In Li Jianhui's view, the HSBC Charity Gala is more of a show, and charity is just incidental. It is more about building a relationship between Hong Kong's richest people and HSBC, and also building a wave of reputation from the outside world.
There are quite a lot of good things at HSBC, including antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry, and even a villa.
Of course, this villa is only located in Kowloon, not the famous Victoria Peak or Mid-Levels. It is also not located in Causeway Bay or Repulse Bay. At the current market price, this villa only costs more than 2 million.
Although Li Jianhui currently only lives in a house of less than 800 square feet in Hung Hom, he has no intention of buying a villa.
He and Chen Xinyi have been saving their royalties and are planning to build their own house in Tiu Keng Ling.
Li Jianhui has no plans to buy antiques for the time being. He plans to arrange for people to go to the mainland to collect a batch in a few years. You must know that antiques there in the 1980s were cheap, so he can easily buy them.
When he came here, it was impossible for Li Jianhui to pay nothing. He flipped through the auction item book and finally decided to buy a three-piece jewelry set, which was produced by Chow Tai Fook Jewelry and specially donated by Zheng Yutong today.
Based on the market price, this set of jewelry is estimated to be around 200,000 Hong Kong dollars. Li Jianhui's budget is 500,000. He won't want any more.
During the auction, there was no fierce bidding as Li Jianhui imagined. As long as someone called out the price for each item, other people would basically bid.
Of course, everyone bidding was basically higher than the market price of the auction item, so no one thought about picking up the missing items.
Although Li Jianhui was not very gregarious, no one went out of his way to get in trouble with him. He bought this set of jewelry for 300,000 yuan.
The imagined brainless second generation did not appear. These boys and girls present are worthy of being elites of wealthy families. They will not antagonize others unless necessary.
This party was definitely a boring trip for Li Jianhui. If HSBC invites it again next time, he will never attend again.
Although this big creditor in Xiangjiang is powerful, Li Jianhui has never thought of asking for help from HSBC, and he does not need to give face to the Taipan King like many wealthy families.
Moreover, Li Jianhui was so confident in himself that he did not bother to rely on HSBC to rise. He hoped in his heart that one day his bank would be able to crush HSBC under its feet.
On the contrary, Chen Xinyi was extremely happy, especially when she saw the three-piece jewelry set that Li Jianhui auctioned for her, the joy on her face never dissipated.
On the way back, she couldn't wait to let Li Jianhui put it on. Obviously it had a very special meaning in her heart.
Naturally, Li Jianhui would not make the girl sad, so he asked Chen Xinyi to turn her head, took off the necklace she was wearing from the back of her neck, and put the necklace in the three-piece set on her.
Then he asked Chen Xinyi to cooperate with him, took off the earrings she was wearing, and put on new earrings for her.
As for the ring, since the two had already made an engagement, Li Jianhui put it on her left middle finger.
When the two officially enter the palace of marriage, Li Jianhui will wear it on the ring finger of his left hand.
Chen Xinyi happily put on the necklace, earrings and ring for herself by Li Jianhui. At this time, she felt full of security and happiness.
The only slight disappointment is that the ring is only worn on the middle finger of the engaged left hand, not the ring finger of the married left hand.
She has decided that she cannot wait until she graduates from college to get married to Li Jianhui. That would take too long, at least five more years. If she goes to graduate school, it will take even longer. She doesn't want to be taken advantage of by others because of her studies.
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Chen Xinyi thought about what Su Guizhen said to herself before she came out, and she plucked up the courage in her heart and whispered in Li Jianhui's ear: "Brother Jianhui, my mother said that if the party ends too late tonight, let me follow you. You don't have to reply."
It’s home.”
No matter how slow his reaction was, Li Jianhui understood what this meant. Looking at the blushing Chen Xinyi, if he continued to send Chen Xinyi back to the Chen family, he was destined to become a virgin for the rest of his life.
He immediately said to the driver in the front row: "Lao Zhang, instead of going to Chen Mansion, go directly to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel."
Chen Xinyi felt nervous and shy when she heard this. She said softly: "Brother Jianhui, why don't you go home? Why are you going to the hotel? This will make aunt worry."
Li Jianhui whispered in his ear: "The home is too narrow, and the third sister is back today, and the sound insulation effect is not very good. We cannot disturb their rest."
Chen Xinyi didn't know that Li Jianhui was thinking of bad things, and she would definitely fall into the tiger's mouth today.
But there was not only no fear in her heart, but also a vague sense of expectation. She felt in her heart that only when she truly became Li Jianhui's woman could she truly feel at ease.
After arriving at the hotel, Li Jianhui asked the driver to drive back and come back at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
The first thing I did when I entered the hotel was to call home and tell Liu Xiaojuan that she wouldn't be going back tonight, so that she didn't need to worry.
Liu Xiaojuan was angry at first, but when she heard that she was with Chen Xinyi, she immediately hung up the phone with a smile.
Because Li Jianhui's industry is developing more and more smoothly, Liu Xiaojuan has also quit her hard job. Now she watches TV at home and cooks some food for Li Jianhui in the morning and evening. She usually seems very bored.
Although Li Jianhui is the youngest in the family, because he had a baby marriage when he was young, and he has always had a good relationship with Chen Xinyi, he may be the first in the family to get married, and he will also be the first to have grandchildren.
It’s Chen Xinyi who wants to continue studying, otherwise Liu Xiaojuan and Chen Zhiyong would have arranged their marriage.
As for the age issue, it is enough for their generation, and it is also in line with Hong Kong's legal regulations.
After hanging up the phone at home, Li Jianhui did not forget to call the Chen family to inform Chen Xinyi that she would not be coming back tonight.
I don’t know if Chen Zhiyong knew it already and didn’t ask Li Jianhui to send Chen Xinyi back immediately on the phone.
He just warned Li Jianhui not to let Chen Xinyi down and not to do anything to harm Chen Xinyi.
After both families had been informed, the young couple no longer had any scruples and began to spend their time together.
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At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhang Weidong drove Li Jianhui's car outside the Chinese Oriental Hotel, but did not see the two of them.
As someone who has been there, he knows that the two young people must have been busy very late last night, and they probably haven't woken up yet.
He did not bother Li Jianhui and Chen Xinyi, but waited for them to come down in the hotel lobby.
It wasn't until after 11 o'clock that Chen Xinyi, who had just gone through personnel matters, woke up. She looked at Li Jianhui, who had already woken up, and asked about the time.
When it was almost noon when I heard the sermon, I immediately turned over and got ready. At the same time, I also said: "Didn't you tell Lao Zhang to pick us up at nine o'clock yesterday? Why didn't you..."
Before she finished speaking, Chen Xinyi felt a pain in her lower body.
Li Jianhui hugged her immediately when he saw this, and said at the same time: "Be careful, don't do any big exercise these two days, don't worry about Lao Zhang, he will be waiting for us in the lobby when he comes."
"Huh, it's all your fault. You lied to me and said it didn't hurt. My parents will definitely find out when I go back today."