"This manager sure knows how to handle things; this is the difference in quality between a leader and an employee!"
Tang Ming lanted in his heart and was about to step through the door.
"Wait a mont!"
Dong Shi hastily stretched out his hand to stop Tang Ming, saying, "Sir, please show your invitation."
"Ah? Isn’t it over there?"
Tang Ming pointed at the invitation in Zhou Dafu’s hand.
"I’m sorry, but the invitation list for Mr. Zhou includes only Zhou Xiaosheng and Mrs. Liu, you can’t bring attendants or other friends."
Dong Shi said solemnly.
"I..."
A twitch ran through Tang Ming’s mouth; if it wasn’t for the fact that this manager was indeed doing his duty, he would have hit soone again.
"Then, what should we do now?"
As soon as Zhou Dafu heard Tang Ming couldn’t get in, he imdiately panicked. Without Tang Ming to back him up, he was sure to be humiliated!
"Could the manager make an exception?"
Tang Ming coughed and asked quietly, stepping forward.
"I’m sorry, I..."
Dong Shi shook his head apologetically.
"He’s not in charge!"
Just then, soone interrupted Dong Shi’s words, saying mockingly, "The feast of the Zhou Family isn’t sothing just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can crash, especially not the lackeys following this loser!"
A long-haired young man in a black suit and tie ca out from the inside, surveying Zhou Dafu and Tang Ming with contempt.
"Young Master Haomin!"
Dong Shi hurried to greet the man.
"Manager Dong, you’ve done a great job. Jun Tianhao Hotel truly is the most high-end hotel in Songlan City. Even our Martial Arts Family admires these security asures!"
The newcor nodded his approval, waving his hand and saying, "Stand back, I’ll handle this. But don’t go too far, in case soone gets violent, you’ll need to help out."
"Yes!"
Dong Shi nodded and then led his people aside.
Upon seeing the newcor, Zhou Dafu’s face darkened, and Zhou’s mother also beca sowhat nervous.
"Who is this guy?"
Tang Ming frowned slightly, asking in confusion, as he hadn’t encountered this figure before.
"Zhou Haomin is also my grandfather’s grandson, the son of my second uncle. He hangs out with Zhou Haotian and has always been studying abroad. He hurried back just to attend the old man’s birthday celebration!"
Zhou Dafu explained in a quiet voice.
"Hmph, I heard that you, the good-for-nothing, dared to offend your elder brother. You’ve got so nerve!"
Zhou Haomin looked at Zhou Dafu with cold amusent, saying:
"With your status, you still dare to attend the birthday banquet. You’re really asking for trouble!"
"I, I’m also the grandson of my grandfather, why can’t I attend the birthday banquet?"
Zhou Dafu stood his ground, raising the invitation in his hand and shouted, "I have an invitation, the Family asked to co!"
"I know you have an invitation, so you and your mother go on in!"
Zhou Haomin curled his lip, then turned to Tang Ming and said:
"He’s not qualified to enter. If he dares to cause a scene here and spoils the old man’s celebration, my Zhou Family will definitely not let him off easily!"
"Threatening ?"
Tang Ming narrowed his eyes, considering whether or not to take action.
"Not a threat, a reminder. The old man’s birthday is a top priority for our Zhou Family. If you cause trouble at this ti, my Zhou Family will inevitably be at enmity with you until one of us is done for!"
Zhou Haomin offered a slight smile, "Without an invitation, you can’t enter the venue. This is a necessary asure by the Zhou Family to prevent those with ill intentions from causing trouble. It makes sense anywhere!"
In fact, Zhou Haomin had received orders from Zhou Haotian to intercept Zhou Dafu here, allowing only Zhou Dafu and his mother to enter the venue and to stop soone nad Tang Ming from following them.
Zhou Haotian had already witnessed Tang Ming’s tactics and was worried that if Tang Ming were to follow inside, it might affect his own plans. Therefore, he arranged for Zhou Haomin to deal with the matter, partly because Zhou Haomin hadn’t directly clashed with Tang Ming before, and partly because he feared confrontation with Tang Ming might result in getting beaten up.
"Big brother Ming, you absolutely mustn’t start a fight."
Zhou Dafu hurriedly reminded, "Fighting with security is a dispute between you and the hotel, but if you hit a mber of the Zhou Family at this ti, that would an opposing the Zhou Family. Even if you could get in, we would be at fault!"
"Then what should we do?"
Tang Ming beca frustrated.
While Tang Ming was being stopped, quite a few guests had already gathered around, coming and going. Most of them were mbers of the martial arts community: the Ma Family, Qin Family, Sun Family, Su Family, and other Martial Arts Families all had representatives in attendance.
At this mont, the people who had grudges with Tang Ming before were thrilled to see him barred outside the main gate, thinking gleefully to themselves:
No matter how good Tang Ming is at fighting, it’s useless now. He can’t even enter the Zhou Family’s banquet hall. In terms of social status, he is ultimately a nobody.
A group of people took pleasure in making comnts about Tang Ming, pointing and discussing among themselves.
Feeling like he was being watched as if he were a monkey on display, Tang Ming frowned. For the mont, he couldn’t think of a good solution. Although it was possible for him to fight his way in, that would turn it into a huge disturbance at the banquet, which would not only be of no benefit to Zhou Dafu but also give the others a pretext to deal with him!
"Zhou Dafu, are you and your mother going in or not?"
Zhou Haomin asked impatiently, sneering inside, "Elder brother is really sothing as well, to be bullied by this loser and a bratty kid. I can’t see what’s so special about him?"
"Big Brother Ming!"
Zhou Dafu looked pitifully at Tang Ming.
"Stop looking at him. Your invitation is the lowest level from the Zhou Family. You should be glad they even let you in, let alone bring soone else inside. That’s absolutely impossible!"
Zhou Haomin mocked disdainfully.
"His invitation might not allow him to bring soone inside, but what about my invitation?"
Just at that mont, a deep voice rang out.
"Hm?"
The crowd looked puzzled in the direction of the voice.
Dressed in a suit, Liu Gaoze walked out, smiling at Zhou Haomin.
"And you are?"
Zhou Haomin was slightly stunned, as he did not recognize Liu Gaoze from his ti abroad.
"Liu Gaoze of the Liu Group!"
Liu Gaoze presented his invitation, saying with a smile, "It seems my invitation allows the accompanint of family mbers. Tang Ming is my Liu Family’s bodyguard, so he should be able to go inside, right?"
"This..."
Zhou Haomin looked at the invitation and imdiately furrowed his brows.
"Haha, that’s great. Big Brother Ming can get in now too."
Zhou Dafu was instantly overjoyed.
"Boss, you arrived just in ti."
Tang Ming also broke into a smile, as with Liu Gaoze intervening, getting in would definitely not be an issue.
Seeing the reaction of Tang Ming and the others, Zhou Haomin’s expression turned sour.
"If you had told earlier you were coming, we could have co together and avoided all this trouble," Liu Gaoze chided Tang Ming, signaling with his hand, "Let’s go, we’ll talk inside."
"Alright."
Tang Ming nodded, casting a glance at Zhou Haomin, and followed behind Liu Gaoze toward the entrance.
"Wait a minute."
Just then, Zhou Haomin once again spoke up to block Tang Ming’s path.
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