Chapter 875: No Respect for Someone from a Small Place

He must have made at least a dozen phone calls, yet only two or three people agreed to come to the dinner. The rest all found various excuses to decline.

Clearly, it was difficult.

Beijing had always been a place where treatment depended on who you were.

Nathalie had always stayed in McKinney, seldom visiting Beijing, and when she did, she kept a very low profile—hardly anyone knew of Nathalie's existence.

Now their family suddenly decided to host a banquet, claiming it was to celebrate Nathalie's return from McKinney and her academic advancement; when people heard the relative was from a lesser place, they found excuses to decline before he could finish speaking.

He was in his forties, a recognized figure in Beijing. When people politely declined, he couldn't very well beg them to come for dinner shamelessly.