Chapter 103: Gathering at the Birthday Banquet (1)
Throughout the entire day, the Su Family members were busy receiving guests from different fields and nations who came to offer birthday wishes. Some guests left after delivering their gifts, some stayed for a brief chat before departing, but only a small portion remained waiting for the evening banquet.
This made it apparent that the birthday well-wishers were also divided into different levels; most of the guests invited for the evening banquet were locals and business partners of the Su family. As for those friends who operated in the greyer or even darker domains, they mostly didn’t intend to stay.
Qin Jiran followed Elder Master Su all day, earnestly trying to remember everyone he was introduced to. In addition to being responsible for collecting gifts for Elder Master Su, he himself received many gifts and business cards. The presents were mostly from the older generation, ranging from antiques to luxury estates, so lavish that he got a headache just looking at them. He didn’t even have the right to refuse, since Elder Master Su wouldn’t allow it.
At first, Qin Jiran was somewhat puzzled why these people would bring him gifts when they were there to celebrate Elder Master Su’s birthday, thinking they were given on the spot. However, after several elderly gentlemen gifted him items, one more precious than the last and all very suitable for him, he understood that these elders must have prepared in advance, and Elder Master Su had probably informed them beforehand. This moved Qin Jiran greatly, for he knew it was Elder Master Su’s way of showing recognition and care for him.
All of these people he met were dominant figures in their own right. Receiving gifts from them was a form of acknowledgement in itself, let alone the priceless business cards. Each represented a significant force, all potential contacts and partners for future cooperation.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Elder Master Su’s birthday celebration directly ushered Qin Jiran into a different world—or more accurately, another level of the world: different, luxurious, and thrilling.
In the evening, before the banquet began, the Su family members gathered briefly to divide responsibilities and then got busy once more.