half a month later.
Shi Yunnan arrived at the Mia Hotel with the invitation letter.
He handed the car key to the waiter in charge of reception, and the next second he found his friend Yuan Rui waiting.
"Yuan Rui."
Shi Yunnan hurriedly entered the hotel's interior hall. In the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, it was really cold outside.
Yuan Rui waved at him and looked at the time on the clock in the hall, "There's still some time before the banquet officially starts. Let's go to the side hall next to us and sit first?"
"good."
The reason why the two appeared here is because they received an invitation to Fang Ya and his husband's 25th wedding anniversary.
As the partners who had just signed, Shi Yunan and Yuan Ruicai arrived one after the other.
Since the end of the auction that day, Fang, headed by Fang Ya, proposed the cooperation to their studio. The model is very simple—
Yuan Shi will provide Fang Shi with one or two new jade designs every two months, which will be displayed and sold at auction. After deducting various costs, the final profit will be distributed according to the proportion of the signed agreement. The cooperation period is temporary. Set a year.
Shi Yunnan and Yuan Rui roughly agreed to this cooperation.
One reason is that the various auctions under Fang's can indeed gather many celebrities, which is conducive to the expansion of their design studios in the high-end customer network.
Second, to achieve regular and relatively stable capital income is what their newly opened design studio must do in operation.
Yuan Rui was also busy recently, and after finally seeing Shi Yunan's face, he simply asked, "Okay, how are you thinking about the first draft of Mrs. Liu's design?"
Since the auction ended, YUNAN Design Studio has not only received big business cooperation from Fangya, but also received many private orders from guests.
As the chief designer of 'Fight to Fame' at the auction, Shi Yunnan was naturally reluctant to receive this private single invitation.
He and the new assistant have chosen three suitable large lists to take over, and are currently busy designing, "Come on, I will send you the list of materials after I have communicated with Mrs. Liu for confirmation."
"good."
Shi Yunnan asked back, "How about you?"
Yuan Rui deliberately lost his face, "You give your brain power, I give your physical strength, and I'm almost dead."
After the jewelry charity auction ended, their design studio was also opened, and the recruitment and invitation work went smoothly.
At present, Yuan Rui divides the designers into two large groups according to Shi Yunan’s previous planning route—
One type of experienced designers are responsible for high-end private order design, and the other type of new designers with less experience are responsible for the mass market.
Of course, this audience positioning division is not 'dead'.
As long as designers have better design ideas, they can make adjustments at any time without delaying the normal design list.
In addition, the follow-up mass production factories have also been negotiated, just waiting for the first batch of design drafts to be in place.
"Thanks to Mr. Luo's help, the site selection and online official website of the first offline store have been prepared at the same time."
Yuan Rui finished the recent content in one breath, and he was half paralyzed on the sofa while no outsiders were paying attention.
"I can't wait to split one day and divide it into two days. The sleeping time of these two days is less than six or seven hours."
I didn’t know if I didn’t try it before, but Yuan Rui only understood after trying it—
It turns out that if you want to manage your own business well, you really have to put in such energy and physical strength. I don't know how Lu Zhaoan managed such a big Yuan family back then.
"Have you hired your assistant? If you really can't bear it, I can help you." Shi Yunan asked.
To be honest, the growth of the other party in these days was unexpected even to him.
"No, we agreed at the beginning, you only need to be at ease and responsible for the design, and I will work hard to handle other trivial matters!"
Yuan Rui approached Shi Yunan and took the initiative to take his shoulder, "If you trust me so much, I will definitely not let you down."
... He can't let his dad and brother down.
Shi Yunnan was slightly startled, and then he smiled.
"Why are you laughing?"
Yuan Rui thought that Shi Yunnan was laughing at his childishness, and added, "I'm serious, I know you take your sincerity as a friend, and so am I."
"I laugh at Xie Ke's losses."
Some people take financial interests too seriously, and they take friends too seriously.
Yuan Rui heard the name Xie Keyue after a long time, and his brows filled with distinct disgust, "Why mention him?"
This is his character, when he treats people as friends, he is willing to give his sincerity with his sincerity. When you treat someone as a traitor, it is an existence that is more foul-smelling than the garbage in the trash can.
"It's nothing, I'm talking too much." Shi Yunnan resolutely admitted his mistake, and pulled Yuan Rui up by the way, "Go upstairs and enter the hall."
"Ok."
Shi Yunan added, "By the way, I'll just go through the motions, I should leave early later."
Yuan Rui was puzzled, "Is something wrong?"
Shi Yunnan's eyes flickered with an irresistible smile, "Well, it's Luo Lingsheng's birthday, I want to go home with him."
"..."
Yuan Rui's mouth was stuffed full of dog food as soon as he asked, and his eyes almost rolled to the sky.
"Understood." He quickly cleared his throat and used the gossip he heard to change the subject, "We chatted with Mr. Fang earlier in the last auction. Guess what happened next?"
Shi Yunnan was curious, "Why do you still have free time to inquire about news?"
The two entered the elevator and closed the door.
Yuan Rui said to himself, "The Tuo that Gu Jue found thought he was gone, so he broke the jar and shouted loudly. Guess what happened next? Gu Jue didn't leave at all!"
When Shi Yunnan heard this, he immediately reacted and laughed, "Accident?"
Yuan Rui followed Yile and continued to share the gossip he heard—
After their auction price exceeded Lingyu, Gu Jue turned green with anger at Yuan Rui's 'demonstration', and then fled the auction venue angrily.
But Gu Jue had experience in the business field anyway, and he was scheming but would not be foolish enough to evade orders on the spot.
"I heard that Gu Jue just hid on the balcony and smoked a cigarette, and I don't know who made a phone call, which just delayed the time. When I returned to the auction venue, the impatient trustee had already lost his temper. There's a hole in it."
In fact, I can't blame him for being unsteady.
After all, Gu Jue just asked him to play the role of a wealthy guest to bid, and the other party was not a real wealthy family. This time, an unexpected 'back' of nearly 10 million design models was auctioned, which made him panic.
"I heard that when Gu Jue went back to the hall and saw things like this, his face was almost turned into a pale color palette, but it's a pity that he didn't even have to drill a hole in the ground."
Even if he was reluctant, he had to settle the payment secretly.
But what is the occasion of the wealthy auction
This kind of joke has become a topic of conversation among other people as soon as it is passed on ten or ten times.
The more Yuan Rui thought about it, the more funny it became.
Who told Gu Jue to target him and the Yuan clan openly and secretly before? Anyway, if the other party is not doing well, he will be very happy.
Shi Yunnan shook his head and listened to it as a joke, "It's unfortunate that people get stuck in their teeth when they drink water."
"That is required."
The elevator door opened, and the two walked towards the banquet hall on the right side at the same time as instructed.
Yuan Rui took advantage of these few steps to bring up another matter, "By the way, Lingyu had a group of good designers two years ago, and I plan to take advantage of this opportunity to issue a cooperation invitation to them, what do you think? "
Shi Yunnan raised his eyebrows to look at him, "Are you determined to fight Lingyu to the end?"
"Who asked Gu Jue and Xie Keyue to dig our corner first? I heard that those designers couldn't stand Gu Jue's voluntary resignation, and now there are two or three self-employed designers, and I'm not sneaking behind my back. Yes, don't be afraid."
"Yes, but you can first show me their previous design drafts to see if the symbols meet our future positioning needs."
"Okay, you have full control over design matters."
After the two of them spoke, they arrived at the banquet hall, and there was more heat inside.
Shi Yunnan saw the protagonist in the center of the banquet hall at a glance—
Fang Ya is still dressed in a cheongsam and a mink fur shawl, showing her exquisite figure. Her hair has been carefully combed into a retro hand wave, which at first glance has the charm of a beauty in the Republic of China.
A refined man in a three-piece suit was standing beside Fang Ya, who was her husband Mo Bo'an.
Yuan Rui brought two glasses of wine and approached his friend, "Do you think Ms. Fang's dress looks like a warlord's wife during the Republic of China?"
Shi Yunnan smiled and said nothing, "Ms. Fang looks young."
At first sight, Shi Yunnan thought Fang Ya was only in her early thirties, but later she found out during the chat that the other party had a daughter, who was twenty-three years old this year.
Yuan Rui clinked glasses with him, and continued to whisper, "Her husband first studied design, and later changed to his own men's clothing brand."
Although it is not as big as Fang's family, he still has his own stable income.
When the two talked briefly, Fang Ya noticed them, and came over with her husband, "Mr. Shi, Mr. Yuan, welcome you to our wedding anniversary banquet."
As they got closer, Shi Yunnan naturally noticed the necklace the other party was wearing.
"Mr. Mo, Ms. Fang, thank you for your invitation, and wish you a hundred years of cooperation."
Shi Yunnan raised his glass, his eyes settled on the necklace slightly, "Ms. Fang's eyesight is very good, today's dress and necklace match each other perfectly."
There is art in speaking.
Shi Yunnan's two simple words not only praised Fang Ya, but also indirectly brought to his own design.
Fang Ya liked Shi Yunnan's conversation very much, and took the initiative to reply, "I took the word Jinse for this necklace."
It is not the English name commonly used in jewelry design, but it brings a bit of classical meaning.
Shi Yunnan immediately guessed what she meant, and immediately laughed, "The moon in the sea has tears, and the warm sunshine in Lantian produces smoke? Ms. Fang took this poem."
Fang Ya nodded, "Mr. Shi, as the designer of this necklace, what do you think?"
Shi Yunnan's eyes showed appreciation, "I have no opinion."
Fang Ya knows more about jewelry than ordinary wealthy ladies. Taking the name of this necklace as an example, she and Shi Yunnan thought of it when designing it.
"She photographed this necklace that day, and as soon as she came back, she showed it off to me." Mo Bai'an, who was on the side, gently embraced his wife, with a tone of helplessness and doting.
"Mr. Shi, Mr. Yuan, if possible, can I ask your studio to design a private order for you?"
Shi Yunan and Yuan Rui looked at each other, and the latter answered, "Mr. Mo wants to make another necklace for Ms. Fang?"
"Where does he want to give it to me?"
Fang Ya understood her husband's intention and said, "He is planning to choose a birthday present for our daughter."
As soon as the voice fell, a crisp female voice rang out, "Dad, Mom, come and get acquainted!"
Mo Bai'an and Fang Ya looked sideways at the same time, and Shi Yunnan also looked away when he saw this—
A bright-looking girl walked over with a long skirt, and beside her was a tall figure, who was extraordinarily gentlemanly helping.
Shi Yunnan and the visitor met his gaze, and the joy in his eyes froze for a moment.
"Qiqi." Fang Ya's face immediately showed love, and she did not forget to introduce to Shi Yunnan and others, "This is my daughter Mo Xuanqi."
"Qiqi, these two are mother's business partners, but they're actually not a few years older than you."
Although Shi Yunan and Yuan Rui next to them were unfamiliar faces, but out of politeness, Mo Xuanqi nodded.
Yuan Rui nodded in response, and took the opportunity to poke his friend's back with his finger where others could not see it, as a reminder, "Yunnan?"
The next second, I heard Mo Bai'an ask, "Qiqi, who is this?"
Mo Xuanqi immediately introduced, "Mom and dad, this is Luo Yanchuan who I often tell you about. The last time I came back late and ran into gangsters, he helped me."
Shi Yunnan frowned slightly when he heard the words, "Ms. Fang, let's talk first."
After he finished speaking, he took Yuan Rui and took a few steps outside.
Luo Yanchuan obviously didn't expect to meet Shi Yunnan here, and the word 'variable' floated in his heart, until Mo Xuanqi's voice brought him back to his attention.
"Hello Mr. Mo, Mrs. Mo, I'm Luo Yanchuan."
When Fang Ya heard this address to herself, her slender eyebrows frowned, but Luo Yanchuan's help to her daughter was enough to make her ignore this little awkwardness.
"I've heard Qiqi mention Master Luo for a long time, thanks to you before..."
…
Yuan Rui, who was brought to the side, noticed something was wrong with his friend and asked in a low voice, "Yunnan, what happened to you just now?"
While asking, he turned his eyes back to Fang Ya and the others, "Why does the name Luo Yanchuan sound so familiar? Does he have anything to do with the Luo family master?"
Shi Yunnan clinked glasses with him, "You really don't know anything about these giants in Imperial Capital?"
Yuan Rui shook his head, "I don't know what to do with this? It's not from the Census Bureau."
Shi Yunnan laughed helplessly, and simply explained, "Luo Yanchuan is regarded as the young master of the Luo family. In terms of relationship, he is Luo Lingsheng's cousin."
"what?"
Shi Yunnan continued, "Xie Keyue didn't tell you before? The Shi family has encountered some liquidity problems, and they plan to marry me and the Luo family."
As soon as Yuan Rui remembered such a thing, he heard his friend say, "Luo Yanchuan was originally the marriage partner arranged by Mr. Shi for me."
"-puff!"
Yuan Rui just drank the imported champagne and sprayed it out on the spot.
There were several guests around who heard Yuan Rui's movements and cast funny glances.
Shi Yunnan saw that he had exactly the same reaction as Fu Ziyu at the beginning, and his eyes showed disgust, "Are you alright?"
Yuan Rui blushed, and the suit was stained with a little bit of alcohol, "I'll go to the bathroom, and I'll come to you later to eat melon."
He dropped such a sentence and ran away quickly.
Shi Yunnan ignored his friend who hurriedly ran to the bathroom. He looked again at Fang Ya and the others who were talking and laughing not far away, and his eyes gradually deepened.
Since Xie Keyue and Luo Yanchuan's behind-the-scenes investment in the cosmetics industry went wrong, Shi Yunnan has not heard from Luo Yanchuan for a long time.
Why did he have a relationship with the eldest Miss Mo Xuanqi after not seeing him for a long time
Shi Yunnan took a sip of champagne and used a wine glass to hide his observation.
Mo Xuanqi, a girl in her early twenties, should have grown up loved by Mo Bai'an and Fang Ya.
From the moment she entered the venue, her eyes were firmly fixed on Luo Yanchuan's body, and it was not difficult to see the throbbing that belonged to a girl's heart.
Thinking of this, Shi Yunnan felt more and more incredible.
According to the timeline of the plot in his dream, Luo Yanchuan and Xie Keyue were already in love with each other at this time.
Could it be that, because he had confronted Xie Keyue twice in the past on investment, and changed the established results, thus indirectly causing the whole world trajectory to change
Just as Shi Yunan was thinking, Luo Yanchuan walked over.
"Second Master Shi, I didn't expect to meet you here today. Since entering the Luo family, Second Young Master should have a pretty smooth life."
The last time he lost a lot of money in the cosmetics industry, after Luo Yanchuan learned the identity of the manipulator behind the scenes, there was still a trace of suffocation in his heart.
"It's a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Young Master Luo here."
Shi Yunnan heard the hidden thorn in the second half of his sentence, and laughed instead of being angry, "Do you need my help to speak to your cousin?"
"..."
Luo Yanchuan's hand holding the wine glass suddenly tightened.
Seeing his uncontrollable subconscious reaction, Shi Yunnan flashed a teasing smile between his brows.
He knew that Luo Yanchuan hated being pressed by Luo Lingsheng, so he just wanted to bring Luo Lingsheng up to make the other party unhappy.
Luo Yanchuan quickly stabilized his heart, "Of course, but why did Second Young Master Shi appear at the wedding anniversary banquet of Mr. Mo and Ms. Fang?"
Shi Yunnan continued to be angry and said, "If you really want to talk about relationships and seniority, I can still count as half of your elders? I don't need to explain to you, right?"
"..."
Luo Yanchuan's face froze.
Shi Yunnan glanced at Mo Xuanqi in the distance, his sharp eyes seemed to be able to see everything, "What? Can Miss Mo help you in the career you want?"
He took two steps forward, trying to capture any trace of Luo Yanchuan's emotional changes.
"Luo Yanchuan, if you want to take advantage of Miss Mo's relationship with their family and develop the network you want, I can understand it as a human being."
"But if you want to use this relationship to do things against Luo Lingsheng."
Shi Yunan paused, hiding a warning word by word, "Then I will definitely let you go."
Shi Yunnan still remembered what happened to Luo Lingsheng in the original Dreamland book - not only was he forced to give up his position as the head of the family to Luo Yanchuan, but he was also framed by Xie Keyue and imprisoned, completely losing his legs.
If at the beginning, Shi Yunnan's sympathy for Luo Lingsheng belonged to the 'victim alliance', then now, he is out of absolute protection for his lover.
The silent confrontation continued for three seconds.
Luo Yanchuan suddenly smiled and raised his glass to signal, "Second Master Shi has been worrying too much."
Shi Yunnan took a sip of wine and ignored him.
Mo Xuanqi's call came not far away, Luo Yanchuan didn't want to make fun of himself, so he simply took the opportunity to walk over.
Mo Xuanqi met Luo Yanchuan's incomparably handsome face, and her heart sank again.
However, there was already a hint of dissatisfaction in her eyes looking at Shi Yunan, "Brother Yanchuan, don't chat with that Shi Yunan."
Mo Xuanqi only learned of Shi Yunnan's true identity from her mother Fang Ya not long ago.
Even though Fang Ya admired Shi Yunnan's personality and design, she still couldn't hold back her downward feeling.
Because she likes Luo Yanchuan, Mo Xuanqi has secretly investigated many things, including the marriage between Luo Yanchuan and Shi Yunnan that ended before it started.
Not to mention, Wen Wanyou is a friend she has known since high school.
As Shi Yunan's cousin, Wen Wanyou also criticized her cousin when chatting privately, which shows that Shi Yunnan's character is not very good.
Of course, she wouldn't mention these words in front of Luo Yanchuan. After all, the two had not yet reached the relationship of boyfriend and girlfriend, and she didn't want Luo Yanchuan to feel that she was in charge too much.
"Why did Shi Yunnan come to attend the anniversary of his uncle and aunt?"
"Listen to my mother, the design studio under Shi Yunnan and Mrs. Fang signed a cooperation agreement on jade jewelry." Mo Xuanqi said casually.
Luo Yanchuan's eyes narrowed when he heard this.
Mo Xuanqi asked about her concerns again, "Brother Yanchuan, didn't you say you want to discuss cooperation with my mother? Why don't I help you build a bridge now?"
"..."
Luo Yanchuan chose to come here today for the purpose of cooperation. But as soon as he heard that Shi Yunnan had reached a cooperation in jade jewelry with Fang Shi, he immediately felt hesitant—
Luo Yanchuan didn't want to face Shi Yunan directly for the time being, let alone make Luo Lingsheng behind Shi Yunan suspicious.
"Brother Yanchuan, have you stopped talking?"
"It's okay, the cooperation is not in a hurry at this time. Today is the wedding anniversary of my uncle and aunt. Don't disturb their interest because of these things."
Luo Yanchuan stabilized his mind and felt that this matter should not be rushed.
He glanced at Mo Xuanqi, who was still immersed in joy, and he had a set of calculations in his heart—
A simple girl like Xiang Mo Xuanqi, who grew up surrounded by love, is not attractive to him.
The reason why he was willing to take off his 'playboy' mask and 'receive his heart' for her was to control Mo Xuanqi.
Mo Fang and his wife only have such a precious daughter. Whether it is in the past, now, or in the future, they should be very willing to make various concessions for their daughter.
…
Yuan Rui, who had dealt with the wine stains, walked back, "Yunnan, what are you looking at?"
Shi Yunnan stared at the backs of the two as they walked away, remembering Mo Xuanqi's dissatisfied eyes that had just hurriedly glanced, and dispelled that thought in her heart.
He originally planned to remind Fang Ya of Fang Ya's face, and asked Miss Mo to be on guard against Luo Yanchuan, so as not to be deceived and hurt in the future.
But now, everyone's emotional direction is their own choice.
He is a person who is 'unpleasant' in the eyes of the other party, why should he make such a thankless warning
"It's nothing." Shi Yunnan put down his glass, "Yuan Rui, I'll go first, you will stay here for a while on behalf of our design studio."
"Leave now? You haven't told me what happened to your marriage with Luo Yanchuan?"
"It's all about Chen Zhi's rotten millet. You're really interested. I'll tell you later." Shi Yunnan pointed to the couple's watch on his wrist, "But now, I really have to go home and find my husband."
"..."
Yuan Rui almost choked on the dog food, laughed and scolded, "Fuck off!"
Shi Yunnan patted his friend on the shoulder, and left the banquet hall quickly while no one was paying attention.
…
Shi Yunnan drank some wine in the banquet hall and directly called to drive home.
There have been several heavy snowfalls in Dijing in the past few days, and the snow on the ground is very thick, and even Luo's Manor has only made a trail for a hitchhiker.
When the car was parked at the fountain in front of the main house, Shi Yunnan discovered that there were several figures in the snow in front of the house.
"Little Master, who do you think is back?"
This is the voice of the housekeeper Qin Bo.
Wearing a white down jacket and a white knitted hat, the little goldfish stuck his head out of the snowman pile and slid onto Shi Yunan's thigh.
"Little uncle! I miss you so much!"
"Didn't we just meet in the morning?"
The little goldfish raised his head, revealing his little face and nose that were red from the cold, very cute, "But I still miss you very much."
Shi Yunnan smiled, and out of the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the high and low snowmen, "Are you building a snowman outside?"
"Uh-huh!"
The little goldfish dragged Shi Yunan to the front of the snowman with both hands, and said in a pretentious manner, "This snowman with glasses framed is my uncle, this little uncle has long hair, this villain is me!"
"I want to pile up Grandpa Qin and the others, and my uncle will help me continue to pile up!"
Shi Yunnan barely saw the difference between the three snowmen, and hugged the little goldfish with a smile, "Aren't you cold?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Lingsheng, who was sitting firmly at the door, said disapprovingly, "Jin Yu, if you keep playing, you will catch a cold."
It was already completely dark, and Shi Yunnan was again afraid of the cold.
Luo Lingsheng didn't want this big and small to suffer.
Uncle Qin also persuaded, "Little Master, this snow won't melt. Shall we come out and pile it at noon tomorrow? Today is the owner's birthday, don't you still want to eat cake?"
"Yes!"
Thinking of this, the little goldfish was a little greedy for the sweet cake in the house.
Shi Yunnan motioned Luo Lingsheng to enter the room with his eyes. The latter understood his intention, turned the wheelchair and walked into the room, "Uncle Qin, the door will be closed in ten seconds. Anyone who doesn't come in will not be allowed to eat or sleep tonight."
Sure enough, the little goldfish panicked when he heard this, "Little uncle, let's hurry up!"
"good."
Shi Yunnan took him two steps inside, only to hear the little goldfish snort like a clever ghost, "Uncle lied, he was reluctant to close the door!"
"Ok?"
The little goldfish hugged Shi Yunan tightly, and said quietly, "You haven't even entered the house, little uncle. Uncle will hold you to sleep at night."
"..."
Shi Yunnan was stunned for half a second, before pinching the tip of his cold nose, "You know again?"
The little goldfish laughed twice, then approached Shi Yunnan's ear and asked, "Little uncle, did you buy a present for my uncle? Grandpa Qin said that he hasn't had a birthday for a long time."
Shi Yunnan heard the words and thought of Luo Lingsheng's pressure and experience in recent years, and a touch of pain appeared in his heart.
"Uncle?"
Shi Yunnan regained his senses and showed a meaningful smile, "Don't worry, my gift has already been prepared, and I have to secretly give it to your uncle behind closed doors."
You little child, you can't hear or see.