotels and paying for their food, drink, and entertainment, then turning around and negotiating once. Is that how work is done? Is that how money is spent?"
"And that was when they were arranging the best hotels for foreign guests. If he found out we were staying in a high-end hotel, wouldn't he hold a struggle meeting against us?"
Li Ye said calmly, "Fine clothes make the man, fine saddles make the horse. Since we're here to do business, we need to pay attention to appearances. You don't need to worry about going over budget. The Hong Kong side will handle all the expenses."
"Oh, then that's fine. If we were spending our own money to stay in a hotel like this, I really would feel the pain."
Wu Yan happily led the brothers into the hotel, little knowing that much of the spending on this trip was actually coming out of Li Ye's pocket. After all, the major shareholders of GF Company were Li Ye and Wen Leyu; Pei Wencong was only the chairman in name.
They had landed in Detroit in the afternoon. Once they had settled into the hotel, the technicians could no longer restrain themselves and