Yao Beibei, Liu Ying and Shen Xihua had lunch together at a western restaurant in the city center, and then walked around the pedestrian street. Shen Xihua bought a necklace at a store called Love Gold Shop and a pair of Adidas sneakers at a sports mall.
Adidas invested a huge amount of money this year and signed a five-year contract with the Chinese Football Association. It has spared no effort in bombarding the Chinese market with advertisements. Adidas' advertisements can be seen everywhere in major cities. The largest facade panel advertisement on Chengdu Pedestrian Street is Adidas, which has also made Adidas famous. Everyone knows that this is an international sports brand that is as famous as Nike, and is even more high-end than Li Ning, the current domestic leader.
Just on this trip, Shen Xihua spent more than 1,600 yuan on buying a necklace and shoes, which made Yao Beibei and Liu Ying secretly shocked. They only bought a pair of Adidas each while shopping. The consumption of four or five hundred yuan was actually a luxury for them, after all, it was more than a month's living expenses.
And looking at Shen Xihua's spending, it seems that she is not deliberately showing off. It is probably just her usual spending.
However, the two of them also understood that Shen Xihua's family helped them find a school, and they only received 10,000 or 20,000 yuan from them. How could the family not have money
When they went to the Art Palace in the afternoon, Yao Beibei and Liu Ying met a few more of Shen Xihua's friends, including a young man named Ma Bin, whose family was from the Party School, and another named Hu Yongzhou, whose father was Hu Tongyin, the chairman of the Chengdu Private Business School. Ma Bin's family was probably well-connected, following the same path as Shen Xihua's family, with connections and agile tactics. Hu Yongzhou, who had established a private university with a good reputation in Chengdu, had both energy and ability.
Liu Ying had heard about the situation of the two people from her mother at home. His mother Zhang Lan also knew them. Knowing that Liu Ying was going to see a performance with Shen Xihua and Ma Bin today, she specifically mentioned these two people in Shen Xihua's circle in front of her, and spoke highly of their parents.
After Shen Xihua introduced Liu Ying and Yao Beibei to his friends, they welcomed them. Yao Beibei and Liu Ying heard them talking about Hu Yongzhou's father, who was said to have started preparations to open branches in two cities in the province, and they also mentioned that they would accompany their father to Australia next year, and their father would go for exchanges and they would go with him to have fun. Yao Beibei and Liu Ying pricked up their ears and occasionally expressed their agreement and exclamations.
After all, Yao Beibei and Liu Ying are new faces, and they are not bad looking. They also want to fit in with their circle. Hu Yongzhou seems to be downplaying the things related to himself, but he can't help feeling a little uncomfortable.
After entering the lounge of the Art Palace, someone they knew was standing there. He came over and greeted them warmly. When he heard Yao Beibei and Liu Ying introduced, he smiled faintly at the two girls and said, "My name is Zhang Zhong. Hello, I heard Sister Shen mention it. Let's play together often in the future."
Shen Xihua laughed and scolded, "Get lost, you are older than me, calling me sister, shameless..."
Zhang Zhong had a very nice attitude towards Yao Beibei and Liu Ying. He turned around and punched Hu Yongzhou on the shoulder. The sound of Hu Yongzhou's shirt was quite loud, which surprised Yao Beibei and Liu Ying a little. Yao Beibei estimated that if this force was hit on her mortal enemy Yu Xiao, Yu Xiao would either hit her back or turn against her directly.
There was some anger in Hu Yongzhou's eyes, but it disappeared quickly. Zhang Zhong pulled his sleeve and stiffened his neck to settle the score, "You left so early last time, you didn't give your brother face... There are four of us, and we still have two boxes of beer left in the bar, and you left us behind!"
Hu Yongzhou also cursed, "What the hell can I do? My dad has already given me several imperial edicts to urge me to die. You know my dad. He's drunk. If he goes home and I don't, he'll scold me like a ping-pong ball!"
Zhang Zhong laughed and said, "I don't care. I'll set up a place for my brothers the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll call your dad and ask him to help me. Your dad will probably give me the face!"
Hu Yongzhou laughed and cursed, "Bullshit..."
Shen Xihua whispered to Liu Ying and Yao Beibei, "Zhang Zhong's father works in the Quality Supervision Bureau, so he has real power. He and Hu Yongzhou always have these fights and quarrels, we're used to it." Liu Ying and Yao Beibei looked at Zhang Zhong and thought to themselves that it was no wonder that he and Hu Yongzhou were fighting on equal terms. However, when they thought of Zhang Zhong's friendly attitude towards them just now, they liked him even more.
After chatting and laughing with Shen Xihua and Hu Yongzhou, Zhang Zhong lowered his voice and said with a smile, "Brother Lei is over there, why don't you go and say hello?"
Zhang Bin was the first to speak, "Brother Lei is here!?"
And Hu Yongzhou said, "Brother Lei is over there..."
Shen Xihua smiled and said, "Brother Lei actually came to watch the dance drama..."
Although their expressions were different, Liu Ying and Yao Beibei could see that when Shen Xihua and the others mentioned the name "Brother Lei", everyone of them obviously paid more attention to it. Obviously, he was a heavyweight figure, but he seemed to be not in the same circle as them. However, seeing that Zhang Zhongdu was so serious about Brother Lei, they knew he was not simple.
Hu Yongzhou nodded, "Brother Lei is here, so I must go and take a look."
Zhang Zhong seemed to have something on his mind, so he was not in a hurry to take them over to meet the person. Instead, he smiled and said, "Let me tell you first. This is actually a little funny. Last time, Brother Lei's head was broken by a woman in this theater, and he had to get a few stitches. So don't ask what happened when you go over later..."
Everyone was shocked.
Zhang Zhong then said, "So today, Brother Lei actually came here to look for someone..."
"What kind of woman is so barbaric..." Shen Xihua frowned, "Then ask her to pay for the medical expenses."
Zhang Zhong raised his lips and smiled evilly, "It's not just the medical expenses, I'm afraid there's also mental damage compensation to be settled together..."
But when he saw Liu Ying and Yao Beibei, he didn't dwell on the topic and changed the subject, "Also, Wu Lei's father is here today. The organizer, the Commercial Daily Group, invited his father. Isn't his father planning to list the state-owned company recently? Now he is preparing to cooperate with newspapers and magazines for simultaneous promotion..."
As soon as Wu Lei's father's company was mentioned, Shen Xihua and others pricked up their ears. In fact, they all knew very well that the state-owned enterprise headed by Wu Lei's father Wu Liwei planned to go public. This was a big move that everyone in their circle knew about.
This year, the state-owned company controlled by Wu Liwei made a profit of 160 million yuan, and the data is extremely good. The most important thing is that there is a heavyweight figure in Chengdu behind Wu Liwei. If Wu Liwei succeeds in this good deed, the father of Wu Liwei, who is called "Brother Lei" by everyone, will have unlimited future development with such a halo. The Wu family is not only the most eye-catching one among them at the moment, but is likely to soar in the future. It is hard to say how far they can go.
Although the relationship with Wu Lei may not last long, this person is indeed the most famous person in their circle.
Therefore, even if Shen Xihua, Hu Yongzhou, Ma Bin and others still felt that they were not of the same kind, they had to go and respond and show a frivolous attitude. Otherwise, they would appear to be friendly on the surface, but they would be petty when they remembered the grudge.
Liu Ying and Yao Beibei listened to the various things happening in their circle and felt that they were all bizarre, yet they also felt an indescribable excitement.
Then they followed Shen Xihua and Zhang Zhong to the inner lounge, where they saw the man who was surrounded by seven or eight men. The man was wearing a baseball cap, but a part of the gauze wrapped around his heads could be vaguely seen from under the brim of the cap, and his face looked a little gloomy.