At around 7 o'clock in the evening the next day, Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan changed into formal attire and headed to the Peninsula Hotel where tonight's charity reception was held.
The theme of the reception was fundraising for refugees.
The 20-year-old war in Southeast Asia has come to an end. Over the past few years, a total of 100,000 refugees have taken refuge in Hong Kong due to the war, including the Walled City of Kowloon and the Kwun Tong Kwun Uk District. , are all places where refugees are concentrated. In addition to this, the Hong Kong government has also built several independent refugee camps to provide temporary shelter for these war refugees.
Although the influx of refugees has brought many hidden dangers to the city, many citizens are miserable because of it. But for politicians and rich people who live in two worlds with refugees, these refugees can become a stepping stone to their careers—for example, at the charity reception tonight, the rich can be lavishly A feat of praise.
All the people invited to the reception were celebrities in the city, not all the rich, and there were also a lot of celebrities in the literary and art circles, in order to weaken the smell of copper at the reception.
Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan, who are neither rich nor famous, are probably the two Mr. Dong Guo who used this reception indiscriminately.
However, the two of them were dressed in suits and leather shoes, and had their shiny hair combed. No matter how they looked, they looked like noble men from a famous family, and they were also very handsome. In addition, the two of them were very well-off, so when they walked into this luxurious banquet hall, they didn't feel any sense of disobedience. No one would have thought that they were two young people who had just walked out of the slums.
Qiao Wen calmed down, it was entirely because he was born rich and well-informed in his previous life, and Chen Jianan's first time entering the upper class life was not restrained, it was because he was really quite confident Young people don't think there is anything special about being rich.
It didn't take long for the two of them to go in with the invitation, and they met an acquaintance, Sir Zhou who was in the limelight in the past six months.
Zhou Renjun was obviously surprised by the arrival of the two of them. He dragged the two of them to find a seat and sat down, and asked, "Why are you here?"
Qiao Wen said: "Mr. Zhou sent us an invitation."
Zhou Renjun nodded, because he didn't know anything about the business world, so he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, Qiao Wen remembered that Mr. Zhou's Mr. Zhou seemed to be related to Zhou Chaozheng's Mr. Zhou, so he asked casually, "Mr. Zhou, what is your relationship with Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou Renjun: "Oh, my cousin."
Qiao Wen nodded knowingly. The Zhou family has been a well-known family in Hong Kong since the Republic of China, and now it has several branches, intertwined and intertwined. There are outstanding members in every field, so it is considered to be very famous in Hong Kong. The old money family.
Then I recalled the plot of the original world again, because the protagonists Lin Zihui, Chen Jianan, and Zhong Kaiwen, who had ended up early, couldn’t even describe the other wealthy families in the city. A little mention, it's not important at all. However, in this real world, everyone is an incredible big shot.
"Brother Renjun!" Just as he was thinking, a delicate female voice came out.
Zhou Renjun turned his head, saw the person, and said with a smile: "Jiayin, long time no see?"
Zhou Jiayin walked past, supported her shoulders and said, "Sir Zhou is very busy, how can he have time to see me?" At this point, she noticed Qiao Wen, a handsome young man in a suit and leather shoes, and she suddenly showed surprise , "Mr. Qiao, are you here too?"
Qiao Wen naturally still remembered the Miss Chanel whom she saw downstairs the day before yesterday, but she did not expect that she was also part of the Zhou family.
She nodded and said politely, "Good evening, Miss Zhou."
Zhou Jiayin snorted: "Zhou sir, do you know Mr. Qiao?"
Zhou Renjun nodded: "Awen is my friend." As if remembering something again, he reached out his hand to gesture to Chen Jianan, and introduced, "There is also brother Anan, who is also my friend. Awen Anan, Jiayin My cousin's daughter, my cousin."
Although Zhou Jiayin was a very young and beautiful modern girl, Chen Jianan, who was drinking tea, obviously had no interest in her and only nodded perfunctorily.
Qiao Wen was polite and polite as always: "Look how small Hong Kong City is."
Zhou Jiayin smiled and nodded: "Indeed." When she said this, her eyes fell on Chen Jianan's face as if belatedly, and she was slightly taken aback.
Chen Jianan's reputation as a handsome boy has never been a vain name. Let alone wearing a vest, shorts, and big slippers on weekdays, he can't be ignored when he goes out. He is handsome in a suit and leather shoes tonight. He also specially applied mousse to set his shape, that natural standard handsome man. And because he doesn't like to wear a tie, the buttons on the neckline are undone, which makes him more serious and unrestrained, and at the same time he frowns slightly, showing a haughty and bored expression. In the eyes of women, there is an undeniable masculinity.
Miss Zhou was attracted by Qiao Wen's beauty before, but when she saw Chen Jianan, who was full of hormones, her eyes lit up immediately, "moving away from love", and enthusiastically reached out to him His pampered white right hand: "Did you see Anan who drew his sword to help injustice some time ago?"
Chen Jianan kept frowning, because he felt that there were so-called upper-class people's hypocritical greetings everywhere in this banquet, and everyone seemed to be wearing a mask, making him very contemptuous.
If this is the life of the upper class, then I don't think it makes much sense.
Because he was too busy despising the upper class, he didn't care about Zhou Renjun's cousin at first, but he had to look straight at her when he asked him to say hello, but he just ignored the girl's slender hand. He nodded and said, "Yes, it's me."
Zhou Jiayin failed to shake hands, but it didn't matter, she withdrew her hand naturally, and said with a smile: "I've seen reports about you, and I heard that you are good at kung fu, and I thought I would have a chance to go to the Anan Martial Arts Hall to see you Charming, I didn't expect to meet you here, and you are also Mr. Qiao's brother, I can see how small this world is."
Her enthusiasm and interest in Chen Jianan can be said to be completely concealed, not to mention Qiao Wen who is a little bit dumbfounded, even Zhou Renjun, who is careless and careless, can't help but start to roll his eyes.
However, Chen Jianan obviously didn't receive the beauty's signal at all, and he was still a little brooding about the scene where he saw this girl talking to Qiao Wen a few days ago. Hearing her say such a long list at the moment, I just feel baffled: "In the martial arts school, those who teach, and those who don't perform, what kind of demeanor can you see?"
There happened to be an empty seat next to him, Zhou Jiayin sat next to him, and said with a smile, "Then when can you perform? Can I have a chance to see it?"
This is already a public expression of interest in love, but unfortunately Chen Jianan still couldn't receive the signal of love, and replied solemnly: "I don't perform."
Zhou Renjun couldn't stand it anymore, and waved to his cousin: "Alice, don't you want to help your uncle entertain the guests? Why can't you just sit here?"
Only then did Zhou Jiayin suddenly realize: "I almost forgot! Then you can do it yourself. There will be a dance after the auction and fundraising. Let's dance together."
When they left, Zhou Renjun shook his head and said with a smile: "This cousin of mine, went to the United States when she was a teenager. She is completely American, and she doesn't have the restraint of a girl at all."
Qiao Wen said: "I think it's good for girls to be so big."
When Chen Jianan heard that he was praising the girl, the alarm went off immediately, and he frowned dissatisfiedly: "Do you think such a girl is good?"
Qiao Wen knew what he was thinking, and jokingly said, "You don't like this?"
Chen Jianan: "Of course I don't like it."
Zhou Renjun also deliberately said: "Anan, you don't like Alice like this? Then my cousin sees that Luo Hua intends to flow water."
Although Chen Jianan was empty-hearted, he could hear the meaning of this sentence, and immediately glanced at Qiao Wen with a guilty conscience, and said righteously: "Sir Zhou, don't talk nonsense!"
Qiao Wen was so nervous that his shoulders almost trembled.
After the episode, Zhou Chao, the host of the reception, made his official debut.
Tonight is considered a semi-private dinner, with a total of ten tables of guests, and only a few journalists from major newspapers were invited.
Zhou Chao was holding a wine glass, Mrs. Zhou on the right hand side, and niece Zhou Jiayin on the left hand side. Every time they walked to a table, they exchanged greetings, and then made a symbolic toast.
When he came to this table, he first patted Zhou Renjun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Ah Jun, it's rare for a busy person to play once."
"Uncle Nine," Zhou Renjun smiled, "You have already called yourself, how dare I not join in the fun."
Qiao Wen recalled seeing Zhou Chaozheng's introduction, Zhou's family ranked ninth, and young people would call him Uncle Nine.
Zhou Chao nodded with a smile, and greeted the other people on the table, then landed on Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan, stretched out his hands and said, "The two must be Mr. Qiao from Wennan Real Estate. Mr. Chen, right? Nice to meet you."
Hearing what he said, Qiao Wen frowned indistinctly.
Apart from acquiring more than a dozen small pieces of land, Wennan Real Estate has not started any other business. It is basically a leather bag company that no one knows. The big boss Zhou asked about the identities of the two people. He didn't talk about the manager Qiao of Mengyu Clothing, nor the owner Chen of the Anan Martial Art Museum, but directly mentioned Wennan Company. Some are unreasonable.
But Qiao Wen quickly understood, stood up, shook hands with him, and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, it's a pleasure to meet you. It's our honor to receive Mr. Zhou's invitation."
Zhou Chaozheng said: "It should be, I always admire talented young people. You two have a good time tonight."
He said he was a young man, but in fact he was not in his teens, because he looked very good, well-maintained, well-dressed, and looked very attractive at the right age. mature man.
Qiao Wen, who sat back in his seat, looked around, and saw a few rich people sitting at a table not far away, and one of them was Peter Wang.
He became more certain of his conjecture in his heart.
Seeing what Wang Peter said, the person who wants to buy the land near the sea on the Banpo of Chen Jianan should be the boss Zhou. It is estimated that Boss Zhou has already investigated Chen Jianan thoroughly.
I can think of that piece of land can create tens of millions of benefits, so naturally there are other people who can think of it.
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He silently picked up the white porcelain cup in front of him and took a sip of tea, which was a small sum of tens of millions. Since Zhou Chaozheng has his eye on this piece of land, he still beats around the bush, because he is determined to win it.
Look, the matter of development has to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.