Chapter 252: Surprised, Happy, or Not (Second Update)
Taking out the invitation letter, Su Zhuohui took Zhang Chen and smoothly entered the banquet hall of the consulate.
The consulate held a cocktail party this time because it invited many American political and business figures, so it adopted the form of a Western buffet reception.
Ouyang Yu, the first secretary of the consulate, was stunned when he saw Zhang Chen, he had just sent this invitation letter in the morning, and he clearly remembered that it was the Los Angeles city councilor who found Qiao Weishan, the consul general, and said that a director of the Salomon Brothers was coming, why was it a Chinese teenager who came over? And brought a female companion?
Ouyang Yu hasn't left his eyes since he saw Su Zhuorui.
I have to say that Su Zhuorui is indeed shining today. Su Zhuoyuan, who has maintained fitness habits for a long time, although the body proportions are not perfect, but it also kills most women of the same age, with Armani's high-end ready-to-wear dresses and custom jewelry on the neck and wrists, the whole person looks even more extravagant.
Ouyang Yu is twenty-nine years old, unmarried, and born in a diplomatic family. Before his grandfather retired, he was the deputy minister of foreign affairs, so at a young age, he became the first secretary of the Consulate General in Los Angeles, which can be said to have a great future.
However, diplomats should be even more cautious in their words and deeds abroad, and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool. Therefore, Ouyang Yu has not enjoyed the capitalist world of flowers at all in the past two years in the United States, and has been a monk for two years.
And he is also a high-ranking monk.
Ouyang Yu licked his lips, no, I have to go over and interrogate, the invitation was sent to the directors of Salomon Brothers, how did a little kid get it?
Of course, he won't admit that he wanted to go over and take the initiative to check because he wanted to say a few words to the beauty.
Ouyang Yu raised his wine glass, walked up to Zhang Chen, and said with a smile in English: "This gentleman, I am Ouyang Yu, the first secretary of the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, how did you get the invitation letter? β
Zhang Chen and Su Zhuorui looked at each other and smiled, and said in Chinese: "I am Zack Chou, my Chinese name is Zhang Chen, and I am very happy to meet you." β
Ouyang Yu opened his mouth, and his surprise flashed, although Salomon Brothers is now in decline, it still has a huge influence in the political and business worlds, especially in the financial field, although they have twenty board members, but any one of them alone is a well-known figure on Wall Street, how can this Chinese kid in front of him be one of them?
Ouyang Yu was about to ask, but there was a commotion in the hall, Zhang Chen turned his head to look, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the girl who slowly walked into the hall.
Tang Miaomiao wore a white dress and walked into the banquet hall with a dignified-looking middle-aged man.
Ouyang Yu knew that Tang Liansong, deputy director of the Guangdong Overseas Economic and Trade Commission, had a deep background, and even the consul general Qiao Weishan had deliberately befriended him in the past two days since he came to Los Angeles, so he didn't dare to slack off, smiled apologetically at Zhang Chen and Su Zhuorui, and greeted him.
After Tang Liansong appeared, he naturally became the protagonist in the banquet hall. Qiao Weishan picked up the microphone, coughed twice, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, good evening, I am Qiao Weishan, the Consul General of Huaxia in Los Angeles, and you are very welcome to take time out of your busy schedule to attend our cocktail party today." China and the United States have been working hard to build a China-US cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefitγγγγγγγ β
Zhang Chen listened to Qiao Weishan's official words in his ears, but his eyes stared at Tang Miaomiao and her father without blinking.
Su Zhuorui, who was beside her, skimmed Zhang Chen and snorted coldly.
Although Tang Liansong is over forty years old and a little fat, he has maintained a good body shape, and the most important thing is that he is handsome.
Tang Liansong should be the most handsome middle-aged man Zhang Chen has ever seen in reality, if you want to find a reference, it can be compared with Zheng Shaoqiu during the period of "Laughing at the Wind and Cloud".
No wonder she was able to give birth to a daughter like Tang Miaomiao.
Tang Miaomiao stood beside her father with a smile, with a generous demeanor. Since she was a child, she has been no stranger to this kind of occasion, and she has practiced it early, even if she is bored, she can ensure that her expression is decent, and she has also trained her to look in any direction, which makes people in that direction think that she is looking at her own ability.
There were a lot of young men in the banquet hall, and many of them were blushing and their hearts were beating for a while when Tang Miao glanced at them.
Tang Miaomiao was feeling bored, and suddenly felt a familiar gaze staring at her, Tang Miaomiao looked at it, Zhang Chen!
Tang Miaomiao couldn't hide her surprise, seeing Zhang Chen smile and give herself a flying kiss, her cheeks turned red, and she almost jumped up with joy.
Tang Liansong noticed that his daughter's expression was different, and asked in a low voice, "Miao Miao, what's wrong?"
Tang Miaomiao hurriedly covered up: "It's nothing, I saw a friend." β
Tang Liansong was interested: "Oh?
Where did Tang Miaomiao dare to talk to her father about Zhang Chen, her eyes rolled and she saw Su Zhuorui beside Zhang Chen, "Oh, it's Su Su here." β
Tang Liansong followed his daughter's gaze and saw Su Zhuohui and Zhang Chen beside Su Zhuoyuan.
Zhang Chen and Su Zhuorui's clothes are quite conspicuous, most of the participants at the banquet held by the Consulate General in Los Angeles are political and business people from China, and some of them even wear suits from the 80s, and there are not many people like the two of them wearing cocktail party dresses.
Tang Liansong asked casually in a low voice, "Who is that boy next to Xiao Su?"
Tang Miaomiao chuckled in her heart, and forced her composure: "It seems to be a distant cousin of hers." β
Tang Liansong sighed and didn't ask again, his heart was now full of anti-dumping investigations, so naturally he couldn't find his daughter's careful thoughts.
After Qiao Weishan finished speaking, he asked Tang Liansong to come to the stage to say a few words to everyone, but Tang Liansong resigned again and again, unable to refute face, so he had to come to the stage and say a few words.
After the cocktail party officially began, Tang Miaomiao saw the opportunity to see that her father and his entourage from the Guangdong Overseas Economic and Trade Commission were talking with a few Yankees, and trotted to the two of them with his skirt.
Tang Miaomiao remembered the flying kiss that Zhang Chen had just given her, and looked at Su Zhuorui with a weak heart, "Zhang Chen, when did you come to the United States? Why don't you say it? Su Su, you are so beautiful today." β
Su Zhuorui rolled her eyes, and was about to say a few sarcastic words, but was glared back by Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen said with a smile: "I arrived last night, and found that you were not at home, and asked Sister Su where you have been, and she said that you are here today to attend a drinking party." I haven't been to this kind of party yet, so I wanted to see it, so we came over. β
Su Zhuorui saw Tang Miaomiao, who was pretending, and couldn't help but say sourly: "Your good student wants to surprise his teacher Tang, are you surprised?"
As the first secretary of the consulate, Ouyang Yu naturally needs to take care of him before and after socializing everywhere, but his eyes can't help but glance at Su Zhuoyuan.
Seeing Tang Miaomiao also running over, Ouyang Yu was stunned, how did they know each other?
In the past few days, he has accompanied Tang Liansong to run before and after, and naturally knows that Tang Miaomiao is Tang Liansong's only daughter. Tang Miaomiao is outstanding, and she is studying at Stanford, no man will not like it.
But Ouyang Yu knows that Tang Miaomiao, as Song Guangming's granddaughter, even if she is the grandson of the vice minister of foreign trade, has little hope. If you don't have hope, you can't talk about disappointment, so he stopped admiring Tang Miaomiao.
Ouyang Yu has always been proud of his advantage that he is self-aware.
(End of chapter)