Zhou Hexuan came to the city for a meeting - the Chongqing Senate Election Conference.

As soon as he came to the door of the venue, a handsome young man with a big back combed came forward to greet him warmly: "Mr. Zhou, Ke Dajing, Secretary General of the Chongqing Chamber of Commerce, cursive Yaofang, warmly welcome Mr. Zhou!" ”

Ke Yaofang was a literati through and through, a leftist of the Kuomintang, and his former boss was Yang Yangong of the Communist Party. During the Northern Expedition, Ke Yaofang's enthusiasm for organizing a workers' and students' movement caused dissatisfaction among the Chongqing authorities and he was forced to flee to Guizhou.

In the Chongqing Senate, Ke Yaofang, like Zhou Hexuan, is a pink and tender newcomer. Half a year ago, he was recommended by Gao Yunbin, general manager of Business Daily, to enter Chongqing's industrial and commercial circles as a cultural person, serving as the secretary-general of the Chongqing Chamber of Commerce, and joining the Chongqing Municipal Senate as a businessman.

Why did Ke Yaofang hurry over to meet Zhou Hexuan?

Zhou Hexuan's fame is only one aspect, but the more important reason is that in this general election of the Senate, Zhou Hexuan has been elected chairman of the Senate, and Ke Yaofang has also been appointed as the secretary general of the Senate.

That is to say, the two will be working partners in the future, Zhou Hexuan is nominally the leader of the Senate, and Ke Yaofang is responsible for the daily work of the Senate.

"Secretary General Ke, hello!" Zhou Hexuan smiled and shook hands.

Zhou Hexuan is not familiar with Ke Yaofang, only knows that he is one of the four great poets in Chongqing, and he has also seen Ke Yaofang's poems in the newspaper during this time. This gentleman specializes in ancient poetry, and he probably doesn't have much in common with Zhou Hexuan, a vernacular poet, but his poetry talent is still very high, so we can record two poems at random.

Let's start with a farewell poem by Ke Yao: "The family is sad and the country hates the two leisurely, and the temple building is in accordance with the words." So parting with flowers and tears, for whom to lose weight and worry about the month. Every bitter mandarin duck couple in the world, the river should be pitiful to the gulls and herons. This goes to Meitan and the smoke and water are wide, and the prince looks at Yuzhou melancholy. ”

Here is another poem of Ke Yaofang's grief and indignation when he heard about the fire in Changsha: "The enemy rode vertically and horizontally and thundered, and the beacon smoke was everywhere. Only then did the sorrow of the Yue and Han Dynasty become scorched earth, and they cried Changsha and turned into ashes. Kill a few thieves and really national soldiers, and abandon the city generals and half-mediocre talents. The rivers and mountains are bleak and colorless, and the death of the heart is always a great sorrow. ”

By the way, in 1949, when the People's Liberation Army advanced into the southwest, Ke Yaofang made great contributions to the peaceful liberation of Chongqing.

The two stood at the door of the venue and chatted for a while, when suddenly another old man came over.

Ke Yaofang immediately introduced: "Mr. Zhou, this is Mr. Tang Zijing, general manager of Sichuan Commercial Bank. ”

"It turned out to be Tang Bancheng," Zhou Hexuan hugged his fists and said with a smile, "I have long admired Mr. Tang's name, and the younger generation is polite!" ”

Zhou Hexuan really admired the name of Tangzi for a long time, the wealth accumulated by this old guy once accounted for one-third of the total amount of Chongqing, and his real estate is all over the streets and alleys of Chongqing, known as "Tang Bancheng". As early as ten years ago, Tang Zijing's business reached the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but during the Northern Expedition, Tang Shengzhi forcibly apportioned treasury bills, which not only lost more than 3 million oceans, but also closed seven of his banks due to the rupture of the capital chain.

In 1928, Tong Zijing ushered in the second glory in his life. He invested heavily to assist Liu Xiang in rebuilding Chongqing Town into Chongqing City, and made a lot of money when he participated in municipal construction.

Just two months ago, Tang Zijing co-founded Sichuan Commercial Bank with Fan Haer. This guy is busy meddling in the local coinage business at this time, and wants to monopolize the Chongqing Copper Yuan Bureau, and he doesn't think that his money is hot.

It can be said that Tang Zijing is the richest man in Chongqing today.

But Tang Zijing does not have much say in the Chongqing Senate because he is from Jiangxi. In his early years, his hometown was destroyed by the Taiping Army, and Tang Zijing carried 600 copper coins, an egg, an umbrella and a pair of cloth shoes, and went to Chongqing as an apprentice at the age of 14. Because he was smart and clever, he was appreciated by the boss, and he also married the boss's daughter, and since then he has embarked on the road of counterattack.

If you only look at these, everyone will think that Tang Zijing is very inspirational. But he was very critical of his employees, and he was extremely suspicious, and even forced several company executives to resign en masse. He had made enough money in real estate and banking, and he also quietly sold opium and arms, and all kinds of speculation drove up prices.

It is precisely because this old guy is inferior in his ways, and he is also a foreigner, that he was collectively ostracized by local merchants in Sichuan, so that he couldn't even get the position of president of the Chamber of Commerce.

Building bridges and paving roads, donating food for disaster relief, etc., has nothing to do with Tang Zijing, and belongs to the kind of typical people who are not benevolent to the rich.

Ke Yaofang introduced Tang Zijing again: "Boss Tang, this is the great writer Mr. Zhou Hexuan. ”

Tang Zijing looked at Zhou Hexuan and smiled coldly: "You are Zhang Mouzhi's son-in-law?" ”

"Exactly," Zhou Hexuan asked, "Does Boss Tang know Jiayue?" ”

"Humph! Of course I know. Tang Zijing spoke without a beginning or end, snorted coldly and left directly, without giving Zhou Hexuan a good look at all.

Zhou Hexuan was a little confused, he couldn't remember when he offended the richest man in Chongqing.

In fact, the reason for the matter is very simple, Zhang Mouzhi has been engaged in real estate in Chongqing in the past two years and robbed Tang Zijing's business.

Tang Zijing spent a huge amount of money to help Liu Xiang develop Chongqing and got Liu Xiang's respect, but this guy had unclean hands and feet, and quietly colluded with Liu Xiang's opponent to do business to make money, and even privately sold arms to Liu Wenhui.

Liu Xiang hated Tangzi so much that his teeth itched, but he didn't dare to do it easily. It happened that Zhang Mouzhi came to Chongqing to engage in real estate under the sign of Zhou Hexuan, and Liu Xiang easily granted Zhang Mouzhi a few pieces of good land.

Tang Zijing didn't have the strength to oppose Liu Xiang, so he aimed all his resentment at Zhang Mouzhi, and even secretly used many tricks to make trouble, which once made Zhang Mouzhi difficult to resist. As Zhang Mouzhi's son-in-law, Zhou Hexuan naturally became Tang Zijing's enemy, and there was no possibility of reconciliation between them.

Zhou Hexuan was speechless and said: "It seems that Boss Tang has a bad impression of me, this general election, he won't mess around, right?" ”

Ke Yaofang said indifferently: "Mr. Zhou, rest assured, although Tang Zijing is the richest man in Chongqing, he has a bad reputation in the Chongqing business community. The more he opposes you as Speaker, the more others will support you. ”

"Haha, interesting." Zhou Hexuan couldn't help laughing, thinking: This kind of person must be a villain.

Ke Yao took Zhou Hexuan's hand and said, "Mr. Zhou, let's go in first, and I'll introduce you to a few more friends." ”

Zhou Hexuan asked as he walked: "I am a foreigner, and now I want to be the chairman of the Chongqing Senate, what is everyone's attitude and reaction?" ”

Ke Yaofang gave a thumbs up and said: "Donate money to buy grain into Sichuan to help the victims, and shoot Qin Fenlu regardless of offending the central government, Mr. Zhou, everyone says you are this?" In a Sichuan dialect: Mr. Zhou insists on getting it! Your prestige in the hearts of the parliamentarians is no lower than that of Mr. Wang Yunsong. Even if Mayor Li does not nominate you as Speaker, we will take the initiative to ask you to be a councilor. ”