Chapter 175: Going to the Banquet
When night falls, the city is lit up with bright lights.
In Xu Haiqing's private office of the Fucheng Knight Branch, Yiwen was putting his feet on the wide desk, and the whole person was relaxing on the large and comfortable leather sofa.
"Yiwen, here are two invitations for you to take a look at." Xu Haiqing smiled and handed Yiwen an invitation made of white double-sided cardboard, which was a little too simple to look at with the current common aesthetics.
At this time, Xu Haiqing had another red gilded invitation in his hand, but seeing that Yiwen was not ready to take it at all, he casually put the two invitations on the glass table on the side, and then stood behind Yiwen and gently got up for him.
Enjoying the kneading of Xu Haiqingqian's jade hand on his shoulder, Yiwen said casually indifferently: "Who sent it?" If it's not necessary, you can arrange it casually, and I'll have something to do tomorrow. β
"The white one is an invitation letter signed by Dai Liyu, the mayor of Fucheng City, asking you to go to a charity auction with a Fucheng political axe at eight o'clock in the morning every day, and it is said that all the funds obtained will be donated to the coastal disaster-stricken cities, and the tone on the invitation letter is mandatory, don't you go?"
Yiwen and Dai Liyu were entangled in their feelings, he didn't hide it from his other women, Xu Haiqing naturally knew it, so he made fun of Yiwen.
After settling down, Yiwen thought for a while and said, "Where did the other invitation come from?" He actually knew that since Xu Haiqing handed over these two invitations to him, he actually thought that they were more important invitations, and it was difficult for him to refuse.
"Another invitation is from your uncle, who invites you to your cousin's wedding tomorrow at 12 o'clock at noon at the International Hotel, 123 Huaxia Road, Kyoto. However, this invitation was only sent to Fucheng this afternoon through the Knight Mercenary Association, and because he saw that the recipient was you, the branch president in Kyoto did not dare to slack off, and sent it directly to the monkey through the space teleportation station. The delivery time for this invitation is this morning. Does this uncle of yours know that you are now the owner of the Knight Guild? When he said these words, Xu Haiqing's voice had some strange content in it.
Yiwen understood what she meant as soon as she heard it.
The invitation that was mailed in Kyoto this morning, inviting his nephew, who was more than 1,700 miles away, to attend his daughter's wedding at noon the next day, was self-evident from the perspective of normal people's thinking.
Not to mention that this invitation has to be walked on the road for a few days, even if it is delivered by him, Yiwen will receive it here, according to the current trend of overwhelming monsters, it is impossible for ordinary people to rush from Fucheng to Kyoto in just over ten hours anyway.
Xu Haiqing's strange tone showed that there was no sincerity in this invitation, only a thick hypocrisy.
"Now that the world is so chaotic, my uncle doesn't want me to go to Kyoto, after all, the road is too dangerous for an ordinary middle school student." Smiling dryly, Yiwen said, "I have two uncles, this is the eldest uncle, and I'm sure he doesn't know what I'm doing now - even the uncle in the countryside of my hometown, and he only knows that I'm a high school student with a little money. Last time, I sent a summoned beast to guard my uncle's family, and it seems that you know that. β
"There are three people on the invitation, your father, you, and your sister, and it's not just for you." Xu Haiqing sneered and pierced Yiwen's self-deception.
Yiwen thought about it hard, and it took a lot of effort to remember that this uncle seemed to have gone to Kyoto to do business a long time ago, and it was said that he had made a lot of money and had settled down in Kyoto, but he had no son, and there was only one daughter below, and the name seemed to be Zhang Xiaonan. I remember that the name "Xiao Nan" is still because my cousin is three years older than my sister, and my sister is named "Xiao Xi", Xiao Nan Xiao Xi, which is arranged from this cousin's name according to the sound of east, west, north and south. Uncle Yiwen's family also has two cousins named Xiaodong and Xiaobei.
I vaguely remember that the last contact between my family and this uncle was the funeral call I made to him in Kyoto when my mother died. It's just that it seems that he is said to be busy with business, and he doesn't have time to rush back to Fucheng. It was also because he did not come back to attend the funeral that Yiwen and his sister were angry and did not contact the uncle again.
These are all memories from the previous life, and they are all very distant things in Yiwen's mind, and they have become very vague.
After hesitating for a moment, Yiwen decided to go to the appointment on time.
Regarding the first invitation from his sister, Xu Haiqing naturally did not object to Yiwen going, but for the second invitation from Yiwen, Xu Haiqing held an opposing opinion. Yiwen was like a god in her mind, and this kind of insincere invitation really felt like an insult to her god, so she really didn't go!
Patting her hand, Yiwen comforted: "After all, he is my mother's own brother, why should he show up for my mother." And it's not just me who has to go, but Xiaoxi has to go too. I believe that after she knows, she will also decide like this. β
Hearing Yiwen's words, Xu Haiqing did not insist.
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At 7:50 a.m. the next day, the fire phoenix driven by Yiwen drove to the gate of the municipal axe of the Fucheng Municipal Party Committee.
The Fire Phoenix is the second-generation car that Yiwen has just arrived, and it belongs to the latest generation of super war riders, with two forms: a land off-road vehicle and a sixth-level fire demon beast in the sky. Because the sixth-level fire eagle is full of dazzling and beautiful flames, it resembles the mythical beast phoenix in Chinese legends, so it was named the fire phoenix by the maker Meng Yuxin.
The Fire Eagle was originally a low-level flying demon beast, and the current highest level is only Level 3, and there has never been a Fire Eagle above Level 4. This kind of monster beast is known for its lightning speed, and it has the skill of small fireball attack, but because this monster beast has not obtained more advanced skills when it has evolved to the third level, and its size is too small, it is still a low-level character among the flying monsters.
After Yiwen subdued a first-level fire eagle, with a large number of demon beast essence cores and summoned beast space, this lucky fire eagle was quickly upgraded to level six. Yiwen then gave it to Meng Yuxin and asked them to transform it into their own super warhorse.
After Yiwen was upgraded to level six, all the demon beasts in the beast space he summoned were upgraded with it, as for the previous super war horseman, it was because after being upgraded to level six, its size changed greatly, and the "Transformers" parts that were originally fixed on its body were no longer able to form that hatchback, and all Cang Howl was honorably discharged from the army, and Yiwen's car was replaced with a new fire phoenix.
It's just that the sixth-level fire eagle is not a small guy, if you spread its wings, it is more than twelve meters wide, and all the deformed off-road vehicles composed of it as the core are naturally not a small guy, in terms of size, its length is close to seven meters, the width is almost three meters, the wheelbase is four and a half meters, and the height is more than three meters, and an ordinary adult standing in front of it is only slightly higher than a tire. The off-road vehicle is also painted in the color of flames, which is very eye-catching.
At the gate of the municipal party committee and municipal axe, there was a large row of officials, and the first of them was Dai Liyu, the mayor of Fucheng City. It was a little strange that the real leader of Fucheng City was second, standing behind Dai Liyu.
Seeing the fire phoenix driven by Yiwen like a giant beast coming, many officials avoided it from a distance, they were all frightened by the fierce aura of the fire phoenix, and only Dai Liyu smiled and did not move a step.
The oversized off-road vehicle stopped abruptly more than two meters away from Dai Liyu, Yiwen first pushed the door and got out of the car, and after nodding and smiling with Dai Liyu, he went to pick up Xu Haiqing and Xiaoxi who were sitting in the car. After all, the car is too high, and it is somewhat inconvenient to get off. The two women also deliberately put on pencil pants, for fear that they would be gone.
Seeing Yiwen and the three of them officially walking towards the gate, the officials led by Dai Liyu greeted them warmly.
After the formal greetings, a secretary's eyes came over and wanted to park for Yiwen, so he came to ask for the key.
Yiwen laughed. What else do you need for a super warhorse? A command was sent in his mind, and the oversized off-road vehicle transformed into a phoenix with brilliant flame feathers in the mechanical sound of clattering, and then after the melodious eagle roar, he pounced straight towards Yiwen.
The wings were spread out, and the body the size of a small basketball court swooped in front of them, and the officials were startled again. However, when the fire phoenix touched Yiwen's body, it disappeared in an instant, and it turned out that Yiwen had taken it into the summoning beast space.
After the surprise, the officials were envious from the bottom of their hearts, and then they were overwhelmed.
Even a person as plain and indifferent as Yiwen was still photographed.
Smirking, Yiwen was surrounded by officials and walked into the large conference room on the sixth floor of the Municipal Axe Building, which has been set up as a temporary auction hall today, but many of the tables, chairs and benches are still in the original conference room, which looks a little nondescript.
After the reserved seats in the first row were seated with several powerful figures in the city, the auction officially began.
The things auctioned in this fundraising auction were all donated by city officials, as well as some gifts received by the municipal party committee in the past, and there were not many things of value in fact. Of course, the people who come to this auction are not for the apparent value of these things.
The first to be sold was a calligraphy donated by a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference official who loves calligraphy, and the starting price was 1,000 yuan, and it was finally auctioned for 15,000 yuan.
The auction was a direct transaction of the auction items by on-site transfer or cash payment, and when Yiwen saw the brain-filled buyer and the consignor's official warmly hug and take a group photo, Yiwen knew what the auction was all about.
When he saw the second buyer hugging and taking a group photo with another client, he also woke up: today is calculated by Dai Liyu, a girl, it seems that it is impossible not to bleed much.
As Yiwen expected, Dai Liyu, as the mayor, donated ten items, including her ink treasure, her used fountain pen, a set of cutlery, as well as some jewelry and Hermès silk scarves and bags.
Although her Mobao was a miserable schoolboy's handwriting in Yiwen's eyes, she still made Yiwen pay five million yuan. Although few people really dared to bid with him, he still did not hesitate to save face for his women. Therefore, Yiwen took out a total of nearly 50 million yuan for the entire ten items - this is completely his donation for the female mayor's private surname, in fact, after the coastal counties and cities suffered the blow of the extinction of the surname, Yiwen has donated a lot of money and goods in the name of the Knight Association. If converted into cash, it would be an astronomical amount!
As the bidder who won the auction bid at the highest price, Yiwen also took the stage and hugged Dai Liyu ten times and took a group photo ten times.
After returning to his seat, facing Xu Haiqing's ridicule, Yiwen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In fact, not all the auction items bought are useless, although for example, jewelry and the like have to be returned to Dai Liyu himself, but Hermes's silk scarves and bags are good things for ordinary people - these were originally Dai Liyu's treasures, but after Yiwen gave her a large number of myx complete sets of women's surname items produced by Meng Yuxin, she abandoned them.
Just because she doesn't like it doesn't mean she doesn't have value. The two silk scarves and a bag donated are brand new, which can be used as gifts for my cousin who got married at noon today, and I believe she should like it.
The auction for the purpose of fundraising finally ended at 11 o'clock in the morning, Yiwen, as a contributor to 95% of the auction income, was warmly greeted by the officials standing at the door, and after the pockets were full, the officials led by Dai Liyu did not forget him, the biggest head, so the female mayor invited him to lunch.
Yiwen didn't hide from her that she was going to attend her cousin's wedding.
Dai Liyu didn't know about the relationship between Yiwen and this cousin, but she really wanted to appear in pairs with Yiwen in front of Yiwen's relatives, so she actively asked to go with her. For his request, Yiwen naturally would not object. In this way, Yiwen's team to attend Zhang Xiaonan's wedding became four people, namely Yiwen, Xiaoxi, Xu Haiqing and Dai Liyu.
With them, Yiwen drove the fire phoenix to the Fucheng Knight Branch, and through the space teleportation station in it, Yiwen and the others were directly teleported to the Kyoto Knight Branch.
Before again, Yiwen did not forget to contact his brother-in-law, and after asking him, Yiwen learned that his uncle had married his own brother without notifying him. Yiwen smiled bitterly, but the aunt complained on the other end of the phone, Yiwen clearly heard her complaining that her uncle was rich, but she also put her eyes on the top of her head, looking down on the poor relatives in her hometown.
In the end, under the opposition of the little aunt, the little uncle still insisted on asking Yiwen to bring him a 1,000 yuan wedding money. In the countryside of my hometown, 1,000 yuan of joy money is not less. The uncle knew that his nephew had a little money now, and he was not afraid that he would not be able to pay it, but he still indicated that he would return the money to him.
Yiwen could only smile bitterly again.
The Knight Branch in Kyoto is at least ten kilometers away from Yiwen's destination, but this distance stumps Yiwen - his fire phoenix is purely an unlicensed over-standard vehicle, and it is still okay to run around in normal times, once it runs rampant in Kyoto, it will definitely cause trouble, although it is not afraid of trouble, but this time the time is tight, it is better not to provoke right and wrong, or not to provoke.
This kind of trivial matter is too lazy to bother the people of the knight's branch, otherwise they will think that the boss has some other intentions, after all, this is going to the wedding banquet of Cousin Yiwen.
So the four of them squeezed a little and took a taxi to the International Hotel at No. 123 Huaxia Road, Kyoto. After arriving at the place, when they saw the so-called international hotel, Dai Liyu and Xu Haiqing were a little disappointed: they said that it was an international hotel, but it was only a three-story small building, and it looked like it didn't match the star-rated hotel from the outside.
The door of the hotel is very small, just two glass doors, the width is more than two meters at most, and now a heart-shaped arch is placed, the arch is made of balloons, mixed with some red roses, just look at the petals to know that they are all simple plastic props, and on both sides of the arch, there are two big red lanterns hanging, so the overall look is a bit nondescript.
The female mayor's brow even furrowed.
In the middle of the top of the arch, a piece of red paper was pasted on it, and the wedding celebration of Mr. Zhao Donghai and Miss Zhang Xiaonan was written in bright pure yellow paint.
Xu Haiqing looked at this simple arrangement and asked, "Yiwen, is this your cousin's wedding?" I remember you once said, this uncle is rich? β
Yiwen smiled bitterly: "I remember that he was very rich when I was a child, but now that I think about it, maybe it was because my family was too poor at that time!" β
While speaking, I saw Yiwen, the four men and four women who were as rich as jade, arrive, and looking at the dress and temperament, they were obviously good, and they had already walked out of Yingbin, but Yingbin didn't know Yiwen and others, and Yiwen didn't know him.
"Excuse me, sir, are you here for the wedding?" The welcome pair is obviously the leader of Yiwen Road.
Xu Haiqing took a step forward and said, "If this is the wedding of Zhang Hongyan's daughter, Miss Zhang Xiaonan, I think so." β
The welcome nodded and ushered the four of them in.
The wedding banquet is obviously prepared to be held in the hall on the left side of the first floor, this small building looks inconspicuous outside, the space on the first floor is obviously not small, in the hall on the left side has been placed at this time more than a dozen round tables, placed on both sides of the red carpet, look at the nameplate on the table, on the top of the chairman, VIP seats, men's seats and women's seats in the corner.
The bride in a crisp white wedding dress and the groom in a silver-white suit are standing at the VIP table and talking to a few people. (To be continued.) )