VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Consider how to express requirements for the bank meeting in a polite way:

we have some business questions and want to seek the bank for help and I wrote to him and it took a long time that I can get reply and it can affect our company business so in the future it would be more helpful to have a quick response and maybe more constructive plan that we can work together and if you cannot just say no so we don’t waste our time.
And the second thing is I do appreciate that the previous manager wants to establish the credit facility as soon as they can and he contact me for many materials and sometimes chasing me everyday that I think this conduct of him is too much so maybe we can take it slow. Sometimes he makes me feel he is my boss.

And when he asks for a deposit it is not professional he will be chasing me by phone, by WeChat…..

I understand he tries to be helpful and wants to settle things quickly but there is no need for such urgency either. I believe mutual respect is important and that also means trying to keep contacts mostly within business hours.

Today is good, I took your advice and when I had a conference call with my boss I complained in a casual way and he supported me so much and told the partner about some complains and gave them the second chance to get better and the relation manager had attitude change and I hope he will serve me well. He said he will arrange a tea, in Singapore to contact me in Tuesday. and next week my boss will come to Shanghai so we will have couples of meetings with the bank, with the legal, with the procurement.
I will accompany him. We have a HK trip. We will leave on Wednesday and I will be back in Saturday.

I am really looking forward to that. He said to me that in June I will fly to LA and he and his wife will treat me some dinner or some places and he asked me one question. Do you want us to guide you to the shopping mall?

Deep in my heart  I want to. Because it is much cheaper than in Shanghai.
He also asked me in previous times, have you went to HK?
I said yes, I went there several times and he said shopping days?

In previous time is it really cheaper the first thing is the currency exchange advantage but nowadays it is just Soso.

Today is good, I took your advice and when I had a conference call with my boss I complained in a casual way and he supported me so much/ he totally supported me and complained to our partner.  In the end, he gave them a second chance to get better/to improve their behavior/to be more cooperative and the relationship manager had an attitude change/the relationship manager changed his attitude.  I hope we can work well together/ I hope we can have a productive/healthy cooperation. He said he will arranged for a regional team, in Singapore to contact me on Tuesday. and next week my boss will come to Shanghai so we will have a couples of meetings with the bank, with the legal team, with the procurement team.
I will accompany him. We will have a HK trip. We will leave on Wednesday and I will be back on Saturday.

I am really looking forward to that. He said to me that in June I will fly to LA and he and his wife will treat me to some dinner or some places and he asked me one question. Do you want us to guide you to the shopping mall?

Deep in my heart  I want to. Because it is much cheaper than in Shanghai.
He also asked me  a few times before / previously, have you been to HK before?
I said yes, I went there several times and he said shopping days?

Previously it was really cheaper to buy things in HK.  the first reason is that the currency exchange/exchange rate  is advantageous/is favorable but nowadays it is just so so/ but nowadays not so much.

Vocabulary

to serve : to provide services (difference in power)
Our butler has been serving our family for 15 years.
He served in the military

domestic / national
There are a lot of domestic products that are cheaper than foreign / imported products.

to spy on: to secretly get information on
The American government is afraid that Huawei could spy on them if they use Huawei devices, facilities and networks.

decoration / things that make your interior / house more beautiful
I love to decorate my house.

to deport / to send back to one’s home country.
After Alfonso crossed the border to the US illegally, he was noticed by the guards and was deported.

I arranged a party for your birthday -> I organized it, it didn’t exist before / I arranged an activity for you
I arranged for a driver to pick you up at the airport -> I talked to the driver and he will pick you up. / I arranged for a banker to meet with you.

Grammar

Start with a to introduce a new notion, then use the to talk about it again:

I went to a Chinese restaurant last night.
The restaurant was located on the second floor of a shopping mall.

have + past particle

go(infinitive) went(past simple) gone(past particle)
work, worked, worked

time and space prepositions: