Chapter 096 Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Looking at the cruise ship in front of him, Liu Qiyun realized for the first time how exaggerated the power and wealth of the Xie family were.

Ocean Goddess, the world's largest cruise ship, has a gross tonnage of 237,000 tons, is 362 meters long, 64 meters wide, and has a total of 18 decks. It has 2,867 rooms and can accommodate up to 6,988 guests.

However, on this cruise ship where every inch of land is valuable, there is actually a Central Park made of real plants, a water theater where you can enjoy world-class art performances where the sea and the sky meet, the Ultimate Abyss, the highest slide in the sea at 10 decks high, and a 25-meter-long zip line across the atrium at 10 decks high.

Liu Qiyun felt a little suffocated just by looking at such a huge thing, and now he was about to board the cruise ship and cruise on it for a whole day - of course, he could also cruise on it for a month, but unfortunately his father would not allow it.

Although Liu Qiyun really wanted to go, this is the Ocean Goddess!

It has just been built and is now on its maiden voyage. The various luxurious decorations on it have stunned the ordinary Ganxing employees who are preparing to board the cruise ship tomorrow.

Yes, ordinary Ganxing employee.

After all, it is under the name of the anniversary celebration, so Ganxing employees will naturally participate in it. In addition to bringing up the senior executives, Xie Qiping also specially prepared a lottery in the company so that some ordinary Ganxing employees can also get on the yacht and experience the kindness from Ganxing.

The facilities on the cruise ship are quite luxurious. Of course, this cruise ship is quite expensive, and even renting it would be an astronomical figure.

But this is all nothing for the Xie family.

——After all, this cruise ship belongs to the Xie family. It is also the Xie family’s second entry point into transportation after shipping.

However, it is sad that when this cruise ship was built, it was originally built for Xie Yuanzhi, but now the cruise ship belongs to Xie Pingyuan, the biological son of the Xie family, and adds luster to his heir ceremony.

Liu Qiyun thought back to his father's cruise ship which he had envied so much that he had to beg and plead to get on it to party with his friends. Then he looked at this cruise ship which had all the lights on and looked magnificent, and he couldn't help but feel disgusted with his father's cruise ship.

"Dad, when can you get me, your son, a cruise ship like this? It looks so cool. The Xie family is really generous this time."

Liu Qiyun sighed and stretched out his elbow to nudge his father.

Liu Fugui staggered after being knocked down by Liu Qiyun, and patted Liu Qiyun on the back in disappointment.

"Your father and I are not qualified to own such a cruise ship. Our family's liquidity is not rich enough to this extent. Put your eyes back into your stomach and enjoy it today. If you want to board a cruise ship like this in the future, hold on to your thighs."

Ever since Liu Qiyun started hugging Xie Pingyuan's thigh, he has often quarreled with Liu Fugui at home about this matter. Today, Liu Fugui finally got back at him.

"Okay, okay, you two are really like this every time. If I put you two together for more than 10 minutes, they will start quarreling."

Liu Qiyun's mother, Ms. Qiao, rolled her eyes and said, then gave a proper smile to the waiter who came to her and handed her invitation to the other party.

The family of three then boarded the cruise ship, where they will spend the night.

The Xie family's ceremony today was particularly grand and they invited all the important partners of the Xie family. As for those who were not invited, it could only be said that although there was cooperation, their relationship with the Xie family was not that close.

"...It seems that the Xie family intends to inform the whole world when announcing the successor this time, so that everyone will not know that the Xie family has already changed the successor."

Liu Fugui was talking to his son, but Liu Qiyun felt uncomfortable all over. He tugged at his tie. He really couldn't adapt to such a formal occasion. If it wasn't Xie Pingyuan who was announced as the heir this time, he probably wouldn't even come.

As for why Liu Qiyun doesn't like such occasions...

"Oh, dear Julius, my friend, how are you doing recently? It seems that you are ready to get gold from the New World?"

Liu Fugui and a middle-aged man with a high nose, deep eyes, brown hair and brown eyes were hugging the man's beer belly, which was almost reaching Liu Fugui's internal organs.

——Although Liu Qiyun thought that this was because his father's belly was equally big, he had to admit that seeing two middle-aged men hugging each other with beer bellies was indeed an eye-catching sight.

When Liu Qiyun saw this scene, he turned his head away and looked like he really wanted to escape. Unfortunately, Liu Fugui was chatting with the middle-aged man and he pulled Liu Qiyun's arm. Liu Qiyun understood that this meant that he should stay where he was and not move.

If it were in the past, Liu Qiyun would have ignored his father and started walking around on the cruise ship to see if he could have a quickie romance with any pretty girl.

But today, Liu Qiyun stood obediently where he was under the command of Liu Fugui, who was pulling his ear.

Today is not a place where Liu Qiyun can go around and be safe wherever he meets. The forces involved with the Xie family are not just white forces.

Although the Liu family had been involved with people from that world in the past, unfortunately, they had cut off ties with that world during Liu Fugui's father's generation.

It's just that Liu Qiyun's grandfather is really afraid of death, and Liu Fugui back then didn't seem much more reliable than Liu Qiyun. If Liu Fugui really came into contact with that world...

Thinking of the bad outcome, the old man had to reluctantly cut off ties with that world to prevent the Liu family from being completely physically wiped out from country A before they could gain greater benefits.

And the facts proved that Mr. Liu's actions were correct. Of all the people who had dealings with that world, only the Xie family and several small families escaped unscathed. The other families were either assimilated or too deeply involved with that world and were killed to silence them.

This is also the reason why Liu Fugui wanted to detain Liu Qiyu today. He heard that that force was also coming today.

Liu Qiyun stood there bored and had to listen to the meaningless conversation between his father and that uncle. The two of them seemed to be speaking in code to prevent people around them from understanding what they were saying.

Grandpa Liu Qiyun only half understood the code words.

I barely understand that this uncle and his father both had a piece of the pie in the matter of the gate to the other world.

"...It's a pity that the benefits they gave us were too little. The big share went to the Xie family. Recently, the Xie family has received a lot of benefits from Shangtun."

When Yuliu said this, his fat face was full of envy, and the young models around him didn't make him happy.

New energy sources, the skills of that world, and the recent division of the spoils from the gate to the other world, the Xie family got a share of all the spoils, and some even got some meat.

For example, regarding the martial arts in that world, his wife recently complained to him that Yu Caiwei had been showing off that martial arts in their small circle, and Yu Caiwei looked younger and younger recently. She was obviously almost 40 or 50 years old, but now she looked like she was in her early 20s.

Xie Qiping seems to be almost rejuvenated, which is really enviable.

"Who says it's not true? The Xie family already has Xie Yuanzhi, but then there comes Xie Pingyuan, who is even more evil than Xie Yuanzhi. To be honest, if my child can have half of Xie Yuanzhi's, I'll be very lucky. I can't even think about Xie Pingyuan."

Liu Fugui was also envious and jealous. These wealthy people seemed to be in a good position, but they were always greedy. Once they had one thing, they wanted more. When they had no money, they wanted to be richer. When they had money, they would naturally pursue other things, such as their son's education.

Liu Fugui didn't even dare to imagine how evil Xie Pingyuan could be. Just the former Xie Yuanzhi had made Liu Fugui extremely envious.

Moreover, Xie Yuanzhi was defeated by Xie Pingyuan not because of any dirty tricks, but because of a fair and open plan to compare them secretly. Doesn't this mean that this is still a competition for the job?

When this news came out, all the wealthy people in the circle whose children did not live up to their expectations were extremely envious.

They prayed to God for a child to have a bright future, but unfortunately, God did not favor them. And this old man Xie Qiping had such a beautiful wife, such a harmonious family, and later on, he had two such smart sons!

Just as these two middle-aged men were envious and jealous of Xie Qiping because of the child, other people came over and joined their conversation.

Similarly, he was quite envious and jealous of Xie Qiping.

Especially with the recent economic downturn, because of the Gate to the Otherworld, there is still a bit of a crisis in the national strategy. In addition, the army of Country A started a war in a foreign country, but was defeated, resulting in an increase in taxes on these wealthy people.

Although due to background, these so-called escalating burdens were ultimately passed on to the people, they have already felt the extent of the anxiety of those above them.

If it weren't for the support from the Gate to the Other World, these wealthy people would have already let the politicians of Country A experience what a public opinion crisis is.

However, these wealthy people started talking about Xie Yuanzhi again. They have been coveting Xie Yuanzhi's Taoduoduo for a long time. This shopping platform is a huge blow to the old shopping platforms.

Moreover, they are unable to imitate Taoduoduo’s biggest trump card for the time being.

"...I don't know where Xie Yuanzhi got all those cheap goods. Wasn't the African route suspended due to the international situation? Where did those clothes come from? The whole country A is buying them."

One of the rich men who complained was from a department store family. Because of Taoduoduo's actions, his discounted prices were not as good as Taoduoduo's non-discounted prices. What's more, Taoduoduo also held various shopping festivals and activities, where the prices were even lower.

Some of them are even not as good as his cost price, which makes the recent financial statements of this rich man not look very good. God knows what a miserable situation it is that there were not so many people coming to shop on Black Friday.

"I'm afraid that Xie Qiping opened a special line for Xie Yuanzhi at that time. Xie Yuanzhi was very favored at that time. It's a pity that now..."

At this point, the wealthy people present also felt that things had changed, but as businessmen, they were even better at adapting to the situation. They soon stopped talking about Xie Yuanzhi and started praising Xie Pingyuan and his new energy projects, as well as discussing whether Xie Pingyuan had a girlfriend.

However, after learning that Xie Pingyuan was actually fanatically pursuing the child of the Ruan family, who was not even as good as theirs, they all raised their eyebrows, and a glimmer of profit flashed in their eyes.

They tacitly stopped talking about this topic so as to prevent their competitors from getting the information they wanted.

While they were having the most enjoyable discussion, Gao Wenjun, who was standing beside them, also held a wine glass and hugged his female companion.

Li Yingying also became much more well-behaved in such occasions. This was not her home, and her father was just an ordinary wealthy man in such occasions and could not be compared with the Xie family.

Gao Wenjun also humbly made friends with others and followed his father-in-law.

——But unfortunately, his reputation seems to have spread outside, and when these people greet him, they basically don’t bring their female companions.

There is even a wealthy man who pretends to be a loving wife, but seeing him is like seeing a weasel.

Gao Wenjun couldn't help but twitch his lips. He really had no interest in other people's wives - although he had indeed cheated on a few wealthy men.

Fortunately, his ability was real and not exaggerated, so he soon thrived in this situation, which made Li Yingying's father look at him with new eyes.

While interacting with these wealthy people, Gao Wenjun sighed at how powerful the Xie family was. These wealthy people alone were enough for him to make friends with for a long time, not to mention the political bigwigs who were also invited over.

Gao Wenjun saw Director Yang and Secretary Gu Youxing at a glance.

It was obvious that they were the objects of everyone's flattery at this banquet, including the host of the banquet.

The Xie family of three, headed by Xie Qiping.

Yes, there are only three people: Xie Qiping, Yu Caiwei and Xie Pingyuan.

As for the alleged loser Xie Yuanzhi, he was among the wealthy people, talking with his junior fellow apprentice among the business partners, and did not go forward with the Xie family to greet Director Yang and Secretary Gu.

Gao Wenjun didn't think that Xie Yuanzhi would fall out with the Xie family because of a failure, so there was only one possibility - the Xie family planned to hand over all the resources to Xie Pingyuan. This was also to maintain peace in Ganxing, so as to prevent the head of the family from wavering and causing fluctuations in the group.

This is a very smart approach for the group, but it is terrible for the family.

——But for people of their status, who would care about family ties?

Gao Wenjun thought about it, but then continued to chat with the wealthy people in front of him with a smile, ignoring their actions of molesting the little girls, and together they denounced the sliding platform for damaging the reputation of their authoritative newspaper.

With the sliding function combined with the camera on the phone, everyone can post short videos. At first, people thought it was just a place for people to record their lives and post some funny jokes, but later people discovered that it could actually become a platform for public opinion.

In the past, all kinds of events were reported by authoritative newspapers. At most, someone would mention a few words of information online, and then it would be reported and deleted.

But here, as long as it does not involve bloody violence and other factors, what is said is true, and no one reports the rumors and provides evidence, then this short video will be preserved. This also makes people surprised to find that the truth of the matter is not what the media said.

Now that this trend has begun to emerge, it has also caused panic in authoritative newspapers. All they can rely on is their authority in the public opinion field. If their authority disappears now, the meaning of their existence will be gone.

Just as Gao Wenjun was listening patiently to the other party's complaints and thinking about what benefits he could gain from it, the lights suddenly dimmed, and then a beam of light shone on the stage.

Xie Qiping stood in the center of the stage.

"Welcome everyone to the anniversary celebration of Ganxing Group. Likewise, welcome everyone to attend the succession ceremony of my son Xie Pingyuan."

Xie Qiping said with a decent smile on his now rejuvenated face.

"The ceremony now officially begins!"

*

After hearing Xie Qiping announce the start, Xie Pingyuan took Ruan Luo to the front of the stage.

Ruan Luo was still a little nervous, but Xie Pingyuan held his back tightly. He wanted Ruan Luo to participate in such a glorious moment.

In order to get Ruan Luo to participate in the ceremony, Xie Pingyuan almost had a quarrel with Xie Qiping. Fortunately, Yu Caiwei, who suffered a major blow, nodded in agreement, and Xie Qiping agreed with helplessness.

"Relax and treat them all as big carrots."

Xie Pingyuan said jokingly, and was glared at nervously by Ruan Luo. He then restrained his expression, returned to his normal state, stood in front of the stage, and began to talk about today's speech.

"First of all, I would like to thank all the guests for coming..."

Xie Pingyuan first thanked all the guests, and then began to talk about his own mental journey, but while he was speaking, his eyes were always looking for people below.

Who are you looking for?

Who else can I find? Of course, I should find Xie Yuanzhi!

If Xie Yuanzhi hadn't seen this important moment, Xie Pingyuan would have felt that the ceremony had been in vain!

Soon he found Xie Yuanzhi and saw that he was talking to his junior fellow apprentice in a seemingly lonely manner. It was not difficult to tell from his expression that he had encountered a lot of obstacles tonight, which was something that the eldest young master of the Xie family had never encountered before.

——But he will soon no longer be the eldest son of the Xie family.

Yu Caiwei, who has learned that Xie Yuanzhi has given a lot of money to the Jiang family and let Jiang Zhiyuan work at Taoduoduo, and has even become the branch manager, is preparing to let Xie Yuanzhi change his name.

Yu Caiwei, who was originally quite sensitive about this matter, was very calm this time. It seemed that Sen Wanjie was really heartbroken by Xie Yuanzhi, which also made Xie Pingyuan feel a little uncomfortable. However, when she turned around and thought about Xie Pingyuan in her previous life, she felt secretly happy.

Whether it was Xie Yuanzhi or Yu Caiwei, the mother and son who were so close in the previous life that it made him feel uncomfortable, became like this in this life just because he said a few words to them.

Does it also mean that Xie Yuanzhi and Yu Caiwei were not that close in their previous life?

Is it just that he didn’t find the right method in his previous life?

As Xie Pingyuan thought about it, he still had a proper smile on his face. As his speech ended, the guests below began to applaud.

And now it was finally time to take a group photo.

Ruan Luo, who was standing aside, took a deep breath, came to Xie Pingyuan's side in one breath, took his arm and smiled appropriately at the camera. Although Xie's father and mother had some opinions about this son-in-law.

However, they have been overwhelmed recently and don't want to deal with this matter for the time being. Children can always be born through surrogacy.

For their circle, this is absolutely a common thing.

Ruan Luo was relieved to see that Xie's parents seemed to have accepted him. What he was most worried about was that Xie's parents would not accept him. Although Xie Pingyuan was already the heir of the Xie family, Xie Qiping was still the one in charge of the Xie family.

Originally, Ruan Luo might have thought about finding a backup plan when the time came, but after experiencing the cruise trip tonight, Ruan Luo was dazzled by the cruise ships, various company shares, and ancient castles under Xie Pingyuan's name.

Fortunately, he did not waver between the two men as in the original text.

Ruan Luo showed a happy expression towards Xie Pingyuan, and Xie Pingyuan also smiled. The two looked like a perfect match, and some of the ladies were also infected and smiled.

Xie Pingyuan is now holding Ruan Luo in his arms, with Xie's parents standing beside him, while Xie Yuanzhi, his enemy in his previous life, can only look up at him from the audience.

——He felt that this was simply the happiest moment of his life.

[Host, the system detects that the plot progress bar is full. ]

Xie Yuanzhi blinked at the stage seemingly dejectedly, but he said in his mind.

【OK, now.】

[——The show is about to begin! ]

*

Outside the brightly lit hall, security personnel were checking the yacht's facilities.

"The people inside are carrying those girls around and playing with them. We can only watch from here and help them clear those girls out of the yacht before tomorrow. Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that all those girls are underage."

“The rich use Huabei…”

The conversations among the security personnel were filled with ordinary people’s reluctance and resignation.

However, at this moment, a somewhat sweet voice sounded.

"Halo? Excuse me, is the Xie family's banquet here?"

The security guard replied subconsciously: "Ah yes sir, please show me your invitation letter..."

But halfway through his words, the security guard realized that the yacht had already gone out to sea and ordinary employees would not board the cruise ship until tomorrow. How could a stranger come to ask whether the party would be held here!

The security guard subconsciously drew his gun from his waist, but when he turned around, he could only see that the man wearing a mask, a helmet, and goggles that completely shielded him, and also wearing tactical boots, had snatched the gun from his companion's hand and then...

In front of him, he rolled the gun into an iron ball.

"You guys are so enthusiastic... I think we'll have a pleasant but brief time..."

The sweet voice sounded again, and the security guard only felt a sharp pain all over his body, and then he knew nothing.

Inside the banquet hall, the Xie family had just finished taking photos and were about to enjoy their banquet.

"boom--!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the people present screamed subconsciously and looked towards the source of the sound.

——A huge hole appeared on the door of the banquet hall.

And in this hole, a long leg wearing tactical boots was stretching out.

"...No way, that's a bulletproof door."

Xie Pingyuan subconsciously protected Ruan Luo beside him and murmured.

The owner of the leg that broke the bulletproof door slowly retracted his long legs, and then gently pushed open the door that no longer had any blocking effect.

A sweet voice sounded.

"Halo~ Everyone who attended the banquet, I am sorry to disturb your mood tonight. As compensation, I will provide an entertainment program."

The person who walked in was wearing tactical clothing, and his head and face were completely covered by goggles, a mask and a helmet.

He looked to be over two meters tall, and although his muscles were hidden by his tactical uniform, everyone present believed that he was definitely a man with a terrifyingly muscular body.

The wealthy people present screamed subconsciously and then covered their mouths tightly.

They subconsciously felt that they might have encountered terrorists.

However, he soon let them know that he was much more terrifying than terrorists.

"ah!"

The man just pulled a bunch of things outside in with a slight tug. The people present looked closely and realized that he was the security guard on the yacht.

However, this time they didn't even dare to breathe.

"Hey, why don't you laugh? Forget it." The devil waved his hand and said.

Then he said it in an increasingly sweet and even disgusting tone.

"The dragon has come to save my dear finance minister. Let me see where my financial sponsor is~"

In full view of everyone, this demon who injured dozens of people at once walked up to a man.

He said to Xie Yuanzhi with a smile.

"My dear sponsor, I spoke well of you in front of the boss~"