Saturday at 5 p.m., New Beacon Hotel.

The huge scrolling electronic screen reads "Congratulations to Yang Lei on being admitted to Fudan University in Hall A1", and Lao Yang, who only rushed back from Shanghai yesterday, stood at the door with Yang's mother to greet the guests.

The two of them deliberately had their hair done at the hair salon this morning, and at this time they were full of energy and red faces, as if they were ten years younger.

Guests came one after another.

"Congratulations, Lao Yang, your son is amazing, Fudan is a good school!"

"Thank you, thank you, my son is average, your girl was not admitted to Hongfeng Science and Technology University last year. ”

"Chairman Yang, congratulations. ”

"Boss Wang is willing to appreciate his face, thank you, thank you, please, please inside. ”

Lao Yang is also the vice chairman of the trade union in a state-owned enterprise, and he usually deals with ordinary workers and several suppliers the most, and the relationship circle is actually not large.

Mama Yang's colleagues in the supermarket also came over, all of them were promoters, cashiers, foremen, and the highest level was a supermarket manager.

plus relatives on both sides, Yang Lei's classmates, and school teachers, all 20 tables are not satisfied.

And today the Yang family said that they don't accept gift money, and today is when relatives and friends come to rejoice and celebrate together.

"I knew that Sister Qian didn't accept gift money, so Sister Zhu would definitely come. ”

Manager Shao also didn't want to pay, and pretended to say that she had something to do and refused to come. ”

"Haha, Xiao Wang, your actions with your wife and children today are too wise, and you have earned it. ”

"Sister Qian usually takes good care of me, although I am not very rich, but I still want to thank her, who knew that Sister Qian gave me a big surprise. Haha, it's the first time for me to have a thank-you banquet in a five-star hotel. ”

Several supermarket colleagues are bowing their heads and laughing, ordinary people are very concerned about human relations, which is quite normal, a wave of college banquets during the summer vacation, followed by a wave of wedding banquets on the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, and red envelope bombs are a great burden on low-income people.

And many people see that they are in a five-star hotel, thinking that the red envelope is not good-looking, so they simply did not come, as for whether to make up for it in the future, Yang's mother has left her job, and she does not work in the supermarket, what else to make up, right?

Why didn't Mama Yang say that she wouldn't accept gift money when she sent the invitation?

It's very simple, the one who is willing to come today is her true friend.

Money is the most ruthless, but the most effective way to measure the feelings between people.

"Five-star hotel, the cheapest table is at least two or three thousand, right?"

"The cheapest 2688, counting tobacco and alcohol, Moutai, Yellow Crane Tower 1916, adds up to an estimated 4,000 yuan. ”

"But my son was admitted to Fudan, Sister Qian is happy, what is tens of thousands of yuan?"

"That is, the son has a chance, and when the parents are eager to tell the world, they will waste this time in their lives. ”

"No, there is another time to waste, the son gets married. ”

"The wedding banquet is nothing, the bride price and buying a house for the woman are the big ones!"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's not easy to give birth to a son and pull it up. ”

"If they are all like Xiao Lei, who can read, are sensible, and handsome, this is the most reassuring. ”

"When Xiao Lei goes to Shanghai to study, and then meets Bai Fumei, who has a few suites at home, and sticks to him, Sister Qian will be perfect in this life. ”

"Hahahaha~~~"

The guests were all talking, laughing, and full of envy for the old Yang couple standing at the door, smiling on their faces.

Lao Yang is really happy today, he has been working in state-owned enterprises for decades, from the bottom to the vice chairman of the trade union, I don't know how much hardship he has endured, how much grievance he has suffered.

The son has a future, of course he raised his eyebrows, and his waist was a lot straighter.

"Yo, Mr. Joe, you're here!"

Lao Yang saw the boss of his state-owned enterprise coming from afar, and subconsciously bent his knees to greet him, no way, Mr. Qiao is 1.6 meters tall, and Lao Yang is 1.8 meters tall.

"Old Yang!"

Mother Yang reminded on the side, you are an old guy who has withdrawn, or was forced to retire by this Qiao Zong, what are you doing up and licking?

Lao Yang took two steps to react, yes, why is he so excited? I'm sorry, I'm used to it all these years, when I see the leader, my legs don't obey the call, and my waist bends down unconsciously.

He did send an invitation to Mr. Qiao, but Mr. Qiao's secretary accepted it and didn't give a reply, his attitude was arrogant, and he knew at a glance that he would not come over to attend his son's college banquet.

When Mr. Qiao saw Lao Yang, he was stunned at first: "Lao Yang, why are you here?"

The secretary behind him hurriedly reminded Mr. Qiao that he was embarrassed: "Your son has been admitted to Fudan?"

Sure enough, you don't know at all, the smile on Lao Yang's face froze, and he tried to ask, "Joe always comes here to eat with others?"

Mr. Qiao was also embarrassed, but the psychological advantage in the face of his subordinates made him quickly become at ease.

Mr. Qiao said: "Xiao Song, give Vice Chairman Yang a red envelope, Lao Yang is embarrassed, I crashed today, and I want to accompany a very important district leader to dinner." Congratulations to the two of you, you have a good son, you can really read. ”

The two laughed and passed by.

Lao Yang pinched the red envelope and silently watched Mr. Qiao and his secretary walk past and go up to the second floor.

Yang Ma and the others walked away and hummed: "In the past, he forced you to retire, just to let his younger brother sit in the position of chairman of the trade union, let's carry things to his house to give gifts, I can remember his ignorant appearance for a lifetime." Why are you accepting this red envelope? According to my temper, I will throw it directly in his face, and it is not rare for his stinky money!"

Lao Yang insisted: "I not only want to accept this red envelope, but also only accept him alone, and it is a penny to be able to collect from him." Wife, I'm in a good mood today, we're not angry, we're not angry. ”

Lao Yang put his arm around Yang's mother's shoulders, comforted, opened the red envelope casually, and fainted, only 200 yuan!

Mr. Qiao walked halfway upstairs, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became: "Lao Yang's son was admitted to Fudan? Isn't his wife working in a supermarket? With the IQ of the two of them, is this possible?"

The secretary said, "I think it's strange too. ”

"Could it be a fake?"

"Probably not, if someone debunks, this will be laughed at for a lifetime. ”

"How could he be admitted to Fudan? ”

Mr. Qiao thought about it for a long time and pondered for a long time: "How much red envelope did you give?"

"The most ordinary bag, the kind to tip the technician, 200 yuan. ”

"200 yuan is too little, if that kid really goes to Fudan, maybe he will have a little bit of interest in the future, why don't you give 500?"

"Lao Yang is retired......"

"His retirement relationship is still hanging in the factory, forget it, I'll give him face and eat his meal." ”

Joe always decided not to eat with his friends.

Anyway, it's a business dinner, and the outdated general manager of a loss-making state-owned enterprise like him is purely a trickster, a joker, a payer, he can't speak up straight, and no one pays attention to it, and most of the time he has to bow his head and look at the faces of other bigwigs and leaders, and even stand up as cannon fodder, accompanying people to drink to death.

It's better to go below to eat Lao Yang's college banquet, he is Lao Yang's boss, he will definitely be able to sit at the main table, just Lao Yang's circle, how can he know a big man, he must be the highest status of the guest today, the kind that can come on stage to read a congratulatory message, Lao Yang will definitely be grateful to him, thank him for appreciating his face, and serve comfortably.

Isn't this much more majestic than being a grandson in an upstairs private room for someone else?

"Let's go, go down!"

Mr. Qiao walked down with his secretary, ready to shake his majesty.

As for 200 red envelopes, will it be too little?

He is willing to eat this meal with a face, which is a great face!

Seeing that Mr. Qiao was back again, Lao Yang was stunned, he had just opened the red envelope and saw 200 yuan, which was the time when his stomach was on fire.

"Mr. Qiao?"

"Haha, Lao Yang, you are also a middle-level cadre of our company, you have cultivated such an excellent son, I also have face as the leader of the company, today I came to the stage to read a congratulatory message to you, how about it?"

"This ...... Mr. Qiao, I have found someone to recite the congratulatory message. ”

“……”

"Mr. Qiao, I asked Yang Lei to take you over to sit, I'm too busy here, I'm sorry. ”

Next to a tall and handsome, handsome and chic, the appearance is not lost to the movie star, at first glance it is particularly popular with girls, the big boy who is taking a photo with a few beautiful little girls, politely said to Mr. Qiao: "You come with me." ”

"You are Yang Lei?"

"Yes. ”

Yang Lei led the way in front, passing by the first few tables, it was Yang Ma's colleagues in the supermarket, all of them were some promoter aunts, tally aunts, and cashier sisters-in-law, all of whom greeted him: "Xiao Lei, come here." ”

"I would like to introduce you to a beautiful girl, the daughter of our supermarket manager, who has money and is very beautiful. ”

"Ouch, the lad blushed. ”

"It's so cute!"

Yang Lei was entangled, and it took five minutes to escape the clutches of many sisters-in-law, these women were so enthusiastic that they rushed to be a matchmaker for him.

Mr. Qiao stood next to him, like a fool, although he was unhappy, he had to admit in his heart that this kid was really handsome, and even he wanted to introduce his 10-year-old daughter to Yang Lei and make friends.

The next few tables are relatives from Yang's mother's house.

"Brother Lei is awesome!"

"Wait a minute, come and drink, don't get drunk and don't go home!"

"Xiao Lei, hurry up and teach your brother how to study, he only knows how to play with the computer. ”

The following tables, relatives in the hometown village, and below, relatives on Lao Yang's side.

It was only a dozen meters away from the main table, and Mr. Qiao was struggling, standing for ten minutes, becoming more and more unhappy, watching Yang Lei pretend to be forced here.

Yes, I admit it, you kid is indeed handsome, has good grades, is promising, and is popular with girls.

But can you respect me as a distinguished guest? I am your father's top boss, and your father's personnel relations, social security relations, and are still in my company?

Then, finally, it was time for colleagues from state-owned enterprises.

Lao Yang's friends are a group of old workers, section leaders, workshop team leaders, porters, trade union officers, accountants, concierge Uncle Qin, and boss Zhang of the factory commissary, these people gathered two tables.

Lao Yang is a simple person, and when he sent invitations to a few poor friends, he deliberately said that he would not accept gift money.

"Mr. Qiao!"

"Mr. Joe is here!"

Many old employees stood up to say hello when they saw the company's boss coming, and many of them were still on the job, and they were still a little in awe when facing the leader.

Yang Lei pointed to two empty positions: "Mr. Qiao, you can sit here." ”