杰克、韦强，还有铁辛三人，在老外们最喜欢的、贵得很变态的王府井长安一号餐厅开会。韦强和铁辛初次见面，少不得寒暄一阵家长里短。之后，杰克和韦强两人自顾自聊了起来，铁辛点了几千块的红酒，有一搭没一搭地听着，被问到时随口说两句，时不时叫上服务员加菜添水。

待得听到杰克和韦强的话题转到自己身上，铁辛的注意力集中起来。

"Tim，韦总说你一表人才！是杰易有史以来最出色的CEO。"杰克翘起大拇指，用夹生的中文夸赞他。

"哪里哪里，韦总过奖了。"铁辛习惯性地谦虚着，刚才一直在猜测他们叫他来吃饭的用意，现在总算要转入正题了。

杰克还是从他那半生不熟的中文转回了母语，对铁辛说，"Wei Zong and I are both interested in the investment of business hotels in China. So we plan to start up a Joint Venture company. As I have mentioned, J&L will focus on new media business in the future, so the fast food restaurants need somewhere else to go. That's why I want to have a new business of my own, in order to to buy out some part of the assets from J&L.(我和韦总都很看好经济型酒店在中国的投资。打算在这方面有一些合作。上次董事会的时候也明确了，杰易未来的方向是媒体，所以我想，快餐店迟早要从杰易中剥离出来。所以打算置办一些自己的产业，把一部分资产从杰易买出来并到里边。)"

铁辛听到这里，心里的困惑解决了大半，杰克似乎想另起炉灶。不过他依然搞不清楚杰克为何把他叫过来，又为何对他说这些话。谨慎起见，他说了些无关痛痒，左右皆可的话："I think that's a very good business，one of the business hotel groups in Shanghai went public 3 years ago. European and north American capital markets welcome China concept stories, especially companies with steady cash inflow. But it is a brand new business area for me, I guess Wei Zong must has done a lot of paper work and prepared well, right （我想这真是非常好的生意。据我所知，上海有一个集团3年前上市了，资本市场对中国概念的公司很欢迎，尤其是这种有稳定现金流的公司。但这个领域对我来说是全新的，我猜韦总一定已经做了不少研究，而且准备很充分，对吗？"

"That's why I want you to join in our discussion, we havn't found a qualified executive yet. We need someone who is accountable with true execution experience in this area.（这正是我要你来和我们一起讨论的原因，我们还没有找到一个有资格的执行官。我们需要一个可靠的，而且在这领域有实际经营经验的人。）"

铁辛听到这里，总算猜了个八九不离十，料来杰克不至于挖自己的墙角，只不过是想让他帮忙找人。这样的人虽然肯定是有的，但是大海捞针，真的找起来，恐怕也得掉层皮，于是说道："To be honest, it is not easy to find such a person. We'd better acquire a business hotel chain-store. Those small targets you can see everywhere.（说实话，找这样一个人不容易。但我们可以收购某个连锁酒店。这样的小酒店遍地都是。）"

"Exactly. That's what I think. So we need your help.（确实如此，我也是这样想的。所以我们需要你。）"杰克满怀期待地看着铁辛。