Manager Song had been in the hotel for more than ten minutes before Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran stepped into the hotel.
The hotel owner personally greeted her, "Welcome Miss Zhou."
"Boss, you're so polite. I'm here to attend a wedding banquet."
"I know that Mr. Zuo's family also attended your wedding. I recognized them when Mr. Zuo came to book the banquet."
"The boss has good eyesight."
The boss took over the compliment, "That's right, we need to have good eyesight to recognize and remember our customers clearly."
The boss was very tactful. He said a few words and then went back to work.
Zuo Heng and Li Li were welcoming guests at the door, while Zuo Youcheng and Fang Yuehong were standing behind the newlyweds, introducing them to anyone they didn't know.
Zhou Xiang and four others were arranged to sit at the main table. This time, Zhou Xiang agreed because the Zuo family treated her as a family member. Moreover, there were few guests at the man's host family, so Zhou Xiang had to save face.
At the main table of the bride's family, there were naturally Zhang's father and mother, Zhang Ning and Ji Bin, as well as her grandparents. Her grandparents were obviously in a good mood today. When they saw Zhou Xiang sitting down, they waved to her.
Zhou Xiang simply stood up and walked over. Since he was the man, it would be nice to have a good chat with the woman.
Zhang's mother wanted to go over and thank him, but when she saw Zhou Xiang coming over, she quickly stood up and said, "Zhou Xiang."
"Hey!" Zhou Xiang responded very straightforwardly. Outsiders called him Miss Zhou, but since they were all familiar people, it was better to call them by their names.
"Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt." Zhou Xiang called all the elders.
Zhang Ning pointed at herself and said, "You are the man's wife, you have to take care of everything, as well as us as a couple!"
Zhou Xiang waved his hand and said, "I don't know him."
Everyone at the table burst into laughter.
Grandpa and grandma thanked Zhou Xiang, "Zhou Xiang! Thank you! You solved the problem that we have been worrying about for twenty years in one day."
"It's nothing. I'm just borrowing your power. I still have to borrow it. I can't let my classmates suffer."
After Ling Ranzhou talked, they naturally came over and sat down. The man and woman had a very pleasant conversation.
At 12 o'clock sharp, when the banquet started, most of the guests had arrived. Eighty percent of them were employees of the Water Conservancy Bureau, followed by Zuo Youcheng's friends in Huai County in recent years.
When Zhou Xiang and the others returned to the men's main table and sat down, they saw Director Xu of the winery and Xu Fanghui sitting at a VIP seat.
The female reporter and the cameraman were also at that table. Xu Fanghui was trying to show his affection to the female reporter, but she didn't even glance at him.
Director Xu pulled his youngest son and signaled him not to make a fool of himself.
Seeing Zhou Xiang looking over, he smiled and nodded.
Zhou Xiang also nodded lightly. It was impossible for the Zuo family to have any friendship with him. He came here just to get close to him. Since they had "business" dealings, Zhou Xiang couldn't pretend not to know him.
When the female reporter saw that the annoying man's father knew Zhou Xiang, her face became even colder.
Lu Jin came in a hurry. His brother-in-law was getting married today, so he arranged for someone to take his place and drove a car from the Zhou family.
He sat down next to Zuo Zhen. Together with Luo Shaoqiang Yingying, Zuo Youcheng and Fang Yuehong, there were only two seats left out of the 12.
The newlyweds and the two groomsmen should also sit at this table, so there are two seats missing.
Luo Shaoqiang was about to take his sister to sit away, but Zhou Hua stood up and said, "Qiangqiang, you and Yingying should sit here. Your sister-in-law and I will sit at Director Xu's table."
Zhou Xiang also agreed, "Qiangqiang, you and Yingying are the real family, we are just acting as a family."
After Zhou Hua sat down, Director Xu's smile deepened. "Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Hua nodded, "Director Xu."
With a woman sitting at the table, the female reporter's expression relaxed a little.
The banquet started, and Zhou Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, no random people came. She was impatient to deal with people from officialdom.
Zuo Heng’s two best men were his classmates at No. 1 Middle School. Zhou Xiang didn’t know them, but they knew her.
He was a nice guy. After saying hello, he didn't continue talking nonsense.
The newlyweds also took their seats and the banquet officially began.
Zhou Xiang still remembered that she had to rush to the second show, so she kept some food in her stomach and didn't want to eat too much. Besides, the two people in the car hadn't eaten yet, so she called the waiter and asked him to ask the boss if he could cook two dishes for her as she needed to take them away.
The waiter didn't even need to ask the boss, he just agreed and guaranteed that the food would be packed in ten minutes.
Fang Yuehong felt strange, and Zhou Xiang just explained that it was necessary and she had to rush to another banquet.
Many people chose the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, and Fang Yuehong did not persuade Zhou Xiang to stay.
After the meal was packed, Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran were about to leave when a man came in from outside. When he saw Zhou Xiang standing up, he came up to her and said, "Miss Zhou Xiang, I'm Shen Zhengzhong, the director of the provincial station."
"Director Shen."
Since someone has come to deal with the matter, Zhou Xiang can't leave for the time being. Ling Ran went to deliver the meal. Zhou Xiang took the director to sit next to the female reporter and cameraman, "Director Shen, I still have a banquet to rush to. Let's get to the point quickly."
"You say."
"The staff of your station need to strengthen their training. No matter how high their original status is, no matter what kind of background they have, when they are doing this job, they must be calm and respect the interviewees.
I have offended the public today, which shows that there is indeed a problem. I was attending a wedding, and your station staff stopped me without any warning and almost stuck the microphone in my mouth. With this attitude, no one would be happy to be interviewed.
I was unhappy, but she said I was arrogant. I don't know who is the real arrogant one between her and me.
Don't interviewees need to be notified in advance? Don't they have the right to refuse? Even if you predict my whereabouts, can't I still object to my privacy being violated?
Coupled with her rude long microphone, I just felt that I was looked down upon, even lower than ordinary people.
You interview ordinary people and say, "Hello! Can I interview you?" Right? I don't even feel basic respect. What are you doing here? Are you here to humiliate me? Do you think that a woman, a young woman, doesn't deserve such an honor?
Director Shen waved his hands repeatedly, “We definitely don’t mean that.”
"But I feel it! You think I've wronged you? Well, just think of it as a hat I've put on you. I'll put this hat on your heads. Don't you feel aggrieved?
Your staff was rejected by me for an interview, and they were labeled as arrogant. Do I feel aggrieved? Put yourself in their shoes.
Your cameraman is very responsible. He filmed the entire process. You can take a look. I believe you should be able to find the reason for the public outrage.
I'm in a hurry, so excuse me."
Zhou Xiang stood up and bowed slightly to the director to apologize.
The director quickly stood up and said, "I'll take you there."
Zhou Xiang waved his hand and said, "No need. You are here to taste the dishes of Huai County. Some of the dishes are worth trying."
It was not until Zhou Xiang walked out of the restaurant that the director sat down, silently picked up the clean dishes in front of him, and started eating.
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