Chapter 484: Anger
readx; When Old Man Lu was in his sixties, he also suffered from brain cancer because of his life, even if he had money, he couldn't continue his life, and he left the West in two years. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Old man Lu probably also knew that his daughter's abilities were very limited except for eating, drinking and having fun, so he took precautions early and put all his assets under the name of a trust fund for trusteeship, just giving Lu Beibei a considerable amount of living expenses every year. In addition, a charitable foundation called Beilei was established, which was also held under that trust, but it gave Lu Beibei the position of chairman of the foundation.
In Shi Lei's memory, he didn't know much about Lu Beibei, and Shi Lei only knew some of her basic information because of the rumors in the circle about this woman's love of hunting men. However, Shi Lei knew that it was precisely because of Old Man Lu's ingenious arrangement that at least before Shi Lei was reborn, Lu Beibei had always lived a life of drunkenness and gold fans who did not have to worry about it in her life. Lu Beibei was over forty-five years old that year, and she was still very interested in young handsome guys, and she often brought some little boys with her, which was also a unique landscape in the circle. Although the assets left to her by Old Man Lu did not increase much, because almost every year's profits were used to squander Lu Beibei, they still maintained a basic market.
Such a woman, in her twenties, is in her prime, even if she has begun to show signs of fishing and hunting men, she can't stop some men from having an interest in her, some of them are interested in Lu Beibei, and more are of course interested in Lu Beibei's family property. No matter what, if you marry this woman, as long as you don't care about the color of your head, it is absolutely okay to eat, drink, gamble and smoke for the rest of your life.
There's such a guy in today's venue. He was originally an employee of the trust fund that Old Man Lu entrusted the inheritance, and his personal background is not bad, not referring to his family background, but just his academic background and other backgrounds. In China, he is a top student of Shenpu Fudan, and before graduation, he went abroad for the GRE exam, applied for the semi-scholarship of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the whole family tightened his belt, plus his own work-study was considered to have obtained a master's diploma. Then he worked in the United States for three years, that is, he worked in the trust fund where Old Man Lu entrusted his inheritance, during which he also continued to study for a doctorate at the same time, but Lu Beibei happened to go to the United States, and after the two met, Lu Beibei had a night of joy with him purely without choosing food, and then this guy moved his mind, and gave up before he got the doctorate, and returned to China to start working as a senior manager in the charity fund managed by Lu Beibei, mainly responsible for investing in that piece.
This person has some skills, and since helping Lu Beibei manage the investment of the charity fund, he has been conscientious, although he has also made a little money, but it is really a small amount of money, but after all, he helped Lu Beibei manage this bud fund quite well. It's a pity that he had some not-so-good thoughts at the beginning, and his ambitions were a little bigger, thinking about all of Lu Beibei's family property, otherwise, in fact, with his ability, it would not be too difficult to live a good life.
Lu Beibei is dissolute, people are not stupid, and having a ** relationship with him in the United States that time was purely spiritual and ** double emptiness, she can still see what this man is trying to do with her. Not to mention that the picture is her property, even if this man named Zhou Rui really has a soft spot for Lu Beibei, it is absolutely impossible for Lu Beibei to play any marriage game with him at this time. In fact, after Zhou Rui returned from the United States and entered the Bud Fund, Lu Beibei never slept with him for the second time, on the contrary, in the past two years, Zhou Rui knew a lot of things that Lu Beibei had with other men.
No matter what Lu Beibei regards Zhou Rui, maybe he just thinks of a manager who can still use it to take care of the Bud Fund, but it does not prevent Zhou Rui from treating Lu Beibei as his own forbidden body. Of course, those in the know can only see this forbidden word as a joke, and it is a joke at the extreme.
But it was precisely because of this crazy joke that when Lu Beibei ran to take the initiative to greet Shi Lei, and was obviously doing something to seduce Shi Lei, even when Feng Miao'er appeared, she was still very flirtatious about her style, Zhou Rui felt that her face was gloomy, and she was even a little humiliated.
This kind of psychology is actually very strange, it is enough to be said to be pathological, but it is difficult for anyone with mental or psychological problems to realize this, and Zhou Rui is such a typical example.
The most incomprehensible thing is that because he is used to seeing Lu Beibei, he will drip when he sees a young handsome guy, and this is something he can't change at all, because every time he finds out that Lu Beibei has a new love, it is not Lu Beibei who hates and dislikes, but those men who climb on Lu Beibei's body. This kind of sick psychology has become more and more uncontrollable after a long time, and even some men have a few more words to Lu Beibei, which will also cause Zhou Rui's resentment.
In the past two years, Zhou Rui has really done a lot of drastic things, because most of Lu Beibei's fishing and hunting targets are ordinary people, and Zhou Rui is also an executive with an annual income of hundreds of thousands, and there are endless ways to deal with these little men.
Shi Lei would never have thought at this moment that there would be someone who hated him because of Lu Beibei, which could be regarded as an unwarranted disaster.
Tonight's theme is a later auction, and dinner is a secondary content. Although it was also a Russian-style meal, the participants controlled their speed relatively well, and it only took more than half an hour to basically end the meal.
During the meal, there were some regular performances, mainly Russian folk songs, accompanied by two Russian dances. To put it bluntly, it just makes the process of eating less boring, otherwise it would really be necessary to let the two emcees, a man and a woman, stand on the stage and chatter for more than half an hour, and they are not from cross talk, which is still quite difficult.
After the meal, the waiter of the restaurant and the staff of the charity fund quickly cleaned up the venue, the tables and chairs were also rearranged, and everything was ready to stop at about eight o'clock, and the organizer of the auction tonight also began to communicate with the two emcees, feeling that it was almost time to get to the point.
This auction really has something to do with Shi Lei. Because of the memories of that life, Shi Lei knew that in 2010, a charitable foundation in China began to engage in a long-term charity called "Sunshine Lunch", in order to provide free school lunches for some poor children. Once, Shi Lei inadvertently mentioned this matter, and Feng Miao'er secretly wrote it down. Because of this exchange meeting, Feng Miaoer mentioned the "Sunshine Lunch" project in the report on the discussion topic of the exchange meeting submitted before she came. On the first day of the meeting, the project was mentioned for discussion and received the support of almost all funds, so it was decided that several funds would each issue a part of the funds to jointly establish such a "Sunshine Lunch" project.
Originally, it was a matter of several foundations taking money, but the funds of charitable organizations are limited, and their exchange meetings are basically non-governmental charitable funds, and the amount of funds is relatively limited. Obviously, the luncheon project would cost a considerable amount of start-up money, so it was suggested that each of them should find some way to recruit some wealthy businessmen to make donations, and if necessary, to seek support from the political axe.
However, even if you want to make a large-scale donation, you still need to set up a joint fund first, or you still have to come up with a sum of money, and because this project is obviously closely related to the children, some people have proposed to use the auction method, so as to attract some media attention, and spread the project from the first establishment of the joint fund.
The first lots were all small gifts made by the children that had been accumulated by various foundations in the past, or words drawn and written, but many of the members of these foundations themselves were businessmen, such as Lu Beibei, who felt that it was a bit shabby to completely auction off these small gifts made by children, and it was difficult to attract the attention of the outside world, so they decided to take out some items that really had a certain value for auction.
And then some merchants were found, and some donations were made again, and the whole auction was formed tonight. Although this project was proposed by the Comma Fund, that is, Feng Miaoer, but because the Comma Fund has only been established for a few months, both the impact and the scale are far inferior to some old foundations, it is because of this event that Feng Miaoer and the Comma Fund have not been able to become the organizers, and it is precisely for this reason that Feng Miaoer must bring Shi Lei to the venue, she wants to pass this matter, and also let Shi Lei, the person who originally proposed the project, show his face.
On the side of the small platform in the middle, there is already a staff member who has fenced around it, and all the lots are placed in it. The two emcees also walked up to the stage to announce the official start of the auction.
The guests who were originally scattered in the four corners of the restaurant gathered together towards the small platform in the center, since Lu Beibei wanted Shi Lei to be her subordinate under her skirt, she naturally took the initiative to occupy Shi Lei's side, and completely ignored Feng Miao'er, who was obviously a little unhappy next to her.
Seventy percent of the members of the Foundation are businessmen themselves, and the remaining thirty percent of the guests, except for a few chaperones who join in the excitement and the occasion, are basically figures with heads and faces. There is no doubt that these people will come up with some of the money. Those who are really rich are waiting to auction those things that have a certain value in themselves, and some will even auction back the items they donated at a high price, while those celebrities from all walks of life will mostly bid for small gifts made by children with tens of thousands of dollars.
I don't know when, on the small table in the center of the restaurant, a few children appeared, and the two emcees began to tell a story about poverty and school dropout that I don't know if it's true or not, but there are always some touching stories. Although the two emcees worked very hard, burst into tears, and several children also stared at their innocent eyes and looked pitiful, Shi Lei secretly frowned, feeling that this kind of practice was really disgusting.
Yes, even if they were doing charity, it would still be disgusting. These children Shi Lei swore that he hadn't seen them before, and they were obviously placed elsewhere, and only shouted to sensationalize them when the auction began. Shi Lei didn't understand, since he had prepared these children a long time ago, even if he let them in earlier, and have a big meal with these rich and powerful people. Eating is small, but this obvious trace of hype makes people feel that it is blocked, and charity really does not do this.
The reason why these children were not allowed to come in at the beginning was because they were afraid that some of their common tragic experiences would destroy the atmosphere of the original group of people communicating and dining, which was a very inferior practice for Shi Lei.
Moreover, Shi Lei found that there were a few more reporters around, and these people were definitely not in the crowd just now, and they obviously came over to organize the manuscript, and most of them came over with money. At this time, the flashing lights came and went, and the children on the stage were occasionally unable to open their eyes by the flashing lights, and their already yellow-skinned faces were even more confused, and even a little afraid and resistant.
Sighing, Shi Lei whispered to Feng Miao'er beside him: "Who arranged these children?" Are they not afraid of retribution? If these children have been arranged for a long time, why don't we even let them eat with us? This kind of auction will not be held in the future. ”
Feng Miao'er obviously didn't know that the organizer had such an arrangement, and her own psychology was actually very close to that of a child, and tears had even begun to flow in her big eyes.
"When these two people finish talking, I'll go and take those kids next, it's so annoying!" Feng Miao'er's voice also seemed slightly choked.
Shi Lei hesitated, he actually didn't want to be in the limelight, but looking at the children on the stage being illuminated by the dazzling lights, the flashing lights were still flashing in front of them, among them was a little girl, her cheeks were red, her skin was even a little cracked, and she was about to cry when she opened her little mouth, Shi Lei really felt that it was unbearable.
Originally, I also wanted to at least take into account the face of these social elites present, but the more I looked at these children on the stage who were terrified but didn't dare to make a sound, Shi Lei couldn't care about these at all.
"No! I'm going to take these kids down now! What the hell! The voice was unconsciously louder, Shi Lei separated the crowd, rushed to the small platform in three or two steps, squatted down, and hugged the girl who grinned but didn't dare to cry in the stunned eyes of the audience.
"Is it okay to go down with your uncle? Let's not stand here and be watched! Shi Lei said softly to the little girl, and several children next to him immediately gathered around Shi Lei, dragging Shi Lei's clothes, obviously wanting to follow Shi Lei off the stage. The little girl Shi Lei was holding cried out directly, holding Shi Lei's neck with both hands, no longer daring to look around, and buried her little face in Shi Lei's arms.
Shi Lei stood up with the little girl in his arms and was about to go down, but a woman from the organizer ran over in a panic.
"What are you doing? Who are you! The woman was a little angry, this was a trick she had carefully planned, and she pointed to the pitiful appearance of these children standing on the stage to impress those businessmen, and now Shi Lei ran out to destroy the sad atmosphere that the two emcees had been brewing for a long time, how could she not feel angry?
Shi Lei hugged the little girl, looked coldly at the woman who ran over to accuse him, and snorted: "Are you doing charity?" Just now you were drinking and talking happily, but you didn't know where to hide these children. Now it's time to create an atmosphere of mourning, so take these kids out and make a show. You're all adults, and your hearts are dirty, but these children are still clean, how can you use such shameless means to win the sympathy of the guests present? Look at how scared these kids are, how can you bear to let these kids accompany you to act? ”
After that, Shi Lei hugged the little girl and walked directly out of the crowd, and at the same time bowed his head and said to the other children who were dragging their clothes: "Don't be afraid, follow your uncle, we won't act here." ”
The children followed Shi Lei step by step, and the little girl who was held by Shi Lei also stopped crying at this moment, looked up and opened her eyes that were still full of tears, and looked around blankly.
In fact, most of the people present are really sympathetic to these children, and the people who use charity to achieve some ulterior motives are always a minority, and most people really want to do something. So for a while, seeing Shi Lei walking out, many people actually agreed with Shi Lei's approach in their hearts, but they thought too much about it and wouldn't make such a move as Shi Lei.
But how could that woman allow Shi Lei to destroy the scene she had worked so hard to create, seeing that Shi Lei was leaving, the others even got out of the way, and suddenly became anxious, and the two strides rushed in front of Shi Lei, blocking Shi Lei's way!
"Who are you? What qualifications do you have to take these children? These children are the recipients of our fund, and their parents have agreed to participate in this auction tonight! You put these kids down for me! After saying it loudly, he lowered his voice and said to Shi Lei: "Don't make trouble here, there were a lot of reporters who came in just now, do you want us to be laughed at by the media?" ”
It's good that Shi Lei didn't listen to this, but he was even more angry when he heard this: "Do you know now that you're afraid of being laughed at by the media?" I really don't understand how you can make such a miasma out of the way for an auction that was originally good. Get out of the way! Shi Lei stretched out his hand, pulled the woman directly to the side, and walked straight forward.
(To be continued)