Chapter 117: Charity Gala (2)
The world is bustling, all for profit. The world is crowded, all for profit.
Although these Westerners have blue eyes and yellow hair, they don't look like people but ghosts, but after all, they are still people, and the world has to eat, drink, and sleep, and their pursuit of profits is even more blatant. If there is a 10% profit, Westerners are guaranteed to appear in all corners of the world; With 20 percent of the profits, Westerners become active; With 50 percent of the profits, Westerners will take risks; For the sake of 100% profits, Westerners dare to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, Westerners dare to commit any crime, even risking hanging their heads.
This point is much stronger than their straightforwardness, buying a maid also has to bury the father to reveal mercy, the first night of engaging in women is called the first prize, only to appear romantic, in the eyes of Westerners should be secretly smoked opium, we can also be fair and honest in the name of fitness, a word, the Chinese people are too elegant, Yi people are too beasts.
Speaking of opium, we have to mention that Lin Zexu Lin Qin's Humen cigarette sales, that fire really burned out the prestige of the Chinese, that day Lord Lin on behalf of the imperial court asked the English people to put an end to all foreign opium smuggling, who knows that the British business representative Yilu actually frankly did not have that ability, can not put an end to smuggling activities, let alone can not stop the smuggling actions of merchants from France and other countries, at first glance it is nonsense, China let North Korea do whatever it wants, don't you claim that the British Empire is an empire on which the sun never sets? You actually said that you can't control France, can this be hidden from Lin Qincha? Lord Lin ordered all the gringos to be locked up, and these goods honestly confessed and wrote a letter of guarantee, which is the bullishness of our countrymen, but unfortunately I didn't expect this English to actually have a honey-bellied sword, and beat us without recognizing people, which is really inferior to beasts.
However, after all these years of handover, I know that France is not a subsidiary of England, at that time, you will understand the law of righteousness, it would be good, Lord Lin doesn't know, you don't know if you say it a few more times, it's really good, it's also excellent for you to die, it's better than fighting, you can use swords in vain, there is no half of benevolence. Besides, it's just that Lord Lin accidentally injured your regular businessman when he severely punished smuggling, isn't this businessman a businessman, and he is not a relative of the emperor, as for coming out for these ninth-rate characters? That's how your British Empire is measured?
Talking about this, the Chinese people are still laughing at the stinginess of these people, and now you are also an official in Brazil, and the interests of the dignified consul of Jiujiang in the British Empire are really unbelievable. Many local businessmen in Jiujiang couldn't help but point fingers at Basiri, and their words were full of contempt.
Chang Zhenbang smiled faintly after hearing this: "Profit is the focus of the entire business society, and the anxiety of the gentlemen in Europe is also in the consideration of this official. With enough patients, the profits of the Western Hospital are also predictable. ”
If the Chinese hear that their hospital is a hospital for the army, they will definitely be worried, after all, the Jiujiang Army is a kind of unreasonable Qiu Ba in the eyes of the countrymen, if it is cured and does not give money, it will be forgotten, if it is not cured, will it not be a loss to the wife and the soldiers? However, they don't care in Brazil, the hospital with the support of Europeans behind this generation, even if the emperor comes in person, he is not allowed to owe debts, not to mention that Chang Zhenbang is just a small town guard.
Dongying native Wu Chuan Yukio stood up first, and said: "Respected town guard, I admire your idea of opening a hospital in Jiujiang, in the spirit of humanitarianism, and the deep friendship with your country, I hope to hand over the project of Jiujiang Xiyang Hospital to our Dongying people to operate with all their might." ”
His words won the support of the Dongying people present, but it made many Westerners frown, Dongying's monopoly of China is becoming more and more obvious, this is not a prospect that Westerners are willing to accept, Basiri frowned and said: "Your Excellency Wu Chuan, Dongying's Western medical skills are only calculated for decades of accumulation and experience, and many medical technologies and medical tools are not mature, I hope Your Excellency can realize this." ”
Yukio Takekawa said disapprovingly: "Dongying and China are separated by water, the people of the two countries write in the same language, live in the same skin color on the sunny Asian soil, and the people of the two countries have the same goals and responsibilities in building the common prosperity of Greater East Asia, so as a responsible big country, it is necessary for Dongying to vigorously promote China in economic construction, so this Western hospital is built by Dongying and Chinese non-governmental business people is the best choice." After speaking, he looked at Chang Zhenbang and said with a slight smile: "You think so too, brother!" ”
After Wu Chuan Yukio finished speaking fluent Chinese, he heard those local merchants in Jiujiang all nod, in their eyes, Westerners and Dongying people are not a good thing, but after all, Dongying people are black-eyed and yellow-skinned, as long as they speak human words, they are no different from them, but these Westerners are mercenary and fierce and vicious, which makes them instinctively feel disgusted. Especially the last voice of Yukio Takekawa, his brother gave people a kind of dark room where he was in a traditional relationship with Chang Zhenbang.
After translating into English, Westerners did not pay much attention to this rather mysterious word, after all, brozher is just a coping word in the sunset, and it was thought that after this word is translated into brother, brother, brother, etc., they have different meanings in a particular tone.
"Your Excellency's good-natured European gentlemen and the town guards must be able to understand that since the town guards have gathered the gentlemen here and put forward the idea of investing in shares, I think we should all follow the rules." What do you say, Lord Keeper? ”
Chang Zhenbang said: "The consul is right, after the specific regulations come out, the town guard will inform the gentlemen of the relevant contents. As we all know, the war is ruthless, the last three or four months of war, the people inside and outside the city of Jiujiang are panicked, the outside of the city was destroyed by the war, a large number of refugees in the city poured in, seriously threatening the order of Jiujiang, so the official hopes that the gentlemen will raise a sum of money to appease the people. Donations are made within our means and are completely voluntary. I hope that everyone will take active action, lend a helping hand, give a love, present a piece of warmth, and help Jiujiang City get out of the shadow of war as soon as possible, perhaps, the money we donated is just a drop in the bucket, but the efforts we have made can give strength and warmth, others may not see, but in that supreme place, God can witness. God bless Jiujiang, Amen! After speaking, Chang Zhenbang drew a cross on his chest. After speaking, Zhang Youneng sent someone to the rostrum to send a fundraising box according to the arrangement.
The fund-raising box is a delicate wooden box, more than half a person high, with red paper pasted on the front, and the three big characters of the fund-raising box are written on the red paper. After the fund-raising box was placed, two stools and tables were brought and placed on both sides of the fund-raising box. A young man in a military uniform and an old man wearing a watermelon hat made good food from left to right, Chang Zhenbang turned around and took out a silver ticket of five hundred oceans from his pocket and handed it to the old man.
Chang Zhenbang then turned to everyone present and said: "This is a contribution of all gentlemen to the construction of Jiujiang, and this official has the responsibility to earmark this money to let the gentlemen present rest assured." ”
The soldier didn't know him, but he still knew the old man, that was Zhang Jifei, the president of the Jiujiang Chamber of Commerce, known as the richest businessman in Jiujiang. What is even more commendable is that he is a decent person who is not afraid of power, and has the courage to fight for reason in the face of the rude showdown of the former governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty.
Basiri walked over with a smile, bowed slightly to Zhang Jifei, and said, "The old gentleman is really lucky to see you again, this is a contemptible payment, please check." ”
Zhang Jifei smiled slightly, stood up slowly, and said: "Your Excellency has been gone for a long time, thank you for your love for the people of Jiujiang, and I want to thank you for those innocent people." He bowed his hand to Basili, and then told the young officer that the amount of his donation was also five hundred dollars, but it was pounds, and it was a well-known hard currency.
Fundraising is like gambling, with their own people taking the lead, there are not so many worries in the back, these Westerners came over one by one to say hello to Zhang Jifei, there is no limit to how much money can be paid, after all, it is not an apportionment, but no one is less than one hundred silver dollars.
After the Westerners, it was the turn of China, and although the merchants of Jiujiang did not remember who donated the most land, they firmly remembered the least amount, and then, as if negotiated, almost everyone was a hundred silver dollars, and one eldest son was no more and one eldest son was not less.
Among them, there are rich and noble people, and a hundred yuan is not as much as a glass of wine between Sister Yao's lips in their eyes, and there are also those businessmen who reluctantly get in, and the 100 yuan is really donated gritted their teeth and filled with righteous indignation.
In the end, when it was the turn of those Dongying people, they discussed for a long time, and then slowly came to the old man Zhang Jifei, bowed dozens of degrees, and showed the politeness beyond measure, but it was a pity that the politeness was enough, but the shot was embarrassing, the more was only a hundred, and the less was no more than fifty. It attracted many Westerners to discuss and ridicule.
However, this is a donation between private individuals, how much to donate is in the individual, and it is also in the individual whether to donate or not, and this is not a national showdown, and a few percent of the salary must be taken from the salary, and the minimum amount must be donated. These people can donate money, even if they only donate one eldest son, Zhang Jifei has to stand up and thank him.
Those local businessmen in Jiujiang were really angry and hateful when they saw that the Dongying people donated so little, so angry that these little dwarfs dared to donate so little, and they really bullied no one in Jiujiang, and they hated why they didn't hide behind the Dongying people to donate, and followed these Western old people, and suffered a big loss in vain.
Listening to these discussions in his ears, pointing and pointing, Wu Chuan Yukio's face turned red with a bang, and he couldn't wait to find a gap to get into, and when he really couldn't see it, he stood up with a bang, strode to the rostrum, took out a fountain pen and a check book from his arms, opened a payment of 2,000 yuan on the spot, and turned out 300 oceans in cash, and respectfully handed it to Zhang Jifei, and said: "This is the donation of our collective colleagues of Dongying Jiujiang Business Club." ”
Zhang Jifei glanced at him and said with a slight smile: "If the old man guessed correctly, the three hundred oceans should be recorded in the name of Mr. Xiao himself!" ”
Yukio Wuchuan nodded and said, "This is a little bit of my heart, and I ask the old gentleman not to blame." ”
Zhang Jifei said: "One grace and one virtue, when thinking is not easy to come by, one penny and one penny, it is difficult to persevere in material resources." Mr. Xiao's house is kind-hearted, the ancient way is warm-hearted, and the old man is only grateful, how dare he blame Mr. Xiao? The old man is here to thank Mr. Xiao for the people of Jiujiang. As he spoke, he arched his hand at Yukio Takekawa.
Yukio Takekawa hurriedly returned the salute and said: "The old gentleman is serious, and it is Yukio's honor to contribute to the coexistence and co-prosperity of East Asia." ”
Who knew that at this moment, there was a sudden crackling explosion in the venue, and then someone broke in from outside the venue and said, "Oh no, it's on fire, it's on fire, gentlemen hurry up and hide." ”
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