At five o'clock in the evening, the floodlighting outside the D building gradually lights up with the golden traffic in the inner ring, and the LED light wall that occupies the entire building becomes the most gorgeous scenery of the riverside. Fan Zhihua stood in the independent office on the top floor of D, overlooking the glitz and glitz under her feet, leaving only a fluorescent white floor lamp behind her.

Thirty minutes ago, she had just come out of a transatlantic conference call, and TheLink, a well-known commercial art group in Shanghai, had decided to hold its first exhibition of the new year at the Rockbund Art Museum in January next year.

This is the first time in six years, she once again wrote copywriting for planning, and as soon as the news came out, there was no advertisement, and the industry public opinion was very loud, and TheLink and D were successfully pushed to the hot list. Xu Qiuyuan smiled at her and said that this is probably a classic marketing case that can be included in textbooks, she was noncommittal, and secretly pulled out Yan Fucheng, who was hiding behind her back and riding the rudder.

This is not the first time this person has interfered in her business, even if she is used to having someone from the Yan family wherever she is, she still doesn't want D to be treated as a private blackboard for the Wood Group to paint.

From the beginning of her business, her heart has not changed. Relying on the prestige of Shimu in Shencheng, D can fully combine public relations and advertising and marketing, making it the most penetrating microphone on the beach. After that, what she has to do is to separate Shimu from D and create a 4A brand that truly belongs to her.

At that time, D no longer needs to rely on anything, and Shimu will become an insignificant part of her customer base, whether Yan Fucheng agrees or not, she will let D enter the listed company system, making it an international advertising brand.

Now, she's just one step away from that goal.

——Formally formed an alliance with TheLink to realize talent flow and resource sharing.

This will make D the first merchant in Shanghai to be qualified to display advertisements in art venues in the form of works, and this will also make D's listing price next year from the original estimate of 443 million yuan is expected to exceed the 500 million mark, ranking among the top 10 in the industry.

, Yan Fucheng called and said that he was waiting in the garage on the ground floor of Building D.

"Tonight, the Duan family is going to hold a drinking party, in Jinshan, come with me?" The male voice in the earpiece was smiling, with an obvious flattering tone.

Fan Zhihua was sorting out the documents in front of the case, and the blackberry with the screen was on the table by her, and the notebook at hand was also turned on.

"Why are you looking for me?"

"Don't you owe me a meal, do you?"

Fan Zhihua paused, and after being silent for a long time, he spoke: "There is no one I know on Duan's side, and I haven't prepared a dress......

"This is a small question, you just have to answer whether I will go or not. Yan Fucheng interrupted her, and then added, "And I heard that people from Shiteng Company will also come." ”

Like a stone hitting the water surface and causing ripples, Fan Zhihua immediately felt that there was a faint vibration in a certain piece of her heart, which was not strong, but it was enough to drive her to make a final decision:

"Wait for me for ten minutes. ”

With that, she hung up the phone and looked at the three dialog boxes that had popped up on her laptop screen.

: Leo just told me that he wanted to go to Koto.

: I also just received the news that the new boss of Shiteng has brought capital into the group, and has become the largest shareholder with 30% of the shares.

: What are you going to do if Shiteng were to work with Guteng?

Without much thought, she typed directly on the keyboard:

I'll convince Shi Teng to give up the ancient vine, right tonight.

Then she closed her notebook and let out a deep breath into the darkness.

However, before the greetings were over, several senior executives of the Duan family also came to toast at this node, and several directors of the Duan family walked behind, including Duan Guoxiong, who had spoken on stage before.

"I heard the laughter here from afar, come over and take a look, sure enough, it's the playboy of the Yan family who is making trouble here!" Duan Guoluan, who was the leader, took the lead in making a sound, compared with Duan Guoxiong, the leader of the Duan family, this middle-aged second leader of the Duan family can also be called a "thousand-year-old human spirit".

Fan Zhihua had heard of this man's deeds a long time ago: the gang at the age of 20 was immortal, and at the age of 30, he sold gambling stones to earn tens of millions, but now at the age of 40, he has degraded to play with women, and he has countless beauties of all kinds.

Yan Fucheng once told her in private that all the people in the Duan family's house are indulgent jackals, with no faith and no bottom line, and throwing them out is no different from **. She thought it was an exaggeration at the time, but now that she sees it, she thinks it should be true.

The atmosphere on the scene was still warm, and the three families were talking and laughing, as if they were a harmonious family. Fan Zhihua always stood silently on the side and watched the situation, but Yan Fucheng on the side was difficult to get out of the field, and Duan Guoluan only said ten words, and the goblet in his hand was already empty three times.

Admittedly, ginger is still old and spicy.

"This is the little sister of the Yan family, surnamed Fan?" Duan Guoluan finally noticed her.

Fan Zhihua nodded with a smile and raised his glass steadily: "I have heard the name of Duan Dong for a long time." ”

Duan Guoluan turned his head to look at Yan Fucheng, and seemed to smile: "It seems that you have preached a lot of good things about me again, punishment!"

The waiter on the side immediately filled Yan Fucheng's wine glass, but Fan Zhihua answered without hurrying:

"My brother told me a lot of your story, and I started out in advertising, so good advertising needs to rely on good stories. If my D wants to further develop the market, I have to rely on you in the future, otherwise the advertising industry lacks thousands of good materials, which is the most pity. ”

Duan Guoluan was slightly stunned, and before he could respond, Fan Zhihua had already drunk all the wine in the cup:

"This cup, junior respects you, but also on behalf of my brother. ”

Duan Guoluan laughed and raised his glass: "I also respect Miss Fan." You have such a brother, I am not worth it for you. ”

Fan Zhihua took advantage of the fact that everyone's eyes were on Duan Guoluan, and looked sideways slightly at Yan Fucheng beside him.

I thought I would see this person's relaxed smile after leaving the paddock, but this person was also looking back at her with a rare serious expression.

It wasn't until Duan Guoluan came over again with a young woman named "Chen Yue" in his arms and introduced to her, "This is Xiao Chen, she is now the operating officer of Shiteng Company, a subsidiary of our group", that she understood that Yan Fucheng's eyes just now were worried about her situation.

"Miss Fan, our Xiao Chen and you are walking together, and we should be about the same age, but the two of you can communicate. Duan Guoluan's eyes drifted from the little girl beside him to her face.

Fan Zhihua stretched out his hand to Chen Yue in front of him calmly and smiled: "Hello, I'm Fan Zhihua from D." ”

But the little girl in front of her just symbolically shook back, and her voice was very soft: "I'm Chen Yue, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

At the moment when the two of them stopped at the same time, Fan Zhihua saw the scar on the palm of the other party's right hand almost penetrating the wrist. It was at this time that she realized that the little girl in front of her was wrapped extremely tightly from head to toe, and directly below the first button unfastened on her neck, there was obviously a dark black blue, like a black rattan winding out from the bottom to the top, which invisibly restrained the thin body under the dress, and she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.

Fan Zhihua didn't participate much in the follow-up process of the dinner.

The theatrical performances on the stage are round after round, which is nothing more than singing and dancing magic or lucky draws. The hostess had to play soft for the sponsors every now and then, and most of the guests in the audience were chatting in groups, and the applause was not for a while. In Yan Fucheng's description, such a place for catering, watching shows and viewing scenery is the most suitable for a blind date corner.

When the reception is carried out to the party, the atmosphere of the whole dinner will reach a climax.

The seats in the auditorium are automatically lowered below the ground, and the central lift becomes part of the dance floor, where bands and DJs enter the arena and the colorful beams of light are played, and the sound of dynamic electronic music is immediately heard.

Fan Zhihua always sat on a barstool on the edge of the dance floor and drank wine, with her freshly taken shawl at her side. Through the stacked figures in front of her, she saw that Yan Fucheng was laughing with a woman she didn't know, her eyes moved to the right, and Chen Yue, who had spoken to her before, was also grinding with a man's ears and temples, but that person was not Duan Guoluan.

Just when she felt bored and wanted to get up and leave the table, her spare eyes caught a glimpse of Pei Siyuan, who was also standing alone with a cup not far away. And Pei Siyuan seemed to sense her gaze and looked at her. The eyes of the two men met through the sound of loud music and the dancing crowd, and he raised his glass to her, but she picked up the red wine bottle in her hand, pushed past the crowd, and walked straight past.

"Where's your brother?" Pei Siyuan took the bottle in her hand and asked close to her right ear.

She pointed in a random direction: "Let's play with the little girl." ”

Pei Siyuan was about to follow her pointing, but she slapped her face back with a smile:

"I'm blind. ”

The man in front of him was slightly stunned, obviously a little confused by her rather flirtatious behavior, and after smiling back, he lowered his eyes to find his wine glass.

Fan Zhihua suddenly played with his heart, his palm attached to the mouth of the other party's cup, and took a step forward to the other party's ear:

"Are you still going to drink alone?"

Pei Siyuan subconsciously turned his head sideways, but still didn't look at her directly:

"Originally, this was going to ......"

Fan Zhihua couldn't help laughing when he saw that the other party answered so seriously. And although Pei Siyuan didn't know what she was laughing at, he only smiled, and his eyes fell on her face:

"It's much more beautiful for you to laugh than when you don't. ”

This time it was Fan Zhihua's turn to be stunned, and he couldn't reply for a long time.

And Pei Siyuan saw that she didn't say a word, thinking that she had said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly added:

"I'm not saying you're not beautiful if you don't laugh......"

Fan Zhihua tilted the corners of his mouth, widened the distance between the two without a trace, and only raised his eyes to look at the man in front of him after a while:

"I'm sorry. I've been drinking a little too much today, and I may have had a gaffe. ”

"Nothing. The other party still had a gentle attitude, "It's a little boring here, if you need to find Yan Fucheng to accompany you out to blow the wind, I can serve him on his behalf." ”

Fan Zhihua still smiled back, but said no more.

The carnival of the night banquet continued, but Fan Zhihua had long lost the interest of blending in, but he and Pei Siyuan found a place to sit on the outermost part and watch the sea view across the glass.

Under the thick night, the bright yellow circle formed by the bonfire illuminates the beach and the waves crashing on the shore, and then into the distance is the boundless darkness, and the scattered white points of light may be ships or aircraft, obviously there is nothing to see, but Fan Zhihua has not looked away for a long time, until Pei Siyuan opened his mouth and asked her if she was in a bad mood, she came back to her senses, lowered her eyes and replied, "It's okay".

"You look tired. Pei Siyuan looked at her, and the flickering laser lights hid the man's face in the darkness, and he couldn't distinguish his expression.

Fan Zhihua was silent, and raised his hand to fetch the goblet with champagne in the tray of the passing waiter, but the man sitting opposite took it first and placed it among the two:

“m。 Your cup is full for today. ”

Fan Zhihua still reached out to hold the thin and straight glass holder of the goblet:

"How much is full? How much did I drink? How much did you see how much I drank?"

Pei Siyuan groaned slightly:

"The wine will not be full, but your unhappiness should be full, at least for today. ”

The corners of Fan Zhihua's mouth hooked, slowly withdrew his hand, and leaned back on the back of the chair:

"I didn't drink yesterday, so can't I drink a double today?"

"Absolutely. Pei Siyuan made a gesture of "please", and shrugged his shoulders at her, "But I can't bear to see you settle all the previous accounts today, if your brother knows that I can't even bury your drink list, maybe I will leave tomorrow with the finished manuscript and the sewing machine roll." ”

Fan Zhihua laughed directly:

"I've never been poor, can you be the first?"

"It's my pleasure. The man opposite also smiled, "Your happiness is hard to buy." In the next ten minutes, the two of them chatted happily, from the weather in Shencheng that had not been sunny for a month, to the private collections on Hengshan Road, and then to the geometry of Mario Bota. As the music on the dance floor intensified, Fan Zhihua didn't hear much of the follow-up content, and when she thought that Pei Siyuan couldn't hear what she was saying, she saw the man sitting opposite pour some of the champagne placed between the two on the countertop, and then wrote "Shallwedance" in the middle of the table with wine instead of ink.

She smiled and didn't say anything, just raised her hand and held out her palm.

Pei Siyuan unhurriedly took a white cloth towel from the side of the seat, wiped the wine stains off his hands, got up and walked to her side, and gently covered her palm. The whole series of movements was elegant and smooth, which made her heart move slightly, but when she thought that this person was recommended by Yan Fucheng, she felt a little unwilling. Why did she have to go as her fake brother expected, and live like a marionette in the demarcated jurisdiction? Now that she has gone through all kinds of difficulties to open up the territory, she will be able to get rid of the tower that binds her immediately, if she really gets along with this Pei Gongzi in the future, according to the friendship between Yan Pei and the Pei family, she will still be unable to escape from Yan Fucheng's eyes, and she will not be able to regain her true freedom until she dies.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that her good feelings for Pei Siyuan were gone, and her mood was even more depressed than when she hadn't chatted with this person before, plus she didn't find Lu Zhi earlier and only met Chen Yue, and the cooperation of Shiteng Guteng was undecided, so she felt a heartburn again, and her stomach was also churning, and there seemed to be sour air in her throat coming out little by little.

"Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom. ”