What is the concept of twenty million?
A person’s average salary is around four thousand. In an ordinary city, that is already considered upper-middle level. If one saved every penny without eating or drinking, it would take at least over four hundred years to save that amount.
In other words, this is a height that an ordinary person might never reach in their entire life.
Take Zhang Yang, for example. His family has nearly eighty million in assets, which is already enough for him to be called a rich second generation among most ordinary people.
But at this moment, Luo Chen actually casually gave away an evening gown worth twenty million. It was just a piece of clothing. Zhang Yang and Tang Long looked at Luo Chen with utterly horrified eyes. Was he this rich?
Even Zi Yuan herself was startled. She had just assumed this evening gown cost a few thousand at most. Now she looked at Luo Chen in surprise and blurted out instantly.
“Does your family really own a mine?”
Everyone present came from families with extremely wealthy, even rather luxurious, backgrounds.
But now, compared to this piece of clothing, their family’s savings might not even amount to as much as this single garment.
The most embarrassed person was Yuan Na. At this moment, her face was burning hot, as if she had been publicly slapped. Her neck had turned red.
The hundred-thousand-yuan gown on her body, although not the most expensive in the entire venue, was at least quite respectable.
But compared to Zi Yuan’s dress, it truly was not worth mentioning.
She had originally been counting on using her gown to humiliate Zi Yuan. As it turned out, the one being humiliated was herself instead.
The expressions of many people looking at Luo Chen changed instantly.
Just now, Luo Chen had been standing in the hall waiting for Zi Yuan to change clothes. Even though he was a manager, no one had gone over to talk to him.
But now, many people intentionally or unintentionally went over to chat with him. Even several rather strikingly beautiful rich young ladies took the initiative to approach Luo Chen and strike up a conversation.
And Zi Yuan was even more like a brilliant pearl, surrounded by the crowd.
Zhang Yang, Yuan Na, and the others glared at Luo Chen hatefully. Finally, Zhang Yang sneered coldly.
“It doesn’t matter. We’ll make him look foolish during the performance segment later.”
An elegant and serene piano melody began to play. Many people stepped onto the dance floor to choose partners and start dancing.
Being able to go up and dance a couple of songs would definitely draw applause from the crowd.
Because that was a symbol of status and position. After all, not everyone knew this so-called noble social dance.
Zi Yuan rejected everyone’s invitations and kept sitting beside Luo Chen. Luo Chen also had little interest in this so-called noble dance.
“Thank you.” Zi Yuan spoke in a low voice.
“You’re welcome.” Luo Chen smiled and shook his head.
“The piano music today sounds really nice.” Zi Yuan noticed the atmosphere was somewhat awkward, so she changed the subject.
“It’s alright, I suppose.” Luo Chen actually did not think much of it. But just as he finished speaking.
A spotlight beam shone directly onto Luo Chen.
“Next, let us welcome with applause Manager Luo Chen from the Marketing Department, who will bring us an entertainment performance!”
A person dressed as a host spoke into the microphone on stage.
Then sparse applause rang out.
“What performance?” Luo Chen looked at Zi Yuan in astonishment.
“Oh no, it must be Zhang Yang and the others.”
“At the annual meeting, it is stipulated that every department must perform an entertainment act, but these are all voluntarily signed up for by the employees within the department!” Zi Yuan explained with an uneasy expression.
And at this moment, Zhang Yang and the others walked over with expressions of schadenfreude.
“Manager Luo, sorry about this. None of us in the Marketing Department have any particularly outstanding talents, so we could only recommend you.”
Clearly, Zhang Yang and the others had secretly signed Luo Chen up for this.
This talent show was a matter of face for every department, so each department would try their best to find someone with particularly outstanding talent to participate.
After all, in front of over a thousand people from the entire company, if one did not have a real skill, they would be laughed at.
“Manager Luo, we were just afraid of losing face, so we could only let you go.” Tang Long also spoke with schadenfreude from the side.
This was deliberately kept from Luo Chen to catch him off guard, leaving him with no preparation. They were probably afraid that once he got on stage, he would only end up embarrassing himself.
But who was Luo Chen?
“Sure.” Luo Chen got up very straightforwardly. Then, under the gaze of the crowd, he walked toward the upstairs loft.
“Manager Luo, what talent are you going to showcase?” The host looked at Luo Chen in surprise.
“I’ll play a piano piece.” Luo Chen turned his head and said.
But the moment Luo Chen’s words landed, the host’s face changed drastically.
“Manager Luo, you must not…”
“Young man, you want to play the piano in front of me?” An extremely arrogant voice suddenly came down from the upstairs loft.
Then a middle-aged man dressed in a pure white suit stepped out.
The man was dressed elegantly and politely, but at this moment his expression carried a hint of anger.
“Wait, is that Master Di Yi?” someone exclaimed.
“How did he get here?”
“Who?” someone had not reacted yet.
“Piano master Di Yi!”
“That person who won the Chopin International Competition last time?” someone finally realised.
Piano master Di Yi, currently the top pianist in the country, representing the highest level of the piano instrument in the nation, the number one person.
“No wonder I was saying why the piano music today sounds especially nice.”
“How did he get here?”
“Isn’t his appearance fee at least five million per show?”
“Is our company willing to spend that kind of money?”
“I invited him!” Another voice rang out from upstairs. Then, a tall, extremely handsome man wearing sunglasses waved toward the people below.
Immediately, everyone in the hall below burst into an uproar.
“Chen Jie!”
The son of the richest man in Nanling.
Also the owner of this hotel.
“Why is he here too?”
But no one knew the answer, because Chen Jie had already turned his gaze toward Luo Chen.
“Friend, if you take back what you just said, Master Di Yi can also pretend he didn’t hear it.”
“Why should I take back what I just said?” Luo Chen did not look up. He was not in the habit of looking up at people when speaking.
“Heh, friend, do you really want to play the piano in front of Master Di Yi?” Chen Jie was first stunned, then he laughed, except it was a cold laugh.
That was Di Yi, a person who had won the Chopin International Competition. Playing the piano in front of him, wasn’t that showing off one’s axe skills in front of Lu Ban?
Many people below also showed expressions of astonishment.
What was wrong with this Luo Chen?
Just now, Chen Jie had already given him a way out. But Luo Chen not only did not take it, he instead stepped even higher.
Did he really want to show off and make a fool of himself in front of Di Yi?
Even the two departments that had originally prepared people to play the piano in advance were now hurriedly looking for replacements.
Are you kidding? With a top-tier master like Di Yi present, who would dare play the piano in front of him?
Only Zhang Yang, Yuan Na, and the others had expressions of utter schadenfreude. They could not even hold back their laughter anymore.
They had only wanted to give Luo Chen a hard time. They had not expected that Luo Chen would actually seek out an even bigger embarrassment for himself.