A well built man in black suit came out of a cab. He looked around for a while and said
"Oh Long's Hotel is across the street! The cab dropped me on the wrong side"
Then he walked through the pedestrian and crossed the street.
Long's Hotel, Inside a party hall.
"Bro Wang where are you everybody is waiting for you the reunion has already started".
"I am at the entrance of Long's Hotel. Sorry I won't take long ."
As soon as I entered, I saw 22 familiar faces. There were 31 students during our High school, butt only 22 came( including me it's 23).
Everyone looked at me when I entered. They continued to stare at me. And our class monitor, Mrs Gao, exclaimed
"Wang Li?"
Everyone came to a sudden realisation. One after another they came up to me and greeted me. Soon the atmosphere became lively again. Mrs Gao was busy with her phone again ( she must be trying to contact others). She seemed sad, must be the others didn't accept the invitation.
Then she started walking towards the center.
"Everyone can I have your attention?"
Every one was chatting among themselves trying to discuss their business, carrier, love life etc etc. But they all stop when Ms Gao pulled their attention.
"Everyone we are reaching 30 years of age and our beautiful 20's are almost over. Some of us are married, Some of us are successful, While some are trying hard to find success. I hope we can help one another. "
She paused for a sec and continued.
"There are some people who didn't attend our reunion last time, some haven't attended for quite a long time. And we don't know how they are doing and they also don't know how we are doing. So let's take a few moment to reintroduce ourselves."
Then everyone started coming towards the center and started introducing themselves. Some were working as government employees, corporate employees, etc. While some started their own business. There were also quite a few who haven't found their answers in life ( meaning useless bums). Some ladies married into rich and sucessfull man ( this is also counted as successful. How many women can marry into rich families?)
When everyone has done their introductions, finally it was my turn. I had prepared my short speech while they were doing their introductions. Now I m confident.
"I m Wang Li. Right now I m just a private consultant. I don't earn much. I get paid for every work done. Nothing impressive but I can get pass my life pretty well. If you guys have any problems related to technical securities you can contact me"
That's what I had prepared for my speech.
But the moment I tried to say something, Everyone started shouting
"Wang Li, you don't need to introduce"
"Wang Li you can just do a body show"
"Your body is worth much more then any form of introduction"
"Please show us your Body"
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They started cheering me. Damn. What is this situation. I really didn't expect this to happen. I stood there in the middle of the hall. I started blushing. But then everyone was more excited to see me act even more.
Mrs Gao said " Can you just fulfill everyone's request? Even I want to see your muscles"
I could only smile at her. Everyone started clearing the mid area of the hall. They were eagerly waiting for me to do some act.
I think I can't escape? I don't know any pose I can use in this kind of situation. The cheers were getting wilder.
Ok fine I will do it. I slowly removed my coat, then necktie, then followed by the shirt. I stopped there leaving me with an inner sleeveless t-shirt and the pant.
"Boooooo"
"Boooooo"
Then I did some push ups to warm myself. My muscles started protruding out. The muscles line were more visible now. This will be sufficient.
Then I removed my t-shirt.
"Wow"
"Wow"
Some even started whistling.
Then I started doing the 8 mandatory poses (https://www.liveabout.com/the-eight-mandatory-poses-in-bodybuilding-415148).
Followed by some non mandatory Arnold Schwarzenegger pose. Like the famous sculpture in Ohio, Columbus. (https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/32740)
Then I finished up and started wearing my shirts. That was scary. But the crowds were getting wild. Some Hotel management staff even came to stop the noise but didn't say anything. Some of the more courageous young female staffs captured a video clip and uploaded them to Social media.
All my friends must be thinking that I started body building as a career. That must be it. If I did the poses after a proper warm-up like I did at the gym, they would be dead from shouting too much.
Mrs Gao came to the middle area and distracted everyone from their noises. She then
toast a cup of wine to everyone.
Then the dishes started pouring out one by one . There were also wine. The hotel staff were quite efficient in their work. The music was soothing. Among the clamour a couple walked up to me along with Fengtian.
"Bro, I m sorry I could not tend to you"
"It's alright. You must be very busy organising the reunion with the class monitor."
However, The man next to Fengtian used to be my love rival. He stopped pursuing her after High School. But I continued pursuing her to college and then to University. But she never once give me any positive reply. I think she went overseas after she finished her graduate course.
"Hi Wang Li,How are you doing these days?"
" I m doing great. How about you Zhao Ye?"
"I m doing great. This here is my wife, Zhang Mu."
"Hello"
And we chatted for a while. Laughing out at time when Zhao Ye told us about the silly mistakes he made while taking care of their son (Baby). When the wine started kicking in He even started sharing his life experiences. He even said sorry to me for pursuing the same girl as me. Do drinking make people more open. Did he not know that he was with his wife? Being drunk can make alot of things easy. But I pity what his wife will do when he sober up.