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The hotel was founded in 1922 by Li Zhengqing, a comprador of Meifeng Bank.

Li Zhengqing is very good at doing things, and he didn't have spare money in his hand at that time. So he first asked the Swiss to rent the land, and the rent could not be paid for the time being, but he promised to return the hotel and land to the original owner free of charge after 15 years. The Swiss Rubena actually agreed, and immediately gave the land to Li Zhengqing.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhengqing took the land lease contract and borrowed 50,000 silver dollars from Quanye Bank to build a building. After the building was built, there was still a gap in funds, so Li Zhengqing persuaded Pan Zixin to invest 20,000 silver dollars to purchase hotel equipment.

From beginning to end, Li Zhengqing didn't spend a penny himself, but he built the National Hotel.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, Li Zhengqing never expected that his partner Pan Zixin would not play cards according to the routine.

Pan Zixin, the name Zhixi, the word Hezhong, the number Zixin, the descendant of the Qing Dynasty eunuchs, the people in the rivers and lakes are called Pan Qiye, and the big man of the Qinggang is the boss. Seeing that the business of the National Hotel was particularly good, he was not satisfied with the little shares in his hand, so he snatched the hotel -- bought all the shares of Li Zhengqing for 55,000 yuan.

Poor Li Zhengqing worked hard for a long time, and in the end he only earned 5,000 yuan in hard work, and all the benefits were taken up by Pan Zixin.

Li Zhengqing is not a living Lei Feng, he specializes in benefiting others, he has to sell it. Pan Zixin set up a fragrant hall in Tianjin, and invited Zhang Xiaolin's brother Zhu Yanqing, and the hotel manager he appointed, Dai Shikui, is also a figure of the Qinggang Wuzi.

The entire hotel is controlled by the Green Gang, Li Zhengqing dares to say the word "no"?

Li Zhengqing played with empty gloves and white wolves, using shrewd business acumen. And Pan Zixin is completely unreasonable, taking the off-the-road route. In the cannibalistic Republic society, the latter naturally won a big victory.

But Pan Zixin is still good, and belongs to the clear stream in the Qing Gang. He didn't rush to kill everything, not only gave Li Zhengqing 5,000 yuan in benefits, but also paid the dividends of the hotel in the first year.

If it is replaced by the turbidity of the Green Gang, those policemen and ruffians will look ugly, and it is normal for your family to be ruined.

By the way, the current leader of the Tianjin Youth Gang is none other than Chu Yupu's subordinate Li Dahai. This person is an old guy of the big characters of the Green Gang, Chu Yupu was specially invited to control the territory of Tianjin, and at the end of last year, he became a black and white figure in Tianjin.

Fortunately, when Zhou Hexuan was assassinated last year, Li Dahai had not yet taken refuge in Chu Yupu, otherwise it would have been a member of the Green Gang.

This time, Yuan Kewen convened a gathering of Qingliu Chinese people from the Qinggang Gang, and the location was chosen at the National Hotel.

Heroes from all walks of life arrived one after another, Pan Ziwen hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Seventh master, I haven't seen you for a long time, how many cups will we have alone another day?" ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Wei Zixin smiled in return.

If Wei Zixin is still half black and half white, then Pan Ziwen is even black. This person started as a bar house business, that is, renting funeral utensils and funeral personnel, and sometimes undertaking funeral activities. Later, he slowly grew bigger with his identity as a green gang, and began to play pawnshops and loan sharks, and I don't know how many people were forced to go bankrupt.

But the funny part is here, Pan Ziwen is clearly black-hearted, but he likes to engage in charity, and often donates money to repair bridges and pave roads. He is also very close to dignitaries and nobles, and actually walks the rivers and lakes with the face of a clear stream and a good person.

The two were talking and laughing, and suddenly there was another elegant middle-aged man in the hotel restaurant, and they hurriedly went over to visit: "Brother Yuesheng! ”

Of course, the person who came was not Du Yuesheng, but Zhang Yinghua and Zhang Yuesheng.

Zhang Yinghua studied at the University of Manchester in his early years, and became a professor at the University of the Republic of China after returning to China. Later, he turned to politics and successively served as the envoy of Hedong Salt Transport, the director of the Gansu Department of Finance, the superintendent of Suzhou Customs, the vice minister of finance, and the chief minister of finance.

He is Wu Peifu's person, because Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu are fighting openly and secretly, Zhang Yinghua's position as chief financial officer was also removed and he was reappointed as the governor of Henan Province. However, in the past six months, Zhang Zuolin has been attacking Henan, and Zhang Yinghua resolutely refuses to take office, and has been relying on the Tianjin concession to not leave.

is such a foreign talent, university professor, and political elite, would you guess that he is a big man in the Green Gang?

Zhang Yinghua, hehe, will also take refuge in Wang's puppet regime as a traitor in the future.

Not long after Zhang Yinghua appeared, Wang Muyi, Guan Xingquan, Bi Xinzhai and Li Hanchen also arrived one after another.

Among them, Wang Muyi is worth mentioning, he belongs to the business elite who is good at management, and is the opposite of Zhang Yinghua, a traitor. When the Japanese invaded China and occupied Tianjin, Wang Muyi resolutely refused to cooperate with the Japanese and assisted Bian Shoujing to protect the Hengyuan Yarn Factory.

The Green Gang is like this, the nine streams are mixed. There are both noble sons like Yuan Kewen, and black-hearted peeling like Pan Ziwen; There are both traitors and lackeys like Zhang Yinghua, and heroes like Wang Muyi who resist Japan.

Yuan Kewen walked into the hall with Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Xunzhi. He wore a suit and leather shoes, sunglasses, and a folding fan in his hand, showing his true colors as a famous (pretended) soldier.

After walking a few steps, everyone stepped forward to greet them, and they all said: "Yuan Gongzi!" ”

The biggest reason why Yuan Kewen is so respected is because his name is Yuan Shikai. Though a man is dead, he will leave behind his descendants.

"All sit, all sit, haha," Yuan Kewen turned around and smiled, "I'll introduce you to a friend, Mr. Zhou Hexuan, a university scholar!" "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which have recently swept several northern provinces, were written by Mr. Zhou. ”

"Hey!"

Pan Ziwen patted his thigh and said with a smile: "I especially like to read those two books, they are really well written, and I finally met the author today!" ”

Yuan Kewen pointed to Pan Ziwen and introduced: "This guy is Pan Xiaobraid, a loan shark." ”

Zhou Hexuan hugged his fists and said, "Brother Pan is good!" ”

Pan Ziwen didn't seem to like others saying that he was a loan shark, so he hurriedly corrected: "Loan business, haha, loan business." ”

Zhang Yinghua is in a state of leisure at the moment because Wu Peifu lost power, and he wants to take refuge in Zhang Zuolin but has no way. He knocked on the side and said, "I heard that Mr. Zhou and the young marshal have a close personal relationship? ”

"I don't dare to be it, I just worked as the secretary of the sixth handsome, and now I help him take care of some business." Zhou Hexuan smiled.

"I see, Mr. Zhou has a bright future." Zhang Yinghua complimented. He pondered how to borrow Zhou Hexuan's way, catch Zhang Xueliang's express, and then take refuge under Zhang Zuolin.

After Zhou Hexuan and the Qing Gang greeted each other, the wine and food on the table were also served.

Yuan Kewen raised his glass and went straight to the point, got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, there have been more and more refugees in Tianjin recently, and the authorities are powerless to help. Mr. Zhou saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, so he asked me to invite you to a banquet, hoping that the heroes of our Youth Gang could come forward to discuss the disaster relief plan! ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone reacted differently.

The first to express support was actually the loan shark Pan Ziwen, who laughed and said: "It's easy to say, my little pigtail likes to do charity." I used to be a shareholder of Ba Shan Tang, but unfortunately Ba Shan Tong was dissolved. In my opinion, it is better to take this opportunity to re-establish a charity among our youth gangs. ”