The auction was of course lackluster, as with all charity dinners.

The nagging thanks of the organizers, as well as the smiles of various people, and then the performances of some stars, all the routines are the same as those in China.

finally waited until the second half, the auction finally started, and Shi Lei was a little energetic.

All kinds of jewelry are donated by the "philanthropists" present, and the proceeds from the auction will be used for charitable purposes.

To put it bluntly, it is a collection exchange activity between rich people who know each other, and things are still between this group of people, just a change of owner. The new owner takes out a sum of money and donates it to a charitable organization, which is often more than the value of the collectibles.

All in all, this kind of dinner party is a process in which rich people give a very small amount of money to exchange information with each other and buy fame. These donations will be directly fed back to the company's expenses or tax reductions, in fact, they don't pay much, it is still just a trick of capital exchange.

The host of the auction was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and every lot was praised by him. Of course, the focus is on how much the original owners of those lots loved it, but were willing to give it for the sake of charity.

It's all bullshit.

Shi Lei drank the wine slowly, feeling extremely bored with such a banquet.

An old man with silver hair, sitting in an electric wheelchair, came silently behind Shi Lei.

The female companion beside him was a woman about thirty years old, she walked up to Shi Lei, leaned down very politely, and said to Shi Lei: "Hello, my grandfather wants to say a few words to you." ”

Shi Lei was slightly stunned, turned around, and saw the old man.

Looking at each other, Shi Lei guessed almost immediately that the old man was Zidane.

At tonight's banquet, Shi Lei knew only three people, the Crawfords and their daughter.

During the whole dinner, some people were curious about Shi Lei's identity, after all, such a young Asian man sat in such a high position, and the female companion next to him was Crawford's daughter, it was impossible not to attract attention.

However, everyone was very restrained, basically saying hello to Shi Lei, and learning that he was the founder of Qixuan Bicycle, so they gave up.

After all, with Shi Lei's current net worth, he can't attract the attention of these billionaires who are worth tens of billions of dollars at every turn.

In addition, Shi Lei himself seems to be silent and does not seem to have any intention of talking to them, and Shi Lei has been deserted for a long time. Everyone thinks that Shi Lei can get such a good position because of the Crawfords.

Now that such a person has emerged, if Shi Lei can't think of the identity of the other party, it will be too lacking.

However, no matter how clear Shi Lei is in his heart, he can't show it on the surface, and he has to pretend to be a little surprised.

"Oh, hello, may I ask what ...... you are" Shi Lei stood up, no matter what, for an elderly man, basic respect is still necessary.

With the support of his granddaughter, Zidane also reluctantly stood up, shook hands with Shi Lei, and said, "Hello Mr. Shi, my name is Zidane." ”

After speaking, Zidane observed Shi Lei's reaction with great concern.

Shi Lei behaved extremely calmly, as if he had never heard of the name Zidane at all.

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Zidane, hello, my name is Shi Lei. ”

Zidane didn't see anything unusual, but he still said politely: "Mr. Shi, can you take a step and talk a few words? I'm very interested in your spirit of sharing." ”

Shi Lei didn't know if this was a violation, but he wasn't worried about the trouble that the pupil of the night would find him, if there was an accident, it was estimated that the unlucky one would only be this Zidane.

Of course, there are still many methods that the pupil of the night can use, and it does not necessarily mean that he will directly kill this old gentleman.

So he nodded, glanced at the stage, and Zidane hurriedly said: "The car that Mr. Shi is interested in will take at least half an hour to appear, so Mr. Shi doesn't need to worry." ”

Shi Lei pretended to be very surprised, and said, "Oh, Mr. Zidane, how did you know that I was interested in a car? Could it be that you donated that car?"

"Mr. Shi really doesn't know?"

Shi Lei frowned, as if he didn't understand the situation, he said: "I heard that there will be a Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic from 1936 at today's charity auction, and there are three of these cars, and one of them no longer exists, and the rest is in a car museum in the United States." I'm interested in that. However, I don't know how Mr. Zidane knew about it! Oh, except for my female companion, only the organizers of this charity auction knew about it, and I also found a lot of people to get this invitation. Could it be that you organized this auction?"

Zidane seemed a little disappointed, but he still smiled and said, "Let's go over there and have a cigar, and I also brought a very good bottle of red wine." I figured that by the time we had finished drinking the red wine and smoking the cigars, the car would have appeared. ”

Shi Lei nodded and made a gesture of please.

Zidane pressed the button of the electric wheelchair and walked towards a small door on the right, and Shi Lei patiently followed him.

And Zidane's granddaughter sat next to Jenny, the age difference was not too much, and they were both women, so they soon found the same topic.

He followed Zidane to the small private room behind the small door, where two people had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Zidane come in, the two men bent down and pushed him to the couch.

Zidane smiled and said, "Mr. Shi, please take a seat." ”

The two people quickly presented cigars, but Shi Lei waved his hand to show his refusal, he didn't like the activity of swallowing clouds and spitting fog too much.

Seeing this, Zidane simply said that he would not smoke it anymore, but took the initiative to pick up the wine that had already been sobered up on the table and poured a glass for Shi Lei.

"Li Qibao in 1919, I hope Mr. Shi will like it. ”

Shi Lei took a sip, nodded, and said, "Sure enough, it deserves its name." ”

Zidane smiled slightly, waved his hand, and the two of them left the private room very consciously.

After the door was completely closed, Zidane spoke: "Mr. Shi, I want to toast you first and thank you for everything." ”

Shi Lei pretended to be stunned and asked puzzled: "What does Mr. Zidane mean by this, why do you thank me?"

Zidane smiled slightly, did not dwell on the topic, just took a sip of wine.

Shi Lei pretended to be puzzled and took a sip of wine, and Zidane said: "The original owner of that Bugatti is indeed me, and I also hope that Mr. Shi will like that car." ”

Shi Lei smiled: "I don't know if I can take a picture, but I do like this car very much." Especially when I heard that this car can still be on the road, it was a car from 80 years ago, and it is really not easy to do this. ”

"I heard that Mr. Shi's company, the next plan is Paris, I wonder if you are interested in cooperating with me?"

Shi Lei pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said, "It turns out that you want to invest in Qixuan!"