The night passed and Li clan's Patriarch Li Xuanyu's birthday celebration officially began.
Li Xuanyu wore a red jacket and was in high spirits. He sat in the main hall, accepting gifts from his friends and family.
Li Yan stood beside Li Xuanyu. He was also dressed in red and saluted everyone he met. At this moment, he could be considered obedient and sensible.
Li Shili and Li Shizhong stood at the door, welcoming the guests.
Li Mo stood in a remote corner. This wasn't his choice, but Li Shili's.
"Shun City's Zhang clan, chairman of Great Shun Logistics, Zhang Guangcheng, presents ten cases of Maotai!"
"Ning City's Thousand Lights Gourmet's general manager, Li Baocun, presents twenty adult fragrant pigs!"
"Shenjing City's Fang Ji Pawnshop's shopkeeper, Fang Li, presents a thousand taels of silver!"
Every time a friend brought a gift, the servants would shout it out. This was the ancient custom of 'decorum', and also the reason why rich clans competed with each other.
"Lin Corporation's young master, Lin Sicong!"
"Su Clan's leader, Su Mingyuan!"
"Shenjing City's Bai clan's leader, Bai Baocheng, and shopkeeper Bai!"
"Sea City's Ning clan's leader, Ning Baofeng, with his wife, Su Yan, son, Ning Baiming, and daughter, Ning Baihua!"
"Welcome, welcome!"
Li Shili stood at the door, cupping his hands.
The four big families of Shengjing had all sent people. However, the difference between coming now and coming earlier was obvious. If they came earlier, it meant that they had a deep friendship. If they came now, it meant that they didn't have any friendship.
But for Li Shili, as long as they came, he didn't care about anything else.
Just when Li Shili thought that almost all the people had arrived, he heard someone shouting from outside.
"Secretary Wang, Senior Official Yang, Mayor Lu, Director Zhao, and Director Qi!"
Li Shili's spirit rose.
All the bigwigs of Shenjing Province's officialdom came. This was a true show of respect.
"Welcome, Secretary Wang, Senior Official Yang, Mayor Lu, Director Zhao, and Director Qi!"
Li Shili didn't go far.
"Feng City's mayor, Wang Sai!"
"Feng City's vice-mayor, Li Xue!"
"Feng City's Empress Hotel's general manager, Chen Zhengzhong!"
The servants shouted again. Li Shili was stunned.
Feng City?
His Li Family had businesses all over Shengjing, but Feng City was the only place they didn't have any. How come Feng City had sent people over?
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"Second Bro, did you invite them?"
"No, I didn't invite anyone. I only invited a few third-rate celebrities." Li Shizhong was also stunned.
"Welcome!" Li Shili quickly stepped forward.
No matter how they came, they could only welcome them warmly.
"Here comes the famous movie star, Zhang Ming!"
"Famous singers Yu Xiaomei, Bai Xiaofang and Zhao Xiaoxiao have arrived!"
Li Shizhong moved closer to Li Shili and said, "Coming, coming. These are my treats."
"Go and pick them up."
"Alright."
"Famous movie star, Lin Jing, Heavenly Empress Lin has arrived!"
"Mount Tai of the antique industry, the current honorary vice chairman of the National Cultural Relics Administration Yu Boyan, Elder Yu, Zhang Jingshen, and Elder Zhang have arrived!"
"Ling Jing?
Yu Boyan?
Zhang Jingsheng? "
Li Shili was stunned again.
"Qin Group, Qin Zhen, Old Master Qin has arrived!"
Li Shili was still confused.
The Qin Clan had never paid attention to the Li Clan. The fact that the Qin Clan had sent someone over was already giving them face. Now, Qin Zhen had personally come. Wasn't this giving too much face?
Li Shili was still in shock.
"Chuan Province, Wang Huan!"
"Longhu Mountain Celestial Master Abode, personal disciple of the current Celestial Master, Zhang Yanyu!"
"Capital's Bai Clan, Bai Wudi, Young Master Bai!"
"Shenjing Yang Clan, Yang Honglei!"
"Capital's Zheng Clan's steward, Zheng Fu!"
Li Shili was completely dumbfounded.
Chuan Province's Wang Manor was fine, but Longhu Mountain's Celestial Master Abode, Capital's Bai Clan, and the Capital's Zheng Clan really shocked Li Shili.
Who in China didn't know of the three great clans of Mo, Bai, and Zheng? They were world-famous. To put it bluntly, their power could affect the country's future development.
Another thing was, the three clans had been at odds with each other for decades. What was going on today?
Why did all of them come here together?
And Longhu Mountain's Celestial Master Abode? What did this mean?
What did it mean to be the current Celestial Master's personal disciple?
It meant he was the next Celestial Master!
Why would someone of this status come all the way here just to celebrate the birthday of a clan that barely ranked in the province?
Not to mention Li Shili, even Shenjing's Bai clan's shopkeeper, Bai Baocheng, was shocked. Shenjing and Capital's Bai clans were of the same lineage. How could he, the shopkeeper of Shenjing's Bai clan, know nothing about their arrival?
Bai Baocheng stood to greet Bai Wudi, who waved. He looked left and right and soon found the person he was looking for.
Li Mo and Bai Wudi fanned themselves as they walked to Li Mo.
"Yu Boyan, Elder Yu, Zhang Jingshen, Elder Zhang, gifts from the current generation's painter, Zhang Yanzhi's Longevity Painting!"
"Wow ~"
The guests were in an uproar when they heard Yu Boyan and Zhang Jingshen's gifts.
Zhang Yanzhi was the most famous painter of the current generation. His Longevity Painting was worth more than a hundred million. This wasn't some meager gift, it was too much.
Li Xuanyu was also surprised. He only knew Yu Boyan and Zhang Jingshen. They had met a few times, but their friendship had not reached a hundred million, so he was surprised.
"Famous movie star, Ling Jing, gifts from Grandmaster Zhou Mengxian's Longevity Talisman!"
"Wow ~"
Yu Boyan and Zhang Jingshen's hundred million RMB gift wasn't over yet when Ling Jing's gift shocked the guests yet again.
Grandmaster Zhou Mengxian's Longevity Talisman!
This wasn't something money could measure. Grandmaster Zhou Mengxian's talisman could only be given to those he approved of, those he fancied, and those with status.
Li Shili's mind was a mess.
He asked Li Shizhong to invite that has-been star, Zhang Ming, because he gave her money. Ling Jing did the same, but Ling Jing refused. No matter how much money they offered, they wouldn't come.
'What's going on?
Not only did they not give money, they even sent such a heavy gift? '
"Qin Corporation's Qin Zhen, Elder Qin, gifts a plot of land in Yulong Bay."
Li Shili was dumbfounded.
A plot of land in Yulong Bay. These few words alone were worth more than a billion. The Li family had been fighting for the development of the Yulong Bay project, but with the Qin family around, they couldn't even get half a plot.
But this time, Qin Zhen directly used this as a congratulatory gift and sent it over for free …
"Longhu Mountain Celestial Master Abode, personal disciple of the current Celestial Master, Zhang Yanyu, gifts an Evil Warding Talisman personally refined by the current Celestial Master."
"Capital's Bai Clan, Bai Wudi, Young Master Bai, gifts a string of deep sea pearls."
"Shenjing's Yang Clan, Yang Honglei, gifts five Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves!"
"Capital's Zheng Clan's Butler, Zheng Fu, gifts an original copy of Chairman X's Quotations!"
Li Xuanyu caressed the dark red booklet, his hands trembling. Among the congratulatory gifts he had received so far, this was probably the least valuable one, but it could also be said to be the most valuable.
This small booklet held too much meaning!