Best Young Master
Chapter 101 - 095: [Life Is More Than The First Meeting]

Chapter 101: Chapter 095: [Life Is More Than The First Meeting]

Ye Fan learned from Su Yuxin’s words that because this investment promotion conference was personally hosted by Ye Wenhao, it attracted major enterprises from both inside and outside the province, and many powerful state-owned and foreign enterprises came upon hearing the news, creating quite an impressive scene.

Under such circumstances, after discussion by the government of Jiangnan Province, it was decided to change the venue of the conference to the Hanghu International Conference Center.

Located at the intersection of Jiefang East Road and Zhijiang Road, in the core area of Qiantang New City on the central axis, the Hanghu International Conference Center uses a steel structure similar to that of the Bird’s Nest. With an architectural height of 85 meters, the main building consists of a 12-meter elliptical annex and an upper sphere with a diameter of 85 meters.

The center serves as the core for conferences and super five-star hotels. It provides internationally standard comprehensive functions such as meetings, performances, demonstrations, exhibitions, accommodation, leisure, dining, and health services, creating a comfortable and leisurely high-quality international conference environment along the Qiantang River, complementing the Hanghu Grand Theater in a "sun and moon shining together" scene.

At 8:30 in the morning the next day, Ye Fan drove Su Yuxin to the parking lot of the Hanghu International Conference Center. Looking around, the parking lot was packed with predominantly high-end business vehicles that emphasized luxury and comfort. The remaining vehicles, though of lesser brands and quality, had passes next to the windscreen that demanded respect.

The owners of those vehicles were the official cars of the tycoons from major state enterprises and central enterprises!

Due to Ye Wenhao’s special status and strong appeal, even monopolistic state-owned and central enterprises dared not put on airs. Either the CEO personally attended, or a senior representative came on their behalf.

When Ye Fan and Su Yuxin stepped out of the parking lot, the entrance of the conference center was already cordoned off, with hundreds of police officers managing security. Not only were ordinary people strictly forbidden to approach, but attendees also had to present their ID cards, which were verified before they were allowed in.

The scrutiny for attendees was so strict that the journalists fortunate enough to enter the venue faced even stricter checks, giving them the feeling of attending a high-end conference in Beijing.

After their identities were verified, Ye Fan and Su Yuxin walked into the conference center and headed to the largest conference hall according to the signs.

Given the importance of the conference, most attendees arrived early. Glancing around, the conference hall was densely packed with people, creating a scene and atmosphere that the Lv Hu Group’s annual review meetings could hardly compare with.

Since the fall of the He Family, the Su Family’s position in Jiangnan had stabilized considerably, and their Lv Hu Group had firmly taken a seat as the flagbearer for private enterprises in Jiangnan.

Due to the rising status of the Lv Hu Group, the organizers placed representatives Su Yuxin and Ye Fan in the front row, together with representatives from major state enterprises, central enterprises, and well-known foreign enterprises.

Though Su Yuxin had made a name for herself in Jiangnan’s business world over the past two years and was currently in the limelight, she had seldom dealt with state-owned, central, or foreign enterprises, and their representatives did not know her. Still, as soon as Ye Fan and Su Yuxin took their seats, the representatives turned their gazes toward them.

Part of this attention was undoubtedly due to Su Yuxin’s stunning beauty, but more importantly, it was because Ye Fan and Su Yuxin were too young!

Really... too young!

Given the high-profile nature of today’s conference, every invited private enterprise was represented by its head. Finding someone under the age of thirty-five was difficult, let alone someone as young as Ye Fan and Su Yuxin.

Facing the curious gazes, Su Yuxin smiled politely, while Ye Fan simply treated the stares from the representatives of the state-owned, central, and foreign enterprises as though they were air, focusing only on the entrance of the venue.

For him, attending the conference was merely to witness Ye Wenhao’s elegance; the corporate tycoons were none of his concern.

The ’arrogant’ attitude inadvertently shown by Ye Fan displeased some of the tycoons from state-owned, central, and foreign enterprises, although they did not show it.

Noticing this, Su Yuxin internally sighed. As she sighed, an idea suddenly struck her, and she guessed the motive behind Su Hongyuan sending her and Ye Fan to the conference.

"I’m sorry, I just realized why grandfather sent you and me to this conference," Su Yuxin said hesitantly, full of apologies.

"Why?"

Having focused all his attention on Ye Wenhao without considering the ulterior motives, Ye Fan found it odd upon hearing Su Yuxin’s words, especially as he looked around at all the older attendees.

"Grandfather wanted to test your relationship with the Ye Family," Su Yuxin said softly.

"Hmm... So your grandfather thought I was related to the Ye Family?" Ye Fan gave a bitter smile. "Then your grandfather guessed wrong. Although my surname is Ye, I have absolutely no relation to Huaxia’s top Ye Family."

"Doctor Ye, my grandfather has been in business his whole life and is too practical. Please don’t take it to heart," Su Yuxin whispered, seemingly worried that Ye Fan might be upset.

Hearing Su Yuxin’s words, Ye Fan was about to respond when suddenly, he noticed that the vast conference hall had become eerily quiet!

Yes...

Just like that, the entire hall had fallen into silence!

Whoosh!

After a moment of silence, heads began turning.

Under the lights, everyone’s gaze involuntarily shifted toward the entrance of the conference hall.

In the focus of everyone’s attention, a middle-aged man entered the hall.

Under the lights, it was clear to see that the middle-aged man was not very tall but was well-built, with a typical square face. His appearance was not particularly handsome and was quite ordinary, the type that would go unnoticed in a crowd.

However—

At this moment.

This ordinary face attracted the attention of everyone present.

Indeed, some people, upon seeing him, nervously held their breath!

Because.

His name was Ye Wenhao.

A descendant of the Reds known to everyone within the system.

A legendary figure who had retired from Jianghu, yet left behind legends in Jianghu!

He did not possess the arrogance typical of the third generation successor of the Ye Family, nor did he have the sharp edge he once had as the top of the Qing bang. Instead, what he had was restraint.

A heavy sword without edge.

This was the most fitting description for him.

Facing the gaze of thousands of eyes, his face showed no hint of emotion, just like an ancient well, his steps steady and powerful. Each step seemed measured, astonishingly consistent.

Six bigshots of Jiangnan Officialdom followed behind him, each with heads held high and chests puffed out, their expressions serious, seemingly paying him no heed.

But upon closer observation, it could be seen that all six were looking at his back.

Their eyes held only one emotion: awe!

Ye Fan was somewhat startled to see Ye Wenhao’s figure reflected in his eyes.

Startled, not because of Ye Wenhao’s ’heavy sword without edge’ demeanor, but ... because Ye Wenhao gave him a very familiar feeling!

Yes ...

Familiar!

It felt as though he had seen this man somewhere before but couldn’t remember.

As Ye Fan was lost in thought, Ye Wenhao’s pupils suddenly dilated, and even his steps hesitated mid-air — he had sensed the Martial Artist aura on Ye Fan and had gauged his strength!

This discovery made him involuntarily glance at Ye Fan out of the corner of his eye.

Just one glance.

But it stirred a tumult in his heart!

An indescribable shock filled his being; he even doubted if he was hallucinating!

As an expert of the Innate Realm, Ye Wenhao possessed strong willpower and control. Although his heart was overwhelmingly shocked, he did not let that shock show on his face, and he did not even alter the frequency of his steps; he walked as if nothing had happened towards the central position on the stage.

Soon, under everyone’s watchful eyes, Ye Wenhao was the first to take his seat, with the other six magnates also sitting down in their respective places one after another.

Once everyone was seated, the official in charge of attracting investments picked up the microphone, paused for a moment, and delivered the opening remarks, "Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this investment conference. On behalf of the provincial committee and the provincial government, I express our heartfelt thanks for your presence!"

"Applause ..."

As the words of the official inducing investment fell, what had been a quiet venue erupted into applause like the tide, and the meeting thus began.

Although Ye Fan was not interested in the so-called ’investment attraction’, driven by curiosity about Ye Wenhao and that inexplicable sense of familiarity, he listened attentively to Ye Wenhao’s speech and pondered hard where he could have previously seen Ye Wenhao.

However —

Even when the meeting concluded, Ye Fan could not find any memories of Ye Wenhao in his mind.

He was certain he had never seen Ye Wenhao in the past twenty years!

This puzzled him greatly.

As the meeting ended, Ye Wenhao left the venue accompanied by several magnates.

"Xiao Wang, after we head back, organize the data for the personnel of Lv Hu Group who attended the conference," Ye Wenhao said to the secretary seated in the passenger seat of the car bearing the number plate of the provincial government, asking for detailed information.

"All right," the secretary Xiao Wang replied immediately, noting it down in his notebook.

Ye Wenhao slightly closed his eyes, seemingly resting, but his thoughts flew back to twenty years ago...

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PS: This is the last Chapter for the public period; the curtain on the new book will soon be drawn, and it will officially launch at midnight on January 1, 2014. A new year, a new journey. There’s a personal note about the launch I wrote that I hope brothers and sisters will read. I hope even more that you can join me right at midnight and embark on this new journey with Madness!