National Tide 1980

Ning Weimin was really drunk.

When he woke up, he didn't know where he was.

The blackout curtains were only half-drawn, and the dazzling light had already shone on his face through the translucent gauze curtains.

When he opened his eyes, there was only a bright spot in front of him.

He blocked the sun with his hands, and when he curled up and sat up against the soft-padded headboard, Ning Weimin squinted his eyes and slowly saw the surrounding environment.

The TV was placed facing the headboard, and there was a MINI BAR wine cabinet under the TV. There was a dark bronze statue of a woman on the corner cabinet next to it.

The wall at the head of the bed was covered with warm-colored wallpaper. There was a phone on one side of the two bedside tables and flowers on the other side.

There were not many furniture in the room. The rest were just two sofas, a coffee table, and a desk.

There was no wardrobe, no hangers, and no bookcases.

The whole room was decorated quite exquisitely. Except for the crystal ceiling on the top, all other lights were equipped with hanging umbrellas...

It can be said that this environment was completely unfamiliar and was definitely not where he lived.

But from the characteristics of the furniture and the overall decoration, it can be determined that it is probably another high-end hotel.

Hey! Damn it!

At this time, Ning Weimin's poor senses began to work, and in a hangover dizziness, he recalled the fragmented memories of last night.

Thinking of the scene of his last interaction with Catherine in the utility room yesterday, and seeing the bulging bedding next to his body, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly!

Damn! No way? Did she lose her virginity while drunk?

Fortunately, he approached carefully and only found two large pillows in the bedding next to him. It was not the mature woman with blonde hair that he thought.

He didn't even find any signs that anyone other than himself had slept here on the bed.

Now he was finally relieved. If that was the case, there was no possibility that someone woke up and left early.

It was very likely that he was drunk and couldn't even make a mistake...

But he just breathed a sigh of relief and soon became nervous again.

For no other reason, it was because although there was nothing suspicious on the bed, he soon found that he was wrapped in a quilt with only a pair of underwear and socks on his feet.

In this room, whether on the bed or on the floor, there was no more clothes belonging to him, even his watch, passport and shoes were all gone.

Oh my god, this is the French "rolling bag club".

How did he get here yesterday?

Who took off his clothes?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his back was cold.

I really can't drink like this in the future, even if someone cuts my kidney in a dream, I won't know it.

What's more, it's so painful to wake up, and he has nothing now, how can he leave here?

Call acquaintances and friends?

That would be embarrassing.

Thinking of this, he jumped out of bed and went to find the hotel bathrobe and put it on.

Then he took out a bottle of cold Perrier from the refrigerator in the wine cabinet, drank it while walking to the window, pulled open the gauze curtain and peeked out to determine his approximate location.

As a result, he saw the Seine River in the sun.

The scenery was very beautiful, the river was shimmering, cargo ships and cruise ships were sailing slowly, the riverside was full of traditional buildings, and there were already endless tourists.

But the problem was that Ning Weimin also lost his sense of direction.

With his understanding of Paris, he couldn't tell whether it was the left bank or the right bank. He only knew that the Seine River ran through the entire city.

So he looked for a long time, drank a bottle of Perrier by the window, but still burped, and sat back on the messy bed with disappointment.

Now he really didn't know what to do.

He was a little undecided about whether to call the hotel front desk, and he didn't know how to phrase it so that he could inquire about his stay last night without being embarrassed.

However, at this time, something even more terrible happened!

The sound of a key opening the door startled Ning Weimin.

He suddenly realized that perhaps it was time for the hotel staff to clean the guest rooms.

He was so scared that he broke out in a sweat and subconsciously ran to the door to block it, trying to stop the person from entering the room.

However, it was too late. He had no time to do anything. He had just run to the carpet at the door when the door opened.

Instead, it seemed as if he was the one who came to open the door to welcome the guests.

However, it must be said that for Ning Weimin, whose mind was not yet clear enough, this kind of shock was self-inflicted.

When he really saw the person coming, he felt relieved and realized that it was all a false alarm.

Because the person coming was not someone else, but his friend Alain Delon who he could trust here.

There was another person following behind him... It was... Another Henri... Lawyer Henri René who had done things for him.

"I didn't expect you to wake up."

Alain Delon saw Ning Weimin standing at the door, and was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "What? Are you going to stand here to welcome us? Don't you want to invite us in?"

"Oh, of course, I'm so sorry, please come in, this is really... To be honest, I'm still confused and I don't understand the basic situation at all. That's why..."

Unlike the other party's tone full of joking, Ning Weimin seemed a little flustered and a little at a loss.

Alain Delon heard this and looked at him and laughed immediately.

"Martini has a lot of stamina. Now you have learned a lesson. Then don't act like a hero in the future. I hope you will listen to my advice next time. Friends will not harm you."

The lawyer seemed a little impatient.

He held a suit and a shoe box in his hand. He squeezed past the two people and walked straight into the room. He laid the suit on the bed and the shoe box on the carpet.

"Hurry up and change, young man. It's already past ten o'clock. If we don't hurry up, it will be past noon."

Ning Weimin was indifferent to his attitude, but seeing that the suit was not the one he wore last night, he couldn't help but ask, "Is this a new one? Where are my own clothes?"

Unexpectedly, Alain Delon sighed and patted his shoulder, "It seems that you really don't remember what happened yesterday. It's like this. You vomited so badly yesterday that you can't get your clothes. Just throw it away as rubbish.”

As he said this, he suddenly remembered something. He said "Ah" and made a gesture with his index finger. Then he took out Ning Weimin's watch and passport from his pocket and placed them on the wine cabinet one by one.

At this point, Ning Weimin no longer needs to pry, he already knows who the person who took care of him yesterday was.

Alain Delon must have sent him here and settled him properly.

"Thank you, thank you so much."

Ning Weimin thanked him solemnly, but his move made the lawyer unhappy. The white man in his fifties actually rolled his eyes and made sour remarks.

"Aha, this is the way of the world. Those who really do good deeds are not thanked, and those who have empty virtues are not rewarded. And those who have done nothing treat those who have been favored as saviors. God, this is you The world you wish to see? My Lord, may you bless us."

Henry rolled his eyes and looked at the ceiling, making the famous cross with his hand, as if he had been greatly wronged and wanted to seek justice from his master.

Alain Delon looked at Ning Weimin's puzzled eyes, somewhat embarrassed, and quickly explained something to him.

"Ah, I drank too much yesterday. I couldn't drive, and I couldn't hold you up. So I called Henry and asked him to drive to pick us up. It was he who helped me get you to this guest room."

"Yes, yes, I am just a waiter who is on call to serve you. I have to come as soon as I answer your call. Who makes you two my big customers? But are you still too It's a little simpler, but you seem to have forgotten something. Not only did I get up from the warm bed in the middle of the night to serve you, but I also paid for all of this, including the hotel room you stayed in, this set of clothes, and these shoes. . I said gentlemen, next time you two go out, can you bring more cash with you..."

Now, listening to the lawyer's endless complaints, even Ning Weimin couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Yesterday, he went to a dinner party. In order not to look too cumbersome, he didn't bring a wallet at all and went out with only two hundred francs.

This little money was what he needed to take a taxi. It was definitely enough for one trip, but he never thought that he would be in such a situation.

It seemed that Alain Delon probably had the same idea as him, and he didn't have much money with him.

So if you think about it from a lawyer's perspective, it's no wonder he complained.

It would have been unpleasant enough to be called out of bed to come to rescue someone in the early hours of the morning.

I've been here for a long time and paid a lot of money in advance. No one will be happy. It's normal to have emotions.

Ning Weimin was a man who repaid his kindness and never had the habit of letting those who helped him suffer.

I just wanted to say thank you to the lawyer, and even planned to double the money back to the lawyer.

But he didn't expect that the lawyer's anger was far from being vented. More complaints were still coming, and he was not allowed to interrupt at all.

"And you two are too good friends. In such a grand occasion, you are having fun with a female star and you don't call me in? You just want me to help you in vain, no! This is unfair! It's simply abominable! Especially you two I am even more dissatisfied and angry when one dares to date the goddess in my mind, so you can't blame me as a friend even if I ruin your good deeds. , I’m worthy of you, you can’t ask for more from me, right?”

After saying that, the lawyer looked directly at Ning Weimin, waiting for his statement.

"Ah..." Ning Weimin opened his mouth slightly, completely confused. He could not understand the lawyer's words or his appeal at all.

He could only look at Alain Delon, "He...what is he talking about? What did he destroy? What does it mean?"

"Hey, don't pretend to be stupid." The lawyer may have misunderstood, "Don't tell me that you forgot everything after taking a nap. You just agreed to me yesterday... ah no, early this morning. Although I was too sleepy I fell asleep and couldn't drive to pick up Kathleen and bring her to your room as promised, but after all I've done for you, you can't be so stingy, right?"

Alain Delon covered his forehead, lamented and shook his head.

But he did this not for Ning Weimin, but for the lawyer's confusion.

"Henry, Henry, did you drink this morning? Why do you think he can remember what happened yesterday? If you don't talk about it yourself, I bet he won't even mention it. Isn't your brain right? Question? I really don’t know how you win so many lawsuits..."

"Ah?" Now it was the lawyer's turn to be dumbfounded. He stared at Ning Weimin blankly and said in disbelief, "No way? That's Catherine Deneuve. How could anyone forget his date with her..."

His sincere expression didn't look like a 50-year-old man at all. He looked like a high school student who was just beginning to fall in love.

………………

What happened after Ning Weimin got drunk last night?

Until now, Ning Weimin, who had been relying entirely on guesswork and reasoning, seemed to have found the real insider.

After some understanding, he finally got the general situation from Alain Delon and the lawyer.

It's simple to say. For a grand banquet like this, men and women seeking pleasure is the eternal theme.

Whether for fame and fortune or for lust, many men and women will choose to spend a night with their lovers after the banquet.

Alain Delon didn't bring his little lover Rosalie last night because he was prepared and had a plan.

In fact, after he saw that Ning Weimin and Catherine were getting drunker and drunker, and their intentions were beyond friendship.

He himself was not idle either, and he got close to his old lover, the singing queen Delida, who met again at the banquet. When the dinner was about to end, he learned from Catherine that Ning Weimin, who had promised to leave with her, was a little unconscious.

And when the two of them were hiding in the utility room upstairs to be intimate, they were almost bumped by the staff.

So Alain Delon was ordered to urgently summon the lawyer to solve the problem.

And the price of the lawyer's help was that Ning Weimin, who made Alain Delon and Catherine rich, could not forget him when he was investing in stocks.

As for the way to solve the problem, Alain Delon and Catherine are both veterans of this kind of thing, and of course they know how to deal with this kind of thing.

As public figures, in order to ensure privacy and not be tracked by reporters to collect evidence and expose gossip.

When they need to date the opposite sex, they usually leave the restaurant separately.

After one party has booked a room in a hotel, and the other party receives a call from the other party to learn the room number, they will go there by car.

During this period, because the man and woman are not together, even if either party is discovered, it will only be considered normal.

The original arrangement was that Alain Delon and the lawyer would first take Ning Weimin to the hotel to check in, then sober him up, and wait until they all had the room number, and then tell Catherine and Dai Lida separately.

But in the end, Ning Weimin vomited in the car. Alain Delon and the lawyer took off his clothes and worked on him for a long time. As a result, Alain Delon's Dai Lida couldn't wait to leave first, but Catherine was a little persistent.

Although I heard that Ning Weimin was sleeping very deeply, I was still worried and wanted to come to see how he was.

But when the lawyer who originally said he was going to drive to pick her up refueled the car, because he was too tired, he just wanted to take a nap after paying the money, but he fell asleep.

Then the matter would be over, and I don't know what Catherine, who was stood up, was thinking...

After learning about these circumstances, Ning Weimin was really sure of his innocence. Although he was a little absurd last night, he was not off the track after all. He was still a good man loyal to his family.

For this, he was simply surprised and extremely fortunate.

So it was beyond the expectations of Alain Delon and the lawyer.

Not only did Ning Weimin not react with blame and regret as they imagined, but he enthusiastically thanked the lawyer for his "mistake" and declared that he would not only fulfill the drunken promise last night, but also make a fortune with the lawyer.

And he could immediately hand over some new business to the lawyer.

As a result, when he told the lawyer about the several properties he received from Henri Lacamier, he actually caused the lawyer and Alain Delon to be amazed again.

Originally, I thought I was very clear about the value of these properties, but after their detailed explanation, I realized that I seemed to have greatly underestimated the value of these properties.