Chapter 146: Mystery Dinner
Xu Xincheng worked in the room until more than five o'clock in the afternoon.
In the morning, before getting off the plane, Lucy told him that she would take advantage of this time to come to Hangzhou to have a good face-to-face chat with Angela about the business and operation of the branch, and to have lunch with her at noon, and then the two would have a meeting, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, they would have afternoon tea with Qin Lao, Lu Hongfei, Chairman Lu and others.
Lucy suggested that he could use the afternoon to go sightseeing in West Lake and visit attractions such as Leifeng Pagoda and Broken Bridge.
He originally wanted to visit the West Lake, how many literati and artists in ancient times, they trekked through mountains and rivers, went through many months of tiring travel, took huge risks on the road, overcame all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, and traveled thousands of miles from all over the world, just to be able to see the beautiful scenery of the West Lake.
From childhood to adulthood, when he read Tang poems, Song Ci, Yuan songs, and novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties, whenever he read passages and chapters describing West Lake, he would always put down the book and reverie about its beauty.
At this time, he only needs to walk for a few minutes to the West Lake, which has haunted countless literati and writers in ancient and modern times, and can see the beautiful scenery of West Lake that he has been fascinated by for more than ten years.
But then he remembered what Lucy had said to him on the plane, and the conversation she had with Angela in the car, and he thought about it for a moment, and then decided not to go, at the moment, Lucy was working, so how could he run around alone?
This time, he is here for a business trip, not for tourism, and there are still a lot of opportunities after visiting the West Lake, so it is better to wait for the future to accompany his parents to travel.
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At 17:20, the mobile phone suddenly rang, which was a reminder of the alarm clock, and the alarm clock said "Six o'clock dinner".
Xu Xincheng saved the documents, closed the computer, took a shower, and washed away the fatigue of working for more than five hours in a row.
Refreshed, he combed his hair in front of the mirror, then took out from the closet the clothes that Lucy had bought for him last Sunday, a white base shirt, a white shirt, a black suit, a blue tie, a black belt, a pair of black socks, a pair of black leather shoes, all of them, and finally, a black business watch.
After putting it on, he checked and sorted it out from head to toe in front of the closet full-length mirror.
This suit with high-end materials, exquisite workmanship, and well-cut shows his well-proportioned figure very well, adding a lot of points to his already good image.
The old saying that people rely on clothes and horses and saddles, is still true.
This week, when he went to work at New World Capital, he obviously felt that his personal image was much better than before, and he always won the eyes of many people when he entered and exited the New Century Building.
When he was wearing big-name clothes to talk to others, they would always look him up and down first, and from the subtle changes in their expressions, he could clearly feel that the clothes on his body had indeed added a lot of value to him.
Suddenly, he noticed a change in his mentality, he saw himself at this time, himself in the mirror, his face showed a somewhat smug look, no, he immediately made a mental adjustment, he told himself: "There is nothing to be proud of, I am working now, and this clothing is just my own 'work clothes'." Also, I am now representing the company, as the assistant to the chairman, and I represent Lucy, and this is the first time to accompany Lucy on a business trip and accompany Lucy to a banquet, so no matter what, you must have the best performance, you must always behave naturally and decently, and you must always behave calmly and steadily. ”
According to the instructions on the invitation letter, Xu Xincheng arrived at the venue of the dinner on time at 18:00.
When signing in at the door of the venue, he was told again that no photos or recordings were allowed during the whole dinner, the mobile phone should be turned to silent, no calls should be made or received in the venue, and no WeChat, Moments, Weibo, etc. related to the dinner party should be sent before or after the meeting.
Last night, he received a notice from the organizers to attend the meeting and was informed of the above regulations, and this afternoon at 3 o'clock he received the same warm reminder. On the way to the venue, he had already put his phone on silent.
As he crossed the venue's security checkpoint, a stern-looking security officer in a black uniform once again informed him of the strictest ban in history and checked that his phone had actually been put on silent.
It seems that this dinner is indeed very secretive, and the requirements for confidentiality are extremely high, no wonder this is already the twentieth anniversary dinner, and there are no official reports and official information about it on the Internet, only various rumors and gossip.
It seems that business leaders, in addition to the formal gatherings that can be seen on the Internet and in the news from time to time, also attend lesser-known gatherings like this.