To ensure the banquet went perfectly, Qiao Shuhui specially invited a very famous event planning company in Hong Kong to host this grand event.
In addition, a group of bodyguards from a security company were hired to protect the safety of the VIPs.
The banquet also officially began at six o'clock.
For lavish banquets like this, guests usually start arriving gradually after 5 p.m.
As the hosts, Qiao Shuhui and Shen Yu also need to make preparations to welcome their guests well in advance.
At six o'clock sharp, all the guests had arrived.
Qiao Shuhui took Shen Yu's hand and walked onto the stage.
She smiled and said to all the guests, "Dear friends, good evening! Welcome to my humble abode. I would also like to express my special thanks to you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend our Qiao family reunion banquet."
"Today, I would like to formally introduce you to the young and beautiful lady beside me. She is my only biological daughter, Shen Yu!"
“Back then, I went through many hardships to come to Hong Kong to make a living, while my daughter had to stay in the mainland. The two of us were separated for eleven years, and this time we were finally able to reunite.”
“Here, I would also like to express my special thanks to Yan Pengfei, General Manager of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau. Without his help, my daughter and I would not have been able to reunite so quickly.”
"Therefore, I have also decided to accept Mr. Yan's invitation and prepare to return to the Special Economic Zone for inspection. If there are no problems, I will invest in and set up a factory in the Special Economic Zone."
"As you may have seen in yesterday's news, I have transferred 30% of the shares of the Qiao Group to my daughter, Shen Yu. She is the heir apparent to the Qiao Group and currently serves as the vice chairman of the Qiao Group."
"If the Qiao Group wants to set up a factory in the Special Economic Zone, then my daughter Shen Yu will be in charge of the factory and will be fully responsible for the business and operation of the company in the Special Economic Zone."
"Next, please welcome my daughter, Shen Yu, to greet all the lovely ladies and young friends."
Qiao Shuhui stepped back, and Shen Yu stood in front.
She glanced around at everyone, smiled, and said, "Hello everyone! I'm Shen Yu! Thank you all for coming, aunties and friends!"
She bowed slightly to the crowd to show her respect and gratitude.
Everyone responded with enthusiastic applause.
Shen Yu continued with a smile, "I had just reunited with my mother when she entrusted me with an important task. To be honest, I felt a heavy weight on my shoulders, afraid of letting her down."
"Although the mission is somewhat difficult, I'm not afraid!"
"I am still young, energetic, and physically strong. I will work hard, rise to challenges, and strive to continue the existing achievements of the Qiao Group and create new glories."
"In the days to come, I hope all my fellow Anke aunties and friends will continue to take care of me and be understanding. Thank you everyone!"
After Shen Yu finished speaking, she bowed slightly to everyone.
Thunderous applause...
After both mother and daughter finished speaking on stage, Qiao Shuhui announced, "The banquet is officially starting. I hope everyone eats and drinks well, has fun, and enjoys themselves tonight."
After leaving the stage, Qiao Shuhui took Shen Yu to show her face to the bigwigs of Hong Kong and toasted them.
Tonight's dinner will also be a buffet.
Shen Yu also hopes to use tonight's grand feast to promote her "Shen Yu Cuisine" to the upper-middle class of the port city.
All the ingredients, snacks, and drinks used at the dinner were from farms provided by Shen Yu.
More than 200 kilograms of precious ingredients, including bluefin tuna, yellow croaker, spiny lobster, king crab, grouper, abalone, and bird's nest, were neatly arranged on the huge counter next to the chef.
The Hong Kong tycoons who love food all had their eyes light up when they saw so many top-quality ingredients.
Although they are all very wealthy, it is still not easy to gather so many top-quality ingredients in a single day.
It's not that they lack the money, but rather that such top-quality materials are not easy to find.
The culinary team is an elite team drawn from the five-star hotel managed by Zheng Weiting.
Each of them did their best to cook delicious food for the guests present.
The finest ingredients, combined with top-notch craftsmanship, naturally result in delicious food that everyone raves about.
When those bigwigs from Hong Kong chatted with Qiao Shuhui, they all asked her about her.
"Chairman Qiao, you really put a lot of thought into this banquet tonight. You've brought out so many good ingredients and made so many delicious dishes that we can't stop eating."
"Chairman Qiao, if I may be so bold as to ask, where did you find all these fine ingredients? We'd like to buy some to take home and eat."
"Yes, this ingredient is the best I've ever eaten, absolutely amazing! I'd like to order some of this top-quality ingredient too."
When Qiao Shuhui saw so many people asking about the source of these ingredients, she smiled and replied, "Don't worry, these ingredients were all provided by my daughter, Shen Yu. If you want to order, just ask Xiao Yu."
"Okay, thank you, Chairman Qiao. I'll go ask Chairman Shen now."
These bigwigs were all very sensible and knew how to behave; they immediately changed their address for Shen Yu to "Chairwoman Shen."
A 30% stake in the Joe Group!
The value of these shares alone is a whopping HK$1.8 billion!
Aside from the top-tier wealthy families, many of the smaller wealthy families present probably aren't as rich as Shen Yu is now!
With the powerful Qiao Group as her backing and her wealthy mother Qiao Shuhui providing strong support, who in the entire Hong Kong business community would dare to look down on Shen Yu?
Among the younger generation of wealthy scions like Zhou Shaoan, Gu Xiaoyu, and Liang Tianyou, who doesn't envy Shen Yu?
At such a young age, she is already in charge of the group.
Unlike these people, whose first-generation grandfathers are still alive, and even if their grandfathers pass away, their fathers will still be around. As for their generation of grandchildren taking power, who knows when that will be?
This comparison made them feel even worse.
Moreover, each of them has many siblings.
Unlike Shen Yu, Qiao Shuhui only has one daughter, and no one is competing with her for the position. She is the obvious heir.
With so many siblings, they will have to compete fiercely in the future, trying to impress their elders at home, and it may even come down to a life-or-death struggle.
It's hard to say who will ultimately come to power.
Shen Yu, you're so lucky!
These past few days, they've been so envious they're tired of saying it!
Zhou Shaoan gazed at Shen Yu, who remained poised and charismatic even in front of the bigwigs, with a sense of fascination, when a thought suddenly occurred to him.
He has many brothers, and as long as Shen Yu is interested in him, he doesn't mind that she has been married before or has three children. He can become the Qiao family's son-in-law!
Zhou Shaoan thought that for an unmarried man like himself to marry Shen Yu, who had been married before and had three children, he had already lowered his standards.
Little did he know, he wasn't the only one at the scene with the same idea!
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