Conference room.
A group of Important Figures in suits and ties drank premium whiskey as they negotiated with Huo Yunting.
The room was very quiet. It had to be said that every foreigner exuded an extraordinary bearing at first glance.
They knew when to be quiet, and they could lighten the mood when it was time to joke. Huo Yunting stood among them, smiling the entire time.
Lu Chengwen joined midway through the meeting and was introduced to everyone by Huo Yunting.
Naturally, he was introduced as Huo Group's son-in-law.
These people lounged casually around the conference room. Some sat on sofas, some on chairs, while others simply held their glasses and stood on the carpet, talking grandly.
This looked less like a negotiation and more like a business salon, where several high-profile figures chatted and laughed as they discussed the state of the world.
Lu Chengwen's appearance was somewhat abrupt. Everyone assumed Huo Yunting merely wanted to introduce his son-in-law to this circle, after which Lu Chengwen would politely say that he had other matters to attend to and excuse himself.
But Lu Chengwen did not.
Huo Yunting seemed to tacitly approve as well.
That left all the foreigners somewhat surprised.
When they had greeted Lu Chengwen earlier, every one of them had worn a warm smile. They shook his hand vigorously, and some even patted him on the shoulder affectionately, telling him their little secrets for drinking whiskey.
Lu Chengwen knew this was the particular hypocrisy of foreign capitalists. In truth, they all saw him as nothing more than a pretty face and did not take him seriously.
As Lu Chengwen listened to them chat idly, tell political jokes, complain that the president was a lunatic and a narcissist, or brag about sleeping with some famous celebrity... he