He was really not interested in participating in social activities such as dances. It would be better to have a dinner party and chat while eating. Of course, he couldn't persuade people to drink, as that would be pointless.
It's just that there are such rules here, so I can only follow Lin Hexia to the Governor's Mansion. Those who can be invited to participate are all the political and business elites in Macau, who are not too young.
As an important guest at this dance, Lin Hexia was of course the youngest, so these old men didn't take the initiative to invite Lin Hexia to dance, which was disrespectful.
If Lin Hexia is offended, although the current business may not necessarily be hit, Lin Hexia's reputation is still good, but the hope of future cooperation will basically be gone.
In order to alleviate this embarrassment, quite a few political and business people brought their nephews and wives. When their team arrived, there were already quite a few people here.
But when these ladies and gentlemen saw so many heavyweights surrounding Lin Hexia like stars, they felt envy, jealousy and admiration, but it was hard to show it on their faces, but their eyes betrayed them. heart.
At this time, the Governor of Macau took the initiative to go out to welcome them before they could enter the house. This was considered as giving Lin Hexia enough face.
After Lin Hexia shook hands with the Governor, they chatted politely for a few words, and then followed the Governor into the main venue of the dance. Fine wine and some snacks had been arranged for everyone to enjoy at their leisure.
As soon as Lin and Xia entered the room, a waiter came over with a wine glass. The Governor picked up a glass of wine and invited Lin and Xia to have a drink together, which was the prelude to the dance. When the two big shots drank, the scene rang. Warm applause.
After that, everyone was more casual. Others could do their own things, talk about business, talk about friendship, and talk about family life. The young ladies and gentlemen were also taken around by their parents, hoping to get acquainted. More connections.
The Governor invited Lin Hexia to have a chat together and chose a relatively quiet place. The main reason was that the Governor expressed his welcome and gratitude to Lin Hexia for allowing Macao's economy to achieve such tremendous development.
Although Macau has found its own development position in previous lives, it has not carried out a complete set of economic and industrial reforms many years in advance and established its own development direction as it does now.
Moreover, in the past few years, the speed of Macau's economic development is obvious to all, which fully demonstrates that the development direction customized by Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company for Macau's economy is fruitful and the right direction of development.
From this perspective, Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings is the founder of Macau's current rapid economic development. Of course, such a huge development is inseparable from their huge investment and the many resources behind it.
Apart from other things, Macau can become the world's most famous tourism, shopping, and entertainment destination without the vigorous promotion of ATV. Otherwise, it will not be so easy to become famous in the world.
ATV belongs to the Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company, and this is one of their resource investments. There are actually many others, but they cannot be mentioned on the table.
For example, his companies, in their conversations with international partners, intentionally or unintentionally tout the changes and characteristics of Macau. This can also be regarded as a kind of publicity.
If only one or two big guys say this, everyone may not pay special attention to it and think it is a personal preference. But if many big guys say this, its influence in the business world cannot be ignored.
In addition to the tourism, shopping and entertainment industries for ordinary people in Macau, the biggest source of industrial profits is the world's richest people, who can spend huge amounts of money here to live a life of luxury.
So gradually, Macau has become the most popular vacation destination for the world's richest people, and the actions of these rich people will also affect the ideas of ordinary people in a disguised way, making more ordinary people want to come and have a look.
Therefore, the Governor's courtesy and attention to Lin Hexia cannot be overstated, and establishing a good relationship with the heads of giant companies like Lin Hexia will also be of great benefit to his future.
Although people in Hong Kong and Macao still don't quite understand whether Lin Hexia is the owner of the Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company, the relationship behind it seems to be complicated, and it is very difficult to find out.
But for now, Lin Hexia is very secure in his position as president, and has great management authority over the companies under the Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company, far exceeding the scope of authority of an ordinary president.
Therefore, everyone did not continue to delve into who is the boss of Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company. With Lin Hexia's current power, there is no big difference between him and the company boss.
This is why the business circles in Hong Kong and Macau care so much about Lin Hexia's attitude, because Lin Hexia can decide who to cooperate with and who not to cooperate. As long as she has this power, it is enough.
The Governor saw a young man following Lin Hexia wherever he went, and he had long since caught his attention. He even looked at him several times. Although Lin Hexia said he was a temporary help, it didn't look that simple.
Based on Lin Hexia's current status, the general support will be respectful. This is a common phenomenon in the business circles of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and is very different from the mainland.
However, judging from the eyes and movements of this temporary assistant, the Governor did not see much awe for Lin Hexia. Although there was nothing wrong with his tone and words, his movements and demeanor were relatively casual.
Of course, Zhao Yi also knew about this situation, but he had never done that in the past few years, and there was no need to act like one. Anyway, if he withdrew after that, he would be regarded as being fired by Lin Hexia.
After having a few sips of wine with the Governor, the conversation here was basically over. In fact, apart from expressing our concern, there was nothing else to talk about. Even if there were important topics to talk about, this would not be the occasion.
Therefore, the Governor did not stay long and left directly to communicate with other political and business people. Lin Hexia and Zhao Yi were left sitting here casually. Fortunately, they knew their respective roles and did not do anything too outrageous. move.
While Zhao Yi and Lin Hexia were drinking and eating snacks, a rather old lady came over with a mature and steady young man.
When Zhao Yi and Lin Hexia saw the visitor, they also stood up. Although they did not go up to greet him, they could still show their respect because the visitor had great influence in Macau and was quite admirable.
When the lady came to Lin Hexia, Lin Hexia stretched out her hand to shake it and said, "Ms. Chen, I'm glad to see you. I didn't expect you to be free to attend this dance."
"I am an old lady with plenty of time. Seeing the excitement here, I hurried over to join in. I heard that you are coming this time, and I also want to meet you. The last time we met was two years ago," said Ms. Chen.
Lin Hexia was chatting with Ms. Chen here, while Zhao Yi shook hands with the young man who came with Ms. Chen and exchanged a few polite words without exchanging too many pleasantries.
After all, his status is that of a temporary assistant, who is not even qualified to shake hands with Ms. Chen. Being able to shake hands with her son is already good. Talking too much will arouse others' dislike.
After the greetings were over, Ms. Chen said: "This is my son Houhua. You have never met before, so this is a shameless introduction."
"Looking at what you said, who doesn't know that you and your husband are good at raising their children? Each of your descendants is a good one, and Houhua is the best among them." Lin Hexia said with a smile.
Then he shook hands with Ho Hau Wah and exchanged a few pleasantries. In fact, they had never met before, and there was nothing to talk about if they wanted to talk more. You can't always compliment him.
Besides, I am younger than the other party in terms of grade, and higher than the other party in terms of status. No matter how you put it, it doesn't feel particularly suitable. If Ms. Chen is not present, it would be better, just treat her according to her strength.
The Ho family is indeed a legendary existence in Macau. It has played a great role in the development of Macau and also maintains a relatively close relationship with the mainland.
It's just that the head of the He family unfortunately passed away in 1983. The affairs of the He family were basically taken over by Ms. Chen in front of me. She was a woman who could not be outdone by men.
Ms. Chen saw that Lin and Xia really didn't have much to talk about, but this opportunity was difficult. She hoped to enhance the relationship between the two and make plans for her son's future.
Before Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings entered Macau, the Ho family had the greatest influence in Macau, and they were able to do both black and white.
It's just that the Hong Kong umbrella holding company's strong entry into Macau has caused great changes in the structure of Macau. Although the He family is now quite influential, it has been greatly weakened from before.
This is because with the presence of Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings, many people's interests are directly involved with Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings, and their influence is naturally replaced by Lin Hexia.
However, Lin Hexia doesn't come here very often. It's good to be able to come here once a year. Most of them understand the situation here by checking the reports of the companies here.
The reason for this can be seen from the fact that Lin Hexia came to Macau this time. Before the official business was done, a lot of social work was placed in front of her. This is what Lin Hexia hates.
Moreover, the activities arranged here are out of goodwill, and it is inappropriate to refuse. They can only bite the bullet and participate, and they have to behave generously and decently. Although Lin Hexia can do these things well, she is only in her twenties after all. For this kind of Red tape and a bit of a rebellious attitude.
It is precisely because Lin Hexia rarely comes here and rarely appears in public places in Hong Kong, so it is not easy to take the opportunity to get close to her.
Ms. Chen also took this opportunity to bring He Houhua over quickly, because once she misses this opportunity, the next time will be who knows how many years later.
The main industry of the He family is Macau Dafeng Bank, which is also the main industry in which the He family made its fortune. Later, although it also founded a printing and dyeing factory, a paper factory, a match factory, a hotel, a real estate company, a bus company, a water company, an oil company, etc.
However, most of these industries have ceased to exist as the times have changed. Later, due to the investment of Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings in Macau and the establishment of a new development strategy for Macau, some industries were unable to continue operating.
In the real estate field, except for Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings, all other real estate companies can no longer operate. The only land they have is not enough to support the continued development of real estate companies.
Even because of this situation and the cases in Hong Kong, many real estate companies in Macau simply sold their land to Macau housing companies. With the funds, they prepared to go overseas to do real estate without the need for others to urge them. .
Of course, most of them still hold funds and want to get on the new economic and industrial train of Macau, hoping to get a share of it. As a result, many people have followed the right path, and the development in recent years has been very good.
There is also the oil industry. Macau is such a small place and has a small population. Coupled with the need for deindustrialization, whether it is tourism, shopping, entertainment and other industries, it is not very dependent on the oil industry.
So now Macau's oil demand is basically purchased from the mainland, and the local government has completely eliminated these industries.
Therefore, most of the investments currently involved are in shopping malls, hotels and entertainment industries. Other industries have little development prospects in Macau.
To be honest, the entry of Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings has not only brought great development opportunities to Macau, but also touched the interests of many people. It is not as calm as it seems on the surface.
To put it bluntly, Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings has strong financial strength and industrial advantages. It is very difficult to cause obstacles in this regard.
Therefore, there are also some people who have gone so far as to bribe the underworld and want to hinder the development of Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings in Macau.
It’s just that they seem to have forgotten that there is also a security company under the Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company. Although it usually only takes on some security tasks, it does not have any deterrent effect.
However, these security personnel are all former professional soldiers and police officers. After joining the security company, they have undergone a long period of training, and each of them can be said to be an elite in this field.
Originally, Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings did not pay much attention to this once or twice, but the number of times increased, and some employees were seriously injured.
This attracted Lin Hexia's attention and made her determined to completely solve the underworld problem in Macau, so she directly sent a group of security personnel to Macau to clean up the underworld forces here.
The cleanup was carried out cleanly and neatly. Not only were all the underworld members captured, but enough evidence was collected to bring these people to justice.
If it weren't for the fear of being stained, with the strength of the Hong Kong Umbrella Security Company, it would be cleaner to just throw these gangsters into the sea and feed them to the sharks.
It is precisely because of this clean-up that everyone in Hong Kong and Macao realized that Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings is not only rich, but also has very powerful force value and intelligence gathering capabilities.
So since then, no one wants to use the underworld forces to oppose the Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company. Since the black and white are not opponents, naturally everyone can only seek cooperation obediently.
And also from this time on, Hong Kong Umbrella Security Company received many external security tasks. It was no longer just doing security work for its companies and key figures as before.
Ms. Chen originally wanted to let Lin Hexia and her son chat alone for a while, but judging from the situation, she felt that after she left, there would be basically nothing to talk about.
So he decided to stay here, chatting with Lin Hexia while looking for topics, and brought his son in so that everyone could have a chance to speak. This would also deepen his son's familiarity with Lin Hexia.
It’s okay to know these things in your heart. Knowing what Ms. Chen was thinking, Lin Hexia also talked about many topics with He Houhua, which made Ms. Chen very satisfied with it.
But when parting, Lin Hexia said: "The He family has great influence in Macau and can play a more important role in the development of Macau.
To be honest, this may be the last time I come to Macau in the next few years. After the Chinese New Year, I will return to Beijing, and I may not have many opportunities to come here. Lin Hexia said.
The reason why she said this was mainly because she had more trust in the He family. She hoped that the He family could exert greater influence in Macau and provide more help and cooperation to the Hong Kong umbrella holding company's industries in Macau.
Ms. Chen and He Houhua were very surprised when they heard what Lin Hexia said. They didn't know why she suddenly wanted to return to Beijing when she was doing well here, and not just for a short time.
However, they then thought about the rumors about the Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings Company. If the rumors were true, then it was not impossible for Lin Hexia to return suddenly. After all, it was not impossible for the personnel at the top to change suddenly.
But Ms. Chen still said: "This is too sudden. If we can help, we are happy to do so."
These words were very beautiful. Regardless of whether she could help or not, Lin Hexia needed to show her appreciation. However, her guess was obviously wrong. It was not easy to get Lin Hexia's support.
"It's nothing. Over the years, this is the longest time I have worked outside the home. Now my parents are older, and my marriage has always been worried about my parents, so I just want to go back to spend time with my parents. I also want to Solve your own lifelong issues." Lin Hexia said with a smile.
Lin Hexia suddenly talked about her life-long events without hesitation, which made Zhao Yi who was standing aside very embarrassed. He also knew that Lin Hexia said this just for him.
However, he really couldn't give Lin Hexia a perfect marriage, at least not in the short term, unless there were major changes in the future, but he didn't know when that would come.
"Miss Lin is so young and beautiful. She will definitely find her right husband. I am still waiting to drink your wedding wine. Don't forget me, an old lady, then." Ms. Chen said.
Although these were all polite words, Lin Hexia was still very happy after hearing this. Her smile was much brighter than before, and she quickly replied: "Thanks to your good advice, I will definitely invite you to the wedding banquet when the time comes."
After a few more pleasantries, Ms. Chen left with her son, and Lin Hexia had an extra business card of Ho Houhua in her hand for future contact.
After Ms. Chen and the others left, Zhao Yiyi laughed and said to Lin Hexia, "Are you going back to Beijing for a blind date?"
Hearing his words, Lin Hexia rolled his eyes at him and said, "What, are you jealous?"
"I'm a little jealous. Such a beautiful female CEO has made me, a little assistant, deeply involved and unable to extricate myself. I feel that the rest of my life is meaningless without you.
If you really have a blind date, I think I will rush directly to the scene and beat up your blind date so that these annoying guys can stay away from you, otherwise I will beat you every time I see you. "After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he clenched his fist and waved it a few times.
Seeing his expression and hearing what he said, Lin Hexia suddenly laughed. Although the words sounded fierce, in fact, they were full of sweetness and could not be hidden no matter how hard they tried.
To be honest, it was a natural process for the two of them to get together. There was no oath of love or romantic gestures like ordinary lovers. Most of them were ordinary.
The words just now are the sweetest words Zhao Yi has said so far. How could this not make Lin Hexia happy? This shows that he actually cares about himself very much.
Although these words were a bit exaggerated and deliberately staged, Lin Hexia was still very happy, but seeing his proud face, she couldn't help teasing him: "My blind date is you, or you can beat yourself up. "
Although he knew she was joking, Zhao Yi was still ready to give him a few blows, but as soon as he made a move, he was stopped by Lin Hexia. He didn't think it was embarrassing, but she did.
And she loves him so much, how can she bear to embarrass him in public? If it were not to avoid exposing his identity, she would be willing to cling to him, center on him, and let the whole world know that this is her Beloved man.
Seeing Lin Hexia's lovely performance, Zhao Yi had a momentary impulse to put her in his arms and feel her heartbeat.
But if you really do this, it is estimated that all the political and business circles in Hong Kong and Macao will know about the two of them tomorrow, which will cause a lot of trouble in the future. Think about it and give it up.
Sometimes, Zhao Yi actually hates his own reason. He cannot vent his emotions and pursue his feelings at will like ordinary people. Maybe he wants to do this, but it will be impossible in the future.
In the end, Zhao Yiyi took Lin Hexia's hand and shook it. In this way, he expressed his love and allowed the other party to understand his heart in this way.
It's just that this warm scene was interrupted by guests coming from a distance to meet Lin Hexia. The situation in the back returned to normal, as if what just happened didn't exist. (End of chapter)