Chapter 449 Chu Huan's big wedding, a feast for a wealthy family (Part 1) (7K chapters, please subscribe~)
1976, March 20th, it's time to get married and trade!
Even though Chu Huan wanted to keep a low profile on her wedding, and even released the news of Huaye City's dividends before the wedding, she still didn't make her wedding a low-key success.
Almost all the newspapers in Hong Kong devoted their headlines to Chu Huan's wedding.
‘Fairy tales come into reality, the perfect combination of prince and princess! ’--"True Daily"
‘The most luxurious wedding in Xiangjiang this century! ’--"Oriental Daily"
‘Five years of long-distance love, lovers will finally get married! ’--"Sing Tao Daily"
Although the wedding was held today, it was impossible to have photos of the scene on the headlines of Xiangjiang's media newspapers, but it still didn't prevent them from giving a whole page of content to the new couple, Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang.
Chu Huan definitely doesn't have time to read these newspapers now, because Chu Huan is taking his best man group to Cao's house to welcome his relatives at this time.
There are five members in the best man group, namely Bao Tianming, Chen Haichao, and Liu Pingkui. All three of them are Chu Huan's children. Although Chen Haichao's identity is a bit special, some wealthy people in Xiangjiang also know that Chu Huan and Chen Haichao are friends. The two of Hai Chao knew each other and had a good relationship. Although some people would doubt that Chu Huan would ask him to be his best man, Chu Huan didn't care about it.
The other two are Gu Long who came from Taiwan, and Feng Yongfa, the second generation of the wealthy family that Chu Huan first met in Xiangjiang!
As for Guo Bingxiang and others, today they can only help Chu Huan entertain guests in the hotel.
"Red envelope, red envelope, red envelope!"
Chu Huan brought the best man team to Cao's house, but Cao Yunshang's bridesmaids blocked the door to Cao Yunshang's boudoir and asked for red envelopes.
There is also a lot of attention to Cao Yunshang's bridesmaids, two of Cao Yunshang's girlfriends in Hong Kong University, and three daughters of Xiangjiang wealthy families.
Regardless of whether it is a wealthy family or an ordinary person, the wedding process is basically the same, the only difference may be the cost.
So when Chu Huan and others obediently delivered the red envelope, the other party still didn't open the door, saying that he would ask the man to do 20 push-ups.
Anyway, after a fight, Chu Huan successfully carried Cao Yunshang out of her boudoir.
After that, tea was offered to Cao Wenjin and Zhou Meiqi.
Cao Wenjin felt comforted, and Zhou Meiqi burst into tears.
At the same time, outside Cao’s house, there are also a sea of people.
"Is this too exaggerated?"
Since the wedding of Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang was a matter of concern to the whole city, naturally many reporters squatted outside Cao's house, wanting to take some photos.
But when they arrived at Cao's house, they saw groups of people in black blocking the road, and they couldn't go in at all, let alone a photo of Chu Huan walking out of Cao's house with Cao Yunshang in his arms. .
"I'm sorry, our boss doesn't want our wedding to be reported by too many media, this time our boss has prepared some red envelopes for everyone, please don't take pictures!"
There are not only people from Lin Feng's security department, but also people from Xu Yi's secretary department. At this time, the secretary of the secretary department is explaining to the reporters who want to take pictures, and at the same time, his secretary has already started to distribute red envelopes to the reporters .
A reporter secretly opened the red envelope on the spot. When they saw a red envelope of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars inside, they couldn't help being speechless. There were at least hundreds of media and nearly 200 reporters on the scene. 1 million Hong Kong dollars!
Sure enough, he is the richest man in Xiangjiang, and the ostentation is scary!
After each reporter received the red envelope, they couldn't help but smile, and at the same time, the dissatisfaction in their hearts disappeared immediately. As for how the newspaper office explained, they no longer cared. nothing to worry about.
But there will always be some unscrupulous reporters who take money and break the rules.
These reporters wanted to bypass Lin Feng's people and sneak in to take pictures, but how could they really avoid Lin Feng's people.
"Why don't you let us take pictures? Don't you know that Xiangjiang has freedom of speech? And have you obtained the consent of the Highways Department for road closures?"
The reporter who was caught shouted loudly.
As soon as the sound came out, it immediately attracted the attention of Lin Feng, who was in charge of the safety here. After hearing the sound, Lin Feng rushed over immediately.
"What's the matter? Don't you know what day it is today? Why are people shouting here? If the chairman hears it, don't you want to do it?"
Lin Feng who rushed to the scene reprimanded his subordinates immediately.
"Manager, it's not our business. It was the reporter who insisted on breaking in. We stopped him, so he yelled!"
Lin Feng looked at the reporter, and the reporter took the red envelope given by the secretary of Jiaku just now with confidence, and said to Lin Feng: "Why do you block the road, why don't you let us interview, you are violating Xiangjiang's freedom of speech! "
Lin Feng didn't want to make matters worse, so he looked at the reporter and asked, "Excuse me, which newspaper are you from?"
The reporter knew in his heart that on this day of great joy, Chu Huan's people would definitely not cause any scandals, so they would not dare to do anything to themselves. Otherwise, the reporters on the scene took Chu Huan's red envelopes, I won't let this kind of thing go.
So the reporter said confidently: "I am Liu Haizhong, a reporter from "Daily Daily", and I have the right to report anything that happens in Xiangjiang."
Lin Feng glanced at the other party as if looking at an idiot, and then said to the secretary of the secretarial department who just arrived: "Contact the editor-in-chief of "Daily Daily" and tell them that if this person is still "Daily Daily" in the future Reporter, in the future, all the advertisements of all companies in the Jiaku department will be stopped in their newspapers, and the news will also be told to other newspapers in Xiangjiang. From now on, if the bangs appear in that newspaper, that newspaper will They are against our Jiaku department!"
Now Xiangjiang's media has a collective name for the companies under Chu Huan's name: Jiaku Department!
As for the media in Xiangjiang. Although they all claim to have received the true biography of the British newspapers and dare to report everything, in fact, it is just that the wealthy families in Xiangjiang do not want to be as knowledgeable as them, and there are shadows of wealthy families behind many media newspapers in later generations. , so it will look unscrupulous.
But they dare not report some real situations.
Because the wealthy families in Xiangjiang basically rule all walks of life in Xiangjiang, if you really want to be in a hurry, if you cut off your advertisement, you will basically kill a newspaper.
At this time, Chu Huan is fully capable of banning a newspaper, let alone a small reporter.
At this moment, the young Liu Haizhong remembered who he had to face.
His face had already turned pale, but Lin Feng had already been chased away, and the red envelope in his hand was naturally gone.
As for Liu Haizhong's imaginary scene where other reporters would speak for him, it didn't exist at all. He could even see the way each reporter looked at him, as if he was looking at an idiot.
This was just an episode, it passed quickly, and at this time, Chu Huan and his bride Cao Yunshang also took the wedding car to Chu's house at No. 12 Mount Kellett Road!
After arriving at the Chu Mansion, Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang were going to offer tea to Chu Huan's parents, but since Chu Huan's parents were no longer there, only Chu Huan's sister-in-law Chu Duanqing could accept the cup of tea.
At the same time, Chu Duanqing also prepared a big red envelope for each of them!
Think the next step is to wait for everyone to take pictures at home?
That's wrong, Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang still have to complete the registration.
However, in Xiangjiang marriage registration, there is no need to take photos. You only need to bring your identity documents. Both parties to the marriage, plus the woman, each bring a witness. The witness must sign the marriage certificate.
At the same time, there will be blessings from relatives and friends at the ceremony, photos, a couple exchanging rings, etc. The plots seen on TV will all appear here.
However, when the host asks if there is any objection, a man or woman jumps out in the TV plot and expresses my disagreement, which will definitely not happen.
After all this tossing, it was time for the intermission.
Basically, the wedding banquet will start at six o'clock in the evening.
Chu Huan chose to hold the wedding banquet at the peninsula.
Those reporters who were in Cao's house and Chu's house who didn't take pictures had already gathered at the gate of the peninsula early at this time, hoping to take pictures of the wedding.
Although reporters are not allowed to enter inside, there is still no problem taking pictures of guests attending the wedding at the entrance of the hotel.
"Jian Weng, Jian Weng, we all know that you and Chu Huan are very good business partners. What do you think of Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang's wedding today?"
Jian Yueqiang got out of the car, causing many reporters to hold up their tape recorders in an instant, and the camera asked Jian Yueqiang loudly across the cordon.
The video recorders in their hands are basically from Kyushu.
At this time, Jian Yueqiang, who was dressed in a light-colored suit and tied with a bow, stopped walking with a smile, and said to all the reporters with a smile: "Of course I congratulate you. Lovers finally get married. Congratulations, congratulations!" May they live happily ever after!"
After saying this simply, Jian Yueqiang walked into the peninsula with a smile.
The on-site reporters had no regrets about this, because there are still many rich people from Xiangjiang arriving later.
Especially the news that just broke out in the past two days, Huaye City, which shocked the whole Xiangjiang at the beginning, is finally going to pay dividends this time, which made many reporters curious.
What makes them itchy is that today is Saturday, and there is no way to see the most specific performance of these companies in the Xiangjiang stock market.
Soon, someone exclaimed: "Here we come, Guo Desheng and his wife from Sun Hung Kai are here!"
Not only Guo Desheng and his wife, but also their two sons, Guo Bingjiang and Guo Binglian. As for the eldest son of the Guo family, he is currently helping Chu Huan entertain guests in the Banquet Hall of the Peninsula!
"Guo Weng, Guo Weng, it is rumored that Huaye City's dividend fund this time is as high as hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Sun Hung Kai and New World are tied as the third largest shareholder of Huaye City, accounting for 10% of the shares. How much is Sun Hung Kai's dividend this time?"
Huaye City is a project, which was developed by Tianhai Real Estate, which was led by Huhua Real Estate, one of the predecessors of Zhulu Real Estate.
After a series of negotiations, the equity distribution of the five companies in Tianhai Properties is as follows: Jinglu Real Estate 60%, Hehe International 15%, Sun Hung Kai 10%, New World 10%, and Hopewell Real Estate 5%.
The Xiangjiang media are aware of these, but there have been rumors in the world recently that Huaye City’s profits are divided into dividends, but they did not say how much, so now they ask Guo Desheng to infer how much Huaye City’s dividends are this time.
In this regard, Guo Desheng did not hide it, and in fact there is no need to hide it. Everyone knows that Chu Huan wants to keep a low profile and does not want his wedding to dominate Xiangjiang's newspaper headlines for several days, so other news is needed to distract Xiangjiang. public eye.
In addition, the announcement of this amount can also increase the stock prices of various companies. Chu Huan is a shareholder of these companies. If the stock prices of their companies rise, Chu Huan will naturally have more benefits.
"The Huaye City project has always been a project that our company values very much. Now it has been proved that our original investment was correct. For the first dividend of the Huaye City project, our Sun Hung Kai received a dividend of 20 million Hong Kong dollars. , I believe that the dividends will increase in the future.”
20 million dividends?
In other words, Huaye City has already made a profit of 200 million Hong Kong dollars after only two phases of public sale?
The reporters at the scene had their own ideas in their minds, and they also knew that this figure was definitely not the final profit of Huaye City at this stage. After all, everyone knew that part of the funds would definitely go into the construction cost of the next stage. .
After answering this question, Guo Desheng took his wife Kuang Xiaoqing, Guo Bingjiang, and Guo Binglian into the peninsula.
Later, Chu Huan became some business partners in Xiangjiang.
For example, everyone is familiar with Zheng Yutong of New World, Tang Jiqian of Nanhai Textile, Feng Jingxi of Sun Hung Kai Securities, Zhao Congyan of Huaguang Shipping, Hu Yingxiang of Hopewell Real Estate, Lao Kadori of Grand Hotel Group, etc. These people also brought their wives, family over here.
"Look, Mr. Huo's car is here!"
At this time, everyone saw that Huo Tsar, who had always been very low-key in Xiangjiang, also arrived at the hotel in his silver-white Rolls-Royce.
"Mr. Huo, Mr. Huo, what do you think of Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang's wedding this time?"
The reporters at the scene asked the same questions.
Emperor Huo Tsar smiled and said: "Naturally, it is a blessing!"
After a brief sentence, Huo Tsar also walked into the hotel.
Feng Hanzhu and his son from Li & Fung Group, Qin Tianheng from Tianhua Toys, Zhang Mingyi from Overseas Trust, He Shanheng from Hang Seng Bank, Li Fushu from Bank of East Asia, Shaw Brothers Shaw Yifu, TVB Li Xiaohe
Seeing the arrival of these wealthy people in Xiangjiang, the only thing the reporters on the scene hated was that they didn't have enough film in their hands!
"What time is it, and there are already so many guests here!" Some reporters couldn't help sighing.
"If there are some problems here today, it is estimated that there will be no one in the entire Xiangjiang business community!" Some people also made malicious guesses.
"Look, there's another car coming!"
Is it rare to have a car?
It’s rare to come without a car!
Thinking like this at any time, everyone couldn't help but hurriedly took pictures.
Lei Juehua of the Lei family, brothers Lei Juekun, Lin Baixin of Lixin Garments, Zhou Xinian, the former chairman of the Milk Company who has quit the business world but is still quite influential, Li Fuzhao, chairman of the Far East Association, and Hu Han, chairman of the Gold and Silver Association Hui, the chairman of the Kowloon Club, etc. also arrived at the scene at this time.
"Look, your boss is here!"
The reporter of "Ming Pao" rubbed the shoulder of the reporter of "Sing Tao Daily" next to him, and pointed to Hu Xian, the owner of "Sing Tao Daily" who had just got off the car, and gave a speech.
The reporter of "Sing Tao Daily" chuckled lightly and said, "Don't be surprised. I didn't see your boss. Mr. Jin Yong is also here?"
Sure enough, after Hu Xian, it was Kim Yong who arrived at the scene.
"Hey, your boss is here too!" The reporters of "Ming Pao" and "Sing Tao Daily" looked at the reporter of "Business Daily" at the same time.
It turned out that their boss He Shili also came.
"Don't look at the boss, you can see that lawyer Luo Decheng is also here."
"I see, you see Feng Tianfen is right behind him, good guy, think about it, is there another rich family in Xiangjiang that didn't show up at the scene today?"
"Baojia."
"Here we come, isn't this just here!"
The former richest man in Xiangjiang Global Shipping, Bao Yugang, arrived at the scene with his wife.
Then Dong Haoyun, the ship lord of OOCL, and Xu Shifen and Xu Shixun, the two sons of the former Xiangjiang ship lord Xu Aizhou, also arrived at the scene.
Xu Aizhou has passed away, and now the helm of the Xu family is Xu Shifen. After Xu Shifen passed away in 1989, Xu Jinheng's father, Xu Shixun, will become the helm of the family.
"Several big ship kings in Xiangjiang have arrived!" A reporter sighed.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be more Xiangjiang tycoons coming to the scene in the future!"
What this person said was correct, the words fell, and luxury cars continued to park in front of the hotel. The one who got out of the car was the old wealthy family of Xiangjiang. The traditional department store Shi Majia was the first, followed by another traditional department store, Wing On. Guo family.
Chen Tinghua from Nanfeng Textile, An Zijie from South China, Zhou Wenxuan.
At this time, the sky had begun to gradually dim, but the flash of the camera illuminated the scene as if it were daytime. No one dared to blink, because in the blink of an eye, one or two famous rich men in Xiangjiang might be missed.
But even the Hong Kong media reporters, who had just been used to seeing countless rich people on the scene, were surprised again at this time.
Because the helmsmen of those foreign consortiums in Xiangjiang also arrived at the scene at this time.
Dapan Shaya from HSBC, General Manager Shen Bi, Loan Manager Roy Bentley, Taipan Niu Bijian from Jardine, General Manager Bao Fuda, Shiyoke Shihuaiya from Swire Pacific, John Shi, Shiyadi and his son, Wheelock's Taipan John Madden, and Little Madden.
At this time, everyone remembered that Chu Huan and Jing had a cooperative relationship with these people in Yingni, Qingzhou.
Some of these people will stop to be interviewed by reporters, and some will directly enter the hotel, but no matter what, these people have earned enough film on the spot!
Just when these heavyweights all entered the hotel and the reporters on the scene thought they could take a break, they discovered that Governor MacLehose's car had arrived at the scene.
Not only MacLehose, but Counselor Robert Roberts, Financial Secretary Ha Ting Kee, and many members of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council also arrived at the scene.
"What is this? A large gathering of political and business circles in Xiangjiang?"
When the reporters on the scene were changing the film, they couldn't help but speak out.
"It's not just Xiangjiang, look, Mr. He from Haojiang is here!"
Huo Tsar of Xiangjiang, Mr. He of Haojiang, these are the most influential figures in Hong Kong and Macau.
But if you have to talk about your local influence, Mr. He’s influence in Haojiang far exceeds that of Huo Tsar in Xiangjiang, and his son has also become the first big boss after Haojiang’s return!
"I haven't heard that Chu Huan has any business relationship with Mr. He?"
A reporter was taking pictures excitedly, while speaking curiously: "How long has Mr. He not been to Xiangjiang?"
"It can only be said that Chu Huan's influence is too great now!"
As for Haojiang’s other gambling king, He also got out of the car after Mr. He. He has always been surrounded by beauties, but this time He is not bringing his wife with him, but his most beloved daughter. He Chaoqiong.
Rich businessmen from Hong Kong and Macau came one after another, and even some low-key wealthy families who hadn’t shown up for a long time appeared. This made the reporters on the scene start to lament Chu Huan’s influence in Hong Kong and Macau.
But soon they found that their sigh was a bit too early.
Not only rich people from Hong Kong and Macau, but also many wealthy businessmen and celebrities from Southeast Asia.
"Who is this? Why does it look familiar?"
Some of the reporters didn't know the guy who had just arrived on the scene.
"Da Ma Lin Wutong." Some people don't know each other, so naturally others do. The reporter who knew the identity of the guest from others showed a surprised expression.
"Good guy, the gambling kings of Haojiang and Malaysia are gathered together!"
With the arrival of Lin Wutong, the arrival of other wealthy businessmen from Southeast Asia seems much more logical, such as Guo Henian, who has cooperated with Chu Huan many times.
"When did Chu Huan have friendship with these wealthy businessmen in Southeast Asia?"
Although a reporter was surprised by the presence of so many wealthy people, he still couldn't help being curious.
"These rich people are all good at hiding their wealth. Who knows when they have business dealings. In fact, even if they don't have business dealings, according to Chu Huan's current influence in Xiangjiang and Asia, they will arrive at the scene. "
"Exactly!"
"Hey, who is this person? Why haven't you seen such a person in Southeast Asia? But I think he looks familiar!"
A middle-aged Asian man in a formal dress arrived at the hotel and got out of the car alone.
"I'm going, isn't this the president of Nomura Securities, Urahoku Kiichiro?"
There are also reporters who don't know much about the status of Nomura Securities in Japan, so they immediately asked the reporters they are familiar with.
When they learned that Nomura Securities was the No. 1 securities company in Japan, they all showed surprised expressions.
"I always knew that Chu Huan had business in Japan, but I didn't expect that the first Japanese businessman who came here was such a powerful person?"
"Here comes again!"
This time, there was no need for others to ask, and the reporter popularized the identity of this guest.
"Chairman of Japan's Seibu Group, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki!"
"Look, is the person who came after Tsutsumi Yoshiaki the general manager of Sumitomo Bank, Ichiro Isoda?"
"That's right, it's him, I saw his picture in a Japanese magazine before!"
The reporters on the scene felt that they were going numb. Only at this moment did they finally know the true influence of Chu Huan in the entire Asian business world.
In Southeast Asia, although the number of rich people from Japan is not as high as that of Xiangjiang, all of them are the top figures!
Not only that, but also the general managers of many overseas banks in Xiangjiang offices also arrived at the scene one after another.
"Such a top-level wedding is simply not something that can be written in one headline?"
A reporter at the scene sighed helplessly.
It can be said that everyone who has arrived at the hotel so far can make a front-page news individually. Now it is roughly estimated that hundreds of people have come, and it is impossible to write it all at once.
"Hehe, our editor-in-chief said that for a week in a row, it was the front page of Chu Huan's wedding. No matter what news happened, we couldn't grab it!"
A reporter from Oriental Daily gave a sermon.
The other reporters didn't say anything, but the meaning was about the same.
"What about the dividends in Huaye City?"
A reporter preached in a low voice.
The rest of the reporters didn't answer his question, they just looked at each other like idiots.
Huaye City's dividend, how could it be compared with Chu Huan's wedding?
Reports must be reported, but they will definitely not be put on the front page.
"hehe!"
The reporter who asked the question hid his embarrassment with laughter.
If Chu Huan knew about his arrangement, and was rejected by these reporters, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
But in fact, Chu Huan, who was in the wedding banquet hall at this time, looked at the guests and guessed that his plan must be bankrupt.
In the current situation, do you still want to keep a low profile? Dreaming!
"What do you think?"
Cao Yunshang, who was wearing a white wedding dress, stood beside Chu Huan and asked Chu Huan softly.
The two parties have not formally saluted yet. During the salute, Cao Yunshang will wear this wedding dress that was hand-stitched by a top Italian fashion designer for half a year for the wedding ceremony.
And when Cao Yunshang and Chu Huan toasted and thanked the guests and friends at the scene, Cao Yunshang would put on a cheongsam that took eight months to sew in Xiangjiang from Shenghai to Xiangjiang master!
Chu Huan looked at the situation in the banquet hall outside with his eyes, and said with a smile: "At first, I thought about taking advantage of Huaye City's dividends to divert the Xiangjiang media reports.
But looking at those people outside now, it is impossible to divert the attention of the media! "
Now that he had already guessed the result, Chu Huan felt calm instead, without any previous worries.
There is a kind of salted fish mentality that if you come, you will be safe.
Cao Yunshang chuckled and said, "You are in this mountain, how could our wedding be low-key!"
Chu Huan nodded and said, "It's a bit taken for granted."
While the two were chatting, Cao Yunshang's eldest sister Cao Yunxuan walked in, also dressed in a luxurious evening dress.
"Daddy, Mommy, and sister-in-law let me tell you that the wedding is about to begin, are you two ready?"
Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang looked at each other and smiled, their eyes were full of tenderness, and finally Chu Huan said: "Sister, don't worry, I promise that nothing will go wrong!"
Cao Yunxuan nodded anxiously and said: "Then why don't you hurry up and prepare to go, what are you doing here?"
Chu Huan: "."
and ~
(end of this chapter)