Tang Shuo was actually not interested in this kind of banquet and other things, since ancient times, no matter what was the icing on the cake, there were many people who gave charcoal in the snow.

Once something critical really happened to the Wang family, how many of the nearly 100 people in the living room and courtyard could stand up and help without reservation?

However, he also has to admit that it is also a very effective means of socializing. And this phenomenon is still present after many years, and naturally it has its beneficial side.

Just as Tang Shuo and Lu Wanqi were chatting in a low voice, someone suddenly shouted beside them: "Boss Tang is also here." ”

Tang Shuo turned his head and looked over, only to see Qiao Fan, who was dressed in a formal suit, standing aside with a smile on his face.

He immediately stood up, shook hands with the other party and said, "I didn't expect Secretary Qiao to come too, I thought I would not be able to see you until I arrived in Yanjing." ”

Qiao Fan shook his head with a smile and said, "What a big secret, it's just to serve the leader." ”

"You don't have to call me Boss Tang, just call me Tang Shuo." Tang Shuo asked with a smile, "Did you go to that department to implement it?" ”

"It's not settled yet." Qiao Fan replied, "It's been these two days." ”

Tang Shuo was just about to speak, only to hear someone behind him shout Qiao Fan's name twice, and Qiao Fan agreed. Apologetically: "I'm sorry, I have something." ”

"It's okay, you go get busy first." Tang Shuo replied, "I'll contact you when you get to Yanjing." ”

After Qiao Fan agreed, he turned around and walked over directly.

Tang Shuo smiled helplessly and sat back on the sofa.

After touching Qiao Fan in the guild hall last time, Tang Shuo went to check the other party's information, and he had a simple understanding of it.

This guy's resume is actually very similar to Liu Yanzhe who was killed by him in Guangyue, but the difference between the two is that this Qiao Fan is much better than Liu Yanzhe in terms of EQ and IQ except that his family background is slightly weaker than Liu Yanzhe.

For such a person, Tang Shuo is very happy to make friends. And he is even willing to help the other party within the scope of his ability.

"Who is this man?" Lu Wanqi asked suspiciously.

"A friend, not very familiar yet." Tang Shuo replied.

“……”

Lu Wanqi raised her eyebrows, and was speechless for a while.

Just now, she looked at the two of them, like a pair of brothers who had been separated for many years, so she thought that these two people were very familiar, but she didn't expect this kind of answer.

There was a burst of warm applause in the living room, and I saw Wang Qiucheng walking down the stairs with a withered old man with crane hair.

For a moment, everyone in the living room gathered towards the staircase.

Tang Shuo immediately took Lu Wanqi to get up and leaned in the direction of the old man.

While accepting everyone's congratulations, the old man smiled and nodded in response, and the whole person looked pleasant, without any arrogance.

When he reached the middle of the living room, the old man stopped and said: "Thank you for your support, the Wang family can achieve today's results in Mingzhu, it is inseparable from your help, I thank you in advance." ”

Speaking of which. The old man bent down and bowed.

The main area of the Wang family is the commodity retail industry, which is indeed very complex, so the other party's words are not exaggerated.

Then the old man said a lot of thanks, cut a cake, and went back upstairs, citing his old age.

This was the beginning of the feast, and many of the originally restrained guests picked up the drinks they had prepared and began to talk.

When Old Man Wang left, Tang Shuo took Lu Wanqi to find a new place to sit down.

Not long after, Wang Qiucheng walked over to Tang Shuo's position again. "My grandfather wants to see you."

Tang Shuo was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and said to Lu Wanqi: "You wait for me, we will leave when I come out." ”

After Lu Wanqi agreed, Tang Shuo followed behind Wang Qiucheng and walked upstairs again.

The two of them reached the door of one of the rooms upstairs. Wang Qiucheng knocked on the door, and after hearing the response inside, he pushed the door and walked in. "Grandpa, Tang Shuo is here."

Tang Shuo couldn't help but gasp when he entered the door.

It's an old-fashioned study, and the displays in it tell at a glance how old they are.

It was naturally not these things that could surprise Tang Shuo, but he saw that the withered old man who seemed to be a little unsteady just now was holding a pen and standing in front of the desk with a splash of ink.

Tang Shuo shook his head helplessly, if such a person is not an old fox, who can be called it?

The old man put down his pen and smiled at Tang Shuo: "Your name is Tang Shuo, right?" ”

"It's me." Tang Shuo agreed, stepped forward and said, "I wish the old man happiness." ”

"What a blessing." The old man nodded with a smile and said, "Since you are here to celebrate my birthday, have you brought a gift?" ”

"......" took the side and threw the number.

Tang Shuo's whole person was stunned, if he heard correctly, this old man seemed to be asking for a bribe!

When he came, he also thought about whether to buy something for the other party. Even on the way, Lu Wanqi asked this question, but after thinking about it, she finally decided not to buy it.

With the financial resources of the Wang family, there are no rare things at all, and ordinary gifts will definitely be difficult to enter the eyes of the other party.

If he buys a more precious thing, he will still feel pain in his own flesh, and he may not like it. After going back and forth, Tang Shuo still decided to come over empty-handed and with full sincerity.

Of course, others can't see this kind of thing as sincerity or insincerity, but this does not affect Tang Shuo's statement.

"I asked Qiu Cheng, and Qiu Cheng said that your old man is high and bright, and he doesn't like these things outside his body at all." Tang Shuo immediately said nonsense.

Wang Qiucheng, who was standing on the side, grinned and shook his head helplessly, even he wouldn't believe this kind of nonsense, how could his grandfather believe it?

The old man smiled and asked, "Who said I don't like things outside my body?" ”

"This ......" Tang Shuo opened his mouth, and for a while he really didn't think of how to refute the old man.

The old man seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the words he had just written, so he removed it from the table, hooked his hand at Tang Shuo and said, "That's it, you can help me write the sub-characters." ”

"My words are hard to be elegant, so don't be ugly." Tang Shuo immediately said: "When I wait until next year, I will definitely bring a heavy gift to make up for you." ”

The old man shook his head with a smile, and said loudly: "Okay, you Tang Shuo, no wonder Qiu Cheng, who is usually so careful, will also fall for you." Even I, an old man, can't tell which of your words is true and which is false. ”

This kind of procrastination may be somewhat useful to ordinary people, but for Wang Qiucheng's grandfather Wang Kangning, there is no possibility of believing it at all.

"How can the old man say that!" Tang Shuo said with a shy face: "I always count when I speak. ”

Wang Kangning pointed to a pair of words hanging on the wall and said, "See for yourself." ”

When Tang Shuo came in, he just glanced at the wall in a hurry, not paying too much attention.

When he looked over at this time, he saw that the other hand's hand was referring to a cursive script, and this cursive script was from his hand!

When he first came to Yanjing, he went to participate in the auction and wrote a painting of "Waves and Sand Orders" by Li Yu, the master of the Southern Queen.

At that time, this character was auctioned off at a high price of three million, and later knew that there was nothing wrong with this person, so Tang Shuo did not pursue the matter.

It's just that I didn't expect this character to appear here.

"If such a character can't be said to be elegant, I'm afraid half of the calligraphy association will have to retire." Wang Kangning said with a smile: "Although the words are good words, but the words are not to my liking, hurry up and write a new one, it will be your birthday gift." ”

"Elder Wang, how can this painting be here for you?" Tang Shuo asked suspiciously.

"Someone else gave it to me." Wang Kangning replied: "I only recently learned that you wrote this painting. ”

Wang Qiucheng was also stunned with Tang Shuo, even he didn't know about this matter. He only knew that his grandfather was indeed more interested in calligraphy and painting, but he didn't know that there was a painting of Tang Shuo in his grandfather's book.

Tang Shuo nodded, walked to the desk and said, "What does Elder Wang want?" ”

"Write a song "Breaking the Array" by Xin Qiji." Wang Kangning thought for a while.

"I don't think this character is suitable for Elder Wang." Tang Shuo frowned, and after lifting the pen and dipping it in ink, he immediately began to put the pen down.

Wang Qiucheng, who was standing at the door, also took two steps forward under curiosity and stood aside to watch. He was forced by his grandfather to practice calligraphy for a period of time since he was a child, but because he didn't have much love for it, and his talent was limited, he didn't continue.

Although he can't appreciate the advantages and disadvantages, he can understand some doorways to some extent.

When Tang Shuo's last word fell, Wang Kangning shook his head with emotion and said, "You kid is really not simple, go sit down first." ”

Tang Shuo smiled and immediately sat down on the sofa. Wang Qiucheng looked at his grandfather puzzled, he hadn't even seen the dumb riddle between the two of them clearly.

Wang Kangning stared at the words for a while, then looked up and said to Wang Qiucheng: "You don't understand, do you?" ”

"Nope!" Wang Qiucheng said very honestly.

Wang Kangning laughed, didn't help him explain anything, walked to the sofa next to Tang Shuo and said, "What kind of cooperation you and Qiu Cheng talked about, let me hear it." ”

Tang Shuo knew that this was actually the other party's purpose, so he didn't dare to be sloppy, and told the old man his plan.

Wang Kangning was silent for a long time, and said loudly: "This matter is indeed beneficial to the Wang family, but now I can't give you enough support, only after you have achieved a certain amount of success, we can continue to talk about this matter." ”

"Of course." Tang Shuo nodded and said, "I just informed you in advance. ”

"I really don't know who taught you kid." Wang Kangning shook his head and said, "You go down to play, don't worry about me, an old man." ”

Tang Shuo got up with a smile and said, and then immediately walked downstairs.

When Tang Shuo went out, Wang Qiucheng asked out loud, "Grandpa, what's going on?" ”

The communication process between his grandfather and Tang Shuo just now was really a little difficult for him to understand, and he felt that his IQ, which had always been higher than that of his peers, was completely insufficient.

Wang Kangning smiled, got up and walked back to the table and said, "I was writing when you just came in, did you notice what I was writing?" ”

Wang Qiucheng was stunned, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"But he observed, and I was writing this painting "Nian Nujiao, Chibi Nostalgia" at the time." Wang Kangning said loudly.

"Later, when he asked me what I liked, I actually had an idea in mind." Wang Kangning continued: "When I said "Breaking the Array", he patted me on the back without a trace, and wrote out the words after determining my preferences. ”

Although the poem "Breaking the Array" is magnificent, it gives people a feeling of heroic twilight, and Tang Shuo bluntly said that this poem is not suitable for him, which makes Wang Kangning's mood very comfortable.

Wang Qiucheng felt that his IQ was really not enough at this time, and Tang Shuo's level was not as simple as having a black belly at all.

"Let's make more friends with him in the future." Wang Kangning said: "This young man has great ambitions. ”

"Yes, Grandpa." Wang Qiucheng immediately agreed.

It was the first time in so many years that he had heard his grandfather have such a high opinion of others.

Knock knock knock......

Just as Wang Qiucheng wanted to ask Wang Kangning's opinion on the matter of cooperating with Tang Shuo, there was a sudden knock on the door of the study again.

Wang Qiucheng frowned and opened the door, only to see a man in a suit gasping and said, "Son, there is a fight outside!" ”