Chapter 222 Farce
Chapter 222 Farce
A worker on the farm was going to marry his daughter off and he sent an invitation to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning didn't want to go at first, but when he heard that Lao Yang and Kong Fangfei had also received invitations and were planning to attend the banquet, and that the banquet was booked at the New Town Hotel, he went together. But when he arrived at the hotel, he saw that there were five or six tables occupied by farm employees.
Not only my uncle Chen Xuefeng but also several relatives came.
Even my uncle Zhang Yuedong came.
Jiang Ning asked his uncle Chen Xuefeng: "How many employees did Liang Hu hire?"
Chen Xuefeng said: "At least two or three hundred."
Jiang Ning was surprised: "There are so many?"
Chen Xuefeng smiled and said, "Mr. Liang is famous for being stingy. He always finds an excuse to set up a few tables and collect money for gifts. It's not easy to have a happy event, so he has to collect money well. Many people didn't come. I brought gifts for five people."
Jiang Ning asked, "Is this man familiar to my uncle?"
Chen Xuefeng said: "Not very familiar, he is very familiar with your uncle, he came here after finishing the project."
Zhang Yuedong spun his teacup and said, "This guy is good at taking advantage, but he does a good job."
Lao Yang said, "It's fine to send us invitations, but I'm sure many of you will have objections to inviting so many employees."
Chen Xuefeng said: "Many people are scolding me, but after all, we are colleagues, and I can't save face, so I will still follow the crowd."
Jiang Ning frowned immediately: "It's a bad influence."
Everyone nodded, this incident did have a bad impact.
The topic ended here and no one continued the discussion.
Drinking tea and chatting.
Jiang Ning remembered something, so he told Kong Fangfei, "Contact the business jet agent later and ask for the price. Find out what the business jet costs and order a Gulfstream business jet for me."
Kong Fangfei was quite surprised: "Boss wants to buy a plane?"
Others pricked up their ears.
Jiang Ning nodded: "I will be flying around frequently in the future. Taking civil aviation will waste time, and chartering a plane frequently is not cost-effective. It is also a waste to keep the money in the account, as it will all be taken away by inflation. It is better to buy a business jet."
Kong Fangfei said: "I heard that a business jet costs several hundred million."
Jiang Ning said: "If it doesn't exceed 500 million, I'll buy it."
Kong Fangfei agreed, feeling inexplicably a little excited.
She has never handled such high-end business.
Buy a plane. This is not a helicopter, but a high-end business jet.
It costs hundreds of millions, so how can we not be excited?
Chen Xuefeng asked: "After buying a plane, do I still need to hire a driver?"
Jiang Ning said: "It will be entrusted to the airline, and the airline will arrange the crew."
Zhang Yuedong also asked a few questions, but he had never been on a private plane.
I have never been exposed to this field and I am very curious.
Chatted about airplanes for a while.
Zhang Yuedong asked Jiang Ning: "Your aunt and uncle are planning to go to America on May Day. Did they tell you?"
Jiang Ning said: "Sister Xiaoyun told me."
Chen Xuefeng asked: "When are you leaving?"
Jiang Ning said: "The time is uncertain. I can leave at any time if nothing else."
Chen Xuefeng smiled and said, "They want to go with you!"
Jiang Ning smiled and said, "You want to get a free ticket from me?"
Everyone laughed and just knew it.
It's meaningless if you say it out loud.
Jiang Ning asked, "Are your aunt and uncle going? I'll pay for your plane tickets."
Zhang Yuedong was quite tempted: "Is it too late to apply for a visa now since I haven't prepared anything yet?"
Jiang Ning said, "It's still in time. I'll call and tell him. He'll be here in a day."
Zhang Yuedong was a little undecided, so he asked Chen Xuefeng: "Will my brother-in-law go?"
Chen Xuefeng shook his head: "No."
Jiang Ning asked: "Why didn't Uncle go?"
Chen Xuefeng smiled helplessly: "My son has become such a jerk, how can I have the heart to go out?"
Jiang Ning said: "Why do you care what Brother Gang does? Everyone has his own way of living. You and Auntie should enjoy your life as soon as possible."
Chen Xuefeng didn't say anything.
Jiang Ning said nothing more.
After waiting for a while, the host still didn't show up.
The dishes were served, but no relative came to greet us.
Just as I was wondering, I suddenly heard some cursing next to me, as if someone was arguing.
Everyone looked around and the sound seemed to come from the Lotus Hall next door.
Over there are the groom’s guests and friends. The wedding banquet will also be held at the New Town Hotel.
"What's the matter?"
Jiang Ning was very puzzled, but no one answered him.
Everyone looked as puzzled as he did.
Other people in the banquet hall were talking about it, and some of them couldn't help but run to the next room to see out of curiosity.
"I'll go take a look too."
Chen Xuefeng couldn't sit still, so he stood up and went to gather information.
After a while, he came back and said, "Are you quarreling?"
Zhang Yuedong asked: "Who started the quarrel?"
Chen Xuefeng smiled and said, "Mr. Liang and his male in-laws had a quarrel."
Old Yang was surprised: "What's going on?"
The others also pricked up their ears as the two in-laws quarreled.
And they quarreled at their children’s wedding banquet.
This kind of excitement is not common.
Chen Xuefeng said: "It's because of the betrothal gift."
Zhang Yuedong asked: "What's wrong with the betrothal gift?"
Chen Xuefeng said: "I heard that they asked for 280,000 yuan, and they said they would return 100,000 yuan on the wedding day, but Liang Laokou changed his mind and refused to return it. The man didn't want to, so the two families started arguing."
Zhang Yuedong asked: "Why didn't you give them the refund as promised?"
Chen Xuefeng said, "It's not surprising that Mr. Liang would do such a thing." Jiang Ning became interested and stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
"I am coming too!"
Kong Fangfei also stood up, followed by Lao Yang.
The others couldn't sit still anymore, so they followed.
When we arrived at the Lotus Hall, we saw a group of people gathered around the stage.
Before Jiang Ning got close, he heard a snapping sound.
It seemed like a cup was broken, and then I saw people fighting in the middle.
Jiang Ning walked behind the crowd and stretched his neck to look.
It turned out that Liang Hu was fighting with a middle-aged man, and several people were trying to separate them. However, as the fight went on, the people trying to separate them also got angry and joined in. The one-on-one fight turned into a group fight, with loud noises coming from everyone.
The cups and plates were broken all over the floor.
The hotel waiter tried to stop the fight but was almost beaten.
So they all stepped aside and were about to call their leader.
Suddenly I saw the boss standing behind watching the fun, so I ran over to ask him what to do.
Jiang Ning waved his hand: "It's okay, let them fight."
The waiter hesitated to speak.
But in the end he said nothing and ran to report to his leader.
Jiang Ning watched the fun with great interest.
Others don't like to join in the fun as much as he does.
Old Yang stamped his feet in anger: "How shameful, how shameful."
Chen Xuefeng ran over to stop the fight, and Zhang Yuedong also did the same.
Liu Jinliang ran over in a hurry: "Boss Jiang, this..."
Jiang Ning waved his hand: "Don't worry about it, let them fight."
Liu Jinliang was helpless. The boss was really just watching the fun and not minding the trouble.
If anything goes wrong, the hotel will probably have to be closed for repairs.
Just as I was about to persuade Haoban to stop, the few people who were fighting were separated by others.
The host, Liang Hu, had a bruised face and nose, and he didn't know whether he had won or lost the fight. Someone whispered something in his ear, and he turned his head quickly, and saw the boss standing behind the crowd watching the fun, and he hurried over and said, "I'm sorry, boss."
Jiang Ning waved his hand: "It's okay, you guys continue."
Liang Hu looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
The farm workers who came to the banquet gathered together, all with strange expressions on their faces.
The man’s family was cursing: “You think you’re so great just because you work at Xianling Farm? What the hell, you’re just an animal, what you say is like fart, give the money back, we’re not getting married, marrying a cousin isn’t that expensive…”
The two newlyweds were standing aside watching with blank expressions.
Hearing this, the bride burst into tears.
He covered his face and ran away.
The groom has become numb.
"Let's go, let's go!"
Jiang Ning found the scene boring and asked Lao Yang and Kong Fangfei to leave.
I went to Furong Hall and asked the chef to cook a few dishes. I called my uncle and uncle to come down for dinner.
After waiting for a while, the two came down.
Lao Yang asked: "How did you deal with it?"
Chen Xuefeng said: "The marriage cannot be completed. I don't know how the two families will deal with it."
Jiang Ning was a little confused: "How can a wedding turn out like this? There are all kinds of birds in the forest."
Zhang Yuedong said, "Mr. Liang is too stingy, and the man's family is too unreasonable. If only one party had given in, it wouldn't have turned into such a mess. Now, the marriage certificate has been obtained, but the marriage cannot be completed. I don't know how the two families will deal with it."
Jiang Ning said: "After all the fuss, the young people are the ones who get hurt in the end. So, you should make your own decisions on marriage and don't let adults interfere. Asking for a dowry of 200,000 yuan for a marriage is no different from selling your daughter."
Everyone looked at each other and disagreed with what he said.
But no one argued back.
Kong Fangfei changed the subject and said, "Liang Hu is an employee of the farm. He invited many colleagues today. If something like this happens and is not handled properly, it will have a bad impact on the farm."
Everyone nodded; this was obvious.
The man’s family was cursing at their mother just now, almost swearing at others.
Lao Yang looked unhappy: "We can't let this kind of behavior continue. If they weren't farm employees, it would be fine. But since they are farm employees and they have invited so many colleagues, we can't just ignore it, otherwise this kind of thing will happen again in the future."
Jiang Ning nodded in agreement. The unhealthy tendencies must indeed be suppressed in a timely manner.
Otherwise it will easily corrupt the moral atmosphere.
Two days later, the office issued a notice and made clear regulations on relevant matters.
Remove the nonsense and there are only two core points.
First, colleagues are not allowed to be invited to any banquet unless they are relatives.
Second, you cannot ask for a dowry when marrying off a daughter.
If any of the above is violated, the year-end bonus and all holiday benefits will be cancelled.
After the notice was issued, it caused an uproar.
There was a lot of discussion in the group, and some people felt that the farm was too involved.
The first one is barely acceptable, but the second one is too much.
Asking for a dowry for marriage is a tradition that even the emperor cannot change.
The farm's hand is too long.
There were also people cheering, mostly unmarried young people.
Most of the security team members are young men.
So they all followed suit and said "Long live the boss" and made emoticons for Lao Yang.
The notice spread outside and people in Bei'an were also discussing it.
Some are in favor and some are against.
Someone took a screenshot of the notification and posted it online, where it unexpectedly went viral.
But that’s a story for another day.
After a few days, Lu Jingwei returned to Bei'an.
Even before his injury healed, he called a meeting to study and discuss matters related to using the office building to repay the debt and transferring part of the equity of the second field. Jiang Ning was also called to the meeting, as were people from the bank and relevant departments. The meeting lasted for three consecutive days before a preliminary plan was finalized.
(End of this chapter)