A high-walled red courtyard on the side of the downtown street in the west of Annan Province, there are two big characters of Wanfu written on the door, which looks extremely magnificent. Eight or nine pot-bellied wealthy businessmen sat in the lobby of the front yard, these people were the big shopkeepers of the major shops in Annan Road, no matter what these big shopkeepers said, the white-haired man sitting on the main seat never said a word.

The white-haired man's name is Wan Baoshan, and he is the most senior businessman in Annam Province and the leader of the Annam Province Chamber of Commerce. Although Wan Baoshan is full of gray hair, he is only less than fifty. There are as many as 30 businesses in the whole of Annam Province. It is rumored that Wanfu's gold bars are enough for a 100,000 border army to spend three years, of course, I am afraid that only Wan Baoshan and his daughter Wan Xinliu know what the truth is.

A middle-aged man wearing a fur hat stood up and hugged his fists and said, "President Wan is busy first, we are waiting for you, the big guy hasn't drunk with President Wan for so long, and today I just took this opportunity to ask you for two glasses of wine." Everyone stood up and clenched their fists in agreement.

"Welcome, please take a seat." After speaking, Wan Baoshan quickly walked to his study.

Just when the big shopkeepers were gossiping, Wan Guhai, the righteous son of Wanbaoshan, walked in quickly, whispered in Wan Baoshan's ear, and then said hello to the big shopkeepers and left in a hurry. Seeing this, everyone closed their mouths and waited for Wan Baoshan's speech.

Wan Baoshan slowly stood up and hugged his fists apologetically and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a little urgent matter to deal with, you wait a while, I will come when I go, and drink two cups at my place at noon." ”

The middle-aged man in the gray robe was Huangfu Leng, seven years after Dahua, and Wanbaoshan's family business was not so big at that time, and he was running around doing business. Once I went to Gyeonggi Province to talk about the source of goods, who knew that on the way, I encountered mountain bandits robbing the road, and after robbing the silver, in order to prevent the government from pursuing it, the mountain bandits wanted to kill Wanbaoshan and destroy the corpse. Who knew that he happened to meet Huangfu Leng, who was going out to run errands here, and the cold-faced king of Hades, who was in the prime of life, fought three people with his own strength to scare off the rest of the bandits, and he was injured as a result. In order to be grateful to this life-saving benefactor, every time he goes to Gyeonggi Province or the surrounding area to do errands, no matter whether he has enough time or not, and how far away he is, he will visit Huangfu Leng. Knowing that Huangfu Leng loves to drink tea, he often brings some local specialty tea to Huangfu Leng when he goes out to talk about business, and Huangfu Leng will come to the door every time he comes to Annan Province to beg for wine. Therefore, the two became acquainted with each other after coming and going.

The two sat down and chatted, Wan Baoshan said: "Since the last goodbye, our two brothers haven't seen each other for a year, stay here tonight to drink, fifteen years of aging and children's popularity, we won't get drunk tonight." ”

In the study of Wanfu, a middle-aged man in a gray robe was facing away from the door to enjoy the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and when he heard movement behind him, he turned his head with a smile and said, "President Wan, don't come to harm!" ”

Wan Baoshan hurriedly stepped forward, held the middle-aged man's hand with both hands, and said with a smile: "Brother, I am really happy that you can come." ”

Huangfu Leng didn't go around the bend with this long-time friend, and asked directly: "I heard that they are all the big shopkeepers of the major stores in Annan Road, is it because of the shops under the name of the Anjiang Association today?" ”

Wan Baoshan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "As the head of the Inspectorate Division, this little thing can't escape your eyes." They really came because of the recent reputation of the Anjiang Society, which denounced other people's shops for being too cheap and robbing them of their business. Wanbaoshan can have today's industry, since he is not a mortal, after thinking about it, he continued to ask: "Brother Huangfu, why are you suddenly interested in this matter. ”

Huangfu waved his hand coldly and smiled: "Forget it today, I just heard Gu Hai say that you still have a lot of guests here, you just accompany them." ”

Wan Baoshan said: "How important are they to you, just let Gu Hai accompany them." ”

Huangfu Leng continued: "Of course, if Ye Chen is unfair competition and uses any bad means to maliciously suppress prices, you don't have to care about him, you can do whatever you want." ”

Wan Baoshan said: "To tell you the truth, even if you don't talk to me about this today, I don't plan to suppress him from the United Chamber of Commerce." I have been a merchant in Wanbaoshan for 20 years, and I have never seen any kind of businessman, but there is no one like Ye Chen. Since its opening, whether it is a pharmacy or a grain store, the price has always been only two or three percent higher than the cost price, and for the common people, they have never had a shortage of catties or two, and even a little will give more, and those who can't afford to eat food can also take credit, just ask this Annam Province hundreds of shops, and how many can do this! ”

Huangfu sneered: "Don't hide it from Brother Baoshan, this Ye Chen of the Anjiang Society is my distant nephew, if the business matter offends the big shopkeepers, please also ask Brother Baoshan to mediate." ”

Wan Baoshan suddenly realized, at first he wondered why this Anjiang would rise so fast, not to mention the rapid development momentum, but also very stable. In retrospect, this is not surprising at all.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the dinner party in Wanfu is luxurious, and the few jars of old wine that have just been taken out of the cellar have opened the eyes of the group of shopkeepers, although there are not many kinds of delicacies, but each dish is extremely exquisite, even compared with the major restaurants in Annam Road.

Wan Baoshan raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Our Huaguo's reed wine must be tired of all the big shopkeepers, but this treasured ten years of reed wine puree is rare, to all the big shopkeepers!" ”

Wan Baoshan took a sip of tea and continued: "I heard that this Ye Chen is very young, and he can have his own world in the business world, it must be very difficult, and Brother Huangfu will help me introduce him when I have time." ”

Huangfu nodded with a sneer, picked up the teacup and replaced the wine with tea, and the two of them drank it all.

Everyone picked up the reed wine in their hands and tasted it, and they were full of praise one by one.

"It is said that President Wan's house is full of good wine, but now it seems that it is not false at all!" One laughed.

Wan Baoshan said: "That's the love of outsiders, I Wan is extremely poor in pursuit of three things, the first thing is the wine in the mouth, the refreshing feeling is really good." I'm not afraid of your jokes, every time I see good wine from all over the world, I always want to taste it, even if it's an extra hundred miles away, I'm willing; This second thing is known to everyone, I personally like to practice calligraphy, I have always liked to collect calligraphy, there is wine and words, life is beautiful! ”

"President Wan, what about the third one?" A middle-aged businessman with a fat head and big ears asked with a smile.

"This third piece is the silver that everyone loves!" After Wan Baoshan finished speaking, everyone laughed, who doesn't like silver!