Sure enough, as Gu Weijun expected, after Chen Xuan's invitation was sent out the next day, the consuls of various countries gladly accepted it, but asked that the venue of the banquet be placed on the side of the Bund Concession, but Chen Xuan refused, so the banquet came into a stalemate.

Chen Xuan naturally won't be in a hurry, a stalemate will be a stalemate, anyway, his army in Nanyang is still attacking the city, it depends on who can't sit still first.

The Shanghai Pacific Department Store prepared by Zhenhua Group has been roughly ready, and the opening will be in this day or two, and with the increasing scale of Zhenhua Group, many industries need to be integrated to avoid waste of resources.

So Chen Xuan went to Songjiang to visit the Xu family, and after seeing Xu Ruohan and his daughter Chen Qi, he devoted himself to the industrial integration of Zhenhua Group and the preparations for the opening of Pacific Department Store.

Pacific Department Store occupies a wide area, in front of a 10-storey reinforced concrete poured Romanesque building, mainly rented to various businesses for office use, the top floor is the department store's own office location, behind is a dozen 5-storey or so stores and shops, the construction of these shops Chen Xuan also borrowed from the design of the later commercial plaza, from the Pacific Building downwards, the green and tidy road makes people look pleasing to the eye.

Moreover, the various merchants have been renovated, and the goods have been placed neatly, just waiting for the department store to announce the opening of the market.

In addition, a huge logistics center has been built on the edge of the Huangpu River, and the warehouses of various merchants are also here, and the Pacific Department Store is only for retail, sample display and negotiation and cooperation, which is the place for large-scale shipments, and all fire and security work has also been handed over to Zhenhua - of course, this is also to pay money.

February 25th is the official opening day of Pacific Department Store.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the invited guests had gathered in the main square of the Pacific Department Store, which was already crowded with people.

With Chen Xuan's current status, he naturally won't attend, and the hosting work has been handed over to Zhang Jingyun.

"Yiyang, the consuls of various countries have come."

Chen Xuan was watching the opening of the department store on the top floor, and Du Yuesheng ran up to report.

"Hehe, the dead duck has a hard mouth, I thought they could bear it, call Brother Fang Zhen to learn the junior brother, let's go meet them."

Thinking of the pretense of these consuls, Chen Xuan wanted to laugh, they obviously wanted to negotiate with Chen Xuan earlier, but they were unwilling to bow their heads and come to Pudong.

There are many consuls here, Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Russia, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria and other countries have come, and more than a dozen consuls in Shanghai have come.

Under Gu Weijun's introduction, Chen Xuan greeted them with a smile and a smile, even when he met with the Japanese and Russian representatives he hated the most, Chen Xuan greeted them with a spring breeze on his face, and the consuls of various countries also maintained enough diplomatic demeanor, congratulating the grand opening of the Pacific Department Store.

Of course, the Dutch consul doesn't have a good face for Chen Xuan, but Chen Xuan doesn't care, people have lost such a big benefit, and they are not allowed to lose their temper? Chen Xuan still has this demeanor, and he still chats with the Dutch consul without a match.

Seeing the business model of the Pacific Department Store, the consuls of various countries also showed great interest, and asked Chen Xuan to reserve a booth for their country, and Chen Xuan naturally agreed with a smile.

led these bigwigs to visit the entire shopping plaza, Chen Xuan led them to the Pearl Hotel to participate in the banquet, of course, the banquet was just a pretext, Gu Weijun and the subordinates of the consuls of various countries had already negotiated to start negotiations at the Pearl Hotel.

In the huge conference room of the Pearl Hotel, a big prototype negotiation table was placed in the center, so there was no distinction between the host and the guest, Gu Weijun arranged the various consuls to sit one by one, and he, Jiang Fangzhen and Zhao Xuechu sat behind Chen Xuan, and the staff of the other consuls also arranged it in the same way.

After Zhao Xuechu planned the equipment he wanted to import last night and made a letter of intent, he sent it to the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany and France, in fact, mainly Britain, Germany and France.

Britain, France and Germany received orders for warships, artillery, and all kinds of industrial equipment for Zhenhua, etc., and the orders were as high as tens of millions of oceans, and most of the seizures in Nanyang this time were also invested, which made Chen Xuan very distressed.

"Mr. Chen, should the turmoil in Nanyang end, if it continues like this, it will be a great loss to everyone, I don't know what Mr. Chen thinks?"

As soon as he sat down, a diplomat from the French consul began to make trouble, Chen Xuan maintained a professional and cordial smile, did not speak, and Gu Weijun began to refute.

"Sir, there is something wrong with what you said, our Mr. Chen is a well-known businessman in Shanghai, and we have heard some about what happened in Nanyang, and our industry in Nanyang is also a loss, but it is the people of the Lanfang Republic who are revolting, what ability do we have to persuade them?"

"The so-called Republic of Lanfang is nothing more than your puppet, who of you here does not know, as long as you order them to hand over the occupied places and give us the corresponding compensation for the Dutch Empire, we can reserve the right to pursue it!"

The Dutch consul was a little angry, stood up and yelled at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan slowly raised the teacup in his hand, sniffed deeply as if intoxicated, took a small sip, and then said:

"Mr. Consul, I can't agree with your point of view, I have studied in France for 6 years, I know that European countries are some civilized countries, and European gentlemen are famous in the world, for Mr. Consul's accusations, Chen Xuan is really a little speechless, the Republic of Lanfang has existed for hundreds of years, and our Zhenhua Group has only been established for six or seven years, why have they become our puppets, may I ask Mr. Consul what evidence does Mr. Consul have to prove that the Republic of Lanfang is our people? As far as I know, Mr. Liang Luyi himself has been the chief minister of the Lanfang Republic for more than 20 years, and Mr. Liang's groundless accusations are really contrary to the word gentleman. ”

"You..."

The Dutch consul was still trying to speak, but was interrupted by a cough from the British consul Charles.

"All the consuls here should have heard about the situation in Nanyang, Mr. Chen is indeed an excellent businessman, and everyone knows that for the affairs of the Republic of Lanfang, because it is related to the Netherlands and Lanfang, we outsiders do not understand the situation, and we have no right to judge which is right and wrong, so the purpose of our coming this time is to make Nanyang stabilize first, and then it is not good for Mr. Chen and other countries to go into chaos, and other things will be talked about later, what does Mr. Chen think?"

Charles is in his words, everyone clearly understands the situation in Nanyang, the purpose of their coming is to quell the turmoil in Nanyang, if Chen Xuan does not let go, other countries will intervene.

"Mr. Charles is really a reasonable person, the chaos in Nanyang has indeed caused our company to suffer great losses, Zhenhua naturally has to earn some money to fill the loopholes, otherwise such a big loss Zhenhua's employees will not be able to spare me, of course, as Mr. Charles said, if possible, we will all persuade the two countries, after all, peace is precious, I don't know if Mr. Charles and the consuls think so?"

Chen Xuan also made it clear that we have paid in Nanyang, and we must have a harvest for paying, and if we want to dig meat from here, Chen Xuan will not agree.

"Ridiculous! The Republic of Lanfang has been destroyed for more than 20 years, if it were not for the secret instruction of some people with ulterior motives, how could they have taken our Great Dutch Empire by surprise, the rebellious people of Borneo must hand over the illegally occupied land, otherwise when the army in our country arrives, they will definitely not give up! ”

The Dutch consul can be heard it, and the meaning of Consul Charles, who was said yesterday, is to calm things down, and the Germans, the French and the Americans don't know why they don't speak, and other small countries are also grass on the wall, so let the Dutch consul sing a one-man show here, then the Dutch colony of several large islands is not lost in vain, how can this be accepted.

"Mr. Consul's words are also very reasonable."

Chen Xuan continued to say slowly:

"It's just that the representatives of the rebels are not here now, otherwise we can mediate for the two countries, I believe there will always be a way to solve it, as far as I can see, those riots will not become any climate, it is already great to be able to hold the place now, and when the Dutch army arrives, at that time, won't everything be solved?"

Chen Xuan also expressed his opinion that the Republic of Lanfang could no longer expand, nor would it affect the colonies of the British and Americans, and even Java would not have a rebellion.

Now the venue exploded again, the Dutch consul naturally would not accept this result, and defended himself with Gu Weijun and others, although Jiang Fangzhen is not doing diplomacy, but the military analysis is the first word, and the words are all showing that the Dutch want to fight, but I am afraid that the price paid is not small.

Zhao Xuechu also used the excuse that if the Nanyang incident subsides, what kind of benefits will it bring to everyone from a business point of view, how broad the space for cooperation can be, and achieve a win-win effect.

The Dutch consul's face turned blue with anger, but Britain, France, the United States and Germany did not fully support them, and he had nothing to do, the Russians wanted to insert a rod, but now the Russians' territory is so big that it is scary to death, how can Britain, France and the United States let them enter the South Seas, instead of cheapening the Russians, it is better to give it to Chen Xuan, at least Chen Xuan's reputation over the years is still very good, even if he is given how much waves he can make, and he can also get a piece of the pie, why not?

As for the Dutch, seeing his warships that should have been thrown into the garbage heap a long time ago, who believed that they could do anything beautiful, as for the reinforcements? Hell reinforcements, Europe is like a fire these days. The medicine barrel was accidentally blown up, if he was pulled into the South Seas War, would he still want the nest?