At 10:30 in the evening, Haiyuan Ai used "insomnia" as an excuse to go to Chi Feichi's room and listen to stories for an hour. It was not until she was worried that something might happen to Chi Feichi at the ceremony tomorrow that she went back to her room and went out from time to time. , pretending to go to the bathroom, wandering in the corridor, and even threw a small bell outside the door of Chi Feichi's room.
She waits!
At nine o'clock the next morning, the ceremony officially began.
Shinnosuke Ike announced the integration of Mayike Group, Field Group, Umbrella Corporation, and Yan's Consortium, and named them 'Umbrella'.
After the integration, Umbrella has a large number of financial institutions including the Field Group and the Yan Group, with banks, insurance, industry and mining, commerce, and transportation distributed in more than one country. It is no longer appropriate to call it a 'company'. To be precise, the current Umbrella is a financial capital group, also known as a syndicate.
Mike Wilson, who owns part of Umbrella's shares, temporarily attended on behalf of Umbrella. Together with Ikekana and Tsubame Kenzo, the three of them and Ike Shinnosuke attended as the main figures, plus the invited political dignitaries, after the announcement Then he accepted questions from reporters.
Although Chi Feichi is the first heir to the Chi family and the actual controller of Umbrella, he only has a small stake in the outside world legally, and he only has the title of "consultant". He will not sit on the camera with Haiyuan Ai. In the corner where the photo was taken, I listened to the questions and answers on the spot, and my eyes scanned the guest seats.
Haiyuan Ai looked at the cameras and sights that were only focused on the main characters, twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, and looked at the guest seats.
Now that she has been discovered by someone from the organization and has probably been reported to that person, and she already has a legal identity, she is no longer afraid of being exposed to the camera.
Compared with the thing that shocked her like "Brother Chi is actually a member of the organization", now even if the camera is pointed at her face, she can face it calmly without panic.
However, there will be no cameras filming her today. Those reporters have endless questions about Umbrella's major shareholders, and it is impossible to pay attention to their corner.
It was none other than Brother Chi, who had been looking at the guest seats since the beginning of the ceremony. Could it be that he had made an appointment with someone from the organization to meet at the venue?
There were too many people here and she couldn't feel the dangerous atmosphere for the time being, so she could only use her eyes to search for it.
Kudo Yukiko, a female star, was also sitting at the guest seat, and she was accompanied by Kudo Yusaku, a famous reasoner. They were also surrounded by celebrities. She saw British tennis superstars, football superstars, and famous American celebrities. Hollywood star, and also saw a certain marquis who he met at Queen Isabella’s banquet two days ago...
Such two celebrities are not very conspicuous among these people, and today they were even ignored by the photographers just like them. When the report comes out, they will probably be brushed aside like the others with the phrase "celebrities from all over the world" .
However, Brother Fei Chi is looking further afield...
Chi Feichi stopped scanning the crowd of guests when he saw the figure at the back.
The young girl sat between the two British guests. Her figure in the blue trench coat looked a bit thin. Her short brown hair and small face were also shrouded in the dimness, making her look more and more inconspicuous. However, others were paying attention to the spotlight-shrouded chair. The young girl's eyes passed through the head of a man and looked at him.
The distance between them was very far, so far that he could hardly see each other's face clearly, but when his eyes met that line of sight, he felt the other person's momentary daze.
Haiyuan Ai noticed that Chi Feichi's expression softened. He followed Chi Feichi's gaze and finally found a familiar figure between the rows of seats. He was a little surprised.
That figure looks like... Nanatsuki-san?
But she hadn't heard that Nanatsuki-san came to Japan before. Nanatsuki-san also said that she would watch the investiture ceremony with Uncle Mori and the doctor. Could it be that they were people with similar body shapes?
No, judging from Brother Fei Chi’s reaction, it’s unlikely that he recognized the wrong person.
And her intuition told her that Brother Chi would never admit the wrong person.
…
Half past ten in the morning.
The ceremony and press conference concluded.
The time was set by Umbrella. Even if the reporters still had many questions to ask, they could only choose the most important ones to ask. After the press conference, they went to the grand banquet hall to enjoy a feast as arranged by Umbrella. Maybe you can even take the opportunity to arrange an interview time with a celebrity.
Some guests who want or need to interact with reporters, such as celebrities who want to increase their reputation, or people who want to contact media contacts, will default to the same grand ballroom.
The remaining people who did not want to be disturbed or reported were arranged to another small banquet hall.
As people were leaving the table one after another and heading for the exit of the venue, Chi Feichi took out his mobile phone and turned it on, dialing Koshimi Nanatsuki's number.
The call was answered quickly.
In the back row of the guest seats, Koshimizu Nanatsuki was blocked by people who stood up and left their seats, and his sight was also blocked. After answering the phone, listening to the noise there, he didn't know how to say his opening remarks.
Chi Feichi was direct and straightforward, "If you are not in a hurry, just wait for me for a while, but you still need to wait for more than twenty minutes. If you are hungry, show the invitation letter to the staff outside the door and let them know." The staff will take you to the banquet hall, so you can fill your stomach first."
"No need...I'm not very hungry," Koshimizu Nanatsuki replied subconsciously, and then said, "No, you really saw me just now. I found that you have been looking here, and I was thinking, yes Wasn’t it discovered…”
"Then, why didn't you tell us in advance?" Chi Feichi said, "I can pick you up or help you arrange a car."
"To give you a surprise, I heard that Mr. Maori couldn't come to the ceremony. I thought that if your friends in Japan didn't attend, you... and Xiao Ai might be disappointed. I was also worried that you have been busy recently. Sora, I wanted to scare you, so I ran here without telling everyone..." Koshimizu Nanatsuki asked expectantly, "How is it? Are you surprised to find me here?"
"It's surprising." Chi Feichi said cooperatively.
Although he had already guessed the information that Nanatsuki Yuesui had arrived at the airport from the non-Mexican Army yesterday, he still had to cooperate.
"I didn't feel it at all," Nanatsuki Koshizui unceremoniously revealed the fact that someone was not cooperating well. He didn't think much about it. He just felt that Chi Feichi's character was too calm and teased, "You have been watching the guests before. Xi, are you secretly looking for us to see if we have come from Japan?"
Chi Feichi continued to cooperate, "Yes."
If he hadn't received the news from the non-Mexican army, he wouldn't have been able to find people in the crowd, but he always had to show his expectation of "seeing Japanese acquaintances coming" so that Koshimizu Nanatsuki could satisfy his expectations. Satisfaction.
"Fortunately, I ran over..." Koshimizu Nanatsuki laughed, and found that almost all the people blocking his view were gone, and then he raised his eyes and looked forward, "Go and do your work, I will wait here..."
"No, come here."
After Chi Feichi finished speaking, he hung up the phone without giving Koshimizu Nanatsuki any chance to object.
…
After the guests left, the invited political dignitaries, Ike Shinnosuke and others said a few polite words and left early.
A group of Umbrella shareholders, large and small, were left standing around talking after leaving their seats.
Chi Zhennosuke chatted with someone for a few words, then looked at Chi Feichi who was on the phone.
Chi Feichi could only hang up the phone as soon as possible and take Haiyuan Ai over.
The Zhenchi Group has several small shareholders who have been stationed overseas or traveled around in the past years. The Field Group also has some "honest" shareholders that have not been cleared out. Most of them have been met by Chi Feichi before, but there are also some who are Chi's Fei Chi had never seen a hands-off shopkeeper before.
In addition, there are many new faces in the Yan Family Group, so everyone must get to know each other.
Although after the integration, other than the Yan family, the shares held by others are not as much as the Chi family and his wife gave Chi Feichi symbolically, but the ones who are left are always our own people, and they will be our own people for some time to come.
Chi Zhennosuke introduced Chi Feichi and Haibara Ai to others, and also introduced Yan Qiufu, who was brought forward by Chi Feichi. The rest of the people either introduced themselves or were introduced by others, and they all got to know each other. It was also accompanied by one or two jokes and complaints.
Among the unfamiliar faces that Chi Fei Chi didn’t recognize, some not only did not interfere with the company’s affairs, but were not even available for high-level banquets within the group. There were also some who once went to a fishing village to live an ordinary fishermen’s life for three years when their brains got crazy. .
Very strange, but also live a very chic life.
If he hadn't been able to contact him every year, Ike Shinnosuke would have suspected that his shareholder had died outside.
Ikekana was waiting for a group of people to say hello. When he saw the Kudo couple coming over, he smiled and said, "Everyone should know these two..."
A certain shareholder who was squatting to amuse Yan Qiufu and Haibara Ai raised his head and looked at the Kudo couple with a blank face, "Ah, sorry, I don't know them."
"This is a famous family and a female star. They are still a couple." The shareholder who has been a fisherman for three years was surprised and looked at the friend he had not seen for many years. "Have you been to a place where you have no access to outside information in the past few years? ?”
"As you know, after my father passed away, I traveled around the world, getting more and more remote. I also went to some primitive tribes' settlements and lived there for a period of time," a certain shareholder who was teasing his children became more and more enthusiastic. "A few years ago, I found a small island, where I led people to cultivate and improve the previous fruit tree planting technology. Except for Mr. Shinosuke who sends people to the island every year to greet me, I have not had contact with the outside world for a long time. If it hadn't been for today Ceremony, I should be running for chief now, but I believe they will wait for me."
Haibara Ai:"……"
Is today a day where everyone is competing to see who is weirder?
"Okay, let me introduce you formally," Ikegana said with a smile, "This is the world-famous reasoner, Mr. Kudo Yusaku, and his wife, Miss Kudo Yukiko, who was once a famous Japanese actress and retired after getting married. He is also our friend."
While the Kudo couple were greeting each other, Koshimizu Nanatsuki also walked through the long aisle and arrived at the stage.
Chi Feichi walked to stand next to Nanatsuki Koshizui. When others looked over, he looked sideways at Nanatsuki Koshizui and introduced, "This is my friend, Nanatsuki Koshizui."
(End of chapter)
