Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Chapter 214 - One Hundred and Thirty-One: A Brief Encounter with Little Zhou Leads to a Lifetime of Regret

The Zhejiang Merchants cohort is considered one of the more united groups within the national chambers of commerce, and they indeed have money. The tea exhibition this time was a great success, and the few bosses of the tea association were quite satisfied. The celebration banquet was set up in a famous luxurious hotel in Jinling, with a dazzling, high-ceiling design.

The large round table in the middle could seat twenty-five to thirty people.

Most Zhejiang Merchants are pretty down-to-earth. Their generation essentially started from scratch without putting on any airs. Plus, when familiar faces gather together, the jokes flow freely and without reserve.

People from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region tend to have a sing-song tone when they speak Mandarin. It has nothing to do with age. But the way they speak Mandarin is indeed odd. Just like the boss lady who Zhou Yuwen helped sell tea leaves before, in her forties. Today, she sold thirty thousand worth of tea in a single order and was very happy.

Making money was secondary; what mattered was that she hadn’t felt this way in a long time. Now, she’s laughing heartily over there, sharing with a friend who came with her.

"Ay, when I saw they were foreigners, I thought to myself, let’s charge them a little less, twenty-five hundred. But when the young man translated it over, they immediately gestured an ’ok’ and said ’three thousand, ten packs.’ Hahaha! That just killed me with laughter at that moment, hahaha!"

It was clear that this wealthy lady was genuinely happy.

And in the face of her happiness, everyone else smiled along.

While everyone was chatting, Zhou Yuwen and Tao Tian walked in.

The boss lady was chatting merrily; her eyes lit up upon seeing Zhou Yuwen: "Aiyo! It’s this young man! This young man is talented! Young man, how did you end up here?"

She was very affectionate toward Zhou Yuwen, grabbing his hand as if she had found a son who’d been lost for years.

Zhou Yuwen looked towards Wan Tao, who was discussing something with several people on the balcony, and said, "Wan always asked me to come."

At this moment, Wan Tao also walked in from the balcony.

The other Zhejiang merchants were just ordinary businessmen from the tea association, naturally without any pretense. However, Wan Tao, being the vice president of the Zhejiang Merchants Tea Association, had a certain aura that needed to be upheld. Seeing Zhou Yuwen, he nodded and said, "You’re here?"

Zhou Yuwen nodded, then Wan Tao said, "Since everyone is here now, let’s all take our seats."

So, everyone began to sit down.

Besides the members of the Zhejiang Merchants Tea Association who came along, those attending the banquet also included the CEO and the person in charge of the company that planned the event, as well as several other key figures.

Actually, Tao Tian was also sharp. Just now, Zhao Jun said he would take a few girls to celebrate, but they were not attending this banquet. They probably went to eat and drink with their subordinate employees. If they could really bring those girls along, those seasoned men in society would definitely be at an advantage.

As for such a top-tier banquet, Tao Tian would not normally be able to attend unless she insisted on coming along. It’s a fact that harassment of beautiful women in the workplace is not uncommon, but those incidents tend to happen more in mid-to-low-end gatherings. At a gathering like this, where there were both men and women present, such things generally did not occur.

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Zhou Yuwen had, after all, spent a few years in Jinling in his previous life, and just by looking at the cold dishes on the table, he could more or less tell the standard of pricing.

At the entrance were two attending waiters, with the standard two bottles of Moutai and two bottles of very expensive red wine.

"Young man, sit next to me!" The boss lady was truly fond of Zhou Yuwen, insisting that he sit by her side.

Tao Tian naturally sat down as well.

After sitting down, the boss lady didn’t let go of Zhou Yuwen’s hand. Despite the significant age difference, her gaze was pure, simply affectionate towards the younger generation. Zhou Yuwen didn’t think too much about it.

The boss lady chatted with Zhou Yuwen about family matters—how old the young man was, whether he had a girlfriend.

She offered to introduce him to a girlfriend.

To become her son-in-law.

"Hey, Old Chang, don’t scare the young man!" Someone couldn’t help but joke.

Everyone followed with a burst of laughter.

The boss lady rolled her eyes at that person.

Wan Tao, sitting in the main seat, coughed twice: "Ahem, shall we start then?"

After Wan Tao spoke, the boss lady reined in a bit, and then the waiters came over to serve the dishes and pour the wine.

Wan Tao looked dignified and scholarly. As a wealthy individual who had invited Zhou Yuwen over, he made sure to be attentive to Zhou Yuwen’s mood, offering him ample respect. When pouring the wine, Wan Tao specifically asked Zhou Yuwen, "It’s okay for you to have a bit of wine, right?"

"I can drink a little." Zhou Yuwen nodded slightly. He knew quality when he saw it, and today’s Moutai was of the most expensive kind—not to be passed up.

So Wan Tao nodded. He had personally asked Zhou Yuwen, but people like Tao Tian, he didn’t even glance at her. As Zhou Yuwen had said, Tao Tian’s position at the table was not the same as Zhou Yuwen’s.

However, the waiter still went to pour wine for Tao Tian.

This was Tao Tian’s first time attending such a banquet. She started off a bit nervous, but then she realized that no one seemed to care about her, which made her feel a bit dejected.

After all, Tao Tian was the center of attention at her school, but in such a banquet, it seemed like no one even gave her a second glance.

Wan, the top boss, first toasted to the CEO of the planning company, saying that the smooth completion of the event was thanks to the support from CEO Gao and his team.

The CEO of the planning company also brought a secretary with outstanding looks. When Wan Tao toasted, CEO Gao stood up and deliberately held his cup lower than Wan Tao.