Gu Zhi first said a few auspicious words to the Elder before presenting her gift.
Old Master Qi was extremely happy and asked why Old Master Gu had not come.
Gu Zhi then said, "My grandfather had a surgery a few days ago and is still in the hospital."
Patriarch Qi hurriedly said, "No wonder I haven't seen your grandfather these days; so he had surgery. I will certainly pay him a visit another day."
Gu Zhi smiled and said, "No need, no need. President Qi is usually so busy."
Patriarch Qi, Old Master Qi, and the others all said, "It is necessary, it is necessary."
After finishing her conversation with Old Master Qi and moving to the side to rest, Gu Zhi was surrounded by people, many of whom came over to greet her.
They all addressed Gu Zhi as Madam Lu.
Among them were many who had attended the Gu Family's Ancestral Recognition Banquet.
For those she knew, Gu Zhi knew how to address them.
But for those she did not know, Secretary Zhao would busily tell Gu Zhi who the other party was.
Gu Zhi had been brought back for quite a few days now, and Secretary Zhao knew of her intelligence, but he did not expect that Gu Zhi, when handling such an occasion for the first time, could be so composed and capable.
Secretary Zhao felt surprised in his heart once again.
At the same time, he was also very happy for the Gu Family.
The Gu Family and the Gu Corporation finally had successors.
As soon as Shen Lifeng and the others entered, they saw Gu Zhi surrounded by many people, looking extremely glorious, and all three of them felt their eyes flare with anger instantly.
While feeling hateful, they could not suppress their jealousy at all.
It was not until they heard some people whispering about the inside information they had intentionally spread over the past few days that they felt better.
In the future, more and more people would know this inside information.
Only then did they feel slightly more comfortable.
"Have you heard? They say that when Old Master Gu was young, he saved Old Master Lu. Old Master Gu used this favor to trade for the two families' marriage alliance. Old Master Lu cried, made a scene, and threatened to hang himself, so President Lu had no choice but to agree to marry her!"
"No way, how could that be? I have met Old Master Lu; he is very dignified. How could he possibly cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang himself?"
"Exactly, exactly. This must be a rumor, it's fake."
"I don't know if it's a rumor; I heard it from others too, and many people have heard it. But thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem like a rumor. Otherwise, how could someone as important as President Lu suddenly enter into an arranged marriage with the Gu Family?"
"That's true. Not only does she use a wheelchair, but I heard she grew up in the countryside. Her education level is probably not very high."
"Not just not high, I heard she dropped out of high school and didn't finish," another person joined in and whispered.
"Really? She didn't even graduate from high school?"
"I don't know if it's true, I just heard it too."
"Maybe it really is like that, otherwise I can't figure out why the head of the Lu Family would register a marriage with her."
"But if that's the case, and the head of the Lu Family was forced to marry her, their marriage shouldn't last long, right?"
"If that's really the case, I also don't think it will last long."
Although these discussions were not loud, Gu Zhi was chatting and laughing with people not far away, so she heard a little bit of it.
Not to mention anything else, just the detail that her grandfather had saved Grandpa Lu was enough for her to pinpoint who these rumors came from.
They must have come from the Shen Family.
Even now, there are people in the Lu Clan who do not know why their family head agreed to the arranged marriage.
There is no reason for outsiders to be so clear about it.
And these people are not the type that ordinary people can easily come into contact with or hear such things from.
The Gu Family would not spread this matter either.
The people on her side would not talk about this outside either.
So, wouldn't it only be the Shen Family?
Because only the Shen Family members knew about this.
It seems the Shen Family investigated her and knew she had 'dropped out of school'.
Gu Zhi had a plan in mind, but she did not show it on her face.
Patriarch Qi wished he could keep entertaining Gu Zhi, the Madam Lu.
However, since everyone who came was a guest, it was not good to favor one over the other.
After saying a few more words to Gu Zhi, he went to greet other guests.
Gu Zhi heard someone ask Patriarch Qi:
"President Qi, I heard you want to buy the patent for the latest special effect medicine developed by SZ?"
Her biotechnology company was called SZ.
It was the pinyin abbreviation of her former name.
Patriarch Qi smiled and said:
"I would like to buy it, but I've asked eight hundred times and they won't sell. They said it is Professor Su Zhi's own decision that no patents for special effect medicines will be transferred."
The guest laughed and said, "Actually, I asked too, and they said the same thing to me."
Patriarch Qi also laughed, "You old fox."
The guest laughed even harder, "Aren't you the same?"
The two laughed heartily.
It was evident that even though they were business rivals, they had a good relationship and could joke around easily.
The Shen Family and the Zou Family had been looking for an opportunity to join in.
Just now, when Patriarch Qi was with Gu Zhi, they could only watch from afar and could not go over.
But now that Patriarch Qi was with someone else and the topic was about SZ, they didn't care whether Patriarch Qi and the others welcomed them or not.
They immediately stepped forward and joined in.
"My family doesn't want to buy patents from SZ, but our hospital plans to buy several of the latest medical equipment from SZ," Shen Lifeng said with a thick-skinned expression.
Father Zou hurriedly said, "My family is the same."
Both the Shen Family and the Zou Family had a hospital under their banner.
Although their family businesses involved many fields, in recent years, they mainly relied on the hospitals to make some money, while other businesses were losing money.
The two families also planned to partner to open a hospital.
Precisely because of this, knowing that Shen Lifeng did not recognize Gu Zhi as his daughter and had a bad relationship with the Gu Family, Father Zou and the others agreed to Zou Yuanhao's request to break off the engagement at the Gu Family's Ancestral Recognition Banquet.
To make the Gu Family lose face and embarrass them.
Since they were all smiles, Patriarch Qi could not completely ignore them.
He smiled faintly and said:
"Nowadays, when it comes to medical equipment, SZ is the most advanced. I heard that even Lu's Hospital has bought medical equipment from SZ. If your hospitals don't want to be eliminated, you certainly have to purchase them."
Hearing the mention of Lu's Hospital, Shen Lifeng and the others thought of the Lu Corporation and Lu Yanshen.
And of course, they thought of Gu Zhi.
The people from the Shen and Zou families had somewhat awkward smiles.
But they still kept nodding in agreement, "Yes, yes, yes, we certainly must purchase them."
This was actually true.
They were not stupid.
They currently relied mainly on their respective hospitals to make a living.
How could they let their respective hospitals be eliminated by the times?
Gu Zhi heard all of these words as well.
Interesting, the Shen and Zou families wanted to buy her medical equipment.
Secretary Zhao heard it too.
Seeing that Gu Zhi must have heard it, and thinking that Gu Zhi probably didn't know which company SZ was, he hurriedly leaned over, lowered his voice, and said to Gu Zhi:
"SZ is—"
Who knew that Gu Zhi would smile and interrupt him, "Uncle Zhao, no need to say it. I know SZ; it is my company."
Secretary Zhao was stunned for a moment.
Then he felt that Gu Zhi was joking.
He was there last time when Gu Zhi told Old Master Gu that she was Professor Su Zhi.
However, since Gu Zhi was joking like that, he really shut his mouth and didn't say anything more about SZ.
Anyway, they hadn't met anyone from SZ today.
Their Young Lady didn't need to know what SZ was today.
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