Chapter 63 Focus

When the elevator returned to the top floor again, Min Rou's love had already adjusted to almost her night.

After getting out of the elevator, Chen Yang waited outside the exhibition hall for a short while, and after Min Rou went to the bathroom to make up for the makeup that had fallen off, the two entered it together.

Entering the inner hall, he found that it was actually a large circular exhibition hall with a hollow in the middle, a bit similar to the large theater used for listening to operas, but it was not as big as the general theater, and it was magnificently decorated, a huge multicolored chandelier hung in the center of the ceiling, and the light sprinkled down from the top softly, which was extremely luxurious, and it was by no means a grade that the ordinary theater could achieve.

In addition, the hall has two floors, the lower floor is individual seats, the upper floor is private seats, the hollow place in the middle is about two floors high, and there is a circular stage surrounded by circular seats in the center, which can be seen to be temporarily erected, and it is estimated that it is usually used as a luxury dance floor.

Chen Yang originally thought that this was an ordinary place for those sons and buddies to have fun and entertainment, but he didn't expect that the style inside was similar to many private clubs he had been to, and even the waiters seemed to be more professional and cautious than those on the floor below.

At this time, there was already someone on the central stage presiding over the auction, the auctioneer in a suit and white gloves and the young lady in a red cheongsam complemented each other, and the circular living room was already full at this time, fortunately, I heard Min Rou say in the elevator just now that Hua Shao had a box on the second floor, and the two of them didn't need to worry about finding a place to sit.

On the stage, it seems that there is an auction of Pan Tianshou's famous painting - "Turquoise Picture", under the transfer of the auctioneer, from time to time there are guests holding signs, the atmosphere seems to be very active, but orderly.

After Chen Yang glanced at it, he asked Min Roudao, "Is this today's auction?" ”

Min Rou nodded and whispered back: "Well, when I was eating down before, I heard that Hua Tian said that today's charity auction was quite big, and the people invited were all big bosses in the Huahai business district and Li Li. ”

Chen Yang let out an "oh" and looked around, but he didn't know half of the so-called big bosses. And the two sisters of the Fang family he wanted to find were even more immortal at this time.

Min Rou saw that Chen Yang's face was different, and thought that he was a little confused, so he pointed to a row of small windows facing the center on the second floor, and explained, "Chen Yang, have you seen it, the one with the window on it is the VIP box, I guess there is an auction here today to invite so many people to come, there were not so many people when I came last time, and I can't book the box on the second floor without a super V card." ”

In front of the elevator, Min Rou had already briefly told Chen Yang about the situation, she was introduced to Hua Shao of the Oriental Fund by an old classmate who had studied in France last month when she went to Huahai to run the listing approval, and they had dinner together a few times, and they were all hosted by the development zone to invite the cadres in charge of the stock exchange to eat. Speaking of which, this Hua Shao can be regarded as a great help, otherwise just by virtue of the name of the development zone, these officials of the sub-stock exchange may not be able to be moved.

Chen Yang looked up, only to see that all the lights in the box on the second floor above had been turned on, obviously there were a lot of high rollers coming, after thinking about it, he smiled and said: "By the way, Xiaorou, is the gold card in your hand given to you by that Huatian?" ”

"Hmm." Min Rou nodded, then quietly tugged at Chen Yang's sleeve, bit her lip and whispered, "I gave it to me when I ate here last time and checked out, if I didn't think I could get some discounts, I wouldn't want it." ”

Now that she's almost like a frightened bird, she can't stand the slightest misunderstanding.

Chen Yang didn't mean this at all, he has lived for two lifetimes, but this kind of convex special VIP gold card is not seen much, and it is often obtained by people who are close to the club, and Min Rou obviously has nothing to do with this private club, in this way, Hua Tian's identity is estimated to be quite weighty, maybe it is the young owner of this club.

But at this time, he saw that Min Rou seemed to be a little nervous, so he didn't continue to ask, but just shook Min Rou's hand lightly, telling her not to think nonsense.

Min Rou turned from worry to joy at this time, winked at him, and chuckled, but the affection in her eyes couldn't be hidden.

"Come with me, both of you."

The waiter waited for both of them to retract their gazes before waving his hand respectfully.

Walking around the way, soon the two of them went up to the second floor with the waiter.

The carved windows and doors are completely different from the European-style decoration style in the living room below.

What's even more surprising is that in the corridor where the two passed, the doors of the boxes were very distinct, with some delicate screens painted with landscape patterns as partitions, or there were some coral bead curtains that could not be seen on the third or fourth floor, and it was rare to see the rigid and rigid solid wooden doors.

Although Chen Yang had also been to the top floor of Jinhua Building in his previous life, he didn't seem to have this private club in his memory, so this was the first time he came, so he couldn't help but be a little curious.

Although Min Rou said that she had been here once before, she was not familiar with the road, and she followed Chen Yang cautiously along the way, although this kind of place was noble and exquisite, it always gave people a flashy feeling, and it was not as good as the general hotel to make people feel at ease and comfortable, and it didn't matter how loud you wanted.

I walked half a circle along the circular corridor, and stopped in front of a curtain with heavy bead curtains, and on the lintel was a gilded plaque, called "Huabiao Hall".

Standing on both sides of the door were two beautifully dressed waitresses, and when they saw a guest arriving, they immediately nodded hello to Chen Yang and the others with a light smile.

The waiter who led Chen Yang up made a gesture of invitation: "The box booked by Hua Shao is here, please come in." ”

After saying that, he left automatically.

Chen Yang opened the curtain, and after entering, he smelled a comfortable fragrance, and inside was a large private room, the decoration style was in the same vein as the outer corridor, and there was a bit of ancient charm.

A screen was placed in the direction of the corridor to block the VIP room in the room.

The two of them bypassed the screen and turned into the inner room.

The space behind the screen is also very large, as soon as you enter, you can see an antique oval square table, and Wei Yingjie and Hua Tian and others, who came up with Min Rou in front, are sitting around the table at this time, drinking tea happily and chatting, and from time to time they will comment on the auctions displayed on the stage below.

Seeing Chen Yang and the others coming in, the people who were originally chatting with the sky stopped one after another, and Hua Tian's eyes paused on Chen Yang's face, and a trace of dissatisfaction obviously flashed in his eyes, obviously he didn't expect Min Rou to lead Chen Yang in.

"Hehe, Xiao Min, why did you come back with one piece?"

Wei Yingjie said hello to Min Rou happily, but it was quite interesting, and he didn't mean to get up.

"Yes, Minister Wei."

Min Rou replied, looking at the table as she spoke, it seemed that there was only one more chair on the table, obviously they didn't plan to arrange one more person. There was a wooden rattan chair next to it near the window, but Chen Yang obviously couldn't sit there, otherwise it would be something.

But she talked for a long time, and she didn't hear the owner of the box show them to sit, or ask the service lady outside to add a chair, everyone continued to drink tea, while pointing at a set of limited edition jewelry that was being photographed downstairs, and the scene became extremely embarrassing.

Chen Yang felt that the atmosphere was a little bad, this didn't seem to be the attitude of hospitality, this was obviously not treating himself as a guest. Looking at the expressions of these people again, he immediately understood that it was a very unwise move for him to come in with Min Rou.

After about half a minute, Hua Tiancai suddenly remembered something, and waved his hand at the empty seat beside him: "Xiao Min, what are you still doing in a daze, sit down first." ”

When Min Rou heard the other party's words, a trace of displeasure obviously flashed on her face.

She had also heard her pharaoh classmate say that this Hua Tian has a wide range of roads in Huahai, but her personality is a little perverse, but after the first few contacts, she didn't realize it, this Hua Tian has always been very attentive to help contact business, she originally thought that the old classmate wore colored glasses to see people, and at this time, she realized that what her old classmate said was true.

Of course, she couldn't sit down by herself, if she hadn't asked the other party, she might have turned her face on the spot.

At the moment, he could only hold back his anger, and reluctantly smiled and replied: "Mr. Hua, I'll ask the waiter to add another chair." "As you speak, you have to turn around and call someone.

But Hua Tian frowned and said: "Xiao Min, you see that our table is not big, and it can't sit so many people at all, I think it's better to let Teacher Chen go to the cubicle to drink some tea and wait for a while, anyway, we don't have much to talk about, we can get it done soon, and then change to a bigger table after chatting." ”

He said this on the road, after all, the less people know about some confidential things about money, the better. It's just that whoever hears his words has a bit of a slap in the face on the spot.

Chen Yang was okay, he just smiled and glanced at this private equity cow, and he was secretly surprised, it was only a short time, this guy actually found out about his teacher's identity, but I don't know how much he still knows?

But Min Rou couldn't bear it anymore at this time, if it was usual, she might still say something about the scene and go back, after all, this time Xinqi high-speed listing, she asked Hua Tian to help match, and even Hua Tian took the initiative to ask Ying to be the underwriter, which can be said to have helped her a lot. But at this time, it involved Chen Yang, where could she bear it, she didn't want Chen Yang to be so difficult and insulted by others because of herself.

Her face sank slightly, and she frowned: "Mr. Hua, what do you mean by this, Secretary Chen is the old leader of our development zone, and there is nothing that cannot be told to him." ”

"If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government."

Wei Yingjie suddenly interjected beside him, and after speaking, the old god took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and glanced at Chen Yang, but there was no longer the politeness when he met in the elevator room before, and said: "Teacher Chen, I'm really sorry, I hope you can understand some things at work, and when we finalize the work, you can continue to talk to Xiao Min, don't you say?" ”

Chen Yang smiled, this Wei Yingjie is really no different from the big corrupt official in his memory, with a dog-legged face, thinking that this Hua Shao's background should be quite tough.

But just when he wanted to speak, Min Rou frowned and said, "In that case, Minister Wei, let's talk about the approval next time." After speaking, he turned to Chen Yang and said, "Secretary Chen, let's go first." ”

Chen Yang didn't reply to her, but looked at Minister Wei and Hua Tian, and said with a smile: "Minister Wei, Mr. Hua, I'm a little presumptuous this time, but I and Xiao Min will have to catch up with the old colleagues in the development zone later, and I can't leave for the time being." I don't think it's better to talk about yours, I'll just sit by the window, and it shouldn't delay your work. ”

Hua Tian's face was cold, obviously he didn't expect Chen Yang to be so thick-skinned, and he was already clearly going to drive him away, but he was not interested, he refused to go out, and said what to go to the window to sit, is that position for a person like you to sit?

Seeing that Hua Shao's face turned cold, Director Tian, who had never dared to speak, immediately understood, frowned very doggedly and said to Chen Yang: "Teacher Chen, this is your mistake, you really have to wait, just go out and wait, don't be inside."

Director Tian had just said something halfway through, Hua Tian on the side raised the corner of his eye, and suddenly interrupted Director Tian's words with a wave of his hand, and said with a strange smile on his face: "Teacher Chen, you have also seen that there is no place here, if you don't want to wait in the compartment, just go to the window and sit down, but I can tell you first, it is not the place where you want to sit, what are the consequences of sitting, you have to be responsible for yourself." After speaking, he looked at Chen Yang with a playful expression.

Chen Yang was surprised when he heard this, and glanced in the direction of the open window, could it be that there was something strange about that chair?

Min Rou also smelled a hint of conspiracy, and hurriedly persuaded: "Secretary Chen, forget it, let's go first"

However, Chen Yang really didn't believe in this evil, smiled and waved his hand: "Xiao Min, you explain your work first, I'll wait for you on the side." ”

After speaking, regardless of whether the other party agreed or not, he completely ignored the ridicule of these people, walked to the direction of the open window by himself, and sat on the strangely shaped rattan chair.

But before he could sit down, in the originally bright exhibition hall, almost all the lights were suddenly extinguished in an instant, leaving only a ceiling lamp in the center, but the light of this lamp could only cover the center of the stage, and the rest of the place fell into darkness for a moment. Even the VIP box on the second floor where they were located was not spared.

Chen Yang's heart sank, and he looked at Min Rou, who had already hurried to his side, Min Rou also looked at him in surprise, obviously not knowing what was going on.

Raising his eyes to look at Hua Tian again, the other party still had a sneering expression on his face at this time, and suddenly, an ominous but somewhat familiar premonition came to his mind.

Immediately afterwards, the coquettish voice of the emcee who presided over the auction came: "The next lot is very special, in order to help the children who can't afford to go to school in the western region, Miss Lin Yu, a well-known little diva in Asia, was invited by the club to donate a pair of platinum earrings for charity auction, and Miss Lin Yu also agreed, no matter which gentleman or lady who was present to take this pair of earrings, you can order a song at will to let her dedicate it to everyone on the spot." ”

When the female master of ceremonies said this, she paused slightly skillfully, and looked up in the direction of the open window where Chen Yang was.

Sure enough, at this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps on the screen outside, and after a short while, I saw a young man who looked like a strictly dressed club manager walking in with a delicate and small antique palace lamp.

"Hua Shao, was this lamp you lit just now?" The club manager looked at Hua Shao.

"Manager Li, I'm not that capable." Hua Tian sneered, shook his head, and then pointed to Chen Yang, who was sitting by the window: "There, this lamp was lit by Teacher Chen from the Central Party School." ”

Manager Li turned his head to look at Chen Yang, slightly stunned, but still walked over quickly, nodded to Chen Yang and said, "Mr. Chen, this is the sky lantern you lit just now." After speaking, before Chen Yang could answer, he had already hung the palace lamp in his hand on a hook next to the window.

As soon as the lights were hung up, there was a small commotion at the scene, and then the commotion slowly turned into an uproar, and Chen Yang saw that all eyes were focused on him.

At the same time, the large projection screen that was supposed to be used to introduce the lot flickered for a moment, and then an image of him sitting by the window slowly appeared.

Chen Yang was stunned, and a bad thought flashed in his mind, but it was too late, and suddenly, a burst of warm applause broke out over the entire venue.

Min Rou heard this sudden applause, looked at the image of Chen Yang presented on the curtain, was completely stunned, hurriedly looked back at Chen Yang, and muttered uneasily: "What's going on with them?" ”

Hua Shao looked at Chen Yang with a playful look on the side, and finally couldn't help laughing: "Teacher Chen, why don't you hurry up and greet your admirers, we are in the first club of Huahai, but no one dares to light this sky lantern for a long time." Hehe, after tonight, in our Huahai social circle, the prestige of your teacher Chen will be known to everyone. ”

Chen Yang had already understood at this time that this was actually a special game that would only appear in some top private clubs, and the name was "Lighting the Sky Lantern".

It's nothing more than a game in which some boys and brothers are stupid and fighting in order to pick up girls to see who has money.

To put it simply, it means that no matter what is sold in this round, no matter how much money is sold in the end, I will automatically add a vote, which means that no matter how you play, I will decide this thing.

The rules have been handed down since the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there are two ways to play: hanging a single lantern and fighting a lantern.

There is nothing to say about the lantern, the two sons and brothers blow each other up, see who can't bear the money, and if you can't bear it, you can remove the lamp, but it will undoubtedly lose face.

Hanging a lantern is more cruel, you have to carry it yourself at one point, until the end of the auction, no matter what price you have to swallow, in the end there is no money to pay, no problem, but you have to leave some parts down.

Therefore, the person who lights the sky lantern must weigh his own weight, which is not something that can be played with money.

He had seen it before, but he had never expected it to appear in such a formal setting, and it seemed that this private club was really quite big.