65: Chapter 060 [Celebration Party] 65: Chapter 060 [Celebration Party] In the next three days, the storm in the Jiangnan official and business domain not only did not stop, but it seemed to intensify—three days later, the number of officials who had been taken away reached 23, including one of the Jiangnan officialdom titans, Zhao Xigu!

Compared to the shock in the officialdom, the business world was somewhat weaker, with only the Lu Family and a few other clans closely related to the He Family also being affected besides the He Family itself.

However—

Whispers from an unknown source suggested that this affair was not yet over.

It was rumored that even Han Guodong, the covert ruler of Jiangnan, would be implicated!

As for all this, Ye Fan did not care in the slightest.

In fact, after he had handed over that “nuclear bomb” of the Jiangnan official and business domain to Su Hongyuan, he had stopped paying attention to the matter.

To him, whether it was the officialdom or the business world, how they were shaken was irrelevant; he just needed to see the collapse of the He Family’s business empire and ensure that He Fenghua, that pesky fly, would no longer bother him in the future!

Three days later, the Lv Hu Group Jiangnan Company held a celebration party at the LV Hu Hotel for successfully winning the bid for the “Binhe New District Phase One Project.” The celebration would be attended not only by the middle management and the bidding project team of Lv Hu Group but also by corporate tycoons, including Su Hongyuan.

The LV Hu Hotel, located in the center of Hanghu City, was one of the few five-star hotels owned by the Lv Hu Group.

Although the Jiangnan Company was hosting the celebration party, the LV Hu Hotel was still open for business as usual, only vacating the largest banquet hall.

After noon passed, employees of the Lv Hu Group Jiangnan Company began arriving, with the men in shirts and trousers, their shoes polished to a shine, and the women either in evening gowns or short dresses, paired with high heels, various pieces of jewelry, their attractiveness skyrocketing, becoming a splendid sight to behold.

At 2:30 pm, Ye Fan and Su Yuxin arrived at the LV Hu Hotel.

Unlike a normal workday, today Ye Fan and Su Yuxin rode together in one car; more precisely, Ye Fan drove Su Yuxin’s infrequently used Bentley limousine to attend the dinner party.

As the dinner was quite formal, Su Yuxin had also dressed up meticulously.

That evening, she was in a black evening gown, which was an off-shoulder, waist-cinching, trailing design made especially for her by a master tailor from Nangang, fitting her perfectly and, with those ten-centimeter heels, exquisitely presenting her sensual and graceful figure.

Perhaps it was because Su Yuxin was so stunning tonight that she attracted numerous gazes as soon as she alighted from the car.

The men’s gazes mixed astonishment, admiration, and concealed desire, while the women displayed sheer envy and resentment.

Unperturbed by all this, Su Yuxin, holding up her dress, walked towards the hotel entrance with Ye Fan in all her composed glory.

The crisp sound of her high heels striking the ground seemed to carry a kind of magic, causing the adrenaline of the men watching in secret to soar, especially when they saw Su Yuxin’s exposed fair and shapely calves as she lifted her dress—they felt an urge to rush forward, tear her evening gown, and reveal her charms.

Even Ye Fan felt that Su Yuxin was particularly stunning that night.

When Ye Fan and Su Yuxin entered the hotel, the banquet hall on the sixteenth floor of the LV Hu Hotel had been arranged into a venue, with a red carpet symbolic of celebration laid on the floor, and a banner hanging above the main stage at the front of the hall.

Several tables were set up on the stage, each with cards displaying the names and positions of the designated seat-holders.

The cards were also placed on the tables in the first row off-stage, reserved for the executives of the Lv Hu Group Jiangnan Branch.

The rest of the tables had no cards, allowing other attendees to choose their seats freely.

Since the celebration and banquet had not yet begun, the attendees were not seated but grouped together, chatting.

Shush!

Moments later, as the venue staff respectfully led Su Yuxin into the hall, the vast hall instantly fell silent, almost everyone turning their gaze towards Su Yuxin in her black evening gown.

At that moment, she became the focus of the entire hall.

Without a rival!

“Clap Clap—”

Shortly afterward, led by someone, warm applause filled the entire hall.

Clearly…

everyone had not expected Su Yuxin to arrive at the venue early.

On the contrary, they had thought Su Yuxin would arrive with the group leaders.

Seeing this scene, Ye Fan couldn’t help but inwardly sigh; Su Yuxin’s decision was right again—She used such a minor detail to effortlessly narrow the distance with the company employees.

Compared to her usual cold, stern demeanor at work, it created a stark contrast, taking full advantage of the ‘tighten then loosen’ approach.

As he inwardly acknowledged that Su Yuxin indeed had a knack for management, Ye Fan suddenly saw that most people shifted their gazes toward him, their looks somewhat playful—although Su Yuxin had arranged to travel in separate cars to work with Ye Fan to minimize troubles for him, the employees still secretly speculated that there was some ambiguity in their relationship.

The applause subsided, and Su Yuxin, rarely flashing a smile, went forward with Ye Fan to greet the arriving employees, who responded warmly, smiling at Ye Fan as well.

They all knew very well that without Ye Fan, the Lv Hu Group Jiangnan Company would not have won the contract for the Binhe New District Phase One project, and there wouldn’t have been a celebration today!

After Su Yuxin and Ye Fan had greeted everyone, only a few minutes were left before the celebration was to begin.

The employees took their seats in turn, Su Yuxin went up to the podium, and Ye Fan sat at the edge of the first row, next to Su Yuxin’s assistant, Yang Miaomiao.

“Mr.

Su is really beautiful and has such a great presence.”

Looking at Su Yuxin on the podium, Yang Miaomiao said sincerely, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

“You aren’t doing too badly either—lots of the guys are sneaking glances at you,” Ye Fan said with a laugh as he noticed many people looking toward Yang Miaomiao.

Today, Yang Miaomiao was dressed in a black and white short dress, with light makeup on, looking less stern and more stunning than usual.

Typically, Yang Miaomiao’s looks and figure would have already met the standards of beauty, but this transformation and outfit made it hard not to attract attention from men.

“I’m nothing compared to Mr.

Su.”

After spending a month together, Yang Miaomiao and Ye Fan had become familiar with each other.

Hearing Ye Fan say this, she rolled her eyes at him but then joked with a smile, “Honestly, today you should be sitting on the podium.”

“I’m just here to make up the numbers.”

Ye Fan shrugged.

He wasn’t interested in tonight’s celebration and had come only because he felt awkward refusing Su Yuxin’s invitation.

“If you’re just here to make up the numbers, the rest of us don’t even qualify as spectators,” Yang Miaomiao said, half laughing, half crying.

She wanted to say more but saw Su Yuxin standing up at the podium.

“Let’s welcome the chairman and the group leaders with a warm round of applause!”

On the podium, Su Yuxin, unusually smiling, spoke loudly and then started clapping, prompting the employees to rise, turn around, and join in the applause.

Seeing this, Ye Fan also stood up and clapped.

Suddenly, another tidal wave of applause erupted, with Su Hongyuan leading the group representatives as they waved and walked toward the podium amidst the crowd’s applause.

A moment later, the applause subsided, Su Hongyuan and others took their seats, and everyone else sat down as well.

“Now, the celebration begins.

Please, either turn off your phones or switch them to vibrate mode.”

At the podium, Zhang Tiejun from Lv Hu Group Jiangnan Company, tasked with hosting the meeting, waited for the room to quiet down.

He then brought the microphone in front of him and said, “To begin, we invite the chairman of the group, Mr.

Su Hongyuan, to speak.”

“Applause—”

Once again, applause filled the hall.

Su Hongyuan smiled, waved his hands gently downward, and when the applause fell silent, he slowly began, “I am so delighted to be here on this sunny afternoon, sitting with everyone, sharing the joy of our success…

Su Hongyuan’s speech felt down-to-earth, more like casual conversation.

In contrast, Su Yuxin’s ensuing speech was much more formal and serious.

She first acknowledged the company’s recent successes and then outlined the next steps to be undertaken, issuing related directives.

This was the first time Ye Fan saw Su Yuxin deliver a formal speech.

Watching her on stage, displaying a strong female persona, and sensing the respectful gaze of the employees around him, a bizarre thought emerged in Ye Fan’s mind: What would their expression be like if everyone here saw Su Yuxin blushing and shy?

At that thought, Ye Fan couldn’t help but laugh quietly.

And at that moment, Su Yuxin’s gaze, accurately and squarely, landed on Ye Fan’s face.

“Could it be… did I say something wrong?”

Seeing Ye Fan’s unusual smile, Su Yuxin felt a sudden tightness in her chest—nervousness silently crept over her for the first time in front of her employees.

All because of Ye Fan!

PS: Just a note, Feng Kuang was too busy with work and being in his novel-writing phase, so he declined the invitation to the annual meeting.

Right now, he’s miserably accompanying the leaders at the construction site—brothers and sisters, please comfort poor me a bit—seeking recommendation tickets, Three Rivers tickets, and annual election votes!!