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20 minutes before the start of the reception, fine white snowflakes fell from the air, causing many passers-by to stop and look at the sky, spread their palms to catch the snow, and ran to tell each other in surprise.

Running to tell each other, not only because the snow that is commonplace in Songjiang and Yanjing is rare in Shanghai, but also because it is the first snow.

First snow, as the name suggests, is the first snow after entering winter, and all over the world, the meaning of first snow is beautiful.

In some countries, the first snow represents the first love. In some countries, the first snow symbolizes pure love. In some countries, Hatsuyuki represents a lie that can be forgiven. In some countries, people meet the love of their life on the day of the first snowfall. In China, where there are few romantic genes, the proverb closely associated with the first snow is "Ruixue Zhaofeng Year".

Pragmatic or romantic, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that the omen is good.

At 19:15, the host of the reception, Bian Xuedao, who was dressed in formal attire, walked up to the T-shaped stage in the center of the banquet hall, smiling, and standing in front of the microphone.

Bian Xuedao was wearing one of the two formal suits that Shen Fu had tailored for him at the men's clothing store in London's tailor street, Henry-Poole. I have to say that the old store that can exist for hundreds of years does have its advantages, take the two sets of customized suits as an example, the fit on the body is stronger than the suit before Bian Xuedao, this is not the psychological effect of the 7800 pound fee, but the intuitive feeling of wearing it in front of the mirror, shoulders, lapels, waist, and sleeves are everywhere.

Seeing Bian Xuedao walk up to the stage, the banquet hall quickly fell silent, and the band stopped playing.

After a few seconds, Bian Xuedao said: "Good evening! I have this set of clothes made according to the drawings, and I myself have grown freely from the reins, although the clothes may be a little better than mine, I still hope that everyone will see me as much as possible." ”

"Hah!"

The humorous opening attracted the audience to applaud at the same time.

"It is a great honor to invite you to attend tonight's reception, on behalf of Youdao Group and Bordeaux Classified Vineyards Federation, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the friends who have come from far and wide, and express my heartfelt thanks to the friends who have long cared about and helped the development of Youdao Group. ”

After a slight pause, Bian Xuedao raised his hand and pointed to the snow scene outside the floor-to-ceiling window and said: "There is a widely circulated agricultural proverb in China called 'Ruixue Zhaofeng Nian'. Today, I am with you to witness the snow in Shanghai, I believe that a few hours later 2009 will be everyone's lucky year, the new year, we can all wish to come true, prosperous career, rich resources, love wishes, thank-you-all, enjoy-tonight!"

The words fell, and the banquet hall burst into warm applause.

After enjoying 6 or 7 seconds of applause, Bian Xuedao looked in the direction of the next stage and said, "Next, I want to invite my friend...... Elon Musk came to the stage to say a few words, because I know everyone is looking forward to saying something. ”

As soon as these words came out, the guests in the audience all turned their heads to look at Musk.

Musk is a person who understands, and he knows that this is Bian Xuedao helping him build momentum, because under normal circumstances, it is difficult to find so many Chinese billionaires in the audience to listen to him preach his ideas and ideals.

Calmly walked on stage, Musk first hugged Bian Xuedao politely, watched Bian Xuedao walk off the stage, and then muttered into the microphone for a few seconds, and said: "My name is Elon Musk, I was born in Africa, I live in the United States, and I plan to die on Mars in the future." ”

Beautiful opening remarks!!

With just this sentence, Musk convinced the bigwigs in the audience.

The presentation continued:

"Astronomer Carl Sagan wrote a book called 'The Faint Blue Dot', in which he wrote that mankind is proud of its achievements in civilization, but from the perspective of the universe, all the glorious history of our existence and all the joys and sorrows of the world are just a small and insignificant 'faint blue dot', and the earth is so small and fragile that it is just a speck of dust floating in the vast universe. Global warming, nuclear war, mutated epidemic viruses, asteroid impacts...... All kinds of catastrophic events may wipe this faint blue dot out of space, shattering and collapsing human civilization and annihilating the population. ”

Be quiet!

Very quiet!

The brightly lit banquet hall, because of Musk's description, was immersed in an atmosphere that was difficult to describe.

Of course, this effect can be achieved largely because Bian Xuedao arranged for people to translate simultaneously in Chinese, English and French on the spot, and reflected the translated text on three large screens.

After the foreshadowing, Musk began to get to the point:

"Space technology is about the survival and destiny of mankind, and this is not unfounded. In order to ensure the continued survival of our children and grandchildren, humanity must bravely step out of the cradle of the earth and set its footsteps on other planets as transplanetary species. Only when our presence in the universe changes from a single point to a network will humanity have a sustainable future. Space exploration is a long-term insurance for mankind, and it is our new Noah's Ark, so that the faint 'light of life and wisdom' of mankind can never be extinguished in the endless darkness of the universe. ”

After Musk finished speaking, there was no applause at the scene, but silence is better than sound at this time.

Many people in the audience are sighing: obviously he wants to do space business, but he can explain the selling point of his feelings so slippery, no wonder he can succeed.

A few seconds later, the ballroom erupted in applause.

There are a few people who thought about investing in SpaceX, but then they overturned this unrealistic idea.

Everyone knows that at this time and that time, Bian Xuedao was able to get a stake in SpaceX because he took a great risk.

If a non-American wants to invest in SpaceX now, it will be more than a hundred times more difficult.

The third to take the stage was Levi-Burt, president of the Bordeaux Grand Cru Federation.

The wise old French man was not bound by the atmosphere created by Musk, and he said: "Even if you colonize Mars in the future, everyone will have to drink." ”

Well, like Musk's opening remarks, just one sentence gives people a glimpse of what wisdom is.

At this point, the reception has entered the theme link.

After all, it's called "Wine Night", and it's mainly about tasting and selling wine, and of course, making friends is also a top priority.

After Lévi-Bernar's speech, the guests entered the free exchange time, and a variety of buffet food was served.

One thing can be absolutely assured, this grade of drinking party, no one eats and stuffs it in their pockets.

After waiting for a glass of wine, Bian Xuedao took the wine glass and began to toast around with Levi-Bednar.

Speaking from the heart, Levi-Bednar was very satisfied with Bian Xuedao, the vice president, and promoted this young Chinese tycoon to vice president, which was regarded by Levi-Bednar as his wisest decision in the past ten years.

The source of this idea is that Bian Xuedao is bold and faithful, and he is very young and has unlimited potential.

The real potential is limitless!

Take tonight's drinking party as an example, compared with the drinking party in Yanjing a few months ago, Bian Xuedao's network circle has obviously expanded a lot, and the level is extremely high. Some Chinese Levi-Bednar at the scene couldn't name them, but just looking at the other party's temperament, they knew that they were not ordinary people, which could not blind the French old man who had read countless people.

After about 30 minutes of free communication, Pei Tong's first small fashion show began.

It was only then that the guests understood why the stage in the ballroom was T-shaped.

Before the start of the fashion show, the big screens around the banquet hall displayed the word "Pei Tong" at the same time - Pei Tong named the fashion brand released tonight after himself.

This small fashion show represents a dream of Pei Tong and is also the beginning of Pei Tong's well-known fashion designer.

Because even if he is a pig, he knows that Pei Tong, who can move the fashion show to this cocktail party, must have a lot to do with Bian Xuedao.

And with the support of Bian Xuedao, it is not difficult to come up with a "well-known fashion designer".

In the middle of the fashion show, the models began to work part-time as wine models.

Each model walked out with a bottle of the main wine from the Bordeaux estates.

The catwalk on the catwalk was in full swing, and off the stage, Zhu Dezhen walked up to Musk with a wine glass and said elegantly: "i-am-jessica, nice-to-meet-you." ”

At the same time.

Different from the lively scene of the Shanghai Cocktail Party, which was full of friends, beautiful drinkers, and bright lights, the mansion in the Bay Area of California was dark and silent.

Sitting in a room with only one wall lamp on, Zhu Tianqing held an open saffron face in one hand and an old photo in the other, and he didn't move for a long time, as if he was petrified. (To be continued.) )