"Alright, we're free. Seeing Huang Zhixiong leaving, Lu Weiwei was relieved.

"Then let's find a seat first. Gu Chen turned around and looked left and right, pointed to a corner of the wall and said, "Do you think it's okay over there?" It's more on the side, and it won't block their real estate industry, so let's just eat quietly." ”

"Just what I wanted. Lu Weiwei rubbed her hands and walked over a little impatiently.

The time was not yet 12 o'clock, although there were a lot of people at the scene, but in the huge living room, the seats were only three-fifths full.

Most of the people were weaving through the crowd, handing out business cards or something.

The most diligent ones are some developers at the bottom of the industry, who come here to give away their business cards on the occasion of the gathering of industry bigwigs, and establish a relationship with large developers, and may be able to enjoy food in the future.

Nowadays, the recession of the real estate development industry is also a well-known thing.

At this time, if you are small-scale, you will not be able to shoot horses in front of people, and make an eye in front of big developers, it is estimated that you will only have to wait for death at home.

The same is true for the industry reshuffle......

Gu Chen can clearly look at the sour inspirational banner in the front row, just to tell everyone that the industry is difficult, and everyone has to tighten their belts to survive the cold winter.

And those bigwigs who sit in the front row and only need to constantly accept flattery from others should be the top people in the industry.

These people have a lot of resources in the industry, and they have the most abundant land reserves for development.

Therefore, the choice of which developers to cooperate with is in your own hands.

If small developers are of excellent quality and are willing to advance funds, many large developers will get a piece of the pie for the sake of face.

An industry cocktail party, showing all kinds of things in the world.

The characters sitting in the first two rows of banquets are all bigwigs who can influence the development of the industry, and the guests who come to flatter have to line up in a long line.

"These are all the real estate developers in our Jiangnan City?" Gu Chen was a little skeptical.

The young man sitting at the same banquet said: "It's not all, every year the industry will only come to a part of the developers, and this is a stage to show their connections and strength." ”

"If you mix well in a year's time, you will naturally be willing to participate in this kind of drinking party, if your performance is poor in a year, or even on the verge of collapse, many people simply don't come. ”

"Of course, some of the people who come here are here to establish contacts, after all, this kind of industry exchange cocktail party is actually led by a few bigwigs. ”

"Are those people at the door?" asked Lu Weiwei.

"Pretty much. The young man said: "These people are all going to speak on stage, after all, they are in Jiangnan City, and they are not bad." ”

"But last year, there was also a good mix, and he also spoke on stage, but today it is not good, and his performance has fallen seriously, so he will not come this year. ”

Listening to the young man's narration, Officer Wang suddenly wondered: "You know this industry so well, what do you do? Are you also a real estate developer?"

The man suddenly smiled: "I'm not a developer, I'm just a gardener in the park, and I asked the manager of Moore Manor to come here for a ticket, just to eat and drink here." ”

Seeing him so honest, Gu Chen couldn't help but say, "You really see it, and you are so direct about eating and drinking here?"

"Aren't you too?" The man looked at Gu Chen and the others, and immediately said with a smile: "Actually, judging from your temperament, you don't look like a developer." ”

"But I'm very strange, just now I saw a developer boss sitting in the front row taking the initiative to come over to greet you, why is this?

Gu Chen looked at Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang, and everyone immediately laughed.

"That's right, we're his friends, and we're here to eat and drink. Lu Weiwei had a direct showdown and stopped pretending.

The man smiled: "Actually, it's nothing, in addition to the developers, there are also some people from the literary and artistic circles, as well as people from new social classes, anyway, there are a lot of people who come to eat and drink, and every year this banquet is not satisfied." ”

"The rest of the wine table, the spare wine table, their own people in Moore Manor will come to eat, anyway, it's welfare. ”

"Hehe, it seems that you are familiar with these things. Gu Chen was also attracted by this young man.

"My name is Ah Rui, what about you?" the young man named Ah Rui stretched out his hand and asked Gu Chen.

"Gu Chen. Gu Chen shook hands with him.

"Lu Weiwei. Lu Weiwei also said.

"Just call me Lao Wang. "Officer Wang also reported his home.

"Seeing that you are extraordinary in appearance and athletic, you should not be the personal bodyguard of a big man, right?"

Gu Chen nodded: "Almost." ”

Ari suddenly put down the dim sum in his hand, and approached Gu Chen with a familiar approach: "In addition to delicious food here, there are many performances today, I heard that several bigwigs in the front row spent a lot of money and invited many domestic art groups." ”

"Like a violin, a ballet piano or something, it's very artistic anyway, let's eat and drink well here, and what other speeches, just treat him as a fart, it's all useless nonsense anyway. ”

"That's right. Gu Chen very much agreed with Ah Rui's statement, after all, only outsiders could see that in fact, this industry reception was a reception for the first two rows of real estate development tycoons to prove their strength.

It's nothing more than spending money to prove your status, giving a speech or something, it's nothing more than meaning it in the industry and showing your face.

Of course, the industry is reshuffling every year, and many large and small developers want to see who this year's pretending boss will be, so as to find the direction of hugging their thighs.

The reception soon began......

The first to appear on the stage was the violin playing group, and a burst of melodious music quickly warmed up the atmosphere of the scene.

Many of the staff pushing the food carts began to distribute food to the tables.

When Lu Weiwei saw the hairy crab in front of her, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't wait to destroy it immediately.

And the elites and celebrities of major industries also gathered together, everyone talked and laughed, and had a good time.

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang were quickly infected by the warm atmosphere at the scene.

When they heard a bald guy propose to raise a glass, everyone stood up, raised their glasses, and had a great time.

Ah Rui can eat the same as Lu Weiwei, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, everyone would have thought that Ah Rui had fled from somewhere.

Since everyone is here to eat and drink, and they don't pay attention to the intersection of connections, there are only four people at this table: Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and A Rui.

The banquet dishes on the table can be said to be enough to eat.

Ah Rui picked up the wine glass in one hand and the chicken leg in the other and said, "Come, let's have a glass too." ”

"Okay. Gu Chen complied with his request, and then the four of them toasted to each other.

Ari was not happy at the end, so he directly picked up a bottle of wine and put it in his mouth to drink.

was also afraid that Gu Chen and others would laugh at him, so Ah Rui said again: "You're welcome, no one knows us here anyway, this wine is expensive, it's rare to drink it once, anyway, it's the big guy in the front row who pays for it, let's blow it hard." ”

After speaking, Ari picked up the wine bottle again and drank it directly as a drink.

Officer Wang rarely relaxed, so he also opened a bottle and followed the example of Ari when he drank wine.

Lu Weiwei was a little disgusted, looked at Gu Chen beside her and said, "Why does Senior Brother Gu only drink juice? You can also take a bottle and drink it?" Do you want me to open it for you?"

"No need. Gu Chen also smiled and said, "I'm going to drive later, I don't drink too much, just drink a drink." ”

"Well, this abalone is good, I heard that this year is the price of cabbage, come, I'll clip a piece for you." Lu Weiwei suddenly became Gu Chen's dining assistant.

The meals go on, and so do the performances.

It seems that the bigwigs in the front row are all discussed, and every time there is a performance, a bigwig in the front row comes on stage and pretends to be forced.

First I introduced myself to everyone, then I told everyone what my company was called, what real estate projects I had developed, and finally I said something that I didn't know from a quote that Jack Ma had said, and finally ended the conversation with a flattering applause.

Of course, everyone's applause is not because those bosses said it well, but because they can look forward to the next show as soon as possible.

Due to the small number of dishes, Lu Weiwei and Ah Rui quickly ate enough.

Ari touched his bulging belly and couldn't help but burp and said, "I have to go to the toilet, you eat first." ”

"Good. Gu Chen said.

Lu Weiwei also said: "Then I'll go to the toilet too, do you want Senior Brother Gu to come along?"

Gu Chen shook his head: "I won't go, or you can go with Senior Brother Wang." ”

Officer Wang stood up and said, "Let's go, Lu Weiwei." ”

The two left, and Gu Chen was still sitting there watching the performance, very quiet.

People come and go, and everyone goes to the front row.

Around the tables in the first two rows, from time to time there were some bowed crowds raising their glasses to flattery.

The industry bigwigs sitting in the front row are lighting cigarettes and guiding the maze......

I don't know how long it took for Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang to return to their seats and begin to quietly enjoy the performance on the stage.

After a few more minutes, Ari also came over with a hiccup, his cheeks flushed and he looked a little drunk.

Gu Chen poured him a cup of tea and placed it in front of him.

Ari thanked him and then turned his gaze back to the stage.

The show was soon coming to an end, and many people were starting to move back and forth between the dining table and the toilet.

At this moment, a woman suddenly shouted and walked over, gesturing to the security guard next to the stage.

Since the DJ was next to it, the woman's words instantly spread throughout the venue through the DJ's microphone.

"My diamond ring is missing, my diamond ring is missing, what should I do?"

Originally, everyone was still chatting happily, but they were suddenly interrupted by this sentence.

At this moment, everyone raised their heads in amazement and looked at the woman on the stage.

The tall and thin host was a little embarrassed, and immediately hurriedly walked over to understand the situation: "Ms. Liao, what is your situation?"

"My diamond ring. Ms. Liao remembers stomping her feet.

Suddenly, the entire reception scene was also in an uproar.

Lu Weiwei hurriedly touched Gu Chen's shoulder and said, "Isn't this the Ms. Liao you said?

Gu Chen also looked at it and said, "That's right, it's her." ”

"Looks like she's lost something. Officer Wang said.

Lu Weiwei was disdainful: "Didn't people say it? The diamond ring is lost, isn't it nonsense that your old king said this?"

Officer Wang also smiled: "Let's see." ”

Under the stage, a front-row bigwig smoked a cigarette and said lightly: "Ms. Liao, how much trouble you lost the diamond ring, just let the staff of Moore Manor help you find it." ”

"It's not like that. Ms. Liao also found that she was too panicked, and she couldn't explain it for a while, so she directly snatched the microphone in the host's hand and said:

"My diamond ring is a big one, it's a birthday gift from my husband, it's three carats, and it's from one of Europe's top masters......"

Ms. Liao said a lot, and everyone immediately panicked.

You must know that although Ms. Liao is the vice president of the Artists Association, she actually has several other identities, one of which is the corporate legal person of a real estate development company.

To make such a woman who has seen the world so panicked, it seems that this diamond ring is indeed expensive, so everyone present was shocked.

A hotel manager of Moore Manor also hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Ms. Liao, where did you lose your diamond ring?" We will immediately send someone to help you find it." ”

"It's weird. Ms. Liao suddenly stared blankly at the ground.

"What?" The hotel manager was also stunned, and hurriedly asked her, "Ms. Liao, what did you say?"

"It's weird, your Moore Manor is weird. Ms. Liao turned her head to look at the manager, and her whole body began to tremble.

Seeing that Ms. Liao was overly flustered, the hotel manager said, "Ms. Liao, can you calm down first?"

Many people under the stage also looked at her blankly, feeling that the atmosphere was a little weird.

"Yes...... That is true. Ms. Liao also tried to calm down, then picked up the microphone and said puzzledly: "I usually drink less, but today I am happy, so I drank two more glasses, but I found that my head was a little dizzy, and several colleagues at the same table toasted desperately." ”

"So I excused myself and left, but I actually went upstairs to take a shower in the VIP room to sober myself up. ”

"But when I got to the room, I locked the door as soon as I entered, and I put all the jewelry and diamond rings on the table, and then I went to the bathroom. ”

"Strangely, when I finished the shower, all the other jewelry was still there, except for the diamond ring on the table. ”

"Huh?"

"it!"

"And this kind of thing?"

Many people were stunned when they heard this.

Many people don't understand, is it still possible to see hell in this broad daylight?

The big guy in the front row who was smoking immediately extinguished the cigarette, and quickly asked again: "Is it that the door of your room was not closed properly and someone came in and stole it?"

"No, I have a lock, I have a hotel at home, of course I know the security of the door after the lock, and no one will come in. ”

"And when I found that the only diamond ring was gone, the door of the hotel was still locked, which ...... This is so weird, what the hell am I doing?"

also heard Ms. Liao's weird story, many people were hairy, and the more they talked, the more weird they became.

A lot of people are talking to each other, feeling a little incredible, even puzzled.

"Oh my God, how can this happen?" also heard Ms. Liao's story, Officer Wang frowned directly, turned his head and asked Ah Rui at the same table: "Ah Rui, is your scenic spot so weird?"

"That's right. Lu Weiwei also said: "It's still noon, if it's at night, wouldn't you be scared to death?"

Ah Rui was also stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that this thief is hiding in Ms. Liao's room?"

"Wouldn't it?" Gu Chen also fell into deep thought, and only said after a while: "Haven't you heard? The room is locked, if there is a thief hiding in the hotel room in advance, then the surveillance of Moore Manor should be able to catch it." ”

"Makes sense. Lu Weiwei held her chin and nodded.

At this time, a middle-aged man at the next table interjected: "You don't know yet, do you? Just over a month ago, the same thing happened once, and the place of the incident was also in the VIP room of Moore Manor, and it was a lady's diamond ring that was lost. ”

But because the value of the diamond ring was not high, the lady who stayed at the time didn't pay much attention to it, so the matter passed in a daze. ”

Looking at Ms. Liao, who was anxious on the stage, the man at the next table was also puzzled: "It's really unbelievable, such a thing happened today, it seems that this Moore Manor is really a little weird." ”

"What you said is true?" Lu Weiwei's eyes widened suddenly, feeling that there must be something strange here.

The man at the next table nodded: "That's for sure, the lady who stayed in Moore Manor last time was still a friend of one of my clients, and my client talked about it in the circle of friends, and I praised him." ”

Lu Weiwei also nodded, retracted her gaze, and turned her head to look at Gu Chen.

And at this moment, Gu Chen's eyes were locked on the stage, and he seemed to be embarrassed for the organizers.

It was supposed to be a good industry exchange reception, and such a thing would happen.

And as soon as he heard the man at the next table say just now, Gu Chen even felt that there must be something strange in this.

On the other hand, the hotel manager was also afraid of affecting the normal holding of the cocktail party, so he called a few security guards and prepared to accompany Ms. Liao to the room to get to the end.

At this time, Gu Chen also stood up and said, "Let's go over and have a look." ”

"Okay. Lu Weiwei also stood up immediately and said, "That's what I mean, Lao Wang, are you going?"

"Go, why don't you go?" Officer Wang also stood up and touched his bulging belly.

Later, under the leadership of the hotel manager and security guard, everyone came to Ms. Liao's VIP room.

The hotel manager picked up a walkie-talkie and asked inside, and then said to Ms. Liao: "The monitoring room said, the monitoring of the corridor is normal, from you enter the room to come out, you have not come in." ”

"How...... How can this be?" Ms. Liao also said embarrassedly: "That...... Could that be, could it be that thief who stole the diamond ring is still hiding in my room at the moment?"

was also taken aback by Ms. Liao's words, and the hotel manager immediately said to the security guards: "Brothers, dig guys." ”

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