167. Chapter 19 (1)
Mae Se - The eve of the celebration.
The lights come on and night envelops this beautiful town.
A richly decorated hotel in the heart of town is lit up with neon, illuminations and a festive atmosphere.
Mi Wu and Ge Hong stood outside the hotel in festive costumes, greeting officials and businessmen of all colors, including military and government dignitaries, this is a grand celebration reception held before the opening, and it can be regarded as a warm-up for tomorrow's opening celebration.
Qiu Ze finally couldn't resist Mi Siqi's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and agreed to come with Master Mi to attend the ceremony.
When asking Boss Zeng for leave, Boss Zeng readily agreed, and Boss Zeng specially advised:
"Qiu Ze, it's not me who picked you up, I'm naturally happy if you stay with me all the time, but you're young, you ruined it just by delivering food for a day, the Mi family's business is doing a lot of business, if you can stay in his house and develop the best, young people should go out and see the world when they have the opportunity, and I think the eldest lady of the Mi family likes you very much, don't let down a piece of people's hearts."
The people in the hall gradually gathered, the waiter shuttled between the guests with a wine tray, every time a guest came, the host would introduce loudly, some business people were already familiar with each other, and they gathered together at this moment to exchange greetings, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
With the arrival of Wichai and Zhang Haibo, the originally lively hall was much quieter for a while, and there was a slight throbbing in the crowd.
Many people, especially business people, think that this is a new mine opening of the Mi family, everyone is for the Mi family this golden sign to come to cheer, never expected that Weichai, Zhang Haibo, the two in the Golden Triangle around the wind and rain of the figures, also came to the meeting, many perennial business dealings with the Mi family businessmen can not figure out the rhizome veins in it, so they have to stand on the side, wait and watch the development of the situation.
Zhang Haibo was at least respectful to Weichai on the surface, and always followed behind Weichai humbly, opening his mouth 'sir' and closing his mouth 'senior', and seeing several local warlords and dignitaries standing together, Zhang Haibo stepped forward to introduce Weichai.
In order to get rid of Zhang Haibo without causing too violent turmoil here, it is essential to win the support of these powerful figures, at least to ensure that they take a neutral position and do not interfere.
Wei Chai has done enough homework in private, and he also knows all about these important military and political figures who secretly support Zhang Haibo, and the best way to win them over is to do what he likes, and he Wei Chai has more experience than Zhang Haibo in this regard.
After a few pleasantries, Wichai presented his first greeting gift to the dignitaries, a delicate gift box containing exquisite diamonds from South Africa, accompanied by a check for $100,000, and handed to the head of the military, in addition to these diamonds, the check was in the denomination of $500,000.
Once upon a time, the reputation of Weichai was like thunder to them, and most people heard it, but in recent years, Weichai has fallen silent.
Today, when I saw that Wei Chai was still majestic, and he was so generous, the bureaucrats and warlords who had been here for a long time understood the meaning behind this check, and they were happy to laugh at it, who would be the enemy of money? For a while, several people talked and laughed happily, and there was a tendency to hate each other.
Zhang Haibo was surprised by this situation, he thought that he could use these local forces as bargaining chips with Weichai, but he didn't expect that Weichai would be easily resolved in the blink of an eye.
Looking at these usually high-minded local forces around Weichai at the moment, Zhang Haibo knew that he had miscalculated today, he smiled on his face, and he promised it on his lips, but he was gradually killing in his heart.
Zhang Haibo would not allow the land he had painstakingly managed for many years to fall into the hands of others so easily.
There was another commotion in the crowd, it turned out that it was the protagonist of tonight, that is, Mi Wu's father, Mi Jingtang, who walked downstairs with the support of his daughter Mi Siqi, followed by a tall young man with an indifferent face and an expressionless look at everything around him.
Some business tycoons took the lead in welcoming the past, many older people are perennial business dealings with the Mi family, old friends have not seen each other for many years, and Mi Wu is also busy running left and right to take care of it, and the hall is very lively for a while.
This commotion alleviated Zhang Haibo's embarrassment, and he took the opportunity to whisper a few words to Wichai to say that he wanted to go to socialize, and Wichai nodded and smiled in agreement.
Wei Chai saw Zhang Haibo's discomfort, and smiled secretly in his heart, but his mouth was extremely considerate, and he praised the dignitaries and nobles he just met:
"My brother is really capable, he is a good hand inside and out, he has been here for me to take care of me all these years, so that I can save a lot of worry, and I have not caused you less trouble, I really don't want to go from the heart, I will also take care of the business here in the future, and transfer more energy here, so that my brother can have a chance to take a break and adjust his tense life."
Those dignitaries who had just received a huge benefit from Weichai were naturally flattered and praised, Zhang Haibo smiled on his face, but his heart was as disgusting as eating a fly, and he turned around and walked towards the father and son of the Mi family.
Mi Wu saw Zhang Haibo walking towards him, gently pulled his father's sleeve, and whispered to his father: "This person who came over is Zhang Haibo, you can deal with it, he is the convener of this drinking party, we can't help but buy his face." ”
Before Mi Jingtang could speak, Mi Siqi first snorted dissatisfiedly.
Mi Wu glared at Mi Siqi with his eyes: "I told you not to find trouble for me, let you come with me, you will give me some peace." ”
After speaking, he greeted Zhang Haibo.
"Boss Zhang, let me introduce you, this is my father." Mi Wu said and brought Zhang Haibo to Mi Jingtang's approach.
"It is a great honor for Mr. Mi to be here." Zhang Haibo stretched out his hand to Mi Jingtang as he spoke.
Unexpectedly, Mi Jingtang did not cater to Zhang Haibo's movements, but folded his hands and bowed slightly to Zhang Haibo, and said with a smile:
"I have heard the name of Boss Zhang for a long time, and it is an honor to see it today, but I didn't expect Boss Zhang to take care of our family business in his busy schedule, and I am very grateful, and I would like to express my deep gratitude to Boss Zhang."
After speaking, the old man clasped his palms again.
Zhang Haibo stretched out his hand and did it there, listening to Mi Jingtang's obvious duplicity, Zhang Haibo couldn't find anything wrong and couldn't attack, just nodded awkwardly, and took advantage of the situation to fold his hands and return the salute.
Before Zhang Haibo could speak, he heard Mi Jingtang say next: "The old man is old, and he is slightly unwell after a long journey, so he has to retire first, and he still looks at Boss Zhang Haihan." ”
Mi Jingtang said as he stretched out his hand to take a glass of red wine from the waiter beside him, raised it high and said to everyone in the hall:
"Distinguished guests, friends, thanks to your love, my Mi family has today's glory, on the occasion of the opening of the new mine, I Mi Jingtang would like to express my deep gratitude to all the guests who came to this celebration ceremony, thank you for coming."
After speaking, Mi Jingtang raised his wine glass, drank all the wine in the cup, and bowed his hand to everyone:
"Recently, the old man has been feeling cold, and he really can't support it, so he has to retire first, and I hope you all have a pleasant night here, thank you."
After Mi Jingtang finished speaking, with Mi Siqi's support, he walked to the back while greeting the people he knew well.
From the time Mi Jingtang saw Zhang Haibo to the time he turned around and left, the whole process almost didn't allow Zhang Haibo to say a word, Zhang Haibo, who had been on fire in Weichai, ran into a soft nail here in Mi Jingtang, and his depression can be imagined.
Looking at Mi Jingtang's back as he walked away, feeling that he had been ignored several times tonight, intentionally or unintentionally, Zhang Haibo was embarrassed and angry, raised his wine glass and drank the wine in the glass, and then put the wine glass heavily on the side of him, turned to Ne Wen who was standing in the distance, and the two walked towards the back of the hall one after the other.
Ge Hong saw Zhang Haibo walking towards the back of the hall with a gloomy face from a distance, I don't know what happened here, he quietly glanced at Wei Chai not far away, it happened that Wei Chai was also looking at him, when the two looked at each other, Wei Chai gestured with his eyes and asked him to follow, Ge Hong hurriedly responded with a few people around him, and then followed Ne Wen to a small lounge behind the hall.
As soon as he entered the lounge, before Ge Hong could close the door, he heard a 'pop' sound in his ears, and a glass on the coffee table was thrown to the ground by Zhang Haibo, and Ge Hong and Ne Wen were stunned at the door.
"Damn, these unconscionable bastards, how much benefit did they take from Lao Tzu? The money given to them is enough for them to spend several lifetimes, and now they are still insatiable, and a check makes them happily lick the butt of that Vichai, and wag their tails around Wichai like a few pugs, they think that if they get close to Vichai, they will meet the God of Wealth? Don't forget, this is my Zhang Haibo's territory, here I have the final say, don't make Lao Tzu anxious, if you provoke Lao Tzu, I will fucking send them a spoonful, so that they will not eat anything fragrant. ”
Looking at the two people at the door, Zhang Haibo was still angry.
"And that old immortal Mi Jingtang, I treat him as a god, I didn't expect this old guy to know how to lift, put a stinky shelf and pretend to be high, who does he think he is? If I don't give him some color today, he won't know the three eyes of Lord Ma! ”
Zhang Haibo pointed at Ne Win, "Tonight, you arrange a few people to teach this old immortal a good lesson, so that he knows what he is doing here." ”
Ne Wen turned around and walked out with a promise, Ge Hong quickly stretched out his hand to stop Ne Wen when he saw it, and said to Zhang Haibo anxiously:
"No, Brother Hai, you can't do this, at least not for the next two days, Brother Hai, you can dissipate your anger first, we can find a foolproof solution."
Seeing Ge Hong's anxious look holding Ne Wen by hand, Zhang Haibo suddenly burst out laughing, and pointed at Ge Hong while laughing:
"I said what are you anxious about, I know that you are very close to the second child of the Mi family these days, I am just talking angry, tomorrow is the official opening ceremony, I can't smash my own field, I am mainly angry that the few who see the money are open, okay, I'm fine, you go out to greet the guests."