Chapter 604: Congratulations Gift
Wow...
At this moment, everyone was astounded. Among them, Lin Chuan's classmates were the most shocked.
In the crowd, Zhou Rui looked at Lin Chuan with a face full of astonishment. Although she didn't understand exactly what Lin Chuan was up to, judging from the scene before her eyes, this was all a set of standard British nobility etiquette. Lin Chuan's composure and unflappability, none of it seemed feigned.
At this time, a black Rolls-Royce slowly drove up. Several blond-haired, blue-eyed men got out of the car. Each of them walked towards Lin Chuan with a beaming smile.
"Baron Lin Chuan, it is truly an honor for us to meet you!" The man leading the group was the British Ambassador to China, who had specifically flown to Jiangbei City to support Lin Chuan. Of course, all of this was orchestrated behind the scenes by Her Majesty the Queen.
Lin Chuan hurriedly responded with a smile: "Your Excellency Angelo, it is truly an imposition on you."
"Not at all." Ambassador Angelo quickly shook his head and said, "It is my great honor to be invited by you to be a witness."
Lin Chuan, dressed in a black tailcoat with a bow tie around his neck and a wine-red shirt inside, looked noble and gentle. Every move he made exuded the aura of a noble, causing the people around him to feel as if they didn't even recognize Lin Chuan anymore.
"Is... is that Lin Chuan?" Liu Jianjun asked curiously.
"Of course, it's him." Zhou Rui, biting her red lips, said, "Who would have thought that this guy is actually British nobility?"
"Nonsense. I bet eight out of ten times he has just found a few down-and-out foreigners to put on a show?" Liu Jianjun sneered: "However I look at them, these foreigners seem a bit odd. Could that guy really be the British Ambassador? I don't buy it."
"Actually, I think he might really be." A female classmate who works in foreign trade hastily interjected: "I seem to have some impression of him, let me check on my phone."
"Quick, check it out and see if that really is the British Ambassador," Liu Jianjun immediately said.
The female classmate quickly pulled out her mobile phone to search on Baidu.
"Wow, it's really him, Angelo," the female classmate exclaimed: "It's him!"
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in surprise.
The hotel staff hurried forward to receive them, the hotel's foreign affairs department quickly dispatched several interpreters, and the hotel's managers and the chairman all approached Angelo, bowing and scraping, kissing up to him. Although Angelo did not say much on the surface, he looked down on these people with disdain.
Lin Chuan walked leisurely up to Liu Shaoqi and Yang Zi, then smiled and said, "Yang Zi, I told you a month ago that I would give you a big gift. Today, I am here as promised."
"I..." Yang Zi's eyes were somewhat teary.
"Mr. Angelo is a devout Christian. He has conducted wedding ceremonies for Prince William, the Danish Prince, former Presidents of the United States... and many other world celebrities and high society figures," Lin Chuan said with a smile. "Any wedding witnessed by Angelo will go down in history and become the focus of the global media."
Wow...
The scene immediately burst into a commotion again.
Although Liu Shaoqi is a wealthy man, he is just that—wealthy. He was nowhere near the level of world-famous figures or someone of Angelo's world noble status. And now Angelo was actually lowering himself to officiate his wedding? This... this was just too...
People with even a slight understanding of world celebrities, those who knew a bit about British nobility, were aware that Angelo had royal British blood, ultimately making him a member of the royal nobility. He was a noble among British nobles. He had officiated countless weddings for world celebrities and nobles. Any noble or celebrity in the world would take pride in having Angelo conduct their ceremony.
"Liu Shao, the prestige of this is enormous," several heads of corporations beamed, saying, "We really are basking in your reflected glory."
"You're amazing, lad, to have invited "Old Angelo' here," other executives exclaimed in surprise, one after another.
Song Ming came out excitedly, shook hands with Angelo with great enthusiasm, and earnestly introduced his own identity and position. Angelo wore a polite smile and expressed that today was a wonderful day.
After that, Angelo approached the bride and groom, giving them his most sincere blessings with a beaming smile. Nearby, throngs of media swarmed in, cameras zooming in on them as a frenzy of flashbulbs went off. Everyone was overjoyed, feeling as if they were receiving celebrity-like treatment.
Yang Zi was moved to tears, knowing that her wedding got such an upgrade in class all thanks to Lin Chuan's presence. Lin Chuan's gift was so much cooler than those who offered a few million as gifts.
Although the wedding's stature was elevated, Liu Shaoqi seemed not pleased, wearing a smile on the surface but feeling quite gloomy and displeased inside.
"Lin Chuan, how did you suddenly become a British Baron?" Zhou Rui, wearing a long purple dress as Yang Zi's bridesmaid today, secretly approached Lin Chuan.
"Hehe, I'll tell you another day," Lin Chuan winked conspiratorially.
"Hmph, you don't look like a noble at all," Zhou Rui pursed her lips and said, "You are just a little hooligan."
"What? A hooligan can't be a British noble?" Lin Chuan replied irritably.
"Hee hee..." Zhou Rui giggled, suddenly taking Lin Chuan's arm, and said, "But that's what I like about you. Your naughty appearance!"
Lin Chuan was speechless.
From a distance, Yang Zi witnessed Zhou Rui taking Lin Chuan's arm. Although she felt envy, jealousy, and resentment, it was all irrelevant to her now. Today was her wedding day, yet her heart was filled with jealousy for another woman. Yang Zi didn't even understand what she was really feeling.
"Lin Chuan, you're really something," someone said.
"Totally, becoming a British noble out of thin air. You're not going to tell us you've become a British citizen now, are you?" another added.
A bunch of classmates gathered around.
"Haha..." Lin Chuan laughed: "Don't talk nonsense, that's not the case. I am a bona fide Chinese."
The group slowly headed towards the hotel.
With Angelo's arrival, the status of Liu Shaoqi's wedding was elevated in an instant. Nobody could believe the golden carriage at the entrance was the British Queen's royal coach. To make Lin Chuan the center of attention, the Queen had the carriage and those white horses airlifted directly to China. She certainly gave Lin Chuan plenty of face.
Those in the know could tell at a glance that those horses and the carriage were extraordinary.
Media journalists frantically snapped photos of the white horses and carriage.
Before long, news that the British Queen's royal coach had appeared in China spread far and wide, turning the world's attention to Jiangbei City in an instant.
The British BBC reported as follows: "The Queen's glory is witnessed worldwide, with Mr. Angelo arriving with the Queen's coach on the land of Huaxia. Perhaps it is the will of God, otherwise, who would believe that within a few days, the Queen's coach would cross the ocean and arrive in Huaxia?"
The American NBC presenter said: "The British Queen's coach appeared overnight in China, does Her Majesty know magic? Or does China have some important figure worth sending the Queen's most precious, solid gold carriage to?"
Domestic speculation was rife every day, and Lin Chuan's identity and background soon topped various media outlets. However, by the next day, news about Lin Chuan vanished without a trace, disappearing before the public could take much interest.
Angelo walked in the front, with Lin Chuan to his left, as they slowly made their way into the hotel. Liu Shaoqi and Yang Zi hurried to lead this procession inside. The wedding was truly grand. Not only were there luxury cars, but there was also the Queen's golden carriage, royal attendees, and the British ambassador. Even the world nobility, Mr. Angelo, attended to witness the wedding feast, which was unparalleled in grandeur and splendor, at least domestically unheard of for a wedding.
Not to mention the standards of this wedding, the mere presence of the attendees was awe-inspiring.
Although Yang Zi was arm in arm with Liu Shaoqi, her eyes were constantly on Lin Chuan, and her gaze was filled with deep melancholy. Liu Shaoqi saw all this and remembered it in his heart, which destined Yang Zi's married life to be an unhappy one.
Liu Shaoqi and Yang Zi's wedding became the talk of the town in Jiangbei City and made them celebrities there. Not only that, the wedding quickly entered Baidu's hot search list within seven days, becoming a national focal point.
"Lin Chuan, you really know how to keep a low profile." Zhou Rui said with a smile, "Come clean, what else are you hiding from me?"
"Hehe..." Lin Chuan said awkwardly, "I'm really not hiding anything."
"Hmph, if it weren't for Yang Zi's wedding invitation, I might never have known you're a British Baron!" Zhou Rui snorted coldly, "Were you planning to keep it from me forever?"
"No... not at all," Lin Chuan quickly shook his head.
"Hmph, I think you were," Zhou Rui huffed softly.
On the way back from the wedding, Zhou Rui interrogated Lin Chuan all the way, which left Lin Chuan in a mixture of laughter and tears. Finally getting rid of that girl's pestering, he encountered another woman who gave him even more of a headache.
It was at the entrance of Changlin Factory. In a black Audi, Tang Yumeng was dressed in a black professional outfit, a skirt, a black suit, a white shirt, with her hair pinned up, looking exceedingly capable and stunningly cool.
Lin Chuan quickly jumped out of the car.
"Sis, you... what are you doing here?" Lin Chuan said, scratching his head with a smile.
"Looking pretty dapper," Tang Yumeng said, giving Lin Chuan the once over, "Van Zhesi's suit, even the leather shoes are Armani. Must have cost a pretty penny, huh?"