February 28, 2018, fine

The climate of Shencheng has always been different from other places, and the winter in recent years has always been extraordinarily long, from September and October of the previous year, there will be occasional snowflakes falling from the sky, and it is not until the end of February that the air has a little warmer smell.

On this day, the sky above Shencheng's head was exceptionally clear, with clear blue sky and brilliant sunshine, making it hard to imagine that there was only a burst of snowfall two days ago, adding a new silver outfit to the city. The sun shines straight down, shining on the snow all over the city, and suddenly stirs up hundreds of millions of gold scales, even if the cold wind is still bleak, but it makes people's hearts gradually warm.

As the climate warms up, the date of Shen Ruoshi's 100th birthday banquet is getting closer and closer. Shencheng seems to have returned to two months ago, when the city celebrated the New Year, people began to spontaneously put up lights on the streets, and the municipal management personnel talked about colorful potted flowers, neatly placed on the corners of the streets and alleys, adding a very colorful color to this silver-covered city.

There are obviously more pedestrians on the street, even if they are afraid of the cold on weekdays and don't like to go out, they will go to commercial streets, restaurants and other places to take a few turns these days.

Every time the city lord celebrates his birthday, the merchants of Shencheng will always take advantage of this opportunity to organize various promotional activities, and for decades, it has become a unique festival for Shencheng people, taking the opportunity of promotion to purchase and even squander, which has become a necessary way for many Shencheng people to enjoy life.

And almost every year at the end of February and the beginning of March, there will be loser men who are beaten and rolled all over the ground by their wives on the streets of Shencheng, and loser women who are beaten and rolled all over the ground by their husbands.

And in order to deal with the sudden increase in fights and brawls, Shen Cheng's arresters and doctors can only work overtime and work hard during this time.

This year, the situation is even worse than in previous years.

In addition to the activity of locals, the number of outsiders has also increased dramatically in recent times, and their identities are diverse. There are ordinary people who come from remote areas to make large purchases, there are wealthy people who come to travel with foreign envoys, and of course, there are many people who have heard some rumors from the upper echelons and hurriedly rushed to seize the opportunity, businessmen.

At noon, the building was already overcrowded.

As the youngest restaurant in Shencheng's No. 8 Building, Kaishanlou attracts a large number of diners with its inclusive food style and approachable prices, in addition to local repeat customers. People who come to Shencheng from other places often go to Kaishan Tower to enjoy special food.

Maybe everything is not the best in Shencheng, but if you want to taste all the food in Shencheng in a restaurant, only Kaishanlou can do it.

Usually, the lobby on the first floor is absolutely full, and there will be a long queue outside the building. So much so that the considerate service of Kaishanlou, which has always been praised, is a little unable to keep up with the demand, and the gorgeous and characterful decoration of the lobby will also be overshadowed by crowded people and noisy voices.

However, the box area on the third floor seems to be an isolated paradise, with four boxes occupying all the space on the third floor, each box has an independent service team to track the whole process, and there is a soundproof magic circle inside and outside the box, which can not only ensure that the noise in the lobby does not affect the meal, but also ensure that the conversation in the door is not heard by outsiders.

In the east room, there are four beautifully dressed guests sitting on a large dining table, but unlike those who come here to enjoy the food, these four people are obviously careless in the face of a table full of delicious food and wine, and only one chopstick is sandwiched on a large plate of dishes and does not move until the temperature gradually loses, and the delicacy is also lost...... So much so that the waiter who was waiting next to him only felt heartbroken when he saw it.

A table of one full table in the opening of the mountain building, the best food worth nearly a hundred spirit stones, actually looks like more than half of it is going to be wasted! These local tyrants from other places are really rich and capricious!

If it weren't for the service tenet of Kaishan Lou is to put the guests first, and put it in a relatively strong restaurant, this kind of eating method that is almost fault-finding will definitely be rushed over by the chef team.

But for the four people at the table, no matter how valuable this table is, it is just an embellishment, and the focus of today's meal is under the table.

Although it seems that several people are like ladies who don't eat and sleep, there is a hidden conversation going on when they are eating slowly.

"The two of them came from afar, it should also be for the Shen and Li families to re-establish diplomatic relations, right? However, I'm afraid it's a little late. ”

The voice under the table was only heard by four people, and the waiter who was close by couldn't hear a word. And this voice is muffled, does not distinguish between men and women, and does not correspond to the movements and mouths of the four people at the table who are slowly ruining the food.

"It's better to come early than to come by chance, although we received the news a few days late, but we finally came by coincidence enough to meet the two of you, didn't we? If there are two people who can help, what if those people come early? The most advantageous position remains ours. ”

This time it sounded like a crisp woman's voice, no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and it was difficult to match any of the four diners at the table. As the voice sounded under the table, the two diners sitting by the window stiffened.

"Who the hell are you!?"

"Businessman." The young woman's voice responded lightly, "I only heard that the two of you have hands and eyes in Shencheng, as long as the price is enough and does not hurt the sky, any business can be done, but I haven't heard that the two of you have to pick people when doing business?" ”

The two diners by the window soothed a little, and at the same time, the unintelligible voice under the table rang out again.

"Well, as long as the price is sufficient, indeed any business can be negotiated...... As you know, this city lord's 100th birthday banquet is likely to become a turning point for the two major families of Shen and Li to break the ice for decades, according to reliable sources, the team sent by the Li family to celebrate his birthday was initially hung for a month, but recently a breakthrough has been made, and he successfully got the invitation to the city lord's birthday banquet. And what this means, I think everyone in Shencheng knows. ”

After a pause, seeing that the other party did not react, he explained: "Two months ago, if someone was caught spitting on the street, as long as he said that he was spitting on the Li family, he might be exempted from a fine." But half a month ago, if anyone dared to repeat the same mistake, they would be violently beaten on the spot by the law enforcement brigade and have their glands removed. ”

"I, I see." There was a little embarrassment in the young voice.

"In short, if there is no accident, after the birthday banquet, the trade routes between Qingyun City and Shencheng will be reopened, and gold and silver mountains will follow. However, there are no less than 100 merchants in Shencheng alone, and there are countless chambers of commerce in Qingyun City, as well as Jinyu City and even Tiancheng, so who gets the gold mountain and who gets the silver mountain depends on their respective means. Some people think that this is a first-come, first-served basis, as long as they come first, they can seize the opportunity by dealing with the officials here first, but they really don't understand the operation mechanism of Shencheng. ”

The young woman said, "I would like to hear about it." ”

"Shen Cheng's big and small matters are all decided by the two deputy city lords, and the officials below just do things according to the rules, even if they have some autonomy, they don't dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi under the high pressure of the two deputy city lords. If it's a trivial matter, it's just a trivial matter, the affairs of the Shen and Li families, if there is a disturbance, it may be related to life, who dares to act rashly? So what if it comes early? What about personal relationships with officials? If you want to really seize the opportunity, you must at least establish a personal relationship with the deputy city lord, but how easy is that? The deputy city lord of the sea made every effort to organize the birthday banquet, and he had no distractions at all. Yueying's deputy city lord has always been iron-faced and selfless, and he doesn't establish personal relationships with anyone, and he wants to work the two deputy city lords, which is difficult to climb. ”

"So what's the best way for you two?"

"It's very simple, why don't you go directly to the city lord? In such a major event as the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the Shen and Li families, as long as the city lord remembers your face a little, it means a great advantage. The two deputy city lords are loyal to the city lord, as long as the city lord has a look, the so-called best friends can also be put down at will, so who will be the first in the future Jinshan Yinshan, is it not clear at a glance? ”

"But it's hard to even befriend the two deputy city lords, so how can you befriend the city lord?"

"Hehe, if this matter is indeed a hundred times more difficult than ascending to the sky in normal times, the city lord is a shallow person, and he hasn't appeared in public for almost ten years...... However, three days later, on March 2, the day of his old man's birthday banquet, he always had to show up, right? And at that time, if you can appear at the birthday banquet, as long as you find a way to leave a little impression on his old man, are you still worried about the big thing? “

“…… In other words, there is a way for the two of you to let us enter the birthday banquet?! Isn't this likely? It is said that the banquet was presided over by the deputy city lord of the sea himself, is there still a flaw? ”

"Of course, the deputy city lord of the sea has no flaws, but after all, he can't do everything alone, and he still has to share the work, and the people below can't say for sure. How to do it is our industry secret, I can only say that if the two of you are interested, we can help you get two invitations for the birthday banquet. ”

"Make a price." The young woman did not hesitate.

"Ten Thousand Spirits......

"Please check." As he spoke, a thin piece of paper floated directly from under the table to the side of the window.

The two diners by the window looked happy, and the other's boldness was beyond expectations, and they really deserved to be the first local tyrant family in Qingyun City.

However, then their faces froze, because the check that was supposed to be passed to their hands was intercepted by an invisible force halfway through.

The next moment, the door of the box was slammed open, and two Shencheng soldiers in full armor rushed in, and they swept the table away, revealing the dirty transactions underneath.

"The four of you are suspected of illegal transactions, and now according to the laws of Shencheng, all of them are arrested!"

The two diners by the window were paralyzed the moment they saw the soldiers of Shen Cheng, like mourning. However, the other two made a quick decision, dropped two flashbangs, and the bright light shocked the audience, and then took this opportunity to escape from the window like electricity!

There was a muffled bang.

The two covered their noses and flew back upside down.

At some point, the window has been sealed by an invisible force. And as the bright light dissipated, another person slowly walked towards the door.

A woman with a slender figure and picturesque eyebrows, but her complexion is shrouded in frost, which makes people feel cold in the bottom of her heart. After the woman entered the door, she raised her hands, and the two people who were rolling on the ground covering their noses were lifted in her hands.

"The two little guys of the Qian family, for the sake of the past friendship between our two families, let you go, where do you come from, and where do you go back."

As he spoke, he flicked his hands forward, and the two of them couldn't help themselves, flying straight west from the window like rockets, aiming at Qingyun City.

In mid-air, the voice of a young woman resounded in pain.

"Don't, don't, don't! It's been so long since I've been on the pitch, so I don't want to quit like that! I have contributed to the debt of Shencheng City, I have given gifts to the birthday banquet of the city lord, I want to see Wang Jiu, I want to see Wang Jiu! ”