A god of beauty

Chapter 48

Night falls.

The red carpet at the entrance of the 86-storey Victor Industrial Building has been laid, and is welcoming the guests from all over the world to attend the dinner.

The statue of Victor at the entrance of the building has also been completed.

Very pretty!

Standing in front of the statue, Lake, wearing a black suit and wearing glasses with gold wire rims without any prescription, looked up at the two and a half meter tall statue and praised it.

On his planet Lys he has a highest peak carved in his likeness.

but……

Lake always felt that his alpine statue was not as famous as this two-and-a-half-meter-high statue in terms of popularity.

Who made his statue in the star core of Star Reese?

no way.

Because the statue on the Reese is Lake's real appearance, because of the importance of his privacy, Lake has never planned to let the intelligent creatures on the Reese see it...

Lake thought about it, looked away, put one hand in his pocket, and walked onto the red carpet.

"Jess."

"Surname, sir."

"Just Jess!"

"...I found it, please come in, Mr. Jess."

"Thank you!"

With a smile on his face, Lake nodded towards the security guard who checked his identity at the door, and walked into the building under the flashing lights of various spotlights.

For the reporters on both sides of the red carpet, the guests who can participate in the joint reception between Victor and Stark are either powerful or rich, so it doesn't matter whether they know each other or not. Don't let go, just shoot.

"Look!"

"Tony Stark's secretary."

"Pepper Potts."

"Ms. Potts, will Mr. Stark show up today?"

"Ms. Potts..."

Listening to the movement behind, Lake turned around and saw Pepper Potts, who was holding a handbag and wearing a slim dress, walking through the spotlight battle with a smile on his face.

Victor, who was personally receiving everyone at the throne statue in the hall, saw Pepper Potts coming, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Ms. Potts."

"Mr. Fang Du."

After shaking hands with Pepper, Victor took out a glass of champagne from the side attendant's plate and handed it over, "I don't think Mr. Stark will come over."

Pepper smiled and said, "Fang Du..."

Victor smiled: "Just call me Victor."

Pepper changed his words: "Victor, you are wrong. In fact, Tony is on his way here from Kennedy Airport."

Victor was surprised: "I thought Stark didn't like such a more utilitarian banquet all the time."

Pepper shrugged: "But there are beauties at the banquet, aren't there?"

Victor laughed.

After a while, after inviting Pepper to the party, after chatting for a few words, Victor left. After all, he still needed to entertain other distinguished guests from Wall Street.

Pepper stood quietly with champagne, smiling and chatting with the ladies and dignitaries who came to say hello.

As a qualified administrative assistant, for this kind of scene, Pepper said, she is more than capable.

but……

Regarding Tony's presence later and Tony's desire to communicate with Victor, Pepper felt a little unsure.

Ever since the mysterious appearance of Zeus broke something, in Pepper's view, Tony's emotions have been in a not-so-good state.

But this is also very understandable, anyone who knows, his parents died not in a car accident, but in an assassination, it will be like this...

Zeus?

Who is it?

Pepper sighed inwardly, frowning slightly as he watched Victor, who was in high spirits, over there.

at this time.

"Hi!"

"……Hello."

Pepper's eyes flickered, and he looked back at the handsome blond man in glasses with a formulaic smile, and stretched out his hand, "Pepper Potts."

Lake shook hands: "Jess."

At your fingertips.

Lake raised the bourbon on his hand: "Pepper Potts, I have known you for a long time."

Pepper smiled formulaically.

How do you say that in New York City?

The beauties around Tony Stark changed at a rate of half a day, but only Pepper Potts was consistent from the top.

After several conversations, the champagne in Pepper's hand touched the bourbon in Lake's hand, and Pepper asked curiously: "So, tell me, Mr. Jess' occupation..."

Lake smiled and said, "A small investor who is not very famous."

Pepper nodded thoughtfully: "So, Mr. Jess is an investor of Victor Industries?"

Lake thought for a while and said, "To be precise, I'm looking at people's investment."

"Is there a difference?" Pepper asked.

Lake said with a smile: "I invest based on people, not the so-called market value. There is an old saying in Dongguo, if you choose to save the land, if you keep the land, but the people die, then it's all over! If you lose the land, you can lose people." If it’s still there, then nothing is lost!”

Pepper said in a difficult-to-pronounce Dong Guo language: "If you lose the land, you will lose all the land; if you lose the land, you will gain all the land?"

This time it was Lake's turn to be surprised: "Ms. Potts knows too?"

Pepper laughed and said, "Dongguo is a market with great potential."

Lake smiled: "That's the reason, so I'm an investor, and I've already chosen my next investment target."

"Oh?"

Pepper asked curiously: "If it's convenient, can I ask, who caught Mr. Jess's eye?"

"Tony Stark."

"..."

Lake looked at Pepper in a daze, turned his head and glanced at Victor who came in from the door, and Tony Stark with a mustache next to him, turned around and smiled slightly at Pepper in front of him: " Farewell, Miss Pepper Potts."

Say it.

Lake held the bourbon in his hand and blended into the crowd beside him.

Potts turned his head to look back.

lake...

There is no trace to be found.

"Pepper..."

"Pepper!"

Pepper recovered, looked at Victor and her boss Tony who had already walked in front of her, and asked Victor directly: "Victor, do you know a Mr. Jess who is said to be your investor?" ?"

Victor was slightly taken aback, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, there are a lot of people investing in Victor Industry, especially after Victor's market value recovered."

Pepper shook his head and said, "No, this Mr. Jess said that he is your investor, not Victor Industries' investor."

Victor shook his head in confusion: "Sorry, I don't quite understand."

Pepper turned back and stared at the direction that Lake had walked just now, trying to find the trace of Lake, but she didn't notice at all that there seemed to be something extra in the unstable state of her boss.

Victor looked at his watch, said something to Tony Stark next to him, and walked not far away.

Wait until Victor is gone.

Tony Stark said in a deep tone with a blank face: "Ms. Potts, you are ignoring your boss, and it's because of another man."

Pepper recovered: "I think I just met Zeus."

Tony: "..."

　Happy weekend, friends, please recommend tickets!

　　


(End of this chapter)