At six o'clock, Uncle Fu called and asked if Shen Xing had arrived.
Shen Xing hung up the phone and immediately went to the Wanjia Banquet Center Hotel. At this time, there were obviously many more guests at the door than before, all of whom had entered the hotel.
We took the elevator to the fourth floor with these people. As soon as we stepped out of the elevator, we saw several registration points set up at the door.
Shen Xing didn't know if the other party would let him in if he told his name. At this moment, a man with gray hair came over, smiled and said: "Mr. Shen, come with me. There is no need to register."
Shen Xing glanced at the man and felt that he looked familiar. He should be Uncle Fu whom he had met in the Su family villa, but he was not very impressed.
He immediately nodded and smiled: "Thank you!"
Although there is no need to register, the delicate cloth bag he is carrying still needs to be checked to prevent anyone from bringing in any contraband.
Shen Xing left the backpack in the hotel where he stayed. It would definitely be inappropriate to carry a backpack on such an occasion.
Following Uncle Fu, he entered the banquet hall No. 7. There were at least forty rotating round dining tables placed in this hall, and people were taking their seats one after another.
In the middle of the hall, at the innermost position, is a small stage. At this moment, there is a speech podium on it, surrounded by flowers, and bright lights are gathered in that place. It is obvious that someone will give a speech there later.
Shen Xing didn't see Su Renxin. Uncle Fu arranged him to sit down at a round table slightly behind, and said: "The dinner will start later. Mr. Shen, you can dine here first. You may want to Mr. Su will not have time to see you until after the meal. By the way, Mr. Su asked me to take the wooden carving you brought first so that he can show it to some friends in advance if he has a chance."
"Okay, please." Shen Xing nodded and handed the bag in his hand to Uncle Fu.
Uncle Fu quickly disappeared into the crowd with the bag in hand.
There are still a large number of people entering one after another, but Shen Xing noticed that some people did not stay in the hall, but walked directly into a nearby passage after entering.
There is a sign there indicating "private room access".
It seems that these prestigious business people are also divided into three, six or nine grades. Those sitting in the lobby are either ordinary guests or businessmen with lower status. As for those big bosses or high-level people, they sit in private rooms. inside.
Shen Xing didn't care where he was sitting. The purpose of his visit this time was to find out clearly the relationship between Lu Yuan and Wang Zhendong, chairman of the Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce, and which one had a higher level in the Yeyin organization.
According to Zhou Dao, Wang Zhendong, the chairman of the Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce, is already a subject closely controlled by the special investigation team. The specific information should be clearer than that of Lu Yuan, the chairman of the Kuazhou Chamber of Commerce. He may have already grasped his identity in Yeyin. Levels in an organization.
If we understand the relationship between Wang Zhendong and Lu Yuan, we can work out Lu Yuan's status in the Ye Yin organization, which will make it easier for the special team to catch them all.
After sitting here for a while, many businessmen were walking around among the tables. Shen Xing also received business cards from several people, but he just accepted them and said a few polite words.
He didn't bring his business card. After others heard that he was a wood carver, they thought that his wood carving business must be very big, with more than a dozen assembly line processing plants and a daily shipment volume of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
Later, after learning that he was really just a woodcarver, gradually no one was around Shen Xing.
At seven o'clock, the dinner officially started.
An unknown male host walked onto the innermost stage with a microphone in hand, where the lights converged, and then gave a passionate opening speech.
The general idea is to welcome business people from all states to come and participate in the spring banquet held in Ningzhou. This sacrificial event will start tomorrow, but it will only be open to some people.
Tonight's banquet, as a preparatory banquet, will provide a platform for business people from all walks of life to exchange experiences. The event will be held during the dinner, while delivering speeches and discussions on the stage.
In other words, the purpose of people in this hall is not to eat, but to make friends and promote their business on the stage.
Shen Xing didn't take these things seriously, and his eyes lit up slightly as the person who walked onto the stage after the host was a man in his fifties but with a goatee.
The man was wearing a gray and white suit. He first said hello to the guests who came to the banquet, and then introduced the process of the spring banquet and the participants.
As for the appearance of this man, Shen Xing had already checked online and found out that he was Wang Zhendong, the chairman of the Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce.
Wang Zhendong looks strong and strong, with a straight back and faint muscle bulges under his clothes. This must be because he has been working out all year round.
After finishing his speech, he walked off the stage and said hello to a few familiar guests, and then walked towards the private room.
At 8:10 p.m., the banquet in the hall was not coming to an end. On the contrary, the guests moving around the tables became more frequent and more and more lively. Shen Xing ate a little, but he really couldn't stand this kind of communication. He stood up and prepared to find someone. Check out the private room if you get a chance.
At this moment, Uncle Fu came over and said, "Are you going to the bathroom? Mr. Su asked me to call you over."
Shen Xing shook his head: "I've been sitting for a long time. It's time to stand up. Well, let's go."
Under the guidance of Uncle Fu, the two of them walked towards the private room. After entering the corridor, they came to a private room called "Wanjia Huanxi". After Uncle Fu knocked on the door, he pushed the door open and entered.
Shen Xing followed him in.
This is an extremely luxurious and spacious private room. Twenty guests can sit around the round table inside. The dishes on it are slowly rotating with the round table, and most of the dishes have not been touched much.
There were six or seven people not sitting at the round table at this moment, but standing in front of the leather sofa and marble coffee table on the other side. One of them was holding a wooden sculpture of Shen Xing's mask and putting it on his face, letting out a hearty laugh.
There were also a few people observing the texture of the big tree sculpture very carefully, and they seemed to be good at it.
"How's it going? Is my friend's work okay?" Su Renxin's voice sounded, and she sat on the sofa and smiled.
After seeing Shen Xing come in, he waved to him and said to the others: "Here he is, if you have any questions you can ask him now."
As soon as these words came out, almost half of the people's eyes turned to Shen Xing, including the people sitting at the dining table over there. Although these people were not looking at the wood carvings now, they could not rule out that they might have seen it just now.
Shen Xing glanced around naturally and saw Wang Zhendong, chairman of the Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce, sitting at the dining table, talking to the person sitting next to him, but Lu Yuan was not seen in the room.
Maybe Lu Yuan was not in this private room.
Walking to the coffee table, Su Renxin first introduced Shen Xing to the people who were watching the wood carvings.
The man who was trying on the mask just now said with a smile on his face: "Little brother, this mask of yours is interesting. I didn't think it at first glance just now, but now the more I look at it, the more it looks like my deceased wife. I don't know if it's an illusion."
Hearing his words, Shen Xing's expression became strange, thinking of Zhuo Datong and his dead wife Jiang Guirong who lived in Beifeng Town.
"It's nothing. Everyone who looks at this mask will see someone they are familiar with in it." Shen Xing put away his weird expression and answered seriously.
"Is it so magical? Show me." Another big boss took the mask and looked at it carefully.
The other people at the dining table also looked over curiously after hearing Shen Xing's words.
"Are you full just now?" Su Renxin asked Shen Xing.
"I'm full. Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Su." Shen Xing smiled and nodded.
"It's nothing. We will hold a ceremony after midnight. If you have nothing else to do, you can wait here. They..." As he spoke, Su Renxin pointed to several friends present, " We are all ready to book your works, you will be tired in a few days."
"It's my honor." Shen Xing replied, casting friendly glances at the others.
After a pause, he asked softly: "Didn't it mean that there would be a festival in the future?"
Before Su Renxin could answer, a voice sounded from behind Shen Xing, "It's past midnight, isn't it tomorrow?"
Shen Xing turned around and saw Wang Zhendong walking towards him. This guy had a big cigar in his mouth and a smile on his face. From a close distance, he could feel that his words were full of energy and his energy and blood were extremely strong.
"This is Wang Zhendong, chairman of the Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce." Su Renxin introduced immediately.
He was very familiar with Wang Zhendong, but he had just met Lu Yuan, who had recently become the chairman of the Kuazhou Chamber of Commerce, and his friendship with Wang Zhendong was not as good as his.
"Hello." Shen Xing pretended not to recognize him and nodded to Wang Zhendong.
He did not reach out to shake hands with the other party, because Wang Zhendong looked like he was not prepared to do so, so there was no need to ask for trouble.
In the past, when some people met Wang Zhendong for the first time, they were already oppressed by his aura, at least inferior in terms of status, and became a little submissive, but this did not happen here in Shen Xing.
This made Wang Zhendong a little confused, but he couldn't tell anything on the surface, so he said, "Did you make this wood carving? Well, it's very good, and your craftsmanship is very good."
It can be seen that this guy has no appreciation at all, but he does not pretend to be profound, but speaks straightforwardly, giving people a very straightforward feeling.
"Thank you." Shen Xing said politely, and then asked: "Don't the usual spring worship ceremonies always choose noon and be in an open place?"
Wang Zhendong did not answer, but Su Renxin said: "The habits here have been different."
Wang Zhendong blew out a smoke ring and replied: "It should be because the objects of our sacrifice are different. There are no time and location restrictions. It can be done in a hotel."
Shen Xing was slightly startled, and suddenly thought of the things he saw at the door of the hotel, which were placed on a rosewood shelf and covered by a black curtain.
"It's impossible that the object of their sacrifice is the anomaly, right?" Thinking of this, he showed an imperceptible smile, "If that's the case, that would be interesting."
"What abnormality can actually make these businessmen rich and lucky?"
It seemed that Wang Zhendong didn't want to go into details. After chatting for a while, everyone focused on the wood carvings.
Soon someone discovered that the mask looked more and more like someone they knew well, and the large tree sculpture gave people the illusion that it seemed to be growing.
Shen Xing introduced it slowly while paying attention to Wang Zhendong's movements.
Su Renxin couldn't help but feel a little happy and proud when she saw that his wood carvings were so popular. At least, Shen Xing's works were introduced to her through him.
Not long after, the door to the room was opened. The person who opened the door outside did not come in. Wang Zhendong looked back, immediately put the unfinished cigar in the ashtray, told the person next to him, turned around and walked towards the door. .
As he passed by the dining table, a hotel waitress in charge of the room bowed slightly to him, with a smile on her face, her eyes tilted up, and she peeked at Wang Zhendong.
An evil look suddenly appeared in Wang Zhendong's eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned up. He glanced at the young woman with a graceful figure in a tight-fitting black uniform, opened the door and walked out.
The woman kept secretly watching him leave the room, then went over to close the door and came back to continue serving the others.
"Where is the bathroom?" Shen Xing walked over at this time and asked the waitress.
The waitress pointed to the corner of the room, her eyes returned to normal, and she replied: "It's there, sir."
Shen Xing pointed to the bathroom door: "There are already people inside."
"Oh, okay." The waitress immediately turned around and opened the door.
Shen Xing followed him out and saw Wang Zhendong turning the corner at the end of the corridor.
The waitress also pointed in that direction and said, "It's in the middle of the corridor. You can see it when you walk over."
"OK, thanks."
Shen Xing nodded and walked a few steps forward. He turned around and saw that the waitress had returned to the room and closed the door. He immediately quickened his pace and headed towards the end of the corridor.
Soon I came to the corner of the corridor, took a look, and found that there was another shorter corridor with two rooms at each end. The door of the room was closed and no one could be seen.
Then he walked slowly over, and when he was almost two meters away from the two opposite rooms, Shen Xing stopped suddenly.
A strong feeling came over him, and he intuitively felt that he could not go any further, otherwise he would be easily discovered and even be in danger.
He pressed his body against the wall, held his breath, and exerted his strength to the maximum. His ears and eyes suddenly became clear. A faint voice came from the closed door on the left side of the corridor. Although it was very small, there was no other movement around at the moment. , so Shen Xing's physically strengthened ears could hear very clearly.
"The clues on the White Tower have been cut off. It was suddenly destroyed. We have informants from there who have received news." This was Wang Zhendong's voice.
Another familiar voice sounded, it was from Lu Yuan: "Since it's been disconnected, don't waste energy and time anymore. Did the Public Security Department here receive the call?"
Wang Zhendong seemed to be shaking his head: "No, I have people keeping an eye on the Public Security Department of the central city of Ningzhou, but I didn't receive the report call you mentioned. There was one from the White Tower some time ago, but it has disappeared now. ”
Lu Yuan's voice didn't answer for a long time, and it took a while before he spoke: "Remember, if that call comes from the Public Security Department, all our members in the city will be evacuated immediately, leaving no one behind."
After a pause, he added: "On the White Tower side, it may be that the clues to the White Tower Building were broken, which affected it, so more serious consequences did not occur."
After listening to the conversation between the two people, some subsequent words could not be heard clearly because the voice was too low, but Shen Xing was already breaking out in a cold sweat at this moment.
He vaguely felt that the phone call the two people were talking about felt very familiar to him, and this phone call was actually related to the White Tower Building!
Do they still know what happened in the White Tower Building? And why are there so many anomalies?
"Don't say anything else." Lu Yuan's voice came faintly, "Anyway, don't miss it... I am not giving you the sacrifice to satisfy your... desires..."
After a while, Wang Zhendong's answer was not heard. It seemed that he did not dare to reply.
"Lu Yuan's level is higher?" Shen Xing was stunned.
At the same time, he suddenly clearly felt an abnormal presence nearby.
The feeling this anomaly gave Shen Xing was at least 70-80% similar to the aura of the anomaly placed on the rosewood shelf when he encountered it at the door of the hotel.
