At 11:00 p.m., the Hilton Hotel is bustling with waiters pushing carts decorated with silver plates, and guests begin to arrange the collars and cuffs of their suits in preparation for their seats.

Bu Tongxun stood at the door of the banquet hall, looking at the end of the golden corridor, waiting for Duanmu Ci.

At the first moment when the crowd appeared, Hitomi Smoke could tell her family at a glance.

Even in the torrent of black suits, Duanmu Ci stands out, and whoever looks at it will lock on to this man at first sight, if nothing else, just for the face that makes time pause.

Duanmu Ci walked over and naturally grabbed Bu Tongxun's hand, "Let's go, the banquet is about to begin." ”

The Tang family invited a lot of guests, and one banquet hall was not enough, so the wealthy Tang family demolished the wall between the two banquet halls and merged them into one, so that the place was almost enough.

From this detail, it can also be seen that the Tang family has extraordinary confidence. Otherwise, no matter how rich you are, the Hilton Hotel will not let you tear down the walls.

The whole banquet hall is very traditional, with dozens of large round tables regularly and neatly arranged, and the table tops are covered with bright red tablecloths. The waitresses also wore peony-colored cheongsams, and the word "life" was posted on the walls. Duanmu Ci, who has been accustomed to Western wine banquets over the years, couldn't help but be in a trance for a moment, as if he had returned to the wine banquet of the Republic of China era.

Since ancient times, the Chinese have been heavy on seating, and seats have never been allowed to sit randomly. There is a detailed record of the seat in the "Historical Records", in the Hongmen banquet known to women and children, "Xiang Wang Xiang Bo sits in the east, Yafu sits in the south, Pei Gong sits in the north, and Zhang Liang sits in the west", one by one in the annals of the history is clear and clear. The importance that Chinese attach to seating can also be seen from this.

Now there are dozens of tables set up in this banquet hall, and naturally they are not allowed to sit randomly, the humble ones are back, and the noble ones are forward. Each table has a marker corresponding to the position on the invitation.

Duanmu Ci opened his invitation, but saw that it was marked as "Column A Seat A", judging from these two "A", Duanmu Ci's sitting position is undoubtedly the best, and the position of Bu Tongxun as a female companion is naturally followed by Duanmu Ci.

The position of "Column A Constellation" is not for fun, and not everyone can get it. Even Tang Luoluo, who was very favored in the Tang family, was only arranged in the position of "Column A and Block C" at this time.

When Duanmu Ci came to this "Column A Seat", there were already people sitting in the position, according to the popular science that Bu Tongxun had done for him these days, Duanmu Ci recognized these people - retail giant Liu Ruochu, transportation giant Han Wusheng, and a young man with a young face who didn't know where he came from.

Duanmu Ci sat next to the young man, and nodded to the people in the seat by the way, not being rude but not introducing himself.

However, the young man next to him was a little curious, he smiled at Duanmu Ci and said, "My name is Liu Qiancheng, the second son of the Liu family, I don't know ...... you."

"Duanmuci." While being concise and to the point, someone is also secretly thinking about which family's "willow" this "second son of the Liu family" refers to. However, the answer is obvious, because there are not many big people with the surname Liu in Haishan, especially the big people who are qualified to sit here, so this "Liu" should refer to the "Liu" of Liu Qingyun, the mayor of Haishan City......

And he only said that he was the "second son of the Liu family", without pointing out his father's official position, it can also be seen that this person has a calm heart, not the kind of arrogant second goods.

In this way, since Liu Qiancheng is the son of a magistrate's family and is here on behalf of his father, he is also qualified to sit in this seat.

Duanmu Ci didn't expect that he was here to comment on whether others were qualified to sit here, but he didn't know that others were also evaluating in their hearts whether he was qualified to be among them. With a cold face, sitting among the giants of the sea and mountains, and sitting beside the mayor's son, how can people not mutter?

After a while, the banquet hall gradually fell silent, and the guests all found their seats and took their seats, waiting for the beginning of the show.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the front door of the banquet hall to open, and the brothers Tang Tingshu and Tang Jingchang helped their old father to enter the hall left and right, followed by Tang Ke, Tang Rui, Tang Luoluo and other juniors.

Finally, Tang Yijin stood in front of the microphone, "Old man, I have a cheap life of eighty, but I have relatives and friends, and colleagues from all walks of life in Haishan who take time out of their busy schedules to attend my birthday banquet." I'm here to thank you! As he spoke, he trembled and prepared to bow.

The huge banquet hall suddenly resounded one after another humble voices, and Tang Tingshu hurriedly supported his father on the side.

Tang Yijin said, "I'm just a bad old man, and I'm not a leader, so I won't talk nonsense, let's use chopsticks!" ”

The guests laughed cooperatively, in order to cater to the old man's not funny joke......

It's just that Liu Qiancheng's face is a little weird, because his father is the biggest leader of Haishan......

Tang Tingshu and Tang Jingchang helped Tang Yijin to sit at the table in Duanmuci, Tang Ke and Tang Rui, as the most valued juniors of the third generation of the Tang family, also obtained the qualification to sit here, so it seems that everyone is almost the same.

As soon as Tang Yijin sat down, he said to this Duanmu Ci, "I like the gift you gave me very much, and I have a heart." The old man admired the young man's tone.

Duanmu Ci is actually a Northern Song Dynasty Duan Yan, although the quality is precious, but the value and significance are not as high as the Dong Qichang calligraphy and painting in Tang Ke's hand, and Duanmu Ci himself does not want to steal Tang Ke's limelight.

So he also specially instructed Tang Ke, saying that he didn't want to tell the origin of this painting, so he said that Tang Ke found it himself, which made Tang Ke very embarrassed, feeling that he was a greedy treasure and a merit to invite people.

Sure enough, after Tang Yijin spoke to Duanmu Ci, he turned to Tang Ke and said, "The "Autumn Mountain Bright Moon Reading Map" sent by your kid is Dong Qichang's masterpiece!" Emperor Kangxi praised it, and Emperor Qianlong wrote poems and inscriptions, but they later disappeared in the 'Gengzi Rebellion'. I've been looking for it all these years, but unfortunately I never saw it, but I didn't expect to be found by you. Not bad, not bad! ”

Tang Yijin was born in a poor family, and when he was a child, he worked as an errand in some long-standing families in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was very yearning for the atmosphere of generations of hairpins and poetry heirlooms. After his career, he also hoped to wash the mud off his trousers, so he began to pursue the grade and taste of high society.

First of all, I don't talk about dressing, except for a few designated brands, I don't wear anything else, and even shoes that only nobles can wear have always been diligently. In terms of taste, Tang Yijin began to work the collection of calligraphy and paintings, hoping to improve the cultural heritage of the Tang family and completely wash away the earthy smell on his body.

And the calligraphy and painting sent by Tang Ke well met his special psychological needs, which made Mr. Tang not appreciate? As for how expensive it is to buy calligraphy and paintings? Hehe-As the richest man in Haishan, Old Man Tang modestly said that if it can be solved by money, it is not a problem!

In fact, no matter how wise and shrewd Old Man Tang was when he was young, he was already in his old age. Throughout the annals of ancient and modern history, no matter how talented kings were when they were young, they would basically become mediocre at this age, both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad. And the mediocrity of this old man Tang is manifested in the fact that he likes people who can cater to his "taste".

Old Man Tang praised Tang Ke here, but Tang Jingchang and Tang Rui on the other side gritted their teeth with hatred. After their defeat in the Crane Garden, they tried their best to collect a landscape painting of the literati of the Southern School of the Qing Dynasty. It's just that the works of the literati of the Qing Dynasty, who are just childish, how can they be compared with the works of Dong Qichang, a great calligrapher and painter in the Ming Dynasty?

It's an all-round spike!

Then by the way, Tang Rui's father and son were also killed in seconds......

However, Tang Rui was not very worried in his heart, after all, gifts were only one aspect of today's struggle, how could he be a vegetarian on Tang Rui's side?

Wait and see—

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