Revival Road

Chapter 18 The Party Two

The purpose of Tang Yikun's banquet for Tao Tang was guessed by the other party.Tang Yikun was indeed planning to chat with Tao Tang about the demolition of Red Star.Although this matter was not something that Tao Tang could decide, Tao Tang was in a very critical position.One of the secrets of Tang Yikun's success is to plan for the rainy day and anticipate the enemy's opportunity. He knows that establishing a personal relationship with Tao Tang earlier will be beneficial and harmless to him.

He never expected Tao Tang to come here in a broken car.The grade of the car was too low and the second thing was that it was dirty, the body was spattered with mud, as if it had just come back from camping.It is more difficult for Red Star Company, but he knows that the Audi A6 of Red Star Company can form a huge wedding reception team. This Tao Tang, which show is this for me?
Moreover, Tao Tang also called three unrelated classmates, what the hell does that mean?
Thinking wildly in his mind, Tang Yikun pushed Tao Tang's outstretched hand away, and hugged him tightly, "It's been 25 years in a flash, and I didn't expect your hair to be gray. Haha, I haven't forgotten the one you gave me." Fist, no, this revenge must be avenged today."

"Don't mention it, the foot you gave me is not good. When I was spending time in the cell, I was thinking about how to go out and deal with you kid. Haha." Tao Tang also hugged Tang Yikun back.

The employees in front of the clubhouse had never seen such a behavior from the big boss, and immediately understood that this middle-aged man with gray hair but light body was the absolute guest of honor today.

"Lu Qi!" Tang Yikun let go of Tao Tang, and saw Lu Qi at a glance, "Oh, time has turned back? Miss Lu, you have completely defeated the confidence that I have built up with great difficulty, Old Tang."

"Okay, Boss Tang. If it weren't for Tao Tang, Boss Tang wouldn't have seen us grassroots. Tell the truth, wouldn't you? Don't deny it! I've been in Hiraizumi for more than 20 years, except for four years of schooling. , I never took a step away from Hiraizumi."

Tang Yikun was a little embarrassed, "It's serious, you didn't leave Hiraizumi, I was running around, how can I be as comfortable as you... Oh, Sun Dunquan! Come down, don't worry about your car, just leave the key, and someone will take care of it. This yes……"

"Han Ruilin." Seeing that Tang Yikun couldn't remember himself, Han Ruilin had no choice but to report his family name.

"That's right, Han Ruilin. Look at my memory. I'm really sorry." Tang Yikun laughed and gestured backwards.

An assistant in his thirties behind him understood and immediately made arrangements.Originally, Tang Yikun had prepared an extremely private small banquet, but now there were three more guests out of thin air, and adjustments had to be made accordingly from the rooms to the dishes.

When we met, Tang Yikun invited: "Everyone, let's go in and chat." After that, he took Tao Tang's hand and walked towards the revolving door, "I also have a classmate here, Luo Shaoxing. But today he I have something to do and I can't come, please let me take care of you. Old Tao, he remembers you."

"Really? How is he? Is he all right?"

"In charge of the security stall at Donghu Real Estate, that kid is getting fat, and he may not recognize him when he sees him."

Lu Qi regretted coming.Sun Dunquan seemed to see what she was thinking, "Am I right?"

"What did you say?" Lu Qi, who was deliberately a few steps behind Tao Tang and Tang Yikun, asked in a low voice.

"Class! We're all foils. Remember that Zola story?"

Lu Qi didn't say a word.Her attention fell on Tao Tang.His clothes today are too inconsistent with his identity: a very ordinary white shirt and jeans, and the leather shoes under his feet are also very old.Such a dress, in any case, cannot be associated with the boss of a large state-owned enterprise with tens of billions of assets and tens of thousands of employees. The key point is that it is too unsuitable to walk with Tang Yikun, who is full of famous brands.He represents Red Star!In Lu Qi's view, although Donghu Industrial is well-known in Hiraizumi, it cannot be compared with the big and deep-rooted Red Star.

Is it out of habit or on purpose?She couldn't figure it out.

Out of habit, she noticed Tang Yikun's clothes just now, the suit was from Givenchy, the leather shoes were from crocodile, and the tie was not clear, but when he hugged Tao Tang, she saw the eye-catching Maltese cross on Tang Yikun's watch. Watches, you can almost buy a suite in Golden Olive, right?

"Class..." What a bitter word, the students who were sitting in the same classroom at that time now have a huge gap between them.People have different abilities, just like lathe workers in a workshop operate the same type of machine tool, but the quantity and quality of the products are different. There should be a difference in remuneration, but how big should the difference be?

The interior of the Donghu Club, which looks ordinary on the outside, is a luxury that Sun Dunquan has never seen before.Needless to say about the decoration and furnishings, he was just amazed at the beautifully dressed and beautiful female guests who were scattered in all the eye-catching positions. Where did this guy Tang Yikun collect so many beauties?All the beauties bow with the same graceful gesture and say welcome with the same soft voice when they pass by.Thinking of all the rumors about this mysterious club that is not open to the public, Sun Dunquan, who is familiar with history books, remembered Liu Bang's sigh when he saw the grand guard of honor of Qin Shihuang's tour: a man should be like this.But Xiang Yu was different. Xiang Yu, who came from a noble family and looked down on the world, said to his uncle Xiang Liang: He can replace him.

It is impossible for him to replace him in this life, unless there is another violent revolution like the last century.Even if such a revolution occurs, it will not be his turn to enjoy the fruits of victory.All he can do is give out envious praise like Liu Bang.If the clock was turned back 25 years, he would never have imagined that Tang Yikun, who was always mischievous, would achieve such a fortune.At that time, Sun Dunquan was recognized as a top student in the Red Star No. [-] Middle School, and the golden road of future life was opening to him.But in the eyes of everyone, the road ahead of Tang Yikun is undoubtedly a rugged mountain road.But who would have guessed now?Turning around to look at Han Ruilin who was walking at the end, seeing him staring at the busty waitress with dyed blonde hair, Sun Dunquan let out another long sigh in his heart.

Instead of taking the elevator, they walked up to the second floor along the curved and spacious stairs. On the wall were two-person-high western oil paintings. The tender skin glows seductively under the illumination of the crystal chandelier.

"Old Tang, really deserves his reputation, a bit like the legendary Xiamen Red Mansion." Tao Tang praised.

"Hiraizumi is a small place, so it would be rustic if it were put in Yanjing. However, this is our own territory, and students are welcome to visit at any time, whether it is public or private. Oh, this is it, Zhou Hongyou has arrived , He said he has met you..." said Tang Yikun, who was walking side by side with Tao Tang.

Lu Qi kept watching Tao Tang's back, and also noticed the behavior of Sun Dunquan and Han Ruilin after they entered the club.Sun Dunquan seemed to deliberately not look at the furnishings and beauties in the lobby of the clubhouse, and tried to keep his eyes fixed, while Han Ruilin was completely ugly like a sow breaking into a carrot cellar.Because she couldn't bear Han Ruilin's wretchedness, Lu Qi hurriedly walked in front of Sun Dunquan and Han Ruilin, approaching Tao Tang who was walking in front.Tao Tang was also observing and admiring, but he was more interested in looking at the exquisite handicrafts and paintings, and he glanced past those young and beautiful girls, and rarely stayed on the girls.Lu Qi thought of the novel "Emperor Yongzheng" she had bought. There was a plot in the book that she remembered deeply. It described the attitude of Li Wei, who was a member of the Yongzheng family and later the governor of Liangjiang, to his wealth. The love of living, but also the freedom and ease of letting go, made Yongzheng's political opponents admire him, thinking that he is the real master.Those who pretend to ignore the beauty and gold are not real heroes.

Turning around a screen, Tao Tang saw Zhou Hongyou who was standing at the bottom of the corridor on the phone. Zhou Hongyou also saw them, waved his hand and lowered his voice.It must have been an important call, otherwise he wouldn't be hiding at the end of the corridor.

"This one, please." Tang Yikun pushed open the heavy box door himself.

A woman standing by the window looking at the scenery turned around, and stretched out her hand to Tao Tang from a long distance, "Tao Tang, do you still know me?"

Tao Tang couldn't remember who this tall woman in a dark green cheongsam was, "Forgive my blind eyes..."

"Mr. Tang, you lost our bet..." The woman winked at Tang Yikun.

Sun Dunquan and Lu Qi, who were following Tao Tang, recognized the woman in the cheongsam at the same time, "Gu Meijun!" Lu Qi called out first.

Tao Tang remembered, it was Gu Meijun.Once spent a year in class 58, Gu Meijun and Lu Qi went to class 61 of liberal arts when they were divided into classes of arts and sciences.Back then, Gu Meijun was a man of the hour in his class, the class monitor, and the secretary of the Youth League branch, and he was also a top student in his studies.However, like Sun Dunquan, she did not perform well in the college entrance examination in the first year, and she repeated her studies elsewhere, and never met her again.

"Remember, it's our class leader Gu. Where can I get a job now?" Tao Tang smiled and held Gu Meijun's outstretched hand.

"Just now I made a bet with Old Tang. I said you would not recognize me. He didn't believe me. How is it now?" Gu Meijun didn't answer Tao Tang's question, and shook hands with Sun Dunquan, Lu Qi, and Han Ruilin one by one, but it was obvious that he was just coping, not The enthusiasm for Tao Tang just now.

"What is the bet?" Compared to Tao Tang, Lu Qi and Gu Meijun are much more familiar. They have been classmates in high school, but they also lost contact later.

"A glass of wine, a big glass."

"Squad Leader Gu is now a powerful figure," Tang Yikun said with a smile, "General Manager of the Corporate Department of Provincial Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, isn't he amazing? He holds the power of life and death for enterprises in the province."

"Don't listen to his nonsense. Boss Tang talked about the return of Tao Dacai to his hometown, and asked me if I would come to celebrate. How could there be any reason not to come? He just said the wrong thing. You are my parents. You are my parents. It's too late, isn't it?" Gu Meijun said to Tao Tang.

"Today is the class reunion, not the reception meeting. The theme must not go off track. I'm sorry, I'm going to use the bathroom." Tao Tang went to the bathroom.

"Everyone, please sit down as you like. There are only a few of us." Tang Yikun greeted everyone to take their seats, picked up the cigars on the table, and smoked for Sun Dunquan and Han Ruilin.

"Let's stay away, a bunch of smokers. Oh, Lu Qi, how do you take care of yourself? What's your secret? You can't keep it secret." Gu Meijun took Lu Qi's hand again, and pulled her to the window, "Not to mention, Tang Yikun really has some taste. The East Lake clubhouse in Bei'an is absolutely top-notch."

It was still dark, and when I looked out the window, my eyes were full of thick green.Thick ginkgo biloba, flourishing camphor, covered phoenix tree, golden osmanthus with a crown like a giant umbrella, and rustling arrow bamboo against the wall... Lu Qi never expected that behind the main building, there would be such a beautiful a garden.

"Work in Bei'an? Do you come back often?" Lu Qi asked, looking away.

"I don't come back often. My parents are in Bei'an, and Hiraizumi has no relatives. How about you? You have been in Red Star?"

"Where can I go? It would be nice to have a place to take me in." Although Lu Qi and Gu Meijun have been classmates for three years, they are not close to each other, and Gu Meijun's sense of superiority from time to time also makes Lu Qi uncomfortable. She really regrets agreeing Come to class reunion.

"Look at what you said, our class 58 is a dragon and tiger class, and there are a lot of characters. Now that Tao Tang is back, isn't Red Star your world?"

"If it's also Tao Tang's world, it has nothing to do with us ordinary people..." Lu Qi looked away from the window, and saw Tao Tang coming out of the bathroom shaking his hands, talking to Tang Yikun.

"You really don't smoke?" Tang Yikun took back the cigar handed to Tao Tang.

"Quit, it's been many years."

"Don't do anything with it! It's just a hobby." Tang Yikun first baked the body of the cigarette on the lit blowtorch, and then lit a cigar for himself with a special match, puffing out a puff of light blue smoke.

Sun Dunquan carefully admired the cigar as thick as a finger, while Han Ruilin said he was not used to it.

"To be precise, I can't afford it! The price of this brand should not be less than 200 yuan, right? I'm talking about each bottle. Even if it's three bottles a day, how much does it cost for a year? A Passat was smoked. "Sun Dunquan said.

Zhou Hongyou finally came in. He heard Sun Dunquan's calculations, and thought to himself, Tang Yikun's calculation method is not like this. He may lose one Passat a year, but he may earn back ten Audis.The consumption of the rich is production, but ordinary people don't understand...

"I'm really sorry, old classmates, for wasting everyone's time. Old Tang, shall we take a seat? I just answered the phone and have a meeting at eight o'clock. I'm really sorry." Zhou Hongyou shook hands with Lu, Sun, and Han one by one, superficially Her passion cannot conceal the indifference in her heart.

"Okay, okay, since the mayor has official duties, let's start. We are all classmates, regardless of the guest of honor. Please take your seats..." Tang Yikun greeted everyone to take their seats, and said to the waiter standing by the door, " Tell the kitchen, the food will be served a little faster."

Lu Qi kept looking at Tao Tang from the corner of her eye, and saw him sitting diagonally across from her, and she looked at Gu Meijun again, and saw that she was sitting on Tang Yikun's left side.She hoped to be next to Tao Tang, but she was embarrassed, so she greeted, "Old Han, sit down." Lu Qi greeted Han Ruilin, who seemed to be a transparent person who hadn't made a sound since entering the private room.

Han Ruilin sat down, right between Tao Tang and Lu Qi.

As the host, Tang Yikun took a look, "Hey, let me tell you, is student Lu Qi going to change seats with Lao Han? Sister Gu, you old man should also move your butt, it's better to be next to our Mayor Zhou."

"Why is that?" Gu Meijun asked with a smile.

"Students, today is a small class reunion. Unfortunately, there are only two girls here, but they are the best. Gu Meijun is the class monitor, Lu Qi is the class flower, and they are the babies of our class. Since they are babies, It must be cherished, and it must be placed under heavy protection, right?"

"What's the reason?" Gu Meijun said as he said it, but he changed places, between Tang Yikun and Zhou Hongyou.

Han Ruilin had already stood up, and Lu Qi followed suit and changed seats with Han Ruilin.

Tang Yikun glanced at the table, and there were three drinks in front of everyone, Wuliangye in the wine measurer, French cognac in the goblet, and a large glass of freshly squeezed grape juice in front of everyone.He picked up the measuring vessel and filled the small wine glass, stood up and said, "Students, as the host, please allow me to say a few words. First, I would like to thank the students for coming. It has been 25 years since I graduated, and it is very meaningful to be together. The second is to welcome Tao Tang. Lao Tao has been away for more than 20 years, and now he has returned to his hometown, so we must celebrate. So today everyone must have a good time drinking and playing. Now I propose that we hold a cup together and walk together. Oh, Lu Qi, how can I serve grape juice? No, no, the first three glasses must be white wine. What is white wine? It’s emotion! How can red wine and drinks be qualified? If it doesn’t suit your taste, you can change the wine. Old grandson, you come too Bai, don't think about driving, I'll send someone to take you back later."

Now that Tao Tang guessed his intention, there is no hurry, there are plenty of opportunities.Tang Yikun thought.

"Okay, it's better for Old Tang to be considerate. I only know that Dunquan is good at drinking...Since it's for me, let me say a few words." After Tang Yikun finished speaking, Tao Tang stood up.

"No problem, tell me." Tang Yikun sat down.

"We need to make a rule. When we get together, we only talk about friendship and nothing else. Violators will be fined a glass of wine."

"I agree, let's do it like this. What other rules does Mayor Zhou have? Let's say it together." Tang Yikun thought to himself, you really are a ghost.

"I would like to add one more thing. From now on, we are not allowed to address people by title, and violators will also be fined a glass of wine." Zhou Hongyou said with a smile.

Sun Dunquan gave Lu Qi a wink, and of course Lu Qi understood.Han Ruilin also breathed a sigh of relief, since he entered the club, he felt heavy pressure.He is actively participating in this class reunion, and his original intention is to get close to Tao Tang, but on this occasion, there is no chance for him to speak.

(End of this chapter)