Blackening starts from the golden years

Chapter 216 Only Thirty
At eight o'clock in the evening the next day, Jiang Xiaoguo walked into the reception wearing a flawless white dress with lace. She also dressed up well, with very delicate light makeup on her face, a pair of beautiful crystal earrings, and her hair. Wearing a very cute hairstyle, as soon as she walked into the reception, she attracted the attention of many people. Everyone looked at her in surprise and felt a little funny. Why is this girl dressed like this? Is she preparing to attend a wedding? ?

Jiang Xiaoguo was looking for Yuan Xudong in the crowd. The reason why she dressed up so beautifully was to please him. At this time, she saw Yuan Xudong and walked towards him happily.

"Mr. Yuan."

After looking Jiang Xiaoguo up and down, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:

"Xiaoguo, you are beautiful today."

"Thank you."

Hearing Yuan Xudong's praise, Jiang Xiaoguo felt sweet in her heart, and a happy smile appeared on her face. Seeing her like this, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile, and he asked jokingly:

"Xiao Guo, take a good look at the people around you. What do their clothes have in common?"

"what?"

Jiang Xiaoguo was a little confused. She glanced at the people around her and saw that everyone was wearing black formal clothes or other less conspicuous dark clothes, so she wore a white lace dress and dressed up, looking particularly hot. , no wonder everyone's eyes were on her, and Jiang Xiaoguo suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

She approached Yuan Xudong and asked in a low voice with a slight blush:

"What should I do now?"

"What else can be done?"

After glaring at Jiang Xiaoguo, Yuan Xudong took off the suit he was wearing and put it on her, and said dotingly:

"You are dressed so beautifully and sexy, who do you want to show it to?"

Looking up at Yuan Xudong eagerly, Jiang Xiaoguo said shyly:

"Who else could it be?"

Hearing this, Yuan Xudong smiled, reached out and touched Jiang Xiaoguo's hair and said lovingly:
"Stay here and wait until I come back, remember?"

"Hmm~"

Jiang Xiaoguo hummed obediently, Yuan Xudong touched her little head, and then walked towards Judy who was not far away.

Jiang Xiaoguo stayed where she was, watching Yuan Xudong leave eagerly. After he left, Guan Xiumei passed by and saw Jiang Xiaoguo standing there a little stupidly. She smiled and said:
"Xiaoguo, what are you doing standing there?"

"Sister Xiuxiu."

Seeing Guan Xiumei, Jiang Xiaoguo smiled and said:
"Mr. Yuan asked me to stand here and wait for him to come back."

"is it?"

After taking a look at Jiang Xiaoguo, Guan Xiumei said with a smile:

"Then you continue to stand, I'm leaving, bye."

"Bye-Bye."

After watching Guan Xiumei leave, Jiang Xiaoguo continued to look at Yuan Xudong not far away. When she saw that he was looking back at her, she smiled and waved to him.

Not far away, Yuan Xudong was staying with Judy, Mr. Li from Dingsheng Investment, and Zhou Xun and Su Hang from Pulling Capital.

Glancing at Jiang Xiaoguo, who was wearing eye-catching clothes not far away, Mr. Li from Dingsheng Investment looked at Yuan Xudong and smiled:
"It's understandable that young people like to be in the limelight, but they still need to keep a low profile."

Listening to Mr. Li's insinuations, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Mr. Li is right, but today's young people have their own ideas. If they believe that gold is gold, they must work hard to shine. Otherwise, if others can't see it, is it still gold?"

"If it were gold, it would always shine."

"I don't think so. Even if it's really gold, if you cover it with a rag, it won't shine, right?"

Phoenix Capital and Dingsheng Investment are both large investment companies that compete with each other. Seeing Yuan Xudong and Mr. Li arguing there, Zhou Xun and Su Hang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. They finally got on Mr. Li's line and wanted to start from He got financial support from there, but he didn't know that Mr. Li likes to rely on his elders and practice patriarchy. If they weren't really at the end of their rope and desperate, Zhou Xun and Su Hang would really not want to deal with an old man like Mr. Li. .

They asked for help from Mr. Li, so they nodded and bowed to him very respectfully.

But Yuan Xudong is different. He and Li have always been competitors, and he himself hates those guys who rely on their elders and sell them off. They never know how to respect young people, but they want young people to be respectful to them. Isn't this rogue?

If a broad-minded old man sees that a young girl like Jiang Xiaoguo is not dressed according to the standards of the reception, he can just laugh it off instead of trying to criticize education whenever he gets the chance. Only narrow-minded people will ask for things according to their own preferences. How others do things, but Mr. Li is such a person.

Of course, on the surface, he was talking about Jiang Xiaoguo's dress, but in fact, he was scolding Yuan Xudong, a young man who doesn't know the heights of the world, likes to be in the limelight, and competes with his Hengsheng Investment for business.

Otherwise, does he, the head of a large company, need to specifically criticize and educate a little girl like Jiang Xiaoguo?

In the original plot, Zhou Xun blamed Jiang Xiaoguo's dress for the failure, but Yuan Xudong felt that he was passing the blame and was unwilling to admit that it was his fault. Mr. Li said that Jiang Xiaoguo should be more low-key, but in fact he was dissatisfied with Zhou Xun's own style of doing things. , Jiang Xiaoguo just dressed a little too provocatively, but Zhou Xun was the really high-profile person.

As a result, in the end, Zhou Xun scolded Jiang Xiaoguo, saying that it was all her fault. She dressed too high-profile and angered Mr. Li, so Mr. Li did not invest in their company.

Previously, Zhou Xun satirized Yang Xiaorong, the investment director of Pulling Capital, for not taking responsibility for his work and wanted to pass the blame to an intern like Jiang Xiaoguo. In the end, it was his turn, and he was also a master of blame-shifting.

Of course, these are all things that happened in the original plot. Yuan Xudong is not Zhou Xun. He will not blame Jiang Xiaoguo for a girl. On the contrary, it is him who Mr. Li is targeting, and Jiang Xiaoguo is the one who is affected by the fire at the city gate. The poor pond fish arrived.

As the saying goes, facts speak louder than words. Now Yuan Xudong's Phoenix Capital has the upper hand, and Mr. Li's Peak Investment is lagging far behind. So no matter how much he and Yuan Xudong argue, Yuan Xudong is the right person. Yuan Xudong thinks so. Judy, Zhou Xun, Su Hang, and even Mr. Li himself all thought so.

The shopping mall is like a battlefield. Your own strength is everything, and everything else is empty.

Soon, Mr. Li left with an unhappy face. Zhou Xun and Su Hang followed him with nods and bows. Watching them leave, Yuan Xudong looked at Judy beside him and smiled:

"I heard that Zhou Xun of Pu Ling is very proud, doesn't he look like him?"

"He is very arrogant in the company. Outside the company, Pulling is just a small investment company. Of course he cannot be arrogant."

Judy's voice was filled with resentment. Obviously, she was also a petty little woman. Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"I'm going back."

"Go back now?"

"Ah."

Looking at the handsome Yuan Xudong, Judy smiled and said:

"Mr. Yuan, can I take your car back together?"

"No, because I have to send Jiang Xiaoguo back to school first."

"Jiang Xiaoguo?"

Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo not far away, Judy smiled slightly and said:
"Mr. Yuan, it turns out you like girls like Jiang Xiaoguo? Can I ask what you like about her?"

Yuan Xudong smiled and said:

"Well-behaved, obedient, kind-hearted, and also has a pretty good working ability."

After hearing what Yuan Xudong said, Judy looked at him and said boldly:

"Mr. Yuan, I can do what you said, so will you like me?"

"This one……"

Glancing at Judy, Yuan Xudong smiled slightly and said:
"Next week, there will be a securities and financial exchange conference in Magic City. You and I can attend it together."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Yuan."

Looking up into Yuan Xudong's eyes, Judy smiled and said:

"I was born in 1992, not much older than Jiang Xiaoguo, and I have never had a boyfriend."

"is it?"

Yuan Xudong smiled and said:

"I know, I'm going back first, bye."

"Well, bye." Seeing Yuan Xudong leave the reception with Jiang Xiaoguo, Judy narrowed her eyes slightly. Yuan Xudong is a towering tree, and she wants to be a vine that grows on the big tree.

Not everyone dares to directly confront Mr. Li of Dingsheng Investment. Looking at Yuan Xudong, then Zhou Xun and Su Hang, Judy's heart skipped a beat. She felt that only a strong and domineering man like Yuan Xudong was worthy of her.

……

Outside the reception, Yuan Xudong took Jiang Xiaoguo into the car and drove back to school.

Looking at Yuan Xudong who left the venue early, Jiang Xiaoguo asked weakly:
"Are you angry with me?"

"No."

"Then why did you leave early?"

"because……"

After taking a look at Jiang Xiaoguo, Yuan Xudong said with a wicked smile:
"I want you. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"Rogue, shameless, why are you like this?"

Jiang Xiaoguo said shyly. Seeing her shy look, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but laugh and said:
"You are dressed so beautifully, sexy, and dressed up, don't you just want me to do this to you?"

"How could I? You've wronged me."

Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo who was sobbing, Yuan Xudong immediately glared at her and said:

"You talk nicely, who did you learn this from? You're like a little goblin."

“Disgusting~~”

Looking at the charming Jiang Xiaoguo sitting in the passenger seat, Yuan Xudong turned the car around and drove towards a nearby hotel.

"Where are you taking me?"

"hotel."

“Disgusting~~”

……

A five-star hotel, in a double bed room.

As soon as he entered the room, Yuan Xudong held Jiang Xiaoguo in his arms and kissed her. He carried her to the big bed in the room. On the white sheets with some red rose petals, he pressed her hard under him. , loving and lingering.

"Xudong, Xudong, uh uh..."

……

Ten o'clock in the evening, South China University of Finance and Economics, girls dormitory.

It was already ten o'clock and Jiang Xiaoguo hadn't come back yet. Liang Shuang couldn't help but call her. After a while of ringing, the call was finally connected. She said angrily to the phone:

"Jiang Xiaoguo, aren't you coming back yet?"

"Liang Shuang, please wait a moment..."

Listening to Jiang Xiaoguo's strange moaning on the phone, Liang Shuang was so angry that she hung up the phone and lost her temper. At this time, Duan Jiabao suddenly looked at her face and said in shock:
"Liang Shuang, what's wrong with your face?"

"What's wrong with my face?"

Seeing Duan Jiabao's shocked look, Liang Shuang also became a little scared. What she cared about most was her face, which was also what she was most proud of.

She quickly picked up the small mirror on the table and took a look, only to see that her originally fair and smooth face had many small red pimples, which looked extremely ugly, as if she had been disfigured.

"Ah, my face..."

……

In the next week, Liang Shuang, who originally wanted to settle accounts with Yuan Xudong, avoided seeing him. Duan Jiabao took her to see a dermatologist. Fortunately, there was no major problem, just a common skin allergy. Just rest for a while and you'll be fine.

……

On Monday afternoon, Yuan Xudong flew to Shanghai with Judy to attend a national financial and securities conference.

At six o'clock in the evening, the plane arrived in Shanghai, and Yuan Xudong and Judy checked into the Hilton Hotel near the venue.

Hilton Hotel, in a luxuriously decorated executive suite.

As soon as she entered the room, Judy threw herself into Yuan Xudong's arms and kissed him.

Yuan Xudong hugged her hard and kissed her passionately as he walked towards the bedroom. From the living room to the bedroom, women's high heels and white dresses were scattered on the floor, as well as men's leather shoes and suits.

"Ah, it hurts, uh uh..."

……

Magic City, as a world-renowned megacity, is home to tens of millions of people, with a prosperous economy and bustling lights. It has both the indulgence of the rich and the urban life of ordinary people. The ordinary and the extraordinary are intertwined, and dreams and reality collide. , all of which make this megacity full of magic, attracting young people with dreams from all over the country to come here to strive and take risks.

There are rich people here who can spend tens of thousands of yuan to stay in a hotel for a night, as well as ordinary migrant workers who can only rent houses.

The former, for example, is Yuan Xudong. He lives in the most luxurious executive suite of a five-star hotel, and is accompanied by a beautiful woman on the bed. The life of a rich person is so vulgar, greedy for enjoyment, and enviable.

The latter can only work hard and spend the hard-earned wages in the form of living expenses, transportation expenses, water and electricity bills, rent, shopping expenses, etc., day after day, year after year. , only to discover in the end that apart from getting older and getting worse in health, it seemed like nothing had been accumulated.

This is the case for Wang Manni. It has been eight years since she came to the Magic City from a small town. The young girl she once was has turned into an aunt who is about to turn thirty. She wholeheartedly wants to stay in the Magic City, but the... The house was too expensive, so she could only rent it, and she was unwilling to share it with others or make do with it. Because of this, at least half of her monthly salary was spent on rent.

Coupled with other expenses, even after eight years, she still had not saved any money.

She would send some money to her parents every month as a filial piety to them. After saving over the past eight years, her parents had saved her a hundred thousand yuan, which can be said to be much more than the money she has in her pocket now. Now they are the Moonlight Clan.

Therefore, Wang Manni could only place her dreams on a certain man. She wanted to find a rich boyfriend and marry him to realize her dream of staying in the Magic City.

……

In the house rented by Wang Manni.

When she got home from get off work, Wang Manni made herself a cup of coffee and then sat on the sofa on the balcony. While drinking coffee, she looked at the high-rise buildings and busy traffic outside the balcony.

She likes to sit here and watch the city scenery. For this house with a balcony, she has to pay the landlord more than 9,000 yuan in rent every month, and her monthly income is only about 18,000 yuan.

Of course, she sells luxury goods, so sometimes she may earn more and sometimes she may earn less, but on average, her monthly salary in the past year has been around 18,000.

Because money is tight, although Wang Manni sells luxury goods and she also likes the luxury goods in the store, she can't afford any of them. Of course, we are talking about those expensive luxury goods, and They are not light luxury goods for ordinary people to consume, but the so-called light luxury goods are prepared for girls who love vanity but have no money in their pockets.

Why is it said to be a girl? Because in the luxury store where Wang Manni works, luxury goods for men are often unsaleable, while luxury goods for women are always in short supply, especially clothes and bags, which cost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. , there are many people buying it.

Of course, it is women who buy luxury goods, but most of the people who pay with credit cards are men.

Closer to home, Wang Manni sat on the sofa on the balcony and chatted with her mother on WeChat. Her mother introduced her to a blind date who worked in an investment bank and bought two houses in Shanghai called Song Donghu.

Seeing Song Donghu's photo, Wang Manni smiled and said:

"Mom, why does this person look so like a real estate salesperson?"

Mother Wang said in WeChat voice:
"Don't talk nonsense. I am engaged in securities investment. I am educated and capable. You will definitely be satisfied."

"Okay, okay, then I'll contact him first and meet him tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay, believe me, mom, this time it will be reliable."

……

(End of this chapter)