Xiangjiang, inside the office building of Huaxia Star Group Company.
A snow-white envelope, sealed with dark red paint and looking like an old-fashioned aristocrat, was being thrown on the table in the president's office.
The envelope was empty.
The invitation with gilt lace that was originally loaded inside has been taken out and held in the hands of Xiang Zuo, the second generation ancestor.
There are a few lines of large characters written on the back of the invitation letter.
"My brother to the left."
"It's been almost a year since we said goodbye to the magical city. Although we haven't seen each other often, we still miss each other."
"We sincerely invite Kunzhong to meet in the magic city to participate in this charity event and an elegant gathering of celebrities."
"In ancient times, there were horses galloping, but now there are chariots driving fast."
"Brother hopes to walk side by side with his younger brother to participate in the grand event together."
"Brother Fool, Zhang Yuan!"
Zhang Yuanyang wrote a letter of more than 100 words in small regular script with a calligraphy brush, inviting Xiang Zuo to attend the charity racing event in Shanghai.
On the front of the invitation, Xiang Zuo's name was also written with a brush, as well as the target of the meeting...the racing driver.
From the envelopes, to the paint, to the invitations, Zhang Yuan personally selected them.
Even the words on the invitation letter were written by him himself.
Not only those on the left, but all the celebrities present will receive his personal invitation letter.
The pattern on the fire paint still uses the logo of the Haojia Group.
Of course you have to be dignified when working for a big family.
It cannot be like eating a big banquet in the countryside, just shouting with a loudspeaker.
After being notified, a formal invitation letter is required to be considered in place.
However, Zhang Yuan was only responsible for the invitations for the artists, and Hao Qigang personally prepared the invitations for the business celebrities.
The family is nurturing him and naturally wants him to have more contact with the family network.
This is also a way to train and test him.
Hold the invitation to the left and watch it again and again.
The father Xiang Huaqiang sitting opposite him had a sinking face and was observing his son.
Seeing his son's brows furrowed and his eyes hesitant, as if he saw something, Xiang Huaqiang felt a little relieved until...
"Dad, what does this mean?"
He frowned not because he saw something, but because he didn't understand anything.
Xiang Huaqiang raised his hand. He had a lot to say, but he swallowed it back.
My son is too...
I can only say that being uneducated is terrible.
Xiang Zuo had no idea what Zhang Yuan was writing.
Just when Long Wu was about to curse, Xiang Tai immediately stopped him.
Lao Deng can only feel relieved in his heart, biological, biological...
"Zhang Yuan sent you a letter, asking you to go to Shanghai to participate in a charity race, and also asked you to be a driver."
"This competition is very popular now, and those who can compete as drivers are basically the most popular entertainers."
"There are Chen Long, Ting Feng, Jay Chou, and..." Long Wu took a deep breath, and then said: "And Zhang Yuan himself."
He also had to admit that Zhang Yuan was very popular now.
And Xiang Huaqiang felt that this invitation letter was very well done in terms of wording and font itself.
This guy is pretty awesome.
But what's even more powerful is...Long Wuyi gritted his teeth.
"Haha, isn't that a good thing?" Xiang Tai rolled his eyes and twisted his mouth, looking like a little girl who has succeeded.
As the saying goes, if there is a good wife at home, the husband will not do bad things.
But Xiang's family is always doing bad things, so naturally they won't find a good wife.
Xiang Tai is actually quite awesome.
But what makes her awesome is not her knowledge, vision, ability... but her toughness!
6-year-old leukemia, completely recovered after bone marrow transplant surgery.
You must know that 30% to 40% of people will experience rejection even if they receive a bone marrow transplant, and there is also a chance of recurrence.
This one made it through before he was even ten years old.
When she was 18 years old, her biological father wanted to sell her to a dance club to make money to pay off debts. She committed suicide, but was rescued by her uncle and almost died.
Last year, in 2005, at the age of 46, he suffered from a brain tumor and recovered after a craniotomy.
But it affected the nerves and caused endocrine disorders, and now I am as fat as two people.
Later in 2020, this man suffered a myocardial infarction and cardiac effusion and was admitted to the ICU.
These are considered major catastrophes. Small catastrophes such as falling, breaking bones, and being injured in a car accident are not a big deal here.
Ordinary people, if they get involved in any of the problems in her life, they will probably die. Even if they are destined to survive, they will still have to shed their skin.
But this one is still alive and kicking.
This shows how hard her life has become.
If people encounter such a disaster, they usually have two reactions.
One is to see through the world of mortals, not caring about anything, just eat and drink when you should, accept your fate, be happy day by day, and be happy all day long.
The other kind is that I feel that I am a defiant person and God cannot accept me, so that means I am awesome!
Xiang Tai is so domineering because, in addition to family tradition, there are also personality factors caused by his own experiences.
I am not afraid of death, who else can I be afraid of?
And just like some high officials who have been sent to prison, their wives and children are generally more arrogant than themselves.
What Xiang Tai is now is that she has never taken Zhang Yuan seriously.
So my first reaction when I saw the invitation was...
"This little bastard is here to seek peace with us!"
Xiang Tai crossed his arms to his chest, but it was a bit difficult to hold his bloated figure.
"I want to reconcile and dream when I send an invitation letter!"
"Now we kowtow three times in front of us and beg us to talk again."
When Xiang Zuo heard what his mother said, he immediately nodded in agreement with a ferocious look on his face.
"Yes!"
He breathed out into Hua Qiang's nostrils, and after a while of silence, he slowly spoke.
"Zhang Yuan sent this invitation letter."
"It does mean reconciliation."
"But at the same time, it is also threatening us!"
"Threat?" Xiang Tai was puzzled and furious at the same time: "How dare he threaten us!"
"If you hadn't stopped me, I would have found someone to kill him!"
"Our son is so wronged that he cannot take revenge."
Their family is like this. Others deserve to bleed, but if you get even a little bit injured, you have to jump up and down.
Xiang Huaqiang held his breath, as if suppressing his anger, but spoke to his wife helplessly.
"This charity race is organized by our family."
"I sent you an invitation to the gathering held by my family. Will you go or not?"
"If you don't go, you won't give the Hao family face."
After Xiang Tai heard the name of the Hao family, his previous arrogance immediately shrank away.
Xiang Jia only earns a little money by making movies.
And the Hao family is the boss of the He family.
As mentioned before, the "rich man" Zhang Ziqiang, the most powerful gangster in Hong Kong, planned to kidnap the gambling king and almost succeeded.
But he never had the slightest thought of moving Hao's family.
In this way, the Hao family is actually the eldest brother of the eldest brother of the Xiang family.
Now the boss's boss invites you to dinner. The invitations have been sent, but you won't go?
Oh, this is not giving the boss face.
"Then go." Xiang Tai rolled his eyes and returned.
"I want to go, but I can't do it if I don't go." Xiang Huaqiang returned.
"But have you ever thought about it? As long as you go, we can't touch this kid again."
"Why?"
"As I said just now, generally only superstars can race cars, while ordinary stars can only participate in performances and appearances."
"Zhan Ping is not qualified to participate, not even qualified to go."
Which coffee position is to the left?
There is just no coffee space, and no one knows them at all.
"He arranged the racing seats to give us a benefit, and everyone present will see it."
"If we get the benefits and then touch him again, what will people in that circle think of our family?"
The Xiang family has a bad reputation. If they take advantage of it and take action, mainland film and television companies will definitely stay away from them, and someone may even take the opportunity to play tricks on them.
"And that's the Hao family's place. Once Zhanping is reached, we can only make friends with Zhang Yuan even if we don't want to."
“It doesn’t give the Hao family face to fall out on the spot!”
This is where Xiang Huaqiang's anger lies. This is not a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy!
The conspiracy is easy to detect, but the conspiracy is unsolvable.
It seems that there are two options: go or not go, but in fact there is no choice at all!
Regardless of position or interests, going is the only option.
Zhang Yuan has been looking for an opportunity to get rid of the shackles of the Xiang family.
After all, this was also the chain Hua Yi tied around his neck.
And he wanted to take advantage of this race to hold up the banner of the Hao family and cut off this iron chain!
Once this chain is broken, he will no longer need Hua Yi's protection, and he will be able to do things much more freely.
It depends on whether you want face or lizi from your family.
Then the result of wanting to save face is usually that both face and lizi are lost.
Xiang Hua Qiang is now angry and helpless, with no means to break it.
At the same time, Long Wu was even a little impressed.
"He can still use such impeccable tricks, which is called killing people invisible!"
Looking at his son again, he couldn't even read the letter.
They are only one year apart!
The gap is as big as a mountain!
"If that doesn't work, let's reconcile on the surface first, and then find an opportunity to mess with him secretly!" Xiang Tai came up with a bad idea.
Xiang Huaqiang did not refute, but said something.
"I found out that Zhang Yuan had an incident in the imperial capital a while ago. It was because of that incident that he got involved with the Hao family."
"I didn't ask what the specific matter was."
How can Xianghua Wall be qualified to know about national affairs?
"But it was Kayo who attacked Zhang Yuan."
"And now, Kayo has retired and sold out several of his businesses."
When Xiang Tai heard Kayo's name, he felt goosebumps all over his body.
It was Kayo's younger brother who went to open a bar in the imperial capital, slapped Xiang Huaqiang three times, and smashed up their shop. The man was so frightened that his husband took him and fled back to Xiangjiang overnight.
Kayo himself even beat his brother Xiang Huasheng with his own hands.
When Xiang Jia sees Kayo, it's like a mouse seeing a cat, both of them hide away.
Now I heard that Kayo had taken action against Zhang Yuan and was forced to retire.
Xiang Tai, who has always been arrogant, is no longer awesome.
Dejected and silent.
"Dad, what should I do?"
"Go ahead."
"Will you come with me?" Xiang Zuo's heart trembled after hearing this.
He didn't expect that the martial arts colleague he met on the set of "Huo Yuanjia" would actually make his parents helpless.
She was afraid and wanted her father to accompany her.
"He only sent you an invitation letter." Xiang Huaqiang said sullenly: "I can't go."
"So, you have to be careful..."
……
"If you invite Xiang Zuo to come, will Xiang's family be tricked?" Cheng Hao thought about it for a long time, but still felt a little worried.
"It's okay. Even if it doesn't succeed, don't I have nothing to lose?" Zhang Yuan looked relaxed.
"What if they are ignorant and do not follow the rules?"
"If he is decent, let him be decent. If he is not, then help him be decent."
Zhang Yuan believes that Xiang Huaqiang, an old Jianghu, has a brain.
Moreover, if the other party really could not tolerate the deadly hatred, even if Hua Yi was here and he had been in Xiangjiang for so many days, they would have taken action long ago.
Don’t you think this contradiction is not worth it? The price paid is too high.
Judging from the signs, Zhang Yuan felt that the other party would follow his script.
"By the way, "Lotus Lantern" was aired a few days ago." Cheng Hao said with a tangled look on his face.
“The ratings are very good.”
"The report given by CCTV has an average ratings of 5.4% and a maximum rating of 9.1%..."
"That's good." Zhang Yuan rubbed his hands.
If the ratings are good after the show is aired, your money back will be coming soon.
The average ratings of 5.4% is already a very gratifying result for CCTV.
Except for "Wulin Gaiden" and "Beijing Yanyun", it has basically been able to lock in the third place in the year.
CCTV sold more than 50 million of the patch ads alone.
With such economic benefit data, the second and third rounds of broadcasts by provincial and local stations will definitely not worry about selling.
Now TVB and Baodao have contacted producer Li Gongda and are discussing subsequent broadcast matters.
"What, you're not happy?" But Zhang Yuan saw that Cheng Hao's face didn't look good.
"Happy..." Cheng Hao held his chin and replied lightly.
Invest 10 million for Shu Chang, invest 10 million for Shu Chang...
This guy was thinking about it in his heart.
Oh, it's better now. Shu has become famous and popular.
Advertising business continues.
Come on, just support her!
Zhang Yuan probably guessed what she was thinking and quickly shut up, not daring to say a word.
"Uh...what, let's go to a higher-end restaurant for dinner tonight."
“Order a nice bottle of wine.”
"Go find a SPA and do it for you."
"I'm going to Anji to film the remaining scenes of "The Night Banquet" in a few days."
“Then there’s still racing to do.”
"I don't have time to spend with you."
"I know, busy guy!" Cheng Hao replied angrily.
But I was still happy for him in my heart.
In this industry, it's a good thing to be busy and show off.
The two locked the door, held hands and planned to go to dinner in the car.
"What happened to the smashed car?" Zhang Yuan asked when he saw the car and remembered the incident.
The car he is using now is a new car that he paid for on his behalf.
"Repair it and sell it, and you'll lose hundreds of thousands." Cheng Hao replied with a bit of pain.
"What are you selling it for? It won't be usable after repairing it."
"It's unlucky!" She tapped Zhang Yuan's nose: "And it's not safe for a car to be overhauled."
"Your life is worth more than your car."
Although she is nicknamed Chen Laoji in the Chinese drama, she is actually very good at distinguishing priorities and is not merciless when it comes to spending money.
Zhang Yuan thought about Hu Ge's incident and felt that what she said made sense.
As soon as he got in the car, Zhang Yuan's cell phone rang.
I picked it up and saw that the caller was Xiao Wang.
"Hello, Mr. Wang."
"Zhang Yuan, are you busy lately?"
"Thanks to you, it's okay."
"Are you free now? Come to the company. There is a TV series that I want to talk to you about."
"Yes..." Zhang Yuangang wanted to say that he was free, but after looking at Cheng Hao, he immediately changed his mind.
"I have something to do now. How about I come over tomorrow morning?"
"Okay." Xiao Wang was stunned for a moment. When talking about the drama, Zhang Yuan became more active and wished he could come overnight.
He always felt that this kid had changed a bit.
Putting down the phone, Cheng Hao, who was listening to everyone nearby, smiled and straightened his collar.
"Work first."
"I agreed to go to dinner with you. I won't be in a hurry even if I'm busy with work tomorrow."
"Okay."
Cheng was so happy.
Not only because he puts himself before work, but also because his attitude towards Hua Yi is different from before.
This is a sign that he has become stronger, especially in his mentality.
"Let's go." As soon as he greeted the part-time driver Zhao Jue, the three of them rode away in a hurry.
There was no talking all night, just a few rounds of fighting.
The next day, he came to Xiao Wang's office early... (End of Chapter)