After breakfast, Zhang Bin drove his new car with a new license plate and drove Yang Ming to Zhang Jiefang's company. Zhang Jiefang had the key to the bank safe.
Zhang Jiefang was quite surprised that Yang Ming wanted to give such a valuable imperial jade to Liu Weishan as a birthday gift. He admired Yang Ming's character. At his age, it was rare that he didn't love money!
Actually, it wasn't that Yang Ming didn't love money. Who didn't like money? But compared to friendship, money was nothing. Because of this, Zhang Jiefang was really happy that Zhang Bin found a friend like Yang Ming. He believed that if his son was in trouble in the future, Yang Ming would definitely help him.
Because of the importance of this matter, Zhang Jiefang had to go to the bank personally. Otherwise, the bank couldn't just give the item to others. Zhang Jiefang carefully took out the imperial jade from the safe. Then, he put it in a beautiful gift box that was prepared in advance. Then, he passed it to Yang Ming and reminded Zhang Bing, "You must drive slowly. This thing is very precious. Don't break it from the bumps!"
Zhang Bin and Yang Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly. Wasn't he being too careful? But Zhang Bin nodded and agreed.
Yang Ming gave Lan Ling a call downstairs in the family area of Song Jiang Industry University. He asked her to bring the invitation downstairs. Then, the three of them went to the White Swan Hotel.
At the entrance of the White Swan Hotel, there were all kinds of luxury cars parked. A normal business car like Zhang Bin's was nothing.
Zhang Bin parked the car. Yang Ming took the gift into the hotel. At the entrance of the hotel, Liu Weishan's disciple was in charge of receiving the gift and registering it. But because the imperial jade in his hand was too precious, Yang Ming was afraid that something might go wrong. He decided to give the gift to Liu Weishan personally.
With the previous lesson, Yang Ming had to be careful. Although Yang Ming didn't believe that Liu Weishan's disciple would go against his conscience and steal the jadeite, he couldn't judge a book by its cover. This was a jadeite that was worth two million. It was hard to guarantee that someone wouldn't be tempted.
"Please leave the gift with me." A disciple of Liu Weishan called Hou Rui blocked Yang Ming's path and pointed at the gift box in his hand.
"No need, I will personally hand it over to Elder Liu." Yang Ming shook his head and said.
"Elder Liu is so busy, how could he have the time!" Hou Rui saw that Yang Ming didn't look old and he was wearing a student uniform. He thought that he was Liu Weishan's current student. Naturally, he didn't think that he could give any high-end gift. Seeing that Yang Ming had rejected him, he felt that he had lost face and was somewhat displeased.
"It's not a waste of time to send a gift," Yang Ming said indifferently.
"Not a waste of time? If you give one, he will give another. The banquet won't need to continue! "Hou Rui said coldly," Hurry up, what's your name? I will register it for you. "
"Why is he holding the gift in his hand?" Yang Ming pointed at a fat man who just entered and asked.
"Him? He is President Yun of Yun's Jewelry. His gift is worth at least ten thousand yuan. Naturally, he has to give it to Elder Liu personally! "Hou Rui said disdainfully," Who do you think you are? Can you be compared to him? "
"My dad is Zhang Jiefang of Zhang's Jade. I am his son! We are here to represent my dad! "Zhang Bin, who didn't interrupt at first, suddenly said. Of course, he had heard of Yun's Jewelry. This was a big jewelry company in the area, but its main business was jadeite products. In terms of business, it was always better than Zhang Jiefang. When Zhang Bin heard that this guy could enter directly, he naturally wouldn't back down.
"Oh? Zhang's Jade? " President Yun also heard Zhang Bin's words. He looked at Zhang Bin mockingly and said, "Heh, you are here to build a relationship with Elder Liu? But Elder Liu's standards are very high. You shouldn't take out an ordinary gift to embarrass yourself! "
"Let's wait and see." Zhang Bin naturally knew what Yang Ming wanted to give. How could Zhang Bin fall behind when it came to making his family proud?
Hou Rui was also a person in the jadeite industry. He had heard of Zhang Jiefang of Zhang's Jade. Although Zhang Jiefang's company wasn't big, it wasn't something a worker like him could compare to. He snorted and let the three of them in.
Yang Ming looked at all this indifferently. He didn't want to be in the limelight. His current identity didn't match this piece of jadeite. Since Zhang Bin said so, Yang Ming saved a lot of effort. At that time, he could just say that he was here to represent Zhang Jiefang.
Yang Ming was very grateful to Zhang Jiefang for this person. Before Yang Ming made a name for himself, he was just a poor friend of Zhang Bin. At that time, Yang Ming was willing to spend money to invite him to Yunnan and bring him to gamble on jadeite. From this point of view, it was enough for Yang Ming to be grateful.
Therefore, Yang Ming instantly thought about the pros and cons of this matter in his mind. He didn't need Liu Weishan for now, but he could use Zhang Jiefang's business. Since this was the case, why not go with the flow and pretend that the jadeite was sent by Zhang Jiefang. This could also help him to build a relationship with Elder Liu. He believed that Elder Liu would take care of Zhang Jiefang for his sake.
After making up his mind, Yang Ming decided to embarrass that bullsh * t President Yun and Hou Rui who looked down on people.
Liu Weishan's identity was very famous in the jewelry industry and academia. He had a lot of disciples. But today, most of the people who came were those in the jewelry industry. Other than carving jadeite, Liu Weishan's other identity was a famous connoisseur in the jewelry industry. Although there were fewer and fewer jadeites made by Liu Weishan, the value of the jadeite that he appraised would increase instantly. Therefore, Liu Weishan was naturally the target of every jewelry businessman.
The entire White Swan Hotel was booked by Liu Weishan. There were a lot of empty seats. Yang Ming, Zhang Bin and Lan Ling casually found a seat and sat down. The birthday banquet hadn't started yet. It was the time for the guests to enter. Elder Liu hadn't appeared yet.
After about twenty minutes, an emcee took the lead and walked out from the backstage. The hall suddenly became quiet. Because once the emcee came out, it meant that the birthday banquet was about to start.
Sure enough, after a while, Liu Weishan walked out with his wife accompanied by a young woman. However, when Yang Ming saw the young woman, he was obviously stunned!
Indeed, the woman was very beautiful. She had a unique charm of a mature woman. However, this wasn't what attracted Yang Ming's attention. Even if Yang Ming was lecherous, he wasn't so lecherous that he would open his mouth when he saw a beautiful woman.
What made Yang Ming shocked was that this woman was actually Xiao Qing! How could she be with Liu Weishan? Yang Ming's mind was full of question marks. Could it be that they were relatives?
Just when Yang Ming was shocked, the emcee adjusted the microphone and handed it to Xiao Qing. Xiao Qing walked to the front of the big stage. Then, she smiled and said to the audience, "Thank you for taking the time to attend my father's birthday banquet. My daughter is very grateful. Now, I announce that the birthday banquet starts now. "
After she finished speaking, she bowed to everyone. Then, she returned the microphone to the emcee and retreated to Liu Weishan's side. With Liu Weishan's status, he didn't need to speak personally. It was enough to wave and smile to the people below.
The emcee said a lot of auspicious words, but Yang Ming didn't listen. What he couldn't imagine was that Xiao Qing was actually Liu Weishan's daughter. How was this possible?
He only heard Liu Weishan mention that he had a son, but he didn't say that he had a daughter. Moreover, Xiao Qing's surname was "Xiao," and Liu Weishan's surname was "Liu." How could they be father and daughter? Although many people changed their surname during the red period, for example, Elder Fu Ming and his son Jia Zhiguo in "I Love My Family" didn't have the same surname, but this was a rare case.
Next, it was time for the important guests to present their gifts. These guests were different from others. They were basically the bosses of some famous jewelry companies in the country. For their gifts, Liu Weishan accepted them with peace of mind. These people had asked him a lot, and these people were very rich. So, he didn't reject their gifts.
Liu Weishan also knew that Yang Ming was a person who valued friendship very much. If he told him his birthday in advance, he would definitely prepare a valuable birthday gift. Liu Weishan didn't want Yang Ming to spend money because he felt that he was very congenial with Yang Ming. How should he say it? It felt like he was family. If possible, Liu Weishan wanted to be closer to Yang Ming. This was a world of difference from the kind of relationship with others. So, Liu Weishan didn't treat Yang Ming as an outsider. He only told Yang Ming his birthday one night in advance.
In order to show the value of their gift, every guest who presented their gift would open the gift box in advance. Firstly, it was to let Liu Weishan see their "intentions." Secondly, it was to compare with others. So, in recent years, Liu Weishan's birthday banquet had become a place for them to compete with each other.
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