The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 183 Engagement
I believe that all over the world, especially those bustling metropolises, there will be various promotional activities around major festivals. In the West, the most important promotional festival is undoubtedly Christmas, which is the Spring Festival for Westerners.

London is cold and windy this year, but there is no sign of snow on the ground.

Huang Chu said that it was because the cleaners had swept it, and there were so many people on the street that the snow had melted.

Perhaps because of the daytime, there were not as many people on the street as expected, but the shops were all decorated with lights and festoons, creating a very Christmas atmosphere. Various promotional advertisements and tricks to attract customers emerged in endlessly. Everything is exactly the same as the bustling market around the Chinese New Year or National Day.

The difference is that most of the people you see on the street are foreigners.

To the south of Oxford Street, to the north of Piccadilly Street, in the middle is the most developed commercial district in London, where almost all the top brand stores are located, and to the east is Chinatown and Broadway, and then the Thames River, To the west is Hyde Park.

Ye Qiu and Elisa were not very familiar with London, but Huang Chu, who was studying in Cambridge, had been here many times and was relatively familiar with the surrounding area, so he took Ye Qiu and the two of them to wander around in the commercial downtown .

The purpose of their trip was to buy a pair of engagement rings.

Speaking of which, it's still Ye Qiu's fault, he was so busy, he was about to get engaged, but he found out that the ring hadn't been bought yet.

So, on Christmas Eve, I had to drag Elisa to London to call out Huang Chu who had just been on vacation.

Although there are not as many pedestrians on the street as imagined, but it is a bustling block of an international metropolis, and it is indispensable. Huang Chu and Yilisa, two stunning beauties walking together, are naturally the focus of everyone's attention. But the clothes of the two of them well reflect their different personalities.

Huang Chu's personality is relatively low-key and elegant. He wears light blue jeans and a white loose sweater. The sweater is so long that it looks like a miniskirt. The only bright spot on his body is the black knitted scarf around his neck. It looks very layered on the white sweater.

She didn't have much jewelry on her body. She wore the necklace Ye Qiu gave him on her neck, but it was covered by the scarf, and the bracelet on her wrist was covered by the cuff of the sweater. A very comfortable, layered feeling.

Contrary to Huang Chu, Eliza's dress is much more fashionable.

The white knitted hat is paired with a white knitted sweater vest, and inside is a pure black slim-fit long-sleeved warm T-shirt, which fully reveals her exquisite figure on the upper body. Below is a pair of black denim Leggings, the clothes on the body are completely black and white, which is very visually impactful.

What is even more surprising is that her hair under the white knitted hat was dyed dark brown, and with a pair of sunglasses that covered most of her face, coupled with her tall figure and uneven figure, the whole person looked It really looks like a celebrity going out on the street, walking in the downtown area frequently attracts the attention of passers-by.

Compared to the attention-grabbing of the two beauties, Ye Qiu seemed more ordinary. After all, men don't rely on clothes to win.

A dark blue turtleneck sweater, paired with a pair of jeans, neither long hair to blow in the wind in London, nor sunglasses to cover the eyes, looks very ordinary, but he doesn't care, and along the way On the left and right, accompanied by two beauties, he went shopping very relaxed and freehand.

Nearby is the old city of London, the streets are relatively narrow, and even many of the world's top brand stores are opened in the alleys, but it really feels like the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

It is rare for Ye Qiu to have this kind of opportunity and mood. Accompanied by a beautiful woman, he is leisurely shopping. He is very interested in the architectural style of this old part of London, which is about two or three hundred years old. In the old city, the modern cars come and go, the impact of retro and modern is really unique.

I visited several jewelry stores along the way, including Cartier, Tiffany and other brand stores, and I also looked at several rings, but I couldn't find what I was satisfied with, so I just put it on. Going out of the streets and alleys, looking around, maybe you will gain something instead.

Girls are basically the same when they go shopping. As they walk, unconsciously, they have more things in their hands.

Eliza bought several clothes and shoes, at least half of them were for Huang Chu, and Huang Chu also bought clothes and shoes, but basically all of them belonged to Ye Qiu, but without exception, the last of these things They were all in Ye Qiu's hands.

But the most important ring has never been found.

At this moment, the three of them came to a three-way intersection and saw a jewelry store.

"This pair of rings is not bad, let's go in and have a look." Eliza suggested with a smile when she saw the billboard at the door.

"George Jason?" Ye Qiu had never heard of this brand, neither had Huang Chu.

"The Danish brand started with silver jewelry. I remember someone said something at that time. If silver could speak, it must be Danish. George Jason is the national treasure of Denmark. Over the years, they are not only good at silver jewelry, but also in jewelry design. It is also very good, the style is clean, elegant and pure, which suits Ah Chu very well."

But I didn't see that Eliza was very familiar with this brand that was not very well-known.

George Jason's pair of rings is most famous for its fusion series. According to the waiter's introduction, the designer Nina Cooper's idea is to capture the rhythmic fusion of different elements, and integrate the mysterious and simple elements almost perfectly. 18K gold, 18K rose gold and 18K white gold are exquisitely carved, showing different matching combinations.

This is a bit like DIY. The ring can be made into two rings inside and outside, or three rings. Then, according to your different requirements, you can combine different combinations of gold, rose gold and platinum, and you can also inlay diamonds to achieve Different color levels, different characteristics of individual needs.

Ye Qiu and Huang Chu were both very novel about this kind of ring, and they were both young people with an innate interest in DIY, so after being introduced by the waiter, they decided to buy this ring, and the two of them decided to buy this ring. Both chose two rings, using white gold and rose gold to form the inner and outer double rings, and inlaid diamonds at the same time.

In the end, the two rings cost Ye Qiu more than 1 euros in total, which is 10,000+ RMB.

Ye Qiu doesn't care about money at all, but the most important thing is that Huang Chu likes it.

After ordering the ring, it was finally a matter of going. The three of them naturally had more fun playing in London. They had a good time in London for a few days. After Christmas, the three returned to Shanghai together.

On the second day after they arrived in Shanghai, Ye Qiu's parents went north from Xiamen, came to Shanghai, and met with Huang Chu's parents, because many things had been agreed on the phone before, so this time the meeting was more like It's courtesy.

After a previous stroke, Huang Jinsong's body gradually recovered and improved a lot. Except for the inability to exert force on the left side of the body and occasional stuttering when speaking, everything else is quite normal, and he can still do sports such as swimming and golf. Yes, it is no different from normal people in normal times.

And this time when he met Ye Qiu's parents, he also let go of his domineering posture in the past, and became more kind. He kept praising Ye Qiu and saying some kind words to Ye Qiu's parents. After all, it was his daughter who was going to marry the Ye family, so for the sake of her daughter's situation in the future, she must be more polite.

It is not difficult to see Huang Jinsong's transformation from this. If it was him before, he would probably continue to be domineering, thinking that I am the best in the world, and it is your honor to marry his daughter to your family. He must still be very domineering, but Now……

Seeing his transformation, Ye Qiu couldn't help feeling that this person matured only after experiencing it.

Why not yourself?

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Although both Ye Qiu and Huang Chu hoped to make the engagement ceremony simpler, after all Huang Jinsong only had Huang Chu as his only daughter, so it was impossible to make the engagement ceremony simple.

The engagement ceremony was held in the Huang family's villa, and all the people who received the invitation were some immediate relatives of the Huang family, basically all the family came, counting dozens of people, and Huang Jinsong specially invited When chefs from hotels and restaurants came home, they held a small banquet in the garden of their villas.

This is also for Ye Qiu's consideration. After all, after New Year's Day, he will return to Europe soon. There is not much time, so he invites all his relatives over for a gathering, and saves Ye Qiu from going door-to-door in the future. A lot of trouble.

The engagement ceremony is also very simple, unlike in a hotel where there are a lot of procedures and steps involved, Huang Jinsong and Chu Yun walked out holding their daughter's hand, handing their daughter to Ye Qiu with their own hands. Under the arrangement of Chu's aunt, that is, Chen Zhong's mother, the couple exchanged rings with each other, and the marriage was considered to be engaged.

After exchanging rings, Huang Jinsong and Ye Changming inevitably had to say a few words to the couple.

Ye Qiu's parents were already very satisfied with Huang Chu and had nothing to say. On the contrary, Huang Jinsong seemed to have thought a lot after the previous events. After the engagement ceremony was completed and before the banquet began, he specially invited Ye Qiu Qiu went for a walk in the garden, leaving Huang Chu, the future bride, to those lively relatives and friends.

The Huang family's villa is not big, and the distance from the garden in front of the house to the back of the house is only a few tens of meters. Ye Qiu deliberately kept a little distance from Huang Jinsong along the way. I'm a little pissed about my old man.

Huang Jinsong walked under a big pine tree, patted the trunk lightly, caressed it lightly, as if he was caressing a precious thing, and then said softly, "This pine tree was born when Ah Chu was born. At that time, my business had just started, and when we moved here, I transplanted this tree.”

"Think about it, it's been more than [-] years!" Huang Jinsong sighed with some regret.

I believe that every parent will have such a feeling when they see their children who have worked so hard to raise them to get married.

Ye Qiu stood a little behind him, and after hearing this, he smiled slightly, "We will come back to see you when we are free, and you can also come to Europe to see us when you are free."

After Huang Jinsong heard this, his expression was full of reluctance. He knew very well that marrying his daughter to Ye Qiu was a bit like marrying his daughter to Europe. Work in Huangtian Group, so that he can see his daughter every day.

But sometimes, this kind of thing can't be said.

He is also more and more satisfied with Ye Qiu, his son-in-law. In other words, the only dissatisfaction is that he refuses to come back to take over the Huangtian Group. He has heard some things about Ye Qiu from Chen Zhong. Huang Jinsong believed that Ye Qiu would be a very strategic group leader.

For example, he persuaded Chen Zhong to engage in real estate before. As a result, in just two or three years, the performance of Huangtian Group's real estate company improved by leaps and bounds. In 2001, when he heard that Huangtian Group's logistics was going to enter express delivery, Ye Qiu recommended Chen Zhong to buy it. A company in Shenzhen called Shunfeng, although it spent nearly one billion yuan, performed very well. On the contrary, the cooperation with the Dutch company proposed by Huang Jinsong turned into a loss-making business.

Not long ago, Ye Qiu recommended Chen Zhong to be a shopping website, and Huang Tian Group opened a new e-commerce company. The website has been online for more than two months. Although they are still investing money and the pressure of competition is great, Chen Zhong Chung feels that the market prospects are very good, and he firmly believes that there is a lot to be done if we continue to persevere.

All of these, plus the fact that Ye Qiu calmly donated 5 million yuan to help the Huangtian Group tide over the difficulties, all of these made Huang Jinsong admire Ye Qiu with admiration, and he also deeply admired his daughter's vision.

Of course, Ye Qiu didn't know what was going on in Huang Jinsong's mind, otherwise, he would feel ashamed, because he didn't have any strategic vision, and he just relied on his more than ten years of experience to give Chen Zhong some Suggestions for trends in the coming years only.

But sometimes, it's just his casual words that make Chen Zhong enlightened. For example, the acquisition of Shunfeng and the establishment of a website similar to Dibao are all things that Ye Qiu casually said, but Chen Zhong firmly believes in it. , Even sometimes even some companies' business strategies will call to listen to his opinions.

When it comes to business, Ye Qiu really doesn't understand.

"I should say sorry to you for what happened before!" After Huang Jinsong was silent for a while, he also noticed Ye Qiu's embarrassment towards him. He felt that there were some things he should say, but son-in-law and husband-in-law should not always be so unfamiliar, right?
When Ye Qiu heard this, he was surprised and flustered, "Don't say sorry, I'm the one who told you I'm sorry."

Strictly speaking, Huang Jinsong is the elder, and Ye Qiu is the junior. He wanted to chase his daughter, but he was bullying Huang Jinsong.

After hearing this, Huang Jinsong laughed, turned around, stretched out his hand, and wanted to pat Ye Qiu on the shoulder to make a connection, but he was obviously afraid that Ye Qiu would avoid it, so he paused on purpose when he stretched out halfway, and found Ye Qiu Without hiding, he put it on Ye Qiu's shoulders, "Don't talk about the past, we will be a family from now on, I will hand over Ah Chu to you, treat her well."

"Don't worry, I will!" Ye Qiu nodded in agreement.

"This girl hasn't experienced much hardship since she was a child. She looks very gentle and docile on the surface, but she is still very stubborn in her heart. If you really make trouble, you should accommodate her more." Huang Jinsong also knows his daughter very well.

How can a couple not quarrel, the key is that if they quarrel, one party must give in.

Ye Qiu also understands this truth, so he chuckled, "I understand."

Huang Jinsong was still very relieved towards Ye Qiu, and kept nodding his head, obviously becoming more and more satisfied with this son-in-law, "I am also planning to retire, you know, I have seen through this time to survive a catastrophe, but There is something I still have to solve by myself, otherwise I will never be reconciled in my life!"

When he said this, Huang Jinsong's eyes flashed a murderous intent, as if he had returned to the role of the iron-blooded businessman Ye Qiu knew in the past, full of cannibalism, but it just passed by. .

"When the matter is resolved, I will give up the position of chairman. I will treat Huang Tian Group as my daughter's dowry. It depends on who will take this position, you or Ah Chu. If you are not willing to join the company, then Put a name on it and let Chen Zhong be in charge, I know him well, he is very loyal and reliable, he grew up with me, he is like a brother and sister with Ah Chu, and he can be relied on."

Ye Qiu listened in his ears, but he was thinking in his heart, what exactly is Huang Jinsong trying to solve?

He quickly guessed that this incident probably had something to do with Zhang Zijian and his son.

After finishing talking with Huang Jinsong, Ye Qiu returned to the banquet, found a chance to sit next to Chen Zhong, and asked about it.

"My uncle is really ruthless this time. Old Zhang treats him like this this time. He seems to have been betrayed by his own brother. Now he must retaliate. I heard that he has grasped the lifeline of Old Zhang and is making arrangements. , and Lao Zhang is not aware of it at all now, I believe that it won't be long before their company will no longer exist in Shanghai Tang, and our Huangtian Group's business will continue to expand."

Ye Qiu frowned when he heard that, "Didn't you say you want to streamline?"

"Don't worry, I'm dealing with these matters now, take your time, and many of the Zhang family's businesses are very profitable, and they complement our Huang Tian, ​​holding it in our hands is also good for us." Chen Zhong smiled. speak.

Ye Qiu didn't understand these things, but he believed in Chen Zhong, and he felt relieved after hearing what he said.

Throughout the banquet, Ye Qiu casually asked about some things, while Chen Zhong chatted with Ye Qiu about some of the company's business. Ye Qiu taught Chen Zhong some tricks of digging out treasures in his previous life.

In addition, Ye Qiu also mentioned to him the real estate in Dubai. As Dubai is about to loosen the restrictions on real estate and allow trading, the real estate in Dubai will also sound the clarion call for a sharp increase.

In the past, Ye Qiu just talked about it casually, but now, the Huangtian Group is his wife's dowry, accounting for 90% of the shares, can he not take it seriously?

(End of this chapter)