Chapter 4 Breaking the Rules
There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of those who have a heart.
When Lin Wanjing saw Lin Wanxiao put the accounts received in the past week in front of her, she had a deeper understanding of this ancient proverb.
"Little sister, although your eldest brother and I have no ability, we can't rely on my sister's dowry to support you!" Lin Wanxiao pushed a separately wrapped cash to Lin Wanjing, "You take back this money, your brother I want to support Wanli Bank on my own." ”
Lin Wanxiao was able to say this, thinking that the smooth collection of accounts gave him a lot of confidence, and Lin Wanjing did not shirk it, and put the money away with a smile of relief. The two checked the accounts again, and only the accounts of Yuantong Foreign Bank were left on credit for three years. Lin Wanxiao let out a long sigh, and pointed to the account of Yuantong Foreign Bank: "I have chased this account three times, and I have not seen them once." ”
Yuantong Ocean Bank is a joint-stock company, and the three partners are all old foxes who have worked hard in Luzhou shopping mall for half a century, and they are not fuel-efficient.
"Brother, tomorrow is the weekend, and the three of them are scheduled to listen to the drama at the Jiuzhou Theater, and I will go with you."
The Jiuzhou Theater on the weekend has always been crowded with people, full of guests and friends, this time the big troupe was invited to open three big dramas in a row, "Heroes Meeting, Borrowing the East Wind, Huarong Road", and it has not yet reached the opening point, and the theater is still full. The three masters of Yuantong Ocean Bank met at the door of the theater, exchanged a few words of greetings and walked to the theater, and went straight to the private room on the second floor, but there was already a pretty figure sitting in the private room, and before the three of them woke up from the surprise, the figure had already turned around:
"Three uncles, long time no see."
Indescribable emotions flashed on the faces of the three of them in turn, and after a long time, Luo Yan, the leader of the three, spoke: "The young lady is so interested today, what do you think of coming to listen to the play?" ”
Lin Wanjing waved her hand: "Wanjing, I ask myself if I am the one who appreciates the quintessence of the country elegantly." This time, I didn't come to listen to the play, but I came to meet the three uncles. Shibo is so busy on weekdays that he doesn't even have time to see Wanjing, but he can't listen to the drama on weekends. ”
"The young lady laughed, where is it so busy as you said." Boss Wu smiled, "Xu is a little girl, young lady, I'm sorry." ”
Lin Wanjing didn't expose him, she just smiled, skimmed off the soup foam in the teacup, and took a slight sip, just in this gap, Boss Mei of the theater led the theater master upstairs, opened the curtain and bowed to Lin Wanjing.
"The young lady came to my small opera garden today, Mei was honored, and specially led the class master to come up to greet him, if there is any inconsiderate greeting, please also invite the young lady Haihan." Boss Mei straightened up, "Do you want to make a private room for the young lady?" ”
"Don't bother," Lin Wanjing put down the teacup, "Boss Mei go and greet the guests, I'll chat with the three uncles." ”
"Huh!" Boss Mei responded with a good salute, paused and said, "Seeing that the big drama is about to start, young lady, do you want to withdraw the soldiers outside first?" The guests were panicked, and their voices tightened. ”
When Lin Wanjing heard this, she laughed out loud: "Okay, I know, I'll naturally withdraw after I leave in a while." ”
Boss Mei responded again and withdrew with the class master, Lin Wanjing turned her gaze back to Luo Yan: "Since the big drama is about to start, I won't go around the bend with a few uncles." She observed the faces of the three people, and when she saw that they didn't sit down, she also stood up: "Isn't it time to settle the account that Yuantong Ocean Bank paid on credit with Wanli two years ago?" ”
"The accounts are definitely going to be settled." Luo Yan's face turned into an unnatural smile, "In this way, Young Lady Ming'er sent someone to send the account books, and I asked the steward to be right, and when it is clear, I will send you the money." ”
"Don't bother." Lin Wanjing took the account in Gu Wanxiao's hand on the side, "The account has been clear, and there is also the signature of the manager of Yuantong Foreign Bank." ”
"The young lady is thoughtful." Luo Yan took the account, and the expression on his face was extremely unnatural.
"Now that the accounts are in the hands of Shibo, I am at ease." Lin Wanjing smiled with relief, then turned to Gu Lin Xiao and said, "Big brother, let's not rush to ask Yuantong Foreign Bank to collect the money, and give Shibo a few days to prepare." ”
Luo Yan went through the accounts: "My niece, is this account right, is there so much money?" ”
"Shibo, you can see clearly, Yuantong Foreign Bank can suppress my Wanli Bank's payment for three years and 6 months, is there so much, are you still unclear in your heart?" Lin Wanjing smiled, "But Shibo has doubts, and it's good to be clear about the right." My eldest brother and I are waiting for you at the stall. ”
The little second in the theater came in with a tray, and carefully put the three blue and white tea bowls on the table: "Three guest officers, the young lady rewarded the Junshan silver needle, you can use it slowly." ”
Xiao Er just withdrew, and the opening gongs and drums were heard on the stage, and Lin Wanjing also stood up.
"Young lady is leaving?" Boss Wu asked with a smile.
"Well, I didn't come to listen to the drama in the first place, don't disturb Shibo's Yaxing." Before going out, Lin Wanjing turned around again: "Oh, by the way, since you want to settle the payment, let's settle the payment for this season by the way." ”
"When Yuantong is also taking inventory in the past few days, the amount on the account, together with the payment for this quarter, I am afraid that it will be given next month." Luo Yan responded.
"Oh......" Lin Wanjing pondered for a moment, "Then let's settle the payment for this season first." ”
"Our cooperation with Wanli Bank has always been to pick up the goods first and then pay, so my niece is going to break the rules?" There was anger in Luo Yan's voice.
Lin Wanjing laughed instead: "It's a thing of the past to pick up the goods first and then pay, not to mention Luzhou, I'm afraid that Shibo, you can't find a few commercial houses that are willing to pick up the goods for you first." ”
"I don't care what happens to the business houses next to me, but how can we change the cooperation model with the Lin family Wanli Bank if you say it?!"
"Shibo's words are wrong, I'm afraid that it's not me who changes this rule, it's you." Lin Wanjing put away her smile and looked coldly at the angry man in front of her, "Our cooperation has always been to mention this season's goods and settle last season's accounts, dare to ask how long you have kept this rule?" Luo Yan just wanted to speak, but the words were blocked by Lin Wanjing's mouth again, "Since you don't want to abide by this rule, then I think it's time for the rules of the game between us to change." ”
"What if I don't agree to settle the bill first?"
Lin Wanjing was not angry, and said leisurely: "I don't know if the payment is expensive, or the liquidated damages in your contract with foreigners are expensive?" Seeing that the three of them were silent, she said again, "Wanjing didn't disturb Shibo's interest in watching the play, and several Shibo sat slowly." ”
The guards to be collected followed Lin Wanjing out of the theater garden, and Boss Qiao, who had not spoken among the three, looked at Luo Yan's face and asked carefully: "Brother Luo, what should I do now?" ”
"What should I do?" Luo Yan repeated these three words, and then slammed the account on the table, "Watch the play!" I don't believe that little girl dares not to pick up the goods for me! I'll go to see her old man tomorrow, even if the tiger is not at home, it won't be her turn to be the overlord! ”
Out of the theater, Lin Wanjing repeatedly told her brother that she could not release the goods, and then drove back to Yukuntai, and since then she has been sick and closed the door to thank the guests, and no matter how her mother's family sent a telegram to the telegram, it was more than half a month in a blink of an eye, and she saw the day when she picked up the goods from far away.
Early that morning, Lin Wanjing held Yichen and sat at the entrance of Wanli Bank, and when she saw her coming, Lin Wanxiao's hanging heart was put down, and after settling the mother and son in the compartment on the second floor, she settled down to go downstairs to greet business.
At present, this season is not the peak season for stall business, just because Lin Wanjing invited afternoon tea in her own name, and invited the storyteller, who is known as the "Northern Absolute Board", to start the stage and talk about the play. With the "famous mouth" to help the fun, coupled with the banquet post personally ordered by the young marshal's wife, all the bosses in Luzhou City who received the post did not want to be left behind, and they came to the door in groups just after the lunch break.
The crisp sound of waking wood in the back hall, and the farce in the front hall also kicked off - more than a dozen men with wooden sticks and iron pestles entered the door, first drove the customers in the store away, and then waved the blunt instrument in their hands to pick up the goods. Lin Wanxiao was defeated after several rounds, so he had to send someone up to ask Lin Wanjing to come forward to reconcile, Lin Wanjing only responded "I know", and asked Xiao Er to go downstairs and wait. Li Chengtai, who had been standing on the side, naturally couldn't guess Lin Wanjing's thoughts, and asked tentatively:
"Young lady, why don't I go down and have a look?"
"No, you don't." Lin Wanjing said indifferently, "The time has not come." ”
Hearing her say this, although Li Chengtai wondered in his heart, he didn't say much, it was another tea kung fu, only to hear the sound of smashing downstairs, Lin Wanxiao's panicked stop and the angry curses of the guys sounded together, Lin Wanjing then instructed Ah Ling to carry Yichen out of the door, standing on the railing on the second floor and condescendingly cheered and stopped. Hearing the sound, the big men stopped their movements, and looked up at Lin Wanjing walking down the stairs. Lin Wanjing looked at the people who were making trouble in front of her, and asked with a smile:
"Why are a few guests so aggressive?"
"Why are we here, you don't know in your heart? Less garlic here! The leading man shouted at Lin Wanjing, and with a wave of the iron pestle in his hand, he smashed the vase standing next to the stairs.
The half-human-tall vase exploded in her hand, but Lin Wanjing didn't frown, and said slowly with a smile in her eyes: "Yo, are you testing my memory?" Forgive me for taking the liberty of buying and selling rich and poor, whether rich or poor, high or low, but dealing with vulgar people, if you are not a guest of our store, please go to other places to spread wild, small shops will not accept. ”
"Who do you say is wild?!" With a wave of the big man's iron pestle, the air flow approached Lin Wanjing, "Brothers, come to pick up the goods for Boss Luo!" ”
"Boss Luo?" Lin Wanjing pretended to think, raised her hand and pushed the iron pestle in front of her away, "Are you Boss Luo's new clerical recruitment, or is it the new master of Yuantong?" Which one is good, can you bring the seal of the long pass? ”
"I want a fart seal! Lao Tzu is the seal! ”
"Do you have any money?"
"With dime! Lao Tzu doesn't care about giving money, just pick up the goods! ”
Lin Wanjing's eyes were cold, and Yingying's smile slowly put away: "It is natural to pick up the goods and pay the money, I told Boss Luo early in the morning that if you don't settle the payment together with the payment for the past three years, he doesn't want to take this batch of goods." ”
"Lao Tzu only picks up the goods, and doesn't care about the side!"
"You don't care, then find someone who can manage it to talk to me." Lin Wanjing turned around and left.
Seeing that Lin Wanjing didn't eat him at all, Dahan was angry and waved an iron pestle at her, Lin Wanjing raised her hand to block it, and snorted in pain. Li Chengtai didn't expect such a development, and pulled out his gun and pointed it at Dahan.
"Yo, and guns?" The big man sneered, "Shoot, come, shoot here!" There's a kind of you fighting! Hit Grandpa! ”
Seeing that Li Chengtai pulled the trigger and did not act, the big man looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and said to the crowd that came with him: "Brothers, smash Lao Tzu!" See if they deliver or not! ”
The smashing sound started again, Yichen was frightened by the sound and cried loudly, Li Chengtai pulled the trigger, the bullet hit the big man's arm and opened a bloody flower, the man wailed, and the noisy crowd quieted down. The guards rushed through the door and quickly surrounded the stall. Under a circle of dark guns, everyone threw their weapons to the ground, and their arrogance was gone. The gunshots completely dissipated the interest of the businessmen and nobles in the back hall to listen to the book, and even the storyteller gathered around the front hall to watch the play. When the police team heard the sound, the captain led the people to "control the situation", and there was no performance report for half a year. But when he arrived at the gate of Wanli Xing, he pushed aside the layers of onlookers, and the captain was immediately dumbfounded - the person who reported the case did not say that the situation was under control, but was still controlled by such a well-equipped soldier with loaded guns and ammunition than himself. Just wanted to open his mouth to scold this group of unknown soldiers who were "the first to arrive", but when he turned his eyes, he saw the familiar face of the woman standing on the stairs and her bruised arms, and the captain sighed in his heart - yes, fortunately, the words that came to his mouth just now did not slip out, and there is no need to write the manuscript praising his wisdom and martial arts, if Liu Jin knows this, it is a blessing not to give him a hat of poor security.
The subordinates sent to "grab" the goods did not come back for a long time, Luo Yan couldn't sit still at the card table, hurriedly turned two rounds of cards and then excused himself to get out, drove to Wanli Bank to see the situation, and when he arrived at the door, he heard the police captain pulling the leading man and asking:
"Did you kid eat the gall of an ambitious leopard? Dare to make trouble on the foreign goods street! You kid doesn't even ask whose territory this is! The captain struck a baton on the man's soft underbelly, "Say, who instructed you to come?" ”
The man was in pain, bent over for a long time before he straightened up, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Luo Yan who was about to turn around, so he shouted: "Boss Luo, save me!" ”
Luo Yan's legs stiffened when he stepped into the car, and it took a long time before he slowly turned around and raised a smiling face: "Hehe, it's strange, you and I don't know each other, why should I save you?" ”
Seeing that Luo Yan wanted to deny it, the man looked panicked: "Boss Luo! You can't cross the river and tear down the bridge like this! Last night, you went to the dormitory to talk to me, and said that I should bring a few brothers to ask for goods, and the matter will be ten yuan for each of us! You can't deny it! ”
"When did I say such a thing, you can't bite someone!"
"You also said that if the people of Wanli Xing asked me for money, they were killed and said that they didn't know about the money, and they would beat me if they didn't give the goods, and I would beat them until they gave it, and my brothers would hear it!"
When the crowd watching the play behind the counter heard this, they all gasped a few times, and the reproach was everywhere. One of the old gentlemen stepped forward, stroked his beard and said leisurely:
"Boss Luo, it's a matter of course to pick up the goods and give money, if this matter is really instigated by you, it's really ...... It's really a shame in front of the juniors......"
"Eh, what is the President? Don't listen to their nonsense! I don't know them! Didn't I send money? Luo Yan hurriedly asked someone to bring the money box from the car, and said to Lin Wanjing, "I only have so much cash in my hand for the time being, and I have sent it all, and I will let someone send the rest tomorrow." ”
Lin Wanjing saw that he was soft, so she didn't care about him, sent someone to take the money back to the account room to count, and said to the police captain: "People, you take it back to the bureau first, how to report the matter to you yourself, but when I am not here, I accidentally hit the injury on my hand." ”
The captain was stunned, and after a while, his head patted, understood, and happily took someone back to the bureau to make a report. The drama in the front hall came to an end, and the drama in the back hall couldn't continue, Lin Wanjing made amends to everyone, dispersed, and called Lin Wanxiao to go back to the Lin family's house in Jingshan Dao, she guessed that Luo Yan must have gone to Old Man Lin early in the morning to complain, and she also expected that her father would definitely not give her a good look, and now she is more worried about the misappropriated money, if she can't get it back, Lin Wanjing doesn't dare to think about the consequences.
The scenery along the way is just right, but she seems to be able to see the clouds pressing on No. 19 Jingshan Road getting deeper and deeper, and she is not Zhuge Kongming who calls for wind and rain in the drama after all, and she can't borrow the east wind to blow away the gloomy clouds.