Chang'an Club is not only Yanjing or even a number of top clubs in China, it adopts a membership system here, and all the members here are not rich or expensive, so Chang'an Club provides private hall and floor services, but does not provide private rooms.

No amount of money you give you will be paid, because they will not offend hundreds of other members just to collect a little money from you.

And to be honest, the Chang'an Club has two floors underground and ten floors above ground, even if the club provides charter services, the people who hold the party on the 12th floor are really brainbroken.

The cocktail party is lively, scattering the guests on more than 10 floors, and it's still lively?

Therefore, after a field trip more than a month ago, the people from the general office of Youdao Group and Yanjing Branch decided to package the entire floor of the Chang'an Club on the evening of August 9 according to the number of guests and the scale of the reception.

On the 8th floor, there is a 350-square-meter Chinese banquet hall that can be used as the main venue for cocktail receptions, as well as 10 VIP rooms of different specifications and a 60-square-meter multi-purpose hall.

The multi-purpose hall is used for sign-in, and can display some of the wines brought by the winery's owners, and the VIP room is used for rest and negotiation, so that even if the number of people in the cocktail party slightly exceeds the capacity of the main venue, it can also be diverted.

From 14 o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th, the 8th floor was closed to other members of the club and handed over to the staff of Youdao Group for venue layout.

The elevator entrance, staircase entrance, and emergency escape passage on the 8th floor are all guarded by the security personnel of Youdao Group, and when they see a person who is not guided by the group staff, they will come forward to stop them, and politely say: "Sorry, private reception, please show your invitation." ”

On the first floor of the Chang'an Club, the security guards of the club and the security guards of Youdao Group also carried out a division of labor, the members of the club were checked by the security personnel of the club, and the guests of the reception were checked by the security guards of Youdao Group for the first round of identity verification.

It may seem complicated to say, but it's not that difficult at all.

The French owners and wine merchants were picked up in batches by the cars sent by Youdao Group, and the security guards knew that they were guests invited by their own wine party when they saw the license plate number. And the celebrities, celebrities, and big names on the guest list are all people who can brush their faces to eat, and they don't need to check at all.

Soon, the parking area in front of the Chang'an Club and on both sides of the building was filled with luxury cars.

Walking into the club, every winery owner who came to China for the first time or came to the Chang'an Club for the first time was shocked by the golden dragon chairs, rosewood carved screens and rosewood carved ruyi made according to the 1:1 scale of the dragon chairs of the Qianqing Palace in the hall on the first floor of the club.

Several objects with huge aura make the graceful and luxurious Chinese royal luxury come to the face, hitting the retina of the guests for the first time, highlighting the dignity and extraordinaryness of this place.

The casual French began to stop en masse, then commented in an exclamatory tone, and then began to take pictures.

Originally, this dragon chair was not allowed to take pictures casually, but on the first floor, the three vice presidents of the three major business divisions of Youdao Group were responsible for the reception, Fu Caining, vice president of the Strategic Development Division, Wu Dingwen, vice president of the Network Interconnection Division, and Jing Qianhua, vice president of the Culture, Film and Television Division.

In addition to Wu Dingwen, Aidan-Duffy, Deputy General Manager of Chang'an Club, and Alice-Ken, Director of Membership of Chang'an Club, also welcomed the guests at the reception in the lobby on behalf of the club. Seeing that a group of French people were so enthusiastic that the club's vice president, Aidan-Duffy, made an exception to allow photos to be taken, and he even took photos with several winery owners with whom he had dealing.

As the start of the reception approached, more and more guests arrived, making the lobby on the first floor no longer suitable for taking pictures.

At 7:18 p.m., two minutes before the arrival of the French ambassador's car, the host Bian Xuedao and Levi-Burnett, president of the French Bordeaux Grand Cru Federation, and Leo-Schreiber, president of the French Wine Association, went downstairs to greet him.

Two minutes after the arrival of the French ambassador, Princess Selena, the little princess of the Swedish royal family, wearing a blue dress and a pearl belt, walked into the lobby on the first floor of the club under the guidance of a dignified waitress.

The reporters from the four media outlets, who had been guarding the first floor, immediately perked up when they saw it.

This is the first time that Bian Xuedao and Princess Selena have met in public after the scandal, and it is definitely one of the biggest highlights tonight.

Although European royal families are declining and have no real power, they have become "mascots", but as long as they appear on official occasions, they are still the symbol of their country, so the etiquette cannot be abolished.

The president of the French Wine Association accompanied the French ambassador to the elevator, and Lévi-Bennet, president of the Federation of Bianxue and Famous Wineries, stayed behind to greet Princess Selena.

One thing I didn't know was that Princess Selena was invited by Lévi-Bednar.

This old French man with white hair and a kind face, with a childlike innocence when he laughs, has a cunning and wisdom that does not match his appearance.

Levi-Bednar, who has been the president of the "Federation of Classified Famous Estates" for more than ten years, has been dealing with the upper class of Europe and the United States, and the family background of several European royal families can be said to be clear at a glance, and the old Levi still has some friendship with King Carl XVI of Sweden.

The last time Princess Selena had an affair with the vice president of the Federation, the Swedish royal family was silent and reacted in response, and Old Levy understood it after a little thought.

Therefore, two months before the start of this reception, Lévi-Bernar, in the name of the president of the "Bordeaux Grand Cru Federation", sent a letter to the Swedish royal family, inviting Princess Selena to attend the "2008 Bordeaux Cru China Wine Tasting".

Half a month after the invitation was issued, the Swedish royal family replied: Thank you for the invitation, the royal family has included the reception in the princess's itinerary, and Princess Selena will attend as scheduled.

Seeing the reply, old Levi hummed a little song in his garden and was proud all day.

There is a good saying: how much a person achieves in this life depends on how many people he can read.

Why?

Because the human heart is the most difficult to understand in the world.

As long as you can read people's hearts, you can be invincible and achieve nothing.

Old Levi's invitation letter was issued after careful consideration.

The elder Levy spent three years in China when he was young, and after middle age, he visited China several times and lived in a small area, which can be regarded as a "China expert". Just as the Americans summed up the Japanese with "chrysanthemums and knives", while deeply fascinated by China's ancient civilization, Old Levy summed up his understanding of China in five words: servility and bureaucracy.

Whether this unclaimed personal subjective understanding is correct or not cannot be discussed, but it has been working in old Levi's dealings with the Chinese, and it has worked well.

Take this reception as an example......

As the president, Lao Levi, who leads the team to organize several large-scale promotion receptions in various countries around the world every year, knows that the communication effect of the promotion reception depends largely on the popularity and topic effect of the guests at the reception.

If the party is held in a European country, then the topic of inviting members of the European royal family to the reception will be very ineffective, because many Europeans are not interested in the royal family at all, and even dislike them very much, thinking that they are parasites.

As for holding a reception in an Asian country, once a member of the European royal family attends, the reaction of public opinion will be very different.

Because of historical reasons, Asian yellow people have always had a "inferior" mentality in the face of European and American whites, and the "super-national treatment" of European and American whites in Asian countries has been deeply touched by Lao Levi, who has lived in China.

Stretch that thinking a bit......

Ordinary Europeans and Americans can enjoy the boundaries of "super-national treatment" on a superior level, and if the royal family members of Europe arrive, at least it must be "super-national treatment", right?

Therefore, a few months before the reception began, the elder Levy "adapted measures to local conditions" and pondered inviting members of the European royal family to attend the tasting reception in China, so as to improve the quality of the reception and gain the attention of Chinese officials and media.

However, for a businessman, everything must be cost-effective.

Those in the European royal family, although they are actually "mascots", some people still hold on to the shelves, and feel that participating in drinking parties in developing countries in Asia has lowered their level, so even if they have some friendships, the appearance fee is not low.

The appearance fee Lao Levy admits it, but in terms of the appearance effect, the European royal family counts one by one, and it is definitely the Swedish princess Selena who has the best effect.

There is no other reason, Bian Xuedao is the host of the cocktail party.

If these two people appear at the same reception, the Chinese media, Asian media, and even European and American media will pay attention.

The advertising fee is still worth it.

In terms of the Swedish royal family, the old Levi, who is "old and refined", figured out the thoughts of the royal family, plus Yanjing is holding the Olympic Games, and dignitaries, celebrities, and big names from all over the world gather in Yanjing, Princess Selena's appearance in Yanjing at this time looks not so abrupt, and it can be regarded as a step for the Swedish royal family to comfort themselves.

Thereupon......

In the lobby on the first floor of the Yanjing Chang'an Club, after the last chance encounter on the streets of Rome, Bian Xuedao and Selena officially met for the first time with their respective "real identities".

The door opens......

Bian Xuedao saw the smile that he defined as "standard" in his heart last time.

Selena met for the first time the "gossip boyfriend" who was dressed in formal clothes, heroic, imposing, and with a ceremonial smile.

Before today, Bian Xuedao's impression of Selena was very vague, and Selena's impression of Bian Xuedao was also unclear.

Although she had photos taken on the streets of Rome, Bian Xuedao's clothing and temperament at the time were completely different from those in some news reports, and this time she met her face to face, and Selena really captured the accurate temperament of this Asian man - confident and tough.

For a moment, a thought flashed through Selena's heart: her identity as a princess may be like a flower crown on a little girl's head in the eyes of this man, maybe good-looking, but worthless.

After Bian Xuedao, Levi-Bednar and Princess Selena finished their ceremonial greetings, a nearby reporter suddenly pointed to the dragon chair and asked Bian Xuedao: "Bian Dong, can I take a photo of the three of you together?"

Without waiting for an answer, Lévi-Bednar and Selena's personal interpreters translated the reporter's words into French and Swedish.

Taking a group photo, I wish Vice President Bian and Princess Selena would have some "lace scandals" to make the drinking party more topical, of course, Levi-Bednar would not refuse.

And Princess Selena will not refuse.

The theme of tonight's cocktail party is "Bordeaux Classified Vineyards Federation + Domaine Rouge - Top Wine Tasting in China".

The two men in front of him, one old and one young, one is the president of the Famous Wineries Federation, and the other is the owner of the Hongyanrong Winery and the vice president of the Famous Wineries Association.

Besides, this time the family asked Selena to come to China to get in touch and see the follow-up reaction.

No matter how noble and proud the royal family is, it has to consume firewood, rice, oil, salt, butter, coffee, right?

With the financial power of the old King Carl XVI, perhaps in another decade or two, the royal family will only have blood. And to be honest, Selena also felt that the physical coach brother-in-law that her sister was looking for was not very reliable, and she even heard the outside world laugh at the Swedish royal family's poor financial management ability, and their vision was even worse, not as good as a generation.

To be honest, despite the name of "watching the Olympic Games" in front of her, Selena still had "sacrifices" when she came to Yanjing to participate in the drinking party this time. What makes Selena, who has received an orthodox Western-style education since she was a child and is very assertive, is willing to make this sacrifice, and the sense of family responsibility is one thing, and the main reason is not disgusted and curious about what kind of talent Bian Xuedao is.

So, Selena came to China.

Seeing that Levi-Bednar and Selena did not express their refusal after listening to the translation, Bian Xuedao nodded to the reporter with a smile and said, "Yes." ”

Now, not only the reporters, but also the surrounding staff took out their mobile phones and turned to the photo mode.

"Old Fox" Levi-Bednar first took a photo of the three of them, and then he took a photo of the two of them with Selena, and then he pulled Bian Xuedao to Selena and asked the reporter to take a picture of the two of them.

Speaking from the heart, seeing that this white-haired old French man was so understanding, several reporters were so happy that they almost wanted to hug old Levy and kiss them.

As long as you take a photo of Bian Xuedao and Selena tonight, it will be enough to return to the unit.

More critically......

The background of this group photo is fantastic.

What is the Dragon Chair?

A symbol of royalty!

What does golden yellow represent?

In ancient times, it symbolized imperial power, and in modern times, it symbolized wealth.

Now, is it meaningful that Bian Xuedao, a wealthy man who has had a scandal, and Selena, a member of the royal family, stand in front of this dragon chair and take a group photo?

Don't say anything, let's shoot it.

"Click!click!click!!"

The door was taking pictures in a circle, and the "diva" Shen Fu and the "celebrity" Olivia-Palermo arrived at the same time.

At the opening ceremony last night, Shen Fu wore a red dress that was impressive, and when he came to the reception tonight, Shen Fu changed into a dark green embroidered lotus cheongsam, full of classical Chinese style.

Olivia Palermo wore a classic all-white long evening gown with a beautiful yellow diamond necklace around her neck, which, of course, was far worse than Dong Xue's $6.8 million "Three Autumns in One Day".

The cleverness of Olivia's outfit is that white is a noble color that never goes out of style, pure white has no other color, and she looks confident and pure. In addition, when people see her, their eyes are all attracted to the diamond necklace, and naturally ignore her flat chest.

This is the standard of playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

Shen Fu and Olivia arrived, and Bian Xuedao thought that he could go upstairs, but he didn't expect that after a few words of greeting, the French "old man" Lévi-Bednar wanted to take a photo with a few ladies.

Again, Levi Bednar, president of the "Federation of Classified Wineries", is one of the protagonists of tonight's reception, so his proposal will not be rejected.