MTLNOVEL Chapter 1265 New Year’s Eve Banquet!
1990 1 Month 26 Day.
Lunar New Year's eve.
Yang Ming just got up and saw the servants in the Yang family villa busy.
Lin Dezhong, Yang Jirong and his wife, Azhu and others were all directing the work of those people.
It can be said that today is the most lively day in the Yang family.
Because according to tradition, a grand New Year's Eve banquet will be held here today. The number of people attending has increased from hundreds to nearly a thousand now. These people are all well-known elites in Hong Kong.
For these, Lin Dezhong and others are already very successful.
Yang Ming walked in front, followed by Guan Jiahui, Zhong Chuhong, and Lan Jieying.
"Today is New Year's Eve. Do you want to go back to spend time with your family?"
In addition to her parents, Guan Jiahui also has a younger brother. Now her parents are in a good relationship and live in a villa over Clear Water Bay.
Zhong Chuhong also has parents, two younger sisters and a younger brother.
Among them, Zhong Chuhong's parents no longer engage in the clothing business. Of her two younger sisters, one is married to someone from a relatively wealthy family in Xiangjiang, the other already has a boyfriend, and her younger brother is studying abroad at university.
At this time, Zhong Chuhong's younger brother is considered the most promising person in the Zhong family.
Lan Jieying's family is a bit more complicated. She has a pair of brothers and a sister named Lan Jieying. She also has two half-brothers and a sister.
However, her father loved her the most.
When Lan Jieying quit the entertainment industry and went to work in a villa in the middle of Repulse Bay, her parents were opposed to it at first. After all, the Yang family is the richest family in Hong Kong, and there were many rules, so their daughter would not be able to adapt to working there.
Looking at these three women, although they are nominally maids of the Yang family, everyone else knows their identities.
"Sir, I plan to go back tomorrow." Zhong Chuhong said.
"Then you can go back tomorrow."
. . .
After Yang Ming finished breakfast, he went back to the study upstairs.
At noon, had a simple lunch.
In the afternoon, the invited guests came one after another.
Those who came earlier include Empire Group Cabinet General Manager Merisi and his wife, General Manager of Zada Bank Ma Shimin and his wife, Huifeng Bank General Manager Shen Bi and his wife, Xiangjiang First Shipping Group General Manager Li Caixin and his wife One family.
In addition, there are Huo Jianning, the current deputy general manager of the Imperial Group Cabinet, and his wife, Xu Qingsheng, executive president of the Hong Kong United Stock Exchange, and his wife, Yuan Tianfan, who is in charge of the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Fund, and Li Huimin, who works in the Xiangjiang Science and Technology Park.
Now many people in the Imperial Group know that Yuan Tianfan and Li Huimin have been in love for a long time, but now both of them are mainly working. However, they are not young.
When Yang Ming saw these two people appearing, he smiled and asked, "Tianfan, Huimin, I see you are both young. When will you get married?"
"Boss, this is me."
Yuan Tianfan is in Silicon Valley, while Li Huimin is in Hong Kong.
The two are separated in two places and usually don't see each other once a year.
If the two want to get married, either Yuan Tianfan will be transferred back to Xiangjiang, or Li Huimin will be transferred to Silicon Valley.
The two places have been separated for a long time. Even if they get married, I am afraid that this kind of marriage will not last long.
Of course, when they left the Secretariat and have been dating for so many years now, their relationship has become very deep.
"Do you want to come back first?"
In fact, Yuan Tianfan has also done well in Silicon Valley in recent years. Supercomputer software companies such as Oracle, Golden Gate Technology, and BlackBerry have successfully been listed in Hong Kong and New York. Although Yang Ming is mainly responsible for this, Yuan Tianfan's role is not small.
However, his merits are not yet enough to be admitted to the cabinet.
If he comes back, Yang Ming can transfer him to any Chinese bank in Hong Kong as general manager.
"Boss, let me think about it first."
When others heard this, they looked at Yuan Tianfan and Li Huimin with some envy.
These two people came from the Secretariat of the Imperial Group and are local Chinese elites in Xiangjiang. Now, although they have not joined the cabinet, judging from the importance Sir Yang attaches to them, they will join the cabinet sooner or later.
When the governor of the Governor's Mansion, Zhong Yijie and his wife, arrived, Yang Ming, Shen Bi and others went to greet them in person.
There are also the Chief Secretary Wei Yixin and his wife, the Financial Secretary Billie and his wife, etc. These are all white elites in the Governor's Mansion. They have come here one after another.
Now thousands of people are coming here one after another.
It can be said that these people basically control every aspect of Hong Kong today.
18:00 in the evening.
In addition to the hanging lanterns here in the Repulse Bay Mid-level Villa, it seems that there is a strong Spring Festival atmosphere. Now these guests are about to attend the New Year's Eve banquet tonight.
Among them, one table was dominated by women.
Including Sarah, Diana, Teresa Teng, Zhong Chuhong, Guan Jiahui, Lan Jieying, He Chaoluo, Alina, Ying La and others.
Li Fuzhen from the Goryeo Samhung Group was invited to attend the New Year's Eve banquet here for the first time.
At Dongfang University, she enrolled under a false name, so others did not know her identity. In addition, she usually attended an aristocratic school in Goryeo, so outsiders did not know her identity.
Now when she came here, although she was sitting at the same table as Diana and others, they actually didn't know Li Fuzhen's identity very well.
However, in terms of Li Fuzhen's dress and temperament, it's really not bad.
"Miss, why haven't I seen you before?" Diana asked.
Now Diana can speak Cantonese and Mandarin, and is quite fluent.
Zhong Chuhong, He Chaoluo and others all knew Li Fuzhen's identity.
Then Zhong Chuhong whispered the identity of the other party next to Sarah, and Sarah immediately understood.
The identity of Miss Li Fuzhen is really not simple.
"Miss Sarah, I'm still studying."
. . .
The New Year's Eve banquet starts at 18:00 and lasts until 21:00.
Then there was a grand fireworks show in the square of the Repulse Bay Villa.
This fireworks show not only surprised the distinguished guests here, but they were also very surprised when they saw Li Fuzhen and others for the first time.
This is too lively.
And not far away is Deep Water Bay.
Li's mid-level villa.
On New Year's Day, Mrs. Li left, and the Li family and the banker handled Mrs. Li's death in a low-key manner, leaving Li Jiacheng and his two sons alone.
However, since their mother left, the two sons have great opinions on their father.
So much so that now this spacious villa feels deserted after Mrs. Li is suddenly missing.
Li Jiacheng just ate there in silence.
The two sons didn't say anything either.
Li Jiacheng could only sigh, looked at his two sons helplessly and said: "I am also very sad that your mother left. Now the New Year's Eve dinner is not the adult dinner. After dinner, I will have someone take you to your grandpa's place." .”
Li Jiacheng is talking about the banker.
The dealer is very lively.
Although the banker had strong opinions on Zhuang Yueming's sudden departure from this world and Li Jiacheng, these two children were Zhuang Yueming's flesh and blood after all.
At this time, the fireworks show started at the Repulse Bay Mid-level Villa not far away. The fireworks there bloomed, and the entire sky above Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay lit up.
At this look, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival is here.
The two of them may have thought of their mother, who had the New Year's Eve dinner together last year, and they felt even more uncomfortable.
Of course, both men are now in their twenties.
Among them, the eldest son officially joined the Cheung Kong Group five years ago, in 1985, starting from the grassroots level. He was assigned to work in the office of Cheung Kong Industries in the Chinese People's Bank of Central in Central, where he learned business management skills from his father and uncles.
Last year, in 1989, he became the executive director of Changchun Industrial Group.
The second son had just returned to Xiangjiang from abroad, and was even more sad about his mother's sudden departure.
Historically, Li Jiacheng still arranged for the other party to go to Hutchison Whampoa. However, now that there is no Hutchison Whampoa in Lijiacheng, we can only see whether the second son wants to join Changchun Industrial Group or start his own business.
The two brothers ate there in silence.
There are a lot of gossipy news spread by the outside world. In fact, they don't know who to believe.
However, there are some things that the eldest son still knows very well.
"Father, I will stay with you at home." The eldest son looked at his father and said.
As for the second son, he didn't finish dinner, went over to offer incense to his mother, and then left here immediately.
As for where to go, Li Jiacheng can't control it.
Watching his second son leave, Li Jiacheng sighed.
And not far away is the Bao family villa.
This year's Baojia villa is also a little different from previous years.
Except for Mr. Bao’s own condition, Mr. Bao himself is very clear about it.
In addition, due to the failure of the third son-in-law Watari Shinichiro's investment in Dongyang, this year's New Year's Eve banquet here, although the family members are also full, is indeed not lively.
When the fireworks started to be set off at the mid-level villa in Repulse Bay, Mr. Bao's grandchildren and granddaughters all ran out to watch.
"Ichiro, meet me in the study after dinner."
"Yes, father."
Waiting for the reunion dinner at Mr. Bao’s house to be over.
Watari Shinichiro came to his father-in-law's study.
Bao Yugang was looking at many photos from the past.
It can be said that since he started investing, except for the failure of abandoning the boat to land, it can be said that he has never failed. Of course, the total load capacity of the First Shipping Group under the Imperial Group is now close to that of Global Group and Asia Shipping Group.
In Bao Yugang's view, this is inevitable.
However, what he didn't expect the most was that his third son-in-law's investment in the past few years was equivalent to losing a quarter of his original property.
"Have those properties been sold?"
"Father, I have sold it at a 30% discount, and no one has taken the offer."
"It's late. If you had listened to what I said at the beginning of last year, you wouldn't be like this now."
He originally thought that the Watari Ichiro family was also a wealthy family in the East, and they gave the Bao family's assets in the East to the other party. He thought that the other party could run a good business in the East.
Where did you think of it, now it is like this.
"You should go back to Xiangjiang."