Chapter 41 Micro Service (6)
"Hmm...... I can't promise you anything right now, but I have a few friends in the German command, so ......"
Xu Jun shrugged his shoulders slightly.
"That's ......"
Boss Zhou began to hesitate again.
It's not that he doesn't believe the words of the young German in front of him, but he mistook him for a Japanese lobbyist because he has preconceived prejudices, and now if he looks closely, both the clothes on his body and the temperament he exudes, show that this German has a prominent position.
The problem now was that he did not know if the German would be willing to help him after hearing about his troubles. Although this trouble is not a problem at all for a German with status, it also involves the Japanese, and look at the attitude of Germany towards Japan in recent years...... Boss Zhou really didn't know if he could trust the other party.
"Just say it, there's no problem in Paris that we can't solve......"
Randolph was unimpressed when he saw Boss Zhou's hesitant look, and he felt that he should encourage this Chinese man who looked a little slimy.
"Well, then, gentlemen......"
Boss Zhou finally made up his mind, and with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor, he told Xu Jun and his party what happened.
Boss Zhou Yunzhou belongs to the first generation of expatriates, and left his hometown with his family to Europe two years ago.
To tell the truth, this Mr. Zhou still has some business acumen, in this era when most Chinese expatriates only know how to work in factories to survive, he was the first to see the huge business opportunities of Chinese food in Europe, so he gritted his teeth and poured all his savings to open this Defoe building in the French capital.
He succeeded, France is a people who love to enjoy food, they have created their own French food culture, not only that, the French are very keen to try the food of other peoples in addition to their own traditional cuisine, and the Chinese cuisine is comparable to French cuisine in various aspects.
Boss Zhou's business has developed in this way.
In just half a year, he relocated the Loue de Foe from an old and simple street shop near the Gare de Lyon to the most famous foreign food street in Paris, and became a part of the second-rate hotel in Paris.
The history of Chinese immigration to France can be traced back to the Opium Wars, when some peasants in China's coastal areas could not bear the combined oppression of corrupt officials and landlords and gentry by the Qing government, and were forced to be employed by some European merchants at very low wages, and left their homes to work in European factories.
In addition to language barriers, they also had to face conflicts in living habits and customs, as well as the discriminatory attitudes of Europeans at the time.
It took two whole generations for Chinese immigrants to finally get Europeans to accept their existence. And what is even more commendable is that they have completely preserved the traditional customs and living habits of the Chinese nation, compared to those guys in Xu Jun's time and space who can't even speak Chinese well, but are full of foreign languages, should really reflect on it.
During the First World War, a large number of Chinese were sent to the French battlefield as war laborers by the Beiyang government, and they proved their worth with their blood and lives, and were also affirmed by the French government and people.
After the end of the war, some Chinese stayed in this land where the blood of their compatriots flowed, where they worked, got married, had children, and together with those old immigrants, broke a world belonging to the Chinese in France.
The brief period of peace between the two wars was the peak of Chinese immigration to Europe.
Due to the turbulent situation in China, a large number of residents from China's coastal areas have crossed the sea to Europe, most of them from Zhejiang and Fujian.
Most of them chose France, where immigration policies were relatively relaxed and the Chinese already had roots, and relying on their various skills, they quickly integrated into this strange land.
Many of them have also achieved success that is unattainable at home, because there are no guys here who claim to be the chief of the Overseer and the like to come and take advantage of them every three days.
At that time, France also became the preferred destination for Chinese students to study abroad, and a large number of Chinese students came to France through the Franco-Chinese Education Association and the Work-Study Society in France at that time.
They relied on work-study programs to study and live in France, absorbing the world's advanced knowledge and technology at that time, and even political thoughts, and they dreamed of relying on their own efforts to change China's backwardness and isolation.
They were the best talents of the young generation in China at that time. Sadly, these students return home to find that the valuable knowledge they have learned is useless.
Many of them end up teaching at various universities to make ends meet, while others are hired by foreign-funded companies or national capitalists in China, but this has nothing to do with what they have learned, all they need is their foreign language skills.
However, although they did not have the opportunity to display their ambitions, they brought the world's most advanced science and technology and ideas into China, opened a window to the world for China, and filled the country with fresh air that had been closed for centuries.
At that time, China's pace was slow but real, but even this slow advance was interrupted by the guns of the Japanese invading army, which in retrospect really made the Chinese gnash their teeth.
And Boss Zhou fled from Zhejiang to Guangdong with his family after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and then came to France by sea ship from Hong Kong.
As explained earlier, Zhou Yun's business was originally going well, and the business of Defu Building was very prosperous, and it almost became the top restaurant on this food street.
But that all changed with the advent of the Japanese restaurant.
Just half a year ago, a Japanese restaurant suddenly appeared across the street from Telford House. At the beginning, although Zhou Yun was very disgusted with the Japanese, he still adhered to the traditional business ethics of the Chinese, opened the door to do business, and did not cause unnecessary trouble.
But what he didn't expect was that he didn't go into trouble, but trouble came to the door on its own.
The Japanese restaurant opposite suddenly sent someone to provoke them, demanding that Zhou Yun quit the restaurant street and sell the restaurant to them. Of course, Zhou Yun would not agree to such an unreasonable demand, so he invited the two Japanese representatives out of his hotel on the spot.
Since then, the Japanese have been making trouble in the building. They often gather a group of drunken customers to the restaurant to mess around, fight at the slightest disagreement, smash the store's belongings, not to mention harassing the diners, after coming and going, the business of Defu House suddenly slipped to the bottom.
The past two months have been even more bleak, almost no guests have come to eat, of course, the siege of the German ** team is also a reason, but the most important thing is the destruction of those Japanese hooligans.
Zhou Yun once asked the French elite for help, but for some reason, the French didn't seem to want to care about this kind of thing, and in the end, they just sent a little elite official to the restaurant to hang around, and sent him away for no definite evidence.
"I see, now I know why you hate the Japanese so much, they not only occupied your homeland but also shamelessly ruined your business."
Randolph nodded slightly and said sympathetically.
"They didn't just take over my home. These beasts, they don't deserve to be called human beings at all, as long as you can imagine the atrocities they have committed on Chinese soil. They raped women, massacred civilians and prisoners of war, and spared even children who could not walk.
They can kill any Chinese who appear in front of them at will if they wish, and the murderers will not only not be punished, but will be praised and worshipped. β
After speaking, Zhou Yun picked up his glass and poured a glass of wine into his mouth viciously.
"You used to be a soldier, Mr. Zhou."
Weierle, who had been listening silently from the beginning, stared at Boss Zhou's bloodshot eyes and asked lightly.
"This ......"
Zhou Yun was stunned by the question, he looked back at Werler's gaze, and then let out a long sigh.
"Yes, I used to be a soldier, you must have seen the wound on my wrist."
Zhou Yun raised his hand and touched his right wrist, there was a scar there, which could not be seen at all because it was covered by the cuffs and did not look carefully.
"That's what the Japanese bullets left behind."
"I knew it was a bullet as soon as I looked at it. But I'm not judging because of that, but because of your temperament, as a businessman, your sitting posture is too upright. β
Weierle leisurely picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth.
"yes, it's a habit of mine, and I can't change it. Sir, you are really observant. β
Zhou Yun picked up the flask, stood up, and filled Weierle's glass.
"Thank you, this is also my old habit, and I can't change it. By the way, which army do you serve in China, the army or the navy. β
Weirle asked with a smile.
"It's the Army, the second lieutenant staff officer of the 88th Infantry Division of the Chinese Army."
Zhou Yun filled himself with a glass of wine.
"88th Division? Is it an army adjustment division? β
Xu Jun stopped his chopsticks abruptly.
"You know the 88th Division?"
Zhou Yun looked at the young German in surprise.
"yes...... Mechanic ......"
Xu Jun slowly put down his chopsticks.
Just as Xu Jun opened his mouth to say something, a loud sound of glass breaking suddenly sounded at the door, and then a hoarse voice was heard shouting in broken French: "Those three Frenchmen who are eating in the Defu Building, come out quickly!" β
Reaching out and patting Zhou Yun's shoulder, Xu Jun smiled and took a drink from the wine glass, then slowly stood up with a smile.
Weirle rubbed his temples vigorously again, and seeing the eyes of His Excellency the FΓΌhrer now, Weirle knew that someone was going to be unlucky.