I believe that in all parts of the world, especially in those prosperous metropolises, before and after every major festival, all kinds of promotional activities will emerge in an endless stream, and in the West, the most important promotional festival is undoubtedly Christmas, which is the Spring Festival of Westerners.

This year's London was cold and windy, but there was no sign of any snow on the ground.

Huang Chu said that it was because the cleaners swept through and there were so many people on the street that the snow had melted.

Perhaps because of the daytime, there are not as many people on the street as expected, but the shops are decorated with lights, making it very Christmas-like, with all kinds of promotional advertisements and tricks to attract customers, all of which are exactly the same as the bustling street markets around the Chinese New Year or National Day.

The difference is that most of what you see on the street are foreigners.

South of Oxford Street and north of Piccadilly Street, in the middle of which is London's most developed business district, where almost all the top designer stores are located, and further east is Chinatown and Broadway, then the River Thames, and west is Hyde Park.

Ye Qiu and Eliza are not very familiar with London, but Huang Chu, who has been here many times to study in Cambridge, and is relatively familiar with the surrounding area, so he took Ye Qiu and the two to wander around in the commercial city.

The purpose of their trip was to buy a set of engagement rings.

Speaking of which, Ye Qiu still has to blame, he was busy going back and forth, and he was about to get engaged now, but he found that the ring had not been bought yet.

Therefore, on Christmas Eve, I had to take Eliza to London and call Huang Chu, who had just been on vacation, out.

Although there are not as many pedestrians on the street as imagined, but in the end, it is a bustling neighborhood of an international metropolitan city, and it is indispensable, Huang Chu and Eliza, two stunning beauties, walking together, are naturally the focus of everyone's attention, but the two are dressed very well to reflect their different personalities.

Huang Chu's personality is relatively low-key and elegant, wearing light blue jeans with a white loose sweater, the sweater is very long, it looks like a miniskirt, and the only highlight on his body is the black knitted scarf around his neck, which looks very layered on the white sweater.

She doesn't have much jewelry on her body, she wears a necklace given to him by Ye Qiu around her neck, but it is covered by a scarf, and the bracelet on her wrist is covered by the cuffs of a sweater, which looks very simple, but it gives people a very comfortable and layered feeling.

Contrary to Huang Chu, Eliza's dress is much more fashionable.

A white knitted hat, paired with a white knitted sweater vest, is matched with a pure black slim long-sleeved warm T-shirt, revealing the delicate figure of her upper body, and underneath is accompanied by a pair of black denim leggings, and the dress on her body is completely black and white, which has a very visual impact.

What's even more surprising is that her hair under the white knitted hat is dyed black and brown, with a pair of sunglasses that cover most of her face, coupled with her tall figure and concave figure, the whole person looks really like a star going out on the street, and she frequently attracts the side eyes of passers-by when she walks in the downtown area.

Compared with the eye-catching of the two beauties, Ye Qiu is more ordinary, after all, men don't rely on clothing to win.

A dark blue high-V neck sweater, paired with a pair of jeans, has neither long hair to blow in the London wind, nor sunglasses to cover his eyes, it looks very ordinary, but he doesn't care, along the way, left and right, accompanied by two beautiful women, he is shopping very relaxed.

This neighborhood is the old town of London, the streets are relatively narrow, and there are even many stores of the world's top brands in the street lanes, but it is really a bit of a feeling of wine and not afraid of deep alleys.

Ye Qiu rarely has this kind of opportunity and mood, accompanied by beautiful women, leisurely shopping, very interested in the architectural style of the old town of London, which is about two or three hundred years old, and feels a little taste, especially thinking that in this kind of old town, the cars that represent the modern are coming and going, the river is endless, and the impact of retro and modern is really unique.

Along the way, I visited several jewelry stores, Cartier, Tiffany and other brand stores, and also looked at a few pairs of rings, but I never found what I was satisfied with, so I simply went into the street alleys and looked around, maybe I would gain something.

Girls go shopping basically the same, walking and walking, and before they know it, they have more things in their hands.

Eliza bought a few clothes and shoes, half of which were at least for Huang Chu, and Huang Chu also bought clothes and shoes, but basically they were all Ye Qiu's, but without exception, these things were all in Ye Qiu's hands.

But the most important ring has never been found.

At this time, the three of them came to a three-way intersection and saw a jewelry store.

"This pair of rings is good, go in and have a look." Eliza saw the billboard at the door and smiled and proposed.

"George Jason?" Ye Qiu had never heard of this brand, and neither had Huang Chu.

"Danish brand, started with silver jewelry, I remember there was a saying at that time, if silver can speak, it must be Danish, George Jason is Denmark's national treasure, over the years they are not only good at silver jewelry, but also very good at jewelry design, the style is clean, elegant, pure, very suitable for Achu."

I didn't see it, and Eliza is also a treasure of this brand that is not too well-known.

George Jason's pair of rings is most famous for the fusion series, according to the waiter's introduction, designer Nina? Cooper's philosophy is to capture the rhythmic fusion of different elements, a near-perfect blend of mystery and simplicity, using 18-carat yellow gold, 18-carat rose gold and 18-carat white gold to show different combinations.

This is a bit like DIY, the ring can be made into two rings inside and outside, or three rings, and then according to your different requirements, different combinations of gold, rose gold and white gold, and diamonds can also be inlaid to achieve different color levels, different characteristics of the individual needs.

Ye Qiu and Huang Chu felt very curious about such rings, and they were both young people with an innate interest in DIY, so after the introduction of the waiter, they decided to buy this ring, and both of them chose two rings, using white gold and rose gold respectively to form the inner and outer double rings, and at the same time inlaid with diamonds.

In the end, the two rings cost Ye Qiu a total of more than 10,000 euros, which cost more than 100,000 yuan.

Ye Qiu didn't feel sorry for money at all, the most important thing was that Huang Chu liked it.

After ordering the ring, it was finally one thing, and the three of them naturally had more fun in London, and they played in London for a few days, and after Christmas, the three returned to Shanghai together.

The day after they arrived in Shanghai, Ye Qiu's parents went north from Xiamen to Shanghai to meet Huang Chu's parents, because many things had been agreed on the phone before, so this meeting was more like a courtesy.

Huang Jinsong has suffered a previous stroke, his body has gradually recovered, and he has improved a lot, except for the left half of his body that cannot exert his strength and occasionally stutters a little when he speaks, everything else is normal, swimming, golf and other sports can still be done, and he is usually the same as a normal person.

And this time when he met with Ye Qiu's parents, he also let go of the domineering posture in the past, and turned to become more kind, and Ye Qiu's parents kept praising Ye Qiu and saying some kind words, after all, it was his daughter who wanted to marry the Ye family, and for the sake of his daughter's situation in the future, he must be polite.

It is not difficult to see Huang Jinsong's change from this, if it was him before, it is estimated that he would have to continue to be domineering, thinking that Lao Tzu was the best in the world, and he was willing to marry his daughter to your family, it was your honor, he must still be very domineering, but now, ......

Seeing his transformation, Ye Qiu had to sigh, this person would only mature after experiencing it.

Why not?

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Although Ye Qiu and Huang Chu both wanted to make the engagement ceremony simpler, Huang Jinsong only had Huang Chu's only daughter, and if he wanted it to be simple, it would be impossible.

The engagement ceremony was held in the Huang family's villa, and all the people who received the invitation were some direct relatives of the Huang family, basically all of them came from the family, and there were dozens of people in the calculation, and Huang Jinsong also specially invited the chefs of the hotel and restaurant to his home, and held a small banquet in the garden of his villa.

This is also a bit for Ye Qiu, after all, after New Year's Day, he will return to Europe soon, there is not much time, so he directly invited his relatives to come over for a gathering, and it also saved Ye Qiu from visiting door to door in the future, which saved a lot of trouble.

The engagement ceremony is also very simple, unlike in a hotel, there are a lot of processes and steps, directly Huang Jinsong and Chu Yun walked out holding their daughter's hand, and handed their daughter to Ye Qiu with their own hands, and then under the arrangement of Huang Chu's aunt, that is, Chen Zhong's mother, the newlyweds exchanged rings with each other, and the marriage was considered engaged.

After exchanging rings, Huang Jinsong and Ye Changming couldn't help but say a few words to the newlyweds.

Ye Qiu's parents were already very satisfied with Huang Chu, and there was nothing to say, but Huang Jinsong, after the previous things, he seemed to think a lot, after the engagement ceremony was completed, before the banquet began, he specially invited Ye Qiu to take a walk in the garden, leaving Huang Chu, the future bride, to those lively relatives and friends.

The Huang family's villa is not big, from the garden in front of the house to the back of the house, it is only a few tens of meters away, Ye Qiu deliberately kept a little distance from Huang Jinsong along the way, even now, he is still a little pimple for his father-in-law.

Huang Jinsong walked under a big pine tree, patted the trunk gently, rubbed it gently, as if rubbing a precious thing, and then said softly, "This pine tree was planted when Achu was born, when my career was just starting, and then we moved here, so I transplanted this tree." ”

"Come to think of it, it's been more than 20 years!" Huang Jinsong sighed with some embarrassment.

I believe that every parent will have such feelings when they see that their children who have worked so hard to raise adults are going to get married.

Ye Qiu stood a little further back beside him, and after listening, he smiled slightly, "We will come back to see you when we are free, and you will also come to Europe to see us when we are free." ”

After Huang Jinsong heard this, his expression was full of reluctance, he knew very well that marrying his daughter to Ye Qiu was a bit equivalent to marrying his daughter to Europe, he was very reluctant, if he could, he hoped that his son-in-law would be able to work directly in the Huangtian Group, so that he could see his daughter every day.

But sometimes, you can't say that kind of thing.

For Ye Qiu's son-in-law, he is also more and more satisfied, or in other words, the only dissatisfaction is that he refuses to come back to take over the Huangtian Group, and some of the things he heard about Ye Qiu from Chen Zhong make Huang Jinsong a little convinced that Ye Qiu will be a group leader with a very strategic vision.

For example, he persuaded Chen Zhong to engage in real estate, but in just two or three years, the performance of the real estate company of Huangtian Group has improved by leaps and bounds, and in 2001, when he heard that Huangtian Group's logistics was going to enter the express delivery, Ye Qiu recommended Chen Zhong to acquire a company called Shunfeng in Shenzhen, although it cost nearly one billion, but the performance was very good, but the cooperation with the Dutch company advocated by Huang Jinsong became a loss-making transaction.

Not long ago, Ye Qiu recommended Chen Zhong to do a shopping website, Huangtian Group opened a new e-commerce company, the website has been online for more than two months, although it is still constantly investing money, the competition pressure is very high, but Chen Zhong feels that the market prospect is very ideal, and firmly believes that there is a lot to be done if he continues to persevere.

All this, coupled with the fact that Ye Qiu quietly took out 500 million funds to help Huangtian Group tide over the difficulties, all of which made Huang Jinsong look at Ye Qiu with admiration and deeply admire his daughter's vision.

Of course, Ye Qiu didn't know what Huang Jinsong was thinking, otherwise, he would definitely feel ashamed, because he didn't have any strategic vision, he just relied on his more than ten years of knowledge than others to give Chen Zhong some suggestions on the development trend in the next few years.

But sometimes, it was his casual words that made Chen Zhong feel like an initiation, such as the acquisition of Shunfeng and the establishment of a website similar to digging treasure, these are all things that Ye Qiu said casually, but Chen Zhong was convinced, and sometimes even some companies' business strategies would call to listen to his opinions.

If you really want to talk about management, Ye Qiu really doesn't understand.

"I should have told you I'm sorry for the previous things!" After Huang Jinsong was silent for a while, he also noticed Ye Qiu's pimple about himself, and he felt that he should say something, he couldn't always be so rusty between sons-in-law and father-in-law, right?

When Ye Qiu heard this, he was suddenly a little surprised and flustered, "Don't, say I'm sorry, I'm sorry to tell you." ”

Strictly speaking, Huang Jinsong is an elder, Ye Qiu is a junior, he wants to chase someone else's daughter, but he is a cow with Huang Jinsong, this is indeed a bit of a thing, so Huang Jinsong apologized, and Ye Qiu immediately followed the self-examination.

Huang Jinsong smiled after hearing this, turned around, stretched out his hand, and wanted to pat Ye Qiu's shoulder and pull the relationship, but he was obviously afraid that Ye Qiu would dodge, and deliberately paused when he was halfway through, and found that Ye Qiu was not dodging, so he put it on Ye Qiu's shoulder, "Don't talk about those past things, we will be a family in the future, I will hand over Achu to you, you treat her well." ”

"Don't worry, I will!" Ye Qiu nodded in agreement.

"This girl hasn't suffered much since she was a child, she looks gentle and supple on the surface, but she is still very stubborn in her bones, it's really troublesome, you can accommodate her more." Huang Jinsong still knows his daughter very well.

How can a couple not quarrel, the key is that if they quarrel, one party must back down.

Ye Qiu also understood this truth, and smiled, "I understand." ”

Huang Jinsong was still very relieved of Ye Qiu, and nodded incessantly, obviously the more he looked at this son-in-law, the more satisfied he became, "As for me, I'm also about to retire, you know, this time I won't die, I've seen it through, but there is one thing I still have to solve personally, otherwise I won't be willing in my life!" ”

When he said this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Huang Jinsong's eyes, as if he had returned to the role of the iron-blooded merchant that Ye Qiu had known in the past, full of man-eating wolf nature, but it was only a flash.

"When the matter is resolved, I will give up the position of chairman, I will take the Huangtian Group as my daughter's dowry, see who will take this position between you and Achu, if you are not willing to enter the company, then put on a name, let Chen Zhong be responsible, I know him as a person, he is very loyal and reliable, he grew up with me since he was a child, and he is a brother and sister with Achu, and he can be relied on."

Ye Qiu listened in his ears, but he was thinking in his heart, what was Huang Jinsong trying to solve?

He quickly guessed that this matter was probably related to Zhang Zijian's father and son.

After finishing the conversation with Huang Jinsong, Ye Qiu returned to the banquet, found an opportunity to sit next to Chen Zhong, and asked about it.

"My uncle is really ruthless this time, Lao Zhang treated him like this time, he is like being betrayed by his own brother, now he must be a tooth for a tooth, I heard that he has grasped Lao Zhang's lifeline, is laying out, and Lao Zhang is not aware at all now, I believe that it will not be long before Shanghai Tang will no longer have their company's existence, and our Huangtian Group's business will continue to expand."

Ye Qiu frowned when he heard this, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to streamline?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm dealing with these things now, take your time, and many of the Zhang family's businesses are very profitable, and they complement our Huang Tian, and holding them in our hands is also good for us." Chen Zhong said with a smile.

Ye Qiu didn't understand these things, but he believed in Chen Zhong, and when he heard him say this, he was relieved.

During the whole banquet, Ye Qiu casually asked about some things, and Chen Zhong chatted with Ye Qiu about some of the company's business, such as the shopping website is currently being suppressed by the interest of the largest shopping website in China, and Ye Qiu needs to give a few tricks, and Ye Qiu will teach Chen Zhong some tricks of digging treasures in his previous life.

In addition, Ye Qiu also mentioned to him the real estate in Dubai, as Dubai is about to relax the restrictions on real estate and allow buying and selling transactions, Dubai's real estate will also sound the clarion call.

In the past, Ye Qiu just said it casually, but now, Huangtian Group is his wife's dowry, accounting for 90% of the shares, can he not pay attention to it?