Chapter 826: Cocktail Party (1)
Drinking parties are very common in high society, and most of them are a group of chaebol families, and the helmsmen of large companies and large groups get together to make money or contact each other. Take the drinking party that Zixi participated in this time, which was held by a nouveau riche chartered a club. In order to be able to enter the upper class society and keep up with the real chaebol wealthy families, this nouveau riche sent invitations with a shy face, basically famous families in Seoul, as well as high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
According to Quan Wanzhi, the nouveau riche was just a fisherman in his early years, because he accidentally sold Korean food and clothes to Chinese mainland, where the economy began to take off, and since then he has seen the direction of development. I sold the fishing boat, took out a loan, and started a business as an export wholesaler. In just over ten years, a fisherman at the bottom of society has become an upstart with more than 100 billion won.
With money, it is natural to show your identity, to be among the real high society, and to make yourself a real person one day. In recent years, this fisherman nouveau riche has not only bought a mansion and a luxury car in Seoul, but also hired a servant from Southeast Asia. It is better not to buy things, but only the most expensive ones, which is not majestic in the rich circle of Seoul for a while, so that some people who do not know the details mistakenly think that this is a chaebol tycoon.
It takes three generations to raise a nobleman, and this is true not only in the Chinese area, but also in Korea, a country heavily influenced by Confucianism and Chinese culture. With the recognition of the fisherman nouveau riche, many people are watching his jokes, and not many people will really respect him, only staring at the money in his pocket.
In order to better integrate into this high society and better deal with the wealthy families who could only look up to the mountains before, the fishermen nouveau riche did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to charter the entire clubhouse, and used all the connections that could be used to invite famous families from all over the world, in order to be able to get closer to each other with the people who attended.
The reason why Quan Wanzhi received the invitation was because of the contract of "Suwon Construction" for the construction of the company's headquarters building by the new company of the nouveau riche. Knowing that Quan Wanzhi's father was actually the director of the Inspection Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, this nouveau riche made Quan Wanzhi have to attend, and said that there would be a satisfactory surprise.
If it was just this nouveau riche who sent out the invitation, I'm afraid that not too many people would be there, and Quan Wanzhi would not have attended either. But the nouveau riche didn't know what method they used, and the people who came to the drinking party tonight actually occupied many large companies and family children in Seoul. Although it is not the most important people of these families and companies who come, there are ministers or directors who are indispensable.
Jeon Wanzhi originally wanted to pull Bae Xiudao and Park Yongxin to participate, but both of them are now concurrently in public office, and they are no longer the second generation of the former bohemian officials, both of them have cases in their bodies, and they can't accompany Jeon Wanzhi to the meeting. As for the others, when they heard that it was a drinking party held by the nouveau riche, they were even less interested, and they all prevaricated with various excuses.
Since no one wanted to go, Quan Wanzhi thought of Zixi, but he also sent an invitation to the FS Group, but people didn't like him at all. This time, Quan Wanzhi found Zixi, which was regarded as a face nouveau riche, and he was also full of interest in the unexpected joy of the nouveau riche's mouth.
The clubhouse that Zixi came to is one of the best clubs in Seoul, and it is a must-visit place for many wealthy businessmen to discuss business casually. At this time, the clubhouse was already full of all kinds of luxury cars, and in a building built entirely of floor-to-ceiling glass, a drinking party with fragrant clothes and sideburns had already begun.
When I walked into the building, I was immediately struck by it. From the outside, you can see the inside through the transparent glass, but when you enter, you find that the decoration is very luxurious.
The floors are all covered with the finest imported Persian carpets, and the crystal chandeliers hanging high above are dazzling and valuable at first glance. In addition, there are porcelain pieces placed around the area, as well as oil paintings hanging on the walls, all of which can be seen to be authentic and treasures purchased from China, Europe and the United States. Renting this place for a cocktail party will probably not be cheap.
"Brother! I am here. Zixi, who was just looking carefully, heard a loud voice calling out to herself, and couldn't help but turn her head to look over.
Quan Wanzhi is wearing a well-fitting dress today, his hair is neatly combed, and he really looks like a dog. Beside him stood a dark, thin, middle-aged man in his forties. The clothes on this middle-aged man are no worse than Quan Wanzhi, but no matter how awkward Zixi looks, there is always a feeling of being a monkey.
"Wisdom! You're here so early! Zixi walked over and hugged Quan Wanzhi closely, but he turned a blind eye to the middle-aged man who was standing beside him and looked excited when he saw Zixi coming.
"Brother Zixi, let me introduce you. This is Chairman Yoo Sung-jin of the 'Sungwoo Trading Company' who hosted the reception tonight. Quan Wanzhi pointed to the dark and thin middle-aged man beside him and introduced. Then he said to President Liu Chengzhen: "I don't need to introduce this person, right?" β
"Of course, I don't need to introduce it." Chairman Yoo Sung-jin seemed to have forgotten that he was a round older than Zixi, so he first bent down and saluted Zixi, then held his right hand with his left hand, bowed his head slightly, and said respectfully: "Zixi is not only the CEO of FS Group's business in Korea, but also a famous superstar in the world, how could I not know it?" Xie Lu Xie Zixi was able to come to this banquet, which is not only my honor, but also makes this charity banquet shine. β
Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, although he knows that the nouveau riche in Quan Wanzhi's mouth is the president of Yoo Sung-jin in front of him, but people are so respectful and polite to him, Zixi can't pull a face, right?
Zixi had a polite smile on his face and said perfunctorily, "Hello President Liu, it's nice to meet you." β
"Huh! It was an honor for me to meet Zixi Xi. The chairman of Yoo Sung-jin didn't seem to mind Zixi's perfunctory behavior at all, and the smile on his dark face was even worse.
"This time, President Liu spent a lot of money to hold a drinking party, it seems that he has a lot of ambitions!" Zixi glanced at the guests who came around him and said with a smile: "With this cocktail party, Chairman Liu will also be a figure in Seoul in the future." β
President Liu Chengzhen smiled yearning and said, "This is still for you to give face, otherwise I would not have this honor." β
After chatting casually with this Chairman Yoo Sung-jin, Jeon Wan-ji had already seen Zi-hee's impatience, and after greeting Chairman Yoo Sung-jin, he pulled Zi-hee aside.
"I said, are you bored? What is there to say to such people? Zixi pouted. Looking at Chairman Yoo Sung-jin, who kept groveling, chatting with people from different large companies and conglomerates who came to the meeting, even if it was only a minister and a director, they all disdained this chairman.
The kind of contempt in the eyes of others, Liu Chengzhen doesn't seem to have seen it at all, his face is thick, I don't know if he has been trained in business for many years, or he was blown by the sea breeze when he used to be a fisherman. This also made Zixi look down on him very much. You can have no money, but you can't have no backbone. You can be looked down upon, but you have to have a backbone. But in President Yoo Sung-jin, all Zixi saw was --- servile face.
Quan Wanzhi shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "I had some business dealings with Chairman Liu and helped him solve a small problem, so he invited me to this banquet with a dead face." β
"That's coming, watching and watching, donate some money casually, let's go out to the bar." There are a lot of expensive and good wines around, and the banquet grade is not low. But Zixi just doesn't like this kind of drinking party with a mask, but the content of the speech or the smile on his face are all extremely false.
"Wait a minute, Chairman Liu said that there will be a huge surprise, let's wait!" Quan Wanzhi grabbed Zixi, who was about to leave, looked at no one around, and said in a low voice: "Before you came just now, President Liu mentioned to me that he used a lot of connections tonight and invited many, many beautiful women to be there. If you look around, all the people who come have no female companions around. β
Quan Wanzhi didn't say that Zixi really didn't realize this, no wonder Zixi, who just came in, saw only a few rich ladies from small families in addition to a few waitresses, and the rest of the people who attended the meeting, whether they were children or high-level executives of the family or the company, were all in a single figure, which was really strange enough for a banquet.
"You're not going to tell me, that's what you told me about my surprise, are you?" Zixi rolled his eyes and said, "No wonder you are usually inseparable from Song Zhiyan, but tonight you actually came here alone, it turned out that the purpose was not pure!" β
"Hey, hey! I originally wanted Brother Xiudao and Brother Yongxin to accompany me, but who knew that they all had cases to be busy with, so I just blamed them for not having this blessing. "Quan Wanzhi doesn't deny his purpose at all.
Zixi pushed down Quan Wanzhi's fat belly with his elbow and said, "Dare to love me, I'm a candidate?" β
"You're to blame me for this." Quan Wanzhi made a momentum of thinking about Zixi and said, "Don't I know that Kim Tae-hee is not in South Korea, Brother Zixi must be alone and can't sleep." In such a cold weather, it is so happy to find a beautiful woman to warm the bed! After speaking, there was a yearning on his face.
It seems that Quan Wanzhi has been affected a lot these days, and it used to be just fun and fun, but now he actually has such a strong ** for women. I just don't know if Pei Xiudao, the prostitution, taught him, or his fiancΓ©e Song Zhiyan failed to meet his requirements?
Zixi and Jeon Wanzhi are very famous people in the upper class, and a group of people quickly gathered around them. Some people who don't know each other, those who have cooperative relationships, and those who want to have a good relationship with FS Group are all gathered around Zixi and Quan Wanzhi.
"What is this Liu Chengzhen doing, he was mysterious when he invited us to come, and he told us not to bring a female companion, what kind of surprise, could it be that his so-called surprise is a group of us men drinking and chatting?" A director from Samsung muttered discontentedly.
"Isn't it just an upstart? After making some money, I really think of myself as a superior person. Another SK Group executive was dismissive.
"Give him face and really think that he is a character, there are five people in front of us, and what do you say to maintain a sense of mystery." A side child of the Kim family in Seoul couldn't hide his disparagement of Yoo Sung-jin in his eyes or tone.
Although Liu Chengzhen is a dispensable person in Zixi's eyes, Zixi is also very disdainful when he listens to these people around him who come here to eat and drink others, but they are still here to slander others.
"Since you're here, let's wait, I'm afraid Liu Chengzhen won't dare to spend money to trick us." Zixi took a sip of champagne and said lightly.
"I know that the Dao Zixi is high and bright, and it really deserves to be from a big family."
"He deserves to be a role model for us."
"Zixi Xi is really extraordinary, don't care about this kind of little person."
"That is, what is Zixi's identity, and he won't dare to play us if he gives Liu Chengzhen ten more dares."
"Yes! Since Zixi Xi has said so, let's wait! A group of people praised Zixi one after another, making Zixi who heard it blush for them.