Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 485 "Time and Space Easter Egg"

"Cherry, did you hear any noise just now?"

After entering the elevator, Zhou Wang, who was temporarily free from Xia Xiwei's entanglement and the resentful eyes of Miss Yang and Miss Gu, breathed a sigh of relief and asked Miao Ying who was standing beside him.

"what?"

Miao Ying had a confused expression.

"Maybe I heard it wrong... It's okay."

Seeing Miao Ying didn't understand, Zhou Wang could only interpret what he just heard as hallucination. Although the voice did sound like his mother, how could the old couple appear here? If they really wanted to come to the Magic City, they should have told him...

So Zhou Wang quickly stopped worrying about it and started dealing with the complicated messages on his mobile phone.

The network of contacts Zhou Wang has made today is far more than what he had in Ming City in the past. In addition to those "friends" to whom he has specially sent invitations, there are many people who have learned about tonight's dinner through various channels. Among these people Zhou Wang is not familiar with, there are some who he can make friends with or cannot offend, and they all need him to handle with caution.

This is something that his assistants Xu Wenxi and Lin Ran cannot help him with, and he has to judge for himself.

Ding!
Soon, the elevator arrived at the 56th floor. As the elevator door opened, Jiang Qingkui and Lin Ran, who had changed their clothes, were already waiting there.

As soon as Zhou Wang saw Jiang Qingkui, his eyes lit up and he felt amazed.

In fact, objectively speaking, if we only talk about the refinement of facial features, although Jiang Qingkui is also top-notch, she is still a little bit behind Jiang Mo and Ding Yi.

All along, what attracted Zhou Wang the most was her unique temperament.

Intellectual, cold, arrogant, confident... when all these qualities are mixed together, they become the most beautiful rose in the world, making Jiang Qingkui exude an obscure but strong fatal attraction from the inside out.

Because of this attraction, even though Jiang Qingkui usually doesn't dress fancy and is even very casual most of the time, her "sexiest" outfit is pantyhose + professional suit, which is enough to make Zhou Wang feel pleasing to the eye.

But today, Jiang Qingkui had obviously done some homework and dressed himself up carefully.

She stood right at the junction of dim light and lamplight, wearing a midnight-black dress that wrapped around her S-shaped body. The shallow V-neckline was surprisingly high, and the wide open back and high-slit skirt revealed large areas of cold white...

This was the first time Zhou Wang saw her showing off her perfect figure so "unscrupulously". She was like a queen in the dark night. Lin Ran, who was standing next to her, unconsciously took a few steps away, as if he was afraid of being outshined by her.

Jiang Qingkui's expression didn't seem unusual. As soon as she saw Zhou Wang, she stepped forward in her high heels to report:
"Mr. Zhou, the banquet has been almost set up, and the guest nameplates have been placed according to your requirements. Would you like to check to see if there is anything missing?"

She had a faint smile on her face, and looked no different from before, but the sensitive Zhou Wang still noticed her businesslike tone.

"No need, I trust you to do the job."

Zhou Wang coughed lightly and praised her at the same time.

However, Jiang Qingkui obviously didn't buy it. She said with a half-smile, "Yeah, Mr. Zhou, why should you worry? I'm an adult now. I won't get lost even if I take a bus back by myself, right?"

Lin Ran, who was standing by, was confused as he listened. He really had no idea what Jiang Qingkui was talking about, but he seemed to have sensed the eerie atmosphere and unconsciously took a few steps away.

Zhou Wang, who had already received Xu Lingyue's intelligence in advance, naturally knew the real reason why Jiang Qingkui seemed to have taken action. Hearing her sarcastic tone, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his balls.

But at this moment, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhou Wang couldn't argue with her. The key point was that this matter was not easy to explain. After all, from Jiang Qingkui's perspective, she was the one who had the most reason to be angry.

... Zhou Wang didn't even know that she was also on today's flight. With Jiang Qingkui's intelligence, she would definitely realize that the bouquet of flowers was not actually prepared for her.

"Dog brother!"

"uncle!"

Just when the atmosphere was subtly awkward, with the sound of shouting, a large group of young people including Qiu Zeyu, Zhang Zhiyuan, Tang Yiming, Shao Xiaoqi, Guo Bing, etc., rushed out from the hallway.

When Zhou Wang saw this group of people appear, his brows immediately relaxed, and he thought to himself that they were worthy of being his "good nephews" who knew when to come to the rescue.

"Fuck, you guys are here pretty early!"

Zhou Wang laughed loudly and walked forward to hug Young Master Zhang and the others one by one.

Zhang Zhiyuan and others were also quite happy to see Zhou Wang. Their faces were flushed with joy and there was a sense of closeness that they had never felt before.

The world is bustling with people, all seeking profit.

Friends who can only provide emotional value can last long, but are destined to be dull. However, through the Wangyuan Chamber of Commerce, everyone present at this moment has been firmly bound to Zhou Wang through the chain of interests.

Not only that, thanks to Zhou Wang, their status in the family has now been improved to varying degrees.

Especially people like Guo Bing and Cheng Qing, who were pure "dandies" in the past. A month or so ago, they dared not even breathe when they saw their old man. Now they stand up straight and speak louder at home, and the old man occasionally takes them with him when he goes out for social events.

Whenever they talk to them, they will inevitably mention Zhou Wang. As long as they hear that they have always kept in touch with Zhou Wang, they will look very pleased.

After subtle influence, everyone naturally felt grateful to Zhou Wang. It was a complex emotion that went beyond ordinary friendship. The most obvious example was Young Master Zhang. When he used to have meals with his second uncle, he would often feel depressed because his second uncle treated Zhou Wang as an equal in his words.

But now, unknowingly, Young Master Zhang is no longer so resistant to the fact that he has automatically been demoted to a lower generation in front of his parents and second uncle.

Once, Young Master Zhang and Shao Xiaoqi were drinking together. When he was drunk, he even called Zhou Wang "Uncle". Although Zhou Wang was not present at the time, the damn Shao Xiaoqi cunningly recorded a video. In the end, Young Master Zhang had to spend a "large amount of money" to prevent the video from being circulated to Zhou Wang.

Otherwise, Young Master Zhang couldn't imagine what he would be like after being teased by the already mean Zhou Wang.

"Brother Gou, my parents and my second uncle have already arrived at the parking lot..."

"My dad was stuck in traffic, but he'll be there soon."

"My mom is already sitting inside. Hey, Gou Ge, don't worry. My mom told me to just do my thing first and she can do whatever she wants."

Everyone spoke up and reported the whereabouts of their elders.

At an occasion like today, naturally, the youngsters would not be the only ones present. Whether it was Young Master Zhang's parents, his second uncle, or the parents of others, after receiving the invitation, they basically all rushed to the Magic City to support Zhou Wang.

When Zhou Wang heard that Shao Xiaoqi's mother Luo Meiling was already sitting inside, he immediately wanted to go over to greet her, but was stopped by Shao Xiaoqi.

After hearing what Shao Xiaoqi said, and considering that it was almost seven o'clock and a large number of guests would arrive soon, Zhou Wang no longer insisted. As the host, he needed to wait here to welcome the guests.

"Thank you for helping me work at the door." Zhou Wang smiled at everyone.

In fact, things like welcoming and ushering in guests can be helped by all the professional etiquette ladies present today, but in terms of etiquette, it is obviously not as considerate as the help from Qiu Zeyu and others. After all, Mr. Qiu and Mr. Zhang are both scion of famous aristocratic families, and many people know them.

"Oh, Brother Gou, it's too polite to say that. Why do you think we came here so early?"

"That's right, leave it to us!"

Everyone spoke up and began to work together according to the previous discussion. Young Master Qiu, Young Master Zhang and Zhou Wang greeted the guests at the door, while the others lined up inside and were responsible for ushering in the guests.

"Qingkui, I'll take elevators one and two. Elevators three, four, and five will be left to you and Sister Ran. Call me anytime if you have any questions."

At this time, Zhou Wang greeted Jiang Qingkui again.

For today's dinner, in addition to a dedicated elevator for the top floor, four passenger elevators that go directly to higher floors were temporarily set up for special use, so Zhou Wang made such arrangements.

But when he turned his eyes, Zhou Wang suddenly found that not far behind Jiang Qingkui, there were a few people smiling awkwardly at him. They were dressed fashionably and did not look like on-site staff. Zhou Wang could not help but wonder:
"Qingkui, these people are..."

Hearing Zhou Wang's question, Jiang Qingkui, who had just fallen into a certain emotion, remembered something. She pointed at Du Mengqi and others who had not left and said with a little embarrassment:
"I forgot to tell you, Mr. Zhou... These are my former college classmates and some of her friends. I met them by chance when I first came here. They followed me on a tour and now want to stay..."

"Oh, they are your classmates. They are guests. Of course, no problem. I can ask someone to arrange some seats for them..."

"No, Mr. Zhou, you misunderstood."

Jiang Qingkui took a breath, and the embarrassment in his eyes became stronger. "What they mean is... they want to stay and help."

"help?"

Zhou Wang was stunned for a moment.

"Well, it's a role similar to that of a volunteer..."

Jiang Qingkui really didn't know how to explain it, so he could only speak up.

...She actually didn't quite understand what Du Mengqi, Qian Zihao and others were thinking. Jiang Qingkui originally didn't want to agree, but Du Mengqi and others were even a little shameless, and Jiang Qingkui really didn't know how to refuse.

Zhou Wang, who had no idea of ​​the whole thing, was still confused. He glanced at Du Mengqi and the others, whose smiles were full of flattery. Before he could say anything, an elevator arrived at the top floor with a "ding dong" sound. Zhou Wang was too lazy to care about such a trivial matter and waved his hand.

"You decide for yourself. Just don't make any mistakes."

After Zhou Wang finished speaking, he walked towards the elevator.

The first group of guests to arrive at this time were the celebrities that Zhou Wang had just met. Because there would be an "autograph" and "media photo" session upon entry, it was not suitable for a large group of people to rush up together, so they waited downstairs for a while, and then arrived in batches by elevator.

The first to enter were Miss Yang and Miss Gu. The two generations of actresses standing together were quite pleasing to the eye. However, when Zhou Wang saw them, he walked away from them without leaving a trace and asked Lin Ran to go forward to receive them.

After what Xia Xiwei had done downstairs just now, the two women probably had a lot of questions in their hearts, especially Miss Yang, with whom they had become much closer when they went to Europe. The look in her eyes was so complicated that Zhou Wang felt sweaty.

How could he dare to give the other party a chance to talk to him at this time?

In fact, Miss Yang was fine. He was just afraid that Miss Gu, who was "love-brained", would do something inappropriate, and then Zhou Wang would be embarrassed.

As the stars entered one by one, Zhou Wang was surprised that he did not see Xia Xiwei who was supposed to appear first. When Shen Teng, who was the last one to come out of the elevator, the puzzled Zhou Wang went up to ask.

"Oh, Miss Xia said that her elders are coming too, so she will go to the parking lot and wait, and then come up with her elders..."

Zhou Wang was stunned for a moment after listening to Shen Teng's explanation.

Is someone coming to Xia Xiwei's house?

First of all, we rule out Wang Shang who is in Shanghai, because if it was Wang Shang, there would be no need for Xia Xiwei to run to the parking lot to wait. Who could it be? Her aunt or cousin? It couldn't be her father, Minister Xia, who came in person, right?
Zhou Wang couldn't figure it out for a moment and was thinking about whether he should make a phone call to ask. At this moment, accompanied by a "ding dong" sound, a guest arrived at Elevator No. 1.

Zhou Wang could only put the matter aside for the time being and walked towards the elevator door… Xu Wenxi was in charge of directing the way to the parking lot. The person who could arrive via Elevator No. 1 must be an extremely important person, so Zhou Wang naturally could not neglect him.

Qiu Zeyu and Zhang Dashao also came over and stood behind Zhou Wang. As the elevator door slowly opened, the first thing that caught the eyes of the three was a pair of light blue eyes as quiet and clear as lake water.

As the gap in the elevator door continued to expand, the face of the beautiful woman with exotic eyes was completely revealed.

Her deep and three-dimensional facial features, her skin so white that it seemed to be glowing, and the mature charm that only young women have, made both Mr. Qiu and Mr. Zhang look amazed.

They were wondering about the identity of this beautiful young woman, but they didn't notice that Zhou Wang, who was standing in front of them, had fallen into a trance.

Flames, tall buildings, ruins...

The scene that he had experienced in the "draft round" once again jumped into Zhou Wang's mind.

While Zhou Wang was stunned, Ding Yi, who was standing behind his mother, had already walked out with Nie Xiaoyun, smiling brightly. He waved his hand in front of the others and said playfully:

"Hey, you three should come back to your senses. It's very rude to stare at my mother like that..."

Young Master Qiu and Young Master Zhang woke up as if from a dream. After seeing Ding Yi, they realized the identity of the elegant woman in front of them. They quickly avoided her gaze and bowed very formally, saying:

"Hello, Mr. Nie!"

Nie Xiaoyun smiled and nodded at them, then her eyes fell on Zhou Wang, who was still unresponsive in the front, and a hint of complexity flashed across her eyes.

"Zhou Wang, long time no see!"

"Aunt Nie..."

Zhou Wang came back to his senses and did not expect that Ding Yi's mother Nie Xiaoyun would suddenly appear here. He was about to say hello, but was stunned again.

The reason was that a "colorful question mark" suddenly floated above Nie Xiaoyun's head.

Ding!
[It is detected that the target person has a triggerable "Time and Space Easter Egg". Due to the blessing of "Myth Chessboard - Time and Space Magic Book", it has been marked for the host]

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(End of this chapter)