Chapter 82 Father and Daughter Quarrel
Zhao Xiru did not bring Liu Jiayao today, but brought a very imposing white man. When the man saw Yue Ning, he spoke a bunch of words to Zhao Xiru. Yue Ning could only hear that it was Italian, but she didn't know what he said specifically.
"He praised me for finding the right person to wear the dress." Zhao Xiru introduced that this was her partner, who was from an Italian fashion group. Zhao Xiru's company currently represented this company's business in Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong.
"I showed him the silk fabrics and he was very interested. Can we chat about it later when we have time?" Zhao Xiru said.
Yue Ning was busy, so Zhao Xiru went to the Yuecheng Friendship Department Store by herself and found some fabrics. It was just like Yue Ning said, the prices were really very cheap.
"Okay, I'll come find you later." Yue Ning asked them to go in first.
The guests gradually arrived, and the three of them went in together. Yue Ning saw that Qiao Qiming had been staying with Zhou Xuanxiong, chatting with the people surrounding him.
Yue Ning ordered a glass of juice, walked over, and listened to Qiao Qiming say, "The Guangdong City banking crisis from 1936 to 1937 brought me to know Brother Xuan Xiong. It was also because of this encounter that during the most difficult days that followed, Nanyang vehicles continued to be delivered to me, even though my funds were already exhausted. If I couldn't give the money to Nanyang, and Nanyang didn't have the money to buy used vehicles, then my business of using used vehicles for transportation might have ended. It was Brother Xuan Xiong, with his prestige in the Guangdong City banking industry, who brought me 100,000 yuan, allowing me to continue this journey."
"Brother! A hero never brags about his past achievements." Grandpa Zhou looked at Yue Ning with a smile, "I'm just going to satisfy my appetite now. And this tongue of mine will be useful to help the little girl check the dishes."
Yue Ning hugged the old man's arm: "You are the one who understands Dad and me the best."
With his old friends being enthusiastic and the little girl praising him, Mr. Zhou seemed to have returned to decades ago, when he was surrounded and praised by others. He said that he would not talk about his past achievements. Who doesn't have a little vanity?
The lights dimmed and focused on the stage. The beautiful host came on stage and started a series of opening remarks. She invited representatives from both parties of this cooperation to come on stage.
Yue Ning held the glass and watched Sophie and Mr. Lu go on stage. After Sophie and Mr. Lu finished their toast, Sophie raised her glass and announced the start of the cocktail party.
Yue Ning looked at Sophie, who was calm and elegant on the stage, and raised her glass to greet her from a distance.
In essence, he and Cai Zhiyuan are both the same bosses. They both like to delegate tasks to capable assistants, but he can provide his subordinates with more sense of accomplishment.
After the ceremony, the band took the stage and the melody started playing.
There is a dance floor in the middle of the room, a rest area on the side, and a buffet and a quiet place for rest and negotiation outside.
Seeing that Cai Zhiyuan seemed to be waiting for this moment, Yue Ning went to invite Sophie, but unfortunately Sophie gave her hand to Mr. Lu.
Cui Huiyi invited Yue Ning with male etiquette, and Yue Ning entered the dance floor with unfamiliar dance steps.
After being rejected, Cai Zhiyuan sat next to Qiao Junxian and took out a cigarette. His cousin was a good boy, so good that he didn't even smoke. Cai Zhiyuan lit a cigarette and looked at the men and women dancing on the dance floor. Except for Yue Ning and Cui Huiyi, Yue Ning often made mistakes in her steps, and Cai Zhiyuan couldn't help laughing.
Seeing Sophie and General Manager Hongan coming over, he felt uncomfortable even though he knew that Sophie was just socializing in such an occasion.
In the past, he would always dance with the female stars in his arms, while Sophie would be busy in an inconspicuous place to ensure that everything went smoothly.
Yue Ning stepped on Cui Huiyi. Qiao Junxian looked at her and laughed, but Yue Ning glared at him warningly.
Cui Huiyi saw Cai Zhiyuan's dead look and asked Yue Ning: "What's wrong with Cai Zhiyuan? I didn't know he cared so much about Sophie before."
"If you don't cherish it when it's around you, the one you can't get is the best."
Cui Huiyi rolled her eyes: "It's just cheap."
The two of them turned around and just passed by Cui Jiachang. Yue Ning told Cui Huiyi what he had just said to Cui Jiachang.
"No matter what he thinks, I am ready to take Li De back by force." Cui Huiyi looked at Cai Zhiyuan, "I will go find Cai Zhiyuan to jump later. After you and Junxian jump, you can go find him."
"Sister, you are so mean!" Yue Ning raised her eyebrows.
The music stopped, Cui Huiyi let go of Yue Ning, and the two walked to the table where the cousins were.
Cai Zhiyuan saw that Sophie had finally separated from that person. Just as he was about to stand up, Cui Huiyi sat down next to him and put her hand on his shoulder: "Next song, shall we dance together?"
Cai Zhiyuan looked back at her. Cui Huiyi was less than two years younger than him. They had been friends since childhood. This girl was fierce and wild. Today she was wearing men's clothes. He hugged her and danced?
"I'm busy." Cai Zhiyuan refused.
"I felt sorry for you, so I danced with you because you didn't bring a female companion. And you're disgusted?" Cui Huiyi didn't care and held Cai Zhiyuan down tightly.
Cai Zhiyuan had a headache. What kind of world was this? Are girls so strong?
Yue Ning looked at the door leading to the outside. Sophie was walking out. She said, "Brother Zhiyuan, Sister Sophie is very busy today, so don't bother her. Sister Huiyi danced with you, and I will dance with you later."
When Cai Zhiyuan heard this, he looked at her and said, "I came here today to hug Cui Huiyi, the golden toad, first, and then hug you, the golden toad. Are we hugging each other like a toad group?"
Yue Ning smiled: "Sister Sophie will become a golden toad sooner or later if she follows me. You have to adapt."
The music started, Qiao Junxian took Yue Ning to dance, Cai Zhiyuan was pulled into the dance floor by Cui Huiyi, and his eyes looked out the window at Sophie who was chatting with the customers.
"Stop looking at me. I've been watching you for several years and I don't have any thoughts about you anymore." Cui Huiyi rolled her eyes at him.
Cai Zhiyuan frowned: "What do you know?"
"In 'The Prominent Family', did Mrs. Zhu forgive Mr. Zhu? Was your great-grandmother buried with your great-grandfather in the end?" Cui Huiyi asked him.
HTV is also amazing. The popular drama "Hong Kong Aristocratic Family" half a year ago was based on the Cai family. It tells the story of Cai Zhiyuan's great grandfather who went abroad, went to Singapore to start a business, and then returned to Hong Kong to open a newspaper, a film company and a bank, becoming a local giant. Through the journey of a family, it shows the journey of Hong Kong from a city with a population of less than 400,000 or 500,000 to an international metropolis with a population of 5 million.
The film is also interspersed with bloody stories of love, hate, and vengeance.
Cai Zhiyuan's great-grandfather and great-grandmother were deeply in love at the beginning and supported each other. Later, his great-grandfather got a beautiful girl who broke his great-grandmother's heart. In the end, the couple who had been married for decades ended up divorcing, which caused a sensation in Hong Kong.
Even though his great-grandfather changed his mind later and wanted to ask for his great-grandmother back, his great-grandmother ultimately refused. Although both of them were buried in the Cai family's ancestral tomb, one was in the east and the other in the west.
When the script came out, his subordinates asked him to review it. He didn't have time to read such a long script. Besides, there was a prototype, so he could create it, and the names were changed. He believed in his own screenwriter, but Sophie reminded him: "The screenwriter said that for the sake of ratings, they decided to have a happy ending. I think this is disrespectful to the old lady."
When he heard this, he immediately went to read the script carefully. Damn it! He called the screenwriter over and scolded him. If the script was really changed like this, from his grandfather to him, three generations of his family would never be able to visit his grandmother's grave.
At that time, the neighboring TV station saw them filming this drama and immediately filmed a drama of the same type. The ending of that station was that the man married four concubines. In the end, the hero was betrayed by the concubines and suffered a stroke to the point that he could not speak clearly. The original wife never left the hero, and the hero changed his mind, held the original wife's hand and said: "Fortunately, I still have you!"
The two TV stations broadcast similar dramas at almost the same time, but with different endings, which triggered social discussions. Many people asked why a man should be loyal to a woman even though he had betrayed her many times in his life? In those days, there were many more flowers in front of Mrs. Cai's tomb.
"Even your grandmother, an old lady with bound feet, refused to compromise, let alone today's working women." Cui Huiyi looked up at him, "If you are willing to change your ways, then find someone else. You no longer have any credibility with her."
Cai Zhiyuan hasn't had a good night's sleep these days. On the one hand, he has a lot of chores to do, and on the other hand, he is thinking about the relationship between the two of them over the years.
"I've never had my heart set on another woman."
Cui Huiyi smiled: "You are just another man to her."
This aroused the doubt that Cai Zhiyuan had been hiding in his heart. He saw Yue Ning stepping on Qiao Junxian several times, and Qiao Junxian was still happy. He was disgusted in his heart. However, for the sake of that doubt, he danced a song with this sister.
Cai Zhiyuan was dancing with Yue Ning, and took the opportunity to ask, "Have you met Sophie's boyfriend?"
Yue Ning stepped on Cai Zhiyuan: "I haven't heard her say that, nor have I seen her."
"If you see it, tell me." Cai Zhiyuan said to the little girl.
"Well! Be sure to tell your brother if you see it." If you don't see it, you don't have to tell him!
Yue Ning saw the father and daughter chatting outside. Cui Jiachang suddenly stood up with an excited expression, and no one knew what he was talking about.
Cai Zhiyuan let go of Yue Ning, and the two walked out quickly together.
"I don't accept such conditions." Cui Huiyi looked at Cui Jiachang with a sullen face, "I only want the Lide left by my grandfather. What does Cui Ji have to do with me?"
"Cui Ji has nothing to do with you? Are you my daughter?" Cui Jiachang questioned Cui Huiyi, "I have already given most of my net worth to you two sisters, so don't be too greedy."
Qiao Qiming was reminiscing about the past with Zhou Xuanxiong and a group of old friends, and heard the father and daughter arguing again.
He shook his head slightly, stood up, walked over to the father and daughter and asked, "What happened?"
"Boss Qiao, please be fair and just. I have been giving in and backing down again and again. I gave half of Cui Ji's shares to the sisters, and also transferred part of Lide's shares to the two sisters, to ensure that their combined shares can absolutely control Lide. I also said that I would give up the position of chairman of Cui Ji's board of directors and let her take over. Is this the biggest concession? She told me that she only wanted Lide, not Cui Ji." Cui Jiachang looked at Cui Huiyi with a sad expression.
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