Chapter 47: The Gathering
Shen Hao nodded slightly: "That's good, in short, I will support you." ”
Pang Jindong smiled and said: "I believe that in the future, our father and son can work together to build a more powerful corporate empire!"
"If there's anything you need my help with, just ask. ”
Hearing his godfather's words, Pang Jindong's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Did my godfather receive an invitation in the past two days?"
"Yes!" I don't know why, at the mention of this invitation, Shen Hao's expression looked a little helpless. "I see your name is on the list, and you should have received it too. ”
"yes, but none of the people who hosted the party were known to me, and I don't understand how I could be on the list. ”
"The so-called high society......" Shen Hao sneered, which expressed helplessness and some disdain. "When you are penniless, if you want to enter high society, even if you squeeze your head, there is no way. But if you have enough net worth, the upper class will take the initiative to open the door for you, and I'm afraid you can't go in without you. Your Imperial Holding Group is very low-key, but it still attracts covert attention, and there are many people waiting to befriend you now!"
Although Pang Jindong had already decided to attend, as soon as he heard Shen Hao's words, he couldn't help but get tired of such an environment: "I'm too lazy to deal with those self-righteous people, so I still won't go!"
"Nope. Shen Jiayao shook his head and interjected, "You must go to this party." What you have to understand is that this is a very rare opportunity to meet many people of social status who will be very helpful in your career. Even if you can look down on these people, there's no need to get along with your own interests, right?!"
Shen Hao partially agreed with his daughter's words: "Actually, I can introduce you to whatever kind of people you need to meet." But after my introduction, after all, it is still a layer apart, so it is better for you to directly establish enough social relationships, and at the same time you can exercise your communication skills. After a pause, Shen Hao said jokingly: "Of course, you can also directly see the faces of these people." ”
Shen Jiayao added: "For those who already have a certain social status, no one will find fault with whether they participate in such a gathering or not. But you are a newcomer in this circle, and if you don't go, you will be considered arrogant and arrogant, and I am afraid that you will be excluded everywhere in the future!"
The idea of not attending was just a flash in Pang Jindong's heart, and when he heard such words, Pang Jindong knew that he had to go: "Then I'll go and see these so-called high society, I don't believe that they can still eat me alive." ”
In fact, Pang Jindong has participated in this kind of upper-class society activity more than once, but for some reason, Pang Jindong always has a feeling of uneasiness about this gathering.
"Maybe it's because there are too many high-ranking officials here this time!" Pang Jindong thought to himself.
Shen Hao was amused by Pang Jindong's words, looked at Pang Jindong with eyes full of pity, and said, "Originally, I didn't plan to go, but since my godson is going, I will accompany you for a while!"
Pang Jindong asked strangely: "Why doesn't Godfather plan to go?"
"Because I have a headache to see someone!" Shen Hao sighed, looking at Pang Jindong's gaze, becoming a little helpless.
"Who?"
"It was Chen Yubo, the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, who didn't know what evil this person had fallen into, so as soon as he saw me, he persuaded me to invest in the overseas financial market. ”
"There must be some reason why he proposed such a proposal, right?"
He believes that an economic crisis will break out in country M in the near future, providing a good opportunity for foreign capital to enter. Moreover, as the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, he has a lot of connections overseas that he can use. Now there are a lot of rich people who have joined his plan, and he knows my strength, so he wants to pull me in. ”
Hearing Shen Hao's words, thinking of the information provided by Chen Binghan before, under the confirmation of the two phases, it can already be determined that there is such a thing. Pang Jindong thought for a moment and asked, "But this piece of his cake is probably not free, right?!"
"Of course. Although he didn't say it, I also wanted to help him launder his money and increase its value. Shen Hao looked away from Pang Jindong, looked at his daughter, and unconsciously tapped his fingers on the armrests of the sofa. After a while, he said, "Before you came, Yaoyao told me that you were invited to this party, probably because they also wanted to pull you in!"
Pang Jindong smiled and said, "Probably because they know that I have shares in the Bank of Zurich, they think that I have a lot of influence in the foreign financial market!"
"This should be just one of the factors, I think there may be other factors, such as ......" Shen Hao thought for a moment, and then slowly said to Pang Jindong: "Your interpersonal relationship in country M!"
What Shen Hao's father and daughter said before were all expected by Pang Jindong, but Shen Hao's words made Pang Jindong feel like an initiation.
Although not many people know about the relationship between Pang Jindong and Director Anderson, and what happened in country M is far away from here. But the world we live in is wonderful, sometimes it gets big, and sometimes it gets small. In the latter case, what happens in one place can have a serious impact thousands of miles away.
Pang Jindong considered that the relationship between himself and Jin Lingling and Jin Lingling's family background could be known by Senator Livi, and they could also be used to make a fuss. So now it's just that this situation is happening in reverse, and Chen Yubo is such a position, so it is not unimaginable to know about his own affairs.
may be regarded as lucky, no matter from which point of view, Chen Yubo should have no ill will towards himself.
Pang Jindong smiled indifferently and told Shen Hao: "In this case, I'd better go to the meeting alone!"
Shen Hao didn't ask Pang Jindong what kind of relationship he had in country M, nor did he give Pang Jindong any advice, he just nodded and said, "Okay, I have confidence in you!"
Obviously, Shen Hao was determined to use this opportunity to exercise Pang Jindong.
Shen Jiayao said to Pang Jindong: "I'll go with you!"
"Forget it, so as not to cause misunderstanding!" Pang Jindong said, squeezing his eyes at Shen Jiayao.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pang Jindong did not regard this gathering as a tiger's den in Longtan, but he also knew that many people would surround themselves out of their ambitions and desires at this party.
At least on the surface, such a party is still enjoyable.
The outdoor venue is very large, in fact, it is a large area of neatly built green grass, surrounded by many marble statues. In the middle of the street is a long table with a variety of pastries and wines.
Many well-dressed men, along with ladies in all kinds of dresses, shuttled back and forth.
On such occasions, these ladies are undoubtedly a big attraction and a big show. Among them, there are many beautiful people, with gorgeous costumes and precious jewelry, like a section of blooming flowers, enchanting and embellished in the venue. At the same time, it also turned the gathering into an exhibition of designer clothing and jewelry.
Pang Jindong observed with interest for a while and found a very interesting phenomenon: most of the ladies with outstanding appearance are very young, and they must be a vase. On the contrary, it is those ladies who are mediocre in appearance and a little older that can make the men around them their foils.
At this time, a shadow passed in front of Pang Jindong's eyes and walked away slowly.
Pang Jindong coughed to attract the other party's attention, and then greeted: "Lingling......"
Jin Lingling had seen Pang Jindong a long time ago, but she didn't take the initiative to come over, but used this way to attract Pang Jindong's attention.
"Oh, you're here too......" Jin Lingling's expression looked a little cold.
Pang Jindong didn't mind Jin Lingling's attitude, smiled and said, "I saw your father's name on the list, why did you come?"
Jin Lingling looked around and replied, "My father is not feeling well, so let me represent him!"
Although what Jin Lingling said was very simple, Pang Jindong heard a lot of content from it.
Jin Xiao's illness is just an excuse, due to his identity, as long as he appears here, there will inevitably be many people who will come to make friends, and there will be all kinds of things to find the head, and these things are troubles that touch the law. If it's not convenient to ask for help directly on weekdays, you can easily say it here. Therefore, Jin Xiao really didn't want to come, but he didn't want to disobey others' face, so he was represented by his daughter.
This is not the first time Jin Lingling has helped her father do such a thing, she is already ice and snow smart, and with the gradual accumulation of experience to this day, she is already comfortable dealing with those with ulterior motives.
Before meeting Pang Jindong, Jin Lingling got rid of the entanglement of a real estate developer. This man's son is currently being held in a detention center because of a fight that caused serious injuries to others.
Because of Jin Chengyu's matter, Jin Lingling felt very ashamed of Pang Jindong.
Based on her sense of mission as a policeman, Jin Lingling will never bend the law when Pang Jindong is indeed seriously suspected. But if there is no direct evidence pointing to Pang Jindong, even if it is only a little suspicious, she will subjectively prefer to believe that Pang Jindong is innocent.
Therefore, although Kim Seung-woo's case is still full of doubts, Kim Lingling has tried her best not to think about it. When the policeman's sense of mission quietly retreated, another emotion took over her heart.
Jin Lingling longed to see Pang Jindong, hoped to listen to Pang Jindong's humorous conversation, hoped to see Pang Jindong's resolute expression, and hoped to experience Pang Jindong's calmness when dealing with any difficulties.
But her reserve and arrogance made Jin Lingling unwilling to admit her mistakes to Pang Jindong, let alone take the initiative to talk to Pang Jindong. Therefore, Pang Jindong took the initiative to talk, which made her feel very happy, and the originally cold expression slowly dissolved, and after a short time, her eyebrows were full of smiles.
At the beginning, Jin Lingling was still thinking about how to explain Jin Chengyu's case to Pang Jindong. But Pang Jindong didn't talk about it at all, as if he didn't know about it at all, or it had nothing to do with him. In this way, Jin Lingling was a little relaxed, and at the same time a little confused, because she was worried that Pang Jindong would misunderstand her.
Jin Lingling said half-jokingly: "You are very famous now, and someone has taken the initiative to invite you to such a party, congratulations!"
"I believe that the purpose of their invitation to come is to get my attention...... Pang Jindong looked around at the upper class around him, and said in a low voice: "In the eyes of many people here, I am now a piece of Tang monk meat!"
Hearing this, Jin Lingling "giggled" and laughed, like a trembling flower branch. She wore an off-the-shoulder white evening dress today, showing off her round shoulders and snow-white neck. Her figure is really good, there is hardly a trace of fat in sight, giving people a feeling of firmness and fullness, so this smile touches her whole body.
Jin Lingling was about to speak, when a baritone stepped in: "Is this Pang Jindong, Mr. Pang?"
An elegant middle-aged man walked up to Pang Jindong, looked at Jin Lingling, and said, "It turned out to be Lingling, you are also here!"
Jin Lingling greeted: "Hello Uncle Chen!"
Pang Jindong smiled and said to Jin Lingling, "Can you introduce us?"
This person looked at Pang Jindong and said to Jin Lingling: "You don't need to introduce Mr. Pang to me, the chairman of the Imperial Holding Group, I have admired the name for a long time." ”
Jin Lingling pointed to the person who came and introduced: "This is Director Chen Yubo of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. ”
"Sure enough, it's here......" Pang Jindong's heart moved, and he pretended to be very respectful on his face and said: "It turned out to be Director Chen, you are really too famous, and I have admired you for a long time!"
Pang Jindong's sentence throws away the meaning of flattery, and another layer of understanding can be made, that is, under the leadership of Chen Yubo, a series of stupid policies have long been notorious.
However, Pang Jindong imagined in advance that Chen Yubo should be like many other officials, full of philistine spirit and a corrupt beer belly. But the reality is that Chen Yubo has the demeanor of a scholar, but he is not as raunchy as a real scholar. A well-cut gray suit with elegant and decent manners. Such an image can be placed on the podium of a university or behind a government desk.
Jin Lingling looked at the two of them and knew that it was inconvenient for her to be there, so she said, "There are two of my friends over there, I'll go over and say hello." Uncle Chen, Jerry, you talk slowly. ”