The lights in the banquet hall are bright, there are arty violin music, neat long tables, well-arranged stage and dance floor. There were about a hundred people in the hall, and they were in groups of three or four at this time, holding wine glasses and greeting each other.
Li Wan'er appeared at the door with Xu Tingsheng on her arm, all eyes were on her.
Feeling the body around him tremble slightly, Xu Tingsheng pressed against Li Wan'er's ear, and joked in a low voice, "What are you panicking about, I'll beat him up for you if anyone bullies you."
This action fell into those eyes, and it seemed that the relationship between the two was ambiguous and extremely intimate.
Li Wan'er was still angry, knowing that he was talking nonsense again, she simply ignored him, and led him slowly towards a group of seven or eight people on the left.
"Uncle Wang, Uncle Zhu, Aunt Xue... hello." Li Wan'er bowed and said hello.
"Ah, niece Wan'er is here. Just now they said they couldn't find you, so I said, our brother Li is such a responsible person, his daughter, why can't he just hide like this, right?"
The bald Uncle Wang responded first.
Li Wan'er responded with a smile.
"That is, otherwise Wan'er wouldn't have come back from Italy, right? I haven't seen her for so many years, and she's getting more and more beautiful." Aunt Xue, the only lady in the group, said, " Wan'er's niece said before that she found someone willing to invest, so it should be this handsome guy, right?"
More and more eyes fell on Xu Tingsheng. In fact, many people had seen him and his car in the parking lot, but the lights there were dim...
Looking at it now, they saw it clearly, and everyone couldn't help questioning: "Isn't this too young? Li Wan'er actually said that he is her investor? The Li family's hole is nearly 20 million."
Considering that the young man in front of him looks pretty good, some people even think that if Li Wan'er has no family fortune, it would be more believable to say that she took care of a tender child and brought him out to play.
Uncle Zhu, who was shaking the gold watch, asked with some dissatisfaction: "What's your family name?"
"Xu." Xu Tingsheng said.
Several people looked at each other for a few times, and then asked each other in low voices. Unfortunately, no one could remember that there was a Xu family of the same age in the industry, or in the wealthy circle of Shenghai City.
"Which one does your family do?" Uncle Zhu, who had a strange accent and grammar, continued to ask.
Xu Tingsheng thought for a while and said, "My family? They run a supermarket."
"Which one? Where?"
"It's opened in some counties and a few other cities, but not in Shenghai City, so maybe you haven't heard of it."
Xu Tingsheng didn't follow the routine. Li Wan'er felt that she was really wrong, all her coping preparations were disrupted by Xu Tingsheng from the very beginning, and they were all messed up.
Xu Tingsheng heard a few low laughs, and then the audience was full of discussions.
"Li Wan'er actually found someone who runs a supermarket in the county to invest."
"Staying stupid abroad? Did you sell yourself for such a price?"
The low laugh finally turned into ridicule and coaxing.
Li Wan'er rushed to rescue her, and then said: "Uncles and aunts, well, in fact, he mainly started his own business, he is..."
"Mutual sincerity, Xu Tingsheng."
Li Wan'er, who was not good at lying, was about to reveal Xu Tingsheng's identity as a "weaver", but what she said was a bit awkward and unconfident, so Xu Tingsheng had no choice but to take over the words and finish speaking confidently.
This was 2004. In this year, the housing price of Shenghai was less than 10,000 yuan, and the wealth of the richest man in the mainland was less than 10 billion yuan. If the assets exceeded 400 million yuan, he would have a chance to be on the Forbes list.
Dexin is worth 12 million because of its location, and it will be worth hundreds of millions in a few years.
And the so-called rich people in the clothing-related industries at the scene, including the former family of Li Waner, are actually mostly worth only a few million or tens of millions.
Hucheng's valuation has exceeded 100 million.
A valuation of over 100 million does not mean that Xu Tingsheng's assets are indeed over 100 million, because Hucheng has not yet been listed. In fact, even if it is listed, the market value of over 100 million still does not mean that he really has that much money. His identity determines that once he makes a move to exchange the shares for money, Hucheng will become less valuable.
However, it can still be a shocking enough message to convince almost everyone in the room.
Unfortunately, this is still 2004, and the IT industry hasn't received the attention it will receive a few years later. Xu Tingsheng's voice was not loud enough. The youngest of the few he could hear were in their 50s and had been operating traditional businesses.
Therefore, they have never heard of mutual sincerity, let alone what it is.
Most people are shaking their heads.
There are also people who are still holding on to the last bit of hope. After all, the car is in the parking lot, the clothes are on, and this young man is calm and calm, even in the face of the laughter of the audience, he still keeps smiling...
"Maybe, he really has some family background."
"Then, I wonder how much Mr. Xu plans to invest in Wan'er?" Someone asked.
"Probably..." Li Wan'er rushed to talk.
"It's not decided yet, and I don't necessarily know how to vote." Xu Tingsheng snatched it faster and said, "I think, I can't invest the money in front of me, and then Wan'er can return it to everyone? So, I I came here today to see everyone's attitude first, to see if you plan to let Wan'er continue to run the company. If possible, I will decide to invest."
Xu Tingsheng shattered his last hope. Li Wan'er wanted to cry, she knew that she had no reason to blame Xu Tingsheng, after all he was only helping her, but at this moment, she felt that everything was over.
"Maybe it's okay to end like this. I found him myself, so it may be destined. It is destined to be like this."
Li Wan'er resigned to her fate, she was strong, and turned her head to give Xu Tingsheng a smile. This smile means thank you, even if you messed up, thank you for your willingness to help me.
When other people heard what Xu Tingsheng said, they didn't react like this.
One of them said tactfully: "This... niece Wan'er, we know that you are in a difficult situation now, and we, uncles and aunts, should be considerate of you. But, let's count one yard for one yard, after all, the money is not a small amount for us …”
Another one with a bad temper took over: "Let's just say it, don't play tricks on us, what kind of investors are you... According to me, even you, don't blame us for not giving you a chance, we are still waiting for you today." You come here to give you a chance. Sue, auction, that's all."
Li Wan'er held Xu Tingsheng's arm tightly.
"That's fine too." Xu Tingsheng patted the back of Li Wan'er's hand and said, "Let the uncles and aunts discuss it. Let's eat something first. I'm hungry."
Regardless of Li Waner's willingness or not, Xu Tingsheng gripped his arms and dragged her away.
Find a table and sit down.
Xu Tingsheng began to eat the food on the table without any image.
Li Wan'er sat paralyzed on the side.
"Panic?" Xu Tingsheng asked her in a low voice.
Li Wan'er shook her head, she didn't want to blame Xu Tingsheng, let alone put the blame on him and let him bear the consequences. Doing this today, Li Wan'er didn't have much hope, but now her hope is broken early, nothing unexpected.
Xu Tingsheng smiled, leaned closer and said, "Why are you panicking? They are the ones who should be panicking now. They are the ones who really hope that I'm a wealthy person, and that I can invest in you. Do you understand? So, they are panicking now."
Li Wan'er was surprised.
Xu Tingsheng continued: "The thing you should be most grateful for right now is that you owe enough money, even if they auction off all your belongings, it's not enough. If it wasn't for this, they would have sued the auction a long time ago, Your family is divided. So, the reason why they are waiting for you today is not to give you a chance, but to give them a chance. They hope that you can stand up and have the ability to pay back more than yourself, understand?"
"I... still don't understand." Li Wan'er said with a frown.
"You don't need to understand, it's just one sentence anyway, remember, the one who owes the money is the uncle." Xu Tingsheng cut a large piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, and said, "Aren't you hungry?"
Li Wan'er rubbed her belly.
"Eat, learn from me, and eat happily. If we are going to be hungry in the future, at least we will have a full meal today, okay. So, eat."
Xu Tingsheng picked up a piece of cheesecake and handed it to Li Waner's mouth.
"good."
Li Wan'er smiled. From her understanding, Xu Tingsheng probably meant that the broken pot was broken.
However, the feeling of breaking a broken jar is actually very pleasant. Li Wan'er has not experienced such a happy feeling in a long time, so at this moment, she decided to listen to Xu Tingsheng. "It doesn't matter whether you will be hungry in the future, eat."
Li Wan'er opened her mouth, then frowned: "Hey, you use your hands."
"What's wrong with using your hands, we're all like this... Fuck the etiquette, aren't you good enough?" Xu Tingsheng said.
Li Wan'er was stunned, she had always been very obedient, and she was already used to this kind of self, now Xu Tingsheng was swearing and asked her, "Isn't that obedient enough?"
"Enough is enough. Fuck him..."
Li Wan'er didn't say any swear words, she grinned, nodded vigorously, then opened her mouth wide, and bit off the whole piece of cake from Xu Tingsheng's hand in one bite, even reaching his fingers.
She is good enough.
Under the contemptuous eyes of the two people... the wind is turbulent, all kinds of joy, talking and laughing.
…
On the other side, a bald old man surnamed Zhu walked into a group of young people and asked:
"Hucheng, Xu Tingsheng. Have you heard of it?"
A few people were stunned, trying to remember. After a while, one of them replied, "I seem to have heard it from a friend, but I'm not too sure. How about I go out and find a computer to check?"
The old man surnamed Zhu nodded.