Jianye Mansion, Baishi District, Xuanwu Lake.

Lin Xu stretched his waist, sorted out the work at hand, found that there was no more work that needed to be dealt with urgently, looked up at his watch, and it was exactly eight o'clock in the evening, so he left the editor-in-chief's office with his briefcase.

It was pitch black outside, and every workstation was empty.

Lin Xu couldn't help but feel proud when he saw it, he was able to sit in the position of editor-in-chief of Zixuan Publishing Company, not only by talent, but also by sleepless struggle, and his efforts to take the unit as his home all year round are the crystallization of his sweat and wisdom!

In short, it has nothing to do with his old Taishan with an important position.

Lin Xu took the elevator, came to the negative floor, found his beloved car, put the briefcase on the co-pilot's seat, started the car, and drove out happily.

He is in a good mood for two reasons, one is that his most profitable author, Changkong Wanli, has written a new work, which he reads at night, and the standard is very high, and he has the potential to sell well, and if the book is successful again, he will also have a lot of income as the editor-in-chief. Second, after years of unremitting efforts, as well as the recommendation of Lao Taishan, he finally blended into a top-level circle of Jianye Mansion, and tonight, it was the first time he accepted the invitation to participate in the dinner of this circle.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Xu parked the car in a small alley on the east side of Xuanwu Lake, there were only a few households in this alley, and there were no pedestrians, it looked a little cold, as if it was deserted, but just by virtue of this location, backed by the Purple Mountain and facing Xuanwu Lake, he knew that it was not an ordinary person who lived.

The party he attended today was in one of the courtyards, called "Water Mirror Hall", this is a private club, not open to the public, the owner of the club is very energetic, he doesn't know what it is called, only knows that this person's nickname is "Wind Gentleman"!

"Hello, is this Mr. Lin?"

Lin Xu had just walked to the gate of the courtyard, and before he could knock on the door, the door had already opened silently to both sides, and a tall girl stepped out of the threshold and walked out.

"Do you know me?" Lin Xu's heart moved.

"Of course, you're here for a party, so how could we not be acquainted with each other?" said the girl, smiling.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Lin Xu took a breath gently, and before he entered the courtyard gate of the Water Mirror Residence, he had already realized the power of the word "wealth".

Lin Xu followed the girl and entered the courtyard together, the courtyard door was very small, but the inside was very spacious, the two walked through the verandah, bypassed the rockery, and walked for more than ten minutes before they came to the outside of a hall.

"Mr. Lin, there is the living room in front, I won't go in, if you have any needs, you can find any waiter inside. The girl stopped.

"Okay, okay!" Lin Xu nodded, took a light breath, relaxed his slightly tense nerves, and walked quickly to the living room.

......

Pushing open the door of the house, Lin Xu stood at the door, did not enter immediately, and swept it around, the room was very large, although there were more than twenty people standing inside, it was not crowded at all, among which there were about ten men, six or seven women, all of whom were guests who came here for a party, in addition, there were several waiters.

The party had just begun, and the dozen or so guests had not yet gotten together, but formed three small circles to talk about something.

Lin Xu didn't act rashly, and after taking a closer look, he walked towards one of the small circles.

"Uncle Zeng!" Lin Xu stepped forward and greeted one of the old men softly, this person was the introducer who entered this circle and the old-timer of the publishing industry.

"Oh, Xiao Lin is here!" This person named Uncle Zeng turned around and saw Lin Xu, stretched out his hand to drag him into the crowd, and said: "Several, let me introduce you, this is the editor-in-chief of our Zixuan Publishing Company, like me, they are all cultural people, by the way, he is the son-in-law of the old Pang family in the east of the city." ”

The few people around the side were still a little strange when they heard the previous introduction, and when they heard the last sentence, they paid a little attention to it and nodded their heads one after another.

"This is Mr. Zhang of Jianye Xin* Aluminum, this is Chairman Zhao of Zi* Mining, and this is ......" Uncle Zeng introduced several other people to him one by one.

Lin Xu showed just the right smile and nodded his head to salute, these people were not originally able to make friends with his current identity, relying on his own words, he would have to develop smoothly for at least another ten years before he had the opportunity to enter a circle with these.

Although I can get in touch now, I don't have anything to talk about, so I have to mix it up first.

Just when Lin Xu began to get familiar with this circle, the door of the house suddenly opened from the outside, and two people walked in, and all the eyes in the room were immediately attracted by these two people.

Lin Xu was naturally no exception, looking up, he saw the two people who came in, one of whom he had seen before, was the owner of this place, Feng Junzi, who was wide and fat, with a smile on his face, wearing a white Tang suit, a pair of black cloth shoes, and a small black teapot in his hand.

Coming with the gentleman was a young man, who looked only in his twenties, with a calm and sophisticated appearance, without the slightest nervousness and impulsiveness unique to young people of this age.

The two of them were one after the other, the young man was slightly half a step ahead, and the wind gentleman was walking behind, it seemed that this young man's status was still above the wind gentleman.

"Everyone, Prince Sima Xi is here. The Wind Gentleman simply greeted the basis.

Sima Xi didn't say anything, just nodded at the more than ten people, and said hello.

Immediately afterward, a few people came up and gathered around Sima Xi and Feng Junzi.

Lin Xu found that these people looked familiar, he had seen them on TV, they were all high-level officials of the local government, and several people around him, such as Mr. Zhang and Zhao Dong, also wanted to move forward, but when they saw him pass first, they all shrank back.

"Who is this son?" Lin Xu leaned over to Uncle Zeng and asked in a low voice.

"His situation is a bit complicated, it's not easy to say here, go back and ask your old Taishan. However, you are really lucky, you can meet him the first time you come back, and you will find a way to get to know him in a while, if he can nod his head, you will be stable in this circle. Uncle Zeng said in a low voice.

"Oh. Lin Xu nodded secretly.

......

More than ten minutes later, Sima Xi exchanged pleasantries with two other small circles, and was led by the wind gentleman to the small circle where Lin Xu was.

Several chairmen hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and Lin Xu also came forward to see if there was a chance to meet this Sima Gongzi.

After Sima Xi talked and laughed with these people, he suddenly looked up, saw a new face, smiled and asked, "Who is this?"

"Sima Gongzi, my name is Lin Xu, and I work at Zixuan Publishing Company. Lin Xu hurriedly took a few steps closer.

"Cultural people, I like cultural people, interesting, connotative. Sima Xi said with a smile.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" Lin Xu hurriedly said.

"By the way, are there any new books on the market that are worth recommending recently?" said Sima Xi with a smile.

"I happen to have a copy here, written by the famous writer Long Sky, and I just sent the first draft over, and I haven't had time to publish it yet. Lin Xu was excited for a moment and took out the manuscript from his bag.

"Oh. Sima Xi was slightly stunned, then nodded, and took the manuscript with a smile.

Lin Xu saw Sima Xi's expression, his heart suddenly sank, how did he get confused just now, Sima Xi was obviously just polite, just deal with two sentences, how could he take it seriously, fortunately, Sima Xi gave him face and did not reject it on the spot.

Sima Xi took the manuscript and flipped through the two pages casually, the faint smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he suddenly raised his head and said, "Several, I suddenly remembered something, so I will retire for the time being." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the others to speak, and turned around and left with the manuscript.

Lin Xu was dumbfounded, and when he reacted and wanted to get the manuscript back, Sima Xi had already exited the room and disappeared into the night.