Turn over from love

Chapter 224 The birthday party that seems to hide a crisis
During the preparation and rehearsal of the second public stage of "Star Action 1+1", Lu Zhou and his team members asked for leave and flew back to Beijing for a trip.

The purpose of his return to Beijing this time was not to work, but to be invited to attend Gao Tingan's birthday party.

Gao Tingan sent him this invitation card very early, but the birthday party was not officially held until today.

Lu Zhou was invited to perform and received a high appearance fee.

Therefore, strictly speaking, he should not be considered a real guest.

The moment Lu Zhou got the invitation, his first reaction was that he didn't want to join in the excitement of this kind of occasion. He always vaguely felt that Gao Tingan took the initiative to invite him, saying that he liked his "Starry Night Sonata", but Lu Zhou doubted him. There should be some malicious intentions.

But thinking about it carefully, getting close to Gao Ting'an was his goal in the first place.

This time, it might be a good opportunity.

Today at the birthday party, I will definitely see a lot of people from various upper class backgrounds, plus there will be a performance, the attire should definitely be formal.

Lu Zhou changed into a suit that was ironed without a single wrinkle in the closet, holding the tie that Ye Fangfei gave him last time, and stood in front of the full-length mirror and looked at himself for a while.

In the end he put the tie back in the gift box without wearing it.

After tidying up his appearance, Lu Zhou checked the time and went out.

The venue of the birthday party was set at the most upscale hotel in Jinghua.

When Lu Zhou arrived, the hotel's limited parking area was filled with all kinds of luxury cars, ranging from low-key luxury to exaggerated coolness.

Seeing this scene, Lu Zhou let out a short laugh in his throat, after all, it is the social circle of rich people.

Lu Zhou locked his car and took the elevator to the hotel banquet hall.

Before entering the hall, I heard the sound of music.

The decoration at the door is not luxurious, but rather simple, there are two men who are dedicated to receiving guests.

Seeing Lu Zhou approaching, he greeted him with a smile, and enthusiastically shook hands, "Hello! Mr. Lu Zhou, please come inside!"

There is no need for Lu Zhou to introduce himself, and there is no need to show the invitation card. One of the men who greeted the guests recognized him at a glance.

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows invisibly, a little surprised, but after thinking about it, most of the people who can be invited to this kind of banquet are friends that Gao Tingan has made friends with or intends to make friends with. , Maybe it's easy to offend people, you must have done your homework.

Lu Zhou was led into the banquet hall.

The hall is very large and is not clearly divided into several functional areas, such as dining area, leisure communication area, art performance area, etc.

The decoration of the venue is not too ostentatious, but it is difficult to hide the luxury of the details.

Entering the banquet hall, the sound of music is even more obvious.

Lu Zhou looked around, and it turned out that there was already a small string quartet in the performance area, accompaniment to the entire venue with soothing background sounds.

Looking around the performance area, there are quite a lot of musical instruments, including violins, pianos, guitars, zithers, etc. Obviously, Lu Zhou is not the only musician invited to perform here.

According to what Gao Ting'an said before, he seems to like to appreciate classical music more, maybe he invited a famous orchestra to play today.

Don't forget that Gao Ting'an is the kind of person who will invite a well-known orchestra to accompany him all the way when he goes abroad.

Odd people.

A lot of people have already arrived in the banquet hall, and Lu Zhou is not considered early.

The man who brought Lu Zhou in led him a few steps away from Gao Tingan's side, and didn't go any further, "Mr. Lu, wait a moment, Mr. Gao is busy."

At this time, Gao Tingan was chatting with another man in his 50s or [-]s.

Lu Zhou didn't know the person Gao Tingan was talking to. Judging by his temperament, he should be another big businessman.

Gao Ting'an seemed to have noticed the movement here, and turned his eyes to glance over.

The moment Lu Zhou's eyes met his, Gao Ting'an smiled and nodded at him, then continued to chat with the man in front of him for a few words before ending their conversation.

Gao Tingan approached Lu Zhou, smiled and spread his right palm to him, "Welcome!"

Lu Zhou glanced at his hand, then shook it with a smile, "Happy birthday, Mr. Gao."

"Thank you!" Gao Ting was like a host welcoming guests warmly, without any other strange expression, "I'm glad you can come."

After speaking, Gao Tingan looked at the man who brought Lu Zhou in, and said, "Xiao Wu, arrange the guests."

Xiao Wu: "Okay, Mr. Gao, don't worry."

Gao Tingan glanced at the direction of the door, then smiled and patted Lu Zhou on the shoulder, saying, "Today is fun, don't be restrained."

"I'm sorry."

Then, Gao Ting'an smiled and walked towards the door.

There was always a polite smile on the corner of Lu Zhou's mouth, neither humble nor overbearing.But from the brief contact just now, he could feel that Gao Tingan did not regard him as a real guest.

In Gao Tingan's mind, Lu Zhou should be a commercial entertainer who was called to play a special song for his birthday.

Even the way he received Lu Zhou was just a simple nod, and then Gao Tingan gave Lu Zhou to his assistant because he had more important guests to receive.

Seeing Gao Tingan enthusiastically approaching the door of the new guests, Lu Zhou suddenly thought: Could it be that Gao Tingan did not have any special intention to invite him to appear in this birthday party?He was called here simply because he liked his "Starry Night Sonata"?
If that's the case, that's fine.

"Mr. Lu."

Xiao Wu's voice interrupted Lu Zhou's train of thought.

"That's right, we arranged for you to perform at the finale of this birthday party show."

"Over there is the performance area. After the banquet starts, we will let you know when it's your turn. Over there is the leisure area. The people sitting there are all colleagues in the music industry. You can go to Go over there to rest and communicate."

Xiao Wu pointed to the direction and introduced it to Lu Zhou.

After speaking, he continued to work.

This time, Lu Zhou was even more sure of what he thought: Gao Ting'an might really just ask him to perform for a show, and he had no other intentions.

Not long after, Lu Zhou saw a familiar figure at the entrance of the banquet hall, and he gradually gave up his previous thoughts.

Of the three men who were being led in by Xiao Wu enthusiastically, one of them looked so frightfully familiar, who wasn't that Zhang Chen?
Lu Zhou was sitting in the leisure area communicating with people who were also playing music. This area was quite far from the door, so he could only look over the crowd to see what was going on, and he didn't know what was being talked over there.

He saw Gao Tingan walking over to greet the three with a smile on his face.

The other two people beside Zhang Chen looked much more mature and steady than him, their faces were somewhat similar, and their ages seemed to be about the same as Gao Tingan's. They should be Zhang Chen's legendary half-brothers.

The three brothers attended Gao Tingan's birthday party together and brought gifts.

Gao Tingan accepted it happily, and smiled and punched the shoulder of the man next to Zhang Chen. His demeanor was relaxed and natural, and he seemed to have a good relationship.

Lu Zhou observed their actions from a distance, and it was obvious that Gao Ting'an and Zhang Chen didn't have much to say. Obviously, the person he befriended was only Zhang Chen's elder brother.

The four of them stood and chatted for a while, and Zhang Chen stopped chatting with Gao Tingan. He probably found an excuse to walk away, and stayed in front of the performance area for a while, with his hands in his pockets. Watching the quartet perform above.

I don't know if it sounds bad or I can't appreciate it. After watching it for a while, Zhang Chen turned his head and looked around again. When he met a familiar face, he would show a very educated and polite manner, and greeted with a smile and chatted for a while.

But obviously, most of the people who came to Gao Tingan's birthday party were not people of his age group, and many of them were older uncles. Zhang Chen couldn't find a companion who could chat with him comfortably, so he planned to find someone casually. A place to nest up and play with mobile phones.

Zhang Chen ran to the corner of the leisure area with few people to play a game, but saw Lu Zhou.

"?!"

Standing and sitting, the two looked at each other for a second or two.

Then Zhang Chen swears in a low voice, and laughs, "Damn it, I thought there was something wrong with my eyes, it really is you, how did you get in here?"

Lu Zhou took out the serious invitation card from his pocket and shook it twice in front of Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen finally saw a good friend of the same age, he was in a good mood, took a few strides to sit next to Lu Zhou, grabbed the invitation he took out, opened it and glanced at it.

After reading it, he threw the invitation back into Lu Zhou's arms, put his arms around his shoulders, and said, "It's ok, the business is done on this occasion, how come you make all the money?"

Lu Zhou stuffed the invitation back into his trouser pocket again, "Who would think that money is too much?"

Zhang Chen looked at Gao Tingan in the distance, and said in a low voice: "I just wanted to say that attending this kind of birthday party for middle-aged people is boring, and I was planning to play a game to relieve the boredom. I didn't expect you to be here. Not so boring anymore."

Lu Zhou hooked his lips when he heard the words, raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't Mr. Gao only in his 30s? How come you are middle-aged?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Chen's mouth, his voice was still low, as if he was afraid that a third person would hear him, and said, "He will be 36 after today's birthday, right? Isn't he middle-aged?"

Lu Zhou: "...Your words made me feel the age crisis."

Zhang Chen patted Lu Zhou on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, brother is one year older than you, and if you want to talk about the mid-life crisis, I'm the one who arrived before you."

Lu Zhou: "..."

Zhang Chen looked in Gao Tingan's direction and said, "Although Gao Tingan is in his 30s, he is much more mature than many people of his age. Just look at the people who are invited to his birthday party and you will know."

As he said that, Zhang Chen pointed to different directions and introduced to Lu Zhou, what kind of company's boss is this for a while, and what kind of company's director is that for a while...

Lu Zhou listened very carefully and remembered silently.

"This is a birthday celebration banquet on the surface, but it is actually a huge business venue." Zhang Chen shrugged and said.

"So, when you come to participate this time, do you also have some business plan to cooperate with Mr. Gao?" Lu Zhou followed his words and asked.

Zhang Chen's thick eyebrows raised, as if he heard something funny, he paused and said: "No, he and I are not in the same business field, and he doesn't play with me."

"He and my brother are good friends. I was specially invited to this birthday party. I just have time. Why don't you come and congratulate him?"

Zhang Chen spoke casually.

"It turns out that those two are really your brothers. I said they look a bit like you." Lu Zhou said.

"Does it look like it? It doesn't look like it... My friends say it doesn't look like it." Zhang Chen glanced at his brother's position.

Lu Zhou was not sure whether Zhang Chen hoped that he and his brother looked alike or not, so he shut his mouth in good time.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chen's elder brother saw Zhang Chen sitting here and walked towards this direction.

"If you don't move around, what are you doing here?"

The aura exuded by Zhang Chen's elder brother was more domineering than Zhang Chen's. His eyes were sharp, and after approaching, he lowered his eyes to look at Zhang Chen, and asked in a low tone.

This tone is somewhat like an elder talking about an ignorant junior.

But yes, this elder brother is at least ten years older than Zhang Chen.

No wonder Zhang Chen would say that Gao Tingan is a middle-aged man, probably the psychological shadow of being dominated by this mature elder brother all the year round.

Lu Zhou observed that Zhang Chen's expression, which was visible to the naked eye, was a bit timid.

Zhang Chen subconsciously straightened his back a little, pointed at Lu Zhou and said, "I'm here to find my friend."

Hearing this, Zhang Chen's elder brother turned his eyes to look at Lu Zhou. He was no stranger to this face. After all, it was not uncommon for him to pay attention to the progress of Zhang Chen and Ye Fangfei in that program segment.

It was precisely because of this that he frowned slightly.

"Friend?" There was doubt in his tone.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen acted as a bridge to introduce the two of them.

"Lu Zhou, this is my elder brother, Zhang Zhixuan."

"Brother, this is Lu Zhou. Didn't I say that I invested in a project in the entertainment industry? That project is his project. Me, Fang Fei and Lu Zhou, now the three of us are business allies."

Zhang Zhixuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Lu Zhou with a hint of scrutiny.

Lu Zhou met Zhang Zhixuan's gaze generously, stood up with a smile and greeted him proactively, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Brother Zhixuan."

Zhang Zhixuan moved the corner of his mouth meaningfully, raised his hand to shake him lightly, and then took it away, "The [-] million project requires a lot of investment, so do it well."

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded, "Yes."

Zhang Zhixuan glanced at Zhang Chen again, didn't say anything, and turned to communicate with other people.

After he left, Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Zhou found the contrast in his micro-expression a bit funny, and asked, "You seem a little afraid of your elder brother?"

As soon as he said this, Zhang Chen stiffened his neck instantly as if his tail was being stepped on, "Are you kidding me, what am I afraid of him doing?"

Lu Zhou smiled, nodded speculatively, and stopped poking his pain points.

"I'm not afraid of him. I don't want him to misinterpret my behavior and talk to my dad when I go home." Zhang Chen tried to explain something, but after thinking about it, he waved his hand again and said, "Forget it, let me talk to you." I can’t explain it, you won’t understand it because of your background.”

Lu Zhou: "..." This is an invisible knife.

Zhang Chen beckoned to the waiter, took two glasses of red wine, and gave Lu Zhou a glass.

While Lu Zhou was holding his wine glass and taking a sip, he noticed a new movement in the direction of the entrance of the banquet hall.

Taking a closer look, the whole person suddenly froze.

An overly familiar figure came into view, it was Ye Fangfei.

"???"

Lu Zhou frowned, why is she still here?

Didn't you tell her before that she doesn't have to accompany him to this birthday party?
However, after he saw the crowd surging in his field of vision, Lu Zhou found that Ye Fangfei came in with her brother Ye Mingzhe's arm.

So... The Ye family also received Gao Tingan's birthday invitation card?Otherwise, Ye Mingzhe would not appear here.

When Lu Zhou was in a daze, Zhang Chen beside him suddenly stood up.

"Fuck, the Ye family also invited?"

Obviously, he also noticed the movement at the door at this time.

"Gao Tingan definitely did it on purpose!"

Zhang Chen raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass, turned around and looked around as if looking for someone.

Lu Zhou didn't understand what Zhang Chen was looking for, but the moment he saw Ye Fangfei appearing, he felt a little confused at the moment.

He always felt that it was a bit weird that he, Zhang Chen and Ye Fangfei were invited to appear here at the same time.

Zhang Chen looked around but didn't see the person he was looking for, and muttered, "Where's my brother? Where did he go?"

Lu Zhou: "It was not far from the next door just now, why are you looking for your brother?"

"Look for them to be my bodyguards!" Zhang Chen put down his wine glass, turned around and went to find his two brothers.

Lu Zhou: "..."

Well, he understands, it turns out that Zhang Chen is afraid of that crazy girl Ye Mingzhe...

It seems that the scandal that Zhang Chen had with the top female star in country R brought him a lot of trouble.

　Thank you for watching Jinsong and the blood patriarch for rewarding 100 starting coins!
　
(End of this chapter)