Jinghai was exceptionally quiet a few days before the God of Gamblers Contest. The Maserati incident that had been making a fuss before seemed to have been forgotten overnight with the blackout and the theft of Along the River During the Qingming Festival. The hooligans who had been roaming the streets and alleys in the hope of getting a reward of tens of millions of yuan returned to a state of idleness. However, the superficial tranquility could not reflect the real situation in Jinghai. In fact, Yao Qian and Sanjiang Society, who had been very active before, had set their sights on more urgent and important matters and could not spare the time to track down Maserati.
For Yao Qian, the most practical issue is how to run the imminent God of Gamblers competition well and make a fortune from it. In addition, the collectors with huge sums of money who flocked from all over the world in the past two days also greatly distracted his attention.
Along the River During the Qingming Festival is a national treasure of China, representing the highest level of ancient Chinese painting, and is as priceless as other masterpieces such as Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. As soon as the news of the theft of this painting came out, collectors from all over the country immediately gathered in Jinghai like flies smelling rotten meat.
The cheapest standard room in the famous Jinghai Palace Hotel costs 280 US dollars a night, which is a sky-high price for ordinary people. However, it is nothing to those wealthy collectors. Those who came first booked the presidential suite and luxury suite, and only those who came later could stay in the standard room reluctantly. Although it is still unknown who will get the Qingming Shanghe Tu and whether it will be sold, they have already contributed a lot of money to Jinghai.
Yao Qian, the owner of the Palace Hotel, announced at the right time that a carefully prepared jewelry exhibition would be held in the luxurious banquet hall on the second floor of the Palace Hotel on December 1, the day before the God of Gamblers competition. The partners of the exhibition are the world's top jewelry giants Harry Winston, Cartier and Tiffany.
Yao Qian's business acumen is admirable. The collectors gathered at the Waiwang Palace Hotel are all rich, free and luxury-loving guys. Especially when they saw the secret code on the invitation that only the world's top collectors understand, they immediately agreed to participate in the jewelry exhibition.
In addition to these wealthy collectors, a large number of wealthy people in Jinghai also received invitations. Each invitation allows two people to enter, and in order to protect the privacy of the participants, everyone must wear a mask to enter.
Zheng Yubai couldn't help scratching his head after listening to Caoji's introduction of the jewelry exhibition that would start tomorrow. He really didn't understand the thoughts of these rich people. Those shiny stones are indeed beautiful, but are they really worth so much money? Why not donate the money spent on buying jewelry or spending hundreds of millions on famous paintings at auctions to the children in Africa who are suffering from hunger and water shortage every day
Caoji's answer to Zheng Yubai's confusion was just one sentence: If you can understand the thoughts of rich people, you will also be rich.
This was not without reason, and Zheng Yubai just let it go after hearing it. However, a phone call he received that afternoon forced him to wonder what the life of a rich person was like.
When the phone rang, Zheng Yubai was reading a magazine on the bed bored. He picked up the phone casually, but heard Ding Beibei's familiar voice that he hadn't heard for a long time.
"Beibei..." Zheng Yubai was a little flustered. Since Ding Beibei misunderstood him last time at Jinbihuihuang, many things had happened around him, and he had forgotten the apology he had planned. Now that he received Ding Beibei's call, he was speechless and didn't know what to say.
"How have you been lately?" Ding Beibei's tone was relaxed, as if she had forgotten the unpleasantness of that day.
"Well... Fortunately, there were some troubles, but they were all resolved." Zheng Yubai said hurriedly. He hesitated for a moment, and finally apologized to Ding Beibei, briefly explained what happened that day, and stated that he was not familiar with Sister Hua.
Ding Beibei didn't dwell on this matter too much. She just laughed, which made Zheng Yubai a little confused.
"Are you particularly afraid that I will be angry?" Ding Beibei asked with a smile.
"A little bit..." Zheng Yubai scratched his head and could only answer this way.
Ding Beibei seemed very satisfied with this answer, so she said simply: "Okay, then I forgive you."
Although he had no idea what he had done wrong, Zheng Yubai still felt relieved. The misunderstanding was resolved, and he felt relieved. He asked Ding Beibei, "What do you want to talk to me about? Are you going to have another class reunion?"
"I don't think it will happen again in the future. The last time Zhu Yunsong was beaten by gangsters..." Ding Beibei said.
Zheng Yubai then remembered Zhu Yunsong's miserable state last time. He laughed secretly in his heart but said, "It's all my fault."
"This has nothing to do with you." Ding Beibei changed the subject. "By the way, are you free tomorrow night?"
"I should be free..." The day after tomorrow is the God of Gamblers competition, and Zheng Yubai has asked for a week's leave from the company starting tomorrow night. With Cao Ji's protection, it is easy to get the leave. Although Du Bisheng asked Zheng Yubai to practice gambling skills again tomorrow night, Zheng Yubai is really not interested in the title of God of Gamblers. When he heard Ding Beibei's question, he put the practice behind his mind.
"There's a very special jewelry show tomorrow night at the Palace Hotel. My father has an invitation, but he can't go. I want to go, but I need a gentleman to accompany me..."
Ding Beibei had said so much that Zheng Yubai, who was a dullard, understood what she meant. He stammered, "Are you asking me to... accompany you?"
"If you don't have time, forget it." Ding Beibei said a little resentfully.
"I have time." Zheng Yubai said immediately. Although he had no interest in jewelry, being able to go with Ding Beibei was attractive enough.
"That's great. By the way, this exhibition will be in the form of a masked party, so remember to buy a special mask. Also, you have to wear the suit I bought you last time." Ding Beibei reminded.
"Don't worry." Zheng Yubai said.
The two chatted for a few more sentences, decided on a time and place to meet, and then hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yubai finally came to his senses. Who is Ding Beibei's father? How did he receive Yao Qian's invitation? It seems that he must be a very rich man. Seeing that Ding Beibei is usually so kind, she really doesn't look like a rich girl.
It seems that not every rich person is domineering and annoying, Zheng Yubai thought out of love for the rich.
The next day at around five in the evening, Zheng Yubai, dressed in a suit and tie, just walked out of the room and ran into Xu Jin.
Xu Jin looked Zheng Yubai up and down, and asked with a smile on his face, "Are you going on a blind date?"
Zheng Yubai blushed: "No, no, I was just attending a party."
"Really? I also have to attend a party later." Xu Jin said.
Zheng Yubai then saw that she was holding a white evening dress in her hands. He hurriedly said, "Then I wish you a good time."
"You are happy too." Xu Jin looked at Zheng Yubai as he walked out the door, a hint of surprise on his face. (To be continued)