Chapter 1201: The Storm, the Banker's Son-in-Law
Chapter 1201: The Storm, the Banker's Son-in-Law
Seventeen shook her head. "Beauty is a lifelong pursuit for a woman. Mom, your age doesn't matter. Eighty-year-old French ladies are still elegant and charming, and they still dress like young people. I know you're trying to be considerate of my dad, but if you maintain your beauty, he'll love you more, right? It also makes him proud."
Huo Yan sighed, patted his daughter's hand and changed the subject:
"Put on some comfortable walking shoes, and let's go to the mall."
"Okay!" Seventeen nodded immediately.
Only after I got married did I realize how luxurious it was to go shopping in the mall hand in hand with my mother.
The husband has to consider his feelings at home, and this opportunity will be even rarer when he has to live with his mother-in-law in the future.
It was also during this period that Seventeen began to frequently visit her parents' home. After returning home, she lived outside with her husband. Unless accompanied by her husband, she rarely went home alone.
I feel too distant and afraid that my parents will think too much.
The mother and daughter went to Huadu Shopping Mall and bought a lot of food.
In the evening, Shiqi helped her mother and watched her mother prepare the dishes one by one, steaming, boiling, stir-frying and stewing. She was good at everything. She knew that her mother's best dish was international cuisine.
Because her father had a very fixed diet, her mother cooked in different ways and over the past 10 to 20 years she really became an excellent cook.
"You are not needed to cook at home, but being able to cook and being unwilling to cook are two different concepts. Occasionally, if you cook a meal for your husband yourself, he will praise you to the sky." Huo Yan whispered to her daughter.
There is a huge difference in meaning between ordering a meal and cooking it yourself.
"Mom, are you teaching me how to control my husband?" Seventeen asked with a smile.
Huo Yan glanced at her daughter. "It's not about the art of controlling a husband, it's about the art of being a husband. You're still young now. When you and Haoyu have been together for another ten or twenty years, you'll understand. The so-called art of controlling a husband is actually about mutual respect and keeping the other person in your heart. If you can't make the other person remember you and love you willingly, then no matter how brilliant the art of controlling a husband is, it will be in vain."
"Yeah, I understand, I understand!" Seventeen nodded.
All parents are like this. Whatever they say is just a long-winded lecture, which is a bit annoying to listen to.
I called my husband on the 17th in the evening. It was already 10 o'clock. I guessed that the Chamber of Commerce would be over by then.
The husband didn't answer the phone until the second time I called. The phone was in the hands of his assistant. When the assistant saw it was his wife calling, he immediately ran around the place with the phone looking for the person, and finally found him.
"Mr. Zhou, it's my wife calling."
Zhou Haoyu took over and smiled at the people around him, then half-bowed humbly:
"Excuse me, my wife is calling."
"Mr. Zhou is truly the epitome of a good husband. No wonder the Third Master wanted to marry his precious daughter to you..."
The people around responded with a smile, and Zhou Haoyu also smiled and quickly left.
"Wife?"
Zhou Haoyu answered the call and whispered something. Anna came over from the side, threw herself into his arms, and stayed there quietly.
The person Zhou Haoyu brought with him this time was Anna. The other women were either not presentable or only suitable for being brought to entertainment occasions. Yan Fei, who knew how to judge the situation and had good social skills, was not bad, but after that woman became famous, she started to show off in various ways.
This is what Zhou Haoyu hates. If she doesn't look at her own identity, she would really think that she is so great now because of her height.
He also had no intention of dealing with a woman and wanted to keep it in his heart. Now, is there any place for Yan Fei?
But this time when he brought Anna out, he was really surprised to meet his father-in-law at the Chamber of Commerce. Fortunately, he did not do anything out of the ordinary after entering.
Today, this Chamber of Commerce has conditional restrictions. Anyone who comes here will be turned away if they don't have assets worth hundreds of millions. Zhou Haoyu's appearance here is entirely due to his father's influence.
Where elites in this industry gather, there are bound to be opportunities for cooperation.
So as soon as Zhou Haoyu entered the venue, he was busy building relationships with the CEOs of various companies. As for the beauty of today, he put her aside.
When Zhou Haoyu saw the mayor of City D appear with the Four Leopards of Beijing, he was undoubtedly shocked. His first reaction was to ask Anna if he had done anything out of the ordinary during the time he had been here. He kept asking Anna about his previous performance.
After getting Anna's repeated confirmation, he finally felt a little relieved.
However, thanks to my father-in-law, I got to know many business CEOs who I usually wanted to make friends with but had no connections.
Before Mr. Zhuang Sanye showed up, Zhou Haoyu shamelessly struck up a conversation with a few of them, but their attitudes were either arrogant or perfunctory.
After Mr. Zhuang Sanye showed up, he stood in front of the Four Leopards of Beijing. After being introduced by a few uncles, the atmosphere at the scene instantly reversed. Many business bosses, young and old, hoped that he could help to make connections and get to know Mr. Zhuang Sanye, or directly throw out some kind of project to tempt them.
Normally, these are all internal company information. In order to get in touch with industry giants, they don't hesitate to directly throw out the project. This also shows what kind of reputation the Beijing Four Leopards have in the industry.
Zhou Haoyu was indeed very successful, but in the end, this was all due to the influence of the banker. His vanity was satisfied but at the same time he felt disdainful. His Zhou family was no weaker than the banker's. The reason why the banker's family was so highly respected was because it was built on the strength of the four major families in Beijing. Could the banker have such a reputation just by relying on himself?
Anna lay on Zhou Haoyu's chest, knowing that everyone present today was either rich or noble. Zhou Haoyu was always flattered at every party he attended in Beijing, but today no one even looked at him straight in the eye. If those big shots hadn't shown up, Anna wouldn't have known if Zhou Haoyu was the person with the lowest net worth at the scene.
However, we finally know who Zhou Haoyu's wife is. She is the eldest daughter of the Zhuang family, the biological daughter of Mr. Zhuang Sanye, and a true pride of heaven!
No wonder this man was living a life of debauchery outside and was always so patient with his wife. He acted as if it were real. It turned out that he was relying on the power of the banker.
Zhou Haoyu believed the Zhou family and the Zhuang family were nearly identical, but to outsiders, they were worlds apart. The Zhou family was considered a prominent clan, but their heyday was short-lived. The annual output value of the Zhou family's businesses was watched by countless eyes within the industry; could it be false? But what about the Zhuang family? Forget about the Zhuang family's hotel; even Third Master Zhuang's personal assets were worth several times the Zhou family's combined. This was truly presumptuous comparison.
You have to speak seriously when you enter the venue, because this is a chamber of commerce that is different from any cocktail party. It is serious and solemn. There are few women in it except the waiters.
So Anna took advantage of this opportunity to get close to Zhou Haoyu.
Zhou Haoyu held the phone in one hand and hugged Anna with the other, responding in a low voice.
"Yeah, I saw Dad. It's the same Chamber of Commerce. Several uncles are here too... It's not over yet. Honey, I'm going to hang up first. I'll call you back later."
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