Chapter 84 English Banquet
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When Long Chongjiu and Yu Qiaqing walked into the restaurant, everyone who was invited today was already here.
They were divided into two tables, one Yang and one Hua, Lu Liankui, Miao Yixiang, Gu Zhuxuan and his wife, Chen Jingwu and Xie Hongzhuang, Luo Bingzhang, and Yun Qingya. The other table was Mrs. Sanger, Mrs. Demi, Miss Phine, Fei Xindun and his wife, Edward and his wife, Barrett and his wife, Colonel Yao Zengmo, Colonel Crim and others.
Yu Qiaqing and the Ministry of Works are very familiar with people. He naturally sat at this table, and Long Chongjiu had to accompany him.
Everyone knows that Long Chongjiu and Mrs. Sanger are jointly operating this club, and no one knows who owns the exact shares.
"Inspector General Long, congratulations to your Excellency, the English General Assembly for adding glory to our concession." Fei Xindun spoke first.
Long Chongjiu smiled and said, "Where is, Mr. Dong, I am very happy to be able to come with the director."
Edward, Barrett and Yao Zengmo also congratulated each other, and then said hello to Yu Qiaqing before they sat down.
After Long Chongjiu asked everyone to sit in, he moved to another table and shook hands with Chen Jingwu, Luo Bingzhang, Gu Zhuxuan and others and said a few polite words.
"Brother Chen, Brother Luo, and Brother Lu, we are all very familiar with each other. If Brother Gu is here today, my face is bright."
"Fengqin, please invite me, can I not come? I have to come to fulfill this scene even if the knife fell from the sky." Gu Zhuxuan said with a loud smile.
Long Chongjiu picked up the wine glass on the table and said, "A few brothers and sisters-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, I will respect you first."
After drinking a cup, he said again: "You eat and drink slowly first. I have to serve you there. They are all immediate bosses."
Of course everyone understood, and they raised their glasses and meant it to him. They didn’t dare to drink all the glass without Long Chongjiu’s massive amount.
"Qingya, please help me greet everyone." After saying that, Long Chongjiu bowed to everyone and stepped back. He deliberately did not look at Miao Yixiang beside Lu Liankui. This beauty also pretended to be nothing. When she thought of her and herself being lewd, her heart couldn't help but feel warm.
At the bar there, Susan and Lin Zhixiong, five brothers from the house arresting room were talking about something, but they were not in the seat.
Long Chongjiu walked over and whispered to Susan: "Susan, these are all good brothers in my house arrest. Please let the kitchen give them a small kitchen, eat and drink enough and have work to do at night. In the second half of the night, everyone arranged a golden retriever to hug them and go to sleep with her arms."
Susan's face was a little red, and she nodded slightly. Lin Zhixiong and others laughed embarrassedly. This ninth brother is really taking care of others.
Back at the banquet, Long Chongjiu took the wine bottle boldly and filled everyone's glasses.
"Everyone, today this is just a small scene. This company will be a joint venture between Mrs. Sanger and I just took over. All aspects are not comprehensive. We will open a grand opening in a month. I promise that whether it is food, drink, or fun, it will lead the new trend of the times."
"Partner, are you speaking for me? The leaders of the Industrial Department do not want you to become a profiteer."
Mrs. Sanger's words attracted everyone's laughter, which was actually reminding Long Chongjiu that it was extraordinary, and that there were directors of the Industrial Department.
Long Chongjiu thought to himself, is it necessary to be so serious with them? As long as the business is not missed and the public security in the concession is well done, they have interests, their private pockets are booming, they have fun and drink happily enough, so they don’t care what you are doing. If you don’t get into the business world, you will not be qualified to implement the next plan. Your goal is to be selected as the Director of the Ministry of Industry with Yu Qiaqing next year.
At that time, he was not a small inspector general in the central arresting house, and the police chief might also become the chief.
When the time is right, I have to go to Peking to communicate with the ministers of Britain and the United States. If you want to get a higher position in the concession, you have to go up the tier line. After all, they have the final say in the public concession in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is difficult for them to let a Chinese take a higher position in the concession.
If necessary, Demi had to go back to the UK and make the fictional character "John Jason" a legal British citizen or nobleman. It was possible to become the British Consul General in Shanghai at that time, it was up to Demi's charm.
In this chaotic era, charm and money are super weapons that are unfavorable, and attacking someone's selfish weaknesses is the most powerful.
Edward said at this time: "Mrs. Consular General is a rare talent. The central government has become very prosperous these days. The police officers have very high enthusiasm for work every day, and it is worth learning from them from all districts. If the benefits of this rectification are improved, we will fully implement it."
"Yes, Mr. Director is exactly what I want to say. The air in our public concession should be purified." Barrett said.
"Don't worry, our inspector general will not let us hope. He is young, energetic, courageous and wise. I believe that this rectification will soon allow our concession to see the benefits. If that's the case, I will propose that inspector general Long serve as the inspector general of the first district, which can effectively exert his ability. I believe everyone will not have any objections, right?" Fei Xindun said in fluent English.
Edward raised his glass first and said, "Dear gentlemen, ladies, I suggest that everyone respect Inspector Long and a glass."
Everyone followed, Long Chongjiu accepted it without hesitation, and said with a smile: "Mr. Dong, Mr. Director, I will not let you down. It won't take long for the atmosphere in the central jurisdiction to completely change. There will be no more thieves and hooligans on the street, I promise."
"For the assurance of Inspector Long, we have had this cup together. Mr. Yu recommended him to us, and I would like to you."
Yu Qiaqing raised her glass with a smile, and everyone on the table stood up, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.
Long Chongjiu had a drink, his expression remained unchanged. He went between two tables and banquets, chatting and laughing, and sometimes enjoying the coolness of the cow, which made everyone admire his social style and extraordinary drinking ability, and his funny and elegant conversation. How could he look like a hooligan?
When the banquet was nine o'clock, everyone was drinking red and hugging each other in groups of people and didn't know what they were talking about.
After Fei Xindun, who was chatting with Yu Qiaqing, called her wife, Long Chongjiu had the opportunity to say, "Duke Yu, you have almost drunk it. If you drink too much, you will be detrimental to your health. If you find a chance, you should go upstairs to play for a while or go back? You decide."
Yu Qiaqing understood what he meant and smiled and said, "I'm not going back today. Fengqin, please arrange it for me. I still have to explain to you about the Big New Stage. I really drank a lot today and felt a little dizzy."
Long Chongjiu nodded understandingly and shouted to Lin Zhixiong who had a small kitchen on the other side of the bar: "Zhixiong, come on."
Lin Zhixiong and Chen Mingyi hurried over, and Susan followed.
"Mr. Yu has drunk too much, please help him upstairs to have some tea and relieve the wine." Then he whispered to Susan before letting them go.
Long Chongjiu looked at the people present silently. There were not many people who should arrange them today, and those who brought their wives could not arrange them. Except for Colonel Krem and Luo Bingzhang, Lu Liankui was not ready to settle him at all. Who made Miaoyixiang there?
At this time, Sanger was implementing the plan and actually talked with Lu Liankui with relish. This old man and young man met a "foreign white girl".
When he just wanted to get up and go to another table, he didn't know that Fini, who had never looked for him, came here at this time.
"Long, I want to talk to you, do you have time?" This little woman had a bad face. Could it be that she knew something, right?
After looking at Demi who was chatting and laughing with Edward and his wife, Long Chongjiu said to Fini who was sitting in Yu Qiaqing's position just now: "Of course, Miss Fini, I'm just busy recently, you are more beautiful than the previous few days."
Phiney looked at him and whispered: "My mother is going to spend the night here tonight, right? She told me that she would never go back to the United States."
"I don't know, is she saying that?" Long Chongjiu felt a slight inappropriateness. This little woman was really suspicious.
"Okay, Long, you don't have to lie to me. I've guessed my mother's affairs. She has never been so enthusiastic about helping anyone, especially a man. I know my mother is very empty, but I don't want you to hurt her. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Finey, Long is your friend. Long will not hurt his friend, especially female friends, I promise."
Feni's expression was very calm, and she just smiled slightly and said, "Don't think I'm a little girl. I know everything. Although I like you very much, I don't want my lover to be a guy who thinks of other women in his heart. I'm very conflicted now."
"You are conflicted because you know the reality. These days, few men will stay by their wife's side every day. They will make a living and socializing outside. It is certain that they are playing around. It is difficult to pursue pure love. Many people are going to this end, divorce and break up with their lovers for the inability to obtain pure love, and then find a second one. Why do you want to do this? If you have the determination to pursue purity, don't find a second one. That will make purity unclean. I am a bad person, and I can't pursue purity, let alone give you purity. I can only go through it. After experiencing many things, you will experience it. There are many things that a person will encounter in his life in decades. Perfection is impossible. People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has phases and waxing, and seek peace of mind that is perfect."
Phiney bit her lip and stared at him with her blue eyes and said, "Long, I know you are such a person, but I still fall in love with you. I really don't know what to do. I love listening to you the most, watching you talk a lot, and letting everyone look at you. That feeling is so good. You are controlling their emotions and controlling the atmosphere of the scene. It seems that you are the only soul, and everything else is silent. Dragon, I don't know what to do. If this continues, I will go crazy. Why did I meet you, the devil?"
Long Chongjiu reached out to hold her hand under the table. The girl's love for herself seemed to be a kind of worship, and a pursuit of vanity. Perhaps the bones of the nobles were all filled with this vanity. They only had the surface scenery, no matter how messy it was inside.
Phiney also held his big hand tightly, from there she felt his power, which was a feeling of comfort in her whole body.
"Fine, I can't help you. You are the only one who can help you. Maybe you have to forget or ignore the existence of certain facts."
"I understand what you mean. Your honesty makes me even less likely to choose. Are you not afraid that I will tell my father about this?"
Long Chongjiu smiled bitterly. This beautiful girl, who was like a white swan, not only inherited the beauty of her mother, but also had wisdom.
Chapter completed!