Chapter 100 Tiangong Club
"Zhao Jiwei?
You mean the man of rich second generation from coal industry who runs the Mercedes-Benz 4S store?
Yeah? What's about him?" Ye Chen asked in surprise.
"He is having this party tonight at the Tiangong Club and wants me to invite you there to have fun. And Changfeng will also be there, too. What do you say?" Zhang Jingshan explained.
Tiangong Club?
Ye Chen was no stranger to this name.
He knew that it was a place dedicated to serving the second generation of officials and wealthy people.
But that was the limit of his knowledge of it...
After all, by the time he got rich in his previous life, the Tiangong Club had long been gone already.
As for the reason of the disappearance of Tiangong Club, he had never looked into it.
He had merely the vague memory about the incident there which was ensued by its closure.
Rumor had it that several second-generation officials were cut in that incident.
And that went rival for a while back then,
rendering the Tiangong Club under the spotlight socially.
Reliving the memory of his past life to this point, Ye Chen stopped
and asked, "What kind of party?"
"You know, eating, drinking, and having fun. They are all second-generation of officials and rich people. He specially asked me to bring you. How about that? Is that OK for you? By the way, you can also get to know them. Though you don't need to suck up to the rich ones, it would benefit you someday to get acquainted with the officials' offspring." Zhang Jingshan suggested.
Ye Chen hesitated.
If this was not Zhao Jiwei's invitation to the party he was having,
he wouldn't waste his time on the kids of the officials and the rich.
Because he wanted way more than what he can tease out of the youngsters.
He wanted it from their parents.
Admittedly, getting familiar with their kids was a pretty good way to approach them. But he was not interested in it. That was just taking a detour, he believed.
But at the moment he was hesitating because it was Zhao Jiwei's party.
After all, he accepted Zhao Jiwei's favor just a few days ago, saving hundreds of thousands while taking this Benz home,
which certainly deserved his popping in tonight.
"OK, When is the party? When should we get going?"
After thinking for a moment, Ye Chen agreed.
"It can't be early for a party like that. So, ten o'clock in the evening, I guess. Would that work for you?" Zhang Jingshan asked.
"All right, then I'll go over and have some fun!" Ye Chen cheered.
"You got it. See you tonight, Brother Ye!"
Zhang Jingshan grinned.
The next moment, after an affirmative answer, when Ye Chen was about to hang up the phone,
He suddenly got all serious and spoke again, "Brother Ye, thank you!"
"Um? How come?" Ye Chen was puzzled.
"Whew..."
Zhang Jingshan on the other end of the phone took a deep breath, "Brother Ye, you are right about Zhang Xingguo! Again! Kong Liqun cut corners and faked accounts. Twenty three projects were of horribly low quality, seven of which were for municipal and people's livelihood. He's gone totally obsessed with the ill-gotten gains to the exclusion of any moral standards. Now, I just can't believe how lucky I was to have followed your advice. That's why that old bastard Zhang Xingguo's plot had been detected before everything went out of control. And if that day really came, the whole Zhang's family would meet our doom with him."
"So, what is your dad going to do about him?" Ye Chen smiled knowingly and asked.
"The old man has declared, rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and compensate whoever deserves compensating. Whatever it takes, all the problematic projects would be unconditionally repaired and we would make compensations accordingly. The jerk Kong Liqun has already been arrested. But things are tough for Zhang Xingguo as well. The reconstruction and compensation of the twenty three projects could literally drain him of everything he got!" Zhang Jingshan briefed him.
"You can always make more money if you run out of it. But if something goes wrong about people's lives, there's nothing you can do with money!" Ye Chen shook his head and sighed.
That advice he offered, thanks to the memory of his previous life, dragged the Zhang's family from collapsing.
Without it, the whole family would've undeniably been destroyed.
"You're right. It's not about the money. It's no biggie if we became up to our eyes in debt this time. The point is we found about him before things went irreversible. Otherwise, on top of the the fact that Zhang Xingguo got prisoned, the old man would risk dying of rage. To give you a sense of it, even under such a relatively positive situation, the old man got so furious that he had to take the heart-saving pills the moment he knew about this." Zhang Jingshan said.
"Is the old secretary alright?" Ye Chen raised his eyebrows and asked in worry.
"He's fine now. It's a momentary provocation! But Brother Ye, to be honest, you saved me twice and Zhang Xingguo once, which amounts to three times of your saving the Zhang's family! To paraphrase the old man, the favor we owe you can never be repaid!" Zhang Jingshan professed his gratefulness sincerely.
"You are exaggerating here. You don't owe me anything." Ye Chen smiled bitterly.
He rescued the Zhang's family,
without expecting any returns from them.
It was purely because of the friendship with Zhang Jingshan and his respect for the old secretary Zhang Weimin.
"Alright, I'll stop. Just so you know, whatever you need, I, Zhang Jingshan, including everyone from my family will ride or die with you in the future. I mean it." Zhang Jingshan committed earnestly.
"Now you're getting even more sentimental. I know what you mean. I gotta go. See you tonight."
Ye Chen laughed.
Denying Zhang Jingshan's further profession of loyalty.
He hung up the phone.
In the car.
Worried that Yunyou being alone in the back row, Chen Yinuo chose to sit next to her. And after she saw Ye Chen put down his phone,
she couldn't help but ask, "What did Mr. Zhang say?"
"Do you still remember Zhao Jiwei that we met at the auto show a few days ago?" Ye Chen smiled.
"The owner of the Mercedes-Benz 4S shop? Yeah, why?"
"He is having a party at the Tiangong Club and asked Zhang Jingshan to take me there too. Zhang Jingshan hoped that I could be there and make some acquaintances along the way!" Ye Chen stated truthfully.
"Tiangong Club?"
Chen Yinuo was surprised at the name,
which anyone who had lived in Jiangzhou wouldn't be unfamiliar with, not to mention for someone indigenous like her.
After feeling a bit torn, Chen Yinuo said, "Well, that case, you should go. For one thing, it's indeed beneficial for your career to widen your circle of acquaintances. For another, Mr. Zhao did us a favor by selling us a Mercedes-Benz at a low price. If he wants you there, we should give him what he wants."
"But that's also full of opportunities for a fling. Aren't you worried about me hanging out there?" Ye Chen blurted out.
And the next second, he wished he could take it back.
As he expected,
Chen Yinuo responded calmly, "If a cow doesn't want water, you can't force it to have any. By the same token, if you want an affair, there's nothing I can do to stop you. But it's the end of us though."
"Mom, what is a fling?"
Youyou blinked her big eyes while asking in curiosity.
"Eh, it's..." Chen Yinuo went dumbfounded.
"A fling is the symbol of daddy's betrayal of mommy. But rest assured, daddy won't do anything to hurt mommy again. And, you know what, daddy will love Youyou and mommy wholeheartedly and do whatever I can to make you happy for the rest of my life." Ye Chen hurriedly made up for his bluntness before.
"Gross." Chen Yinuo snorted.
But she couldn't hide the smile on her face.
Seeing her smile,
Ye Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
...
That night.
The entrance of Tiangong Clubhouse
saw nothing but lines of luxury cars.
There were basically no cars with value under one million.
It also set the tone of the high level of the Tiangong Club.
By the time Ye Chen parked his Benz,
Zhang Jingshan and Li Changfeng had already been waiting at the gate.
After all, if there was no one inside to bring him in, Ye Chen would be denied entrance, even with the fancy car he was in.
"Brother Ye!"
"Brother Ye!"
Catching the sight of Ye Chen,
Zhang Jingshan and Li Changfeng immediately walked over and greeted him.
For Ye Chen, it was not only Zhang Jingshan who was grateful, but also Li Changfeng.
First, he helped him avoid the failure of the Ferrari's brakes, which should've claimed his life.
And again, he made almost 10 million in the short-selling operation of the Sihai Group only under Ye Chen's instructions. In addition, a few days ago, he shared with him a piece of the big cake of Jinzhong Village, turning 10 million into 100 million in just a few days.
For Li Changfeng, he could not be more grateful.
Although he did promote Chen Yinuo to be the head of the business cooperation team in Huaxing Trading. That's nothing compared with what he got from Ye Chen.
"Brother Ye, Jiwei gets stuck with those second generation of officials, so he couldn't pick you up. Let's get in first!" Zhang Jingshan smiled.
"Well, I haven't been here before, I'm new here. You lead the way, please!" Ye Chen nodded and smiled slightly.
A few minutes later.
on the seventh floor of the Tiangong Clubhouse,
The door, which was five meters wide and two meters high, was pushed open by the two waiters guarding the door.
Ye Chen followed Zhang Jingshan and Li Changfeng in.
"Brother Ye, nice to have you here!"
In the lobby like a small nightclub bar,
Zhao Jiwei, who caught a glimpse of Ye Chen's appearance, suddenly put a halt to the chat he was having with another man.
turned around and strode towards Ye Chen.
And interrupted by Zhao Jiwei, the young man who couldn't finish his flattery were taken aback.
He decided to follow behind Zhao Jiwei.
"It is not easy for Mr. Zhang to go downstairs to pick someone, and for Mr. Zhao to greet upon arrival. Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhang, aren't you gonna introduce me?"
The young man stroked the collar of his casual suit, stood in front of Ye Chen, and joked with a fake smile.