The farewell ceremony for Zhu Guangqian's body was held at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. The scene was grand. Not only many colleagues from YSU, leaders and celebrities from the cultural circles came to attend the ceremony and lay wreaths.

In recent days, because of Zhu Guangqian's death, Tao's father has been in a low mood.

After attending the farewell ceremony for the body, the family left Babaoshan and returned to Yanda. During lunch, Tao's father poured himself a glass of wine to resolve the sadness in his heart.

When I came out of Tao's house in the afternoon, the campus was still bustling with people full of energy.

The deceased is gone, but life will go on.

Before I knew it, it was mid-March.

After several months of preparations, the Asia-Europe Garment City finally opened.

On March 18th, on Xidan North Street, the outside of Xidan Shopping Mall was decorated especially festively.

The red flag was waving, colorful flags were fluttering, and there were many colorful balloons floating in the sky. Banners with congratulatory messages were hung below the balloons.

"Xidan Mall wishes the Asia-Europe Clothing City a happy opening", "Jianhua Garment Company wishes a happy opening to the Asia-Europe Clothing City", "Guangzhou Lihua Garment Factory wishes the Asia-Europe Clothing City a happy opening"...

Of course, these congratulatory messages were customized in advance by Du Feng after contacting various cooperative units in advance, just for the sake of publicity.

The banners of more than a dozen units floated into the sky, and the momentum suddenly came out.

The parking lot in front of Xidan Shopping Mall was originally requisitioned by the Asia-Europe Garment City. The stage has been set up here since last night.

At this time, there were still many people busy on and off the stage, preparing for the opening ceremony that would take place more than an hour later.

"Not bad, not bad, it's really nice!" Tao Yumo came here early this morning, not for anything else but to watch the excitement.

She and Du Feng stood on the steps of the shopping mall. The height was not high, but it did not prevent them from feeling the pride of "seeing all the mountains at a glance".

"After this colorful ball floated, it suddenly felt different." Tao Yumo said, looking at the colorful ball in the sky.

Du Feng said proudly: "That's right, you don't know how much effort I put into this thing."

No one in China has done this yet. He discovered it during his inspection in Xiangjiang last year and thought it looked pretty, so he put it to use.

"When will Fang Shu and the others come?"

"They have to change their clothes and put on makeup in the hotel, and then come back soon." Du Feng glanced at the watch on his wrist and said.

Tao Yumo winked at Du Feng and joked: "Liu Xiaoqing came suddenly, are you excited?"

Du Feng gave her a bluffing look, "Don't talk nonsense! I'm doing this all for the sake of opening my business."

Listening to his words, Tao Yumo curled his lips to express disbelief.

"You have to thank my brother-in-law. She just came back from the United States. She was supposed to fly directly to Shanghai. I heard that my brother-in-law asked her for help, so she left a day late."

"Don't say 'my brother-in-law' or 'my brother-in-law', as if that's not my brother-in-law?"

Du Feng didn't bother to bother with her, walked down the steps and directed the stage layout.

Today, Yanjing does not have a company that specializes in celebrations. Du Feng called his comrades from the Comrades Art Troupe to help. The art troupe puts on performances all year round, so these tasks are easy and not difficult.

In recent years, several groups of people from the army's C Corps and art troupe have left. They are no longer as popular as they were in the past. Everyone is happy to have such an opportunity to make extra money.

Several people in charge of stage art and sound were chatting while working.

"Look at Du Feng, he is really discerning! He has long realized that there is no way out in the army, but it has only been a few years since he joined the sea, and his business has become so big!"

"If you had a good father, your business could be so big."

"Look at how bitter you are. Du Feng is at least much better than those gangsters, right? You can still think about us old guys when you have good things going on. You have no conscience in what you say."

While the two of them were chatting heatedly, the buck-toothed young man in charge of art at the side remained silent.

He had changed his career from the art troupe a few years ago. When he was in the army, he was not familiar with Du Feng. Du Feng was the son of a cadre and was surrounded by second-generation people. He was not qualified to get into that circle.

During the time in the C Army, he actually didn't want to change his career. For a civilian like him, it would definitely be better to stay in the art troupe than to go back to the local area.

But he didn't have the fate of Du Feng. He retired from the army proactively, but he was passive.

After returning to his hometown, he worked around for two years, working in grain depots and labor unions. Finally, last year he joined the Yanjing Television Art Center as an artist. He finally didn't let his painting skills go to waste.

Today he came to help out of pure obligation, and of course he wanted to look familiar.

Relationships are built up little by little.

"Brothers, have a cigarette!"

When several people around him were chatting heatedly, Du Feng suddenly appeared, startling the two people who were chatting with him.

The two of them glanced at Du Feng guiltily, and saw that his expression was as usual and extremely enthusiastic, so they felt relieved.

"Xiaogang, smoke one!"

Du Feng handed over another cigarette. Feng Xiaogang was flattered and said, "Thank you, Mr. Du!"

Du Feng said cheerfully: "What do you call Mr. Du? They are all comrades in arms. They are too outsider."

While a few people were taking a break smoking cigarettes, a circle of people had gathered outside the shopping mall to watch the excitement.

It's not even eight o'clock yet, and the ceremony is at nine o'clock. If this trend continues, there will probably be a sea of ​​people in front of the mall before nine o'clock.

"When will Boss Du, Liu Xiaoqing, Fang Shu and the others come?"

Du Feng blew out a smoke ring and said, "Almost."

When it comes to the movie stars who will appear today, several people present look very excited.

They work in a cultural troupe and see a lot of beautiful girls, but movie stars have their own aura, which is different.

“It’s so honorable to have so many celebrities come to the opening!”

"Yeah, I think it's hard to imagine whether Boss Du's business will be popular or not!"

Du Feng politely responded to the compliments from several comrades, but his expression inevitably revealed a bit of complacency.

"I'll go over there and take a look, my brothers are busy first."

After Du Feng left, several people were still chatting, their words filled with envy and jealousy.

Feng Xiaogang watched Du Feng walk to the outside of the shopping mall, meet a couple holding a child, and talk affectionately.

He looked at the couple and felt they looked familiar, as if he had seen them on TV before.

He recalled what Du Feng had boasted about when he was in the army, saying that "Garland Under the Mountain" was written by his brother-in-law based on him.

Xu Lingjun!

This name flashed in Feng Xiaogang's mind, and he suddenly became excited.

That is Xu Lingjun!

He looked in the direction of Du Feng and saw that after the three of them chatted for a few words, Du Feng led the couple into the mall.

"There are so many people!" Tao Yushu said as he went upstairs.

"Yes, the effect is better than expected."

In the past month or so, the advertising campaign of Asia-Europe Garment City has not stopped.

A week before the opening, Du Feng asked the salesmen of the clothing city to wear cheongsam and walk around the busy streets of Yanjing holding signs to promote the business.

The salespersons in the clothing city have tall figures and good looks. Coupled with cheongsams that highlight their figures, their shocking visual impact has attracted the attention of countless Yanjing citizens.

Wherever the cheongsam team went, there were crowds of people everywhere, making it a scene in the capital.

Because he caused traffic jams several times, Du Feng was interviewed by Uncle Hat.

After such a series of publicity campaigns, the news of the Asia-Europe Garment City's opening today can be said to have spread throughout the streets and alleys of Yanjing City.

When they promoted it, they predicted in advance that many celebrities would appear at the opening ceremony, so it was not surprising that so many people gathered at the entrance of Xidan Mall early this morning to watch.

It was still a bit cold in the March morning, so Du Feng brought Lin Chaoyang and his family up to let them take shelter from the wind.

After staying for a while, more and more people gathered outside the shopping mall.

Lin Chaoyang and his wife were holding their children and looking down from a high position. Through the window of the shopping mall, they could only see a dark mass of human heads.

Seeing more and more people gathering, Xidan Shopping Mall and Hat Uncle also began to go out to maintain order.

When it was almost nine o'clock, the crowds were already so large that they overflowed onto the road and outside the shops. Even the overpass at the entrance of the shopping mall was full of people.

The overpass is located on the right side of the main entrance of Xidan Shopping Mall. It has a good view. It is a bit far from the top, but you can just see the entire opening ceremony stage.

The common people can ignore the performances and celebrities, but the hat uncles can't. Seeing the crowded scene on the overpass, the uncles are all hairy.

It was an overpass for pedestrians to cross the street, not the Yangtze River Bridge. They quickly organized manpower to evacuate the people gathered on the overpass.

When the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Garment City finally officially started, the gongs and drums were noisy, firecrackers were blasting, and the festive sound filled the entire Xidan North Street.

The host has a big face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is none other than Zhao Zhongxiang, the face of the country.

His face has appeared on "Xinwen Lianbo" and the Spring Festival Gala all year round. Even before the celebrities appeared, Zhao Zhongxiang alone almost made the people present almost lose control.

The shouts at the scene were like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, and the sound shook the sky.

After saying a few lines of dialogue, Zhao Zhongxiang began to invite celebrities to appear. The first one to come out was Fang Shu.

She is the current leading actress of Yan Film Studio. She has been rising rapidly in the past two years. She even served as the host of the Spring Festival Gala just past with Liu Xiaoqing.

Fang Shu has a gentle yet delicate appearance, and is both beautiful and delicate. She is the dream lover of countless young people.
To be continued...