Chapter 279: Banquet (Part one)
– The Platinum Palace –
It was the Queen’s birthday banquet, and it would definitely be a very lively night. In addition to the political leaders of the country that came to celebrate, the powerful and rich families in the continent were also invited.
The parking lot was packed full with luxury cars.
In the evening, the Platinum Palace was already covered in magnificent golden lights.
Each car that drove in would undergo routine inspections by the soldiers before being let in, where the valet would then take their car and a server would lead them into the luxurious and spacious main hall.
Lin Chuxue sat in the family limo, expressionless. Her quiet face was cold yet glamorous, and only her mother knew that whenever she became nervous, she would rest her hands on her knees, tightly grabbing onto her dress when she was sitting down.
When she placed her arm around her mom’s and got out of the car, she had her head lowered. When those gentle and slender eyelashes slightly lifted, those blue eyes as tender as water seemed to have softened the hearts of every man in sight.
They were stunned by her beauty.
When she was just 15, she was accidentally photographed by the media, and her beauty immediately went viral on all media and she received the title of the Rose of Britain. As time passed, she only got prettier, and as someone who didn’t like to appear in public, her photos sneaked by paparazzi were even hyped to ridiculously high prices, being in hot demand by those young and rich admirers of hers. A painter did an oil painting of her, and it was even sold for over a million pounds, also making the painter famous. Lin Chuxue was one of the rare girls of the upper class that was conservative and rarely went to social parties, and that was the most ideal mate selection criteria for most aristocrats and young heirs of Britain. Upon hearing that she would also be attending the Queen’s birthday banquet tonight, many youngsters especially followed their parents over to attend as well. The banquet this year was a lot more lively since there were a lot more people, especially powerful and wealthy bachelors under 30.
When Lin Chuxue walked in with her mother behind her father on the red carpet, she immediately became the beautiful scenery in the eyes of those youngsters. Accompanied with the blue tube top dress and those pure blue eyes, she looked like an elf coming out of a medieval epic, so beautiful that people couldn’t look away from her, all wanting to take such a stunner home and treasure her forever.
The Third Prince, Will, was carrying a red wine glass and chatting with his friends. After hearing the crowd exclaiming at something, he looked towards the entrance and saw Lin Chuxue walking in with her parents. Instantly, she became the focus of everyone inside the palace.
Will’s eyes were basically glowing, and he became more and more determined to get Lin Chuxue.
“Looks like you have quite a lot of competition.” His friend said, “Tsk tsk, Will, if it weren’t us not being lucky enough to have a good background, who wouldn’t want to have this kind of treasure?”
His other friend sneered, “Even for Will, there is still a lot of competition. Those young rich heirs’ family assets are probably in the tens of billions of pounds, and god knows what kind of means they will use to get her.”
Will sneered. “If I can be the crown prince, would those people still dare to compete with me?”
The crown prince would be the successor of the King for this country.
When the actual crown prince saw Lin Chuxue walking in, his eyes also flashed with a hint a greed, but he sighed, “Such a pity, I wasn’t born at the right time.”
He was indeed a lot older than the Third Prince, almost reaching 40 this year, so it would obviously be a bit inappropriate for them to be together.
Beside him, a good friend of his laughed and said, “Don’t let your wife hear this, or she’s probably going to start a big fight with you. But this Nicole is indeed a beauty of the century, and it’s no wonder that so many heirs of the largest companies in the country want to marry her. Well, you still have your chance. Once you become the King, you can still have her.”
The crown prince mocked himself and sneered, “It would be too late. This royal family, if the older generation doesn’t pass, the younger generation won’t be able to take over the throne. It’s not like you don’t know that. Look at that Will, even though he doesn’t really have power, he has freedom, and as brothers, we have to clean up his mess. We take the Royal Family’s reputation very seriously, so we definitely won’t let any scandals leak that would damage our reputation. As for power, it’s just a joke. If that old thing lives to 80 years old, I would be f-cking 50 by then. And by then, Nicole would most likely be married and even have kids, and I also wouldn’t be able to divorce the one at home because it’s forbidden! Speaking of being the crown prince, Will’s life is actually a lot better. If I can trade places with Will right now, I would not hesitate.”
Chapter 279: Banquet (Part two)
A big influential family’s head came over with his eldest son to greet Lin Guiren. “Long time no see, Mr. Lin.”
Lin Guiren shook his hand. “Yeah, long time no see.”
“I heard the Lin Corporation is in some kind of a financial crisis? If you need help, just let me know. We should definitely hang out more, the two of our families, am I right?”
The eldest son standing behind him basically had his eyes glued onto Lin Chuxue, and Lin Chuxue just had a polite smile on with her arms around her mother’s arm and didn’t speak.
“I’m already working on a solution. Thanks but there’s no need to be concerned for us anymore, Mr. Jenkins.” Lin Guiren smiled.
“Oh really?” Jenkins smiled. “But I heard that your company needs at least a couple billion euros to come back to life. You guys do jewelry, and because of you, your company has a very big market in Asia. We also really want to expand into those countries that are developing especially quickly. In fact, as an oil company, we lack anything but money. How about this? Let us join forces?”
Lin Guiren laughed. “Since your family is sitting on rich oil reserves, why do you want to deploy into other industries?”
“You also know that right now with the advancement in technology, there are already electric cars. Who knows how much longer oil can keep its high price tag for. On the other hand, we are really optimistic about the jewelry industry,” Jenkins smiled and said.
“I can let you know if we need help down the road, but I think we will have to pass on that offer for now,” Lin Guiren said.
After briefly dealing with the oil family, Lin Guiren was greeted by another family, and it was the media company led by Terry. He smiled as he walked over and greeted, “Mr. Lin, you are not still angry about the media outlets under my company always exposing scandals on your family company’s jewellery quality, right?”
Lin Guiren put on a fake smile and shook hands with him. “Of course not. There was indeed quality issues on some of our products. You also know that the reason we are able to compete with all the luxury jewelry companies in the M Nation is because of our advantage of using jadeite as raw material. However, for the past few years, we indeed ended up purchasing some jadeite that weren’t as high quality as we expected. Our stock prices fell, and we can’t really blame anyone for it.”
“I know, Mr. Lin. You have already come so far, you definitely wouldn’t let your company collapse, right? If you need anything, just ask.” Terry laughed as he left with his son.
Terry’s eldest son was so lost in looking at Lin Chuxue that he even forgot to talk.
Seeing them walk away, Lin Chuxue then asked her dad, “It’s them that blew up the scandal at our company, right?”
“Yeah, he’s able to stand up tall against other families that are worth several times more than them, and it’s all because he controls the media of Britain. It’s very easy for him to stink up someone’s reputation, and in this kind of situation, he wouldn’t dare to do it unless he has a strong network in the government and Royal Family,” Lin Guiren said.
Mommy Lin sighed. “They also gave us an offer. Aside from the financial support, they will also open up a platform to promote our brand.”
Lin Chuxue’s cold face showed no emotion. “I would rather marry the third prince and let them fight with each other.”
Mommy Lin: “So Terry and his family would think of anything to prevent you from marrying the third prince. It’s already no secret that they planned out the whole scandal and exposed us. They were also scared that we would get big and out of their control.”
Just then, a graceful elder woman appeared on the spiral stairway.
“Your Majesty the Queen has arrived!”
All the guests in the hall gathered over.
The palace door also gradually closed. Seeing the doors slowly close, Lin Chuxue became a bit flustered.