Yuehui Night Club.
Ye Wei hung up the phone feeling dejected, while his childhood friend from Beijing North Big Courtyard, Nie Yun, asked, "So he's not coming? I told you Feng is difficult to invite out."
Several wealthy second-generation business owners from Jiangcheng's institutional and river capital circles, who were also present, joked, "Who is this? Not even giving face to Mr. Ye?"
"Don't talk nonsense, this guy is a big shot," Ye Wei glared at his fair-weather friends, "He's an elder brother from our courtyard."
With just one sentence, the young rich heirs sensed the tremendous amount of information and the smile on their faces faded.
They knew well that the courtyard system was extensive, but not all third-generation members from within it could be addressed as 'young masters.'
In their generation, there were probably only a few people that both Ye Wei and Nie Yun, coming from T2 camp families of the courtyard, had to call 'brother.'
The wealthy heirs were eager, "Can we meet him sometime later?"
Who in the social circles wouldn't want to network with more high-end players?
To these sons of wealth and power, Ye Wei and Nie Yun were like the ceiling of their circle; at least in the younger generation of Jiangcheng, they were among the very top.
Nationally, only those top-tier big shots from Beijing had offspring more privileged than them.
Ye Wei snorted, "You're flattering me. Not to mention Nie and I are fringe folks who didn't join the military, even my own brother who inherited my dad's military position doesn't have the privilege to sit at his table."
The rich heirs and the second generation of Jiangcheng's official authorities looked at Nie Yun in surprise to gauge the credibility of Ye Wei's words.
"Old Ye is right; when our bro usually attends banquets in the courtyard, even the elders would call him to sit at the same table," Nie Yun gave a thumbs-up and clicked his tongue, "Nothing else, it's just that his military achievements are too impressive!"
Ye Wei agreed, "Nie and I don't really understand him since we weren't in the military. When he was racking up his impressive service record, we were too young to have that kind of filter. Plus, he's not one to put on airs, so we younger guys can still talk to him. Unlike my two brothers who are in the military and are particularly intimidated by him, every time they see him, they stand up straight and salute."
Their description only made the rich heirs present even more curious to meet him.
"Is this big shot in Jiangcheng?"
Nie Yun nodded, "He arrived today, just here to have fun, I think. Not sure how long he'll stay. Old Ye and I were thinking, since it's rare for our bro to come out of the military, we'd like to entertain him a bit."
"Entertain, we must entertain him," the wealthy heirs were intrigued, "I still have quite a bit of money on my membership card. Does our bro like to play with sports cars? If not, we could take him to our luxury car club and race a few laps for fun."
Ye Wei sneered dismissively, "Forget it, he's used to flying fighter jets and driving tanks, a sports car's speed and excitement are nothing to him."
Nie Yun laughed, "Can your supercars' noise compete with the sonic boom of his fighter jet?"
Not being able to invite such a big shot for a meet-and-greet was indeed a disappointment for the rich heirs.
Meanwhile.
After the wedding of the newlyweds Xu Dong and Lin Qin ended, Lin Yu took the groom Xu Dong to host a second banquet tonight for friends from Jiangcheng.
Through his father's connections, most of Lin Yu's friends were his peers from the official authorities in Jiangcheng.
And what Xu Dong's family lacked were these government connections.
His marriage to Lin Qin was also a way to secure this layer of protection for the Lin Family.
Xu Dong's company was in Pudong District, and although Lin Langsheng wasn't serving there, he still had some connections. Tonight, Lin Yu planned to invite a bunch of second-generation individuals from the Pudong District to introduce to Xu Dong.
Lin Yu knew the way well, driving Xu Dong's Maybach and eagerly asking Gu Feng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, "Big brother-in-law, do you usually go to these places to have fun?"
There were just three men in the car, so there was no need to mince words.
"I used to be preoccupied with training and had no time for fun," Gu Feng shook his head, smiling, "But now that I'm retired, I can indeed experience it."
Lin Yu said with a smile, "Then you have to enjoy yourself tonight. I'm telling you, Yuehui is the biggest in Jiangcheng, even the largest in Asia. If it weren't for my second brother-in-law, I'd have to carefully consider the money in my wallet before going there on a normal day."
Xu Dong chuckled and said, "Don't be modest. Although uncle controls your pocket money, your friends from the business circles must entertain you often, right?"
Lin Yu kept silent but felt secretly proud.
Although he wasn't allowed to spend money lavishly and didn't own a luxury car, his local business circle friends always showed him respect.
Whenever there was a party, they would invite him, simply because his father, Lin Langsheng, was one of the three big shots of Chongming District, one of Jiangcheng's sixteen jurisdictions.
Xu Dong leaned forward in his front seat and asked Gu Feng, "Big brother-in-law, do you have any friends you want to call? Let's all come together, I've paid enough for the membership."
Now that they were all getting acquainted, Xu Dong felt you could never have too many friends, and tonight he might as well ensure his big brother-in-law was well entertained.
Although they were all unclear about the mysterious background of their big brother-in-law, they owed it to Lin Yue, their elder cousin, to show him some courtesy.
Maybe someday when the company needed financial help, they'd have to rely on big cousin Lin Yue to lend a hand.
"I don't come to Jiangcheng often, my friends are in Beijing," Gu Feng said, "Just take good care of your friends later, don't worry about me."
Xu Dong smiled, "Then when we go to Beijing, we will count on you, brother-in-law."
Gu Feng grinned, "Sure, let me know when you're coming to Beijing."
Lin Yu added, "You can get to know these people tonight too, big brother-in-law. There are ones from the business circles, as well as others from different districts related to my dad's official position. It can help you network for your future business deals."
Gu Feng let out a self-mocking smile, "I'm just an unrefined guy, you two really don't need to worry about me."