Chapter 2 One, look for

Tao Qiquan invites you to dinner. It's very formal, I specially sent someone to send the invitation ten days ago, if you can save me some time, please let me know. I have always been very impatient with people of Tao Qiquan's status inviting dinner parties, because it is a typical boring entertainment. Most of the participants have no faults, but their faces are hideous, and almost without exception, their words are boring. I can't help but yawn after listening to the frothy topic of "Song" for ten seconds. Many years ago, Tao Qiquan often invited me to such dinners because I did some favors to Tao Qiquan in order to show his repayment.I repeatedly hinted that I didn't like it, but Tao Qiquan didn't understand at all, so in the end I had no choice but to get angry and said to him: Don't always invite me to dinner for no reason, okay?

Tao Qiquan still didn't understand, and said: Let's talk about it, what's wrong? I had to be ten times more direct and honestly say: What's the taste of eating with people like you?Life is short, one meal is one meal and one meal is missing, wasting it on people like you, is it wrong? Tao Qiquan finally understood, his face became ugly in a short time.But he has one advantage, he is very well-mannered, he immediately slapped him and said: You are such a lump, you are scolded even if you are invited to dinner. I knew that I must not let go at this time, so I immediately said: You know, it's better that this kind of thing doesn't happen again.

At that time Tao Qiquan shook his head, thinking that I was simply unreasonable.But he still said: We are friends, aren't we?They are friends, so don't they have the opportunity to sit and eat together? I was a little embarrassed, I didn't know how to answer for a while, Tao Qiquan said again: Under what circumstances can I have the honor of drinking with Your Excellency? I thought about it for a while and said: Right people, right wine, right food, right place, you feel that there are these four things for me, you can consider me to participate, but I don't guarantee that I will definitely come.

Tao Qiquan bowed to me and said: I have learned. After this conversation, the strangeness disappeared. Tao Qiquan never invited me to such a dinner again. That being said, it has been many years. Everything was going well all the time, but suddenly he came again with an invitation card, I held the invitation card in one hand, and flicked on the invitation card with the other, making a crackling sound, and looked at Bai Su. Bai Su knew that I proposed four pairs of conditions to Tao Qiquan, and she also knew that among these four conditions, the most important thing was the right person.

The person is right, even if the wine is light and the food is light, you can still have a good time.If the person is wrong, even if there are delicacies from mountains and seas, everything is available. After eating this meal, it is just like the Cantonese saying that it falls from the spine. It is as awkward as it is. So Bai Su asked: Has it been written down? Who else? I raised the invitation card: no, and I didn't explain why I wanted to treat guests. Bai Su smiled and said: Don't worry, since he wants to invite Wei Dajia to visit, besides the invitation card, he will definitely come to say hello in person.

I also laughed: Unless I plan to be with him every night, I still have to put on airs. While talking, the phone rang, and after pressing the call button, he gave a feed, and then he heard Tao Qiquan's voice, saying loudly: Have you received my invitation? I snorted: I don't know why the treat? Tao Qiquan replied: Your Excellency and his wife are the host and the guest. I'm honest and blunt: what about accompanying guests? Tao Qiquan said: There are tycoons, and there are When he said this, he hesitated for a while. It was very obvious that there were other guests, and he was a little difficult to speak. The reason was, of course, that if he spoke out, I would reject him, so he was thinking about how to word it.

Under normal circumstances, I would definitely tell him without waiting for him to say it, don't be embarrassed, as long as there are people I don't want to see, I won't show up. Moreover, he hesitated like this, which can also explain why your husband and wife are hostesses and guests, and it is also a lie. Most likely, there is no one who wants to see me, so there is this dinner.I can also predict that people who Tao Qiquan hesitates to say must have a great background, otherwise Tao Qiquan would not come to risk the possibility of getting into trouble and win him over for others.

So I have more reason to refuse. However, at this time, the situation was a little abnormal, so I agreed to the invitation without waiting for him to continue, saying: We will arrive at the residence on time. As I said, I looked at Bai Su to see if she was surprised by my abnormal behavior.But seeing Bai Su smiling at me, she wasn't surprised. On the contrary, it was Tao Qiquan. Although he couldn't see his expression, he could feel his astonishment from his voice.He was surprised at first, and then said in a repeated voice: "Great!"Very good!It's a deal, and we'll be waiting for you then!

Apparently I promised so readily, completely beyond his expectations. He was afraid that I was impulsive, and when I figured it out, there would be changes, so he hurriedly ended the call. Of course, I was not impulsive, but when I heard that there was a tycoon among the guests, I immediately made a decision.Because there is a tycoon, Zhu Jin will definitely come, and I have something to ask Zhu Jin, and I don't want to go to her, so I just took this opportunity to meet Zhu Jin, so I agreed immediately regardless of who else was there. Tao Qiquan was surprised because he didn't know the reason, but Bai Su certainly knew the reason, so he was not surprised.

At this time, she said: I'm afraid I won't get any information. I said: They are colleagues, there must be contacts with each other, and they can always provide something I want to know. Bai Su didn't seem to be very interested in it, so he had no choice but to say: Maybe so. The dialogue between Bai Su and I will be inexplicable to those who don't know the ins and outs of the matter, but for those who have been in contact with the previous story "A Very Encounter", they can know the truth. In the story "Extraordinary Encounters", Bai Su and I were fooled by a middle-aged woman called Director Wang. It wasn't until the end that we realized that she was very ordinary-looking and could be seen in any vegetable market. I saw hundreds of women whose name was Wang Lian.

Only then did we know her true identity, and we suddenly realized that she is really a real person who does not reveal her face. It turns out that she is just like Shui Hong, Zhu Jin, Huang Chan, Liu Xu, and Hai Tang, who are extremely special and powerful.No wonder we are being used and have no idea how. If it hadn't been for a letter from her in the end, with her signature on the letter, I'm afraid we still don't understand it until now. Although she apologized to us in the letter, Bai Su might not take it to heart, but I can't help but feel bitter about it. I have been thinking about when I should take the initiative to find her to fight again, so that she will suffer a little bit, so that I can completely eliminate the sense of uselessness in my heart. Since we regard her as an opponent, we naturally need to know her to a certain extent, so I thought I could ask Zhu Jin about it. Bai Su said that there would be no results, maybe she was right, but she had to try. Later, Bai Su laughed at me, saying that my temper of unwillingness to admit defeat might never change in my whole life.I protested, saying that I was very convincing, as long as the other party's methods were fair and aboveboard, I lost, and there is no one who would not admit defeat, but this Ms. Wang Lian is cunning and tricky, of course I am not convinced! This is something that happened later, so I won’t mention it. But when it came to the day, Bai Su and I arrived at Tao Qiquan's residence on time. Tao Qiquan's residence was extremely large. When the car drove straight to the door of the house, we saw Tao Qiquan walking down the stone steps. There are seventeen or eight steps in total. , I saw Tao Qiquan walking very hard, his posture was very strange, and I was wondering, only to find that the petite and exquisite water scorpion was attached to his body, like a small monkey attached to a big monkey, so Tao Qiquan had some difficulties in moving . Ever since Tao Qiquan got together with this little elf, such nasty movements have emerged one after another, and there are some unimaginable ones. The scene he saw before him can only be regarded as pediatrics. The only way to deal with it is to treat it as invisible. Tao Qiquan went down the stone steps, if he hadn't seen Bai Su, Shui Hong might still refuse to leave Tao Qiquan. She could only hear her yelling: Sister Bai! Then she flew up without getting off the ground, it looked like Tao Qiquan's primordial spirit suddenly came out of his body. She rushed towards Bai Su, Bai Su smiled and remained calm, allowing her to show off.Seeing that Shui Hong was about to bump into Bai Su, suddenly, his body twisted slightly, and he stood in front of Bai Su in a flash, grabbed Bai Su's hand, shook it constantly, smiled like a flower, and was infinitely affectionate. To be honest, a person's appearance is sometimes very important. If Shuihong is not so petite and beautiful, such actions will only make people disgusting, but Shuihong does it, even if she knows her background, she is 99% sure It's just acting, but it looks pleasing to the eye, and I think it's very cute. Tao Qiquan didn't have this burden on him, and he acted much faster. He came to me, looking very happy, and said loudly: You will definitely not regret attending this party. I snorted, and said, "It's definitely not a worthwhile trip just to watch the welcome ceremony." Shui Hong made a big grimace at me and said, "Hello, Mr. Wei." For Tao Qiquan's sake, I also greeted her, and Tao Qiquan said: Everyone is here, just waiting for two. I had expected that Tao Qiquan wanted someone to come to me, and now that he said this, I can be sure that the purpose is indeed the case. I glared at her, Tao Qiquan smiled, and patted me on the shoulder, after all, he had known each other for a long time, and he knew something, so he told me straight up, it was much better than ghosts, and I had already arrived at the door, and Bai Su had already given Shui Hong Pulled in, Tao Qiquan was not afraid that I would turn around and leave, so he said: There is a friend who wants to ask you something, you will not find this friend annoying. I snorted again, noncommittal, reserving my right to be annoying. Tao Qiquan accompanied me into the huge house. I have been to this house many times. Every time I enter the door, I can't help but frown because everything in the house is extremely magnificent. People suffocate! But this time when I entered the door, I suddenly felt that all the decorations in the room were very different from before, fresh and elegant, natural and unaffected, making people feel very comfortable naturally. In addition to my admiration, I can't make such a change even if I measure Tao Qiquan's chest. The reason why I can do this is of course the credit of Shui Hong. It can be seen from this that although Shuihong is regarded as a little fairy by me, she is very competent as a little fairy. At this time, Bai Su was in front, looking back at me, I knew what she meant, so I nodded and said sincerely: Good! Bai Su whispered something to Shui Hong beside him, and Shui Hong also turned his head, but instead of thanking me for my compliment, he raised his head, rolled his eyes, snorted loudly, and walked away with Bai Su. past. I just find it funny, but I can deeply understand the happiness that Tao Qiquan and a woman like Shui Hong can get together, and I am very happy for him. Walking into the hall, I saw six or seven people sitting on a group of sofas in the corner of the hall.The living room is very huge, with many sets of sofas. Seeing that the guests are in the formal hall, you can tell that the guests have a high status and are not very familiar with the host. If you are familiar with the master, even though your status is as high as a tycoon, you will only meet the master in the small living room or study. I'm not very interested in guessing who the guest is, I'm only interested in seeing whether Zhu Jin is here or not. This is something that can be seen at a glance.She likes to wear red, especially the dazzling bright red, more than the beautiful scenery on a good day. At this time, Zhu Jin was with others, because Bai Su had approached, they all stood up, expressing extreme politeness. I noticed that the tycoon also stood up very sincerely. Among all the people, there was only a thin old man with a very beautiful little girl beside him. He wanted to help him up, but Bai Su had already said repeatedly: You are welcome, old man, you are welcome. The old man didn't show any sign of standing up any more, and sighed: "When you are old, you don't have a single bone in your body to be obedient anymore!" The little girl next to him pouted and said, "Grandpa, it's not that you are disobedient in every bone, you are disobedient in your whole body. You keep looking for it and tell you to rest, but you still want to look for it!" Looking at Bai Su's original appearance, she may not know the old man, but after the little girl said this, she raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she had realized something, but she did not further express that in such an occasion, of course, she would have to wait The master introduces formally and cannot show off his knowledge. Because of Bai Su's reaction, I paid special attention to the old man, and I noticed that things were quite strange. It is not easy to determine the age of this old man, he is probably between sixty-five and eighty years old. His life is obviously not very good. Not only is his clothes very ordinary, but his face is weathered, with many and deep wrinkles, and his complexion is dark.However, judging from the outline of his face, he should be of Caucasian race, and when he spoke just now, he spoke English with a standard American accent. If he hadn't been sitting in Tao Qiquan's big living room and asked me to estimate his identity, I would have Guess he was a homeless man in America. But now that he can become the guest of Tao Qiquan's mansion, of course he will not be a homeless man, he must have a great background. However, the strange thing is, if he is someone with background, how could he be in such a down-and-out appearance? When I looked at him carefully, he also looked at me. Although his eyeballs were a bit cloudy, it was still possible to see that he was originally blue, which made him more certain that he was of Caucasian race. This matter is even more bizarre, because the little girl who called him Grandpa just now looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, and with her complexion, she can be sure to be an island native in the South Pacific. How could the two be grandfather and granddaughter? I just passed through the story of "A Very Encounter" and met Wu Luyuan, the main character in the story, and his grandson.Wu Luyuan is Chinese, and his grandson seems to be a native of Nanyang. That's because Wu Luyuan married an aboriginal woman. After two generations, his grandson is 100% aboriginal. And that is the result of the combination of the yellow race and the South Pacific natives. The old man in front of him is Caucasian. The combination of Caucasian and South Pacific native can make the characteristics of Caucasian disappear so completely after two generations? So I guess the little girl calling the old man grandpa does not mean that they are really blood-related grandparents and grandchildren, but just the little girl's respectful name for the old man. Although this little girl also speaks English with a beautiful accent, it is not proper. It can be inferred that it is not her mother tongue, and it is mostly used when she talks with the old man, and the old man taught her to speak it. The little girl spoke after the old man just now, and she was quite dissatisfied with the old man's behavior. Although it could be heard that her dissatisfaction was due to her concern for the old man, but on such an occasion, she, a little girl, suddenly acted like this, Obviously totally out of step with normal social politeness. There are only two possibilities. One is that the little girl is innocent and completely ignorant of manners, just like Hong Ling when she came out of Miaojiang; It was natural to say that. This little girl may not have lived in the civilized world for a long time, so it can be inferred that the old man has also left civilized society for a long time. This may be the reason why the old man's appearance looks so weather-beaten. The place where the old man left civilized society and lived for a long time is of course related to the little girl, and it can be speculated that it is an island in the South Pacific. My mind moved very quickly (the so-called telepathy of my mind), and I wrote down what I thought of in a flash. It seemed to be a long article, but in fact it took no more than three seconds. My preliminary conclusion is that this old caucasian man had lived in the South Pacific islands for a long time.What is certain is that this old man must have a very unusual identity, otherwise it would be impossible for Tao Qiquan to invite me to dinner for him. What I continued to think about was what the little girl said. Those words sounded very senseless, but I can be sure that this complaint must be the little girl's usual nagging, so it is so natural to say it. From what the little girl said, it seems that the old man has been looking, looking, looking, looking for something I don't know what it is, of course he has never found it. The little girl doesn't want him to continue looking, but the old man refuses to listen, and he still wants to keep looking. . So this became a contradiction between the two, and the little girl brought it up whenever she had the opportunity, which shows that the contradiction has a long history. This old man has been looking, looking, looking, looking for something, I have no idea at all, and I can't imagine it.But I can know that what the old man is looking for must be an island in the South Pacific, which is why he has lived on an island in the South Pacific for a long time. Thinking of this, I suddenly had a vague idea, but at the same time I shook my head involuntarily, because this idea is so absurd and incredible. The reason why I thought of so much all at once was entirely caused by Bai Su's expression of sudden realization, so at this moment I suddenly thought of something, and naturally looked at her. At this time, my eyes were full of doubts, indicating that although I thought of something, it was too impossible, so I asked for her opinion. Bai Su completely understood my intentions. She was talking to others at that time, but she kept paying attention to me. As soon as she made eye contact with me, she nodded slightly, expressing: That's right. Although I got Bai Su's affirmation, I still couldn't believe it, and I still shook my head to myself.At this time, the tycoon suddenly shouted: Wesley, have you taken ecstasy? As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to point to the old man, and said: We told him that Wesley is very capable. Once he sees you, he can know who you are within three minutes. It has been a minute and a half now. Don't live up to our bragging about you! Between the tycoon and me, for some reason, we have never been very close. I am fine with him, but he always makes trouble for me, and finds something to make trouble with me. I don’t know if I am embarrassed, what can he do? feel happy. I can only attribute this situation to the incongruous relationship between the two of us's brain wave frequencies and any other people. At this time, when he said these words, it was clearly with bad intentions!Of course, he thought that it was impossible for me to know the origin of this old man, so he said this. The purpose was to make me look a little ugly, so that he could laugh at this behavior. Nor can it be said to be a friendly gesture. Although I had some assumptions about the old man's origin, I was not sure at all, so I kept shaking my head. However, the affirmation Bai Su gave me just now played a big role in increasing my confidence.And under such circumstances, of course I can't let the tycoon's trick succeed, even if I'm wrong, it's better than saying I don't know. I put on a nonchalant demeanor, as if I didn't hear what the tycoon said, and walked towards the old man. When I got to the old man, I bent slightly. The old man was quite tall, and even though he was sitting there, I didn't have to bend a lot to shake hands with him.When I reached out to him, he immediately extended his hand and shook my hand warmly, like a good friend who hasn't seen each other for a long time. In fact, although I have a vague idea of ​​who the old man is, I am not sure. Of course, I have never seen him before, even if I have seen his photos, I will not be very impressed, and his current appearance is definitely different from many years ago. Big difference.However, under the gaze of the tycoon, I had to give it a try. While shaking hands, I called out what I thought was the old man's name. I said: Mr. Rock Here, I must declare that the name Rock is not the real name of the old man. According to my practice of telling stories, I will not disclose what the real name of the old man is, but use a pseudonym instead.This is a trick of mystification. Old readers must have been used to it, and new readers must get used to it, because similar situations will continue to appear in the future. When I am narrating now, I use a pseudonym, but what I called out loudly at the time was my full name with surname. As soon as the name was called out, everyone reacted differently. The old man looked very surprised, but his expression was more of admiration.Tao Qiquan, Shui Hong and Zhu Jin all applauded. (At this time, besides the people I mentioned, there were four other men in the living room, who were also guests invited by Tao Qiquan. Their identities will be described later.) Among the crowd, the tycoon's reaction is the most noteworthy. He opened his mouth wide, full of disbelief, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat, as if a live toad he had just swallowed refused to pass through him. The esophagus enters the stomach while protesting like it is being made. This kind of scene is really very interesting, no matter how long it has been apart, it will be very funny when you think about it. I believe that if I had no way of knowing the origin of the old man and behaved very awkwardly, the tycoon would be as happy as I am. Of course, this is his real purpose of embarrassing me. From everyone's reactions, I knew I was right! I continued calmly: I never expected to see you, the whole world thought you would never appear again! The old man called him Mr. Rock from now on and smiled, with a bit of bitterness in his smile, but his tone was very relaxed, and said: Didn't the whole world think I was dead? I spread my hands: Before seeing this person's body, no matter what happens, I will not confirm that this person is dead. There are too many unimaginable and unpredictable things in the world! As I said this, I looked deliberately at the tycoon. One advantage of being a tycoon is that he is willing to gamble and admit defeat, he can afford to lose, and he will never cheat if he loses. At that time, his expression had returned to normal. When I looked at him, he nodded sincerely to me. I smiled and said nothing to him. After listening to my words, Mr. Rock sighed lightly and wanted to say something, but he didn't seem to know how to start. Although my purpose of coming here is to learn about Wang Lian from Zhu Jin, I never expected to encounter a rock. This Mr. Rock has a great background and is extremely legendary. Briefly, he is a very important member of a world-wide consortium.The amount of assets held by this kind of world-wide consortium is so large that it is by no means what ordinary people can imagine the value of in the stock market of an international metropolis, and it is often not as valuable as the assets of such a large consortium. But Mr. Rock is far more interested in exploring wild places around the world than engaging in business operations.