Chapter 14 Etiquette and foreign bargaining

The crowd was like a wild dog that had been hungry for ten days and saw a big dung, and squeezed forward like crazy, and even Wang Yongan, who was originally standing in the front position, was squeezed back again and again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"Guaranteed...... Protect...... Protect...... Protect the Four Sons. Gong Wuyuan was about to pull out his gun.

Wang Yongan stopped him with a wry smile and said, "In this case, even if someone wants to kill me, I can't escape." Seeing that he couldn't squeeze in, Wang Yongan and his party stood outside to watch the excitement, he pulled the same person who couldn't squeeze in, and asked: "This uncle, do you want to buy stocks here?" ā€

"Which status? Don't do any identity, just money! The uncle sighed, "It must have been snapped up, it's over, it's over, it's over, I haven't grabbed the money in hand." ā€

Wang Yongan wanted to ask, but saw the door closed from a distance, and a sign hung outside: "The stock is sold out." The uncle hung his head and said, "The master scolded me to death this time, get up early in the morning to catch a late meeting, alas......"

Wang Yongan couldn't help but smile bitterly, this has not yet reached the peak of the stock, it has become like this, if it reaches the peak of the stock, it may not be what it will become. He looked at Li Yao and Gong Wuyuan, who were confused by the second monk, and said in his heart that they must not know the charm of stocks, this thing is more addictive than gambling, so he said: "Let's go, go to the concession today to buy a gun." ā€

Every morning, the gates of the concession were opened, and the Indian policeman, who was in charge of maintaining order, said in curry-flavored English: "Stand back, back off!" Chinese pigs! Be orderly! Be as orderly as we Indians! Compared to the arrogant Chinese and insulting British Concession, it was clear that the French Concession was better at governing the colonies.

The French appointed Chinese as detectives and Chinese as police officers to manage the concession, such as public security, people's livelihood, taxation, etc., so the Haifa Concession has always been the place with the largest number of Chinese, and it is also the most popular area for adventurers from all over the world. The famous three tycoons of the Green Gang, Huang Jinrong, served as a detective in the French Concession, and he was in charge of the underworld and white roads in the French Concession, so he had his historical status.

As the largest foreign firm in China in Germany, Lihe & Co. has been established for the longest time, has the most branches, and has a very good reputation, and is gradually becoming more and more well-known in China. And S Hai's Lihe & Co. has also become the head office of Lihe & Co. in China, and naturally it has become one of the most profitable foreign firms.

Wang Yongan's target is to act as a courtesy and foreign company, and the weapon is naturally the latest German Mauser pistol.

took Li Yao and Gong Wuyuan into Lihe Foreign Bank, and saw that many people were shopping here, spreading foreign fire, of course, if you sell foreign guns and cannons, you have to go up to the second floor. So Wang Yongan asked the two of them to wait below, and he went up to the second floor by himself.

On the second floor of the store, industrial machinery is sold, and an old-fashioned sewing machine sits in the corner with discounted German written on it. Wang Yongan was very surprised, he thought that the sewing machine was only available after the founding of the People's Republic of China, because in his memory when he was a child, there was an S Hai brand foot-operated sewing machine at home.

Wang Yongan squatted next to the sewing machine to watch carefully, and found that this was a hand-cranked household sewing machine, produced in Hamburg, Germany, and now Germany uses electric sewing machines on a large scale, this hand-cranked sewing machine has long been outdated, but it is good to use it as a family.

"Sir, interested in sewing machines?" A Chinese comprador came over and asked.

Wang Yongan nodded, raised his head and asked casually, "How much?" ā€

"One hundred and eighty eagles." Said the comprador.

Wang Yongan shook his head and said: "This kind of hand-cranked sewing machine has been used in Europe for a hundred years, and now it has long been outdated, but it sells for one hundred and eighty yuan, which is obviously expensive. And ......you see," he said, crouching down and pointing to Devin behind the machine, "the date of production of this sewing machine is 1880, and now it is 1909, which is twenty-nine years old, eleven years older than me." Such an old guy still sells for one hundred and eighty yuan......" He shook his head and said: "Your store is not sincere, I think we should tell the press of S Hai about this matter, the German Lihe foreign company uses old goods as new goods, and deceives Chinese with shoddy goods." ā€

The comprador was frightened, he didn't expect this person to be so knowledgeable, so he hurriedly stopped him and said with a smile: "This gentleman, this gentleman, since Mr. is an expert, I won't give you a lie." He whispered; Sir should never go to the newspaper office, if he offends the Germans, he will not be able to eat and walk around. Obviously, the latter sentence is a threat.

Wang Yongan laughed and said: "I am not afraid of shadows, since I am the younger brother of the commander of Yangzhou City Defense, I must not fall into the name of my brother Wang Yongtai." ā€

The comprador was taken aback, and it turned out that this was still an officer's younger brother, the commander of Yangzhou City Defense, and he was a military general when he heard the name. Let's not say whether it's true or not, but look at the arrogance of this kid, you can know that this person's identity must not be simple. The comprador hurriedly smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Mr. Wang really wants this batch of goods, the small ones can be the masters, and sell them to you at half price, a total of 100 units, 9,000 oceans, what do you think?" ā€

Wang Yongan was thinking about spending money to buy stocks, but he didn't think about really buying these sewing machines, he just used this sewing machine to combat the arrogance of the other party, so he shook his head and said: "You better call your German manager, I'm not interested in this price." ā€

"This ......"

"Go ahead, let's talk." Wang Yongan put his hands behind his back and began to observe other rare objects with great interest.

The comprador was very helpless, so he had to go to the manager, and after a while, a fat German fat man came over, with an angry face, and said in German: "Damn Chinese, cunning Chinese." ā€

Wang Yongan could not understand German, but he also knew that this German did not speak well, so he said in English as if talking to himself: "Arrogant Germans, German etiquette and foreign behavior that deceive the Chinese, I must debunk your true colors." Hmph, the German businessmen are embarrassing Kaiser Wilhelm, and they have all lost their face in China. ā€

The German fat manager was taken aback, heard his pure London English, and hurriedly said, "Hello sir, you are ...... Ever studied abroad in London? ā€

Wang Yongan lied: "Yes, I studied at Cambridge University for two years, and the most unforgettable thing is the annual boat race at Cambridge University and Oxford University. ā€

The German fat man hurriedly said: "It turns out that my husband has come back from studying in the UK." ā€

Wang Yongan said: "No, I came back from Germany, I studied in the UK for two years and then went to Germany, I was deeply impressed by the rigorous work attitude of the Germans and the advanced level of science and technology, but I did not have time to learn German well, so I was called by my brother to return to China." ā€

"Who is your brother?"

"My second brother is the commander of Yangzhou City Defense, and the 24th Mixed Association of the Beiyang Army of the Great Fresh Army, General Wang Yongtai."

"Oh, you turned out to be the general's younger brother."

It is estimated that the German fat man does not know the Chinese general, Wang Yongan saw that he did not believe it, so he took out the official disc for the purchase of guns, and the comprador next to the German fat man took it and looked at it carefully, and quickly muttered in the fat man's ear. After listening to the words of the comprador translator, the fat man's face suddenly became enthusiastic.

"Day, money can make a grinding ghost!" Wang Yong'an scolded in the middle of his abdomen.