Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 489 Triangle
Jiang Qingkui seems very busy, but only she knows that she is using this method to hide her inner anxiety.

Once she stopped, her eyes would uncontrollably drift towards Ding Yi or Xia Xiwei.

She never thought that she would lose to any woman in appearance, but she had to admit that Ding Yi and Xia Xiwei did put pressure on her.

Jiang Mo is also very beautiful, but perhaps because she has been with Zhou Wang for a long time, or perhaps because her personality is not that aggressive, subconsciously, Jiang Qingkui never has any hostility towards Jiang Mo. Even in occasional contact, Jiang Qingkui will deliberately avoid Jiang Mo.

But Ding Yi and Xia Xiwei are completely different.

Jiang Qingkui was also confused until 5 minutes ago, when she was looking around to confirm whether there were any mistakes in the seating arrangement of the guests, Ding Yi, who was sitting at the first table on the east side, suddenly smiled and waved at her.

"Sister Qingkui, could you please come over here for a moment?"

"What can I do for you?"

In addition to Ding Yi and her mother Nie Xiaoyun, there were some important guests from Beidu at this table, so Jiang Qingkui did not neglect them. After adjusting his expression, he walked over quickly... Although there was obviously a hostess standing next to this table.

"It's like this, could you please send this to Zhou Wang?"

Ding Yi took out a gift box from under his feet and handed it to Jiang Qingkui.

Jiang Qingkui glanced at the inconspicuous "Charvet" logo on the bag and asked in confusion: "What is this..."

"A handmade tie... Zhou Wang took a photo of this suit and showed it to me on WeChat. I think it's good in every way except the tie, which lacks a sense of layering in color. So I customized this tie for him in advance, but I forgot to give it to him just now."

Ding Yi smiled and said, "So please give this to him. He will change it. I told him before~"

This seemed to be a very ordinary conversation, but the information revealed in Dante's words inevitably made Jiang Qingkui have some wild thoughts.

It turns out that Zhou Wang would share so many things with Ding Yi, including his daily outfits, and even listen to her opinions...

And what about yourself?

It seemed that most of the time when she and Zhou Wang chatted about work. In the past, she would tease Zhou Wang subtly, and their text chats were much bolder than when they met. But she didn't know when it started, as both of them became busier, this "little interest" gradually disappeared.

Jiang Qingkui, who felt inexplicably sad, had not yet recovered from his shock when he heard Ding Yi introducing another woman next to Nie Xiaoyun.

"Aunt Lin, this is Jiang Qingkui, Zhou Wang's secretary. I wonder if you have met him..."

Jiang Qingkui had actually met this woman with an excellent temperament, Lin, once when she was in Beidu. She was Qiu Zeyu's mother, Mrs. Lin. Ding Yi's introduction seemed to be fine, but the identity of "Zhou Wang's secretary" that he deliberately emphasized seemed to reveal the difference invisibly.

She is just a subordinate of Zhou Wang, and Ding Yi seems to be Zhou Wang's real close friend, and they are equal in emotional status.

But Jiang Qingkui had no way to get angry, because what Ding Yi described seemed to be just a fact, so Jiang Qingkui could only force a polite smile, and after agreeing, he turned around and left in a hurry.

This was not the only thing that made Jiang Qingkui feel worse.

When she wanted to look for Zhou Wang, she was stopped by Lin Ran on the way.

"Sister Qingkui, I think you need to take a look at this..."

Lin Ran looked a little strange. She quietly pulled Jiang Qingkui to an empty corner and handed her her cell phone.

"what?"

Jiang Qingkui was confused at first, until he looked down at the content on his phone, his expression turned ugly.

What Lin Ran showed her was a short real-time hot search list on Weibo. Among the hot topics that were rising in real time, there were several very conspicuous "subheadings" -

"Xia Xiwei's Romance"

“IFC Charity Dinner”

"Xia Xiwei herself responded"

"Wuyou Media Weekly Outlook"

……

Jiang Qingkui subconsciously clicked on the topic of "Xia Xiwei's personal response" and found that the most popular one was a media article released by a famous paparazzi, which carefully analyzed the relationship between Xia Xiwei and the man named Zhou Wang. It was definitely not as simple as "just friends" as some fanatical fans imagined.

He first found the Weibo post that Xia Xiwei had posted when she first met Zhou Wang. The sentence "It seems that from this day on, my life has had an accurate scale" was highlighted in red.

Not only that, this powerful paparazzi also found some screenshots of Xia Xiwei's Moments from somewhere. Although they were all deleted posts, the ambiguous words in them made people think a lot.

In addition, the paparazzi also specifically analyzed Xia Xiwei's changes in recent months, including changes in clothing, increasingly conservative filming standards, etc.

There is a lot of other evidence.

For example, on the not-so-active Xiaohongshu platform, the only male on Xia Xiwei's follow list was Zhou Wang. Also, the avatar she changed to a blooming jacaranda tree at some point pointed to Mingcheng, where Zhou Wang lived...

In addition to these, there is also the ultimate evidence that can be said to be the final word, which is a response from Xia Xiwei herself a few minutes ago.

It was not an official response, but after Xia Xiwei intimately clung to Zhou Wang and appeared downstairs of the IFC, which triggered a hot search today, under a hot comment, a netizen who claimed to be a ten-year old fan of Xia Xiwei kept posting questions with tearful expressions:
"Really? Really? I don't believe Xiwei is really in love. Then my only spiritual support will collapse. I feel like my depression will never get better..."

Below, Xia Xiwei commented: "There will always be someone like this in your life. Love yourself first, then others will love you."

Although this comment was deleted by Xia Xiwei just one minute later because she "may have noticed something wrong", many sharp-eyed netizens still saw it and took screenshots.

If those photos and dynamics were just speculation, then Xia Xiwei's response was undoubtedly equivalent to acquiescence. That is why the fans were so excited that they pushed the related topics to the top of the trending searches so quickly...

There was a lot more to say in the article, but Jiang Qingkui couldn't read it anymore.

Her knuckles were pale as she clenched the phone in her hand. Lin Ran might have sensed something, so he asked cautiously, "Um, Sister Qingkui, do you want to talk to the boss? I see the trend of fermentation online, it will be very troublesome if it is not handled properly, and the boss may not know about it yet..."

Jiang Qingkui opened his mouth, but finally nodded, "Go ahead and tell him... By the way, bring this to him and tell him that Ding Yi gave it to him."

Lin Ran took the gift bag from Jiang Qingkui's hand, glanced at Jiang Qingkui's expressionless face, and quickly turned away.

After Lin Ran left, Jiang Qingkui seemed to have all his strength drained away, and slid down with his back against the wall.

She squatted in silence for a while, and no one knew what she was thinking in this short minute. But after a moment, Jiang Qingkui finally took a deep breath, stood up again, put that cold smile on her face, and returned to the banquet.

…“Trending search?”

Zhou Wang, who was tidying up his clothes backstage and preparing to speak, couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard Lin Ran's report.

Xia Xiwei, this scheming little girl, is doing this again?
One after another, even if Zhou Wang was a pig, he would have reacted. The previous one was probably done on purpose by Xia Xiwei.

He suddenly remembered that this was how Xia Xiwei talked to him yesterday.

"Hey, Zhou Wang, you said that if we in the entertainment industry come to the dinner, we are obliged to help promote your charity fund for free, right?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Nothing, I suppose you don't mind if I add a little heat to your dinner in my own way?"

What could Zhou Wang say? After all, Xia Xiwei was helping out out of friendship, and she was the one who helped contact many of the first-line celebrities present. For the sake of the future healthy development of the "Wang Fund", Zhou Wang naturally agreed.

And I have to say that celebrities who can rank among the top must be more experienced than me in how to create topics.

... Zhou Wang only realized now that Xia Xiwei had been setting the trap at that time.

If Zhou Wang questioned her at this time, she would probably answer Zhou Wang like this: "I clearly told you in advance that the so-called romance is just a gimmick. Look, isn't the dinner already getting hot?"

Zhou Wang could imagine her with her hands behind her back, chest puffed out, and her big eyes blinking innocently.

"Let's put it aside for now and wait until the dinner is over."

Everything was going on tonight, and Zhou Wang, who was having a headache, could only wave his hand and put the matter aside.

As for the tie that Ding Yi sent, since it was mentioned in the previous WeChat chat, Zhou Wang still changed into this handmade silk tie that she personally participated in designing and customizing.

"Boss, it's already eight o'clock. If you are ready, you can go on stage and give the opening speech. In addition, there is an opening dance segment, and you need to dance the first dance. Just do it as you rehearsed with me before..."

At this time, Xu Wenxi, who was a little out of breath, ran over to remind him.

"understood."

After hearing this, Zhou Wang started to have a headache again.

Originally, he had expected that he would just invite Jiang Qingkui to dance this dance. After all, it was just the simplest ballroom dance, and Jiang Qingkui, who had studied abroad in the United States, would definitely be able to do it. It would just be a formality and be done with.

But at this moment, with Nie Xiaoyun, Yan Baiqiu and others present, it seemed not so appropriate.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, the choice of this dance partner seemed to be given some unique meaning... The factors that Zhou Wang needed to consider became endless.

In Nie Xiaoyun's eyes, he was Ding Yi's childhood sweetheart whom he wanted to entrust his life to. In Yan Baiqiu's eyes, he was Xia Xiwei's boyfriend. The point was that Jiang Jiaxing and his wife had also arrived. When he greeted them just now, Zhou Wang felt that the old couple looked at him with a strange look. It was obvious that Li Xiaolei wanted to say something to him...

Who the hell said that triangles are stable?
Zhou Wang felt that this was a vortex and it would be inappropriate to move in any direction.

As the time had already come, Zhou Wang had no time to think about it and could only walk onto the stage as the music changed.

As the lights came on, all the guests noticed Zhou Wang walking onto the stage. The conversations gradually died down, replaced by warm applause from the guests below the stage.

"Brother Gou, so handsome!"

Young Master Zhang and others took the opportunity to stir up trouble.

Considering that there were many big shots smiling and applauding at him in the audience, Zhou Wang didn't want to laugh with them. He could only glare at this group of good nephews imperceptibly, and then walked to the podium while applauding in response.

"Good evening, leaders, elders, relatives and friends. I am Zhou Wang!"

Warm applause rang out again after Zhou Wang finished speaking. This time, even elders like Guo Wangshan shouted "good", which made Zhou Wang laugh and cry. It also made the atmosphere of the party, which should have been serious, become inexplicably lively.

Click!Click!
Flashes of light kept going off, and Zhou Wang was actually feeling quite emotional.

This is not the first time he has made a speech in the public eye, but the significance of this time seems particularly special.

This is Shanghai's IFC, the pinnacle of capital in a sense. Look at who is sitting in the audience...

Among the seats in the first two rows, even the CEOs like Liao Jianli at the back are worth hundreds of millions. As for the front row, it can be called the "10 billion club".

Guo Wangshan, Mrs. Lin, He Jinglun, Zhou Tao, Zhang Shihao...

Which of these people is not a big shot in their respective fields?

The once mediocre boy had unknowingly reached such a situation, which inevitably made Zhou Wang dazed for a moment.

Soon, Zhou Wang calmed down and began to read his speech while holding the microphone.

"Dear guests, today is November 2024, 11. I would like to ask everyone to remember this day, because today, I would like to ask everyone to raise a beam of light with me..."

The speech was written by Xu Wenxi. It mainly expressed the original intention of establishing the "Wang Foundation". There was nothing special about it, and Zhou Wang would not insist on being unique on these issues. After all, some of the content needed to be reprinted by official media. If it was too fancy, it would not be in line with the style that a charity foundation should have.

After the brief and insightful opening speech, Zhou Wang on the stage said as the enthusiastic applause died down:

"In order to respect the tradition of major banquets in the Magic City, we have an opening dance. Next, I, the host, will perform an example. However, I would like to state in advance that I don't usually dance, so please tolerate any poor dancing..."

Amidst a burst of good-natured laughter, Young Master Zhang and the others looked at each other and laughed "hehe" with evil humor. They wanted to see how Zhou Wang would solve this difficult problem.

...The main reason is that it is rare to see Zhou Wang suffer a setback, and they are really looking forward to it.

As Zhou Wang finished speaking, Ding Yi and Xia Xiwei, who were standing on the west and east sides of the banquet hall, unconsciously cast their eyes on Zhou Wang on the stage, with expectation in their eyes.

Zhou Wang also saw Jiang Qingkui standing alone in the corner with his arms folded, watching all this. His slightly lonely shadow under the light made people feel a little distressed.

Zhou Wang then retracted his gaze, held the microphone and said with a smile: "Today, there is actually a special guest. She has traveled thousands of miles from Yunnan Province to see me. She is also the closest person to me in the world, so for this opening dance, I plan to invite her to be my dance partner... Mom, can you please come up to the stage?"

mom?
Zhang Dashao and the others all had their brains shut down, revealing expressions of disbelief. Damn... can this be played?!

(End of this chapter)