Chapter 503

Jiang Chenghua stood at the entrance of the banquet hall to welcome Lu Chen. The banquet hall he had booked at the Regent Hotel was called the Crane's Return Hall. This room, spanning over a hundred square meters, was quite famous in local circles. The name "Crane's Return" was inspired by the poetic lines: "The thousand-year crane returns yet retains its grief; how can the travelers of a year lack sentiment?" Later, people reinterpreted it through homophones as "Harmony and Valuing Peace"—putting harmony above all else! Consequently, the Crane's Return Hall had become a preferred venue for high-level figures in local circles to negotiate truces and settle disputes, with "circles" here referring to the underworld circles of Hong Kong. Jiang Chenghua was a man of status. Even when offering an apology and making amends, he would not stoop so low as to wait at the hotel entrance. However, upon receiving the news of Lu Chen's arrival, remaining leisurely seated at the dining table would have shown a lack of sincerity.