025: Chance encounter
After a while, a tall, personable man walked up to the podium. The space erupted in applause, flanked by Pierre-Yves Russell (1), president and CEO of LVMH Fashion, and his 50-year-old lover, Tomie Burch, founder of the House Tory Burch.
First, Pierre spoke in French, and Li Wen couldn't understand a word and asked, "Who is this man?"
"The chairman of LVMH's fashion department, next to him is his current girlfriend, Tory Burch. Shu Tao said, "Don't look at this woman who doesn't speak tonight, she's a powerful character." β
"What's wrong?" Li Wen didn't understand.
Her father, Bubby Robinson (2), was a wealthy banker in New York, and her mother, Reva Schapira (3), was an actress. In other words, she is actually a rich second generation. β
"Then she's very similar to you!" Li Wen laughed.
She has two marriages, the first husband is William Macklowe, the son of a real estate tycoon, and the second marriage she married a husband who is a venture capitalist, this husband fully supported her idea of making her own brand, so in 2004, the fashion brand of the same name with her was born, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, her husband started a lawsuit for the Tory Burch brand, she won the lawsuit, but the marriage failed!"
Li Wen frowned as he listened: "It seems that the fate of successful women is bumpy. β
"Listen to me, don't jump to conclusions so early!" said Shutao, "At that time, she was already a single mother of three children, but she had a thriving career and maintained a first-class figure and appearance, and now she has met the president of LVMH, the one who is speaking now, and she is in love, and Pierre will bring her to any event, so today we have the honor to meet her herself." β
"Wow, this is true love, she's almost fifty!" Li Wen said in surprise, "Moreover, no matter how unhappy the marriage is, people are also unhappy in the upper class, compared to me, my feelings make people feel miserable!"
"Yes, so there is no love in this world for no reason. When you meet true love, you don't have to wait for death, what kind of person you want to meet, you have to be first. You even have to go through countless unreliable predecessors! That's why I have to pull you here today! If you just want to be such a mediocre little woman, then find an ordinary person to live, but look at your current Chen Hao, the scum is so scum that there is not even scum left, do you want to be a scumbag for him?"
"Don't laugh at me. I have limited social interactions, and I don't meet anyone around me. Li Wen sighed and said.
"Isn't there me now? After Gao Ya finished speaking, let's go to the slide, I don't believe you are so good-looking, there are not one or two wealthy children who don't look down on you?"
After Pierre finished speaking, he shook hands with Gao Ya and went to Gao Ya to speak. His voice is deep and loud, concise and concise word by word, and his public relations skills are clever, Shu Tao thinks that this man can have such a big face and be invited to give a speech by LV, it is really not simple.
After Gao Ya made the opening speech, his heart fell like a huge meteorite where it should be, he looked at the shining and bright spotlights in the hall, and looked at everyone present and smiled: "Thank you." β
There was thunderous applause, a flash of lightning, then a huge thunder, and a torrential rain outside. At this time, the whole banquet flowed a soothing piano concerto, and the sound of rain merged into a magnificent symphony.
Shu Tao and Li Wen scurried around like street wanderers, and after a while, Huang Junjie walked up to them, he glanced at Shu Tao and turned to Li Wen and said, "Hello, my name is Huang Junjie, please ask your surname." β
"My name is Levine. β
"Coco Lee?" joked Wong, "an international superstar." β
"Don't joke with my name, my text is a cultural text. β
Huang Junjie looked at the book, and Tao asked his name politely on the side. Unexpectedly, Shutao said: "You don't need to know who I am, after tonight, we won't know each other." β
Huang Junjie was stunned for a moment, and felt that this girl was difficult to serve, so he said, "Don't say it, can I invite this friend of yours to dance?"
You ask her. Shu Tao took a sip of champagne, looking around and not interested in talking to him at all.
The two of them went to dance, leaving Shutao alone, but at this time, a person stood behind Shutao and patted her, she turned around and felt that the person in front of her was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it, so she asked, "Do we know each other?"
"You forgot, orange Porsche, I gave you a business card...... Jonathan Ma. β
"Oh, it's really a narrow road, my name is Qu Shutao, Josephine Qu!"
"It seems that our names all start with J, so it's really fateful. β
"Mine is a French name, the pronunciation is different, where did fate come from. Shu Tao was indeed a little unimpressed by the man in front of him, but when he thought that he was going to hold a group exhibition of painters, he thought that maybe he could help and continued, "The business card says that you are an artist, what is it?"
"Painter. Ma Jun said.
"Yo, really, then we need to talk. β
Ma Jun smiled and put on a proud posture: "Miss Qu is interested in art?"
"I have a gallery that is preparing for a group exhibition of young painters, are you interested in talking?"
Ma Jun hesitated for a moment and said, "If you don't talk about work today, you just make friends, is it okay?"
you! Shu Tao thought to himself, seeing that I was asking you for help, you flinched, and you didn't know where the wild road painter was, and he was still pretending to be high.
She pretended to be calm and said: "That's too, for you, this belongs to the category of work, for me, it's just a hobby, don't speculate more than half a sentence, since there is no common topic, then leave." β
After speaking, Shutao turned around and went to find Li Wen, Ma Jun was stunned, and his heart was not like this. He had never been rejected outright. He shook his head and disappeared into the crowd.
Shutao found Li Wen and heard Huang Junjie say to Li Wen: "Think about it, I still have something to do, contact me another day." β
"Contact another day. Li Wen also repeated this sentence.
"What's going on?what's going on??," Shu Tao was confused.
"No, he wanted me to work for him, right here at Shangke. β
"Don't be kidding, go to that place to be a cow and a horse, and get a big salary every month, if it's me, click veto!"
"But I'm thinking about whether to resign, since we all have such opportunities, why don't we seize them?"
"This is an opportunity that you need to seize with all your might, this opportunity is a big one, or I will introduce you to my father's company to work and do real estate, what do you think?" Shu Tao said.
Li Wen thought for a while and said, "But I've troubled you enough, how can I be embarrassed, or I'll go to Huang Junjie first." β
"Hey, that man wants to climb the high branches at first glance, he can't afford to climb the high branches that can be seen at this drinking party, with a new face like us, he wants to make a move, don't let him succeed!"
"You're talking about you, I'm not here because of your light. After that, Shu Tao didn't listen to her, but kept looking into the distance.
Li Wen interrupted her and said, "Shutao, what are you looking at!"
"You stay and don't move, I'll come when I go!" Shu Tao finished speaking and drilled through the crowd.
She finally got to the person she was looking for, and when she saw the middle-aged man in a suit, she exclaimed, "Dad, why are you here?"
Mr. Qu turned his head when he heard his daughter's voice, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Ah, my good daughter, come, let me introduce you, this is Gao Ya, the editor-in-chief of "Shangke", and this is my little daughter Qu Shutao." β
Now Shu Tao can take a closer look at the famous man in front of him. He was a lean but burly man, wearing an expensive Armani white shirt, a Louis Vuitton tailored suit, leather shoes of the same brand, and his hair was meticulously combed, but it was natural and free. Wearing Cartier gold-trimmed optical glasses with a nose towering under the glasses, she resembles the male model who appears in fashion blockbusters.
He politely extended his left hand, smiled charmingly, and said, "Fortunately, I will." β
Gao Ya rarely smiled so sweetly on weekdays, because Botox prevented his facial muscles from being able to stretch unobstructed. His face is like that of an eighteen-year-old young man, and if you don't see his eyes, you wouldn't think he's a middle-aged man in his thirties.
Shu Tao was a little nervous, and his arrogant temper like a cannon battle instantly converged a lot: "Hello, hello, it's really rare to see you today." β
"Have you only seen it at Madame Tussauds before?"
Shu Tao didn't know how to answer and said, "No, I've only seen it in photos." β
Father Qu interjected: "Mr. Gao is also our big customer!"
"Don't say that," Gao Ya said, "you're also a big customer of ours. After speaking, he turned to Shu Tao and said, "We were just talking about Qu Tang Real Estate's advertising in "Shangke". β
"Don't tell her this, my little daughter doesn't know how to do these business operations. Father Qu laughed.
Shu Tao glanced at his father, and saw the secretary Wang next to his father, wearing an Alexander Mcqueen haute couture dress, holding a Balenciaga dinner bag in his hand, and none of the items on his body were LV. She smiled in her heart, she is really a woman who has never seen the world, whether she knows how to give face to the big boss, and she doesn't consider brand public relations when dressing.
Gao Ya said: "The dress on Miss Qu is a limited edition of LV's latest season this year, and Mr. Qu's daughter is really good-looking." β
Shu Tao smiled embarrassedly: "Mr. Gao, nothing can escape your eyes." β
Secretary Wang, who was standing on the side, was a little embarrassed, and whispered to Father Qu, who listened and said, "Then let's talk about it another day, there is still something in the company, so I will leave first." After speaking, he turned to Shu Tao: "You also go back early, don't play too late." β
Gao Ya politely said goodbye to Father Qu, said goodbye to Shutao, and left.
Li Wen stumbled over and said, "What's the matter, leave me alone." β
Shu Tao turned to Li Wen and said, "It's decided, I'll tell my parents tomorrow that you go to work in my father's company!
Li Wen asked in surprise, "What location?"
"My dad's secretary!" Shu Tao looked at Secretary Wang more and more unpleasantly, so he said, "I always feel that there is something wrong with the secretary next to my dad! It feels like my dad's mistress raised outside, this is not good, I have to arrange for my own people to keep an eye on my dad, or you will go!
Li Wen thought to herself, Shu Tao helped her like this, she was embarrassed. But only a spy who was a scholar could repay her, so he nodded and agreed.
On the way back, it was raining heavily outside, and Shutao said, "Leave me at home tonight to accompany me, okay! I'm so afraid of such a big thunder." β
Li Wen smiled and said, "The slave obeys!"
"Hahaha, we're sisters, okay, who wants you to be a maid!"
Shutao leaned on Li Wen's shoulder, fell asleep in a daze, and Li Wen's mobile phone came with a text message, which was sent by Huang Junjie, and the text message said: I have a room at Le MΓ©ridien Hotel tonight, can you come over, if you come to call me.
She looked at the rain outside the window, thought of Chen Hao in the hospital, and smiled contemptuously, thinking that it would be enough for me to meet a scumbag, and there would be no second time. Just let me go to the hotel for the first time, who did he think he was?
After a while, a text message came again, it was still Huang Junjie's: I don't know if you are gone, it is raining so heavily outside, I have returned to the office with a lot of work tonight, but Amy's room will not leave until tomorrow morning, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for you to go back, so I will leave the key card at the front desk, and you can go to live with your ID card when you arrive, and I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for you to drive when it rains outside. This room is an executive twin room, you and your friends can go together, and we will have dinner together another day. Good night.
It turns out that he didn't want to sleep with her, it seems that this man is not bad, and he crackles and sends such long text messages, which is really funny! She immediately replied with a message: Thank you, see you another day.