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Although Jester's grandfather's hotel is only a three-star hotel, it is considered quite luxurious in the eyes of these international students.

There are not many overseas students from Mainland China in Los Angeles, but they are not too few. Most of them arrived when the scene was being arranged before the party. In fact, Jester felt that although he has a passion to cheer for the Olympic athletes of his motherland, more people may come here. A rare meal for free.

Otherwise, it was really hard for Jester to understand that some students actually walked more than 30 kilometers to come here without eating before coming.

Originally, Jester's grandfather also planned to come up tonight, but he couldn't come due to something else, so he asked Jester's sister-in-law to attend on his behalf.

Jester's grandfather has a high reputation among these international students. He has a private student aid fund and spends 30,000 US dollars every year to support international students who come to study in the United States, especially those on the West Coast.

Many people have received favors from Grandpa Jester.

And his sister-in-law came mainly to announce the new funding list on behalf of his grandfather.

The venue was decorated with a very domestic feel, and the decorations inside were all specially purchased from Chinatown, and they all used the traditional domestic large round tables for ten or twenty people, and the chefs were all from Jester. It was brought from Grandpa's chain of Chinese restaurants. In short, everything made these international students feel as if they were back in China.

In fact, they have never seen such a scene in China.

There were still a lot of people coming up tonight. There were nearly 200 international students and overseas Chinese. About half of the athletes would come to participate. Plus some other miscellaneous people, there were nearly 400 people in total.

The Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 was the first Olympic Games hosted by a private party in history. Therefore, in order to reduce expenses, there were no new venues or new Olympic Villages for this Olympic Games. They only rented dormitories from several universities to provide athletes and representatives. Regiment officials live there.

There are also many sponsors, hundreds of them, and Jester’s grandfather is one of them.

But there is also an advantage, that is, Jester's grandfather got six tickets for the opening ceremony from the organizing committee, and they were all in the best places.

This also made Jester ask for two. After the party is over, he plans to invite Qin Shuyao to watch the opening ceremony with him tomorrow.

This Olympic Games pioneered the recruitment of Olympic volunteers. To put it bluntly, they wanted to find some free staff because of insufficient funds. Unexpectedly, this project was warmly welcomed by Americans, especially many college students, who spontaneously volunteered. Organize to serve the Olympics for free.

However, the most criticized thing is that this Olympic Games' firepower relay is for sale. The price is clearly marked, $3,000 per mile, and there is no negotiation. When the relay was originally delivered to California, Corey Fein Sports Economics Company also specially Jester was consulted about whether he wanted to participate in this relay, but Jester refused directly after knowing that this relay was so nakedly linked to money.

Although he likes sports, especially football, and is not averse to sports being mixed into business, he cannot accept such a naked model.

Of course, if this Olympics were not such a commercial event, it would not have been possible to make a net profit of US$225 million in half a month with an investment of less than US$500 million. It is a pity that hosting an event that is facing huge losses has become a cash cow that all countries want.

Jester's reputation in the Chinese circle is still very high. This is not due to his grandfather's prestige in the Chinese circle on the West Coast, but to the huge success of his Mars Entertainment in these short two months.

A complete slap in the face to the media and experts who have been saying that video games are dead.

And there is also a vague rumor that Jester is now the youngest billionaire in the United States.

Therefore, some Chinese people who came to the banquet immediately gathered around Jester enthusiastically as soon as they saw him, all wanting to get closer to him.

Recently, the story of Jester's acquisition of the failed Clemente Card Company has spread throughout the Chinese circles, and Jester is basically regarded as a prodigal son with money in his hands, someone who has been taken advantage of.

In fact, there was no need for foreign students like Qin Shuyao to decorate the scene. Jester's grandfather had already arranged it, and they only needed to eat.

However, it was not yet time for the banquet to begin, and people who came to the banquet hall and knew each other started chatting in twos and threes.

Jester finally managed to deal with the Chinese people who gathered around him, and finally found some peace and quiet.

He looked around and found Qin Shuyao's position after a moment. She and the four international students who came with her were laughing and chatting with some people about their age.

Probably a classmate I know.

Jester thought so, and then walked over directly.

Qin Shuyao saw him coming, smiled and waved, and said to the people around him: "Li Jie, his English name is Jester Li, he is also the grandson of Mr. Li, and he is also our second most popular person at this party. Mr. Li’s patron.”

There are international students who often pay attention to the news, and they obviously recognize Jester. After all, Jester and Mars Entertainment are so popular, especially Jester was nominated as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the American College Entrepreneur Association. After being selected as a candidate, it has received great attention. You must know that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Atari founder Bushnell have all received this honor.

Several media outlets, including large media outlets such as Footwork ABC, wanted to do an exclusive interview with Jester, but they were all rejected by Jester. Since the last time he participated in an interview, Jester has conducted interviews with various media He completely lost interest, and he is not a high-profile person and doesn't like to show off.

Although these international students know Jester's identity, they don't want to get too close. First, they may have different ideas, and second, their identities are also very different. The two sides are not from the same world at all.

They just said a few words and then left with an excuse. They didn't want to have too much contact with Jester, and these people could also see that Jester came to see Qin Shuyao.

Only the foreign student named Yu Yunlong, who showed some hostility towards Jester when they first met and had a crush on Qin Shuyao, was a little angry at Jester's arrival, but when he saw that his classmates and friends were all He made an excuse to leave. He didn't want to reveal his secret love for Qin Shuyao, and he didn't want people to think that he was trying to please the young capitalist, so he could only go elsewhere reluctantly.

However, his eyes always glanced secretly in the direction of Qin Shuyao. When he saw Jester's eyes looking at him several times, he immediately turned his eyes elsewhere and showed an indifferent expression.

Jester just smiled and ignored it.

In his opinion, it is natural for someone to like such an outstanding girl like Qin Shuyao.

However, in addition to Qin Shuyao, there was another international student who also stayed.

Jester looked at the young man in front of him and felt that he was different from those foreign students. He was not as wary and alienated from him as they were, and seemed to deliberately want to get closer to him.

"His name is Sun Zeyun. He is the grandson of one of my grandfather's comrades. We grew up together when we were young." Qin Shuyao introduced Jester like this.

After hearing this, Jester nodded and understood that this was also a powerful person from the mainland.

However, the powerful people in the mainland are worthless these days. Jester has seen a lot of the world now. He didn't care about it when he was just reborn. He just stretched out his hand to shake the young man named Sun Zeyun, and then quickly Separated quickly.

"I heard from Shu Yao that you want to invest and do business in China. I have many friends in China who can help." Sun Zeyun's attitude was very proactive and enthusiastic.

Jester just smiled and nodded, but didn't say anything specific.

With an investment amount of tens of millions of dollars, even ministerial-level officials had to meet with him in person, so he didn't need the help of his friends.

Qin Shuyao sounded a little dismissive. She seemed to be very familiar with this person named Sun Zeyun. She made a face and said in a sarcastic tone: "Among your friends, how can any of them be capable? They only know how to fight all day long. Using the reputation of the elders to cause trouble everywhere."

Sun Zeyun didn't take it seriously. He continued to talk to Jester enthusiastically: "Mr. Sun, in fact, I am also a student at UCL, but I have just completed the language preparatory course and will not enter my freshman year until the summer vacation."

"Congratulations, UCL is a great university." Jester smiled and nodded.

The three chatted for a few more words, and then Sun Zeyun also saw that Jester seemed to be interested in Qin Shuyao but not interested in himself. In order to maintain his image in front of Jester, he also found an excuse to leave.

"I'm sorry just now. I didn't expect them to be so alienated from you." Seeing that she and Jester were alone, Qin Shuyao said a little embarrassedly.

Jester smiled nonchalantly. To be honest, he was not interested in having too many interactions with these international students. He wanted to get to know those people just for Qin Shuyao's sake. If it weren't for Qin Shuyao, Jester would Does Ste care who they are? So they were ungrateful, and it was a pleasure to Jester.

You know, the time of a billionaire is not that cheap.

"No, didn't you just meet someone?" As he spoke, Jester gestured with his eyes to Sun Zeyun, who was already on the other side.

"Um."

Qin Shuyao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Jester's expression was as usual and she didn't take the previous slights from her classmates to heart. After all, it was her fault and she didn't explain the situation to both parties beforehand. , when she saw Jester talking about Sun Zeyun, a funny expression appeared on her delicate face. She smiled and said, "He, his grandfather once worked as a guard for my grandfather. My grandfather is also from the same hometown. We grew up together when we were young. He was a very noisy person. I remember one time he put a caterpillar in my hair, which scared me to tears. Then I went to complain, but he was arrested. His father spanked him 20 times. He didn’t dare to sit down for a whole week and had to lie down while eating. I almost laughed to death.”

Hearing Qin Shuyao talk about interesting things from his childhood, Jester couldn't help laughing. Then he also talked about many things from his childhood based on the real Jester Li's memory in his mind. The interesting story also made Qin Shuyao laugh continuously.

Qin Shuyao's admirer named Yu Yunlong could only watch all this secretly, watching Jester and Qin Shuyao laughing and talking, and the eyes he looked at Jester became more and more intense. Hostile.

Inadvertently, his fists clenched.

When it was almost dinner time, athletes from the mainland delegation also arrived one after another. Jester was not very familiar with the athletes of this era. He probably could only recognize Xu Haifeng, who won the first gold medal for China, and Li Ning is known as the Prince of Gymnastics and the Tower of Power. He is not too familiar with the others.

However, Xu Haifeng was recuperating because he was going to participate in the competition the day after the opening ceremony, so he did not attend. This also made Jester a little regretful. However, Li Ning came, and Jester just glanced at it from a distance. , but from the outline, it can be seen that it is very similar to the photos that I saw in later generations.

The dinner was still very sumptuous, and the chefs in charge were all chefs from Jester’s grandpa’s Chinese restaurant. In order to cater for the different tastes of these international students and athletes from all over the country, the dishes this time were except those from Jester’s grandpa’s Chinese restaurant. In addition to the most famous Sichuan cuisine, there are also Shandong cuisine, known as the ancestor of northern cuisine, and Huaiyang cuisine, which is popular all over the world for its lightness.

To be honest, the life of Chinese people in this era, especially in China, is very difficult due to the shortage of supplies. Athletes with national names may be slightly better, but they will not be much better than ordinary people.

Jester still remembers a story he had seen. Liu Xiaoqing, who was already a famous mainland actress at this time, was filming the Burning of the Old Summer Palace with Li Hanxiang's crew. Because the Hong Kong crew members had meat to eat, but their mainland counterparts did not, they could To cry out and stop performing just to eat meat shows how severe the domestic shortage of supplies is now.

Therefore, Jester’s sister-in-law said a few words on behalf of his grandfather, hoping that the athletes would win glory for the country in the Olympics. We overseas Chinese will definitely cheer for the motherland without hesitation, and then announced that the banquet has officially begun. The international students in the United States who couldn't wait to save every penny of foreign exchange to buy useful books, and the athletes who had long since faded away from their mouths at home, immediately devoured the rich and delicious food.

It is said that this party was organized by these international students with the help of the consulate. This is just a name. It was Jester's grandfather who actually organized the welcome banquet.

Jester's sister-in-law also saw that her nephew was interested in the little girl named Qin Shuyao, so she deliberately arranged the two of them together.

After drinking for three rounds and tasting the five flavors of the dishes, everyone's emotions were aroused. I don't know who suggested singing a song, and it was quickly agreed by everyone, but even the four hundred people couldn't sing it. Maybe, it was voluntary at the beginning, but it turned out that the majority of Chinese people were introverts, so the number of volunteers was not large, and in the end, lots were drawn, and the ones who won the lottery sang.

In addition to those who volunteered to sing, about twenty more people had to be selected. Twenty people were selected out of nearly four hundred people. The probability of being selected was still very small.

But what Jester didn't expect was that he actually won the jackpot this time after buying many scratch-off tickets in his previous life but never winning any prizes.

Although Jester is not very good at singing, he still has the ability to howl at KTV with his friends sometimes, so he won the lottery. It was nothing more than singing a song, and although his singing was average, he was not good at it. It sounds ugly.

It's not difficult to fool him.

In order not to conflict with the songs that others wanted to sing, after taking the song items with accompaniment tapes in the hotel, all those who were going to sing also compared the song items to choose the songs they were going to sing.

Jester looked at it and found that he was not familiar with the songs of this period. Like those red songs that were patriotic and patriotic, it was not suitable for him as a Chinese to sing them, although he could also sing them, and singing songs from Taiwan was not suitable for him. It wasn't very suitable. After all, not long ago, he had complained that Taiwan was a sick cat. After many choices, he chose a song that was very famous and very suitable for his status.

Huang Zhan's masterpiece, "My Chinese Heart".

The problem is that this song is too famous, too nice, too popular, and too easy to sing, so many people want to choose this song. Although it is not forbidden to sing the same song, it is not good to sing the same song as others.

However, Jester's reputation was there, and his grandfather had a high prestige among the Chinese, so when others saw that Jester wanted to choose this song, they gave up.

There's no need to offend Jester over a song.

Jester also thanked them all.

Yu Yunlong also planned to choose this song. He really liked this song. Ever since he heard this song in the United States, he couldn't help but fall in love with this song that was completely written into his heart. Moreover, he He has a very good voice and is good at singing. When he was a university student in China, he was the mainstay at the school party. However, when he saw Jester trying to sing this song, the others immediately gave up. , coupled with Qin Shuyao's close attitude towards Jester before, he immediately felt a sense of injustice in his heart.

Why can he have so many privileges? Why should everyone be so polite and respectful to him? Didn’t he just have a good grandfather, and wasn’t he born in the United States? How am I worse than him?

He prides himself on being a proud man of heaven. Since the college entrance examination was resumed and he was admitted to Peking University from a poor mountain deep, he has been desperately trying to absorb all the knowledge he can get. In the country, he failed to pass the second place in every exam. He easily obtained the place to study abroad. Before coming to the United States, he was extremely proud and confident.

After coming to the United States, he worked hard in the contemptuous eyes of these Americans. He got an A in every exam. Among all the students at the USC Business School, no one from the United States, Europe or Japan scored better than him. He is strong.

He is extremely conceited about his abilities.

He only feels inferior when facing Qin Shuyao, because he knows Qin Shuyao's identity.

He knew how far he was from Qin Shuyao.

But, this banana man named Jester Li... At this time, countless thoughts flashed through Yu Yunlong's mind. The look he looked at Jester was no longer the hostile one at the beginning, but became disgust.

At this time, Jester also spotted Yu Yunlong not far away. He saw that the other party was looking at him a little strangely, and it seemed that the other party had also won the lottery and was about to sing, so he also wanted to ask if the other party was also interested. He wanted to choose "My Chinese Heart", so Jester walked towards him.

When Yu Yunlong saw Jester walking towards him, his disgusted eyes immediately disappeared. He lowered his eyes slightly, trying to hide his emotions.

"What song did your classmate choose?" Jester asked proactively.

Yu Yunlong pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I don't have many songs that I'm good at. I haven't chosen one yet. What did you choose?"

"My Chinese heart will not conflict with you." Jester continued to say with a smile.

"This song." Yu Yunlong had a thoughtful look on his face, but after a moment, a smile immediately appeared on his face, "No, although I also like this song, but if you choose it, I will Choose something else.”

"Thank you then. I'll treat you to dinner when I have time." Jester also smiled and expressed his gratitude.

Seeing Jester's back walking towards Qin Shuyao, Yu Yunlong's eyes once again showed that strange look of hostility and disgust, which disappeared in a flash.

"What did you choose?" Qin Shuyao also asked curiously after seeing Jester walking towards him after choosing a song.

"My Chinese heart." Jester said with a smile.

"Really! I also like this song very much. Yu Yunlong is very good at singing this song. He is the mainstay among our international students. He can sing many songs and they are all very good." Qin Shuyao had a smile on his face. , kept saying.

"I also want to thank him. Just now he heard me saying that I wanted to choose this song, and he said that he would change it to another one. I knew he was best at this song. In fact, it doesn't matter if I choose another song." Jester had a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, "You can help me contact him after the party. I'll treat him to a meal in a few days, so I'll thank him properly."

"No problem." Qin Shuyao also agreed.

Then, the singing stage officially began. The songs sung this time were quite distinct. Mainly red songs from China, overseas Chinese and some popular songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and international students sang both.

To be honest, this is not a professional singer, and her singing is just average, but the audience in the audience is also very enthusiastic. Every time she sings, no matter how well she sings, they always give her warm applause.

Jester was actually a little bored. He chatted with Qin Shuyao all the time. He was only interested in this.

"Next, Yu Yunlong!" As the guest host announced, Qin Shuyao quickly pushed Jester and whispered, "You are next, aren't you ready?"

Jester just smiled: "What else are you preparing? I have listened to the song My Chinese Heart countless times, and I can recite the lyrics like..."

Before he could finish these words, the melody of the prelude of the classic song that made Zhang Mingmin famous all over the country during this year's Spring Festival Gala rang out in the banquet hall.

Hearing this intro that was already very familiar to him, Jester suddenly stopped talking. He looked at Yu Yunlong who was standing on the stage preparing to sing, and remembered that he had told himself that he wanted to choose another song. There was a smile on Jester's face, and there was a hint of coldness in Jester's eyes.

Qin Shuyao also looked at Yu Yunlong who was about to start singing in shock, and then glanced at Jester who had a cold look on his face. On one side were her classmates and on the other were the friends she had just made. He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

However, she still felt a little angry at Yu Yunlong, "How could he do this!"

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