On July 25, the last day of Wang Ai's personal business affairs, a sponsor invited Wang Ai to attend a cocktail party. Wang Ai and Xu Qinglian wandered among the crowd, but their thoughts were not at the cocktail party.
Listening to Xu Qinglian's question, Wang Ai couldn't help but smile and said: "From now on, I will not fight alone!"
"What? Are the procedures completed?" Xu Qinglian opened her eyes wide: "It's pretty fast!"
"That's right!" Wang Ai said, "You don't even have to look at who has applied. They are all the next generation of philosophers who are focused on cultivating, and they are all good scholars with good roots. Apply for a paper by yourself."
What’s so difficult about a bound volume? It’s just that the society has no funds, and now someone is providing funds specifically and promised not to interfere with the research direction and content. What else was said in the meeting?”
"When will the first issue be published and what is its name?"
"It will be published in four or five days. I have a lot to say, especially since I have been scolded so much these days." Wang Ai grinned: "As for the title of the publication, it is not available yet. It is not an official publication approved by the state.
It is a collection of papers that our interest groups learn from each other. They are not published publicly or sold publicly. Hehe, the impact is not small anyway. These poor talents are not good at anything, and they don’t eat enough. They only have one article, and they are very abusive!"
"That's right!" Xu Qinglian smiled and nodded to an entertainment star opposite, and then said: "In the past, you were the only one who scolded them to the point of being confused, but this time it's good to show off!"
"You're just a litter!" Wang Ai scolded with a smile and suddenly came closer and said, "Are we a litter? When will we really be a litter?"
Xu Qinglian's eyes flashed, she pursed her lips and said nothing, and her little hand holding Wang Ai's arm twisted hard. Wang Ai tightened the muscles of his arm to resist. When the two were secretly competing, someone suddenly said hello next to them.
"Hello, big star."
Wang Ai and Xu Qinglian turned around and saw an unknown person, who looked to be in his thirties, with half a head of yellow hair, wearing a straight formal suit, and smiling very attractively. This scene has been played out countless times today.
Yes, the sponsor spent a lot of money to invite Wang Ai to come out. Of course, it also gained a lot of face. If it hadn't been for the last day, Wang Ai might not have had the skills. Tomorrow would be the day for Wang Ai to give himself a day off. It would be enough.
Five days!
So Wang Ai responded very politely: "Hello."
Xu Qinglian said nothing, smiled and nodded. Like Wang Ai, she didn't like this kind of situation, especially frequent dealings with strangers, even if these people were very polite. In comparison, she felt a little worse than Wang Ai,
Because when these people came to Wang Ai, they basically talked about football and the World Cup. She was more like a vase than Wang Ai’s girlfriend who was specially introduced by the sponsor’s boss before the reception.
The person who came here was a little shorter than Wang Ai. After all, Wang Ai was almost 1.85 meters tall. But the person who came here was dressed very fashionably, in a man's fashion, like Teacher Tony. He was one step away from Wang Ai and said:
"I watched this year's World Cup, you are really awesome."
Wang Ai smiled and waved his hand: "Thank you."
"Hey, why aren't you wearing a watch?" the visitor said in surprise.
Wang Ai subconsciously raised his wrist, and then smiled and said: "It's no use. I'm used to using a mobile phone to check the time. The electronic one is more accurate."
The man shrugged and said with a smile: "For those of us, watches are of course not used to tell time. Just like these people here today, the tie they wear has no specific function. It is part of modern etiquette. The same is true for watches.
Look at this as a symbol of our own taste, style, and status."
As he said this, this man raised his wrist to reveal a quite plain watch, black and white, with various small circles on the dial. He didn't know what they were about. Wang Ai didn't know much about watches. When he was in school,
I have worn it several times. As for the famous watches, my parents also wear them now, and I once had a few at home. I don’t know what happened to them after they were given away to others. Ai Xiaoqing still has a few similar ones in her jewelry cabinet. In short, Wang
Ai doesn't care about these non-practical things, he would rather study digital cameras.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. My surname is Liu and I come from Shanxi. Do you recognize this person?"
Wang Ai shook his head: "Shanghai or Plum Blossom?"
As soon as the words came out, Xu Qinglian beside her shook her head secretly. How could a person in such an occasion wear a domestic watch and return a Shanghai Plum Blossom? This brand is from what era.
Handsome Liu smiled politely: "No, this is a Swiss watch, Vacheron Constantin, priced at 1.5 million."
"So expensive?" Wang Ai made a surprised expression in response.
"In US dollars and RMB, it's 12.48 million yuan." Handsome Liu added politely.
"Ah, it's amazing." It's not that Wang Ai doesn't know how to speak in public, but he's just too lazy to say it.
Handsome Liu smiled gently: "I know you are not short of money. I have also read the news that you donated 120 million, which was in Time Magazine. But I have to say that doing charity is not what you do.
First, you must satisfy yourself and the people around you, and then think about buying reputation.”
Wang Ai smiled and said nothing. How could others know about his pursuit? To be honest, apart from the people around him, only the members of the interest group in the society could understand many of Wang Ai's actions. It was just a fun thing for outsiders to watch.
With Wang Ai's current status, there is no one he can explain to.
"Look, the lady next to you has a good figure, good temperament, and perfect natural conditions in all aspects. However, you didn't bring her any jewelry. This is so rude."
When Xu Qinglian heard that the topic suddenly fell on her, she glanced at Wang Ai, who also happened to look at her. The two of them usually complained about the jealousy jokes in romance novels when they chatted. What's the matter, is it really happening today?
Both of them were dressed casually today. After all, it was July and it was hot. Wang Ai found it troublesome and Xu Qinglian was not very willing to come, so Wang Ai was wearing a shirt, trousers and leather shoes, and Xu Qinglian was wearing a white dress.
Jacket and black trousers. It is not easy to wear jewelry in this outfit. Besides, Wang Ai has never bought jewelry for her except for the few luxury brand jewelry he bought in Spain before. She has no financial income of her own.
What a waste of money.
Xu Qinglian smiled and said: "He never bought it for me, so I don't have anything to wear."
"This is your fault..."
Just when handsome guy Liu was about to speak and continue the plot, the sponsor manager who had been accompanying Wang Ai realized that the situation was not good and quickly changed the topic and greeted the movie star in front, and the two parties separated.
Unexpectedly, when Wang Ai and Xu Qinglian came out after the cocktail party, a pure white sports car stopped in front of them. Handsome Liu showed his handsome face in the car window: "Beauty, come with me for a ride."
