"Cicada, cicada, cicada..."
As the cicadas chirp on campus, the college graduation season in June has arrived.
A public class classroom on the School of Finance campus.
Since the graduating class has no classes scheduled, there are not many opportunities for the whole class to get together. It is a rare opportunity for us to get together again today.
Because the graduation defense will be held in ten days, the class teacher has to hold a class meeting to make a pre-war mobilization.
"Alas, we are about to graduate, and I really can't bear to leave you guys."
"Yeah, after graduation everyone goes their separate ways, so it won't be easy for us to meet in the future."
"I really want my college life to last longer, just one or two more years!"
Girls are all sentimental people. As graduation is approaching, everyone in 501 is sighing and reluctant to leave.
"Third brother, isn't it your birthday in two days? It's your last birthday at school. What are your plans?"
As soon as Zeng Kaiping said this, everyone's eyes fell on Su Zelin.
"Boss, come to think of it, I haven't celebrated your birthday yet. Your birthday is too low-key. You should at least count me in this year!"
Luo Xi raised his hand.
"And me, squad leader, I want to participate too!"
Toffee chimed in.
"Don't forget me!"
The other girls were also very enthusiastic.
"Okay, okay, I've got it all. How about this? I'll find a private club and hold a large birthday party. You all can come. It'll be a small gathering before graduation. But in addition to that, I'll also have to invite some other friends and colleagues from the company!"
The first time Qin Shiqing and Song Yuwei Nanazi meet, the purpose cannot be too strong. If she finds out that there is something wrong with her at a glance, it will easily mess things up. So it would be better to have more people to confuse her.
As with boiling a frog in warm water, the key is to take it slow.
"Wow, this is the legendary private club. I must go see it!"
Jelly was excited.
"Yes, I've seen this thing on TV, but I never thought I'd have the chance to see it in real life. I can't wait!"
There were little stars twinkling in Toffee's eyes.
"They hold birthday parties in private clubs. The boss has become an upper-class person. It's a pity that we are still fresh-faced rookies."
Luo Xi was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred.
Compared to other people's expectations, Nanako's heart was burning with fighting spirit.
Su Zelin had mentioned to her not long ago that his childhood sweetheart would appear at this birthday party.
Nanako could also guess that if nothing unexpected happened, this person should be the main wife.
Just like Song Yuwei, she knew very well that she could not challenge the status of her childhood sweetheart.
The relationship built on twenty years of affection was too solid. Perhaps Su Zelin's parents had already chosen this future daughter-in-law. How could I, a sudden arrival, challenge them
However, Nanazi is not as obedient and Buddhist as Song Yuwei.
She felt that even if she couldn't replace her, she had to compete with her secretly.
At least Nana is confident that her figure can definitely beat the other person.
At this time, the head teacher Yao Hui walked into the classroom and everyone stopped talking.
The theme of the class meeting was graduation defense. For college students, this is the most important "exam" and is directly related to whether they can get a diploma.
Yao Hui encouraged everyone to be fully prepared for the graduation defense, but also to not be too nervous and to relax and face it.
Among the students from 302 and 501, only Zeng Kaiping was unsure about his graduation thesis defense.
Others may not be both good in character and academic performance, but at least they are okay. For example, Nanazi, although she is a poor student, she is actually quite diligent in her studies. She just doesn't have much interest and talent in this field. However, she is not like Zeng Kaiping who plays games and hangs out with netizens all day long.
In four years, Nanazi never failed a course, but her course scores were not high, generally around 70 points.
But Nanazi was very confident about the graduation defense, because she had the guidance of Su Zelin, a top student, in person to do her graduation project, and she had even simulated the tutor's questions and answers many times. Nanazi was confident.
The spirited young man failed several subjects, but he was doing much better than in his previous life.
In his previous life, Zeng Kaiping had to retake almost every semester.
After all, the study atmosphere in the Finance Management Class is good in this life, and his idol Su Zelin is the class monitor. The energetic young man has to give him some face, so he will still go to class, but he just lets himself go a little bit outside of class.
With such poor grades, the energetic young man is naturally a little worried about his graduation thesis defense.
Although he didn't expect to find a good job after graduation, he had to get a diploma at least. Otherwise, he would not be able to hold his head up among his classmates and would not be able to go home to see the people of eastern Guangdong.
Generally speaking, your supervisor will not hold you back during the graduation defense. After all, it is not easy to get a university diploma after studying for more than ten years.
However, it is better to be safe than sorry. If your performance is so bad that even the dog shakes its head, then it will be hard to say what will happen.
Su Zelin noticed Zeng Kaiping's uneasiness. He smiled and patted the energetic young man on the shoulder: "A Ping, don't worry, believe in yourself, you will definitely pass the graduation defense, I said!"
A Ping in his previous life was much better than in this life, and he passed the graduation defense smoothly. There was no reason for him to fail this time.
The School of Finance is not like a key university. The requirements for graduation defense are very relaxed and the tutors are all very humane.
Unless you are extremely lazy, skip classes and don't hand in homework all day, leaving a very bad impression on your tutor and making him remember you, you may get stuck in the graduation defense.
Zeng Kaiping's grades were just a little bit lower, but he went to class every day as usual, handed in the assigned homework, and his study attitude was not that bad. At most, he could be considered a slacker, not a troublemaker. The instructors had seen a lot of this on campus, so they would not let him lose his diploma because of this.
Zeng Kaiping was cheered up.
This person is Su Banxian, who is very accurate in his predictions.
He said that if I can pass my graduation defense, then I will definitely pass it.
The young man's pressure was greatly reduced, and he said with a cheerful smile: "Thank you, Third Brother, I'll borrow your good words! If I can pass my graduation defense smoothly, I will treat everyone to dinner and drinks!"
Even as a senior, Zeng Kaiping is still as generous as ever, treating others to a meal whenever they have a disagreement.
In his previous life, after he became a wealthy man in Liede, he would invite his friends to Dabaojian whenever they had a disagreement.
After the class meeting, the people from the two fraternity dormitories went out to eat together.
Graduation is approaching, and everyone cherishes the limited remaining days on campus, with various gatherings and other things happening every day.
If there is nothing important, Su Zelin will almost always participate.
People like him who are reborn actually care more about campus life. Although they can live a wonderful life and make new friends in society, the feeling is completely different from that in campus.
Birds of a feather flock together.
This sentence is the most appropriate to describe society.
After leaving campus, people of lower social status would not dare to take the initiative to make friends with those who are richer and of higher status even if they have the opportunity, for fear of being looked down upon. The circles are clearly divided, and this is a very realistic situation.
For example, Lu Haoran will never have another good friend like Su Zelin after he starts working, who is rich, has status, and can get along with each other on an equal footing. Such friendship can only be born in school days.
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Three days later, at night.
A private club in Lin'an.
“Whoosh!”
A small bus stopped not far from the door, and a group of people got off the bus, both men and women. They were the people from the boys' dormitory 302 and the girls' dormitory 501, in addition to Liu Wanyin and her junior high school sister.
This group of people were all from the School of Finance, and there were quite a lot of them, so Su Zelin simply rented a bus to pick them up.
"Mr. Su, and all the gentlemen and ladies, welcome!"
The club manager in a suit came over with a smile on his face.
This was not the first time Su Zelin had come to this private club. He could even be considered a regular. He had discussed cooperation with clients here, and suppliers or business friends had also invited him to come and play.
When your status reaches a certain level, you will find that the social places you are used to have unknowingly changed from bars, KTVs and other choices of ordinary businessmen, and your status will be upgraded to a new level.
After New Century became a big brand in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lu regions, the circles that Su Zelin came into contact with in the world of fame and fortune became different.
In the past, if a supplier wanted to discuss something with him, they might just send a regional manager or something like that, but now senior management from the headquarters have to come forward to show respect.
Just like when Su Zelin and the other two went to the gold rush headquarters to discuss cooperation, Lao Ma showed up in person.
Anyway, in recent months, the people Su Zelin has come into contact with in the world of Vanity Fair are basically wealthy people or company executives. These people often organize private club parties or something, and it is not uncommon to see scoundrels.
Even if others are of high standards, you can't be low-class.
The image within the circle is very important and can help you do business more efficiently.
Su Zelin himself had held several parties at the club, but the previous ones were all small-scale, not as large as this one.
Follow the manager into the clubhouse.
This is a private villa-style club, a two-story villa with a large open-air garden. It is covered with green grass and is surrounded by ancient pines, cypresses and unique bonsai. There is a small rockery in the middle and a large fountain. The style is obviously not low.
The venue has prepared wine, drinks, fruits, snacks and barbecue, which can be enjoyed at will in a self-service format.
The boys pretended to be calm, but the girls were jumping for joy as if Granny Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.
"This is the legendary private club. It's really an educational experience!"
“It looks like there are lots of delicious food and drinks!”
"You little foodie, stop thinking about eating and drinking, that's too tacky. We have to have fun tonight and take more photos so we can brag about it later. We've also been to a private club."
"Yes, thanks to the squad leader, this may be the only chance I'll have in my lifetime!"
"… "
The other girls looked around, feeling curious and excited.
Only Nanako didn't care much about the venue environment.
What she cared more about tonight was Su Zelin's childhood sweetheart.
In order to meet this girl, Nanazi specially wore a set of branded women's clothing, which cost her thousands of dollars. She also put on exquisite makeup, and she was as beautiful as a peach or a plum, or a willow or a flower, as if she was deliberately trying to compete with him for beauty.
Of course, Luo Xi and other girls also dressed up and changed into the clothes they thought were the most beautiful.
After all, we are here in a private club, so we have to present ourselves in our best form and cannot be rude.
"Boss, this place must be expensive, right?"
Toffee couldn't help but ask out loud.
She had seen such scenes in idol dramas, which were similar to those in upper-class parties.
"It's OK." Su Zelin said calmly, "The venue fee is not expensive. The cost mainly depends on the drinks. Some expensive drinks cost tens of thousands of yuan a bottle. If you serve that kind of wine, it is not impossible to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan for the whole night. Of course, that is a private party for top wealthy people. Mine is relatively ordinary."
"If I spend millions of dollars a night, wouldn't I lose both houses? Wouldn't it be nice to use the money to buy a house?"
Hu Xu took a breath of cold air.
It was too extravagant and beyond his understanding.
The fifth brother's family was not well off and he usually lived frugally. He couldn't even think of spending money like this.
"Old Five, do you think such a person would be without property?"
Hou Yongjin pushed up his glasses.
"Besides, this money will not be wasted. By hosting such a high-end private party, the guests who come are all powerful people, and the connections gained by the host are important intangible wealth. Maybe you spend one million today, and you can earn tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in business in the future."
The second brother is still quite smart, and his learning of "The Art of Thick Black" was not in vain.
"Well, I really don't understand how rich people think."
Hu Xu shook his head, he still couldn't understand.
Zeng Kaiping thought that some private clubs seemed to be able to call female celebrities and supermodels. If I was really destined to be rich as my third brother said, I would have to patronize them and give it a try in the future.
The idea of a high-end club with a big sword has already begun to sprout in the mind of the future rich man in Liede. After his house was demolished in his previous life, Zeng Kaiping particularly liked this style.
After bringing everyone into the club, Su Zelin didn't stay for too long because other guests soon arrived.
As the protagonist tonight, he is destined to be very busy.
No one cared, they all understood. After all, they were there to learn something new, so some took pictures, some ate and drank, and then started having fun.
"Nanako-senpai."
The junior school girl walked up to Ding Lina and stood shoulder to shoulder with her: "Tonight you will know who is your biggest enemy, and also my biggest enemy."
Nanako's heart trembled.
When I first met my junior high school sister, and watched the World Cup qualifying match between the Chinese national football team and Aman with everyone in class 302, Huang Panpan saw through her feelings for Su Zelin, and she said this at the time.
"Senior Nanako, you are not my enemy. I only have one enemy."
Ding Lina still remembers these words.
It seems that she has known about the class monitor and his childhood sweetheart for a long time.
Nana was a little dissatisfied.
That girl really is that good.
I just don’t believe it. Why don’t I have the qualifications to be Huang Panpan’s enemy
This further aroused her competitive spirit, and she wanted to see what the queen looked like as soon as possible.
Guests arrived one after another.
Apart from the people from the School of Finance, the fastest one was Zhang Yuanhang.
Among the guests around Su Zelin who are related to business, Master Zhang is currently at the lowest level. He has only opened a few New Century franchise stores in Lin'an.
But this kid was very sensible. He would send Su Zelin special cigarettes all day long, and invite him to have dinner at Pinweixuan whenever he had time. When he went out to nightclubs, he would always invite Su Zelin no matter whether Su Zelin came or not. Over time, he became Su Zelin's drinking buddy.
It’s not advisable to have too many drinking buddies, but having one or two is not a problem.
What's more, Zhang Yuanhang is the first franchise investor of New Century, and his father has some background, so Su Zelin invited him to his birthday party.
"Boss Su, happy birthday, thank you for inviting me tonight. This is just a small gift, just a token of my respect!"
Zhang Yuanhang now makes money by relying on Su Zelin, and through his connections, he has also gotten to know many big shots who would have been difficult for him to meet at his level. He almost treats Su Zelin like his father, and is the first to arrive at parties to show his respect and give gifts.
"Boss Zhang, you just come to play. Why bring any gifts? That's too formal!"
"Don't be shy. Su Zelin was too low-key before and never had a birthday party. It's rare for you to hold one, so I have to show my appreciation."
"Thank you very much. There are too many people here tonight. I am sorry for not hosting you well. Boss Zhang, please help yourself."
"Mr. Su, you are too polite. I understand. You just need to get busy now!"
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Su Zelin didn't waste too much time with Zhang Yuanhang because a new guest had arrived.
The people Su Zelin invited to tonight's birthday party are a mixed bunch, with varying levels of status.
Take the business-related guests for example, there are franchise investors like Zhang Yuanhang, and allies like Taojin Lao Ma.
On the company's side, it ranges from the after-sales supervisor of the Caiyuan store and his old subordinate Huilang to Yang Fen and Kang Baohong.
College students, wealthy businessmen, government officials...
There were more and more guests in the venue, but they were clearly divided into several different circles.
At this time, three more people walked in. They were Qin Shiqing, Xiaoyanzi and Lu Haoran.
When they saw the scene, they were all a little confused.
“This place is so big, and there are so many people!”
Although Su Zelin once said that he would invite classmates, colleagues, friends, business partners and some government department leaders to his birthday party, the actual situation still far exceeded the imagination of Qin Shiqing and others.
"You're here."
Su Zelin soon appeared in front of several people.
"Su Zelin, your birthday celebration is so grand. I feel like we are not from the same world!"
Xiaoyanzi couldn't help but say.
When he was in high school, Su Zelin had almost no friends around him. He was the only one around him, and his relationships with other classmates and even roommates were very ordinary. Who could have imagined that he would be so successful after entering college.
"It's OK. Thanks to my friend for his kindness."
Su Zelin smiled and suggested, "Why don't you go over there to play? My roommates, the girls from the fraternity dormitory, and Panpan are all over there."
"Okay, you can arrange it."
Qin Shiqing had no objection either.
People like me belong to the circle of college students, and it is not appropriate for us to join other circles.
Come to the area where your classmates are.
"Hehe, let me introduce you."
"Qin Shiqing, my neighbor and childhood sweetheart, classmate in elementary school, junior high school and high school, from Zhejiang University, graduated in the same year as us."
As soon as Su Zelin said this, everyone's eyes fell on Qin Shiqing.
The Five Villains already knew her, so they weren't surprised.
The girls were very surprised.
Goddess!
Pure and elegant, like an orchid in a valley.
This is a girl whose appearance and temperament are close to perfect and almost impeccable. She is also a top student at Zhejiang University, with both appearance and inner qualities!
An absolute goddess.
She is so beautiful and has such a good temperament. She is a perfect match for my squad leader, and they have been neighbors and childhood sweethearts since they were young.
The girls seemed to have vaguely guessed something.
By the way, one time at a Christmas party, when I asked the class monitor what plans he had, he said he was going to Zhejiang University to watch the Christmas Gala, and he also said that he had a sister who would be the host of the party, her name was Su Shiqing.
It turns out that she is not a younger sister, but a good younger sister!
No wonder the monitor, who is a male god, has not had any girlfriend in the Finance College for so many years. In fact, he has been taken for a long time.
Luo Xi and Nanazi widened their eyes.
Isn’t she the big devil we met before
In the May Fourth Cultural Evening Party of the college in the second semester of his sophomore year, Su Zelin stepped onto the big stage for the first time.
When entering the venue, Luo Xi was busy chatting with his roommate and didn't look at the road, and accidentally bumped into a girl.
She was a girl as beautiful as a devil. Even the class beauty who was extremely proud of her beauty felt frustrated for the first time because she was suppressed by other girls.
Although it was just a quick glimpse, the impression was so deep that even after several years, the two of them still remembered it instantly.
Nanako was even more surprised.
Unexpectedly, this big devil is actually the class monitor’s wife!
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