Chapter 261: The Big Wedding Is Coming
Walk across the stone bridge and through the gatehouse building to enter the interior of the castle, where you will be greeted by a vast oval lawn. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the right is a square tower, known as the Maiden's Tower, built in the late 16th century as an elaborate late Tudor building, separated from the main fort.
Directly in front of you, on the right, are two castles connected by a stone bridge, the building in front of which is called the "New Castl", while the real main building of the castle (Keep) is located on the smaller of the two islands, also known as the "Gloriette", which is the safest place in the castle.
With this design, even if an enemy enters the castle, the stone bridge can be destroyed and the moat can be used to defend the main castle.
Of course, in the modern era without war, this architectural style is not only beautiful, but also makes people have a sense of historical vicissitudes and memories in their lives.
Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu walked into the castle accompanied by Grace.
The castle is still open to the public, and there are many tourists, but the important rooms and the statues and objects in the castle are fenced, and visitors can only visit and take pictures along the way.
"There are 24 rooms in the castle, and apart from Lady Bailey's bedroom, the other 23 rooms, including the Queen's room, can be used on the wedding day. In accordance with Lady Bailey's last wishes, these rooms are regularly occupied and allow the castle to retain some of its life...... Of course, we recommend that on that day, it is best to stay only with the most distinguished guests!"
The heraldic room showcases the coats of arms of all the previous owners of the castle, including royal families such as Henry V and Queen Catherine, as well as the Fairfax family, and can be used for a small ball after dinner. ”
"Henry VIII's ballroom was in the Tudor style and richly decorated, with carved Rateau beams, ornate sandalwood floors, tapestries from 16th-century Flanders, and stone-carved mantels also brought from France in the 16th century. Henry VIII loved the view of the lake from here and deliberately installed ornate bay windows...... I think you can have a formal dinner after the wedding here. ”
"The yellow meeting room, meeting room, and seminar room in the castle can be used for business meetings with some of the dignitaries, such as in 1978, where the foreign ministers of the United States, Israel, and Egypt held preparatory meetings in the seminar room, which led to the famous Camp David Accords later that year!"
The dressing room was designed by Armand Rateau in 1928 in the style of Louis XVI, and the adjoining bathroom walls are inlaid with Russian onyx. Believe me, Vivian, it must be a wonderful treat to put on makeup and change clothes here before preparing for the wedding and before the dinner......!"
Grace led the group along the way, giving an introduction to each room.
It's different from ordinary tourists who just listen and feel emotional.
Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu felt an inexplicable excitement when they thought that after a week, they would be able to temporarily enjoy everything in this castle as the owner.
Britain is a country that attaches great importance to history and tradition, and it is very rare that a thousand-year-old castle like this can still be preserved in the way it was back then.
Lin Feng originally didn't have any special feelings about the castles in Europe.
In his previous life, it was only because Dong Chou's wedding was widely reported by the media that he learned about some castle weddings.
Originally, he had the impression that the castles in Europe were all images of movies, or towering and precipitous war fortresses, or gloomy and dimly lit prisons, or simply the homes of vampires......
Unexpectedly, there is such a thousand-year-old castle as Leeds Castle, which is full of romance and beauty.
It is no wonder that in college, Ye Weiyu, who is keen on British history and culture because of learning English, eventually chose here.
After a general tour of the castle, Colin and Grace go to the seminar room to discuss the details of the wedding.
Lin Feng took Ye Weiyu's hand, walked out of the castle, and walked along the lake.
"How's it going, Yezi, do you like this castle?" he asked with a smile.
"Well, it's beautiful, it's Leeds Castle, I used to read it in a lot of books when I was in school...... The thought of being able to hold a wedding here makes me feel very excited, and my whole body trembles a little, you see, my hands are still a little shaky now!" Ye Weiyu raised her hand and came to him.
Lin Feng looked, and sure enough, his slender fingers trembled slightly.
Lin Feng laughed and said, "Is it so exaggerated?"
Ye Weiyu looked at him, her eyes were full of tenderness: "Lin Feng, thank you for giving me such a dream wedding!"
Lin Feng lowered his head and kissed her, and said softly: "Thank you, this is also my wedding...... Yezi, the wedding day will be a little hard, don't be too tired these two days, take a good rest, recuperate your spirits, and let Colin and them be busy preparing for the wedding!"
Ye Weiyu shook her head: "No, I don't worry, I must go through it myself to be sure, this is the most important moment in my life!"
Lin Feng looked at her resolutely, and knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he had to give up, hand in hand with her, and looked at the lake, two elegant black swans, quietly floating on the water.
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At this time, in China, the media has begun to hype Lin Feng's "British Castle" wedding of the newly richest man!
The first wave of craze was the exposure of wedding invitations.
Lin Feng invited a wide range of guests, in addition to the relatives of the two families, including:
Friend group: The two were friends in college, including some classmates of Northern University who were in law 97 and English 97, Zhang Xuan and other friends who played together in the Department of Architecture and Electronic Engineering, Lin Feng's friends in the university drama club, Ye Weiyu's friends in the dance team of the school art troupe, and the second generation such as Zhao Jun and Du Weikang, Xiao Qiang and Ji Yiqing......
Teachers: Academician Zhou Bingyu, professor of the School of Law and School of Humanities of Northern University, head of the department and president of Northern University (invited to serve as a witness);
Colleagues: Ye Weiyu's previous colleagues who were good at Herun Investment, several new GPs of Maple Leaf Investment, Menglong and Fengxing's management;
Business circles: Huayi Wang Brothers, Tencent Ma Huateng, Lenovo Yang Yuanqing, Ali Ma Yun, NetEase Ding Sanshi, Shanda Chen Tianqiao, Jinshan Lei Jun; vice president of China Mobile and China Unicom, boss of mobile data department and marketing department; Chinese boss of Sony, Warner and other record companies; Guo Konghua of the Hong Kong Guo family, Li Zekai of the Li family......
Performing arts and cultural circles: Feng Xiaogang, Ge You, Jolin Tsai, Ouyang Changlin and Wei Wenbin of Hunan Provincial Radio and Television, and Liu Hongzhan, director of Xiangtai Jing Video Channel.
Some acquaintances in the political circles, such as the old man of Zhao Jun's family, Zhao Li of Jinmen and others, of course, also sent invitations, but because the wedding was held abroad, it was inconvenient for them to attend.
These domestic guests span multiple industries, so naturally there is no way to keep them secret.
The media quickly got the original photos of the wedding invitation from some channels, and after it was published, it immediately went viral on the Internet!
The low-key and European-classical design style of the invitation is a little forceful, but it is not surprising.
The content is very impressive.
The home page is a beautiful artistic font, as well as the silhouette of the heads of Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu kissing, around the design of garlands and wrought iron, which is very beautiful.
Flipping through the invitation, on the left is a Leeds Castle coat of arms, "Leeds Castle", "knet England", full of medieval European characteristics.
On the right is the text: "Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu invite, ____, to witness our love." ”
"February 14, 2005, Leeds Castle, Kent, Maidstone, United Kingdom. ”
It was actually a wedding in an old castle in England!
For netizens in this era, if they go abroad, it is already very compelling to go to Southeast Asia, the Maldives and other seashores to hold weddings...... , I didn't expect to be able to charter a British castle for a wedding!
Nima, this is a bit of a bombardment!
The content on the invitation is relatively simple.
However, the media got the news that Lin Feng's wedding, for the convenience of domestic guests, Lin Feng specially chartered an Air China Airbus A330-200, and paid for the accommodation expenses of all guests throughout the trip.
Some relatively large domestic media, such as CCTV, Phoenix Satellite TV, Sina, etc., which have reporter stations abroad and signed overseas correspondents, have already received the latest news in London:
The wedding dress of the bride Ye Weiyu is specially tailored by the designers of the world's top wedding dress brand Pronovias, and the price is nearly one million dollars!
What Ye Weiyu will wear at the wedding is a "lotus crown" set with a peerless and rare sapphire from the British royal jeweler Garrard, worth up to 12 million pounds!
Leeds Castle, where Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu are about to hold their wedding, is one of the oldest castles in the United Kingdom and is known as the "Queen's Castle......
One by one, the news was sent back to China, and it immediately made headlines in the financial, entertainment, and even news sections.
There is a lot of heated discussion on the Internet, and there will be thousands of comments and replies under the post about Lin Feng's wedding in an instant, like a carnival for the whole people.
"I searched Leeds Castle on the Internet, and it was really beautiful, if only I could have a wedding here in my life!"
"Don't dream about it, first of all, you have to have money, and secondly, you have to have a girlfriend......"
"Lin Feng is really good, although he is the richest man, he and Ye Weiyu are in a college relationship, the two of them have gone from being poor and white to having a net worth of 10 billion, and they have achieved positive results in 7 years, I believe in love again!"
"+1 upstairs, I believe in love again!"
"Upstairs +10086!"
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Lin Feng has just caused a heated discussion among the whole people because of the inhumane annual meeting, and it has only been a few days before the posts on the Internet about the annual meeting of Fengxing are still hype, and he has contributed a new hot topic to netizens.
To be honest, the stars in China in the past few days have not received as much attention as him......
Seeing such a high degree of attention, the online media with the "eyeball economy" as the core responded the fastest, with the unique flexibility that traditional media does not have, Sina, Sohu, NetEase, Tencent and other portals have opened a special page of "Lin Feng British Castle Wedding" to transmit the latest news in real time and interact with netizens.
This craze that spreads across China's Internet has naturally attracted the attention of major foreign media.
At the end of 03, Menglong, as the first Chinese company listed on the NASDAQ in three years, caused a sensation, when Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu's kissing photos on the NASDAQ bell platform were on the front page of major financial media in the United States and Europe.
This is a young rich man who has never been seen before, only 25 years old and worth nearly $2 billion!
Especially since he comes from the mysterious and ancient East, China!
The photo of Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu kissing is considered by European and American media to be a symbol of the passion and romance of a new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs on a stage of capital and wealth like NASDAQ.
The "Forbes Rich List" at the end of 04 was announced, and once again promoted Lin Feng to the world: with a net worth of 1.82 billion US dollars, he became the richest man in China!
Before, apart from Alibaba's Jack Ma, no Chinese Internet entrepreneur had been as much of an overseas media as Lin Feng.
Unexpectedly, now there is news that Lin Feng will hold a wedding at Leeds Castle in England!
Now the foreign media are interested!
In Europe, for hundreds of years, France, Germany, and many other countries were actually relatives of England, and their marriages and royal power were closely linked to each other.
Leeds Castle is famous throughout Europe, and "the most romantic castle in Europe" is its title.
The fact that one of China's richest men will be married at Leeds Castle, with its countless glory and historical traditions, is obviously very newsworthy.
And the American media also climaxed instantly after getting Ellison, the president of Oracle, Anderson, the founder of Myspace, and the new Democratic Party senator Ao Guanhai, who has recently been in the limelight, received Lin Feng's invitation and will attend Lin Feng's wedding!
ABC TV in the United States specially interviewed Ao Guanhai: "Barack, I heard that you have been invited to attend the wedding of Chinese tycoon Richard Lin at Leeds Castle in England, are you sure you will attend?"
Ao Guanhai was graceful and smiling: "Yes, of course, I am very honored, Richard is my good friend, his invitation is very sincere, I am willing to come to the scene to watch the ceremony and send my blessings." ”
Ellison smirked at the media: "Richard is a great guy, I taught him to sail, maybe in a few years, he will be in the America's Cup, haha." …… Of course, of course I will. ”
Even the stock of Nasdaq Mellon has risen 3% in the past two days, and the share price, which had fallen back due to the quiet sell-off of several fund houses in London, has rebounded.
Nick and others in London could only shake their heads and smile, who would have thought that Lin Feng's wedding would make the media in Europe and the United States so excited.
Even stocks are rising......
It can only be said that Lin Feng has become a very representative figure and has begun to have a certain global influence.
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Just when the outside world was in constant hustle and bustle and the media was hype, Lin Feng's wedding was making preliminary preparations step by step.
The good news keeps coming.
Canterbury Cathedral agreed to Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu's request to hold a wedding in the church, and even His Excellency Archbishop Rowan was willing to personally officiate the wedding for Lin Feng and the two!
The Church also held a bishopric meeting to discuss whether to allow two non-believers to be married at the sacred Canterbury Cathedral.
In the end, it was His Excellency Rowan who nodded.
Although the regulations of the church have certain restrictions in this respect, from his height, it can be seen that the whole world has developed the church.
Lin Feng is the richest man in China, and has influence all over the world, and now from the perspective of the media, it has attracted widespread attention, for the East, it has always been a difficult area for the Church to develop, if an exception allows Lin Feng to hold a wedding in the church, it can make the young people of the East interested in unfamiliar Western teachings, this value is huge for the Church!
The bishops of England and the Anglican Church were persuaded by his views.
Of course...... No one will say how much of a difference the £10 million donation has made in it......
On February 11, with the arrival of a charter flight from China at London Heathrow Airport, the arrival of guests also brought the wedding preparations into the final stage.
On February 13, all the guests had arrived and checked into the hotel in Maidstone, and Lin Feng chartered two hotels to arrange the guests' accommodation.
On the evening of February 13, Lin Feng was pulled out by Qin Sheng, Liu Kailai, Zhang Xuan and others, preparing to hold a farewell bachelor party for him.