Chapter 29 Meeting the Parents at the Dinner Party
Chapter 29 Meeting the Parents at the Dinner Party
Gu Congzhou said a few words lightly, like a bomb thrown into a banquet hall, first it exploded in the center, and then the shock wave centered on where they were, and spread out in all directions.
Ms. Wang wanted to go forward and say something, but was stopped by Butler Fang.
Steward Fang looked indifferent and serious, "Miss Wang, our young master has nothing to do with you. If you entangle too much, I'm afraid it will embarrass Wanshi Group."
Ms. Wang's eyes were empty. She glanced at Gu Congzhou and then at Chi Ye. She didn't want to stay here for a moment. She hasn't been able to get out of this huge blow so far. She can't believe that Gu Congzhou will marry Chi Ye.
She clutched the black diamond-studded dinner bag in her hand, took a staggered step, and walked away without looking back.
Those rich young masters were even more frightened when they thought of what they had said to Chi Ye before, and Gu Congzhou's eyes just now.
Although they are young, they have heard the name of Hongsheng Group. It is an investment group that their elders dare not provoke casually. If their family members know that they have offended Gu Congzhou, they don't know how they will be taught a lesson.
They didn't dare to stay in the banquet hall any longer, and immediately clench their tails and left.
And the rest of the guests didn't have time or thought to pay attention to the movements of these people.
Before they could react to the news of Gu Congzhou's arrival, they received even more important news, and they started discussing, "Young Master Gu is here? What? Young Master Gu is here with his wife?"
"Young Master Gu is married?? Who is the partner?"
"when did it happen?"
"Which family is Mrs. Gu's daughter? Is it the Wanshi Group?"
"What? Not Miss Wang? Mrs. Gu is a man? Don't know him? Haven't seen him?"
"What's the situation?"
The discussion was still small at first, and then as waves of discussions spread from the center, the whole venue was filled with buzzing sounds, and I saw Chi Ye just now.
But because of Chi Ye's face, he didn't bother to talk to him, and he regretted it in his heart, regretting that he didn't seize the opportunity to say hello to this "Mrs. Gu" just now to establish a good relationship.
Only the people in the center of the vortex remained calm.
Opposite Gu Congzhou were three elderly people and a gentle middle-aged man with eyes.
The three old people are Mrs. Hua, the protagonist of today's birthday banquet, Gu Congzhou's grandfather Tao Shiqi, and a very elegant old man.
The gentle middle-aged man is Gu Congzhou's uncle Tao Weidong.
Although these four people were also shocked when they heard Gu Congzhou's words, they were more knowledgeable than the others after all, and they had heard Gu Congzhou mention on the way here that they had been vaccinated, so their expressions had to be controlled better.
However, their attention also fell on Chi Ye at the same time.
Being watched by so many people in the audience and becoming the focus of discussion, Chi Ye was inevitably a little nervous and uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Gu Congzhou was always standing by his side, holding his hand, which gave him a sense of security.
Chi Ye unconsciously clenched Gu Congzhou's cold hand, cheering himself up in his heart, as if he was acting on the set, Gu Congzhou was his partner, and the others were crew members and insignificant onlookers.
It can be written in the marriage agreement that no one can see the flaws of a fake marriage.
He wants to perform well.
This is the highest-paid drama he has ever acted in, and he will definitely perform well!
"Hello, grandpa, hello grandpa Zheng, hello grandpa Zhao, hello uncle."
Chi Ye's voice was clear, and he sounded like the most obedient boy in the school, the kind of good boy that teachers and parents like.
And he was right, not only Mr. Hua and Tao Shiqi, but also "Grandpa Zhao".
It all depended on Chi Ye's good homework beforehand so that he could recognize the person. He recognized the elegant old man as Zhao Ci, the old man of the Zhao family who was in the musical instrument business.
After saying hello, Chi Ye said to Mrs. Hua again, "Grandpa Hua, I wish you good luck like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan. Every year there will be today."
Chi Ye was so thoughtful and preemptive, making the four people on the opposite side unable to say anything bad.
Gu Congzhou brought Butler Fang here today. Steward Fang was sweating for Chi Ye, but he was afraid of Chi Ye's stage fright, and secondly, he was afraid that his grandfather and uncle would make things difficult for him.
Gu Congzhou lowered his head and glanced at the fingers tightly held by Chi Ye, and led him to the inner part of the banquet hall.
The assistant followed behind, his eyes almost popping out of his heart.
The most important of these people arrived, and it was almost time for the banquet to start.
Chi Ye followed Gu Congzhou and sat at the front main table.
There were only a few people at the main table, there were eight people in total, besides the six of them, there were also Mrs. Hua's son and daughter-in-law.
Tables are arranged at a distance from other guests.
Therefore, many curious eyes desperately looked at them, but they couldn't see clearly.
After sitting down, he first said something, such as wishing Mrs. Hua a happy birthday, and then the waiter came forward to serve the dishes.
Cold cuts and drinks are served first.
Gu Congzhou was talking to Mr. Zhao next to him with his head tilted, without moving his chopsticks.
Chi Ye helped pour the juice, and picked sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root and put it on his dinner plate.
Everyone else at the table was watching his movements, even Tao Shiqi, who was chatting with Mrs. Hua, would look at him from time to time.
Chi Ye has already entered the state of acting, very calm and composed, with a lot of eyes on him, making a set of movements smooth and natural.
Diagonally opposite Chi Ye, sat Tao Weidong.
Tao Weidong looked at him with a kind smile on his face, "The last time we met, you and Cong Zhou just dated, and you two got married just over a month ago. Uncle doesn't have time to prepare gifts for you."
Chi Ye could hear the implication, which meant that the two of them got married in a hurry, not true love, but more like a show.
On Chi Ye's face, he pretended not to understand, and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's the same if you make up for uncle's gift later. I've been with Congzhou for a long time, so I'm not in a hurry."
Tao Weidong raised his eyebrows. A gift or something is just a polite word, but Chi Ye dared to ask for it.
After a while, Tao Weidong began to ask some other questions about Chi Ye's family background, age, work...
Chi Ye responded one by one.
Chi Ye's background is not good, Tao Weidong originally wanted to use this to embarrass Chi Ye, but Chi Ye himself is generous and calm, answering all questions.
In Chi Ye's heart, he would not regard his own birth as a matter of inferiority. This is the setting in this book and has nothing to do with him.
Tao Weidong looked at Chi Ye, pondered for a moment, and said, "You married Cong Zhou like this, I don't know, I thought you were doing it for the Gu family's money."
Chi Ye was drinking the juice that Gu Congzhou handed over, but when he heard this, he raised his head and said in surprise, "How could it be?
What did uncle say? "
Tao Weidong, "..."
There is a trace of bad premonition in my heart.
Sure enough, Chi Ye said affectionately next, "Besides being rich, Congzhou has so many other advantages that I can't even count them. He is good-looking, has a good personality, is caring, and considerate."
Chi Ye praised his true feelings, and the scene was very quiet for a while.
No one at the dining table spoke, only the chatter of other guests in the distance came from afar, becoming the background sound of nothingness.
Everyone admits that Gu Congzhou is good-looking. Gu Congzhou has been sculpted since he was a child, as delicate as a doll, but Gu Congzhou has a good personality?Loving?Still considerate?
These nine words and Gu Congzhou's eight poles can't be matched.
Even if Gu Congzhou's parents are still alive, they can't boast like this with their eyes closed.
Even Gu Congzhou's grandfather frowned and showed a puzzled expression.
However, Chi Ye wanted to add testimony, "Really, Congzhou is very considerate and kind to me. He knew that I wanted to practice the piano. Some time ago, he specially bought a Steinway K132 for me."
He said, turning to Zhao Ci who was sitting on the side, "I heard that when I bought the piano, I asked Grandpa Zhao for help, thank you."
Zhao Ci said "Oh", with a sudden realization expression on his face, "It turns out that the piano was bought as a gift for you. Let me tell you, what does Cong Zhou want Steinway to do in such a hurry."
A look of longing and nostalgia appeared on the old man's face, "Young people's love is really passionate. Ah, Xiaochi, you don't have to thank me, it's all trivial."
The people present were still skeptical about Chi Ye's words, but now that Zhao Ci testified, they were a little confused about the relationship between Gu Congzhou and Chi Ye. Could these two really be a couple?
"I still want to thank Grandpa Zhao, the piano is great and I like it very much."
When Chi Ye said this, the conversation suddenly changed, and he returned to Tao Weidong, half-joking and half-sighing, "I really didn't expect that in my uncle's opinion, Congzhou only has the advantage of being rich. If Congzhou's mother, I don't know how sad your cousin is when she hears that you want to congzhou."
Tao Weidong's face turned blue and red, "You..."
You have been talking for a long time, but you didn't say the following. Could he say that what Chi Ye said was wrong?
Can he say that his nephew has a bad temper, a strange personality, is unkind, and has inherited his father's mental illness?
Of course he couldn't say it, he could only agree with Chi Ye's statement.
Steward Fang, who was watching the whole process by the side, almost burst out laughing, thinking that the highest state of nonsense without changing face or beating heart is Chi Ye.
"Eat well."
In the end, it was Gu Congzhou who interrupted Chi Ye's performance. He put a bowl of well-boiled ginseng chicken soup in front of Chi Ye, with a hint of pampering and tenderness in his tone.
Then he looked up at Tao Weidong again, the tenderness in his eyes disappeared immediately, "Do you want a bowl, uncle?"
How could Tao Weidong still be in the mood to drink soup? After being slapped in the face by Chi Ye and Gu Congzhou, he was so full of anger that his usual smiling face couldn't help but smile, "No need, I'll serve it myself later."
——In the middle of the banquet, the other guests finally couldn't sit still.
The purpose of their coming here is not to eat. After eating for more than an hour, it is almost enough, and they have talked with the people at the same table. The most important thing is to establish a connection with the person sitting at the main table.
What's more, there is such a big news tonight. I was outside just now, and I was in a hurry. There were too few people who saw Chi Ye. Now everyone can't wait to go to the main table, take a look at the true face of that "Mrs. Gu", and inquire about it "Mrs. Gu"'s family background, identity.
As soon as Chi Ye finished drinking a bowl of soup, he heard footsteps behind him. Just as he was about to turn around to look, Gu Congzhou's hand was already on his shoulder.
"You eat, I'll bring these."
Gu Congzhou's voice was very soft, but with unquestionable majesty, people couldn't help but obey him.
So, Chi Ye sat silently on the seat, lowered his head and ate his meal, while looking at Gu Congzhou's hand from the corner of his eye, while listening to the entertainment around him—he was toasting with Gu Congzhou, and there was a toast with Mrs. Hua and Tao Shiqi. , Gongchoujiao staggered, bustling and crowded with people.
He sat next to Gu Congzhou, but he didn't need to socialize. Gu Congzhou was so eye-catching that everyone rushed to talk to him.
This excitement lasted for almost two hours before it ended.
Chi Yechang breathed a sigh of relief. He was tired just listening to their chat. Hearing that it was over, he immediately stood up and followed Gu Congzhou out. In front were Gu Congzhou's grandfather and uncle.
The butler has asked the driver to drive Cullinan over and wait.
The four of them stood by the car.
Gu Congzhou said lightly to his grandfather, "I have nothing else to do and I'm leaving. Do you remember what we agreed on before?"
Tao Shiqi looked at him calmly and nodded, "Remember, I will give you the things when the time is up."
Gu Congzhou stopped talking, as if the person in front of him was not his grandfather, but a stranger talking about business.
Over there, Tao Shiqi didn't feel anything, and set his eyes on Chi Ye, "Little friend, are you happy after you get married?"
Chi Ye didn't say a word to Gu Congzhou's grandfather all night. When he was asked such a question suddenly, he was taken aback, and then said, "Happy, very happy."
"is it?"
"of course."
"That's good."
Tao Shiqi smiled, just as he suddenly asked Chi Ye a question, he turned around and took Tao Weidong away suddenly.
Looking at Tao Shiqi's back, Chi Ye felt that this family was very strange, and they talked without beginning or end, making people confused.
Forget it, I don't think so much, anyway, he takes Gu Congzhou's salary and finishes the work that Gu Congzhou told him.
He followed Gu Congzhou to Cullinan.
After getting into the car, Gu Congzhou just sat there without saying a word.
Chi Ye also obediently remained silent.
He remembered that Gu Congzhou drank a lot of wine just now, so he should not be in a good mood.
At this time, it is the best policy to quietly reduce the sense of presence.
He also remembered that some people wanted to talk to him for a drink just now, but Gu Congzhou stopped them all.
He didn't know why Gu Congzhou stopped in front of him. Did he know that he couldn't actually drink, or did he think that he, a contract employee with a period of one to two years, didn't need to participate in these entertainments?
The car drove forward for a while.
Gu Congzhou suddenly asked for water.
Chi Ye immediately handed over a thermos.
Through the dim light outside the car window, he could see the light blue blood vessels and slightly frowning brows under Gu Congzhou's pale skin.Gu Congzhou's appearance originally carried a sense of coldness and depression, but it was even worse at this time.
Chi Ye licked the corner of his lips and asked, "Gu Congzhou, do you have a headache?"
"Huh?" Gu Congzhou's mouth was full of water, and his voice was a bit vague.
"I see you seem unwell."
"A little bit."
Chi Ye thought for a while, and didn't know which of his tendons was wrong, so he opened his mouth, "Are you going to sleep with me?"
Steward Fang and the driver in front all pricked up their ears, and they came.
Warm water was flowing down his throat, and Gu Congzhou felt the water flow into his stomach, which relieved the burning sensation a little, before he turned his eyes to look at Chi Ye.
There was an inexplicable emotion in Gu Congzhou's eyes, like a layer of veil.
Chi Ye felt a strange panic for a moment, and he couldn't help but glance away—Gu Congzhou was tightening the lid of the thermos cup, his slender fingers were bent, and the phalanges protruded a little.
Gu Congzhou, "Just now my grandfather asked you something."
"Ok?"
Gu Congzhou seemed to be laughing at himself, "Are you really happy with me?"
"of course."
Chi Ye slowly withdrew his gaze and turned his attention back to Gu Congzhou's question. He thought that he was absolutely not talking nonsense. Such a generous boss couldn't find a second one. What's wrong with following such a boss?
The corners of Gu Congzhou's mouth slightly bent, "Sit over here."
"Ok?"
"Didn't you tell me to hug me to sleep?"
"Huh?" Chi Ye felt that there was something wrong with this sentence, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Under the direction of Gu Congzhou's gaze, he moved slightly to the side.
——In mid-October, the first performance of "Music Boy" was broadcast.
Because of Shencheng TV's intensive advertising, and the response of the first episode of the program was very good, just after the second episode was broadcast, the ratings ranked first among the programs of the same period.
Immediately afterwards, the number of online broadcasts also rose all the way, and the popularity remained high. The limelight overwhelmed other talent shows in the same period, becoming a well-deserved dark horse.
Riding on the east wind of the show, Chi Ye's Weibo followers also increased a lot, surpassing 50 in one fell swoop.
In addition, his first public performance stage was very good, and he took the first place again, and broke 5000 on Chaohua Follow.
Seeing that the scale of the koi sister is getting bigger and bigger, Du Changming is very satisfied.
But these days, he has new things to worry about, and it's time to find a new agency for Chi Ye.
Chi Ye's reputation is slowly rising now, if he can sign a good brokerage company to be in charge of packaging and marketing, and accept advertising endorsements, his star journey will definitely be smoother in the future.
However, the brokerage companies I have contacted so far have very strict signing contracts.
Du Changming can understand this very well. Although Chi Ye has a good momentum now, he is a newcomer after all and has no masterpieces.There are many such newcomers in the entertainment industry every year, and the stability is too poor, no one can say how long they will be popular.
And the entertainment company loves to cut leeks, so they can bully Chi Ye while he is a newcomer.
Just when Du Changming was in a dilemma, one morning, he suddenly received a phone call that was suspected of fraud—the other party claimed to be the artist director of Chunhe Times, and wanted to chat about signing a contract with Chi Ye.
Du Changming didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that he was too impatient to find an economic company recently, and was targeted by scammers.
It wasn't until the other party called a few more times that he was short of reporting his ID number, and Du Changming could not believe it was true—Chi Ye was really taken by the economic man of Chunhe era.
You know, Chunhe Times is the leader in the industry, and there are countless movie kings, queens, and singers in the company.
It is several grades higher than film entertainment.
Du Changming never thought that Chi Ye could sign into such a company.
Jiang Tao, the CEO of Chunhe Times, had been in a dilemma for a long time about signing Chi Ye.
At Old Master Hua's birthday banquet that day, he was one of the few people who stood close and met Chi Ye.
Chi Ye left a deep impression on him—whether it was the relationship between Chi Ye and Gu Congzhou, or Chi Ye's appearance, conversation, and temperament.
But there are different opinions about Ikeha's future.
Some people say that he reached the sky in one step and lived a life of a master ever since.
Some people also said that it was impossible for him to stay by Gu Congzhou's side for a long time.
"I've found out about that Chi Ye's background, a starlet with no background. How could the Gu family let such a person in? Leaving aside the Gu family, would Mr. Tao be willing?"
"He's a man, he can't have children, he doesn't belong to the right family, and he got married in a hurry. He didn't even hold a wedding. When the others went to toast, Young Master Gu wouldn't let him show up. It won't be long before we get divorced." Right. This marriage is like a joke."
"His origin is more than that simple. I heard that he was picked up by someone wrongly. He was originally a child of a nanny in the country."
"Tsk, how could Young Master Gu fall in love with this kind of person?"
……
If Chunhe Times wants to go public next year, they have to raise money first, and they urgently need the help of Hongsheng Group.
I don't know whether it is right or wrong to place a part of the bet on Chi Ye.
In short, this made Jiang Tao very embarrassed.
He asked for Chi Ye's information, and asked two directors of the company's artist department and marketing department to look at it together, "What do you think of his personal conditions?"
Jiang Tao was very careful not to talk nonsense about the relationship between Chi Ye and Gu Congzhou.
"Personal conditions... Judging from the current two stages, professional strength, typhoon, and appearance are all good."
"Looking at the appearance, I think it can be popular, but this is metaphysics, and it depends on opportunities and opportunities."
Only then did Jiang Tao make up his mind, "Then sign!"
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