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Chapter 440 0430 [A Group of Old High School Classmates]

At this time, what level of government support would be available for developing smartphones?

As long as you produce it, you can sell it directly. The government will not only not pursue unlicensed operations, but will also proactively contact you to reissue a license!

There's no stopping China Mobile and Nokia from trying to trip them up.

Before he knew it, it was National Day, and three wedding banquets awaited Chen Guiliang.

Li Yulin and his wife decided to get married in their hometown, so they definitely wouldn't be able to attend in person. Chen Guiliang gave them a large red envelope and even recorded a special video message of blessing.

As for Yang Shuo and Dong Qianqiu's wedding banquet, Chen Guiliang simply had them hold it at the same hotel.

Dong Qianqiu owns shares in Youke and also received additional stock options from Chen Guiliang for his successful management of Youpay.

This guy's rich now; he booked his wedding banquet at the China World Hotel. 10999 yuan per table!
Yang Shuo certainly didn't have that much money, so Chen Guiliang gave him a large red envelope containing 20 yuan. It was both a wedding blessing and a reward for someone close to him.

Yang Shuo took the money, added a little more of his own, and got married at the China World Hotel. But at 6999 yuan per table, it was much cheaper than Dong Qianqiu's wedding.

Yang Shuo's wife is from the outskirts of Beijing. There have been rumors for almost ten years that her hometown is going to be demolished, but it has not been demolished yet.

Hearing that his daughter and son-in-law were having a banquet at the China World Hotel, Yang Shuo's father-in-law was extremely proud. He wanted the whole town to know, so the number of guests he invited kept increasing, and the guest list made Yang Shuo's scalp tingle.

But he could only grit his teeth and persevere. If things got really bad, he would borrow money from Chen Guiliang. In any case, he had already sold his life to Chen Guiliang.

Whether it was Dong Qianqiu's or Yang Shuo's wedding, many guests arrived as early as mid-morning and watched the 60th anniversary military parade together at the hotel.

Chen Guiliang made a special trip to Yang Shuo's place to make him look better in front of his father-in-law.

"This is my girlfriend... my wife, Liu Ling. Liu Ling, this is President Chen, and this is his girlfriend, Ms. Bian..." Yang Shuo introduced.

Liu Ling quickly stepped forward to shake hands: "Hello, Mr. Chen, hello, Ms. Bian, thank you for your help, Mr. Chen!"

"Hello," Chen Guiliang and Bian Guanyue both greeted with a smile.

Liu Ling's appearance is average, but not ugly either, and she has a good figure. She graduated from junior college and works as a clerk in a private company, earning only 2200 yuan a month. The company doesn't even pay social security for its employees.

But she is, after all, a girl from the outskirts of Beijing, and her home could be demolished at any time.

Yang Shuo always felt he was out of his league. He joined the army right after graduating from junior high school and came from a small rural area. If he weren't working as Chen Guiliang's driver and bodyguard, he wouldn't have dared to pursue a girl like her.

Chen Guiliang asked, "Are your parents here too?"

Yang Shuo replied, "I came with my uncle and the others. My parents are chatting with our in-laws over there, while the other relatives are watching the parade at the hotel."

“Take me for a walk,” Chen Guiliang said.

"Brother, thanks a lot!" Yang Shuo hadn't called Chen Guiliang "brother" in a long time; for the past few years, he had been calling him "boss."

Why express gratitude in this way?
You can tell just by looking at Chen Guiliang's appearance.

"Xiao Yang's boss is here too?"

"Isn't that right?"

"It seems the boss values ​​him a lot. Liu Ling made the right choice marrying him this time."

"I heard this boss is worth billions!"

"Didn't you say one billion?"

"One billion is US dollars."

"What you're saying is all ancient history. He was worth a billion dollars several years ago. Now he probably has tens of billions! I heard he's going to make mobile phones too."

"How much does Xiao Yang earn in a month?"

"..."

The relatives and friends invited by Liu Ling started gossiping after Chen Guiliang appeared.

These people are mostly farmers from the outskirts of Beijing who no longer farm much and mainly earn their income by working in nearby factories. However, they mostly do manual labor, which doesn't pay much, but they are well-informed, have all sorts of fantasies about becoming rich, and are hoping their homes will be demolished and relocated soon.

In their eyes, Chen Guiliang was a big shot, a millionaire who could demolish their entire village with a single investment.

When Chen Guiliang walked over, Yang Shuo's father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law... all stood up immediately and shook hands with Chen Guiliang with a hint of flattery.

Yang Shuo's parents, on the other hand, felt incredibly proud. They had just been subtly looked down upon by their in-laws, but now they had immediately made up for it.

Yang Shuo's father boasted in his dialect-sounding Mandarin, "I watched Mr. Chen grow up. When he was little, he and some other kids would steal tangerines from my orchard. I caught them and gave them a good beating. After that, I even gave him a few tangerines..."

Yang Shuo was speechless and quickly interrupted, "Dad, why are you saying all this?"

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "Haha, I was naughty and mischievous when I was a child, and I caused a lot of trouble."

After exchanging a few casual words, Chen Guiliang took Bian Guanyue and left under an excuse to go upstairs to meet the parents of Dong Qianqiu and his wife.

……

Dragon City.

Around noon, at a restaurant.

Li Yulin and Wang Yu have finally ended their six-year-long relationship and are about to tie the knot in front of their family and friends.

Their jobs are decent; they're both white-collar workers, but they've only been out of school for a couple of years, so their salaries haven't increased much yet. One earns 2800 a month, and the other 2500.

Both of them are only children. Although their families are not wealthy, the four elderly people scraped together enough money to help them with the down payment and buy a two-bedroom apartment in the main urban area of ​​the mountain city.

In addition to relatives from both sides, many old classmates were also invited today.

Li Jun arrived.

This guy is still as annoying as ever. He got his job as a bank teller through family connections and often deliberately makes things difficult for customers. He dares to yell back at his boss when criticized, acting like he's just coasting along and doesn't want a promotion.

However, Li Jun, who used to only like playing basketball and not video games, is now a complete internet addict.

He goes home to play video games as soon as he gets off work, sometimes even until midnight, and he can fall asleep sitting at the counter the next day.

Li Jun gave all the money he earned from his job, the money he got from his parents, and even his living expenses when he was in junior college... to Chen Guiliang!

This guy only plays "Future Era" and looks down on other games.

"Let me tell you, even though I've spent a lot on games," Li Jun boasted to his old classmates at the wedding, "those game accounts of mine could be worth hundreds of thousands if I sold them all. I could make back the money I've invested in no time."

Qin Shanshan, a second-generation tobacco worker, just graduated this summer after repeating a year of high school and has returned to her hometown to work for the tobacco bureau.

Qin Shanshan laughed and said, "I heard you play 'Future Era'. It seems you've contributed quite a bit to President Chen's game."

Li Jun was surprisingly proud: "Of course, his game's success is inseparable from the support of my old classmate!"

A girl named Wei Xiaofeng went back to her hometown to take the civil service exam. She asked, "Didn't the class monitor and the academic representative come back today?"

Although Qin Shanshan was a year late because she repeated a year of high school, she was very well-informed: "Li Rui was selected as a civil servant last year, and he became an official. He will definitely become a leader in the future. Wu Meng is studying for a master's degree at Peking University. By the way, Bian Guanyue is also studying for a master's degree at Peking University."

"What about Zheng Feng?" Wei Xiaofeng asked. "I remember when he was in his senior year of high school, he was always pursuing Bian Guanyue and accompanied her to and from school every day."

Qin Shanshan said, "He got into CNPC; he passed the exam himself. He's very low-key now and hardly ever posts in the group chat."

There were fewer than 10 old classmates at this table. The original class had nearly 50 people; it's already quite good that one-fifth came back for the wedding banquet. "Hehehehe~~~~~~"

A series of loud, booming laughs followed as Guan Zhiqiang swaggered over and sat down.

Li Jun patted Guan Zhiqiang's big belly: "Damn, how many months pregnant are you? You're almost due, aren't you?"

Guan Zhiqiang wasn't angry at all, he just sat there grinning foolishly: "Hehehehehe."

Another female classmate named Wu Yuehan asked, "Guan Zhiqiang, why are you back too? Where do you work?"

Guan Zhiqiang said, "I'll stay at the university as a counselor. I used to study in Chongqing with Li Yulin and Wang Yu, and we often hung out together. I'll definitely come to their wedding."

Li Jun said incredulously, "You? You can be a university counselor? Your family must have pulled strings and paid you off!"

"roll!"

Guan Zhiqiang finally got angry: "If you can get a job at a bank, why can't I be a university counselor?"

Li Jun said, "I got in through connections, I've never denied it. You definitely got in through connections too!"

"Fuck you!"

Guan Zhiqiang firmly denied it and appeared extremely angry.

Li Jun had always looked down on Guan Zhiqiang, and when he heard that the other party dared to insult him, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and stood up: "Try saying another word? You want to fight, huh?"

Guan Zhiqiang also stood up, choosing to confront Li Jun head-on for the first time.

Qin Shanshan quickly intervened to break up the fight, pulling Li Jun away and saying, "Are you two crazy? Li Yulin and Wang Yu are getting married today!"

Guan Zhiqiang sat down first and took the initiative to change the subject: "Have you seen 'Crazy Racer'? I played a role in it. I flew all the way from Chongqing to Fujian to film it!"

Li Jun sneered, "You think you can be an actor?"

Guan Zhiqiang said, "If you don't believe me, after lunch, let's go to an internet cafe and watch a movie. In the scene where the Thai people change clothes and run away, I played one of the security guards. I even had two lines!"

"Hahaha," Li Jun instantly stopped being angry and laughed heartily, "Two lines, and you're playing a security guard? You could have just said you were an extra."

Guan Zhiqiang said, "I know the director and Huang Bo. We've eaten and drunk together. If you don't believe me, look, this is a photo of me and Huang Bo."

Guan Zhiqiang took out his phone, flipped through the photo album, and immediately handed it to Qin Shanshan.

Qin Shanshan exclaimed in surprise, "It really is Huang Bo, with his arm around Guan Zhiqiang's shoulder."

"Really? Let me see!" The other students were also intrigued.

Guan Zhiqiang was smug and grinning foolishly.

Li Jun was unhappy again, because Guan Zhiqiang was doing better than him and could even drink and take pictures with celebrities.

This was completely unacceptable to him!
Although Li Jun disliked Chen Guiliang, he secretly acknowledged that Chen Guiliang was impressive; he had thought of Chen Guiliang as someone of importance since high school. Therefore, Li Jun didn't feel particularly upset when Chen Guiliang became wealthy.

And what about Guan Zhiqiang?
Li Jun despised Guan Zhiqiang the most, believing that his old classmate was useless and a good-for-nothing who only knew how to freeload.

At that moment, the wedding began.

After going through the whole process, two female students were moved to tears, feeling that it was so romantic to finally get married after a six-year-long relationship.

The wedding emcee concluded by saying, "Today, the bride and groom have many friends who have taken time out of their busy schedules to come and offer their congratulations. One friend was unable to attend, but he sent his blessings in another way. Please look at the big screen..."

Just as the short film about the newlyweds' love story finished playing on the big screen, a very handsome head suddenly appeared.

In the video, Chen Guiliang waved and smiled, saying, "Hello everyone, I'm Chen Guiliang..."

"Wow!!!"

A gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd, especially from the young people.

Chen Guiliang was so famous in his hometown that even junior high school students in remote rural schools had heard of him. This was because teachers in rural schools often used Chen Guiliang's name to inspire their students.

These days, the idea that studying is useless is rampant, especially in poorer areas. People always say that it's better to go to work than to go to high school.

The teachers told the students, "How can studying be useless? Everyone knows Chen Guiliang from our county, right? He was also a left-behind child from the countryside, but he studied hard and got into Peking University. Before he even graduated, he had a net worth of billions. That's all thanks to studying. As long as you study hard and get into a good university, you can also become big bosses in the future!"

The young people who had been repeatedly mentioned by their teachers during their school days stopped chatting and looked at the big screen when they saw Chen Guiliang appear in the video.

"Today's groom, Mr. Li Yulin, was my roommate for three years in high school. I even learned to play guitar from him. But I'm not very good at it; I can only play 'Two Tigers' and 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' so far. The bride, Ms. Wang Yu, is also my classmate..."

"I know when they started dating. Li Yulin was keeping it a secret, afraid that someone would find out..."

"Six years of relationship is not easy, I am very happy that they can get married... Hey, Guan Guan, why don't you say something too?"

Soon, Bian Guanyue appeared in the video: "Hello everyone, I'm Bian Guanyue, and I'm also the bride and groom's high school classmate..."

At the end of the video, Chen Guiliang started his antics: "I'm sorry I can't be here in person for the wedding today. I'll be offering my blessings to the newlyweds with a song I learned from the groom. Please enjoy my heartfelt self-accompanied rendition of 'Two Tigers'! Two tigers, two tigers..."

"puff!"

Qin Shanshan, who was drinking a beverage and watching a video, spat it out as soon as she heard the first sentence.

Damn it, even Boss Chen can sing children's songs off-key.

Some young people at the scene took out their phones to record videos of the large screen, intending to post them online later to gain attention.

After Chen Guiliang's video finished playing, Xie Yang's video started playing next: "I heard that Master Chen sang in the video. It must have been awful, right? When that bastard was in school, he played guitar terribly in the dorm. It was so noisy that I couldn't even take a nap after coming back from an all-nighter..."

While recording the video, Guan Zhiqiang commented, "Xie Saobang is awesome, daring to joke about the boss. I'm going to post the video in the group chat and then show it to Master Chen. Master Chen might fire him!"

The girl named Wu Yuehan sighed, "Xie Yang was so daring and ambitious. He dropped out of school and went to Beijing to seek refuge with Master Chen. Now he's a senior executive at a listed company. Sigh, we're still just small fry, being bossed around like waiters."

Li Jun felt particularly envious.

He didn't envy Chen Guiliang because he always thought Chen Guiliang was awesome; he just disliked Chen Guiliang because of some minor conflicts. Moreover, he always felt that Chen Guiliang was stealing his thunder.

Li Jun believes that Chen Guiliang's success is due to his own abilities.

But who cares about Xie Yang?
All she does all day is blow-dry her hair and act seductive. She has a face full of acne and is ugly. She plays games all day but her grades aren't great.

The fact that someone like him can become a senior executive of a listed company is only because he benefits from Chen Guiliang's influence.

Li Jun thought to himself: If I had dropped out of school to go find Chen Guiliang back then, I would definitely be a senior executive of a listed company now, instead of sitting at the counter in a bank in a small county town.

Qin Shanshan was also very dissatisfied with the current situation. She had only been working at the tobacco bureau for a little over a month, and her days were so leisurely that she was about to go crazy.

This woman has aspirations.

I didn't even attend a third-tier university when I was admitted; I insisted on repeating a year and only being satisfied with getting into a decent second-tier university.

Now, not only is she bored at work, but she's also dissatisfied with life in this small county town. Nothing here compares to the big cities, and if she continues to stay at the tobacco bureau, it seems like she can see the end of her life ahead.

Looking at Xie Yang on the big screen, Qin Shanshan suddenly made up her mind to resign. She also wanted to go and stay with her old classmate. If Chen Guiliang didn't accept her, she would look for a job in other companies in Beijing.

Being a white-collar worker in Beijing is more promising than working in the tobacco bureau in a small county town... This was Qin Shanshan's bizarre idea.

All I can say is that they haven't yet experienced the harsh realities of society.

(End of this chapter)