272 Celebrity Night: Yao Da's Return
The car finally drove to the special parking place in front of the gorgeous mansion.
Xiao Nan put on a fur hat that matched the mink shawl, and was pushed towards the gate in the wind and snow.
The gate of the mansion is on a platform above the symmetrical spiral staircase, and below it is a European-style fountain pool equipped with night lights, which can indeed be called a work of art in architecture.
It's just that these various steps designed to create a sense of beauty are very inconvenient for Xiao Nan, and Miao Feng and Lin Yi need to carry his wheelchair forward.
After passing through the small fountain square on the steps, I really came to the gate of the palace, and indeed the scale of this mansion can be described by the word palace.
Xiao Nan narrowed his eyes, since he experienced the incident of the Great Marshal's Mansion, he had a bad feeling about this kind of large building.
After going through the tedious process of getting started, they finally entered the entrance, the inside and outside of the house were two worlds, the inside was very warm, and there was a special servant who was responsible for collecting everyone's coats and something. Toshio Okawa is worthy of being a member of the military department, and there are even soldiers with guns on duty at the gate. Of course, these soldiers are not Chinese, and their uniforms indicate that they came here directly from their home countries.
The room was decorated in a baroque style, and led by a swallow-tailed attendant, was ushered into the banquet hall, where many richly dressed guests, including round tables and long tables, were apparently semi-buffet-style gatherings, where the guests gathered in different circles, chatting and smoking to the soft music played by the orchestra, with the feel of a nineteenth-century salon.
As soon as Xiao Nan entered the door, he was immediately targeted by sleek veterans in the social circle, and several smiling-looking men led him to a table surrounded by a group of gentlemen, and introduced themselves one by one.
These people are all some noble sons with heads and faces on the beach, Xiao Nan was brought to this table, maybe because his identity is still the "young master of the Xiao family", he was automatically divided into the circle of the rich second generation.
This group of noble sons talks eloquently, the level is not low, they are not the kind of goods who do not learn and have no skills, and there are several people who have great titles, and they are also very famous in the literary circle.
In addition, the female guests have their own special meeting place, which is said to be a dinner party, but in fact it is more like a social conference.
Xiao Nan was with this group of people, just to listen, and what surprised him a little was that there were many people in Shanghai who were really progressive in their thinking, talking about social visions and European ideas and trends, and more people were more willing to discuss the wind and snow.
As they talked, they talked about Yu Ziyi, the mysterious rich daughter, who used to be a well-known wayward monster in the social circle, and now it is said that she didn't know where she learned her skills and became extremely attractive, it is said that men can't get rid of her magic, and everyone is eager to see her true face.
"I heard that Yu Ziyi was once engaged to Brother Xiao, but I don't know why this marriage didn't work out." A son-in-law who is well versed in gossip finally brought the topic to Xiao Nan, who has not spoken.
Xiao Nan laughed dryly: "Maybe there is no fate." Our personalities don't fit together. β
"That's a pity, I heard that Miss Yu is a beautiful woman in the country."
So this group of people continued to talk about some popular topics in this era, what romances in the circle, celebrity gossip, and current affairs of the authorities, etc.
As he spoke, a young man who had probably returned from a study tour in Europe talked about the financial investment in Europe today, which seemed to be very accessible, and said that his family had invested in a mining industry in South Africa through a transit person in Europe. β
"Of course, welcome to the shares!" The young master said with a cigar in his mouth and a smile, "The gold mine in South Africa that has just been discovered is said to be not low, if you invest a lot, it will be a profitable deal." β
"Then I'll take a stake in pounds." Xiao Nan said.
"Xiao Gongzi, how much money do you want to enter? If you don't have it, you don't have to play with it. β
"Three hundred thousand pounds. How is it? Xiao Nan's opening is a jaw-dropping amount, in this era, 300,000 pounds is not a small amount, it is probably equal to 100 million pounds in the future! Because at this time in the UK, a civil servant's annual salary is only a few dozen pounds.
This number immediately silenced the whole table, and few people in Shanghai could say such an astronomical number so easily.
After a while, those noble sons smiled and complimented Xiao Nan, and even many people still didn't believe that Xiao Nan could really come up with so much money. But the young master who said that he was investing in minerals in South Africa was busy giving Xiao Nan courtesy, Xiao Nan said to Lin Yi who was standing behind him, Lin Yi quickly went out, and when he came back, he had already taken the check book and Xiao Nan's seal from Wan Yue.
Xiao Nan's check book was equipped by the Xiao family when he left Xiao Cheng, and it was originally pretended to be used by him when he "talked about business", which was equivalent to a blank check, because whether the check can be used to withdraw money, everything still needs the nod of the big man.
Now that the Fuxi plan has been exposed, and everything around Xiao Nan is part of the experiment, Xiao Nan is even more arrogant, he doesn't care if the check book can be used or not, so he signed the check in front of everyone and handed it to the young master.
This is also a gamble on his part, betting on whether the Di Xiao family will let him do whatever he wants now.
Human beings are trying their best to test "Fuxi", so in order to contribute to science, they shouldn't feel very distressed about this money, right?
After all, the real masterminds behind the indulgence experiment are those power peaks who truly control the lifeblood of the world's economy, finance, and even political and legal armaments, and the ultimate evolution of human civilization over thousands of years.
Because of the act of signing the check, Xiao Nan won the applause of the people around him, and people with deep pockets are flattering to the laity no matter what era.
The dinner didn't last long, as there was a bigger show β the ball. But at the dinner, from beginning to end, Toshio Okawa and his fiancΓ©e were not seen, and it was rumored that he would appear with Yu Ziyi at the ball.
Here Xiao Nan is showing off his wealth, the noise on the table next door has attracted people's attention, Xiao Nan turned his head slightly, only to see a few middle-aged men wearing glasses who seem to be cultural people, forcing a young man to keep drinking, the young man has drunk all over his face, and he is about to fall under the table, but a middle-aged man with a shiny face is still shouting: "No!" Youngster! If you want to enter the academy to worship me as a teacher and be my disciple, you can't drink more than ten catties! β
"It's those old pedants in the pile of old papers, who talk about culture and science every day." A boy said with a smile, "I know that the students who caught the liquor and poured it without knowing the truth are actually just a group of people who ran to the door of the rich man's house to beg for food." Those professors are here to solicit sponsorship this time, right? β
"Anyway, for them, drinks don't cost money." Someone else accosted.
Xiao Nan looked at the ugliness of the people at the other table who kept persuading him to drink, and he thought of the so-called wine table culture in the university, the so-called drinking game among men, as if he didn't let others drink to a certain extent, he couldn't show his authority, it was simply a kind of torture and destruction.
Seeing that the professor continued to let the students drink, but he only took a small sip, Xiao Nan squinted his eyes, and for a moment, Miao Feng felt a dark golden light flashing in Xiao Nan's eyes, maybe it was the reflection of the lights in this banquet hall, maybe it was ......
He finally decided to pretend he didn't see anything.
Finally, the student was persuaded to drink and fell to the ground, vomiting and crying, looking extremely embarrassed. The servants had to come and drag him away and send someone to clean up.
I saw the professor with a greasy face shaking his head and regretting: "It's a pity, this person can't drink enough, and he can't be my protΓ©gΓ©~~ My teacher has been very strict with the amount of alcohol since ancient times~"
After that, he took a sip of wine.
It's just that as soon as he finished drinking this wine, he fell to the ground, his mouth was full of wine, and he was drunk. So he was carried down.
Of course, he just looked drunk. In fact, the professor was obituary the next day - the cause of his death was very strange, just because he approached the candle when he got home, and the whole person exploded.
That's because his blood has turned into 100% pure alcohol, and under his skin is a human-shaped "alcohol canister".
As for why there was such a strange change, I'm afraid only Miao Feng knew what was going on.
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The ball finally began, and the ball of the Western high society is no different, men and women, women are in the luxuriously decorated crystal chandelier dance hall with the symphony man dance, the ball, is a social paradise, here is not like the banquet hall, men and women are relatively separated, men and women, there are more exchanges and ambiguity, ambiguity.
At this time, Xiao Nan could only sit and watch. Whether he has legs or no legs, dancing is something he will never be able to do.
In terms of physical coordination, he just lacks a string. One leg is missing, let alone dancing.
However, Wanyue has become the target of many aristocratic sons, and Lei Xue has also been favored by some people and came to slap her. Miao Feng simply sat next to Xiao Nan and drank juice with him.
"Are you going to the bathroom?" Miao Feng couldn't help but say when he saw Xiao Nan drinking juice.
"Why do you like to ask this question in particular?" Xiao Nan frowned slightly, "Can you let me finish a glass of juice?" β
"I'm just asking." Miao Feng said, "Actually, I also brought your night pot." In the car. β
"Don't talk about it." Xiao Nan slapped the table, "Where did you hide the knife?" β
"You don't have to know that." Miao Feng smiled, and Ge You sat in the chair like a paralyzed person.
At this time, a woman in a dress came to Xiao Nan's side and said, "Thirteen Shao, let's meet again." β
Xiao Nan raised his head and saw that standing beside him was the wife of the Seventh Young Master, the Seventh Young Grandmother!
"Seventh sister-in-law, do you have something to do with me?" Xiao Nan asked.
Seventh Young Grandmother's expression was very nervous, she swallowed her saliva before she said, "Did Huang Guizhi tell you about me?" β
Huang Guizhi, the accountant who embezzled Xiao Nan's money before, got very close to Grandma Qishao, and even pulled a pimp for Grandma Qishao and introduced a little white face to Grandma Qishao.
Xiao Nan just smiled and was noncommittal.
"I beg you, can you not tell the Seventh Young Master about this? I know how powerful the Xiao family's family law is, please let my mother and mother have a way out! After all, I still have your seventh brother's flesh and blood! You can't let your niece lose her mother! She pleaded.
"Of course I can hide it for you, after all, saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, it's just that I'm a businessman, seventh sister-in-law, you should know that I won't do things for others in vain." Xiao Nan said.
"How much do you want?" Seventh young grandmother said, "My mother's family is already in a slump, and I really can't come up with more money......
"Your mother's family has relied on the Xiao family's funding for so many years, and has already branched out overseas and has a lot of extra income, otherwise you wouldn't have prepared to flee abroad. This set of rhetoric can be avoided - it's just that if you really think that the Xiao family won't chase you, then you are very wrong.
Seventh sister-in-law, if you want to trade, you must have the sincerity of the transaction. Xiao Nan said, "You know, in fact, the Xiao family is not as simple as a superficial merchant family? β
The seventh young grandmother trembled, the horror of the Xiao family can only be experienced by the people of the Xiao family.
"What about you...... What do you want? Thirteenth brother, you know that the life of the seventh brother is not easy, otherwise he would not be angry in the Xiao family...... You don't want the lion's mouth to open ......"
"If you want to leave the Xiao family, I can help you, but you can't feel like I'm blackmailing you everywhere. You know, for so many years, there has not been a woman like you, who can successfully escape after breaking the house rules. Xiao Nan said, "I don't want much, don't be afraid, I know that your mother's family is also doing a charter business in Shanghai, and giving me a street of real estate is not too much for your mother's family."
I'll make sure you won't be okay. Because of the Xiao family's current rules, it is of little use to me.
The Seventh Young Master is a well-informed person, and you are by his side, and you have heard about it more or less. β
"Could it be...... Thirteenth brother, you are really the ...... designated by the eldest master The next head of the house? The seventh young grandmother was suspiciously tempted.
"Whether you believe it or not, don't forget, what you have to solve now, that is, what Huang Guizhi told me." Xiao Nan said, "You're too high-profile, seventh sister-in-law." β
"I see! I'll give you the title deed! As long as you save my life! The seventh young grandmother clutched her chest and said. She said that she left in a hurry, and a man seemed to want to come and pull her arm, but she waved it away.
"These people are really going to get themselves in trouble. It's as if you're in a hurry to blackmail you. Miao Feng said.
"To be honest, I really hope she can leave the Xiao family." Xiao Nan said, "In fact, the attention of the Xiao family may not pay attention to her at all now. Even if she doesn't pass me, she can safely accompany her lover away and fly away.
The Xiao family, no, my lord, now I am full of thoughts about how to deal with me. β
The melodious dance music came to an abrupt end, and the guests retreated neatly to the sides.
I saw the door open, and the welcoming servant shouted, "Your guest has arrived ββββ."
A man with an extraordinary identity and a military hat appeared on the stage with a military hat.
I saw that he was wearing a formal and extraordinarily gorgeous special military uniform, with a ribbon on his body, like a prince of a country, and his military boots made a sonorous sound on the floor.
Xiao Nan's eyes widened at this suddenly arrived VIP, because of this man, he was very familiar with it!!
He is the eldest son of Yao who released the death qi in Xiao Cheng and was transformed into a lifeform of death qi!
He actually showed up here!