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Chapter 420: Expanding social circle
......... And Liu Dong, who had made a huge profit in this negotiation, completely let go of his tempered drinking capacity and started drinking with the three of them.
In addition, the three of them also wanted to please Liu Dong, who was close to Zhou Bin, so the atmosphere at the banquet was very lively. After three rounds of drinking, several of them had already become brothers. Wen Lin, Zhou Yang and Shan Guozhi even promised that in the future,
More diamonds and gold shares will be allocated to Liu Dong.
After more than an hour passed, Liu Dong relied on his extraordinary physical fitness and the ability to drink a thousand drinks without getting drunk, and completely drank Wen Lin and Zhou Yang, the three alcohol-tested dinner fighters!
"Squeak!" Zhou Bin, who took the time to come over after being busy for a while, opened the door and came in. He looked at the three people swaying on the sofa and had fallen asleep, and was secretly surprised.
Then he smiled at Liu Dong, who was sitting on the sofa leisurely drinking a small drink and eating the most delicious dishes in the country in the Yuquanshan Canteen: "Xiaodong didn't see that, you can still drink?
In just one moment, I knocked down all three of them!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong put down his chopsticks, stood up and said with a smile: "I have only recently learned to drink! Brother Zhou, why are you here now, when you are already busy outside?"
"We're almost busy! Okay, no more words. Xiaodong, come with me. Yun Cong and the others are also here. It's time for them to take you to meet a few more friends!"
After listening to Zhou Bin's words, Liu Dong naturally agreed very much. The people who can come here to pay homage to Mr. Zhou today are basically giant figures within the third generation of military, political and economic affairs. If you can get to know one more, you can expand your network of relationships.
Expanded several times, and after three years of social practice, Liu Dong has a deeper understanding of the saying "many friends, many paths".
"What about them?" Liu Dong pointed at Wen Lin and the others hesitantly. It was not very polite to leave the three drunk people here. Liu Dong didn't want the relationship he had finally built up to be wasted because of a small oversight.
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"Haha, don't worry! There is a hotel on the third floor here. I'll just ask the service staff to take them up later!"
After listening to Zhou Bin's words, Liu Dong was relieved. Then he followed Zhou Bin and walked down. He also saw Li Yuncong who was sitting in the lobby on the first floor. Of course, there were more people Liu Dong didn't know.
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Liu Dong was really lucky to be able to come to attend Mr. Zhou's birthday party today. Under the introduction of Zhou Bin and Li Yuncong, he became familiar with many yamen in the capital and left contact information with each other.
Although Liu Dong understands that among these people, it is impossible for everyone to have as strong a relationship with him as Zhou Bin and Li Yuncong, but even if there are only one or two, Liu Dong has made a profit. After all, if any of these yamen pick up any one, their families are all in the country.
They all have a strong network of relationships. These are all invisible wealth, and of course they need to be managed carefully by Liu Dong himself!
In addition to these yamen, Liu Dong also got to know a lot of people in shopping malls and political circles with the help of Zhou Bin and Li Yuncong. Although many of them are not useful now, Liu Dong still carefully identified these people.
His appearance, occupation and contact information were all recorded in his mind.
From nine o'clock in the morning to the end of the show at four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Dong was always here. This kind of opportunity to expand his network was rare, so he had to make the most of it. In addition, Mr. Li also called him just now.
Call and ask him to go to the villa and take back the antiques placed there!
"Brother Zhou, I'm going back first!" After everyone was almost gone, Liu Dong walked up to Zhou Bin who was seeing off guests with his elders at home and said.
"It's only four o'clock. It's so early. Why are you leaving in such a hurry? You can stay and play for a while. You'll be fine if you go back anyway!"
"No, I have to go to Mr. Li's place. It happens to be convenient now!" Liu Dong said with a smile. For him, although the heavily guarded Yuquan Mountain has a nice scenery and is suitable for health preservation, it still feels like...
Like a prison, there is a sense of restraint. Perhaps this is also related to his status. After all, Liu Dong is just a successful businessman at best, and there is a big gap compared to the big guys in Yuquan Mountain.
Seeing Liu Dong's resolute attitude, Zhou Bin did not try to persuade him anymore, "Okay, I'll ask Gangzi to see you off when you leave later!"
"No, no need! It's not as strict as when I came in. I can just go back by myself then!" Noticing that another guest came out, Liu Dong quickly said: "Okay, you go ahead and I'll go ahead.
gone!"
"Okay, then I won't keep you, and we will talk again in the past few days!"...
Fortunately, Liu Dong was smart and didn't get lost when he came out of Grandpa Zhou Bin's place. After walking for more than ten minutes, he arrived at Mr. Li's villa!
After pushing the door open and walking in, I happened to see the old man sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a newspaper.
"Here you go, sit down!"
"Hey, old man, where is Brother Li?"
"I'm drunk and sleeping upstairs!" As he said, the old man put down the newspaper, picked up the teacup and teapot on the table and poured it for Liu Dong.
"Old man, I can do it myself!"
"Okay, you're welcome when you get to my place!" Mr. Li said after waving Liu Dong to sit down.
"How is it? You gained a lot today, right?"
Listening to Mr. Li's words, Liu Dong nodded, "With the help of Brother Zhou and Brother Li, I have made many friends!"
"Well, Xiaodong, you are a stable kid, you have your own sense of propriety in doing things, and you know how to advance and retreat. This is very good, but I have one more thing to tell you!"
"Please tell me!" Liu Dong said respectfully.
"You don't need to be nervous, it's not a big deal actually. It's just my experience of half a lifetime. Maybe someone has told you before!" After a pause, Li Laoyu said seriously, "Xiaodong, my friend
Having many and wide connections is indeed very beneficial to your own development, but everything has a limit. Once it is exceeded, you will be bound by this network of connections in the future. At that time, you will not be able to control many things!"
"Mr. Li, I remember!" Liu Dong nodded. He understood what Mr. Li meant by these words, because Liu Dong's current identity is indeed very different from the children of these rich and powerful families, just like Tian Qilang in the Liaozhai story.
Similarly, a rich person only needs to give money to repay his kindness, but a poor person needs nothing more than his life to repay his kindness.
Of course, Liu Dong's situation may not be as bad as Tian Qilang's, but the central meaning is the same. In the final analysis, the debt of gratitude is the most difficult to exchange! Moreover, the old man is also afraid that Liu Dong will get involved with these lawless and powerful children.
When he committed crimes, his family supported him, but Liu Dong had no power and was left alone. It was such a disadvantage!
"Just remember, you are a smart kid and very capable. In addition, you are still young, and you will eventually develop one day! Xiaodong, many times, 'forging iron requires one's own strength'!"
Seeing Liu Dong nodding, the old man understood that he had kept his words in mind, "Okay, I won't say any more. I called you over. In addition to asking you to take your things back, I just want to ask you about the last time
When you said in front of Lao Zheng that you wanted to set up a private museum, was it an excuse on your part, or did you really have this plan?"
"Mr. Li, it's true, I really have this plan!" Liu Dong said. In his opinion, if he didn't have the windfall of the relic Yuanguang, then Liu Dong might collect antiques after he became rich.
I don’t have many things due to my hobbies, and there is no need to open a museum.
But it is naturally different now. It has only been less than half a year now. In addition to the large number of bronzes, jades, and lacquerware obtained from the tomb of King Chuzhuang, he has collected nearly five hundred paintings, calligraphy, porcelain, miscellaneous items, and jades.
There are dozens of national treasures among them. It is conceivable that with the cheating device of the relic Yuan Guang, there will be more national treasures in the future. Therefore, it is too luxurious for him to appreciate it alone!
Moreover, he did not want future generations to ruin his life's hard work after his death, so opening a private museum to put all the antique treasures he collected throughout his life and develop it for the public to visit was the best choice. More
What's more, although Liu Dong is young, he is still quite willing to do this kind of thing that will leave his name in history!
"Haha, okay, since you have this intention, then I, the old man, will naturally support it! When the time comes, the collections I put in Quancheng will also be handed over to you to set up a museum!" the old man said with a smile.
"Well, old man, I'm not polite. I've been thinking about your old collection for a long time!" Liu Dong said with a smile. Mr. Li's collection has nearly 5,000 pieces, but the old man has saved up for three generations, and most of them are high-quality products.
Speaking of calligraphy and painting alone, excluding the works of modern painters, there are more than 500 calligraphy and paintings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and more than 200 calligraphy and paintings from the Tang, Five Dynasties, Song and Yuan dynasties. This number is many at the provincial level.
No museum can compare.
"I knew you had this evil idea!" the old man said with a smile. Although at the beginning, I relied on the introduction of my old friend Uncle Long to get to know Liu Dong, but after spending so long together, the old man became more and more fond of Liu Dong.
Now I almost think of him as my nephew!
"By the way, since you plan to open a museum, do you have any specific plans now?"
After listening to the old man's words, Liu Dong nodded, and after pondering for a while, he hesitated and said: "Old man, I don't know whether I should say it or not!"
"You kid, there's nothing you can't say to me. If you can't do it, don't you still have an old man like me? I'll support you when the time comes!" The old man spent half his life in the army. Although he has retired, he still has a short temper.
Looking at the old man's appearance, Liu Dong gritted his teeth and said cautiously: "Mr. Li, I want to rebuild the Old Summer Palace!"
"What?" Mr. Li immediately opened his eyes wide, with a look of shock on his face.
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