Chapter 145: Hairy-Footed Son-in-Law
Zhang Jun did not expect that this Xu Bo would appear at the Lin family's birthday banquet, and he seemed to see a ray of coldness in the other party's eyes. Lin Xian said in a low voice: "Little brother, the man behind Xu Bo is Xu Gaoyi. He is his father, one of the core figures of the Emerald Gang, and has a close relationship with the Burmese Army."
"Sister Xian, the appearance of Xu Bo and his son today is probably not just to celebrate his birthday. You refused to enter into a marriage contract with him at the beginning, maybe this kid is still holding a grudge." Zhang Jun said.
Lin Xian thought for a while: "Probably not. My father has promised not to interfere with my choice. He is the head of the family, and no one has come out to object."
Soon, the birthday banquet began. A spirited old man walked out from the back hall, followed by three middle-aged men. The three are the eldest son Lin Hui, the second son Lin Chi, and the third son Lin Feng.
The old man is the protagonist of this birthday banquet. Lin Zhenbang, the old man of the Lin family, is sixty-six this year, but he still has an incomparable influence on the Lin family.
The old birthday star appeared on the stage, and the guests gave warm applause. Lin Zhenbang smiled and waved to everyone. He took the microphone and delivered a speech: "Everyone, my old man just celebrated his birthday. I didn't expect to surprise everyone here. I feel uneasy. Thank you very much for coming. Everyone has fun, eat and drink more Play more, don't be polite to my old man."
Everyone burst into laughter, and someone shouted loudly: "I wish Mr. Lin a long life in Nanshan, and great blessings in heaven!"
Lin Zhenbang smiled "haha" and said, "Shoubi Nanshan? Isn't that a zombie?"
Everyone laughed again.
The atmosphere of the banquet became active, and the waiters shuttled among the crowd with drinks. The fruit counters on both sides are full of self-service food. The fruits are refreshing, the dishes are delicious, and the drinks are also top-notch.
At this time, Lin Hui walked up to the front desk, and he said with a smile: "Guests, today is my father's seventy-sixth birthday. As a son, I hope that my father can live a long life, live younger and more handsome!"
Everyone laughed, and Lin Hui continued: "Next, the birthday banquet officially begins."
Next, the master of ceremonies stepped up to the front desk and officially started hosting the birthday banquet.
There is a local custom in Yundong for celebrating birthdays. After the guests come, they must first take out the gifts and display them in the hall one by one for everyone to watch and enjoy. This custom has the meaning of comparison invisibly.
The first thing the master of ceremonies did was to announce the names of all the guests and the gifts they presented one by one.
"Director Liu of the High-tech Development Zone congratulates the old birthday star, who is as lucky as the East China Sea. He is not old at a hundred years old. He will present you with a top-quality Tianhuang seal!"
"Mr. An, the president of Tianshou Group, wishes the old birthday star all the best, and presents a picture of longevity!"
While the master of ceremonies signed up, the waiters also delivered gifts to the gift table. None of these gifts are ordinary goods, and the worst of them can sell for hundreds of thousands of yuan, and even many gifts are worth millions of yuan!
Although there were many guests, there were important points when registering, so the process was not slow, and it took more than half of it in ten minutes. At this moment, the gift table is filled with all kinds of gifts, each with its own merits.
At this time, the master of ceremonies said: "Mr. Xu Gaoyi, President of Greenstone Group, congratulates Mr. Lin on his birthday in Nanshan, and his blessings are as good as the East China Sea! He also presents an emerald flat peach as a token of respect!"
A waiter walked over carefully holding a wooden plate, on which there was a flat peach tree carved with emerald, which was so lifelike that it could be seen that it was created by a master. Moreover, there are three colors of red, green and white on the emerald, which just show the real leaves and branches of the flat peach, which is amazing.
And the kind of jadeite is also good, very close to the ice kind, coupled with this ingenious carving technique, it immediately attracted everyone's attention and became the focus of all the gifts.
Elder Lin's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Your guest has a heart, I am ashamed to be an old man."
Xu Bo said at this time: "Grandpa Xu's birthday, this is a little sympathy from this junior. Besides, Lin Xian and I have a marriage contract, and we will be a family from now on."
Lin Hui was taken aback, feeling unhappy, but he couldn't show it on this occasion, and said, "Nephew Xu Xian, the matter of Lin Xian's engagement to you..."
"Of course it counts!" Lin Chi, who has always kept a low profile, suddenly interjected at this time, he smiled "haha", walked off the stage, patted Xu Bo on the shoulder and said, "Xu Bo, your character and talent are all excellent choices, Xiao Xian If I follow you, I will be happy. Here, I also hope that the guests here can bless this young couple."
Lin Xian was stunned and didn't understand what was going on. Didn't her father agree to her freedom of marriage? Why does the second uncle bring up the old things again? Still saying it in front of so many people?
This scene made Lin Hui think of something, his face changed drastically, he clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes seemed to burst into flames.
Zhang Jun's eyes turned cold, and before Lin Chi could finish speaking, he strode out and shouted, "You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Lin Xian is my fiancée, and Xu Er's two hundred and fifty don't have half a dime." relation."
He came out so abruptly, beyond everyone's expectations. Lin Chi straightened his face, and shouted: "Who are you? There's no place for you to intervene in the Lin family's affairs!"
Zhang Jun smiled "hehe": "I am Zhang Jun, I said that I am Lin Xian's fiancé, are you deaf before you are old?"
"presumptuous!"
A group of young people below were furious, they were all juniors of the Lin family, Lin Ye and Lin Tu were among them, and they all shouted and cursed at Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun turned around and glared, and said: "When adults talk, why do children interrupt? Go away!"
These words stunned the young people, and they became even more angry. Some people shouted and rushed over to show their fists. Zhang Jun just turned slightly, and he didn't see him using any force, he knocked away a few people who were close to him with one palm, and then fell to the ground.
The scene was chaotic, Mr. Lin's eyebrows trembled with anger, and he shouted: "Enough!"
Don't look at him as he is old, but he is full of energy. This drink made everyone quiet, and Zhang Jun also turned to look at him.
Lin Zhenbang stared at Zhang Jun and asked, "Young man, you said you are Lin Xian's fiancé? How could I not know about this?" Then he asked Lin Hui, "Lin Hui, how do you explain it?"
Sweat was already on Lin Hui's forehead, he stood up quickly and said, "Father, Zhang Jun has indeed gotten very close to Xiaoxian recently, and I promise not to ask about her marriage."
"Nonsense!" Lin Zhenbang reprimanded.
Lin Hui's heart sank, feeling something bad.
At this time, Lin Feng said: "Brother, as the head of the family, how can you act so casually? Lin Xian had a marriage contract with Xu Boxian's nephew earlier, but you want to give her some freedom. That's all right now, I will come to you , our Lin family must have an explanation, right?"
Lin Hui glanced at Lin Feng and then at Lin Chi. He understood that this was a game. A game set up by Lin Chi, Lin Feng, and even more people. The purpose of their setup was to take advantage of Lin Xian's marriage contract to suppress his prestige.
A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. At this moment, he felt very powerless, because his father seemed to be inclined towards Lin Chi and Lin Feng.
Lin Xian came out at this time, she stood beside Zhang Jun resolutely, and announced to everyone present: "I am Lin Xian, Zhang Jun is my husband, my lover."
As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar at the scene. Lin Chi scolded directly: "Lin Xian, are you crazy? Are you trying to challenge the will of the family?"
Lin Xian said coldly: "Second Uncle, it's not like you don't know about my father's promise to me to be independent in the marriage contract. Now you suddenly stand up and stir up trouble, what are your intentions?"
Lin Chi was furious when he was told about the central matter, and shouted: "You are presumptuous!"
Zhang Jun laughed "haha" at this time, he ignored Lin Chi, let alone Lin Feng, looked directly at Lin Zhenbang, and said, "Old man, I made preparations in a hurry, and I didn't bring any good things when I came, please accept it."
As he spoke, he took the package from Lin Xian, and after opening it, a three-color jade artwork appeared. There are three lifelike characters on it, namely Fu Xing, Shou Xing, Lu Xing, and Piao Piao Ruo Xian.
Compared with it, the emerald tree presented by Xu Bo and his son was much inferior. In terms of species, Zhang Jun's jadeite is ice species, and in terms of color, Zhang Jun's jadeite is full of uniformity and positiveness, the two are not at the same level at all.
If Xu Bo's gift was a native chicken, then Zhang Jun's gift was a phoenix.
As soon as this item came out, everyone was amazed, even Lin Zhenbang's eyes flickered, and said: "Young man, you have a heart, this gift is from Su Pingnan, the number one swordsman in the north, right?"
Zhang Jundao: "Exactly. I went to Kyoto specifically to visit Mr. Su."
"Okay." Lin Zhenbang nodded, "Thank you."
Zhang Jun smiled slightly and said: "Old man, I wish you a younger and more energetic life. This is my congratulatory gift." Then his expression changed, "I wish you a happy birthday, and this junior is about to get down to business."
He glanced at Xu Bo, who had a livid face, and said: "The reason why the Lin family engaged Lin Xian and Xu Bo was because of the Xu family's monopoly position in the jadeite industry. Mr. Kongping Xu Gaoyi is the core figure of the jadeite gang." The Lin family is in the jewelry business, so if we can form an alliance with the Xu family, it will be a perfect match, and it will be beneficial to both parties."
Everyone didn't expect Zhang Jun to praise his romantic enemy, and they all became curious. Xu Bo said coldly: "Since you understand this, you should quit as soon as possible."
Zhang Jundao: "Don't worry, we haven't finished talking yet. The cooperation between the Lin and Xu families certainly has prospects, but if the Xu family has me as a son-in-law, the benefits will be ten times that of cooperating with the Xu family."
"Big words!" Xu Gaoyi couldn't help but said, "You are young and have no power or influence, why should you be compared with my Xu family? Not to mention surpassing my Xu family, it is really unreasonable!"
Zhang Jundao: "Your Xu family is just fornicating with the Burmese military, and you can get more emeralds by taking the opportunity. What is there to brag about? Compared with your Xu family, I can provide the Lin family with more high-quality and cheap jadeites." .”
"Are you talking in your sleep?" Xu Bo sneered, "Do you think you are the Emerald Gang?"
Zhang Jun stared at the other party and asked: "Xu Bo, you probably don't believe it or not. It's okay. Today, in front of all the guests, I will compare my real husband with your fake son-in-law. How dare you?"
Xu Bo was taken aback, and said, "Compare? What do you want to compare?"
Zhang Jun smiled "hehe", and turned his gaze to Lin Zhenbang. He knew that this old man was the one who spoke to the Lin family and was the key.
"Old man, if there is someone with better conditions than Xu Bo, and Lin Xian loves him, would you not want such a grandson-in-law?"
Lin Zhenbang smiled lightly and said, "Could it be you, the person you're talking about?"
"Naturally." Zhang Jun said lightly, "If the old man doesn't believe it, we can compare and take a look. People say to shop around, so the son-in-law can naturally choose one or the other to find the more suitable one."
Lin Feng said angrily: "Do you think this is a vegetable market? Leave early, the Lin family doesn't welcome you!"
Zhang Jun ignored him, still looking at Lin Zhenbang, waiting for his reply.
Lin Zhenbang has been in the world for many years, what world has he not seen? He glanced at Zhang Jun, smiled slightly, and said, "Okay, since you have come to my Lin family, I will give you this chance. As long as you prove that you are better than Xu Bo and that you are more suitable to be the son-in-law of the Lin family, I will definitely Support you."
Zhang Jun smiled and said: "Okay! Since the old man has agreed, Xu Bo, do you dare to stand up and compete with me!"