The atmosphere of the Chinese New Year on the streets of Shanghai gradually became stronger, and when I left the house in the morning, the neighbor of the alley, the old Wu family, was busy washing the old door couplets in front of the door. This year, Hu Wenkai's house was full of people in and out, and from time to time foreign consulate cars stopped in front of the door. The old Wu family no longer greets Hu Wenkai, and the daughter-in-law of the Wu family peeks at Hu Wenkai from a distance every time.

I've been busy almost a few days ago, and I don't drive to the company on foot. I had a casual meal in the United States during the last Spring Festival, and it was the first time I spent the Spring Festival in Shanghai after the crossing, and the people who should visit should make a list of people, and it should not be rude.

Lying on a chair in the office, he held a declaration in his hand that said that Shanghai had convened a congress, calling for the abolition of the "21 Articles", the settlement of the Shandong issue, and the opposition to the four-nation agreement. People from all walks of life in China have responded and set off a campaign to raise funds to redeem the road and hold Liang Shiyi accountable. Thinking that the Chinese people are still so kind to raise money for redemption, they oppose the four-nation agreement. Can I solve it with money and parades? No one will pay attention to you if you don't speak by force, and only when you beat the Japanese will you be as docile as a puppy, just like the Americans in later generations treated Japan.

For the time being, they have no strength or energy to participate in these activities, and the Shandong issue will be the withdrawal of the Japanese from Shandong according to the course of history.

A month earlier, Liang Shiyi had been appointed Premier of the Cabinet in Beijing, and in May 1921, Sun Yat-sen had been appointed President of the Republic of China in Guangzhou. These things have little impact on his plan, the key is whether Wu Peifu can tear through Zhang Zuolin's defense line and obtain a large area of northeast territory, and whether he can withstand the pressure of Britain and Japan without stopping.

According to the ruling ability of the Beiyang government, it is impossible to take into account Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, and Hu Wenkai can get at least a respite period of about three years. The Second Great War was unlikely to happen again.

Standing in front of the window with a cigarette in one hand and a teacup in the other, he suddenly remembered a key eight-surnamed slave, although this person was officially evaluated as a patriot in later generations, but the people generally believed that this scum ruined China's bright future, and the second direct service was fought against the water for his own selfish desires, which led to the defeat of Wu Peifu, the Central Plains War against the water, and the war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party

Lying and pretending are not Feng's best tricks. His biggest personality flaw lies in his capriciousness and twilight. Lü Bu, known as the "Three Slaves", is a representative of such figures in Chinese history, and Feng Yuxiang is undoubtedly the modern-day Lü Fengxian. In his life, he pursued the principle that if he has milk, he is a mother, and he knows how to see the wind and steer the rudder, and he can turn his face and deny people at any time, and it is common for him to defect on the front line.

This person must be eliminated before the Zhifeng War, otherwise there will be endless troubles, so he picked up the phone and sent an order to the spy center on Yatian South Road to collect all the information of the direct general Feng Yuxiang within a week.

Back at his desk, he wrote a secret order asking the Beijing office to get rid of Feng Yuxiang by April as a top priority in the near future. Let Bykov be sent to the factory spy center on Yatian South Road as soon as possible.

Wang Xiwen gave birth to a daughter for Lao Yi A week ago, the thirties of Lao Yi was overjoyed and gave her daughter a Chinese name Yi Xiaowen, and Carrotta gave Hu Wenkai a golden rooster as a gift for visiting Wang Xiwen and the little girl.

Lao Yiren was in good spirits on happy occasions, and he was heard muttering loudly in the corridor: "Is the boss in the office?" Go make me a cup of tea and I'll talk to the boss. ”

The door was gently pushed open, Lao Yi came in after a round of inspection, and Lina followed behind and helped Lao Yi make tea with a smile.

Hu Wenkai said angrily: "Lao Yi, you guy, the company employee is afraid of you when you are bullied." Lina will ignore Manager Yi's unreasonable request in the future, and you and Emma will go to the United States to study at the university after the New Year. ”

Lina's excited teacup couldn't hold it steadily: "Boss really? ”

"Well, I've already asked the two of you to buy American identity, and the two of you went over to take care of the company's business in the United States while studying, okay, you can go out first."

Lina jumped up and clapped her hands and ran out, Lao Yi sat down in front of the desk, looked at Hu Wenkai and said, "The boss is finally going to start?" ”

"It's too late if we don't start, and I want to think about our future. I now feel that there is not much suspense about reunifying China, and I want to unify the country without moving its muscles and bones. I'll tell you the truth, I'm worried that Carrotta will be injured, and once I take power, my people probably won't tolerate a foreign girl being my wife. ”

Lao Yi smacked his lips: "Boss, I have discovered this phenomenon now, I will definitely get out and leave when you wait for the overall situation." I will take care of the affairs of the United States, and I will arrange credible people to fill the key positions in the company there. ”

"Don't worry so much now, at least there are seven or eight years left, I'll just lay it out first. Apulev estimates that it will no longer work in the Far East, and we think about how to eat his fleet and materials. It is impossible to establish a provisional government here, but I can guarantee the safety of their property and personal freedom, and temporarily settle in Haimen or Shanghai. ”

"Boss, I guess they will agree to your request in the end, and the Russian overseas Chinese group in Harbin contacted me and wanted to transfer to Shanghai."

Hu Wenkai remembered that most of the White Russians in Harbin were aristocrats and intellectuals, as well as some technicians and military officers. It's good to come here at least to bring some new lifestyles and basic technological innovations. The inflow of high-quality people is what Hu Wenkai urgently needs.

"Lao Yi, I will open Nantong County to the White Russians in Harbin, but it must be naturalized and conscripted."

"Boss, you don't know how eager they are to be naturalized, I thank the boss for the people over there." Hu Wenkai could not have imagined that Russians would be interested in Chinese nationality.

"By the way, the boss Nantong President Wang has arrived, and I asked Hu Bin to send someone to the side of Yatian South Road."

"In the afternoon, the company meeting will be held in the conference room, and you will arrange for the hotel to deal with the eight bear paws brought by President Wang, as well as some mountain treasures from the Northeast. By the way, let's see if Mr. Liang Qichao is not in Shanghai, and ask him to taste bear paws at night. ”

After Lao Yi left, he sat on the chair and rubbed his head incessantly, wondering if this was the life he wanted, once he embarked on this road, he would inevitably lose his own space and freedom to do whatever he wanted, and bear the burden of the future and destiny of many people. He originally intended to enjoy the golden period of the Republic of China, did he want to create a better era by himself?

He has the advantage that when he encounters things that cannot be decided, he always chooses to move forward and solve difficulties and doubts.

Instructed Wang Xihai not to see any guests in the morning, and people from each company went to the conference room by themselves, and the phone calls were not transferred. Took off my cotton socks and exposed my toes in the sun, and fell asleep alone in a heated office.

When Carrotta arrived at the company after the tea party, she heard that Hu Wenkai was alone in the office, and he did not eat lunch and was not allowed to be disturbed by anyone. As soon as I heard it, I was anxious, especially afraid that the last incident would happen again, so I hurriedly went to Hu Wenkai's office, pushed open the door, and saw him lying on the sofa with his head tilted, still drooling and snoring sleeping, and the newspapers next to him were scattered all over the ground.

She was angry and funny when she saw this, and went out to earn a hot towel to cover Hu Wenkai's face and help him rub it: "You pig doesn't eat lunch, you scared the company people." ”

"Uh-huh, how was the tea party when you came back?"

"It's a success, you're right, people are greedy animals, and a little gift makes these guys very happy. How can you sleep so well today? There's a lot of people out there, hurry up and clean up. Carrota said lovingly.

After stretching his waist and hugging Carrotta and kissing him, Carrotta began to respond eagerly and then pushed him away: "This is in the company office, you pay attention to the impact of whether it is good, I'll look for something to eat." ”

Hu Wenkai grinned and said that there must be something delicious, picked up the phone and asked Wang Xihai if he had anything to eat, Wang Xihai said that Lao Yi brought his sister's chicken soup for confinement and sent it over after a while. Carrotta scratched his nose and said that he actually ate Wang Xiwen's chicken soup in confinement, and he shamelessly replied that chicken soup is chicken soup, you have to add a prefix to the chicken soup of confinement.

Stepping into the conference room, which was full of company leaders, Lao Yi was summarizing the gains and losses of a year's work. Hu Wenkai sat down and motioned to Lao Yi to continue, Lao Yi summed up very pertinently, the company's several R&D centers are fictitious, wasting the company's funds and personnel, and the R&D center cannot be a castle in the air, but must be closely related to the company's industry. The production capacity of Tianfen base is not enough, the training of skilled workers cannot keep up with the development of the company, and all units treat the documents issued by the company negatively and do not implement them seriously.

After Lao Yi finished speaking, Hu Wenkai looked around and said: "The number of people in the meeting has increased a lot compared with the last time, which shows that our company has a good momentum of expansion." ”

"But I want to emphasize that the document issued by the company is the highest instruction, and the most intolerable thing for the company is that the following units are disobedient, and I will not listen to the reasons for not giving me the reason not to implement it. As long as this situation occurs, the person in charge of the unit will directly take the post, return to the company to continue training, and then make a decision after observing his performance. ”

"Several R&D centers have the problem of disconnection between R&D and the company's industry, and the company also has a certain responsibility, and the company has not proposed a R&D direction. In the next step, the company will put forward specific requirements for the research and development direction of the three R&D centers, one is that the company will build an iron-making blast furnace and ten steel-making furnaces of the same specification in 1922, and you must give more energy-saving and better design drawings than the existing equipment. Second, engine research and development needs to increase the output power by 10 percent on the existing basis, and the volume should be reduced by 10 percent. Third, the research and development of the chemical industry should be carried out in the direction of industrial rubber and polyethylene. ”

The people from various departments attending the meeting have exchanged heads, and the company has begun to invest heavily again.

"We have to closely integrate with private trade institutions, relying on the company alone, a trading company is far from being able to meet the external and internal sales of our products, Jiang Qiuming, Wang Changrong, you need to vigorously support the local chamber of commerce, the sales of the company's products can be given appropriate support. The chambers of commerce in Nantong and Haimen almost monopolized the sale of the company's oil and cloth, and only by combining with local forces can our company take deeper roots and gain more support. ”

"In the second half of the year, the company will launch department stores, cinemas, and dance halls, and the project will be in charge of Manager Yin, and the domestic trade will be spun off from the trading company, and Zhang Hongfang will be in charge of the location, located in Shanghai County, ......."

"There are a lot of people here today, I hope that everyone can sit here and talk together in the next meeting, the development of the company is not waiting for anyone, we can't keep up with the pace of the company, we can only let the left ......."

"Finally, it is reiterated that all departments are not allowed to handle cash, and all money transactions must go through the company's finances, and the parties are found to be dismissed."