The New Year's reception hosted by Sungwoo Trading Company was held at the most exclusive club in Seoul, and the chairman of Sungwoo Trading Company, who is also known as the fisherman nouveau riche Yoo Sung-jin, took great pains to not only distribute invitations, but also prepared a huge surprise for all the guests who could find them.

"Sungwoo Trading Company" is also a large-scale import and export trader with assets of more than 100 billion won, but unfortunately because of Chairman Yoo Sung-jin's bad background, a series of low-level actions of nouveau riche after becoming a rich man make it difficult for people in high society to accept him at all, let alone which real wealthy families and big chaebols.

So even if Chairman Yoo Sung-jin took out 100 million won to host the reception this time, even if he sent the invitation to the famous companies and families in Seoul, most of the people who actually came to participate in the reception were nominal directors and idle ministers who did not have much real power in these companies. As for the family and officials, they are all mainly second-generation, or the kind of people who have no inheritance rights, or are mostly collateral children.

Among the people who attended the meeting, Zixi's identity and status were the highest, which also made the rest of the people wonder, "When did Yoo Sung-jin get involved with Zi-hee?" Is there something they can't do with each other? Do you need to notify the family (company) and adjust the relationship with Yoo Sung-jin? Speculations were made.

The circle in Seoul is not big or small, but most of the people in this circle are not looking up and looking down, and they are quite familiar with each other. So when Zixi was present, they all came to him and Quan Wanzhi, even if they couldn't get involved, at least they could get acquainted, which would definitely be beneficial and harmless in the future.

At the banquet scene, Zixi and their group were undoubtedly the largest, but they were not the only small group. Not far from them, all of them are investors from abroad, basically blonde and blue-eyed Europeans and Americans. These people only have interests in their eyes, and whoever can bring them enough money, they will go there, and they will not care about Yoo Sung-jin's status and status in Seoul's high society at all. As a result, most of the foreign investors who came were high-level people, and they were also the oldest among all the people present.

There is another group of people who Zixi doesn't know at all. The young man they led was clearly a Southeast Asian of Malay descent, as was certain from the color of his skin. Around this young man, there are a number of Seoul businessmen who have business dealings with Southeast Asia, these people are basically similar to Chairman Yoo Sung-jin, all of them are engaged in import and export business, but they are targeting Southeast Asian countries.

Zixi, who was idle, suddenly felt a gaze fall on him, turned his head to look over, and saw a young man of Malay descent walking towards him with a wine glass, followed by several people.

"You're Hollywood star Zachary?" The young man came to Zixi, looked up and down, and said in innocent London accent English: "You are really handsome, no wonder there are so many fans in our country who like you." There are no new titles coming out recently, so that which fans can go crazy and you can also earn more money. ”

If it were placed in another time and place, it would have been a joke if someone who was familiar with Zixi said so. But here, at this banquet, it was basically people from the business world who came, but this young man said this, and it was obvious that he was suspected of making fun of Zixi. I just don't know if he doesn't know if Lu Dao Zixi represents the FS Group, or if he simply selectively forgets.

In Zixi's group, even if they haven't gone out to study, even if they are just insignificant in the family, their English proficiency is still very good, so the young man's words are basically all understood. Many people frowned and looked at the young man, not knowing what his purpose was when he dared to openly come over to make fun of Zixi. If Zixi then gets angry, do you want to cheer and accompany Zixi to step on this Malay man who doesn't know the height of the sky?

There are many people who have this kind of mind, but there are also other people who have the mentality of watching the show, especially foreign investors. They are well aware of the energy of the Zixi family, and they also know which Malay youth is not easy to mess with. Although he couldn't understand why the Malay youth was provoking Zixi for no reason, he immediately decided not to help each other.

Zixi couldn't have imagined that he had something to do with this young Malay, why would he run over to provoke him so nonsensically. But he only frowned, and after glancing at the Malay youth coldly, he continued to chat with Quan Wanzhi, who was already frowning angrily, and regarded the Malay youth in front of him as air at all.

"As a gentleman, don't you think your behavior is rude?" When the Malay youth saw that Zixi actually ignored him, his eyes were cold, and he sneered with a yin owl on his face.

Before Zixi could reply, Quan Wanzhi glanced at the other party a few times, and couldn't help but mock: "Gentleman? Are you worthy? Don't think that if you go to the UK to study for a few years, learn a few words of English, and get a degree that you don't know what to do, you will think of yourself as an aristocratic gentleman. Some things, no matter how whitewashed on the outside, black is black, white is white, and it will not make any difference just because you can speak a few words of English, and the inside will never change. ”

"You..." The young Malay man clenched his hands into fists, and his eyes glared at Quan Wanzhi like fire, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Zixi sneered and shook his head, just now he was still depressed when he offended such a person, and mistakenly thought that this Malay young man was a character who dared to run over and provoke. Unexpectedly, Quan Wanzhi refuted a few words, and there was no city government, and his true form was immediately revealed.

Quan Wanzhi was unforgiving, glanced at the Malay youth with contempt, and pouted: "What are you, and you still think of yourself as a gentleman, is there a gentleman like you who points his finger at others?" So no matter what kind of skin you wear, you still can't change anything in your bones. ”

Quan Wanzhi's words were very insulting, and he made the Malay youth angry on the spot, and he thought about beating him up on the spot. But looking at the other party's chubby figure, compared with his own matchstick, it is obvious that he is not superior, and he will definitely not be able to go alone. In addition, most of the people around Quan Wanzhi and Zixi are young people, and the number of people is several times more than that of themselves, and it is even more undesirable to fight in groups. The Malay youth was very smart and didn't continue to be mad, looked at Quan Wanzhi coldly, then glared at Zixi hatefully, turned around and left.

What happened in just a few minutes, Zixi didn't understand the situation at all. He was provoked for no reason, and then he was pushed back by Quan Wanzhi. But for what will he be more provocative than provocative? It seems that you have offended each other, let alone know each other, did you go out today and didn't read the yellow calendar, you deserve to be unlucky?

Looking at the back of the Malay youth leaving, Zixi asked, "Who is he, why did he come over and talk to me, I don't seem to know him at all, right?" ”

Quan Wanzhi looked at the Malay youth who had already walked away with contempt, and said, "His name is Nabida. Abdul. Ahmed, a Malaysian, was a former general and was awarded the Royal General's Medal of Honour. S.D) and was awarded the title of 'Dato'. Later, he retired from business and owned the largest pepper plantation in Malaysia and is also a well-known energy developer in Malaysia. ”

Speaking of which, Zixi is even more strange, he has no intersection with this Dato's son at all, how could he come over and find trouble?

Seeming to understand Zixi's inner doubts, Quan Wanzhi added: "This has to start with Nabida coming to South Korea on behalf of the family's energy company to talk about joint oil and gas development. According to my father, the South Korean government had already agreed to Nabida's request, and the South Korean government would provide funds and technology to improve the equipment for oil exploration and extraction, and the developed oil and gas would be refined and purchased by the South Korean side. This was originally a happy thing, but before the signing of the agreement, the FS Group came out to stop it, threatening that if the South Korean side cooperated with Nabida, then the oil quota of the United Arab Emirates would be reduced for South Korea, forcing the South Korean government to compromise and let the FS Group undertake the cooperation with Nabida. However, the conditions offered by the FS Group are very harsh, and it is reported that there is a lot of pressure from different parties, and Nabida can only agree to the contract with the FS Group, so he will hate you. ”

"Why didn't I know about this?" Zixi was very puzzled, how to say that he is also the CEO of the Korean business now, and there was also a secretary's office to report to him about the important things that happened to the group before, but about this matter, Zixi is still the first time to know about it, or from outsiders, which has to be said to be an irony.

"It's not surprising that you don't know the way, my father said that this was secretly carried out by the FS Group and the United Bank of America Holding Company, and it was personally handled by Chairman Feng Yifeng, and it seems that some powerful figures in the United States are also involved in this matter, and all the information is basically strictly confidential. This is because FS Group and Nabida have completed the formation of the company and related agreements, and this is the news that has been revealed. And the South Korean government doesn't want to spread the word about this ugly family, and you FS Group grabbed the neck and couldn't speak in terms of energy, so why are you embarrassed to talk nonsense everywhere? President Lee Myung-bak was very annoyed by this incident, but he was helpless, and even the government kept silent, and even the television station did not dare to report the incident indiscriminately. Quan Wanzhi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Nabida has made the family's energy business unprofitable at all because of this matter. How can Nabida be happy that the entire oil exploration and extraction, as well as the refining and sales of the oil, are all done by the FS Group, and they can only enjoy annual dividends in two newly established companies? I think he wants to provoke you right now, and it would be better if you can unilaterally break the contract on behalf of the FS Group, and he might rush up and hug and kiss you right away. ”

No wonder, cutting off people's food and clothing is like killing parents. This time, the FS Group strongly intervened in this matter, which not only cut off South Korea's channel to increase energy imports, but also reduced the Nabida family to a dispensable supporting role in energy development.

In this matter, Zixi will not pity Nabida, let alone have any guilt towards the South Korean government. As part of the trust group, this is bound to happen. Shopping malls have always emphasized the law of the jungle, and it is a world where big fish swallow small fish, and the weak eat the strong. The South Korean government wants to open up new channels for energy imports, but it also wants to get rid of the influence of the FS Group and the United States on it, so as not to let people get stuck in its neck. Unfortunately, it backfired, and in the end, it could only make the FS Group and the United States more vigilant.

And what about Nabida's family? They just want to find a better and richer buyer for their oil and gas, but who knows that the end result is to send sheep into the tiger's mouth, which is simply a meat bun beating a dog, and anger is inevitable. Nabida didn't rush up and cut Zixi with a knife, which was already very restrained.

The discord between Nabida and Zixi was nothing more than a minor episode, which was soon forgotten when Chairman Yoo Sung-jin announced the official start of the reception. But Nabida didn't forget, he knew that he couldn't do anything to Zixi, but if he wanted to lose his face and embarrass him, he still had confidence in himself.