Chapter 82 Zhou Guocheng's Invitation
At 7:30 pm, Wu Tianlin and Wang Yuxuan, who was disguised, came to the place Zhou Guocheng had made an appointment with him. It was located at the intersection of Nanjing East Road. This is the earliest existing hotel in Shanghai. The South Building was built in 1906. It was called Huizhong Hotel at that time. It was a balanced apartment building imitated in the Renaissance period. Its appearance is symmetrical and solemn. The biggest feature of the building is that the facade is colorful red bricks for waistlines and white wall bricks for veneers. From a distance, it looks solemn and elegant, and unique, and is a rare building.
The masterpiece, North Building, was built in 1929. It was originally named Huamao Hotel. It is a Chicago School Gothic building with a building of 77 meters high and a total of twelve floors. Huamao Hotel was built by the rich British Jews at that time, Elis Victor Sassoon, so it is also called the "Sassoon Building". The exterior wall is made of granite stones and entered by the revolving hall door. The lobby floor is paved with milky Italian marble. The bronze carved chandeliers at the top are luxurious and elegant, and it is known as the "first floor of the Far East".
The taxi stopped at the entrance of the hotel. When Wu Tianlin paid the fare and walked out with Wang Yuxuan, he looked at the Peace Hotel, which is known as the first floor of the Far East, and said to Wang Yuxuan with a smile: "I, Zhang Da, have never been late, but today, because of the transportation in Shanghai, I was late for the first time. The transportation in Shanghai is really not satisfactory. It took me more than half an hour to get here from Jiangbin Road. From now on, it seems that I have to mention it wherever I go. I must not count the time so on. Now I guess Zhou Guocheng should be anxious now. Let's go in quickly."
When Wang Yuxuan heard Wu Tianlin's words, he replied with a giggle: "This time is the peak period for getting off work, and this is the case in no matter which city." After that, she held Wu Tianlin's arm softly, leaned against Wu Tianlin's tall body like a bird leaning on others, and followed Wu Tianlin into the lobby through the revolving hall door.
Wu Tianlin and Wang Yuxuan walked on the milky white marble floor together and walked into the hotel lobby. They immediately saw Zhou Guocheng who had been waiting there. They smiled and greeted Zhou Guocheng, shook hands with Zhou Guocheng, and apologized with a smile: "Mr. Zhou! I'm very sorry! Because the traffic jam on the way here came late, it was really too unwilling to go after you waited for so long."
Since Zhou Guocheng made some inferences about Wu Tianlin's identity, he attached great importance to Wu Tianlin, so he rushed to the Heping Hotel at around 6 o'clock in the evening and arranged some related matters for the evening banquet. Then he went to the hotel lobby to wait for Wu Tianlin. Although Zhou Guocheng was an impatient person, he still waited for more than an hour in the lobby of the Heping Hotel without any complaints. Now when he saw Wu Tianlin and Wang Yuxuan walking into the hotel lobby together, he hurried forward happily, held Wu Tianlin's hand enthusiastically, and replied excitedly: "Mr. Wu! Look at what you said, this traffic jam is a major feature of our Shanghai. When you are used to living in Shanghai, you will get used to it. Please come in!"
Zhou Guocheng's female secretary and driver were very clear about Zhou Guocheng's personality of being above Tian and lacking patience. However, Zhou Guocheng's actions today surprised them. After Zhou Guocheng went to the Peace Hotel, they had personally arranged the dinner party, and even waited in the hotel lobby for more than an hour without saying a word. This unprecedented thing made the female secretary and driver very curious about who his boss was going to invite tonight. However, when they saw that the guests Zhou Guocheng invited were actually a young man and a woman, almost all of them showed incredible expressions on their faces. It was not until Zhou Guocheng personally led the two young men and women into the elevator that the two reacted from the incredible scene in front of them and began to guess the identity of the young man in front of them.
Zhou Guocheng invited Wu Tianlin and Wang Yuxuan to walk into the private room together, and then apologized to Wang Yuxuan beside Wu Tianlin and said: "Miss Wang Yuxuan! Hello! Just now, because there were people coming and going in the hotel lobby, I didn't dare to say hello to you in order not to cause unnecessary trouble for Mr. Wu and you. It really made Mr. Zhou feel very honored to accept my invitation tonight."
Although Wang Yuxuan has been developing in Peking, it is not the first time she has dealt with Zhou Guocheng, so she has some understanding of Zhou Guocheng. She knows that the reason why Zhou Guocheng gave up his identity and talked to him like this was entirely because of Wu Tianlin's face. However, her current identity is Wu Tianlin's girlfriend, so she did not need to lower her identity as before. Instead, she smiled and said gracefully to Zhou Guocheng and said, "Mr. Zhou! Hello! Look at what you said, your actions are entirely for me and Tianlin. I thank you for not having time. How could you think you are rude?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Guocheng laughed loudly, but quickly stabilized his emotions and greeted Wu Tianlin and Wang Yuxuan respectfully: "Mr. Wu! Miss Wang Yuxuan! Take your seat, please!"
The three of them took their seats one by one. Zhou Guocheng immediately ordered the waiter who was responsible for serving the food immediately, and then said to Wu Tianlin and Wang Yuxuan with a smile: "Mr. Wu! Miss Wang Yuxuan! Welcome the two to Shanghai, especially Mr. Wu! Being able to know you really makes Zhou feel lucky in his life, so tonight Zhou specially prepared a little wine to show the friendship of the landlords!"
I don’t know how many such scenes Wu Tianlin experienced when he was in Sweden, and those who invited him randomly found that one was hundreds of times more prominent than Zhou Guocheng, so he was naturally at ease when dealing with Zhou Guocheng. He replied modestly: “Mr. Zhou! You are so polite. You have done me a lot of favor with the house. Now, it is said that Yuxuan and I should have invited you. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhou rushed first. I felt embarrassed to think of this.”
Zhou Guocheng certainly understood that Wu Tianlin was just a polite word, but his purpose was mainly to be able to get along with Wu Tianlin. It would be best to let Wu Tianlin treat him as a trustworthy friend. So he climbed up with Wu Tianlin's words and replied with a smile: "Mr. Wu! Look at what you said, it is appropriate for friends to help you. Besides, I just sold you the house that I had not sold. If I really want to say Xie, then I want to thank you, Mr. Wu! Do you know that from the first time I saw you, I felt that I had a special relationship with you. I wanted to make friends with you from the bottom of my heart. So if you recognize me, Zhou is a friend, we should not be so polite. Keep talking about the three words "Xie and Sorry", which makes everyone feel a lot more apart. Are you saying what I said right?"
After hearing Zhou Guocheng's words, Wu Tianlin couldn't help but admire Zhou Guocheng's communication methods in his heart. A few simple words made them lose the kind of relationship he had just met, making the atmosphere more obvious and relaxed. Before Wu Tianlin came, he heard Wang Yuxuan introduce Zhou Guocheng. Although he didn't know what Zhou Guocheng wanted to know him so hard, in the end he blamed all this on Liu Yunlong, who led him to know Zhou Guocheng.
Chapter completed!