Chapter 516: Chapter 516: Attending a Cocktail Party Interlude
Top floor of Jade Dew Hotel.
In the corridor, there were bodyguards brought by various wealthy businessmen, and among them, the most were brought by the underworld boss Zhu Qinglong.
These bodyguards could not enter the party without invitations and could only wait in the corridor.
Lin Fei, Su Xiaoyu, and Zheng Yutong met with Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu in the corridor.
Each held two invitation cards, handing one to their daughters, telling them it was the pass to enter the party.
However, Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu noticed that Lin Fei did not have an invitation and couldn’t help asking him, “Lin Fei, you don’t have an invitation?”
Lin Fei replied, “Mr. Su, Mr. Zheng, don’t worry! I know Manager Zhang, who is hosting the party; a word from him and I can enter.”
Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu thought secretly: They heard that Zhang Da, the manager of Baoli Hotel, was the most relied upon by Baoli Group’s President Yang and the most promising candidate to succeed him, even some group presidents hardly get a chance to meet Zhang Da.
This time, Baoli Group developed top-tier hillside villas at Jade Dew Mountain, all executed by Zhang Da himself.
How could such a famous character from Baoli Group be known by Lin Fei?
Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu were very skeptical.
However, since Lin Fei said so, they didn’t say more.
Then, Lin Fei, Su Zhenjiang, Zheng Guozhu, and the group headed to the party entrance.
There were several security guards at the party entrance, checking the invitation cards of guests entering the party.
Beside the security guards stood a middle-aged man in a suit and tie, wearing an earpiece, seeming to be someone in charge at the hotel.
Su Zhenjiang, Zheng Guozhu, and their daughters had invitations, after being checked by the security, they entered the party entrance smoothly.
While Lin Fei, without an invitation, was stopped by the security: “Sir, sorry you don’t have an invitation, you cannot enter the party.”
Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu and their daughters were anxious for Lin Fei.
Su Zhenjiang wanted to talk to the man in the earpiece and suit, explaining that Lin Fei was his friend and if there was any way to negotiate entry.
But Lin Fei had already said to the security: “I know Manager Zhang, I’ll call him right now.”
“Young man, it’s better to give up! Several businessmen tried sneaking through saying they know Manager Zhang today,” at this time, the man wearing the earpiece showed a smile.
“But after I called Manager Zhang to confirm, Manager Zhang didn’t know them at all, and it turns out these businessmen wanted to sneak in to buy hillside villas.”
Knowing words were useless, Lin Fei took out his phone and dialed the number given by President Yang for Manager Zhang.
Soon, the call connected, and a middle-aged man’s voice came through, “Hello, I’m Zhang Da, may I know who this is?”
Lin Fei replied, “Hello Manager Zhang, this is Lin Fei, I wonder if President Yang has mentioned me?”
“Ah, it’s President Lin, President Yang already mentioned you to me, please come in quickly!” Zhang Manager’s voice immediately turned very respectful on the phone.
Lin Fei said, “But Manager Zhang, I don’t have an invitation, the entrance guard won’t let me in.”
“President Lin, my apologies, it’s my oversight. Kindly pass the phone to Supervisor Deng at the door, I’ll explain a few things to him.” Manager Zhang said on the phone.
“Sure, I’ll hand the phone to Supervisor Deng now.” Lin Fei said, then extended the phone to the man wearing the earpiece, saying, “Are you Supervisor Deng? Manager Zhang wants to speak to you.”
Supervisor Deng, still smiling, with an experienced demeanor as if he wouldn’t let tricks pass him, took Lin Fei’s phone and even remarked to Lin Fei, “Sir, it’s useless, I’ll reveal your true self soon.”
After saying this, Supervisor Deng brought the phone to his ear, saying, “Is this Manager Zhang?”
“Supervisor Deng, please quickly let President Lin in.” Zhang Manager’s indisputable voice came over the phone.
Supervisor Deng exclaimed in surprise, “Ah!”
After realizing it, Supervisor Deng quickly said to Manager Zhang, “But Manager Zhang, he doesn’t have an invitation.”
“President Lin doesn’t need an invitation, he can enter directly.” Manager Zhang’s tone intensified on the phone, clearly impatient with Supervisor Deng’s fuss.
Supervisor Deng was shocked, answering, “Yes, Manager Zhang.”
After hanging up the call, Supervisor Deng handed the phone back to Lin Fei respectfully with both hands, smiling warmly, “President Lin, here’s your phone.”
Seeing Supervisor Deng’s flattering demeanor, the security at the entrance, along with Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu and their daughters who had entered the party, were all stunned.
Wasn’t Supervisor Deng just saying Lin Fei wanted to sneak in and wouldn’t let him pass?
Why did his attitude change completely after one phone call?
Lin Fei was not in a hurry to take back the phone, instead, he looked at Supervisor Deng and said, “Supervisor Deng, what did Manager Zhang say?”
Supervisor Deng, embarrassed, replied, “Manager Zhang said President Lin doesn’t need an invitation, he can enter directly.”
“Weren’t you saying you’ll reveal my true self?” Lin Fei took the phone from Supervisor Deng’s hand, saying.
“President Lin, I didn’t recognize greatness, please forgive me.” Supervisor Deng showed a fawning smile.
Lin Fei said, “Alright, I won’t argue with you, I need to go attend the party now.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Supervisor Deng nodded quickly.
Lin Fei proceeded towards the startled Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu and their daughters.
Only when Lin Fei reached them, did the four return to their senses.
Especially Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu, who couldn’t believe Lin Fei actually knew Manager Zhang.
They hadn’t expected that despite the difficulty even for many group presidents to meet Zhang Manager, Lin Fei would simply make a call and Zhang Manager would have Supervisor Deng let him through.
This kind of entry without an invitation, directly into the party, was simply VIP treatment.
This left Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu greatly surprised.
As they walked to the party hall, Su Zhenjiang couldn’t help but ask Lin Fei, “Lin Fei, how do you know Manager Zhang?”
Lin Fei replied honestly, “I don’t actually know Manager Zhang, today was my first time calling him.”
Su Zhenjiang: …
Zheng Guozhu: …
“Today was your first time calling Manager Zhang and he allowed you in without an invitation?” Su Zhenjiang looked like an old fox, his expression suggesting that Lin Fei shouldn’t try fooling him.
Lin Fei had no choice but to explain the truth: “Actually, I just know President Yang, and he told me to come to the party and call Manager Zhang upon arrival.”
Upon hearing this, both Su Zhenjiang and Zheng Guozhu looked at Lin Fei as if he were from outer space, their astonishment beyond words: President Yang is the chairman of a state-owned enterprise, holding control of the Baoli Group valued at billions.
Such a figure, even top family elites like Zheng Guozhu and Su Zhenjiang, would find difficult to meet.
This time their attendance at the party wasn’t primarily to buy villas, but to seize the opportunity to get acquainted with President Yang.
If they could connect with President Yang’s powerful enterprise ship and collaborate more in business, the benefits to Su and Zheng’s enterprises are self-evident.
But now, it felt as if they discovered a key to unlock a massive treasure chest; the treasure chest being President Yang, and the key being Lin Fei.
They didn’t expect Lin Fei to know President Yang.
This was indeed a huge surprise for them.