Chapter 183 Engagement

I believe that all over the world, especially in bustling metropolises, various promotional activities will emerge in endlessly around major holidays. In the West, the most important promotional holiday is undoubtedly Christmas, which is the Spring Festival for Westerners.

It's been very cold and windy in London this year, but there's no trace of snow on the ground.

Huang Chu said that it was because the cleaners had swept it and there were so many people on the street that the snow melted.

Perhaps because of the daytime, there were not as many people on the street as expected, but the shops were decorated with lights and colorful decorations, creating a Christmas atmosphere. All kinds of promotional advertisements and tricks to attract customers appeared in an endless stream. Everything is exactly the same as the bustling markets around the Chinese Spring Festival or National Day.

The difference is that most of the people you see when walking on the street are foreigners.

South of Oxford Street and north of Piccadilly Street, this area in the middle is the most developed commercial district in London, where almost all the top brand-name stores are located. Further east is Chinatown and Broadway, and then the Thames River. To the west is Hyde Park.

Ye Qiu and Eliza were not very familiar with London. On the contrary, Huang Chu, who was studying in Cambridge, had been here many times and was quite familiar with the surrounding area, so he took Ye Qiu and the two of them to walk around in the commercial bustle. .

The purpose of their trip was to buy a set of engagement rings.

Speaking of which, it was Ye Qiu's fault. He was so busy that he was about to get engaged, but he found that he hadn't bought the ring yet.

Therefore, on Christmas Eve, I had to drag Eliza to London and call out Huang Chu who had just been on vacation.

Although there are not as many pedestrians on the street as expected, it is a bustling neighborhood of an international metropolitan city and is indispensable. Huang Chu and Eliza, two stunning beauties walking together, are naturally the focus of everyone's attention. But the way they dress reflects their different personalities.

Huang Chu has a low-key and elegant personality. He wears light blue jeans and a white loose sweater. The sweater is very long and looks like a miniskirt. The only bright spot on his body is the black knitted scarf around his neck. It looks very layered on a white sweater.

She doesn't have many jewelry on her body. She wears the necklace Ye Qiu gave him around her neck, but it is covered by the scarf. The bracelet on her wrist is covered by the cuffs of the sweater. It looks very simple, but it gives people A very comfortable and layered feeling.

Contrary to Huang Chu, Eliza's dress is much more fashionable.

A white knitted hat is paired with a white knitted sweater vest, and underneath is a pure black slim-fitting long-sleeved warm T-shirt, which fully reveals her exquisite figure on the upper body, and is accompanied by a pair of black jeans underneath. The tights and the outfit are completely black and white, which is very visually impactful.

What's even more surprising is that her hair under the white knitted hat was dyed dark brown, and she wore a pair of sunglasses that covered most of her face. Coupled with her tall figure and convex figure, she looked She really has the look of a celebrity going out on the street, and she frequently attracts the attention of passers-by when walking in the busy city.

Compared to the two beauties who are eye-catching, Ye Qiu seems to be more ordinary. After all, men don't win by dressing up.

A dark blue high V-neck sweater, paired with a pair of jeans. He had neither long hair to blow in the London wind nor sunglasses to cover his eyes. He looked very ordinary, but he didn't care. With two beauties on his left and right as his companions, he was enjoying shopping very relaxedly.

Nearby is the old town of London. The streets are relatively narrow. There are even many specialty stores of the world's top brands in the streets. It really feels like the aroma of wine is not afraid of the deep alleys.

Ye Qiu rarely had this opportunity and mood. Accompanied by a beautiful woman, he went shopping leisurely. He was very interested in the architectural style of this old city in London, which was about two to three hundred years old. He felt that it had some flavor, especially when he thought about it. In this old city, cars representing modernity are coming and going in an endless stream. The impact of retro and modern is really unique.

I visited several jewelry stores along the way, including Cartier, Tiffany and other brand stores. I also looked at several matching rings, but I still couldn’t find one that I was satisfied with, so I simply wore it. Go to the streets and look around, maybe you will gain something.

Girls' shopping is basically the same. As they walk, they unknowingly have more things in their hands.

Eliza bought several clothes and shoes, at least half of which were given to Huang Chu. Huang Chu also bought clothes and shoes, but they were basically Ye Qiu's, but without exception, these last items They are all in Ye Qiu's hands.

But the most important ring has never been found.

At this time, the three of them came to the three-way intersection and saw a jewelry store.

"This ring is good, go in and take a look." Eliza saw the billboard at the door and suggested with a smile.

"George Jason?" Ye Qiu had never heard of this brand, and neither had Huang Chu.

"The Danish brand started with silver jewelry. I remember someone said at the time that if silver could speak, it would speak Danish. George Jetson is Denmark's national treasure. Over the years, they are not only good at silver jewelry, but also in jewelry design. It’s also very good. The style is clean, elegant and pure, which suits Achu very well.”

I didn't realize it, but Eliza was very familiar with this brand that didn't have much popularity.

George Jetson's most famous pair of rings is the fusion series. According to the waiter's introduction, designer Nina Cooper's concept is to capture the rhythmic fusion of different elements, almost perfectly integrating mysterious and simple elements, using The exquisite carving of 18K gold, 18K rose gold and 18K white gold shows different combinations.

This is a bit like DIY. The ring can be made into two inner and outer rings, or three rings. Then according to your different requirements, gold, rose gold and platinum can be combined in different ways, and diamonds can also be inlaid to achieve the desired effect. Different color levels and different characteristics for personalized needs.

Ye Qiu and Huang Chu were both very curious about this kind of ring, and they were both young people with an innate interest in DIY. Therefore, after being introduced by the waiter, they decided to buy this kind of ring, and they both They all chose two rings, using white gold and rose gold to form the inner and outer rings respectively, and at the same time inlaid with diamonds.

In the end, the two rings cost Ye Qiu more than 10,000 euros in total, which amounted to hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Ye Qiu didn't care about money at all. The most important thing was that Huang Chu liked it.

After ordering the ring, the matter was finally over. The three of them naturally had more fun visiting London. They had a great time in London for a few days. After Christmas, the three of them returned to Shanghai together.

The day after they arrived in Shanghai, Ye Qiu's parents went north from Xiamen to Shanghai and met with Huang Chu's parents. Because many things had been agreed on the phone before, this meeting was more like It's a courtesy.

After Huang Jinsong suffered a stroke before, his body gradually recovered and improved a lot. Except for the inability to exert force on his left side of the body and the occasional stuttering when speaking, everything else is normal and he can still do sports such as swimming and golf. Yes, he is just like a normal person in normal times.

When he met Ye Qiu's parents this time, he also put down his domineering attitude in the past and became more kind. He kept praising Ye Qiu and saying some kind words to Ye Qiu's parents. , after all, it is his daughter who is going to marry into the Ye family. For the sake of her daughter's future situation, she must be more polite.

It is not difficult to see the transformation of Huang Jinsong from this. If it were him before, he would probably continue to be domineering, thinking that I am the best in the world, and it would be your honor to marry my daughter to your family. He must still be very domineering, but Now……

Seeing his transformation, Ye Qiu couldn't help but sigh, this man really only matures after experiencing it.

So why not myself?

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Although both Ye Qiu and Huang Chu wanted to make the engagement ceremony simpler, Huang Jinsong only had Huang Chu as his only daughter, so it was impossible to make it simple.

The engagement ceremony was held in the Huang family's villa. All the invitees were immediate relatives of the Huang family. Basically, the whole family came. There were dozens of people in total, and Huang Jinsong also specially invited The chefs from hotels and restaurants came to the house and held a small banquet in the garden of their villa.

This is also a bit of consideration for Ye Qiu. After all, after New Year's Day, he will return to Europe soon. He doesn't have much time, so he just invites all his relatives over to get together. It also saves Ye Qiu from visiting door to door in the future. A lot of trouble.

The engagement ceremony was also very simple. It was not like doing it in a hotel, which required a lot of processes and steps. Huang Jinsong and Chu Yun just walked out holding their daughter's hands, handing their daughter over to Ye Qiu's hand, and then in Huang Jinsong's hands. Under the arrangement of Chu's aunt, Chen Zhong's mother, the newlyweds exchanged rings, and the marriage was considered an engagement.

After exchanging rings, Huang Jinsong and his wife and Ye Changming could not help but say a few words to the newlyweds.

Ye Qiu's parents were originally very satisfied with Huang Chu and had nothing to say. On the contrary, Huang Jinsong seemed to have thought a lot after what happened before. After the engagement ceremony was completed and before the banquet started, he specially invited Ye Qiu. Qiu went for a walk in the garden, leaving Huang Chu, the future bride, with the lively relatives and friends.

The Huang family's villa is not big. The distance from the garden in front of the house to the back of the house is only a few dozen meters. Ye Qiu deliberately kept a little distance from Huang Jinsong along the way. Even now, he still I feel a little embarrassed about my father-in-law.

Huang Jinsong walked to a big pine tree, patted the trunk gently, rubbed it gently, as if he was stroking a precious thing, and then said softly, "This pine tree was planted when A Chu was born." It was planted when my career was just starting. Later, when we moved here, I transplanted this tree.”

"Think about it, it's been more than twenty years!" Huang Jinsong sighed with some regret.

I believe every parent will feel this way when they see the children they have worked so hard to raise get married.

Ye Qiu stood slightly behind him. After hearing this, he smiled slightly and said, "We will come back to see you when we have time. You can also come to Europe to see us when you have time."

After hearing this, Huang Jinsong's expression was full of reluctance. He knew very well that marrying his daughter to Ye Qiu was equivalent to marrying his daughter to Europe. He was very reluctant to part with it. If possible, he would like his son-in-law to marry him directly. Working in the Huangtian Group allows him to see his daughter every day.

But sometimes, this kind of thing can't be said.

He is becoming more and more satisfied with Ye Qiu, his son-in-law. In other words, the only thing he is dissatisfied with is that he refuses to come back and take over the Huangtian Group. Some of the things he heard about Ye Qiu from Chen Zhong made him unhappy. Huang Jinsong somewhat believed that Ye Qiu would be a very strategic group leader.

For example, he previously advised Chen Zhong to engage in real estate. As a result, in just two or three years, the performance of Huangtian Group's real estate company increased by leaps and bounds. In 2001, when he heard that Huangtian Group's logistics was going to expand into express delivery, Ye Qiu recommended Chen Zhong to acquire it. A company in Shenzhen called Shunfeng spent nearly one billion, but its performance was very good. On the contrary, the cooperation with the Dutch company advocated by Huang Jinsong turned into a loss-making business.

Not long ago, Ye Qiu recommended Chen Zhong to start a shopping website, and Huangtian Group opened a new e-commerce company. It has been more than two months since the website was launched. Although they are still investing money and the competition is high, Chen Zhong Zhong feels that the market prospects are ideal and firmly believes that if he continues to persevere, there will be great potential.

All these, coupled with the fact that Ye Qiu had quietly spent 500 million yuan to help the Huangtian Group overcome difficulties, made Huang Jinsong look at Ye Qiu with admiration and deeply admired his daughter's vision.

Of course, Ye Qiu didn't know what Huang Jinsong was thinking. Otherwise, he would definitely feel ashamed, because he didn't have any strategic vision. He just relied on his more than ten years of experience than others to give Chen Zhong some advice. It is just a suggestion of development trends in the next few years.

But sometimes, it was his casual words that gave Chen Zhong an enlightenment, such as the acquisition of Shunfeng and the establishment of a website similar to Taobao. These were all things that Ye Qiu said casually, but Chen Zhong believed them deeply. , and sometimes even some companies will call to listen to his opinions on their business strategies.

When it comes to business, Ye Qiu really doesn't understand.

"I should say sorry to you for what happened in the past!" After Huang Jinsong was silent for a while, he also noticed Ye Qiu's jealousy towards him. There were some things he thought he should say. We can't always be so estranged between son-in-law and father-in-law, right?

When Ye Qiu heard this, he was a little surprised and panicked, "Don't say sorry, it's me who says I'm sorry to you."

Strictly speaking, Huang Jinsong is the elder and Ye Qiu is the junior. He wants to pursue someone else's daughter, but he is arguing with Huang Jinsong. This is indeed a bit of something, so Huang Jinsong apologized, and Ye Qiu immediately followed suit.

After hearing this, Huang Jinsong laughed, turned around, and stretched out his hand, wanting to pat Ye Qiu's shoulder and try to make some connections. However, he was obviously afraid that Ye Qiu would avoid him. He paused on purpose when he reached halfway and found Ye Qiu. Without hiding, he put his arm on Ye Qiu's shoulder and said, "Don't talk about the past. From now on we are a family. I will leave Achu to you, and you should treat her well."

"Don't worry, I will do it!" Ye Qiu nodded in agreement.

"This girl hasn't suffered much since she was a child. She looks gentle and gentle on the surface, but she's still very stubborn inside. If she gets really troubled, just be more accommodating to her." Huang Jinsong still knows his daughter very well.

How can a couple not quarrel? The key is that if they quarrel, one party must give in.

Ye Qiu also understood this truth and chuckled, "I understand."

Huang Jinsong was still very relieved about Ye Qiu and kept nodding. He was obviously more and more satisfied with this son-in-law. "I am also preparing to retire. You know, I have seen through this time and survived the catastrophe. It's just that I still have to solve something myself, otherwise I will never be willing to accept it in my life! "

When he said this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Huang Jinsong's eyes, as if he had returned to the role of the iron-blooded businessman that Ye Qiu knew in the past, full of cannibalism, but only for a moment. .

"When the matter is resolved, I will give up the position of chairman. I will use Huangtian Group as my daughter's dowry. It depends on you or Achu who will take over the position. If you are not willing to join the company, then Put a name on it and let Chen Zhong take charge. I know who he is. He is very loyal and reliable. He has grown up with me. He is like a brother and sister to A Chu, so I can rely on him."

Ye Qiu listened with his ears, but he was thinking in his heart, what exactly was Huang Jinsong trying to solve?

He quickly guessed that this matter probably had something to do with Zhang Zijian and his son.

After the conversation with Huang Jinsong ended, Ye Qiu returned to the banquet, found an opportunity to sit next to Chen Zhong, and asked about it.

"My uncle is really cruel this time. Lao Zhang treats him like this this time. He feels as if he has been betrayed by his own brother. Now he must retaliate in kind. I heard that he has grasped Lao Zhang's lifeline and is making plans. , and Lao Zhang is not aware of it at all now. I believe that before long, their company will no longer exist in Shanghai, and our Huangtian Group's business will continue to expand. "

Ye Qiu frowned when he heard this, "Didn't you say you wanted to streamline things before?"

"Don't worry, I'm taking care of these things now. Take your time. Besides, many of the Zhang family's businesses are very profitable, and they complement our Huang Tian. It's also good for us to hold them in our hands." Chen Zhongxiao Said.

Ye Qiu didn't understand these things, but he believed Chen Zhong and felt relieved after hearing what he said.

Throughout the banquet, Ye Qiu casually asked about some things, while Chen Zhong chatted with Ye Qiu about some of the company's business. For example, the shopping website was being suppressed by the largest shopping website in the country. How much did Ye Qiu need to pay? moves, and Ye Qiu taught Chen Zhong some of the tricks he used to retrieve treasures in his previous life.

In addition, Ye Qiu also mentioned Dubai's real estate to him. As Dubai is about to relax its real estate restrictions and allow transactions, Dubai's real estate will also sound the horn of a sharp rise.

In the past, Ye Qiu just talked about it casually, but now, Huangtian Group is his wife's dowry, holding 90% of the shares, how can he not pay attention to it?