Chapter 91: Gathering

  On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yang returned to Mingyang after resting at home for a few days, accompanied by Liu Gang.

  Li Yang's parents did not follow, after the school rebuilding project is about to start, with Wu Xiaoli's advance notice and Li Yang's relationship with the mayor, the county gave full support to Li Jia's school. At this time, Li Junshan was unwilling to leave for his youngest son to enjoy himself, let alone he had not officially retired yet.

  However, Li Junshan and his wife also promised Li Yang that once everything is stable, they will definitely go to Li Yang's place for a short stay. Anyway, Mingyang Licheng is not far away, and both of Li Yang's brothers have cars, so it's very convenient to go there.

  Apart from this, Liu Gang was the one who gained the most. In recent days, Li Yang's parents have almost treated him as their own son, which greatly moved Liu Gang.

  "We're back!"

  After arriving home, Li Yang immediately ran into his first-floor bedroom and lay down there. The house was luxurious and big, but it didn't have the warmth of a family.

  "Brother Li, I won't go back and live on that side anymore, I'll just live with you!"

  Liu Gang walked to the door of Li Yang's bedroom, leaned against the door frame, and lazily said to Li Yang, "The place Liu Gang mentioned is He Lao's villa."

  "It's up to you, anyway it's so close, anywhere is fine!"

  Li Yang thought for a moment and then agreed directly. He was indeed very quiet here by himself, and it would be better to have Liu Gang accompany him. The villa on the other side of He Lao's house wouldn't have any problems even if no one was inside, as the security guards were high-quality retired soldiers, much stronger than ordinary security guards.

  "Okay, I'll go clean up the room!"

  Liu Gang immediately ran to one side, Li Yang smiled lightly and shook his head, picked up a book from the desk by the bed, and slowly began to read.

  These days back home for Chinese New Year, Li Yang read a lot fewer books, if Old He found out he would definitely criticize him again.

  "Ding ding ding!"

  Just as he opened a page of the book, his phone rang. Li Yang reluctantly picked up the phone and found that it was Zhang Wei from Cui Yu Xuan calling him.

  "Li Lao Di, Happy New Year! Where are you now?" Zhang Wei's enthusiastic voice came through as soon as the call was connected.

  "Happy New Year, I just arrived in Mingyang, is there anything from Director Zhang?"

  "It's great that you're back! Tomorrow night, there's a gathering of our Mingyang Jade Stone Association, and I'd like to invite you to join us. You must come!" Zhang Wei said with a hearty laugh.

  "I haven't even joined the Jade Stone Association yet, so I won't go to their gathering!"

  Li Yang hesitated for a moment, Zhang Wei had already invited Li Yang to join the Jade Stone Association several times, and Li Yang also had a very deep understanding of this association, but he had always been hesitant about whether or not to join such an organization.

  Zhang Wei immediately said anxiously over the phone, "Don't go! The Jade Stone Association has many members who are eager to see your splendor. They have long admired your great name, and I've already boasted about it. If you don't come, I'll be in trouble!"

  "Alright then, I'll go over tomorrow night!"

  Li Yang shook his head helplessly. It was just a gathering, and he also wanted to see Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

  The seventh day of the Lunar New Year was the first working day for Anshi Jewelry, but on the first day back at work, it's usually not busy and there's nothing much to do. Everyone arrived around 9 o'clock, even Zhang Ying, who normally arrives early, only came in at 8:50 today.

  On the first day of work, Li Yang represented Zhang Ying and held a simple and encouraging meeting for all employees. At the end of last year, everyone received a good red envelope, and this year's momentum is very strong. Li Yang's encouragement meeting was very successful, at least everyone's morale has been boosted.

  In the evening, Li Yang said hello to Zhang Ying and then took Liu Gang to the Wang Chao Hotel, where the Jade Stone Association's New Year's party was being held.

  At the hotel entrance, Zhang Wei kept stretching his neck to look up, and many members of the Jade Stone Association who arrived early came forward to greet him. In previous years, this president would always be sitting inside waiting, this was the first time he came out to receive everyone.

  "Li Yang, Li Brothers!"

  When Li Yang's Volvo appeared, Zhang Wei waved his hand vigorously. The two newly arrived members of the Jade Stone Association also stopped at the door, wondering what kind of person was worthy of the president's enthusiasm.

  "Director Zhang!"

  Li Yang parked the car and took Liu Gang down. Liu Gang was bored at home alone, so Li Yang brought him along as well.

  "Who is this?" Zhang Wei looked at Liu Gang with a puzzled expression.

  "This is He Lao's family member who was left behind. Since there's nothing going on, I brought him along. Is that okay, Director Zhang?"

  Li Yang hastily pointed at Liu Gang and introduced him, saying that if Zhang Wei said Liu Gang couldn't stay, Li Yang wouldn't mind leaving with him. Anyway, he wasn't a member of the Jade Stone Association yet, and during this time, they had been together every day, and the two had established a pretty good relationship.

  Zhang Wei's face immediately turned very serious and said: "He Lao's family, of course, there is no problem!"

  Li Yang arrived, and Zhang Wei stopped waiting at the door. He appeared at the door to wait for Li Yang. With this gathering as an opportunity, Zhang Wei must pull Li Yang into the Mingyang Jade Stone Association.

  The Jade Stone Association has a total of twenty-two people. Adding Li Yang and Liu Gang makes twenty-four people, just enough to fill two tables.

  In the past, Jade Stone Association gatherings always had a few people less, but this time everyone came. It can be said that being able to gather so fully is Li Yang's credit.

  Now the Jade Stone Association has no one who doesn't know Li Yang, Li Yang consecutively won big in Qingdao, Mingyang and Zhengzhou, and also brought along the association's directors Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida to win big once, these achievements were constantly being passed down by the members of the Jade Stone Association, gradually everyone had a curiosity about Li Yang, this time hearing that Li Yang was coming, they all gathered together.

  Li Yang became the center of attention as soon as he entered the room under the Jade Stone Association, no way around it, Li Yang was too young, the youngest member of the Jade Stone Association was already twenty-eight years old, and Li Yang and Liu Gang were absolutely the younger generation in this circle.

  Most people who like jade and play with jade are relatively wealthy, the members of the Jade Association are either small bosses or high-level white-collar workers in companies. From an identity perspective, none of these people are worse off than Li Yang, who is currently just an ordinary white-collar worker.

  People like that are often proud, and when they see Li Yang's surprise, they also have some disbelief. A person who is younger than them and not better at work than them, how can he play with gambling stones, and how can he continue to rise? Those who haven't seen Li Yang before all have such doubts in their hearts.

  "Let me introduce, this is Mr. Li Yang, who is now a household name in our province, Mr. Li has consecutively produced top-grade jade such as Bingzhong, Furong and Jinsi, which has been widely spread, and has brought great honor to us Mingyang colleagues!"

  Everyone sat down, and Zhang Wei first introduced to everyone, the crowd was initially enthusiastic applause, then they curiously looked at Li Yang. What Zhang Wei said, they had known for a long time, but hearing is far less than seeing with one's own eyes. After seeing Li Yang so young and dressed so ordinary, they were all shaken. On the other hand, the two members who saw Li Yang's Volvo at the door earlier knew that this young man was not simple. How many people can afford to drive a car worth hundreds of thousands?

  "It's all just luck!"

  Li Yang stood up and said with great humility, also greeting everyone. What Zhang Wei didn't know was that Li Yang had also gambled on glass species, and it was the top-notch Emperor Green.

  "Li Yang, actually, I invited you today also with the intention of inviting you to join our Mingyang Jade Association. After discussing with Old Gu and General Zhang, if you were to join, we would directly give you a director's position!"

  After Li Yang sat down, Sima Lin immediately whispered to Li Yang, "Zhang Wei had a hard time persuading me to bring you in. Given the relationship between Sima Lin and Li Yang, as long as he spoke up, this matter was basically settled."

  Simar Lin also had his own considerations. For Li Yang, becoming a director of the Mingyang Jade Stone Association would not have any drawbacks, on the contrary, it could be helpful for his future work, so Simar Lin agreed to Zhang Wei's request. If it weren't for this, Simar Lin would never help Zhang Wei as an intermediary.

  "Simida, thank you, but I've also developed a great interest in antiques and the like. I don't know if joining the Jade Stone Association would still allow me to join the Antique Association?" Li Yang replied slowly after some thought.

  Sim Lin's personal invitation, Li Yang naturally couldn't turn it down like he did to Zhang Wei. As for the Jade Stone Association, Li Yang didn't actually have a bad impression of it; he had been considering it all along.

  "This is no problem at all, President Zheng is actually a director of both the Antique Association and the Jade Stone Association!"

  Sim Lin nodded with a light smile, and Zheng Kaida immediately nodded vigorously beside him. The Jade Stone and Antique Association are both civilian associations that have some relationship with the official, but mainly rely on their own operation, and there is no mandatory requirement to join only one of them.

  "In that case, I'll listen to Big Brother Sima!"

  Li Yang finally nodded, and Zhang Wei immediately smiled, while also thinking of the gambling stones he had collected. This time, in order to invite Sima Lin as a guest, he had promised to take out another piece, and his collection was getting smaller and smaller.

  "Good, let's give a toast for our new member, Director Li Yang!"

  Zhang Wei let out an excited whoop, first raising his wine glass. His biggest worry was finally over, and with Li Yang's addition, Zhang Wei believed that the Mingyang Jade Stone Association would develop even better. Not to mention Li Yang's enviable good luck, just the energy from He Lao's care for him was enough to make Zhang Wei laugh out loud.

  Joining the Jade Stone Association means nothing to Li Yang, Zhang Wei brought up the matter of the February 2nd Dragon Head Raising gathering in Nanyang Province again after celebrating, as a director, Li Yang has to go no matter what, this time whether Mingyang can make a scene within the province depends on Li Yang.

  Under the lead of Wang Haomin, everyone took turns pouring wine for Li Yang, while Zheng Kaida and Sima Lin watched from the side with a smile, whoever could get Li Yang drunk would be helping them take revenge, if they couldn't, then these people would just have to wait for their bad luck.

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