Chapter 419 Charity Gala (2)

  The person standing next to Zhong Xiaohui slim and tall was Yuan Yuanzhi who hadn't seen her for a long time. I saw her standing there with a smile on her face, holding a red cloth that was Zhang Xu long, and her big watery eyes were constantly looking down the field.

Originally, Yuan Yuanzhi was handsome and bright, but now he is wearing a tight-fitting cheongsam, showing off the beautiful curves at a glance. The devil-like figure coupled with the face of an angel immediately attracted the attention of many people in the audience. Notice.

   This is still when all the spotlights are focused on Zhong Xiaohui. And if all the lights shine on Yuan Yunzhi, I really don't know what kind of amazing scene it will be.

  To tell the truth, Zhong Xiaohui's appearance is not considered ugly, and in all fairness she can be considered above average. It's just that compared with Yuan Yuanzhi behind him, no matter in terms of appearance or temperament, they are a little inferior.

   "How could it be her?"

  After staring obsessively for a while, Zhong Shi was pushed and shoved by Andrew beside him, and only then did he wake up from his obsessed state. Facing Andrew's half-smile expression, Zhong Shi subconsciously avoided the other's gaze, coughed lightly, and said, "This bowl is of great significance to me, and we will take it down today!"

  Although he has a good impression of Yuan Yunzhi, Zhong Shi does not intend to deliberately pursue this fate. To put it bluntly, as long as he acts a little more high-profile, the famous ladies in the city might as well rush over like moths to a flame? It's just that this kind of formal combination doesn't mean much to the current Zhong Shi. On the contrary, he longs for a clean, pure, and non-utilitarian love.

   "Take it down?" Andrew obviously didn't want to let Zhongshi go just like that. He had a panoramic view of Zhong Shi's performance just now, and it was a rare opportunity to tease Zhong Shi, and he would not let it go easily, "Should we take her down?"

  Zhong Shi suddenly became embarrassed, unable to speak in embarrassment. Fortunately, at this time, a voice sounded at the right time, unintentionally helping him out.

   "I'll offer six million Hong Kong dollars." A slightly exaggerated and somewhat eccentric voice sounded suddenly, "Also, I want this lady to give you a kiss. I wonder if it's okay?"

   As soon as the voice fell, a young man in his mid-twenties stood out from the crowd. Judging from the appearance and clothing alone, this young man can be considered to be well-groomed, well-dressed, and dressed like an elite in the upper class. But at this time, the corners of his mouth were raised, and there was a wicked smile on his handsome face, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

  If the evil smile on his face was just uncomfortable, then at this time he raised his arm and pointed at Zhong Xiaohui on the podium, which seemed extremely rude and disrespectful. You know, even though this is a charity gala, the hostess never took the initiative to offer a kiss. Of course, if the other party is a female star, or if there was an auction of kisses in the original session, it would be a different matter.

Seeing all the audience looking at him suddenly, the young man who raised his hand also realized his abruptness, and hurriedly changed his words: "I'm not talking about Miss Zhong, but the lady behind her. Don't get me wrong. , I don't mean Miss Zhong to be abrupt."

   It can be considered that he was quick-witted, and hastily changed his words and changed the object of the kiss into an insignificant role like Miss Manners, which prevented everyone from being in an uproar.

  Although the people who came here today are not heavyweights, they are all considered dignified. But even if these rich second-generation people are either undecided in nature or have not been tempered, they all know that it is extremely rude to ask for a kiss from the person presiding over the meeting. But if the object of the kiss is other insignificant characters, it is another matter. After all, although Yuan Yuanzhi is amazingly beautiful, he is only a waiter after all, and he cannot be compared with Zhong Xiaohui, one of the protagonists today.

  After hearing the young man's explanation, the group of people just smiled and automatically skipped this matter. None of them even planned to say anything to Yuan Yunzhi, because in their eyes, it didn't matter whether this assistant lady had any opinions on this matter or what she had in mind.

   Seeing the other party pointing at him, Yuan Yuanzhi shrank back in fright, and hid his whole body behind Zhong Xiaohui, without speaking.

  It was Zhong Xiaohui, whose pretty face sank, and she was about to explode on the spot. Just looking around, she suppressed the anger in her chest again, and said lightly: "Sir, your joke is not funny at all."

  Everyone burst into laughter, thinking it was a small episode, and after laughing, they completely forgot about it. However, among the dozens of people present, three of them took this passage to heart. One is naturally Yuan Yuanzhi himself, and the other is Zhang Yuanchao. Seeing that his old face darkened, he was about to stand up and say something. Fortunately, Wu Qiming was watching him all the time, so he quickly pulled him aside, and said a few words in a low voice, Zhang Yuanchao's face looked better. few.

  Zhang Yuanchao is very clear that the essence of this charity gala is to give him capital. As long as he uses the money for the Hope Project in a down-to-earth manner, it will be a huge political achievement. Under such circumstances, he naturally didn't want to see someone come out to make trouble, even if this was not Ganjiang Province.

  Since he was transferred from Jiangdong City, Zhang Yuanchao's rank has been raised by one level, from the main hall to the deputy department, and he has crossed the natural barrier that many people cannot overcome in their lifetime. It's just that he couldn't be happy at all, because it was really difficult to measure the gains and losses of being transferred from a real power hall to a false high-ranking official.

   As a senior official who did not join the Standing Committee, Zhang Yuanchao is in charge of water conservancy, education, environmental protection, medical care, sanitation and archives. Except for water conservancy, the other departments are all thankless departments. Even with hard work, it is difficult to see results in the short term.

  At the beginning of his tenure, after several months of research, Zhang Yuanchao resolutely decided to take the water conservancy department first and gradually establish his own authority. He first used his relationship to double-regulate the executive deputy director of the Ganjiang Provincial Water Conservancy Department, and then carried out a major cleansing of the water conservancy system, investigated the water conservancy construction files over the years, held several provincial meetings of the water conservancy department, and urged the relevant departments to conduct investigations on key watersheds .

  The vigorous campaign lasted for more than a month, and Zhang Yuanchao was shocked by the final conclusion. In Ganjiang Province, a province with many branches of the Yangtze River, the quality of water conservancy projects is really unsightly, almost reaching the level of appalling. In the city of Bahe City alone, there are tens of kilometers of unqualified water conservancy projects. Most of the water conservancy projects fail to meet the construction requirements. It is simply accumulation of grass and soil, and even some areas do not even have drainage tunnels and spillways, and the storage capacity is seriously below the standard. Once the upstream water level increases and exceeds the warning water level, then the dam position in this section has only one consequence, that is, it will be washed away.

  Although in the past two years, the water level of the Yangtze River has been within the safe range, but this kind of thing must not depend on the face of God. Therefore, after urgently reporting the results of the report to the provincial party committee and the provincial government, Zhang Yuanchao began to run around the province, urging the repair of unqualified dams and embankments, and striving to strengthen the province's water conservancy defense line when the Yangtze River flood season came.

Originally, Zhang Yuanchao didn’t have time to come to Hong Kong, but after the Hui Ai Fund promised to donate 10 million Hong Kong dollars worth of tents, life jackets, lifebuoys, generators, and rescue boats, he still took time out of his busy schedule. Came to Hong Kong and took part in the education fund raising auction of Hui Ai Foundation.

   Zhang Yuanchao couldn't get angry, but the other person quit. Seeing his sister and sweetheart being molested, Zhong Shi's heart suddenly flared up. Fortunately, he was still a bit sane, so he didn't go out himself, but pouted at Andrew who was at the side.

  Having been with Zhong Shi for so long, Andrew has long been familiar with Zhong Shi's every move. Seeing Zhong Shi clenched his fists and his nose fluttered slightly, he knew that Zhong Shi was angry, so he stood up immediately without hesitation, and shouted loudly, "Seven million Hong Kong dollars."

  Finally, he looked provocatively at the one who had called the price just now, and after looking carefully at the other party for a while, he suddenly added, "No need to kiss, thank you, beautiful lady."

   All of a sudden, the audience smiled, and everyone laughed softly. This was undoubtedly a sharp counterattack to the one just now. Apart from the laughter, everyone understood at the moment that these two were competing with each other.

After finishing speaking, Andrew didn't sit down immediately. He first looked down at Zhong Shi's expression, and seeing him nodding to himself imperceptibly, he was immediately elated, raised his head and looked around triumphantly, and then He glanced provocatively at the young man just now before sitting down slowly.

"Eight million!"

  Being slapped in the face in front of so many people, the young man naturally refused to let it go. Although he still had a faint smile on his face, the slightly squinted corners of his eyes and the unkind eyes had long betrayed his true inner thoughts. Sure enough, as soon as Andrew's **** touched the seat, he couldn't wait to call out the price for the second round.

  At this time, naturally no one will come out to bid, even if someone is really interested in the Ding Kiln porcelain bowl on the stage. Because even the most nervous people would know that the two of them would definitely have to compete at the top before one of them would give up.

   This is also between the rich second generation and the relatively young rich, so that something close to vindictiveness will happen. And once a similar thing happens, it will become a topic of discussion in the circle for a long time, so both parties can only bite the bullet and stand up in this situation.

   "Who is this guy?"

  Zhong Shitou turned to one side, and Lu Rover sat there all the time, not saying a word. After hearing Zhong Shi's question, Lu Rover glanced at the young man lightly, and then said casually: "Guo Yijin, the second son of Guo's third house, his father owns 25% of Guo's real estate shares, his net worth is estimated It is around 12 billion. However, I heard that the stock price of Guo’s real estate has shrunk recently, and now it is estimated that it is only 7 or 8 billion. Although this kid has been working hard, Guo Taiming has always preferred to let his elder brother Guo Yiqin take over, so now this kid is famous. He is the deputy general manager of Guo's Real Estate, but in fact he has no real power at all, he just relies on using the family's trust fund to bluff and deceive."

"No way, Lao Lu, is your information wrong?" While speaking, the price of Dingyao porcelain bowls has been raised to as much as 9 million Hong Kong dollars. After Andrew added 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, Guo Yijin just After a little hesitation, he gritted his teeth and added another five hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, directly raising the price to nine million.

Zhong Shi glanced at Andrew speechlessly, and then asked: "The Guo family's trust fund is so rich, can they spend tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars for this kid to squander? Hey, I said, Andrew, why didn't you increase the price?" ?”

   Andrew was originally instructed by Zhong Shi, so he ran out to fight against others. But after two rounds, his mind calmed down a bit. For the palm-sized bowl on the stage, he didn't think it was worth 9 million Hong Kong dollars. So after adding two more rounds, he saw Zhong Shi talking to Lu Rover again, and his attention seemed to be lost here, so he sat down secretly, intending to cheat and pass the test.

Seeing that he stopped bidding, both Zhong Xiaohui and Yuan Yuanzhi on the stage had a flash of disappointment in their eyes. Although the more money they raised, the better, they were not willing to let the board member named "Guo Yijin" The apprentice took the bowl down.

  Because the lights were shining on their faces, they couldn't see who was calling the price for a while, but they could only vaguely see a tall person speaking some out-of-key vernacular. Zhong Xiaohui and Yuan Yuanzhi just thought about it for a while and realized that the other party might be a ghost (foreigner). But since the other party declared that he would not ask for a kiss, it doesn't matter if he is a ghost or not.

   Guo Yijin, who was sitting in the back, was smiling all over his face. Although it may not be worthwhile to buy a Dingyao porcelain bowl for HK$9 million, he is particularly proud that he has not weakened the name of the Guo family in this bidding. As for the funds of 9 million Hong Kong dollars, he has a way to get them.

   At this moment, he had already stood up, and was about to walk to the stage. In his mind, he was already thinking about whether to let the lady kiss his left cheek or his right cheek.

Zhong Shi had already spoken, and Andrew, who originally wanted to hide, had no choice but to stand up again, clear his throat pretentiously, and then proudly shouted to the stage: "10 million, this time do my best!"

   Andrew was a little hysterical when he shouted, and coupled with his unwilling expression, people who didn't know it really thought that this guy was struggling for the last time. It's just a pity that most of the people here have heard of him, and even a considerable number of people are here for him, so naturally they don't think that a mere 10 million Hong Kong dollars will be difficult for him. Therefore, while being amused by Andrew's "realistic" performance, they cast their sympathetic eyes on Guo Yijin.

"Pujie, who is this ghost?" Guo Yijin took a deep look at Andrew, snapped his fingers behind him, and then a middle-aged man in his forties walked up to him and whispered in his ear. Said a few words quietly.

   "It turned out to be a stock analyst who is showing off his words!" Guo Yijin, who knew the other party's details, was determined, and after pretending to wipe his hair, he shouted pretendingly, "Then I will pay 10...10.5 million!"

  As soon as this remark came out, the audience burst into laughter.

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