CEO is Picky but Handsome - Chapter 17

The Phoenix Group’s evening reception was much more formal than the hot and heavy annual meeting.
At the reception, there were a lot of clothes and drinks, social celebrities and industry bigwigs gathered together. The men were dressed in suits and the women in gowns and dresses. Because Phoenix Group owns such an entertainment company as Yingchen Entertainment, many big-name celebrities were also present. At one time, the stars were glittering, and the champagne and beauty were a perfect match.
In order to show the importance, Huo Jun specially invited a long-famous designer in the industry to customize the dinner suit. He was born with broad shoulders and narrow waist, is a standard rack figure, wearing a high-fashion suit, even more appear to stand out from the crowd, even in the male models also do not show the slightest inferiority.
When the fashion designer was sizing up for Huo Jun, Ye Ling was also at the scene. Huo Jun casually asked if he had a suit to match, and when he learned that Ye Ling didn’t, he asked the designer to take the measurements with him in passing. As a result, once the two suits arrived, although they looked different everywhere, how they were worn, how they had a strange couple’s outfit effect.
Huo Jun received a glass of champagne from the waiter beside him, tilted his head and took a slight sip, and quietly glanced at Ye Ling through the cover of the glass. The assistant gentleman standing beside him is dressed in a dark blue suit, with a slender figure and smooth waist, coupled with a social smile that is always just right – as if he was born to be social.
Strange, could it be that there really are people who are naturally good at these false pretenses in the social scene?
Anyway, after a decade or so, Huo Jun still extremely dislikes these occasions where he meets everyone with a reserved smile on his face while holding a glass of wine.
“Hey, Huo, long time no see.” Suddenly, a call from behind him interrupts his reverie.
Anyone who would call out his last name alone like this was most likely a Westerner. Huo Jun turned his head back, and sure enough, before him was a mixed-blood face with hard lines.
Huo Jun has no impression of this face, yet he still piles on a bright smile as if he’s seen his old buddies in the blink of an eye and extends his hand, “Long time no see.”
Behind him, Ye Ling doesn’t move to stick up and reminds in a low voice, “Adam Lee, director of Payne Group, just participated in the acquisition of Zhongxu Real Estate last month.”
“Adam, you look a lot better than the last time we met, it seems that people are really in good spirits.” Huo Jun smiles as he greets the wealthy investment giant in front of him and gives him a gentle hug like a brother, and at the end, he doesn’t forget to nod to the pretty lady beside him.
They exchanged a few pleasantries and complained about the current economic downturn, and then the mixed-race tycoon, whose demeanor was all Western, politely excused himself and went to the next bigwig to repeat the same process.
Huo Zhun watches his back leave with a smile, but under his breath, he asks, “I don’t even have an impression of this person, how do you remember so clearly?”
Moreover, this is already the tenth …… and I don’t know the dozenth big brother that Huo Jun has recognized after Ye Ling’s reminder.
“Sister Lin Fei gave me a social contact book with this gentleman’s photo name and preferences, and the other day, I also checked their recent news in passing.” Ye Ling didn’t turn her head much less look at Huo Jun, as if she was speaking to a cloud of air in front of her.
Huo Zhun had seen that social contact book, it was the crystallization of Lin Fei’s efforts that she had accumulated after years of fighting with Huo Zhun in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and its thickness was no less than the 60 pages of material that Huo Zhun had handed over to Ye Ling at the beginning. It’s hard enough to record all of them, and what’s even harder is that Ye Ling was able to match the expressionless people on the photos with the fat people in front of him in a short period of time.
Huo Zhun flattens his mouth and is just about to lament this perverted memory of Ye Ling’s when a commotion comes from not far away.
Gu Xinzhang had arrived.
His aptitude is certainly well known, but he’s sweet-talking and pretty, so he’s still very popular. Wherever he went, the ladies usually scrambled over to exchange pleasantries with him. Today, however, the scene calms down very quickly, and not only that, the ladies are also reservedly making a path to avoid contacting Gu Xinzhang head-on.
At this point, not only Huo Jun tsked, even Ye Ling was surprised.
However, when Gu Xinzhang came closer, he understood everything.
There was nothing else, it was simply because the female companion beside Gu Xinzhang was too outstanding.
For goddesses, the world had different definitions, but the points of beauty, atmosphere, and dignity were the same for about everyone.
Now, Gu Xinzhang had such a goddess standing beside her.
Her skin was as white as jade, but her eyebrow color did not look like an ordinary person, instead, it had a slight hint of brown. A pair of eyes were large and godly, looking over from afar, one couldn’t help but be mesmerized by the waves of those eyes. And she smiled even more moving, unlike the socialite full of hypocritical reserve, her smile as if there is really a kind of lofty temperament, not arrogance, but a kind of natural nobility.
In front of her, a beige dress skirt, the back hem trailing the ground, as she walks and winding out a beautiful silhouette. Around her waist, the belt was playfully tied in the shape of a bow, adding a bit of liveliness to the overly grand dress. She should have chosen her dress carefully, but Ye Ling felt that a woman like her, even in a long, undesigned dress, would surely be able to capture the gazes of the most men. The thin but not too dry body, beautiful and decent manners, made her whole person like glowing light, raw the whole scene of celebrities than down.
Lin Fei did not have such a woman in the social contact book he had given him, and this was not because she was unimportant; on the contrary, she was so famous that there was no need for her name to be written in at all.
Who would not recognize her?
Ye Ling recited her name in his mind.
Mu Suixi, the most popular actress, the dream girl of countless men. Her silhouette and smile appeared in every corner of the city, and she was mentioned time and again as a synonym for “beauty”, but Ye Ling was impressed by her, but not only because of that.
Ms. Mu was Huo Zhun’s old flame, and the kind that lingers on even after the relationship has ended.
Ye Ling had countless times blocked calls from Mu Suixi on behalf of Huo Jun, uttering cold refusals to the gentle and tactful to the extreme female voice on the other end of the line. But before long, the phone calls to see Huo Jun would still stubbornly come over and over again.
Huo Zhun didn’t see her even once.
Ye Ling looks helplessly at the beauty in front of her, really wanting to advise, the sky is the limit, why do you need to hang on to a desperate Virgo.
The four people looked at each other, no one opened their mouths, the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Gu Xinzhang is worthy of being the captain of the rescue squad, seeing this, he breaks the silence and raises an eyebrow at Huo Zhun, “Sorry for being late.” He also greeted Ye Ling, “Ye Ling, this is a nice outfit today.”
Ye Ling had long been accustomed to being molested by him and took it as an earworm. Hearing this, he just smiles faintly and turns his head to look at Huo Jun.
What to do – he asks with his gaze.
Huo Zhun’s gaze is deep, unable to tell if he’s happy or angry, and his eyes swirl around Gu Xinzhang’s face, eventually landing on the lady beside him.
“Suisi,” he extends his hand, “Long time no see.”
Mu Suisi gently grips Huo Jun’s fingertips, and although that tone is gentle and moving, the sadness and sheepishness in the aftertaste is airy and long, “Yes, it’s been a long time.”
Huo Jun just smiles and draws back his hand.
Mu Suixi’s expression is a bit hurt.
“Suisi, this is Mr. Huo’s new assistant, Ye Ling.” These two have a bad atmosphere, and it’s bitter that Gu Xinzhang is caught in the middle of it and snorts, “Ye Ling, this is Mu Suixi, the hottest goddess-level figure in the entertainment industry right now.”
“Hello, Ms. Mu.” Ye Ling hurriedly extended his hand, “Long time no see.”
“You are too polite.” Only then does Mu Suixi remove her gaze from Huo Zhun and turns her head to look at Ye Ling, smiling gently, “I’m the one who’s heard a lot about you. I’ve heard Xinzhang mention your name a long time ago, but I’ve never had the chance to meet you, so I feel very honored to finally meet the real person today.”
Ye Ling thought, “You heard Gu Xinzhang mention me? No, Ms. Mu, every time you call, it’s me who picks up the phone, could it be that you’ve only heard Gu Xinzhang mention me?
But he also understands, this in all sorts of things, in exchange for their own, will not be mentioned in front of the sweetheart.
“You guys don’t have to be polite. Ye Ling, today is also a coincidence. Suixi originally in the field shooting, no time to come over, but I lack a dance partner, can’t fall alone to come by myself, so it was not easy to beg to Mu big beautiful woman to enjoy the light to accompany.” Gu Xinzhang said, but the words rushed to Huo Zhun, “Otherwise you ask your Huo General Manager, how difficult is it to invite Mu Da Mei?”
Huo Jun just smiles and doesn’t answer.
This attitude is very intriguing, Ye Ling really does not want to get involved in the three of them, but one of the protagonists is his own boss, so he has to think of something. Seeing the corner of the reception, the staff member gestured to him, Ye Ling’s heart moved and he attached his ear to it.
“Mr. Huo,” he said in a low voice, “The VIPs have arrived, it’s time to make a speech.”
Huo Zhun answered and gave a slight nod towards Gu Xinzhang and Mu Suixi, “Excuse me for a moment.” He then turns around and walks onto the stage.
The reception is usually kicked off by Huo Zhun’s speech, he is a natural oratorical genius, no matter when or what the occasion is, he can speak eloquently without a script. People like Ye Ling, who are hesitant to speak, admire his talent so much that every time they stand under the stage and listen to him speak, they feel it is a kind of enjoyment.
People like Gu Xinzhang, who is also good with words and has been listening to Huo Zhi’s speech for almost ten years, of course doesn’t have that kind of feeling, he listens for a while, then comes to Ye Ling’s ear and asks, “The doctor has just checked it, hasn’t he? Is it okay?”
“Checked, it’s fine.” Leaning too close, Ye Ling silently dodged, “I just forgot to thank Mr. Gu, the doctor you found for me is very responsible.”
Gu Xinzhang smiled and shook his head, “What’s the point of being polite with me, it’s true that you shouldn’t be so risky in the future. Just now really …… scared me out of my wits.”
Said also pretended to stroke his heart.
Ye Ling couldn’t help but laugh.
“However, you’re still the first person who hasn’t been dismantled in a big way after going against Huo Zhun in his anger.” Gu Xinzhang was infinitely emotional, “Does this mean that I’ll die a better death later on as well?”
This latter sentence was so low to a whisper that Ye Ling did not hear it. Just as he was about to ask, someone in the corner beckoned for him, so he had to say “sorry” and rush off to deal with something else.
Huo Zhun’s speech soon ended, and the reception entered the main event, with the VIPs dispersing to the side of the venue, coincidentally leaving the center of the room open for others to dance.
When men attend cocktail parties, most of them will bring their female companions, but when Huo Jun attends a cocktail party, he never brings anyone with him. Everyone in his circle knows that he was deeply attached to his late wife, and that he refused to remarry even after she passed away many years ago, so no uneducated woman would dare to stand beside him at such a public event. But Huo Jun did not bring a partner, but no one stopped him from choosing one of the beauties on the scene to dance with him. On the contrary, according to the usual practice, no one would get off the dance floor until Huo Jun announced the start. Therefore, even before the band started playing, there were several eyes chasing after him.
Huo Jun, with his outstanding status and good looks, has always been the target of the women in the arena, but today, due to the complicated situation around the president, the ladies are restrained.
Oh, Goddess Mu Suixi’s relationship with Huo Zhun is a well known secret in the circle, with her present, who wouldn’t be able to pounce on her.
On this side, Huo Zhun just came down from the stage, Gu Xinzhang pissed off and left the table, and before he left, he also instructed Huo Zhun to take care of Mu Suixi for himself. The meaning of this is clear, Huo Zhun is playing dumb, looking at the song is about to start, not moving, hand pinching the wine glass pretending to be profound.
Mu Suixi can only take the initiative, “Mr. Huo, I don’t know if I have the honor to dance with you?”