It's just ordinary visits to relatives and friends, not involved in helping with errands, and when they chatted, they naturally talked about trivial matters.

"Speaking of which, the Chinese New Year is only a few days away. Brother Shi, how did you arrange this year? Do you live here, or go back to China?"

"Uh." Scratching his head, Shi Xiaolei said with a smile: "I haven't thought about it yet. But judging from it now, I probably won't be going back."

"Really..." Hearing what Shi Xiaolei said, Peng Mingwei went on to say: "It's not as good as this. On New Year's Eve, our consulate will hold an event and invite some compatriots who live nearby to gather here. What if you haven't decided yet? But, why don't you come over here and join us in having fun?"

To say whether he is happy or not, Shi Xiaolei is quite willing in his heart.

But if you think about it carefully, it's best to stay with your family on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Come to the consulate to participate in activities, no matter how lively and harmonious the atmosphere is, it still feels more comfortable than staying at home... Well, the main thing is that I suddenly recalled that I had already agreed with the ship girls to celebrate the New Year together on the island . Shi Xiaolei hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Forget about events or something. Brother Peng, you know, I'm not very suitable for that kind of occasion. Besides, I have a lot of people in my family...bring them together, it's not suitable, separate them It's not appropriate to go at both ends. Hehe, I'd better stay at home and celebrate the New Year with them."

It's not a task, it's just an invitation among friends, it's easy to say whether it will be successful or not.

"Okay." Peng Mingwei didn't force it: "If you need anything, please feel free to say hello. I mean New Year's goods, which can be bought here in New York, after all, they are not complete enough. Compared with them, domestic ones are more authentic. By the way, New Year's goods Do you need help for dinner? The two chefs I mentioned just now will not return to China until after the Lantern Festival. If you need it, I can help and say hello."

"Eh?" Shi Xiaolei was somewhat surprised: "Didn't they say they have missions?"

"You mean the party on New Year's Eve?" Peng Mingwei laughed: "The foreign exchange meeting is arranged on the New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, we will cooperate with CCTV to conduct a live broadcast, and will not invite outsiders."

"That's it..."

"On New Year's Eve, neither of the master chefs has any tasks. The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and so on are also prepared by the overseas Chinese who come to the party. Hehe, doing it yourself, the sense of participation must be stronger than sitting down and waiting to eat. The picture is An 'increased sense of belonging', of course, will not let the chefs do everything." Peng Mingwei explained a few words with a smile, and then made a summary: "In short, the master chefs had nothing to do that day, so they didn't have to wait. Here. If you need it, I should be able to spare some time and arrange it for you."

Do you want to accept this kindness and invite two master chefs from China to help prepare the New Year's Eve dinner at home?

After pondering for a while, Shi Xiaolei felt a little itchy in his heart, somewhat moved.

After all, the master chefs are the official state banquet chefs. Let alone how delicious the feast they make is, it is an honor in itself to invite them to your home to help prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner ...Although it is not Stark's kind of face-saving personality, as a young man, Shi Xiaolei inevitably has a little vanity deep in his heart.

But thinking about it the other way around, if the chef is really invited to the house, things don't seem to be that simple.

The reason is obvious.

In terms of head count, the girls on Niihao Island are the big ones. That is to say, if you really want to have a family reunion and get together for the New Year, you must choose to go to Niihau Island instead of setting the location in New York, and let the hundreds of shipwrecks on the island come here all at once. …To take a step back, there is no New Year’s Eve holiday arrangement on Niihao Island. Even if Shi Xiaolei can use his status as a shareholder to dispatch some people to temporarily replace the ship girls’ positions, in the end, the ship girls can’t Been off work for too long.

It’s not good to let the shipgirls come to New York, and it’s impossible to reveal the existence of the portal to the two chefs who are ordinary people, and let them go to Niihau Island through the portal, so...

"No, no, no." Resisting the little impulse in his heart, Shi Xiaolei finally shook his head: "As you said, the New Year's Eve dinner is about the atmosphere, and the taste is only second. Hehe, come by yourself, don't Please trouble the two masters."

"Then let's talk about it next time." Peng Mingwei nodded: "This time, let's get to know each other first. When you go to China, it's the same if you go directly to their restaurant to eat. By the way, do you have any plans to return to China this year? I mean Years later."

"This..."

"If you have time, let's go back." Seeing Shi Xiaolei hesitated, Peng Mingwei persuaded with a smile again: "You have set up such a big stall in China, and you have to go back occasionally to have a look, you can't always be a handshake The shopkeeper doesn’t ask questions, right? Let’s not talk about it, let’s say that in February next year, several teaching buildings will be completed and will be put into use after the start of school.”

"It's fine if you don't attend the inauguration ceremonies of Hope Primary Schools before. After all, the locations of those primary schools are a bit remote~lightnovelpub.net~ It takes a lot of time to go back and forth. But this time, all the completed and put into use It's a teaching building in a university...it's not a barren mountain, it's very convenient to go back and forth, as a donor, you have to show up at the scene and cut the ribbon, right?"

"Don't." The reasoning is correct, but Shi Xiaolei waved his hands again and again: "I can't adapt to that kind of occasion, let the person in charge of the foundation go."

"Compared to letting them come forward, I personally think it's better for you to go." Peng Mingwei smiled: "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. I just think those people are foreigners, so let them come forward , maybe there will be some ambiguity."

The charity fund was created by Shi Xiaolei and Stark together, although in terms of the amount of funds injected, Stark contributed more. But judging from the shareholding ratio, it was Shi Xiaolei who took the majority.

Don't get me wrong, Shi Xiaolei didn't take too much credit for Stark. In fact, the reason why Stark paid so much more money was because Shi Xiaolei gave a lot of benefits. For example, dinosaur gene samples, or the opportunity to go to Asgard, etc.

All in all, 60% of the shares in the foundation belong to Shi Xiaolei.

According to this equity distribution, the donations to the teaching buildings of several universities can also be regarded as donations by Shi Xiaolei.

However, the person stationed in the country and responsible for operating the foundation is a foreigner dispatched from the Stark Group. In other words, although these foreigners are actually working for Shi Xiaolei, for outsiders who don't know the inside story...if these people are allowed to cut the ribbon instead of Shi Xiaolei, others may misunderstand and think that those teaching buildings were donated by foreigners.

The teaching building of the university is of extraordinary significance. Whether it was established with donations from Chinese people, or with money from foreigners, the meaning is completely different.

This is why Peng Mingwei brought up this matter.