Chapter 40: Charity Bazaar
Imperial Tea is a high-end tea tasting house under the Imperial Tea Group, and it is also the most high-end luxury tea house in Shenhai City, which is a place for all kinds of tea-loving officials and wealthy people to gather for tea exchange and tasting. The actual controller of the Imperial Tea Group is Zhong Yanqi's father, Zhong Wu.
The No. 1 club of the Imperial Tea House is located in the headquarters building of the Imperial Tea Group, the first floor is the exhibition of tea leaves and tea sets, the second floor is the tea tasting room divided into many private luxury private rooms, each tea tasting room will have a first-class tea master to perform the tea ceremony, and the second floor has a luxury private room called "Imperial Garden" is the most spacious and luxurious, the whole room is more than 300 square meters, there are all kinds of tea sets of shareholders in the Song and Yuan dynasties, vases and antique calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, Huanghuali and other mahogany antique furniture, each of which is worth millions of treasures.
The Imperial Garden is antique, full of classical aristocratic atmosphere, and is a place specially used by Zhong Wu to entertain the most distinguished friends to taste tea; Zhong Wu is less than fifty years old, his face is handsome, his black hair is unusually bright, his face is full of red light, and his Tang costume is even more antique, and he has an elegant temperament between his gestures.
At this moment, Zhong Wu is sitting on the main seat of the tea party in the living room of the Imperial Garden, personally brewing a valuable red robe, this big red robe is this year's tea king, the price of a catty is about 500,000 yuan, and the quantity is very small, the entire imperial tea group only produced a hundred catties.
Of course, such expensive tea is not used to sell, most of them are used to entertain distinguished guests, only a few thirty or forty catties will be symbolically placed in the exhibition hall on the first floor for sale, and basically in short supply, it was swept away by various wealthy merchants in just a few days, so the guests who can be entertained by Zhong Wu with this big red robe are all rich or noble.
Zhong Wu's side sits his only baby daughter Zhong Yanqi, Zhong Yanqi at this moment is also wearing a flowing Hanfu, with her stunning posture, it is really a national beauty, even if it is placed in the Han and Tang Dynasties, it is a rare beauty, but at this moment Zhong Yanqi is shy, sitting next to Zhong Wu silently, with a faint irritability between his expressions.
Zhong Wu and Zhong Yanqi made two men opposite, one of them was forty-five or sixteen grades, with a figure of more than one meter and seventy, wearing a silk light-colored Tang suit, with glasses, with a delicate face, looking more elegant, he was the richest man in Shenhai City, Liu Rulong. Although Liu Rulong looks elegant and kind, he is indeed domineering and ruthless in business wars, and his unique vision is diametrically opposed to his temperament.
Liu Rulong himself is not a Shenhai person, after graduating from university, he came to Shenhai, with his father's identity and resources as the director of the Shenhai Economic and Trade Commission at that time, starting from the development of computer software systems for import and export trade, it took less than 20 years to develop Sedum Group into a giant platform with assets of hundreds of billions of yuan, occupying the name of the richest man in Shenhai City for more than ten years, and the resources of the political and business circles can be said to have a deep foundation.
Liu Rulong's side is sitting next to Liu Jingqi, who was broken by Li Canghai's right leg, at this moment he also put a specially made crutch beside him, although the leg injury has almost healed, but it is still a little inconvenient to walk;
With Zhong Wu's tea art operation like walking in flowing water, the refreshing fragrance of the big red robe overflowed the whole room, Zhong Wu put a cup of freshly brewed tea in front of everyone, Li Rulong gently picked up the cup of big red robe, put it on the tip of his nose and shook it gently, took two deep breaths, closed his eyes slightly, revealing an intoxicated look, and then put the teacup on the side of his mouth, took a sip, held the warm tea in his mouth, fully contacted the taste buds, and then slowly swallowed it into his stomach, after a while, he sincerely admired:" Mr. Zhong's tea art is unparalleled in the world, this tea king Da Hong Pao can only have this infinite charm by brewing it by your hands, I can drink this cup of tea, I am really lucky!"
Zhong Wu smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, your tea tasting skills are really to the point of being superb, and my tea art can only be regarded as a real complement to you Mr. Liu!"
Liu Rulong also laughed and said: "Gu Youbo Yazi was the bosom friend of Qin Se and Ming, but the two of us were confidants of making tea and drinking tea, which can be regarded as a great pleasure!"
Liu Rulong looked at Liu Jingqi and Zhong Yanqi on the opposite side and said: "I heard that Yanqi has been trained by you since childhood to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is also quite researched in tea ceremony, is a rare talented woman, it is commendable that it is so beautiful, my unsuccessful son keeps nagging in front of me and his mother every day, taking advantage of the fact that the two of us are discussing cooperation today, I brought him over, this kid is not doing his job all day long, if he can learn tea ceremony with Yanqi to be able to adopt his heart and mind." ”
When Zhong Yanqi heard Liu Rulong say this, he secretly said in his heart that it was not good, seeing that Liu Rulong had the intention of faintly proposing marriage, he kept begging her father not to take up this topic, Zhong Yanqi didn't like Liu Jingqi's appearance as a gentleman.
Zhong Wu smiled and said: "Yanqi, this kid has liked these since he was a child, and I have cultivated them a lot, I see that your young master is dignified, talented, and very polite in receiving people and things, and he is not as naughty as Mr. Liu said." ”
Zhong Yanqi secretly shouted in his heart: It's over, it's over.
Liu Rulong laughed: " Mr. Zhong, you and I are so close to each other, the children are estimated to be able to come out, and it is not bad for them to get along with each other and learn from each other, Guan Qingshu, chairman of Tiancheng Group, Guan Zong, is going to hold a charity auction this time, and invited me to participate, but unfortunately the date of my event coincides with my itinerary, but Guan Qingshu is the younger brother of Guan Qingyang, secretary of the municipal party committee, and represents the old man of the Guan family, and this face can not be given, so I arranged for Jing Qi to participate instead of me, it is better to call the inkstone to go over to communicate together. ”
Zhong Wu said happily: "Mr. Liu, this is a coincidence, because of the cooperation, Guan Sanye also invited me, but I happened to be abroad in the past few days, I think it happened to be Yanqi and Jingqi to participate in this auction on behalf of our two families. ”
Liu Rulong and Zhong Wu looked at each other, and laughed tacitly, Liu Jingqi on the side couldn't help but be overjoyed, secretly proud in his heart, looked at Zhong Yanqi opposite, and thought to himself: I don't believe that my father is out of the horse, your father Zhong Wu still dares not to give my father face, as long as you get the support of the parents of both sides, even if you don't want to, you have to go with me, as long as I have the opportunity, I Liu Jingqi doesn't believe that I can't take you!
Zhong Yanqi's heart was already bitter at this time, but it was not easy to show it in front of several people, so he could only pretend to smile and persist until the end of the party.
Finally waited for Liu Rulong and Liu Jingqi to leave, Zhong Yanqi said to Zhong Wu angrily: "Dad, why do you have to agree to that Liu Rulong's suggestion, you don't know that his son Liu Jingqi is a young man who doesn't learn and does all kinds of evil, I don't like him at all, I hate him to death." ”
Zhong Wu said helplessly: "Yanqi, my father doesn't like that Liu Jingqi either, at first glance, he is the kind of arrogant and domineering gentleman, I heard that his heart is also famous, how can such a person be worthy of my baby daughter!"
Zhong Yanqi asked puzzledly, "Then why did you still promise him?"
Zhong Wu sighed and said: "Yan Qi, the version is also involuntary in the rivers and lakes, this Liu Rulong is the richest man in the deep sea, and the political and business connections in the entire southern Guangdong Province are also top-notch, our family's business and his circle are largely one of honor and disgrace, he took the initiative to propose, I can't refute his face, we promised to give his son a chance, but you really don't like it, you can find a way to refuse, and they have nothing to say to maintain an ordinary friend relationship." ”
Zhong Yanqi listened to Zhong Wu's words, and also knew his father's difficulties and helplessness, so he could only say helplessly: "Dad, don't worry, I know how to do it, and I won't cause trouble for you." ”
Zhong Wu patted Zhong Yanqi's hand, and said apologetically with an apologetic look in his eyes: "Good daughter, Dad is incompetent and has wronged you." ”
At this time, Li Canghai was teaching Izumo about the method of refining pills, when his mobile phone rang and received a call, and Li Canghai saw that it was Guan Qingshu calling.
Li Canghai's heart moved, thinking that the martial arts competition was about to begin, and he picked up the phone and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Li Zhenren, the day after tomorrow, my Tiancheng Group is going to hold a charity bazaar, mainly because I see my father's physical recovery, and I want to hold a few charity bazaars in the name of the old man, do some charity or accumulate some merit for the old man, bless him with good health and longevity, and specially invite real people to participate. ”
Li Canghai has never been interested in this kind of thing, this kind of thing is attended by those political and business people, what is the meaning of him participating as a student now, so he said lightly: "Guan Qingshu, I have never been interested in this kind of occasion, and besides, the businessmen and celebrities who go to your Tiancheng Group Charity Auction with your prestige are only afraid that they are flocking to it, and it doesn't matter if I go or not." ”
Guan Qingshu hurriedly said: "Li Zhenren, don't get me wrong, those secular occasions will naturally not trouble Li Zhenren, it's just that I just collected a few pieces of superb jade, last time I heard a real person say that the best jade can be refined magic weapons, so I dared to invite a real person to come over and palm the eye, if the material is okay, Guan wants to ask a real person to refine a magic weapon at any cost." ”
I heard that Guan Qingshu had collected a few pieces of top-grade jade, Li Canghai was moved, refining magic weapons and arranging formations all need top-grade or even immortal jade as an introduction, it is estimated that there are immortal jade on the earth, but it is still very possible to have top-grade jade, so it's good not to let go and take a look.
So Li Canghai promised: "Okay, I'll come and see when and where the day after tomorrow is." ”
Guan Qingshu was overjoyed when he heard this: "At half past two in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, the venue is the conference room on the second floor of the Tiancheng Hotel where you came last time. ”