Suddenly, Xia Yu thought of a contradiction, and he asked Wu Hongyi: "Hongyi, what does your Jardine Bank have to do with its predecessor Jardine Matheson, and the current Jardine Group?"

After speaking, Xia Yu looked straight at Wu Hongyi, waiting for him to solve his doubts.

Xia Yu really didn't know this.

Although he knew about Wu Bingjian and Jardine in his previous life, but he did not have an in-depth understanding of Jardine Matheson, Xia Yu only knew that the original name of the Jardine Matheson Group in Xiangjiang was Jardine Matheson, but Jardine Matheson was really owned by the British, so what is the problem here?

As soon as Xia Yu's words came out, not only Wu Hongyi, but even Li Hongchang, who was smiling, also restrained his smile.

Wu Hongyi's face was complicated, and he didn't know whether he was resentful, aggrieved, or helpless, or all three.

Just when Xia Yu wanted to say that it was inconvenient to stop talking, Wu Hongyi spoke.

"They are shameless thieves!"

Hearing Wu Hongyi's sharp words, Xia Yu raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Wu Hongyi to react so much, it seems that there is really a story here.

"The current Jardine Matheson Group, formerly known as Jardine Matheson, was originally called Chardine-Madison & Co., which was founded in 1832 by William Jardine, a Britishman of Scottish origin, and James Madison, the year we came to England!"

"And in 1843, that is, the year of the death of Dun Yuangong, the main vein of my Wu family in the Qing Dynasty suffered a heavy blow, and those two shameless thieves stole the name of my Wu family's Jardine & Co., and re-registered the original Chadian-Madison & Co. and renamed it Jardine & Co. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Hongyi's heart was even more aggrieved, his fists clenched unconsciously, and Li Hongchang on the side also shook his head and sighed, feeling equally depressed.

I see!

Hearing Wu Hongyi's explanation, Xia Yu suddenly understood that the feelings were that these two foreigners "faked" and "branded" the most prestigious "Jardine and Jardine Line" in the thirteen lines of Guangdong.

This can also understand why Wu Hongyi's mood has changed greatly!

No one can accept that the glory of their family was stolen by outsiders, "Jardine and Xing" is the glory of the Wu family, and it is also the hard work of the Wu family, but in the end, because the family was oppressed by external forces, it was stolen by foreigners, but there was one more "foreign" word, which was popular outside.

As the Wu family of the persecuted, the grievances and depression in their hearts can naturally be imagined!

Yan Shining, who was listening quietly on the side just now, couldn't help but ask, "Then is your Wu family's current Yihexing still there?"

"It is long gone, the foundation of my Wu family over there is long gone under the oppression of the Qing government, and now only Wu is prevalent. ”

Wu Hongyi said bitterly, and when Wu Shengxing said in the end, his fists clenched unconsciously.

Xia Yu's eyes froze, Wu prevailed?

This name is interesting, just from the literal, you can interpret a variety of meanings, how to combine it with what Wu Hongyi said about the Wu family, it is most appropriate to interpret it as "the Wu family is strong again".

"Haven't you thought about re-erecting the banner of Jardine again?" Hou Sheng couldn't help but ask.

After hearing so much, he was also very curious, seeing that Wu Hongyi was not resistant to saying this, he couldn't help but want to find out, after all, this kind of secret involving the wealthy family sounds too exciting.

As soon as Hou Sheng's words came out, not only Wu Hongyi smiled bitterly, but even Xia Yu couldn't help but shake his head slightly, Hou Sheng was too narrow-minded to ask this unnecessary question.

How huge is the current Jardine Group and the Jardine Consortium with the Jardine Group as the core, Xia Yu knows very well that it is the first consortium in Xiangjiang and the first consortium in the Far East.

The strength is not as good as others, what do you want?

No matter how much grievances you have, you can only endure it! Don't you see that the Wu family has endured it for more than 100 years?

Wu Hongyi had a very easy-going personality, and he didn't feel unhappy because of Hou Sheng's question, but was silent for a while, before he shrugged his shoulders and said freely: "The difference in strength is too big, don't even think about it, let alone ...... I only have the Phoenix Tower, so forget it. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Hongchang, who was sitting on the side, showed a distressed expression on his face and patted Wu Hongyi's shoulder to show comfort.

Xia Yu's eyes were also fixed, and he heard the words in Wu Hongyi's words.

The difference in strength is too big to think about, so is it the Wu family who doesn't think about it? Or does he not think about it? Or do he and the Wu family not think about it?

And the latter sentence is even more meaningful, he said that he only has the Phoenix Tower, and he has to list it separately to refer to himself, so this means that the Phoenix Tower is his, not the Wu family?

Or among all the properties of the Wu family, only the Phoenix Building belongs to his name?

Thinking about it from the surface, there are more things to ponder, such as Wu Hongyi's status in the Wu family, the relationship between Wu Hongyi and the Wu family, and so on.

However, these things all involve stricter privacy, since Wu Hongyi doesn't seem to have the intention of saying it, then it is inconvenient for Xia Yu to ask, so let's learn about it slowly in the future.

However, Xia Yu felt disagreed with Wu Hongyi's somewhat fateful attitude, and it was also very unfavorable to Wu Hongyi's personal future, he encouraged: "The vicissitudes of the sea show the true character of a hero;

"Hongyi, this is a great era, the world is in a process of rapid change, anything is possible, throughout the ages, there are not a few self-made people who stand at the pinnacle, not to mention that you still have the capital to start, think of your family Dun Yuangong!"

"Go to the past, count the romantic characters, and look at the present!"

"Encourage you!"

Wu Hongyi looked at Xia Yu in a daze, Xia Yu's words were like Hong Zhong Da Lu constantly roaring in his heart.

At this moment, his heart was greatly impacted, the young Xia Yu was full of vigor, he, a more mature young man in his twenties, had the idea of accepting his fate and bowing to reality, this comparison, he felt a deep sense of shame.

Li Hongchang, who was sitting on the side, watched Wu Hongyi grow up since he was a child, and he knew him well, Wu Hongyi couldn't hide anything from him, and now the violent fluctuations in Wu Hongyi's heart were naturally noticed by him.

However, instead of blaming Xia Yu for being too talkative, he gave Xia Yu a grateful look.

In fact, he had already discovered that Wu Hongyi had a problem with his mentality, to put it mildly, he was a young man, and if he didn't say it well, he lacked the momentum, vigor and sharpness that a young man should have.

And because of family reasons, he is not good at fighting, or he doesn't want to fight, but subconsciously learns to endure, forbearance is not bad, this means that there is a city, but forbearance can't solve all problems, forbearance is too much, I don't know how to fight, the city will become a bottomless pit, bury himself.

Therefore, Li Hongchang has seen Wu Hongyi's state for so many years, and he is afraid that he will not take good care of Wu Hongyi, and he will be entrusted by Wu Hongyi's father and his father, but because he is too familiar, he reminds Wu Hongyi many times, but Wu Hongyi is not much touched.

I never thought that the words of the new friend Wu Hongyi just brought today would have achieved an effect that he had never worked hard to do before.

Li Hongchang looked at Wu Hongyi expectantly, hoping that he could take this opportunity to think clearly thoroughly, time was running out, and the later he woke up, the more unfavorable it would be for Wu Hongyi!

Everyone sat quietly looking at Wu Hongyi, who was immersed in his own world, and his face kept changing with his mentality, even the cute Li Qian felt the change in the atmosphere and realized that this opportunity was very important to Wu Hongyi.

"Hoo ......"

After a long time, Wu Hongyi's face finally returned to calm, he let out a long breath, and suddenly raised his head to look at Xia Yu.

When he saw Xia Yu with a smile on his face and encouraging eyes in his eyes, Wu Hongyi smiled gratefully, stood up solemnly and bowed to Xia Yu and said, "Thank you!"

Wu Hongyi's movements were too fast, Xia Yu didn't have time to stop him when he stood up, he had already bowed, Xia Yu could only smile and wave his hand and said, "I'll just say it casually, you can figure it out that it's your business, it has nothing to do with me, haha!"

"No, listening to your words, it is better to read ten years of books, Dun Dun's teachings, deafening!"

Wu Hongyi solemnly said to Xia Yu that he really kept this matter in his heart, and he couldn't forget the grace of waking up.

Xia Yu's words had a great impact on him, and many of his thoughts changed.

After figuring it out, when he thought back to his previous concepts and attitudes, many of them were ridiculous, and they were really not good for his development, but he thought it was right and did not change it.

If Xia Yu's words hadn't come to his senses, he would probably continue to stumble, but in a few years, even if he could wake up, it would be too late.

Therefore, Xia Yu's grace to wake up is indeed very heavy.

Friends are a feeling, some people have known each other for ten years without a few words, and some people become confidants at first sight.

At this moment, Xia Yu has risen to the level of a confidant in Wu Hongyi's heart.

In the past 20 years, he has known no longer a few friends, but none of them will say such things to him when they first met him like Xia Yu.

He just didn't figure out something, in fact he was a very smart person, who was good for him, he could clearly feel it in his heart.

At this moment, an employee came to the door, saw so many people sitting inside, hesitated and didn't dare to enter, fortunately Li Hongchang saw it, he nodded to Wu Hongyi and Xia Yu and others, then stood up and walked out, and called the employee aside to ask.

After a while, Li Hongchang asked about the situation, he thought about it, and felt that Wu Hongyi should be let know, so he walked in again, came to Wu Hongyi, and said to Wu Hongyi, who was looking at him with raised eyebrows: "Second young master, Ye Huanrong, the boss of Rongye Bank, is here, do you want to see him?"

Li Hongchang didn't want to disturb Wu Hongyi chatting with Xia Yu and others, but the person who came was Ye Huanrong, and now the second young master Wu Hongyi obviously figured out a lot of things, time is urgent, so naturally he has to make up for his previous mistakes as much as possible, and begin to vigorously expand his contacts and form a network, and the energy of "Rongye Xing" is okay, so he naturally has to receive it, otherwise if Ye Huanrong knows that Wu Hongyi is here, but he avoids him, then Ye Huanrong will definitely have a pimple in his heart if he doesn't say it on the surface. “

Wu Hongyi frowned slightly, looked at Xia Yu, and was a little hesitant to leave Xia Yu and the others to see Ye Huanrong.

However, Xia Yu's EQ is higher than Wu Hongyi, and he said with a smile: "Hongyi, you are busy in advance, we have a lot of time, don't be in a hurry!

Wu Hongyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said apologetically to Xia Yu: "Then Xia Yu, and everyone, I'll be with you first, everyone is free!"

"Mmmm, you get busy first, don't make the guests wait for a long time, we won't be polite to you. ”

Xia Yu waved his hand and smiled.

Then, Wu Hongyi and Li Hongchang went out quickly, while Xia Yu and others stayed in the room to chat, drink tea and eat snacks.

......

It didn't take long for a series of footsteps to come from far to near, Xia Yu and the others immediately looked out the door, and when they saw Wu Hongyi, Li Hongchang and a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and being upright and in his prime walking over, they consciously stood up and looked at Wu Hongyi and others with a smile.

Soon, Wu Hongyi and the three walked in again, and he took the lead in introducing: "Let me introduce you, this is Ye Huanrong, the owner of Rongye Bank, Rongye Bank is the largest Chinese food supermarket and wholesale center in Birmingham, many Chinese restaurants and retail stores are buying from Rongye Bank, Boss Ye's business is getting bigger and bigger, and now he has entered London." ”

"Wu Gongzi has been promoted, a small business, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

first waved his hand modestly and smiled, and then Ye Huanrong said enthusiastically to Xia Yu and the others: "Hello, I'm Ye Huanrong, it's a pleasure to meet everyone!"

At the same time, although Ye Huanrong was smiling, his heart was full of joy, after all, from Wu Hongyi first introduced him to Xia Yu and others, it can be seen that in Wu Hongyi's mind, Xia Yu and others are more important than him, and Wu Hongyi is naturally not a stupid person, so of course Ye Huanrong has to take Xia Yu and others seriously.

"Boss Ye, this is my friend Xia Yu, and his girlfriend Li Qian, these are Yan Shining, Hou Sheng, and Li Wuming. ”

Wu Hongyi then pointed to Xia Yu and others and introduced Ye Huanrong.

"Boss Ye, hello!"

"Hello, hello!"

Xia Yu shook hands with Ye Huanrong and others, and his attitude was very enthusiastic, and Xia Yu was the same.

In fact, after Wu Hongyi introduced Ye Huanrong, Xia Yu knew who he was.

In his previous life, Xia Yu had seen the British rich list, Ye Huanrong was the first Chinese to enter the British rich list on the surface, and he was also the richest Chinese businessman in the UK.

Born in 1940, Ye Huanrong crossed the ocean in 1959 and came to the UK alone, where he got his first job washing dishes for restaurants with the help of the Liverpool Hakka Association.

However, he is very business-minded and highly educated, so he began to work his own, and set up a restaurant to run by himself, and the funds began to increase.

In 1970, it created the "Rongye Xing" in Birmingham, England, and in the 21st century, "Rongye Xing" developed into the largest Chinese food supermarket and wholesale center in the United Kingdom. There are already 4 large supermarket chains in London, Manchester and Birmingham in the UK, headquartered in Birmingham, providing goods to more than 2,000 Chinese restaurants and retail stores in the UK.

Ye Huanrong is also the "leading brother" of European Chinese supermarkets, and "Rongye Xing" is the "invincible flagship" of food import and export agents in the Far East and Asia in Europe.

He is also a guest of Prince Charles of England, and an old acquaintance of Blair and Cameron.

Therefore, Ye Huanrong, who is definitely self-made, is definitely an outstanding figure who has not yet risen completely.

Then, Wu Hongyi, Ye Huanrong and others sat down again and chatted and drank tea with Xia Yu.

Chatting and chatting, Wu Hongyi suddenly said: "By the way, Xia Yu, June 21 is the day when the Chinese Business Association in London Chinatown was established, and there are not many days left, you must come then." ”

Xia Yu raised his eyebrows, June 21st, it was really fast, I didn't expect such a coincidence, it was the day of the establishment of the Chinese Entrepreneurs Association not long after he came, it seems that he is lucky.

The London Chinatown Chinese Business Association is indeed a good platform, and it is a good opportunity to expand your network when the time comes.

Such a good opportunity, of course, Xia Yu should not miss it, and it is also idle here, it is better to communicate and establish contacts.

"On such a grand day, of course, I am indispensable!"

Xia Yu said with a smile.

"Haha, let's come together then!"

"Then I'm sorry for you!"

Seeing that Xia Yu and Wu Hongyi were talking and laughing, and the relationship was so close, Ye Huanrong's mind turned sharply, guessing what Xia Yu was about, but it was a pity that Wu Hongyi did not tell him the details of Xia Yu, which made him very regretful.

In the next time, chatting, drinking, tea, and eating, and in the afternoon, Wu Hongyi took him around, or met some people, and the time passed fully and quickly.

In the evening, Xia Yu and the others had dinner in the Phoenix Tower before going back with Wu Hongyi.