Chapter 458

The host gave an opening speech on stage. The general content was to thank these heavyweight figures in the business and entertainment circles for being able to attend the charity banquet tonight despite their busy schedules, as well as the flow of the banquet tonight.

Finally, a general summary was made of the public welfare events done by the foundation last year.

The main public welfare areas of the Jiangdong Charity Foundation include Hope Primary Schools, scholarship funds for excellent poor students, care projects for juvenile autism, medical assistance for rare diseases, and reconstruction assistance for natural disaster areas, etc.

In short, wherever help is needed, one can basically see the shadow of the Jiangdong Charity Foundation.

Su Zheyuan brought his secretary Xiao Gao—today it should be said that it was female companion Xiao Gao—and sat down next to Shen Ci.

The two had just greeted each other, and didn't expect the seats to be arranged together. Su Zheyuan said happily: "What a coincidence, Ms. Shen. I was just thinking it would be great if I could sit with you."

"Why does Boss Su want to sit with me?"

"We're all the same age, and we can chat."

Su Zheyuan picked up his wine glass and was about to drink, but was stopped by Xiao Gao: "You can't drink yet."

Before he could respond, his hand was empty. The wine glass had been snatched away by Xiao Gao, and then a glass of juice was placed in front of him: "Drink this."

Su Zheyuan wasn't angry, just pouted helplessly.

Seeing this, Shen Ci asked out of concern instinctively: "Not better yet?"

"I feel better, but Xiao Gao and my mom both feel I'm not. They keep saying something about a hundred days for broken bones." As he said this, he instinctively sighed helplessly: "Oh, women are troublesome."

Only after he finished did he feel something was wrong, and quickly looked at Shen Ci to explain: "Ms. Shen, don't misunderstand. I specifically mean Xiao Gao and my mom."

Shen Ci shook her head and laughed, indicating it didn't matter.

"I didn't understand Ms. Shen's strength thoroughly before, but since you can appear at the Jiangdong Group's event today, Ms. Shen, I have to look at you with high regard." Su Zheyuan sat closer slightly and picked up his juice: "I toast you. If there's a chance for us to cooperate in the future, I like cooperating with straightforward people like you."

The Su family specializes in the hotel industry, ranging from luxury brands to high-end business to budget chains.

Shen Ci hadn't thought about the hotel industry, but this Boss Su was quite interesting, and she was willing to make this friend.

"Sure. If Boss Su has any good projects, remember to bring me along. I'm the person who likes making money the most."

The two toasted and smiled at each other. Su Zheyuan added: "There's plenty of time. I can also teach Ms. Shen how to drive go-karts."

Mentioning go-karts, Shen Ci remembered that she had just passed her primary driver's license a while ago.

Xiao Gao to the side heard that Shen Ci had passed her primary driver's license in such a short time and passed it on the first try, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Then Ms. Shen, you are really amazing. Our boss took the primary driver's license test seven times, crashed two primary racing cars at the club, and paid them a lot of money."

Su Zheyuan: "..."

A cold light shot over. Xiao Gao blinked innocently, and only then realized this couldn't be said.

Hearing this, Shen Ci laughed: "Then Boss Su being able to get a racing license now is really amazing. You must have put in a lot of effort. With such perseverance, Boss Su will succeed in whatever you do."

Su Zheyuan was happy to hear this, and a smug expression appeared on his face. Turning around, he felt something was wrong.

"Ms. Shen, you're praising me, right? Not scolding me, right?"

"Pure praise!" Shen Ci said quickly.

Only then did Su Zheyuan feel relieved and laughed again. His reaction made Shen Ci feel happy from the bottom of her heart, and she felt more and more that this Boss Su was interesting.

At this moment, the background music at the scene suddenly stopped, and the originally dim lights suddenly brightened a bit. The host walked onto the stage of the banquet hall with a microphone and said excitedly: "Then next, we enter the first session of our event, playing games!"

"Playing games?" Shen Jingjing couldn't help but instinctively look at her daughter upon hearing this, and said in surprise: "A-Ci, isn't it a charity event? Why are we playing games?"

Shen Ci was also confused. After all, it was her first time here. Although she checked some information, most of it was related to the foundation, and she hadn't looked at the event information.

At this time, Boss Su played the role of an explainer.

He looked at the two and said: "Auntie, are you and Ms. Shen here for the first time? This Jiangdong Charity Foundation event is held once a year, but it's not that kind of boring event where you sit there eating and drinking and raising signs to donate. The first session is all kinds of games to liven up the atmosphere."

"But it's not just playing games, but using the way of playing games to donate money. I still remember the first game last year, which was to let the participants dress up as rabbits and transport balls from a frame on one side of the stage to a frame on the other side. Oh, you look at those business giants and big stars in suits crouching on the stage learning to jump like rabbits. The scene was ridiculous. I was laughing to death at the time, it was so fun."

Shen Jingjing's eyes widened in surprise upon hearing this. She looked around the scene; the men were all in suits and leather shoes, and the ladies were also in evening gowns. Everyone had a great air. Would these people play these games that lost their status on stage?

"It will be like this?" Shen Jingjing felt interested in her heart and felt it was quite interesting.

Su Zheyuan had a completely transparent expression: "If it were any other occasion, everyone would definitely be holding their status. But today is the Jiangdong Group's charity event, who wouldn't cooperate? Actually, letting go is also happy. I wasn't drawn last year; I wanted to go up and play."

The way to participate in the event is by drawing lots.

With Su Zheyuan saying this, Shen Ci also became more interested in the event tonight.

The host was explaining: "Our first game this year is called eating watermelon. I will randomly draw five numbers from the number box. The guests drawn need to come to the stage. Each person has three slices of watermelon in front of them. The one who finishes eating first wins."

"The event will donate 50 yuan to the foundation in the name of the winner or the company. The donation sponsorship is fully supported by "Liuliu Plum," thanks to the gold sponsor for the friendly sponsorship."

This charity event also attracted a lot of sponsors.

"The game is very simple, so I will draw the numbers directly. Two number boxes, for the sake of fairness, we will conduct it separately for men and women, ladies first!"

As he spoke, the host's hand had already reached into the number box and drew a number first.

"Number 17, Mrs. Li of the Li Group!"

The next second, the spotlight at the scene locked accurately on Mrs. Li. The scene suddenly erupted in warm applause. Mrs. Li looked left and right before standing up with a smile while holding her heart. Li Wanchang sent her an encouraging hug.

"Number 33, "Jingjie" Housekeeping and Cleaning Company, President Shen Jingjing!"

Shen Jingjing was still watching the fun, and didn't expect that a light would shine on her head, covering her alone. She couldn't help but blink in surprise.