Chapter 1037 Engagement
Mr. Wu acted quickly and informed Song Chaoyuan of the news within just a few days.
The Wu family is a wealthy family in Hong Kong, but they are also a family of businessmen. What is the most important thing for a businessman? Isn't it a keen vision and decisiveness?
A son-in-law like Zhang Hao is something that many families would love to have, even the Wu family is no exception. If Miss Wu can marry Zhang Hao, it will be a great thing for both parties. How could a senior businessman like Mr. Wu not understand this?
What's more, my daughter is not young anymore. A girl's best years are only a few years. My daughter will be thirty soon. If a girl doesn't get married at the age of thirty, she will become an old maid.
Besides, the marriage of children from wealthy families has always been a headache for their families, because it is very difficult for them to find suitable partners given their identities and status. Rich girls marrying poor boys is a common occurrence in novels, but it is very rare in reality.
For example, such an incident happened in the South Korean consortium. The eldest daughter of the famous Samsung family actually married an ordinary security guard. This marriage was not favored by the family from the beginning, but because of Miss Li's insistence and even threatened to go on a hunger strike, Mr. Li, who loved his daughter, had no choice but to agree.
It is no exaggeration to say that this marriage was earth-shattering, but what was the final result? Not long after the marriage, Miss Li could not bear the domestic violence and the disillusionment of love, so she used money to end this marriage that should not have happened, thus becoming a joke in the wealthy family.
But being well-matched is not absolutely perfect. For a wealthy family like the Wu family, there are not many choices for marrying off their daughter, and they can usually only choose within a limited range. The problem is that among the wealthy families that are well-matched, not to mention that there are only a few sons of the right age, many of them are not worthy of Mr. Wu's approval in terms of their abilities or character.
This is what happened to Mr. He when he married his daughter many years ago . He carefully selected a suitable man for his daughter, but who would have thought that the man would still have affairs after marriage? He himself had no ability and was not good at anything except playing with women. He was just a second-generation rich man who relied on his parents' capital to make a living. In the end, this marriage, which once made headlines in Hong Kong and attracted much attention, ended in a breakup.
As his daughter grew older, Mr. Wu naturally considered her marriage. Over the years, he also secretly selected suitable candidates as his future son-in-law. However, Miss Wu is not an ordinary person. She was born into a wealthy family and has high standards. In addition, Miss Wu's ability is outstanding and she does not look down on those second-generation rich people. Therefore, her husband selection is much more difficult than that of ordinary rich girls.
Mr. Wu never expected that something great would suddenly fall from the sky. Song Chaoyuan invited him over to the banquet and took the opportunity to clarify the matter between Zhang Hao and his daughter to him, and even guaranteed Zhang Hao on the spot.
Who is Song Chaoyuan? If outsiders don't know him, how can he not understand him? As for Zhang Hao, it goes without saying that he became the richest man in China before he graduated from college, and now he is a young and famous person in the world. More importantly, Zhang Hao is still so young. He has achieved such success in his early thirties. Who among the younger generation can compare with him?
To put it bluntly, if Zhang Hao publicly announced that he wanted to find a suitable wife and start a family, Mr. Wu would definitely spread the news throughout Hong Kong... No! It can even be said that most women of marriageable age in China and even the world would flock to him. Such a diamond bachelor husband is something that people are eager to have, so how could they miss it?
So when he got home that day, although Mr. Wu drank a few more bottles of old wine, he was in high spirits. When he got home, he didn't care about anything else and directly told his wife about Song Chaoyuan being the matchmaker to bring Zhang Hao and his daughter together.
His wife was also very happy after listening to Mr. Wu's story. They both felt that Zhang Hao was a good match for their daughter. Song Chaoyuan also said that Zhang Hao and his daughter were good friends and they already had a foundation for love, but Zhang Hao was shy and had never dared to confess his feelings.
Mrs. Wu was even happier when she heard this. She kept saying that Zhang Hao was worried that her daughter would not agree. As a man, if he could have such an idea, wouldn't it mean that he cared about his daughter? They had seen many playboys who were good at speaking, but young people like Zhang Hao with a pure heart were rare nowadays. Moreover, they were very satisfied with Zhang Hao as a son-in-law, so how could they not agree?
In this way, the couple discussed for a long time behind closed doors, and finally decided to let Mrs. Wu test her daughter's attitude first. As long as her daughter is not disgusted with Zhang Hao and does not object to dating him, then Mr. Wu can come forward to talk about this matter. In this way, she can act flexibly and take her daughter's feelings into consideration.
The following process went unexpectedly smoothly. Just as Song Chaoyuan guessed, Miss Wu did have a good impression of Zhang Hao, but as a reserved woman, she couldn't take the initiative.
When Mr. and Mrs. Wu told their daughter about this, Miss Wu was happy but shy. She also complained that if Zhang Hao liked her, why didn't he just tell her directly? Instead, he went through so much trouble to talk to Song Yuanchao and her father, and her father went to her mother, which was so embarrassing.
But even though she thought so, Miss Wu still felt sweet in her heart. She and Zhang Hao had known each other for quite some time and they were good friends. As a young girl, she naturally had a good impression of Zhang Hao. And now that the matter had been made clear, how could Miss Wu not agree?
Just like that, Song Chaoyuan was very happy after receiving the good news from Mr. Wu. After chatting for a few words and hanging up the phone, he immediately called Zhang Hao.
When Zhang Hao found out about it, he was stunned at first, and then he asked Song Chaoyuan if it was true. After Song Yuanchao patted his chest and assured him that this was definitely not a joke, Zhang Hao laughed like a fool on the phone and was extremely happy.
Then Song Chaoyuan contacted Zhang Jianguo and his team and explained the matter in detail. Zhang Jianguo was stunned after hearing the news, but then he became excited again.
Finally, the silly boy in his family knew about lifelong affairs. Zhang Hao hadn't even had a girlfriend in these years, which made Zhang Jianguo and his wife very anxious. Zhang Jianguo even privately wondered if his son had a problem with his sexual orientation. He almost found an opportunity to take Zhang Hao to the hospital for a check-up.
Upon learning that the Wu family agreed to the marriage, Zhang Jianguo could no longer sit still. He immediately told Song Chaoyuan that he and his wife Sun Xia would fly to Hong Kong immediately. Once in Hong Kong, they would visit the Wu family and discuss the marriage between Zhang Hao and Miss Wu.
Song Chaoyuan asked if it was too hasty. There was no need to rush. Zhang Jianguo said how could it be considered hasty? Anyway, Zhang Hao and Miss Wu had known each other for quite some time, and they were not without emotional foundation. Now they and their parents had no problems, so what were they waiting for? Why not just settle the marriage?
Take Zhang Jianguo and Sun Xia for example. They were introduced by a matchmaker. They only met three times from the time they met to the time they got their marriage certificate. Didn't they become husband and wife? What kind of freedom do young people have in love nowadays? Do they have to stay in a relationship for several years? It's simply incomprehensible. Aren't they just torturing themselves?
A couple will get bored of each other after staying together for too long, let alone they are not a couple anymore. After several years of dating, even the best relationship will eventually fade. In this case, you have to strike while the iron is hot. Zhang Jianguo is hoping that Zhang Hao will get married this year and have a grandson next year, or even have more grandchildren.
Song Chaoyuan was going to return to Shanghai a long time ago, but because of Zhang Hao's matter he returned to Hong Kong from Pengcheng. Now Zhang Jianguo and his wife are coming over again. How could Song Yuanchao just leave?
Helplessly, Song Chaoyuan waited for Zhang Jianguo and his wife to come. As the matchmaker, he had already secured all eighteen pig trotters, so he had to finish the job as it came to the end, right?
Zhang Jianguo and Sun Xia came very quickly and arrived in Hong Kong the next day. That night, under the arrangement of Song Chaoyuan, the elders of the Zhang and Wu families met. The two sides had a pleasant conversation and reached an agreement after a few words. They decided to hold the wedding for the children as soon as possible and decided to strike while the iron was hot.
Of course, Zhang Hao and Miss Wu's wedding was not something that could be done just by saying so. After all, their union was a big deal. The two families were not ordinary people, so there were many procedures to go through according to customs, including the selection of the wedding date. After everything was finalized, the wedding was scheduled for half a year later, and an engagement ceremony was arranged for the two children to make it a done deal.
Song Chaoyuan stayed in Hong Kong only after Zhang Hao and Miss Wu got engaged. The news of their engagement caused a sensation after it spread. One was an Internet darling and the other was a wealthy girl from a prominent family. Their engagement was not only talked about by the whole of Hong Kong, but also by the people across the country. It also made the headlines of many Hong Kong newspapers.
However, what happened later had nothing to do with Song Chaoyuan. Anyway, he had done everything he could, and Song Chaoyuan was happy that the matter had such a satisfactory outcome.
Sitting on the plane, Song Chaoyuan closed his eyes and rested. The flight he took went directly to Nanjing. He originally planned to return to Shanghai after finishing his business in Hong Kong, but when he was leaving, Song Yuanchao changed his schedule temporarily and went directly to Nanjing.
The plane that Song Chaoyuan took was not a private plane, but an ordinary civil aviation flight. It's not that Song Chaoyuan didn't have a private plane. Song Chaoyuan had a private plane a few years ago, and not only him, but also Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi.
However, they seldom take private planes. Although private planes look high-end, they are actually very inconvenient to use in China. Not to mention that they have to make reservations and report routes in advance every time they take off, the boarding gates are also different from those for ordinary civil aviation. The environmental conditions are particularly bad. It is freezing cold in the winter and scorching hot in the summer. There is not even air conditioning. If some other reasons are added, it is not as convenient as civil aviation.
Therefore, apart from some of his private jets being used abroad, Song Chaoyuan's private jets were mostly used for business purposes. He usually traveled by civil aviation like ordinary people. Just like now, Song Chaoyuan was taking a business class flight to Jinling, which was much more convenient than using a private jet. If it was the latter, perhaps by the time he arrived in Jinling, the private jet's route had not been approved yet.
