Return of the King, Dominating the City-Chapter 1651 - 1545: The Ceremony Begins

There’s something in this world that’s really satisfying,

What is it? Let me give you an example.

Like a celebrity, when he goes shopping, if no one recognizes him, he’ll surely feel bad. But if someone recognizes him on the street and says, "Aren’t you that so-and-so?" Wouldn’t that be satisfying? Just like a writer walking down the street, suddenly someone exclaims, "Ah, aren’t you the one who wrote that book?"

Now, tell me, wouldn’t that author feel a huge sense of vanity satisfaction, be really happy?

Right now, Song Yun is in such a situation, he came here discreetly, but Mr. He was surprised and exclaimed, "Aren’t you the Song Yun who previously invested two hundred billion in Guangzhou, Mr. Song?" This gave Song Yun an unprecedented sense of vanity satisfaction, it was truly an indescribable feeling of contentment, almost to the point of being overwhelmingly pleased,

Though he’s delighted, Song Yun still humbly said, "Hehe, it was just a project of our family investment, nothing much to talk about!"

"I had no idea, really had no idea, Mr. Song turned out to be a great businessman, pardon my poor judgement!" Mr. He said.

"You’re too kind, too kind,"

After chatting here for a few minutes, Song Yun followed Chen Mengjie to the side of the wall and signed his name on the white cloth hanging there,

What Song Yun didn’t know was that Mr. He’s exclamation had been transmitted through the TV to the ears of thousands of people, and rumors about Chen Mengjie being kept by a wealthy man started circulating in society, to which Song Yun felt quite helpless. There are always so many people in the world who are never shy about speculating with malicious intent about others’ affairs, for instance, when a beautiful woman is with a wealthy man, people love to say that the woman is after the man’s money, why won’t they allow her to actually love the wealthy man? Must rich men only have girlfriends who are after their money?

This is still a matter where people see things differently.

Following Chen Mengjie, they entered the award ceremony venue, which already had quite a few people inside. Chen Mengjie is well-connected in the entertainment circle, and as soon as she entered, several people came up to greet her, both men and women, Chen Mengjie also exchanged pleasantries with them for a while,

These people showed a certain degree of curiosity about Song Yun, but Chen Mengjie didn’t introduce Song Yun much, only briefly saying he was a friend and leaving it at that. Those in the entertainment circle are mostly sharp-minded and clever, naturally, they wouldn’t press further.

Chen Mengjie’s seat was near the front row, but not the very front. The front row seats were reserved for those truly from the upper echelons of society, like Li Baoshi,

Sitting down with Chen Mengjie, Song Yun curiously examined his surroundings. At this moment, the award ceremony had not started yet, and the stage lights hadn’t turned on, so he couldn’t see what was happening on stage.

Just then, Song Yun’s phone vibrated. Song Yun picked up the phone and saw it was Shen Yan calling. Instinctively he glanced to the side, and sure enough, not far from the first row, he saw that shady figure wearing a hat,

Shen Yan was holding the phone with one hand and waving maniacally at Song Yun with the other.

Song Yun answered the phone and heard Shen Yan saying, "Song Yun, do you think we were a pair in a past life? Otherwise, why do we always bump into each other wherever we go?"

"Who was a pair with you in a past life? Of course, if you were a woman in a past life, we might have been a pair," Song Yun said.

"That could work too, being a woman isn’t a big deal," Shen Yan laughed ambiguously and then said, "Song Yun, it seems your relationship with Chen Mengjie isn’t shallow," 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"It’s alright, we’re just friends," Song Yun said calmly.

"Tsk tsk tsk, why don’t I have so many female friends?"

"You have a lot of bed buddies."

"You’re quite crude. Alright, enough of that. Song Yun, why don’t you sit over here with me, you can’t see much from there!" Shen Yan said.

Song Yun refused, "No thanks, I’m fine here. After this is over, let’s go out for drinks together."

"After this event there’ll be a celebration party, we can drink there!" Shen Yan laughed.

"Celebration party? Why drink there?"

"Think about it, the party will be full of celebrities, those beauties will need someone to take care of them when they’re drunk, right?" Shen Yan said lecherously.

Song Yun’s eyes lit up and he said, "You’re right! Let’s discuss later, for now, that’s it."

After saying this, Song Yun hung up the phone.

After waiting for about half an hour, almost everyone had arrived at the venue. Song Yun saw Li Baoshi at the front position, beside him was Mrs. Li. After all, this is a public event, it would be improper to bring another girl,

Li Baoshi also saw Song Yun and specifically came to the row beside Song Yun, chatted with Song Yun for a couple of sentences, and even invited Song Yun and Chen Mengjie to move to the front row, but Song Yun decidedly refused. This caused those shocked celebrities who saw Li Baoshi to be filled with indignation, thinking how ungrateful Song Yun was, not realizing it was Li Baoshi, son of the richest man in Asia, inviting him to sit in the front row, only to refuse. Later, newcomers revealed Song Yun’s identity to them, and suddenly everyone was dumbfounded, this man who seemed brainless to them was actually a wealthy businessman, with a two hundred billion investment in Guangzhou, truly astonishing,

Instantly, the way people around looked at Song Yun changed,

Song Yun, used to ignoring these people,

"See that person sitting beside Li Baoshi, that’s the leader of Dongxing Sect," Chen Mengjie whispered.

"That middle-aged man with slick, shiny hair?" Song Yun asked.

"Yes," Chen Mengjie nodded.

Song Yun knew the leader of Dongxing Sect’s name but hadn’t seen him before, the leader is named Xiang Rong, around fifty years old, outspoken, yet extremely capable, practically everyone in Dongxing Sect holds a mixed feeling of respect and admiration for him,

Seeming to perceive someone watching him, Xiang Rong turned his head towards Song Yun, gave a smile, and then turned back,

"Oh my, a middle-aged man combing back hair, that’s quite disgusting," Song Yun remarked looking at Xiang Rong’s hair, smirking,

Just then, the venue lights dimmed, the stage lights brightened,

The award ceremony began,