Stepping onto the top of the two-hundred-meter crimson carpet outside the Jiangnan Provincial Grand Hall, Patriarch Ouyang De adjusted his velvet tuxedo beneath the sweeping searchlights.
Fifty television camera crews stood behind brass stanchions along the rain-slicked marble steps. Microphones bristled under plastic rain covers as journalists shouted questions into the bright lights.
Beside Patriarch Ouyang stood Patriarch Song Kun.
Both men wore bespoke velvet tuxedos with gold pocket watches. Their hair was combed back with pomade. Behind them stood dozens of family retainers and private guards in matching uniforms.
[TARGET: PATRIARCH OUYANG DE.]
[ROLE: HEAD OF OUYANG JEWELRY CONGLOMERATE.]
[GOODNESS SCORE: 5/100.]
[TARGET: PATRIARCH SONG KUN.]
