The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 225 Wei Ting Personally Welcomes the Guests (3k)

The speech session lasted approximately forty minutes.

Following Tan Guocheng's New Year's address, Wei Zegong, the Director of the Commerce Department, delivered another speech, and finally, Xiu Laigui, the head of Xiuzheng Group and a representative of entrepreneurs from Jilin Province, gave a speech.

The 2023 Kedah Entrepreneurs Dinner officially began after the opening remarks.

After delivering his speech, Tan Guocheng, as the executive vice-chief, went down to the stage, shook hands with Xiu Laigui and other well-known entrepreneurs from Jilin Province, exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and then left the banquet early amidst the crowd.

As for the provincial-level leaders Wei Zegong and Song Zhikai, after seeing Tan Guocheng off, they quickly returned to the banquet hall. Holding their wine glasses, they began to wander around, chatting warmly with the many entrepreneurs from Jilin Province present and enjoying themselves with the people.

The crowd mingled together, and the atmosphere grew increasingly lively as they toasted and drank.

At this moment, Gu Heng stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of the banquet hall. Compared to the bustling crowd in the center of the banquet hall, this place was much more secluded and quiet.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, snow was falling heavily.

In the parking lot of the Northeast Asia International Financial Center, many cars were already covered with a layer of snow.

Seeing this, Gu Heng took out his phone and recorded a video of it out the French windows. Then, he found Tian Xiwei's chat window on WeChat and sent the video to her.

Although Gu Heng and Tian Xiwei haven't met in person during this time, they've been communicating quite a bit online. Yesterday, Tian Xiwei temporarily left the film crew and flew to Zhonghai to attend tonight's Dragon TV New Year's Eve Gala.

In the north, not a single snowflake fell during spring.

'I had just left when it started snowing heavily. What incredible luck!'

With that thought in mind, Gu Heng exited WeChat after sending the video to Tian Xiwei, then opened his contacts and called Xu Mo.

According to the original plan, Gu Heng intended to have dinner with Luo Xiwen, then pick up Xu Mo to go out and play, and then spend the whole evening with Xu Mo.

However, things didn't go as planned. This unexpected invitation to a dinner for entrepreneurs from Jilin Province forced Gu Heng to shorten the time he could spend with the two of them.

Yesterday, Gu Heng called Xu Mo to tell her about the matter. Xu Mo immediately and very obediently said that it was okay and that Gu Heng should focus on his work. She said that she had two roommates from junior high school who were also studying at Beichun Middle School. She could arrange to have dinner with them first and wait for Gu Heng to finish his work.

Seeing how sensible Xu Mo was, Gu Heng felt even more affection for her and sent her a transfer of 13140 yuan, demanding that she accept it and spend it all before seeing him that night.

Because he knew Xu Mo's personality too well, if he didn't insist, she might just find a small eatery to eat dinner tonight, and he would also avoid any activities that might cost money.

In the dead of winter, how could Gu Heng possibly bear to part with it?

The call was answered in less than three seconds.

"Brother~"

"Are you done?"

Xu Mo's clear voice came through the receiver, filled with surprise and anticipation. As soon as Xu Mo finished speaking, Gu Heng could clearly hear two teasing voices from the other end of the line.

"I hate you guys~"

Xu Mo was already shy, and now that she was being teased like this, Gu Heng could imagine how embarrassed she would be.

"Momo, I'm sorry."

"I might need a little more time here."

Gu Heng's tone was slightly apologetic: "The leaders' speeches just now lasted more than forty minutes. The banquet has only just begun, and no one has left early yet. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to leave now."

"it does not matter."

"We just finished eating too."

Xu Mo replied softly, "My classmate's boyfriend is coming to see her later. She, her boyfriend, and another classmate of mine are going to Shenglang to have some fun. I'll go straight home later and wait for you to come back."

"Are they going to Shenglang?"

Gu Heng asked, "Which store?"

"It seems to be the store on Guilin Road."

Xu Mo responded somewhat uncertainly.

"If it's the shop on Guilin Road, Momo, you should go with them."

Gu Heng was surprised by the coincidence: "I was planning to take you there tonight too. You can go with them first, and I'll go find you at Shenglang later, so we don't have to go back and forth."

"OK then."

"Then hurry up and come over."

Upon hearing Gu Heng's words, Xu Mo agreed.

"correct?"

"Have you completed the task I assigned you?"

Gu Heng asked Xu Mo with a smile in his voice.

"what……"

"This one……"

“Not yet.”

Xu Mo stammered, "How can we possibly spend all that money?"

"Anyway, I don't care, if I see you haven't finished spending it tonight..."

Gu Heng deliberately made it sound serious: "I'll be very unhappy, and you don't want me to be holding back my anger throughout the New Year, do you?"

"I……"

"I will work hard!"

"Please don't be angry!"

Xu Mo suddenly became a little anxious and quickly assured Gu Heng.

"Good~"

"Then you guys go have fun!"

"I'll go find you at Shenglang later~"

Gu Heng said in a slightly gentle tone.

"Uh-huh!"

After making the appointment, the two quickly hung up the phone.

After Gu Heng put down his phone, he realized that while he was talking to Xu Mo, Tian Xiwei had made several video calls to him, but they were all interrupted because of his call. Seeing this, Gu Heng called her back.

Almost instantly, the video call was answered by the other party.

Hello hello~

Happy New Year, Gu Heng!

As the video call connected, Tian Xiwei's energetic voice came through.

In the video footage, the other person appears to be in a dressing room. She is wearing a black butterfly veil, with a fresh and sweet makeup look, and is dressed in a deep purple strapless dress, revealing her fair shoulders and arms.

Her face was beaming with a bright, sweet smile, and two shallow dimples appeared on either side of her cheeks.

"I was on the phone just now and missed the call."

Gu Heng smiled slightly and responded to the other party.

"Gu Heng, you're dressed so formally today!"

Are you participating in any activity?

As Tian Xiwei watched the video of Gu Heng dressed in a suit and tie, his hair neatly combed, with bright lights and shadowy figures behind him, her eyes widened slightly, her voice filled with a hint of amazement.

Gu Heng replied with a smile, "I was at the Jilin Province Entrepreneurs' Dinner. There were quite a lot of people there, so I thought I'd come to the window to catch my breath. I happened to see that it was snowing outside, and that reminded me of you. So I recorded a video of you and sent it to you."

"Entrepreneurs' Dinner!"

"Gu Heng, you're amazing! You got an invitation at such a young age!"

Tian Xiwei smiled, her eyes curving like the moon: "Thank you for remembering me. If I hadn't been invited to the New Year's Eve party, I would have seen this snow tonight. What a coincidence!"

"fine."

"The snow season in the north is still long."

Gu Heng smiled and comforted him, "There will always be a chance when you come back."

Tian Xiwei's expression suddenly fell, and she said pitifully, "But our crew only has three days left in Beichun. Is there really still a chance?"

"If you leave Beichun, you can always come back."

Just as Gu Heng and Tian Xiwei were talking, a group of people suddenly walked towards Gu Heng from the center of the banquet hall.

Because Gu Heng was facing out the window, it was Tian Xiwei who first noticed someone walking towards him.

"Gu Heng, it seems someone is looking for you."

Tian Xiwei reminded Gu Heng.

Upon hearing this, Gu Heng turned around and saw that the group of people walking towards him was led by Wei Zegong, the director of the Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce, who had just delivered a New Year's address on stage.

“That’s the Director of the Commerce Department of our province.”

Gu Heng quickly said to Tian Xiwei, "Focus on your performance, we'll chat again when we have time. Happy New Year."

Upon hearing that the other party was a high-ranking official at the department level, Tian Xiwei immediately said, "Gu Heng, you're busy now, Happy New Year!"

Gu Heng nodded slightly, then hung up the phone and put it away.

At the same time, he quickly walked towards Wei Zegong and the others.

"Mr. Gu, why are you here alone?"

When the two met, Wei Zegong acted very amiably.

"I just had a phone call with a friend."

Gu Heng bowed slightly to show respect: "Director Wei, I'm really sorry, I should have taken the initiative to visit you, it's really not right for you to come here in person."

"Eh!"

Wei Zegong waved his hand: "There's no such thing as 'should' or 'shouldn't.' Tonight is the last day of 2023. Everyone should relax and have fun!"

After saying that, he immediately introduced to the people around him: "Come, come, let me introduce you to some of the young talents of our Jilin Province. This is Chairman Gu Heng, the second largest shareholder of Ruyi Airlines under Zhonghai Junyao Group, and the chairman of Beichun Junlan Hotel and Zhencui Group in our province. He has a bright future ahead of him!"

"Chairman Gu, I've long admired your name!"

"He's such a handsome man, I'm so envious!"

"Mr. Gu, are you married?"

……

As Wei Zegong finished speaking, the many entrepreneurs from Jilin Province surrounding him began to exchange pleasantries with Gu Heng.

Gu Heng wasn't surprised that Wei Ze could recite Gu Heng's identity in such detail. In economically strong provinces in the south, there might be many entrepreneurs with assets exceeding 5 billion, but in Jilin Province, they were truly few and far between.

Now, Gu Heng has risen to prominence in just six months, and at only 18 years old, it would be strange if Wei Zegong, as the director of the Department of Commerce of Jilin Province, didn't have a deep impression of him.

"Chairman Gu, why don't we move to the front?"

"Chairman Xiu and Chairman Li are also very interested in you."

Wei Zegong invited Gu Heng, "You are both outstanding entrepreneurs from Jilin Province, you should exchange ideas more often."

"As it should be."

"I have long held Mr. Xiu and Mr. Li in high esteem."

If there were no other opportunity, Gu Heng wouldn't choose to be courted, but now that Wei Zegong, the director of the Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce, had personally come to invite him, it would be a bit presumptuous of him not to give him face.

"it is good!"

"Then let's go together!"

"Let me introduce him to Chairman Gu!"

Wei Zegong patted Gu Heng's shoulder affectionately and said this with a smile.

"Director Wei, please..."

"Don't be shy, let's go together."

As Wei Zegong and Gu Heng were talking, they walked back towards the center of the banquet hall. The people who had been surrounding Wei Zegong naturally surrounded Wei Zegong and Gu Heng.

In an instant, Gu Heng quietly became the focus of the entire room...

(End of this chapter)