90.

He Yao came to China Street every once in a while to find Lin Hongwen, and every time he brought something, either a box of snacks or a few cans of tea.

Lin Hongwen said that this glove should be He Gui's, and he didn't want it and didn't want to directly brush his face, so he put it on his hand and tried it and said, "Look, I wear this glove too short, and my wrists are exposed, so you better take it back." ”

He Yao looked down at Lin Hongwen's fingers, "Your hands are so good-looking, unlike my father, whose fingers are short and thick." ”

Lin Hongwen smiled and said, "You always come to me, don't you have anything else to do?" ”

"Don't mention it", He Yao said a little irritably, "At home, my father instructed me to learn what female celebrities and what female rules I wanted to read, so I didn't want to learn it." ”

"And what are you willing to study?" Lin Hongwen asked with a smile.

"I want to learn how to read the ledger and how to make money", He Yao said with a twinkle in his eyes, "I also want to learn a foreign language, like you, and be able to deal with foreigners in the future." ”

Lin Hongwen looked at her with some surprise, "I really didn't expect it." ”

"Like my father, you think I shouldn't think about this?" He Yao asked a little lost, "Do you also think that women should stay at home and embroider peanuts?" ”

Lin Hongwen shook his head, "Those women who don't let their eyebrows have been praised. Some women are more alert and intelligent than men, and if they also have the opportunity to read and write, men may not be able to learn faster and better than them. I just didn't expect you to have so many thoughts and didn't mean to take you lightly. ”

He Yao laughed again, "You still have a lot of knowledge, unlike my father, I said that I want to learn to read the account book, he was shocked." By the way, I've never been to the movie theater on Stone Road Street, so I don't know if it's fun? ”

"I haven't been there either," Lin Hongwen said, "I don't know what's inside." ”

He Yao rolled her eyes playfully, "Why don't we go?" ”

"Huh?" Lin Hongwen was stunned, "I haven't taken my job yet." ”

"It won't be long in delay," He Yao said, "If your boss doesn't allow it, I'll buy more things." ”

"Miss, don't buy any more things", Lin Hongwen said with a headache, "I'll go in and discuss with him." ”

Xu Qingzhi's face was naturally not good-looking, and he asked Lin Hongwen in a low voice, "Do you remember what you promised me?" ”

Lin Hongwen said, "I remember, you also saw it, I didn't ask her to do anything. ”

Xu Qingzhi glanced at him, sighed lightly and waved his hand to let him out. If he didn't realize that there was anything wrong with Lin Hongwen's guarantee before, then all the things in the past few days have made him understand, where does He Yao need Lin Hongwen to ask for it? If he doesn't say a word, He Yao will follow his wishes.

Lin Hongwen and He Yao have never seen a movie, and when they go in, they only feel that everything is fresh, with rows of seats and a large curtain. When the vivid characters appeared on the screen, He Yao was startled. The name of the film is "The Magic of Méliès", and the men on the screen are constantly changing their hairstyles, beards and clothes. He Yao said, "This person is so interesting, why do you want to toss yourself so much?" ”

"Maybe he doesn't want to," Mr. Lin said.

The movie was very short, and He Yao felt that it was not enjoyable to watch it once, so he pulled Lin Hongwen to watch it again. It took less than half an hour to watch the movie twice, and Lin Hongwen saw that it was not early, so he asked He Yao to hurry home. He Yao watched the movie he had been thinking about for a long time, and he was satisfied, so he rarely obediently let him go.

After Lin Hongwen sent He Yao away, he returned to the firm to continue his work, and Xu Qingzhi didn't talk to him all night. Lin Hongwen wanted to take the initiative to say something to him, but looking at his gloomy face, he swallowed the words back.

Not long after returning to his residence in the evening, He Mu came. Lin Hongwen saw that he was holding a thick notebook, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and took it, and looked through it, it was an atlas.

"The first twenty kinds of them coincide with us", He Mu turned over page by page, "The last fifteen kinds, they have them, we don't." I also went to a few other trading houses, and these fifteen kinds of cloth were not available in other people's houses. ”

Lin Hongwen read it carefully and said, "You leave this booklet to me, those that are unique to their family, you let them put it away, don't get damp, don't be eaten by insects, what's the use of keeping it in the future." ”

"I know", He Mu glanced at Lin Hongwen's expression, "What are you going to do?" ”

"What else can I do, let's talk to Vincent first", Lin Hongwen said calmly, "It is said that eating inside and outside is not in line with his style of doing things, I'm afraid there is something hidden that we don't know." ”

"Do you need me to find a few people to follow you?" He Mu asked.

Lin Hongwen shook his head with a smile, "What can he do to me, don't worry." ”

91.

Lin Hongwen was a little distressed and wanted to find some reason to find Vincent, but he didn't expect to meet him at the door early the next morning. Vincent beckoned him in, saying that the pen had arrived. Lin Hongwen went in with him, and saw him take out a small box from the shelf, and when he opened it, he saw the almost identical fountain pen.

"It's quite a coincidence," said Vincent, "that I have a friend who also uses this pen, and I bought it with him." ”

"Is he willing to sell?" Lin Hongwen asked.

"If you buy him a new pen, he'll sell it," Vincent said, taking out the pen, dipping it in ink, and writing and drawing on the paper, "You see, it's very smooth, and there is no problem at all." ”

Lin Hongwen took the pen from him, carefully watched the two back and forth, and then paid the money to Vincent.

"It's a hassle that your boss has hired you," said Vincent, "and if one day you are not satisfied with the salary he has given you, come to me." ”

"Okay, I remember this sentence", Lin Hongwen held the pen and curled the corners of his mouth slightly, "By the way, there is something I want to ask you." ”

"What's the matter?" Vincent asked.

"It's not convenient to talk here", Lin Hongwen motioned to Vincent to go inside with his eyes.

Vincent led Lin Hongwen to a small cubicle inside, which seemed to be specially used to entertain big customers, with sofas and tea sets. Lin Hongwen walked to the sofa and sat down, picked up the album on the coffee table and flipped through it, "According to your rules, what should I do if I sign a contract and fail to perform it according to the contract?" ”

"That's going to pay liquidated damages", Vincent looked at Lin Hongwen inquiringly.

Lin Hongwen took out two rags from his pocket and threw them to Vincent, "I bought them in He Ji." ”

Wen Sen was silent with the rags, and Lin Hongwen said sharply with a dark look in his eyes, "He Ji has so many kinds of cloth that are the same as us, how much money do you plan to pay to our firm?" ”

Vincent quibbled, "Well, it's none of my business, maybe he's looking for something else......"

"Why wasn't it your guy who unloaded at the dock yesterday?" Lin Hongwen interrupted him and said, "I watched them unload and transport to the warehouse of He Kee. ”

Vincent closed his eyes vigorously, "Lin, I don't really want to make excuses for myself, no matter what, I broke the contract, but I still want to tell you about this." ”

"You say."

"Not long after I cooperated with you, the boss of He Ji found someone to threaten me and let me do business with them", Wen Sen sat down next to Lin Hongwen with a white face, and said with palpitations, "The first two times, I shirked it on the grounds that I had already signed a contract with you." But the third time, they actually threatened me with guns, of course, it was impossible to only threaten, but also to induce. They said I could supply you and supply them at the same time when I had signed a contract with you, and they would buy it at a price 10% higher. As long as the time is staggered, the style is not exactly the same, and it is scattered in several semicolons to sell together, it is difficult to find out. ”

"So you sold it to them?" Lin Hongwen asked.

"Lin, you're not me, you've never been pointed to the head at gunpoint, you don't know how terrible it feels", Vincent shook his head, "I'm just a businessman, I came to China to make money, not to die." ”

"When was the first time they threatened you?" Lin Hongwen asked thoughtfully.

"First time...... Do you remember, when the Russian restaurant first opened, you, me, and Xu, the three of us went to have a meal", Vincent recalled, "and we negotiated a deal that day, and we reached a verbal agreement in the restaurant, and returned to the business house in the afternoon to sign another contract." It was that night that they came for the first time. ”

"Don't you think something is wrong?" Lin Hongwen frowned and asked, "We only discussed this matter at noon, how did they know so quickly and come at night?" ”

"What do you mean......" Vincent asked tentatively, "someone spying on me?" ”

"When did you hire that guy at the door?" Lin Hongwen raised his chin outward.

"He's been there since the day he opened," Vincent said, "and you suspect him of betraying me?" No way, he's been with me for a long time. ”

"If you think about it, this matter can only leak in two places, one is your trading house and the other is a Russian restaurant", Lin Hongwen said, "If it is you, do you buy the Russian restaurant or buy the guy?" ”

"How could it be that the news leaked from you?" Vincent asked rhetorically.

"We?" Lin Hongwen was happy, "There were only two people in our business bank at that time, me and my boss, and we leaked the news to our peers? Are we crazy? ”