Because of the appearance of Hsu Shengzhe, Li Dong's situation improved a lot.
Although it was impossible to completely integrate into this invisible circle in a short time, at least people didn't reject Li Dong as much as they did at the beginning.
Seeing that the time of the party was approaching, Hsu Shengzhe said, "Li Dong, let's go in together."
Li Dong nodded and walked forward side by side with Hsu Shengzhe.
As soon as they entered the building, someone behind them ran over like a gust of wind.
Seeing the figure passing by him, Li Dong's eyes flashed a strange look. The people who came tonight were not all celebrities, but at least they were successful people.
Who would make such a gaffe on such an occasion?
Just as he was thinking, the figure who had already run in front of Li Dong suddenly stopped.
Then the person turned to look at Li Dong with a look of joy on his face. He shouted, "Li Dong, you're here too?"
When Li Dong saw that person, his face stiffened.
After a long time, Li Dong said, "That … Xiaorui, right? Why are you here?"
The person in front of him was none other than the little girl who helped Li Dong smash the shop last time.
Li Dong didn't know her specific name, but he heard others call her Xiaorui, so Li Dong followed suit.
If someone else made the gaffe just now, it would be reasonable for Xiaorui to do so.
This little girl was extraordinarily courageous, and her curiosity was extraordinarily heavy. She was even good at smashing cars, so jogging in a crowded place was nothing.
Hearing Li Dong call her name, Xiaorui said excitedly, "Li Dong, I'm here to attend the party too! You're here too, that's great, let me tell you … "
Xiaorui didn't treat Li Dong as an outsider and began to chatter.
Li Dong listened attentively with a smile on his face. Compared to people like Chen Rui, Xiaorui was obviously a simple-minded person. Li Dong also liked to deal with this kind of person.
Although this girl looked like a gangster, she was actually just a rebellious adolescent girl. She wasn't a bad person.
Perhaps because of the bad things they did together last time, Xiaorui took it for granted that Li Dong was on her side. She shouted as she walked, "Li Dong, I saw Qi Guanghe and his son when I came in. How about we smash their car after the party?"
Li Dong could not help but laugh.
Hsu Shengzhe, who was next to him, also didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He interrupted, "Hu Xiaorui, pay attention to the occasion."
Xiaorui seemed to have just noticed Hsu Shengzhe. When he spoke, she turned around and looked at him. Then she pouted and muttered, "Treacherous official Xu, why are you here too?"
"Treacherous official Xu?"
Li Dong coughed dryly and almost burst out laughing.
Hsu Shengzhe's face was full of black lines. He stopped smiling and ignored Hu Xiaorui.
Hu Xiaorui didn't care. Seeing that Li Dong was interested, she quickly explained with a smile, "This guy is a treacherous official. Have you seen 'Kangxi's Private Visit'? Don't you think he looks like He Shen when he smiles all day long? Is He Shen a treacherous official? "
Li Dong held back his laughter and nodded.
Hu Xiaorui saw that and became interested. She said, "Moreover, this guy has a bad reputation in the circle. He often plays tricks on people. Li Dong, don't be tricked by him."
"Hu Xiaorui!"
Hsu Shengzhe was a little flustered and exasperated. He was no longer as cheerful as before. He said angrily, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Do you understand? Also, this is a charity gala. You're a non-mainstream. You don't have money or kindness. Who asked you to come? "
"Hmph! Who said I don't have money? Let me tell you, I'm here to do a good deed. "
Hu Xiaorui had a proud look on her face. She grinned and said, "A few days ago, I asked my dad for ten thousand yuan. I've been living frugally and haven't spent it. I'm waiting to donate it today."
"You have the cheek to donate ten thousand yuan?"
"What's there to be embarrassed about? Who said that you have to spend a lot of money to do a good deed? Li Dong, don't you think so? "
Li Dong's teasing smile faded a little. He said seriously, "Indeed. It doesn't matter how much money you have. What's important is that you, Xiaorui, can think of doing good deeds and giving your love. That's enough."
Hu Xiaorui was very proud. She tiptoed and patted Li Dong's shoulder. She said proudly, "Li Dong, I like people like you. That treacherous Xu always shows off when he has some money. Don't learn from him. I'll treat you as a friend from now on. "
"Mm, I …"
Before Li Dong could finish, a soft shout came from behind. "Xiaorui, what are you doing? Go in!"
Hu Xiaorui quickly stuck out her tongue when she heard the voice.
She didn't chat with Li Dong anymore. Hu Xiaorui said to Li Dong in a hurry, "My dad is here. I'm leaving. Li Dong, remember to wait for me after the party. We'll go smash the car together!"
After saying that, Hu Xiaorui quickly trotted away.
Li Dong looked back and saw a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties hurrying over. He was the one who had shouted just now.
The man nodded slightly when he saw Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe. Then, he hurried to the place where Hu Xiaorui disappeared.
Hsu Shengzhe whispered, "Hu Ming, the CEO of Nanrui Group."
"Nanrui Group …"
Li Dong murmured. He knew about Nanrui Group. It was mainly in the textile and foreign trade business.
The textile industry was quite popular a few years ago. Nanrui Group was also big during that time.
However, the textile industry hadn't been doing well in recent years, so Nanrui Group was struggling.
Chen Rui had even helped Li Dong introduce a business to buy a building. He wanted to buy Nanrui Group's Yonghua Building.
Of course, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Even if Nanrui Group wasn't doing well, its total assets were still more than a billion. Far away Group couldn't compare, let alone a small company.
Nanrui Group was also undergoing restructuring recently, focusing on foreign trade.
Foreign trade was still very profitable. Nanrui Group was obviously successful. When Li Dong was reborn in his previous life, Nanrui Group didn't collapse. Instead, it had become one of Jiangbei's top 100 companies.
Li Dong couldn't help but laugh when he thought that Hu Xiaorui was the daughter of Nanrui Group's CEO.
Li Dong had seen Hu Xiaorui hanging out with Chen Rui before. Li Dong had thought she was some official's daughter. He hadn't expected her to be a rich second-generation heir.
No wonder this girl was so bold. She wasn't like Chen Rui and the others who were more scheming.
People from official families, no matter how mischievous they were, were still scheming deep down. Even Shen Qian was the same.
Only a rich young lady from the business world, who had been spoiled since childhood, could be unscrupulous and have an arrogant personality.
Of course, anything was possible these days. They couldn't be generalized.
Because of Hu Xiaorui's interruption, the party was about to start.
Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe didn't delay any longer. They followed the red carpet and the flow of people to Studio Two.
When they entered, there were a few etiquette ladies standing at the entrance.
Seeing Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe walk over, two etiquette ladies in cheongsams greeted them.
However, someone was faster than them. Before the etiquette ladies could say anything, a bespectacled middle-aged man in his forties walked out.
As soon as he saw Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe, the man smiled and said, "General Manager Li, Chairman Xu, nice to meet you. I'm Hong Hao from the TV station. Welcome. "
Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe nodded and exchanged some pleasantries.
Hong Hao didn't say much. After all, there were people coming and going. He couldn't keep talking to them.
Seeing another familiar face behind them, Hong Hao turned to the etiquette ladies and said, "Bring General Manager Li and Hsu Shengzhe to table 12. Bring Chairman Xu and Hsu Shengzhe to table 6."
The two etiquette ladies responded at the same time. When they looked at the two again, their gazes became a little more eager.
Others might not know, but they knew that the seat numbers weren't randomly arranged.
This party was organized by the Civil Affairs Department. The Civil Affairs Department was an official organization. Seniority had become the norm.
Table 1 was reserved for the leaders. Regardless of whether the leaders came or not, this table would not be given to others.
Table 2 and Table 3 were reserved for the other two organizers. The TV station and the media group were the hosts. Naturally, they had to be at the front.
As for table 6, it could be said that it was reserved for the VIP guests. The etiquette ladies knew very well that table was reserved for the Longhua Group.
No matter who Hsu Shengzhe was in the Longhua Group, he was representing the Longhua Group today. Obviously, his identity wasn't simple. If they could get a rich husband like him, even if it was just for one night, they would get a lot of benefits.
Of course, Li Dong at table 12 was not bad either.
Although it couldn't be compared to the Longhua Group, Far away, it was considered a big company among the enterprises that attended the party.
The two etiquette ladies warmly led everyone to their seats. Although they didn't flirt with each other along the way, the look in their eyes was enough to say everything.
Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe were not used to it, so they didn't say anything.
Table 6 and Table 12 were separated by two tables. Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe were seated separately.
Li Dong sat down, and so did Sun Tao and Wang Yue. Other than the three of them, the other half of the table was empty. But there was a nameplate on it.
Li Dong took a glance at the nameplate. "Jiangbei Clear Lake Corporation."
There were so many companies in Jiangbei, and Li Dong couldn't possibly know all of them.
Sun Tao saw no one was sitting across from him, and Li Dong stared at the nameplate. "This is an agricultural company. They are very powerful, and we have some cooperation with them. Some of the agricultural products in our supermarkets are supplied by them. "
Li Dong nodded his head and did not say anything.
Dong Xuebing looked around. Table 6 was Hsu Shengzhe, and Table 8 was Hu Ming. Dong Xuebing knew both of them, and there was no need for introductions.
As for Table 4, Li Dong did not know who it was. But he saw the nameplate on the table. Jiangbei Nonferrous Metals Group. Li Dong did not expect the Civil Affairs Department to invite them.
Table 5 was also a big company, Jiangbei Energy Group.
The Civil Affairs Department had put in a lot of effort this time. Maybe the higher-ups had said something. If not, these two companies should not be here.
Li Dong was not surprised to see these two companies were in front of Longhua.
Although Longhua was Jiangbei's real estate tyrant, it was nothing compared to these two companies. Longhua's assets were in the hundreds of billions, and they were the real tyrants in the industry.
Li Dong looked around. There were people he knew, and there were people he did not know.
Among the people he knew, there were some who were not from the business circle.
For example, Yang Si. She had done a commercial performance for Li Dong's Far Away. She was considered a B-list celebrity, and she was a local celebrity from Pingchuan. She was also here.
Li Dong knew another celebrity, Li Qian.
But he did not know if Li Qian was not qualified, or she was not here today, or she was preparing to perform behind the stage. Anyway, Li Dong did not see her.
There were many businessmen and celebrities in the recording studio. They were also the main contributors to the charity event.
There were not many people from the government. After all, this was a charity event. Even if the government officials were poor, they would not dare to attend. Other than a few staff from the Civil Affairs Department, there were only a few people from the organizers.
The gala was scheduled to start at 7 pm. But because not everyone had arrived, it was delayed.
At around 7: 10 pm, the emcee on the stage tapped on the microphone.
The male emcee shouted: "Su An!"
The female emcee continued: "Boundless love!"
"Dear leaders and guests … …"
The emcee introduced the theme of today's gala, and also introduced the organizers.
What followed was not a performance, but a short film for everyone in the recording studio.
The short film was about the Monkey Mountain that had been ravaged by the flood and mudslide.
The filthy city, the houses soaked in the flood, the floating wreckage, the pale corpses, the numb eyes of despair, the dirty children … …
These scenes softened the hearts of the businessmen who were usually stone-hearted.
Some of the female celebrities and businessmen could not help but sob softly.
In the era of peace, they lived a life of luxury. They had never thought that the Monkey Mountain would be like this after the flood.
Beside Li Dong, Wang Yue's eyes were also slightly red. She bit her lips and did not say a word. Especially when she saw the video of a drenched and muddy little girl clinging onto her dead father, refusing to let go. Wang Yue could not help but sob.
Although Li Dong knew that the organizers were trying to arouse the sympathy of the people, he could not help but sigh when he saw the clip.
This was just a flash flood, and the disaster was only in the Monkey Mountain area.
Even so, the damage and losses were uncountable. The number of people who lost their lives and went missing was not a small number.
Thinking about the earthquake that would happen two years later, the vague impression in Li Dong's mind became clear at this moment.
Tragic, too tragic to look at.
Compared to the Monkey Mountain today, the disaster two years later was a hundred times, a thousand times worse than today.
Just when Li Dong was distracted, the short film ended.
The recording studio was very quiet, and the soft sobbing of women could be heard faintly.
However, they were all adults, and they were all successful people. The emotional impact was only temporary.
Very soon, under the emcee's explanation, everyone returned to normal.
The gala was divided into three stages. The first stage was the charity auction.
The auction items were mainly provided by some compassionate people or companies. Among them, there were a few special items with high value. They were also the finale of tonight's auction.
The second stage was for companies or individuals to donate on the red carpet.
At this stage, companies or individuals could raise their placards on the stage to sign the donation agreement. At that time, the leaders of tonight's organizers would issue the donation certificates to the companies or individuals.
After that, it would be the third stage, the banquet.
Since it was a charity banquet, the organizers would naturally not be stingy with food. Of course, what everyone cared about wasn't a meal.
What they cared about was that during the banquet, the leaders of the province would come to attend.
Not the leaders of the civil affairs department, but the real leaders of the provincial party committee. This was also the main reason why so many companies came today.
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