Volume 1, Chapter 582: The Arrogant Xie Qingyi

"Mrs. Gao is here."

Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone's attention was drawn to the direction.

Mrs. Gao walked into the venue in high spirits, accompanied by her son who is a diplomat. In her early years, Mrs. Gao followed her husband to open up markets overseas and established a powerful business empire. She also bought cultural relics from Country A that had been lost overseas in the early years at high prices and donated them to the country free of charge.

There are schools and hospitals donated in the name of the couple all over Country A. They have devoted their lives to charity and therefore have a high reputation in the country.

Now that I am older, I want to return to my roots.

This was her first birthday after returning to China, so naturally everyone was very supportive.

Mrs. Gao looked at the guests and said in high spirits, "Today is my birthday. Thank you all for coming. I am very grateful."

"Mrs. Gao, it is a blessing for the younger generation to be able to attend your birthday banquet."

"Mrs. Gao, you are highly respected and have devoted your life to charity. We cannot even begin to catch up with you. It is our blessing to be able to come and celebrate your birthday."

Mrs. Gao smiled kindly after hearing this.

"Mrs. Gao, we are from the Lesheng Group. This is a Bulgari jewellery necklace we specially customized for you. I wish you good health and longevity."

"Mrs. Gao, we are from the Star Group. The gift we present to you is a golden longevity peach. May you be blessed with good fortune like the long-flowing water of the East China Sea, and live longer than the evergreen pines of the Southern Mountains."

"Mrs. Gao, we are the Su Group. This is the gemstone painting screen we prepared for you. It is made of pearls, agates, crystals, emeralds, rubies, black jade, a total of 10,000 gemstones as raw materials. It has been cut, polished, inlaid and other processes, and is paired with a high-quality rosewood base. I wish you a happy and prosperous year after year."

At this time, Su Mengyu rushed over with her parents.

Xie Qingyi saw that Su Mengyu was no longer in a good mood again. After all, Su Mengyu said in public that the person she liked was Gu Xunjing, which was already a favor to the Zhan Group.

Mrs. Gao looked at the gemstone screen and said kindly, "This gemstone screen is really exquisite. You are very thoughtful."

Su family: "Of course."

Gu Xuanwu: "Mrs. Gao, we are the Gu Group. Today is your birthday, and we specially present you with a Qing Dynasty Hetian jade bat-shaped longevity ornament. It is carefully carved from the finest Hetian white jade.

The overall shape of the ornament is a ruyi, which means everything goes well and good luck. The head of the ruyi is carved with bats and longevity peaches. The bat, whose Chinese character "bat" is homophonic with the Chinese character "fu", means good luck and happiness. The longevity peach is a symbol of longevity, and its round and plump image means health, longevity, and good fortune.

Old Mrs. Gao looked at the jade ruyi presented by the Gu family with delight.

She said with satisfaction: "Hetian jade has been known as the "king of jade" since ancient times for its texture that is as warm as fat and as delicate as silk. The Hetian white jade used in this jade ruyi has a warm color and soft luster, as delicate as condensed fat, giving people a sense of tranquility and peace. You are thoughtful."

Many people presented their gifts, and Mrs. Gao was very happy. Older people like to have a lively birthday party, especially when these people prepared birthday gifts carefully. It meant that she was valued by everyone, and she was very happy.

Suddenly, Xie Qingyi said to those who were congratulating her in a haughty manner: "You have done your best by giving these gifts, but unfortunately these gifts are not worthy of Mrs. Gao's status!"

Xie Qingyi pretended to be nonchalant and whispered, "These things are presentable. Give them to Old Madam Gao."

Not only the people from the Su family and the Gu family had unhappy expressions, but the expressions of everyone present changed immediately.

Xie Qingyi was originally arrogant and conceited, and now the Zhan Group has turned the tide and reached a cooperation with the military.

Xie Qingyi is becoming more and more rampant now, and she doesn't pretend at all.

Li Wanyin said unconvincedly: "Mrs. Zhan, you are looking down on the birthday gift that everyone prepared for Old Madam Gao. Then what did your Zhan family prepare?"

Xie Qingyi said very proudly: "That is of course a better birthday gift than any of you present here."

Mrs. Gao: "Gifts are not important. I am already very happy that you come to celebrate my birthday."

Xie Qingyi flattered, "Mrs. Gao, gifts represent feelings, so they have different values. The more valuable the gift, the more importance it represents. Mrs. Gao, you are the person who has helped the country the most. How can your birthday gift be so casual and insignificant?"

After Xie Qingyi finished speaking, he signaled his men.

"Bring up our birthday gifts."

Two bodyguards in black brought up the birthday gifts.

There were two bodyguards guarding him from front to back and left to right.

A total of ten people carried up the birthday gifts. The ceremony was so grand that everyone looked at them in awe.

Xie Qingyi was very proud when she saw that she had become the focus of the whole audience.

"Mrs. Gao, this is a birthday gift from the Zhan Group. Please accept it!"

After Xie Qingyi finished speaking, she pulled away the red cloth covering her hand, and a vase with an exquisite plum blossom painting suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

At this time, someone in the crowd said mockingly, "When I brought these ten people out, I thought they were some valuable objects, but they are nothing more than vases."

"Just shut up! If you don't understand, don't talk! That vase was bought by the Zhan family at an auction many years ago. It's from the Song Dynasty and is worth tens of millions."

The person who had just made the sarcastic remark immediately stopped talking.

"That vase is from the Song Dynasty official kiln with a history of more than 900 years. It is very rare. The Zhan family is really willing to part with it."

Everyone's eyes widened and everyone was talking about it.

Some sycophants have already started to flatter Xie Qingyi.

"Mrs. Zhan is very generous. She gave me a Song Dynasty vase worth tens of millions of dollars. It turns out that our gifts are not worthy of being presented in a high-class place."

"Mrs. Zhan, this vase is over 900 years old and only one has been found so far. You are so generous."

Listening to other people's compliments, Xie Qingyi became more and more proud.

She suddenly looked at Jiang Qiansui and said provocatively, "Jiang Qiansui, I wonder what your Jiang family gave to Old Madam Gao as a birthday gift? Don't give her something cheap!"

Facing Xie Qingyi's provocation, Jiang Qiansui was not unhappy, but said with a slight smile on her lips: "What a coincidence, the gift I gave was also an antique vase."

Jiang Qiansui's words made the people at the scene restless again.

"We both gave the same gift, antique vases. So whose is better?"

"The Zhan family obviously came prepared and deliberately wanted to pull down others! If the Jiang family's gift is not as good as hers, she doesn't know how to humiliate Jiang Qiansui."

"The Zhan family gave us a Song Dynasty vase worth tens of millions of dollars. Not many people can surpass that."

Xie Qingyi didn't expect that Jiang Qiansui would give the same gift as her, an antique vase. This made it even more interesting.

Look how she steps on her!