Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 326: Circle

"Mr. Xu, aren’t you going to go inside and pay your respects to the big shots?"

At the banquet, Mr. Ma teased Xu Xing with a sly smile, "I reckon if you could get in there, take me with you. I heard all the Hall Masters in the country are sitting in there."

Xu Xing shook his head with a wry smile, "I’m just tagging along with President Pei, I don’t qualify for that yet."

Speaking of which, Xu Xing glanced at Wang Jianlin, "Old Wang, your family is part of the system too, surely you must have some connections in Beijing. Aren’t you going in?"

The seventy-year-old Old Wang bashfully self-mocked, "Even if my dad were still alive and influential, our family wouldn’t be qualified to go in there."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a waiter came jogging over to Wang Jianlin and said, "Director Wang, Madam Gu is calling you over."

Old Wang was startled, then quickly realized that Lin Yue might want to ask him about the venue issue.

After all, the hotel for today’s event and the entire tens of thousands of square meters of outdoor banquet were provided by his Wang Family.

He hurriedly handed his wine glass to the waiter and excused himself to jog towards the inner area.

"If only I had offered the venue," Xu Xing said enviously.

He was now one of the biggest property developers in Shencheng, yet unfortunately for him, it was the Wang Family’s venue that Pei Li had taken a fancy to, letting Wang Jianlin profit from this convenience.

"We wanted to offer too, but Miss Pei didn’t take a liking to ours," Zhang Yiming said with a wry smile at his side.

Wang Fu of BYD Cars, a representative of Shencheng City enterprises, similarly joined in, expressing his envy toward Xu Xing, "Yeah, forget about squeezing into the Gu Family’s inner circle, we’d even be happy to be lackeys doing errands for President Pei. Look at Old Xu and Jianlin, after following President Pei, their resources and status soared instantly. It’d be a lie to say we’re not envious!"

Zhang Yiming chuckled, "Director Wang, when you compare yourself to the others who have even changed their citizenship for corporate taxes, don’t you feel a bit better?"

Pfft.

As soon as he said this, several bigwigs from the business circle present couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

They were referring to people like Jack Ma who had emigrated or transferred their assets abroad.

Following the exposure of the West’s ugly true colors, a portion of their money moved overseas had been directly chewed up.

Now, with the advent of the ultimate "Global Village" project, the global economic hotspot was turned toward the domestic scene. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Who would have thought, right?

A group of people looking to develop overseas, only to find that the Western capital they desperately sought has turned its attention back to Dragon Nation to fawn over its citizens!

It goes without saying that the current situation for people like Jack Ma is quite awkward.

"President Ma, has Jack Ma been trying hard lately to restore his citizenship?" Wang Fu asked with interest, delving into gossip.

Mr. Ma nodded, sighing, "Yeah, he’s been trying to find a way to regain citizenship and re-enter the domestic capital circle. Old Xu and I owe him for old times’ sake, so we can only let him try to get into the ’Tianfeng’ fund circle first. After all, he and a few others are the outcasts of the domestic capital scene. Having the status of a Tianfeng member might make things a bit easier for them."

As a businessman with roots in the Hong Kong District, Xu Xing said, "You have no idea, the capital from Hong Kong District was personally retrieved by Elder Gu. Rich Man Lee and those who have been investing overseas for a long time lost hundreds of billions this time. It’s only because of Elder Gu’s magnanimity and willingness to re-accept these old-money families that they have a chance to return. Otherwise, their fate would be the same as Jack Ma’s!"

"They were all hesitant about whether to shift their capital back, but now look at them, they’re even more eager than us to re-enter the mainland’s mainstream circles."

"They meet people and can’t wait to say that they were personally invited back by Elder Gu, for fear of being ostracized or unable to fit into the circles."

Zhang Yiming, smiling in agreement, said, "Indeed, lately in Shencheng’s capital circles, people from the Hong Kong District have been especially active, even taking the lead for many foreign investments."

Mr. Ma sighed, "The future domestic capital market is going to become an international battleground. The Teleportation Array hasn’t even officially started operating, and various countries’ foreign currencies have already started replacing the dollar with RMB focusing on our domestic market. I think if we locals don’t try hard, we might really get trampled by foreign capital."

Xu Xing smiled broadly, "Gentlemen, don’t forget, Elder Gu is also bringing back a once-prominent power from the former ’Four Asian Tigers’!"

The group immediately smiled with pleasure.

Wang Fu lifted his cup and proactively went to clink glasses with Xu Xing, "So Old Xu, from now on, you have to look out for us a bit since you’re with President Pei and the Gu Family. After all, we’ve decided to put you first."

Xu Xing smiled, "Fair enough, let’s all encourage each other."

As they were speaking, they saw Lin Yu enter the banquet. Xu Xing, who mingled with Pei Li, knew Lin Yu’s identity and background.

"Excuse me for a moment."

He quickly went to greet Lin Yu, accompanying him with a smile for a distance.

Meanwhile, the big shots and seconds-in-command from various Dongguang cities were surprised to see Lin Yu at another corner of the venue.

The team structure in Shanzhong City was garnering special attention even from officials of other provinces.

Not to mention the top-tier leaders of a Dongguang city as part of a larger family.

"I’ve seen this man before, he seems to be the City Leader of a certain district in Shanzhong City. Was he also invited to the banquet?"

"I remember now, he is the City Leader of the Huan District in Shanzhong City, named Lin Yu."

"But surely, his rank isn’t high enough?"

Cai Qi, who was also a City Leader from Dongguang, cleared his throat lightly, intending to remind his colleagues from other cities, "Whether it’s enough or not isn’t something we should discuss."

Seeing others discussing Lin Yu, Gao Qi, the Second Head of Shanzhong City, also quickly intervened, "Mind your own business."

Amidst the unusual glances from the Dongguang high-ranking circle, Lin Yu approached Lin Langsheng, who was surrounded by people, and called out, "Dad."

For an instant, a number of the big shots and seconds-in-command from the 19 Dongguang cities choked on their drinks and coughed.

Because they all knew who Lin Langsheng was.

The reason so many Dongguang colleagues surrounded Lin Langsheng was that they knew he was the uncle of Lin Yue, the wife of Dongguang’s leading Elder Gu!

Gao Qi’s eyebrows twitched as he finally got to know the background of Lin Yu!

He was the Lordess’s brother!

Damn!

No wonder he could stir Wei Chen of Dongguang Province!

Looking at it that way, the deaths of his former two deputies were far from wrongful!

No wonder the small circle that his two deputies ran for over twenty years was taken over by someone parachuted in from outside. Of all people in this Dongguang group, why offend the chairman?

If not you, then who?

It’s not just Gao Qi’s deputies, but even someone of Wei Chen’s rank would be wiped out for offending the Gu and Lin families!

Lin Langsheng glared at his son, "Why are you just now arriving? Your sister is inside, go see if there is anything you can help with."

Lin Yu glanced cautiously towards the inner area and asked, "My brother-in-law hasn’t arrived yet, has he?"

Lin Langsheng nodded.

Only then did Lin Yu heave a sigh of relief and hurried inside to help out.