The preliminary preparation work for a banquet, such as determining the banquet venue, making invitations, inviting guests to the banquet, decorating the banquet site, preparing the menu and drinks for the day, etc., there are many such matters, large and small, It’s cumbersome and needs someone to arrange it properly.
As the protagonist of the upcoming birthday party, Zhao Jinyu, these preliminary preparations have nothing to do with him, and no one will ask him about these trivial matters. All he has to do is wait until the day of the party and arrive at the party on time. .
Zhao Jinyu and Wang Qiang had said that they didn't have much contact with their classmates, but they didn't have much contact with each other. After all, they were classmates, and he wasn't the kind of person who was autistic and didn't socialize with others or was particularly annoying. I can't get into deep conversations with each other, but my relationship with most classmates is actually pretty good.
In daily interactions, as long as it does not involve issues of principle, he never likes to argue with others, and he is modest and polite. He is also generous. If most of his classmates want to treat their birthdays, they will not miss him.
In line with the polite reciprocity practice that our country has always upheld, even if he wants to treat his birthday party this time, it is hard to miss these classmates who have known each other in the past, plus Yang Jun, Wang Yaru, Hu Mengyao, etc. People, these people have frequent contacts, and they must be invited. The three roommates in the dormitory, plus the Wen family cousin, said there are not many. In the end, he also sent out nearly twenty invitations at Beijing University.
This number did not meet Wang Qiang's expectations. However, including Hu Feng, Fang Yubo, Li Luo, Hu Peng and others, he personally invited about thirty guests. This number certainly cannot be said to have a wide range of friends, but it is not special either. not enough.
Although the official start time of the birthday party will not be until seven o'clock in the evening, as the protagonist, Zhao Jinyu cannot really wait until that time to appear. In order to understand some of the situation at the scene early, he arrived at the banquet venue at around five o'clock in the afternoon. Oriental Hotel.
After Zhao Jinyu arrived at the hotel, Liang Tao, as the person in charge of the planning company that was solely responsible for the birthday party, took him to the banquet hall to have a look and said, "Jinyu, look at what you are dissatisfied with. Lao Zhou is here, if you are not satisfied with it, let him arrange for someone to correct it."
"Yes, Master Jinyu, look at what's wrong and I'll arrange for someone to correct it right away," the man Liang Tao called Lao Zhou said to the side with a wink.
Lao Zhou's planning company has developed well in recent years. It can be said that it is very familiar with the planning of various large and small events such as birthday banquets, business dinners, company annual meetings, etc.
All banquets held by Shengtang Group and Chen Lixuan have been handled by their company. It can be said that they have established a long-term and good cooperative relationship with each other. This birthday banquet was naturally handed over to Lao Zhou's company.
The Chen family has always maintained a cautious and low-key style. There used to be a Chen Junhao, but now except for Chen Lixuan, who is engaged in business, and Chen Xinyi, who married into the Lu family, the rest of the Chen family are rarely seen in Kyoto's social circle.
Zhao Jinyu's 18th birthday party was the first time that the Chen family invited relatives and friends to hold a birthday party for a junior in a serious manner. Unless it was really inconvenient for the invited guests to come, they basically accepted it. No one declined the invitation.
As the only junior member of the Chen family holding a birthday party in public, Lao Zhou would naturally not ignore it, but his attitude would no longer be negligent. But after all, it was something he had always done, and Lao Zhou didn't find it difficult at first.
After Liang Tao told him Chen Lixuan's requirements for the banquet in detail, he said from the bottom of his heart that he really didn't want to take this business. But he also understood that this plan would not allow him to refuse, unless he no longer wanted to do business in Shengtang and wanted to completely offend Chen Sanshao.
Looking at the draft of the plan that had gone through many revisions over the past month, it was finally presented in the banquet hall in front of everyone. Although he believed that everything was almost perfect, he had been criticized so many times by Liang Tao recently that Lao Zhou still did not dare to be too proud.
Liang Tao looked at the layout of the entire hall and felt that Lao Zhou had definitely put a lot of thought into it. The entire banquet hall was decorated in a grand and luxurious manner. Taking into account Jin Yu's preference for ancient/Chinese culture, he specially chose ancient decorations. And everything on the scene was well integrated, and it didn't feel awkward at all, which made him feel that it was indeed worth the money. He just didn't know if today's protagonist was satisfied?
Zhao Jinyu watched Liang Tao and Zhou Lao both look at her, smiled and nodded, "Very good, thank you for your hard work!"
Let’s not talk about whether he is satisfied with the layout of the banquet hall. He has also participated in some large banquets, so he can naturally tell whether the layout of the venue is thoughtful or not.
Even if he himself doesn't care much about all this, he cannot deny the hard work and efforts of others. The recognition that should be given to those around him should still be expressed and let people know.
Liang Tao looked at Zhao Jinyu with a smile on his face. Regarding what he just said was very good, he couldn't help secretly guessing that he really thought all this was very good, or he was just perfunctory and insincere.
Since Jin Yu didn't say much else, Liang Tao just assumed that he was satisfied.
Liang Tao looked at the people standing silently aside with Wang Qiang at the moment, and probably saw that Jin Yu was a little bored, so he said, "Jin Yu, it's still early, why don't you go and have fun first?" This banquet Many children from family friends and relatives who were similar in age to Jin Yu were invited. In order to take care of them, in addition to the lounge, many entertainment items such as billiards, karaoke, poker, etc. were also prepared.
Zhao Jinyu shook his head without thinking, "I'll go up there to rest for a while, and I'll come back down later." For these entertainment projects, he would hardly do it alone if he wasn't accompanied by others. When he is alone, in addition to practicing martial arts unremittingly, he also likes to read, write, draw and play the piano.
He knew that a special room was prepared for him here just to facilitate his change of clothes and rest. He was still wearing the casual clothes he usually wears.
When Liang Tao heard this, he knew that he had an idea, so he stopped persuading him. Instead, he said to Wang Qiang, who had been standing silently as a bodyguard from the beginning, "Then send Jin Yu up to rest. Do you know where the room is?"
Wang Qiang listened to Liang Tao's words and nodded aside. He had sent the dresses that Jin Yu and the others would wear to the banquet in advance, of course he knew. Besides, he also serves as a bodyguard. Even though Jin Yu's own strength does not require them to worry about it at all, they still have to do what they should do.
Wang Qiang followed Zhao Jinyu into a suite specially arranged for him upstairs. After pouring a glass of water and handing it to him sitting on the sofa, he asked, "Jinyu, can Brother Hui come back today?"
Chen Lihui has been in the army for many years and cannot be contacted at any time. When Chen Lihui called him some time ago, he mentioned that he would try his best to come back today, but he still hasn't seen anyone yet. Wang Qiang has called Chen Lihui several times today, but he has been unable to reach him. Only now did he have to ask Zhao Jinyu himself.
"It should be possible. My father called me this morning and said he would definitely be back today, but he should arrive later so we don't have to wait for him," Zhao Jinyu replied with a smile.
In his previous life, when he waited until he was 20 years old and could hold the adult crowning ceremony, the entire Cui family except for one sister who had been married off long ago had been bloodbathed and wiped out. The male members of the Cui family were all , except for him, the other one can be said to be extinct.
At that time, what he was thinking about every day was revenge. He didn't think about anything else. But after killing all the enemies who participated in the murder of the Cui family one by one, he often thought of the name "Jin Yu" that Mr. Yang gave himself when he was dying. In the end, he did not wait until his father and brother crowned him in the ancestral temple and advertised this word to his relatives and friends, so he felt extremely sad and regretful.
For an aristocratic family like theirs, the crowning ceremony for men and the hairpin ceremony for girls are extremely important life events.
He was not unappreciative that the Chen family paid so much attention to their 18th birthday party this time, but it was just not his real birthday after all, so it was inevitable that he would lose some sense of participation. As a father, it would be great if Chen Lihui could come back in person today, but if he couldn't rush back, he wouldn't feel too much.
And the current 18th birthday party is considered a coming of age ceremony, but it lacks the complicated and solemn ceremony of the previous life. It is more relaxed, but it also makes people feel that something is missing.
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Wang Qiang, who had been sitting outside in the living room watching TV, was about to knock on the door just after 6:30 to remind Jin Yu that it was time to go down, when the door opened at this moment.
Wang Qiang withdrew his right hand that was about to knock on the door. When he saw Jin Yu who had changed clothes inside, he reminded, "It's almost time. Should we go down too?"
Zhao Jinyu nodded. Although the banquet only started at seven o'clock, as today's protagonist, it is better to go earlier. When the two of them walked out, he didn't forget to ask, "Is third uncle here?"
"Third Young Master has arrived, and most of the guests have already arrived. I heard that many stars from the Tang Dynasty came to perform live shows today." Wang Qiang stayed outside, but did not watch TV. He was still concerned about the situation outside at any time. understand.
When Wang Qiang said this, he glanced at the person in front of him without any trace, and continued after a slight pause, "I just heard that Qiao Yue has also arrived."
"Qiao Yue? Why did she come?" Although Qiao Yue is also from the Tang Dynasty, there were scandals some time ago. Even if stars from the Tang Dynasty were to be invited to perform, Zhao Jinyu believed that no matter what kind of dance king and singer Qiao Yue was, Zou There is no way Haibin would invite Qiao Yue to his birthday party, let alone that she wasn't one.
Zhao Jinyu slowed down a little, and when Wang Qiang walked parallel to him, he asked curiously, "Qiao Yue doesn't seem to be very good at singing and dancing, right?" This really made him feel strange.
"I heard from the brother below that he came with the second son of the eldest son of the Zheng family."
"Because of Zheng Xiaojun?"
In just over half a year, Zheng Xiaojun was able to make other members of the Zheng family come up with such inferior moves. It seems that Zheng Xiaojun's abilities are far beyond his imagination, and he is a grateful person. It's really not in vain that he bothered to save him. .
