Chapter 524 - 524 Power
524 Power
“Aiyo, CEO Zhang, what a rare guest.”
CEO Zhao hurriedly welcomed him warmly. After all, when he sent the invitation, he thought that CEO Zhang would not come. In the end, he did not expect CEO Zhang to still come. This made him feel very gratified.
After all, CEO Zhang had more than ten companies under his name. He was so busy every day that he didn’t have any time. CEO Zhang was really giving CEO Zhao enough respect by squeezing out time to attend the banquet.
When CEO Liu saw CEO Zhang, he went forward and greeted him.
“CEO Zhang, it’s been so long since we last met. I really miss you.”
“Hehehe, CEO Liu, what are you talking about? I’m not overseas. Come to my company to play when I have nothing to do. Let’s have a cup of tea.”
CEO Zhang smiled and replied to him. Then, he raised his head and looked around at the surrounding CEOs.
“Chairman Ye…”
Before he could finish speaking, CEO Zhao interrupted her with a smile.
“Chairman Ye will be here soon. When I called Chairman Ye yesterday to invite him, I thought that he would reject me. In the end, Chairman Ye agreed readily. I’m really flattered.”
“Indeed. With Chairman Ye’s status, he’s really giving us enough respect by attending a banquet organized by us.”
CEO Liu nodded and spoke thoughtfully. After saying that, he picked up the cigar and took two puffs.
CEO Zhang felt the same. After all, Chairman Ye was the chairman of the Dinglong Corporation. If one were to ask who was most qualified to invite Chairman Ye to a banquet in China, it was naturally the business giants below the Dinglong Corporation.
Although they were considered first-rate businessmen, they were still a little inferior to the giants who were really ranked in the top five.
CEO Zhang thought for a moment and was about to say something when he suddenly heard CEO Zhao exclaim.
“It’s a Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended edition! Chairman Ye is here!”
Upon hearing this, CEO Zhang hurriedly looked up and saw a Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended edition slowly driving over.
Seeing this, the three of them did not dare to delay and hurriedly ran forward to welcome the chairman of the Dinglong Corporation, Ye Xuan, with the most respectful att.i.tude.
“h.e.l.lo, Chairman Ye! h.e.l.lo, Miss Ye!”
“Miss Ye is really a fairy who has descended to the mortal world. It’s not an exaggeration to call her devastatingly beautiful!”
“I was just thinking about you just now, Chairman Ye. I didn’t expect you to arrive before I could finish speaking. This means that the longing of us old fellows has been conveyed to you, Chairman Ye. Hehe.”
“Please come in, Chairman Ye. The sun in Tianjing doesn’t look too strong, but It’ll change the color of your skin when you go home. Let’s go into the hall first and have a cup of tea and rest.”
“Please!”
As the CEOs spoke, they gestured for Ye Xuan and his sisters to enter the hall.
Ye Xuan did not hold back. He smiled at everyone and spoke.
“Don’t make black tea. I’m not used to it.”
With that, he took a step forward and led his sisters into the venue under everyone’s respectful att.i.tudes.
Black tea originated from China and was later imported to Europe. Because of the transportation at that time, other tea leaves were very easy to damage. Only black tea could be preserved for a long time. Therefore, it also led to the custom of drinking black tea in countries in Europe and other places.
However, was black tea delicious? To Ye Xuan, who was used to drinking mellow and lingering flower tea, it was indeed a taste that he was not used to.
Of course, saying this was also a form of teasing. All the CEOs knew their place and smiled at each other before following Ye Xuan and his sisters into the venue.
However, there were also many CEOs who felt that Chairman Ye’s words had a deeper meaning. They immediately called their second-in-command and terminated the cooperation with some less important foreign companies.
As for whether that was what Ye Xuan meant, no one knew.
After entering the venue, Ye Xuan glanced at the round tables and tea-tasting guests in the hall. Then, he smiled at CEO Zhao.
“I’m overjoyed by CEO Zhao’s banquet today. There’s nothing special at home, so I brought a small gift for you. I hope you can accept it.”
With that, he took out a scroll about the width of an adult’s fist from the inner layer of his suit jacket. The scroll was tied up with gold ribbons. From the smell, one could tell that this was a collection-level calligraphy painting with a very ancient aura. It was worth a lot.
When CEO Zhao saw this, he hurriedly bowed and took the calligraphy painting with both hands in fear and trepidation, as if he was taking an imperial edict. He looked at Ye Xuan and spoke respectfully.
“Chairman Ye, it’s already very kind of you to give me some respect by attending the banquet. Now that you’ve given me such a big gift, I’m really grateful. I’ll definitely visit you in the future to thank you.”
When the other CEOs saw that Ye Xuan had expressed his stance, they took out their gifts one by one. After all, CEO Zhao was the boss. Now that they were here, they inevitably had to offer something. This was the rule.
However, when they were giving gifts, everyone had their own thoughts. They were completely shocked by CEO Zhao’s method of seizing the opportunity to climb up.
They were not afraid that Chairman Ye would not act, but they were afraid that Chairman Ye would. Once Chairman Ye acted, the opportunity would come. He would just give a simple gift and CEO Zhao would find an opportunity to get the secret key to visit him. Although this visit was nothing, after a while, he would become closer to Chairman Ye. Even if nothing happened, everyone would see it and CEO Zhao’s shares would naturally rise.
Furthermore, there were also those business projects. It was just like the current Internet celebrity circle. Even if one had nothing to do with a celebrity, they would often post some group photos and so on. Naturally, many advertisers would seek business cooperation with them to endorse or advertise their goods.
They did not have the ability or could not find real celebrities, but they could lower their conditions and find people who were close to celebrities. Even if it was a group photo, it would be fine. Although it would not bring them much benefits, it was better than nothing.
It couldn’t be helped. Sometimes, society was just so strange. Rather, people were just so strange.
After the guests gave their gifts, they each found a seat under CEO Zhao’s polite voice. Ye Xuan was naturally pushed to the head of the VIP seats by the CEOs and formed a table with his sisters.
The other CEOs arranged themselves at the back according to their ident.i.ties, such that one would understand the situation at a glance.
After everyone took their seats, the hot dishes were served one after another. Every table was filled with three dishes and a soup from the state banquet and various dishes of the common people. There were dishes that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, and swam in the water. They were all placed on the table. The dishes were stir-fried, quickly fried, sauteed, deep-fried, fried quickly in hot oil and stirred in sauce, fried in shallow oil, added to other ingredients, roasted, braised, stewed, steamed, quickly boiled, boiled, cooked with meat, boiled before adding condiments, mixed, marinated, broiled, stewed in soy sauce, frozen, candied, mixed with honey, smoked, wrapped, or baked. There was a dazzling array of dishes. It could be said to be a feast on Earth and was incomparably luxurious.
There were also all kinds of precious good wine and drinks from various countries. They were all placed in the small wine carriage for people to take. At a glance, it looked very imposing.
At this moment, CEO Zhao was standing at the front desk of the table with a wine gla.s.s about the size of a paper cup in his hand. He looked at everyone and smiled.
“Thank you very much for coming to my banquet today. I’m ashamed to call this a banquet. I originally planned to hold it a few months ago so that we could gather and interact with each other.”