Guan Ke looked at Li Duoan's face that was no longer smiling, and his heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.

The group stopped two taxis, Guan Ke and Li Duoan in front, and the younger brothers in the back, and drove towards the Gaogang Hotel in the city center.

On the way, although Li Duoan was no longer showing his smiling face, his mouth never stopped. With a strained face, he continued to brag about his exploits.

The customs guest only felt that his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't listen to a word. There are small black and red dots in front of his eyes, constantly beating slowly up and down, left and right. He could hear his own heartbeat, thump, thump, thump, pumping blood into his head all at once. The green tendons at the temples fell with the sound of the heartbeat, as if a naughty boy was beating a drum, but this drum seemed to be a little fragile and could be broken at any time.

Little by little, the nausea in his chest crept in, and the passer felt both breathless and dizzy. He closed his eyes, took out the blue analgesic pill in the midst of Li Duoan's babbling words, and swallowed one.

As humble as its name suggests, the Gaogang Hotel is just an ordinary second-floor commercial building in the city center, occupying a small and small building, and in the bustling city center, high-rise buildings abound enough to drown its weak body. In the distance, the dark blue sky is gradually turning black, and the night is approaching, and the red, yellow, and colored neon lights are lit up one after another, although it is not particularly bright yet, but it is enough to render a lively scene. The Gaogang Hotel looks poor, with only five large plastic characters plastered with red paint on the roof, and it becomes black at night. The warm lights on the first and second floors came on one after another, but there was nothing at the door of the building.

In the prosperous commercial street, there will not only be flashing colored lights in front of the store, spelling out the name of the store with lights, a little more luxurious shop, but also a beautiful robot developed and produced by the company Bolt, although their movements are stiff, but the demeanor is absolutely enchanting, coupled with the shroud of the night, it is enough to attract a large number of pedestrians to patronize.

There are no flashing colored lights or beautiful robots in front of the door of the Gaogang Hotel, and there is only an orange warm light in the lobby.

Although the equipment of Gaogang Hotel is simple, it is by no means deserted in front of the door. Shiny cars of red, white or black arrived one after another, and when the doors opened, people in crisp suits walked down one after another. People who knew each other just nodded their heads to each other, neither loud nor intended to talk for a long time. They methodically entered the warm orange light of the hall on the first floor and climbed up the stairs.

Although there are a lot of people in Gaogang Hotel at night, it is very quiet.

When Guan Ke and Li Duoan stepped out of the taxi, they obviously felt that it was a lot cleaner. Men in suits walked in front of them, all of them with serious faces and unsmiling faces.

As soon as Li Duoan got out of the car, he closed his mouth. He straightened his clothes, his face was serious, and he even looked a little temperamental.

Guan Ke commented: "You have the potential to be a god stick. ”

Li Duoan raised his index finger next to his mouth and shh

Guan Ke didn't say anything more, and Li Duoan followed the black crowd and poured into the hall on the first floor.

The hallways are lined with Western-style tables with two or three plates of desserts and two bottles of red wine. Few people talked loudly, and people in black suits whispered only occasionally.

As soon as Guan Ke came to the hall, he thought that he had reached the upper echelons of the celebrity society. He was just about to taste a glass of red wine when Li Duoan took his hand and whispered, "Let's go up to the second floor." ”

The whole hotel is on two floors, so there is no elevator. The bigwigs all climbed the stairs calmly.

As soon as he turned around the corner of the first staircase, he felt a little out of breath, and he felt like he was about to run out of breath, like a drowning fish. Li Duoan kept paying attention to the movements of the young man beside him, and when he saw that he was different, he carried him up layer by layer.

When he climbed the second floor, Guan Ke wiped the sweat on his forehead, and inevitably remembered Shen Yueting in his breath. Although they were short-lived, he still remembered the smell of perfume on her body, and to this day, he is still grateful for her help. He found that as he moved towards his purpose, he would also gradually forget about Runko. He felt that was a good thing.

The second floor is full of Chinese banquets, the distance between tables is much shortened, and the food is much richer, but each table is different, but compared with ordinary people's banquets, there are still a lot fewer dishes on each table. Like the people in the hall on the same floor, the people on the second floor rarely spoke, or even whispered.

Li Duoan led the guests to a banquet where no one sat at the table, and looking at his familiar appearance, it was obvious that the seats had already been arranged.

The environment of many people and few words made Guan Ke feel depressed, and he couldn't help but ask, "When will the boss come?"

"It's coming. Li Duoan ate the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table comfortably, and did not feel depressed at all.

"Why do they rarely raise chopsticks? Isn't this a feast? How can it be like a funeral? ”

Li Duoan chewed a piece of pigeon meat in his mouth, slowly savored the delicious taste, and only swallowed it when he felt that the taste was light. He whispered, "You don't understand this." Do you see there's a lot of food on the table? Not much. So the feast is not really a feast, it is just a means of gathering, a form, so everyone eats very little, or even does not eat, because after this feast is over, there will be another feast. The feast that follows is the real feast. ”

The customs guest couldn't help but smack his lips. Looking at the full table of food now, I just think it's too much. He shook his head and sighed, "It's too extravagant. ”

Li Duoan rolled his eyes and said, "What do you know? This is called atmosphere! This is called elegance!"

Guan Ke despised it in his heart, and thought silently, this is called pretending to be thirteen.

An old man walked out with a young woman. The old man wore thick sunglasses on his face, which were very ordinary reading glasses, which actually only sold for five yuan at a roadside stall, and if you wanted to buy more, the stall owner might give you a discount. But ordinary reading glasses will look uncommon when worn on the eyes of the Honggang boss, and perhaps many years later, it will be kept as ancient blue and white porcelain. The young woman wore an off-the-shoulder red dress, and her hair was curly and shoulder-length. Her hairstyle is easily reminiscent of the distant Republic of China era. She had a shallow smile on her face all the time, and the gang stared at her intently, so she couldn't help but smile more cheerfully.

Although the old man is old, his back is still straight. Since he was wearing sunglasses all the time, no one could see his expression. Perhaps this is another effect of sunglasses.

The old man stood in front and began his speech: "Confucius once sighed at the flowing water, the deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night! Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the end of the month, and everyone is together again. I'm approaching sixty, so I feel more and more that time flies. Over the years, Honggang has gone through countless ups and downs, and it is still standing, which is not only my credit, but also the credit of all here. Everyone worked together and had the same heart to have today's glorious Honggang Empire! I know that in the eyes of others, it is already very big, but I still feel a little small. The ancients once said that if you don't advance, you will retreat, no matter how concise four words, but what a great truth. These four words apply to both a thousand years ago and a thousand years later, so it applies to the present as well. ”

"That's why we old people said that Honggang is still too small, and we have to go outside. ”

The old man began to pace, and as he went, he continued, "But I am old, and have no children. Although the turtle is long-lived, there is still a time. This is a sentence that Cao Cao once said, and it is also a very reasonable sentence. The long-lived turtle still has one day to die, let alone a human. Although the big guy often says that the boss of Honggang is still tough, in fact, he knows that it is just auspicious words, beautiful words, and heart-warming words, and he can't do it. No one can do anything about life and death, and even God doesn't necessarily know who will live and who will die. ”

The old man stood still, calmly looked at the gang below, and said, "So I have to think about how Honggang's future path should go, and more precisely, I have to find a suitable heir." ”

The people at the feast began to whisper quietly.

"I know what you think, you will definitely think that the old man is looking for a particularly filial son, who will return to heaven comfortably after serving himself for a hundred years, where will he care about the thoughts of the people behind him. But today, I want to tell you that you are all wrong, although I have no heirs, but Honggang is my son. Why is Honggang called Honggang? Because it was dyed with blood, because it was forged with blood, and it was precisely because of the layers of white bones under its body that today's glorious Honggang Empire was born!"

"Yoshiko?" the old man scoffed, "it's just a name." If I take in a son one day, it is very likely that this son will become an ungrateful wolf who will pinch my throat again when I am sick!"

"So I never had that idea. I have always thought that I would choose one of you who can be of great use to inherit my mantle, so that Honggang will always stand. As long as it stands in this world, I will still live in this world!"

The old man paced again, and he continued, "I will keep an eye on you from this day forward. Conduct, conduct, dealing, ability, cultivation, etc., etc., I will examine all of you. Although I am old and my eyes are spent, I rarely miss the accuracy of seeing people. It's up to you to do any deceit, deceit, deceit, and so on, but it's better not to be noticed by me, or you'll die a terrible death. Although I have a good heart, I can make a person disappear if I am ruthless. ”