CHAPTER XVI
** One of the summary statements to himself, "As long as there is a problem in the party organization, the development of the party will definitely encounter setbacks." Chen Ke felt that it was really a high-level annoyance. I took a lot of effort and seized every opportunity, and finally gathered a little popularity. Qi Huishen and Hua Xiongmao became backbone members, and although Zhou Yuanxiao's position was unclear, he would never betray the current party organization. Chen Ke was very unsure of You Wei's attitude.
You Wei is not a girl who is very deep in the city, although she is not happy, but when she encounters things she cares about, she can always see something on her face. After returning from home, the situation was not quite right.
Chen Ke and Qi Huishen went to He Zu Taoist together in the morning. The He brothers are still here, which makes Chen Ke feel a lot more relieved. Both of them recovered quite quickly, and after a night, at least the puscesses that had broken showed signs of scabs. He Zudao still felt very ashamed and didn't dare to talk to Chen Ke. He Zudao's brother is really a splash, and he has asked Chen Ke for special medicine with a face full of abscesses. Qi Huishen warned Chen Ke about these things on the road, and the two ignored them. Carrying the medicine box, he turned around and left.
When he returned to the workshop, Chen Ke was surprised to find that with the help of Zhou Yuanxiao, You Yu had actually started the comprehensive purification process of the potion. The purification process is a very painstaking affair and requires two people to work together very carefully without a complete set of equipment. Zhou Yuanxiao understands chemistry, and there is no problem with You Gui. But the two men did it with such fanfare, You Yu took a stack of paper and clamped it to a thin wooden board with a large plastic clip extorted from Chen Ke. It's full of data. How do you look like you want to go crazy before parting ways, the last crazy theft of test parameters.
When doing his job, You Mu worked harder than usual. When she encounters a job that shouldn't be done by her, You Yu will rush to do it now. Looking at You Xuan's abnormal performance, other comrades, including Chen Ke, just silently took over the work that should have belonged to them from You Xuan's hands, but they didn't say much. Although You Wei was embarrassed, he did not make any explanations or quibbles. Within a day, the atmosphere inside the workshop became very strange.
Chen Ke knew the reason for this atmosphere, Chen Ke actually missed this atmosphere, he had done this kind of thing many times. It's young people who want to get a big piece of money, but they don't want their financial demands to hurt the organization's confidence in them. This ambivalence naturally leads to a distortion of behavior.
It's not one person who is twisted, Hua Xiongmao is another kind of twist. Since following Chen Ke, Hua Xiongmao has rarely acted alone. Yesterday Chen Ke reached an agreement with Wu Xingchen, and Hua Xiongmao came back very late that night. I ran out early the next morning. If Chen Ke is not mistaken, Hua Xiongmao is desperately looking for other partners. Wu Xingchen is not a small person in Shanghai, and Hua Xiongmao is not unrelated in Shanghai. Hua Xiongmao didn't want to fall into Wu Xingchen's mood, and Chen Ke could fully understand it. Around the special medicine, comrades have different performances according to their own positions.
There is a saying that "the opposition of subordinates to each other is conducive to the stability of the leader's position." When Chen Ke was young, he seemed to agree with a point of view. Now that he is the "leader" himself, he has discovered that what he used to think made sense now seems to be. If things are allowed to develop like this, Chen Ke is convinced that the conflict will soon intensify. And Chen Ke's position will not be stable at all.
Everything that Chen Ke has painstakingly built up to now is based on selfless labor and fair and just and open distribution. Start playing "divide and conquer" now, that is, to personally tear down your own foundation, that is, to "commit suicide by hanging a beam". When an organization or polity tends to be rigid, all kinds of conspiracies will be unfolded. When an organization is vibrant, what should be pursued is "progressive", not intrigue and deceit.
Hua Xiongmao returned to the workshop in the evening, he wore a silk jacket today, after a day of travel, Hua Xiongmao was tired and thirsty, only hoping to be able to sit down on the chaise longue in the courtyard immediately, holding the teapot and drinking fiercely. The courtyard door was closed, and the nail with the red rope was stuck in the left doorrail. This is the code set by Chen Ke to restore the "access control". What's going on again? Hua Xiongmao was a little worried. knocked on the door according to the code, and the door was quickly opened by Qi Huishen. Different from what Hua Xiongmao thought, everyone was sitting in the courtyard, and Chen Ke was joking, "In the poem, it is said that the light Luo small fan flutters fireflies." Let's have a big banana fan and beat flies. ”
You Yu has something on his mind, and Zhou Yuanxiao has always been silent. Qi Hui, who was far away from the door, laughed deeply. Seeing that the people have been gathered, Chen Ke no longer ridicules. As usual, Chen's words went straight to the point. "How are you going to divide the money from selling the medicine?"
No one said a word.
"You Yan, I know you want to ask me for a large sum of money. Why don't you talk about it first? ”
You Wei didn't expect Chen Ke, who looked the same as usual, to say what she wanted to say first, You Wei's face turned red, and she quickly explained: "Wen Qing, I don't want money myself." ”
"You just want to repay the money that cost your parents all these years. I am well aware and I fully understand your feelings. Chen Ke said in a very kind voice.
"Hmm......" You Mu lowered his head and snorted. After a while, You Wei raised his head again, "Brother Wen Qing, this medicine is something you worked so hard to make. I'm not going to sell your recipe privately anyway. I also very, very much want to work with Brother Wen Qing in the future and start a career together. But ......"
"But if you don't pay off the money you owe to your parents, every time you hear them talk about money, you feel ashamed." Chen Ke continued.
“…… Brother Wen Qing, how do you know. You Danfeng's eyes almost turned into apricot eyes.
Chen Ke said with a wry smile. "I did all the things you did. I'm familiar with the road. ”
Seeing that You Yu was no longer silent, Chen Ke then asked Hua Xiongmao, "Zhenglan, I just guess, you are contacting Fujian's business, right?" ”
There is a precedent for a talented swimmer, and Hua Xiongmao does not feel very unusual. He nodded, "Exactly. How did Brother Wen Qing guess. ”
"This willow disease was contracted by foreign devils from South America and later brought to China. With so many ports opened over the years, there must be more people infected in Fujian than in Shaoxing. ”
"Wen Qing is really smart......"
"Don't say it's useless, Zhenglan, what are you going to do?"
"Shanghai can let Wu Xingchen do it, but out of Shanghai, I'll do it somewhere else."
Looking at the appearance of Hua Xiongmao, the manager of a large area, Chen Ke was amused. "You can't eat that big. And, Zhenglan, you ......, do you know the characteristics of this medicine? Shelf life? Efficacy? How to use it? You know what? ”
Hua Xiongmao is not a fool, although he has used his righteousness a little bit this time, but he has already understood these things on the road. Listening to Chen Ke's question: "What does Wenqing mean?" ”
"Have you contacted your brother in Fujian?" Chen Ke still remembers very well that the last time the Wenzhou merchant sold cloth to Fujian.
"Got in touch. The brother over there asked me to treat two of them. Hua Xiongmao tried his best to suppress his complacent emotions and said, "I didn't make up my mind with them about money, it depends on what Wen Qing says." ”
Chen Ke originally wanted Hua Xiongmao and Wu Xingchen to do the task of forming a team together, there is a world of difference between having his own people and not having his own people. Looking at it now, Hua Xiongmao must compete with Wu Xingchen, and this plan will definitely not be implemented.
"How much is Zhenglan going to cost?"
"Like Youyi, I asked for a sum of money for my parents. I have decided to have a revolution with Wenqing, and I will not return to this house if I can. I feel guilty for not leaving a sum of money for my parents. Speaking of which, I don't know if Hua Xiongmao's acting skills are good, or something else. Although he looked very aggressive, when he said the back, there was already an apology in his tone.
Chen Ke saw that Qi Huishen was deep, and without waiting for Chen Ke to speak, Qi Huishen himself spoke. "Wenqing, I don't have to give my parents any money, it's just that my father opposes my participation in the revolutionary cause, so this pocket is very tight. All I need is 50 taels of silver a month. ”
This is true, at least after You Yu heard it, his face was a little remorseful. Chen Ke saw it clearly, he smiled secretly in his heart, after Chen Ke paid back his parents' first money, he had twenty yuan left in his pocket. When he repaid the money, he was in high spirits, and then he paid five yuan a week for food for a month, and Chen Ke insisted on it. Looking back at that era, it was really a time when it was simple and cute.
Zhou Yuanxiao looked at Chen Ke and took the initiative to speak, "First, I want a sum of money." Second, I can do some things with everyone to open factories or something, but I don't do anything like wars or killings. If Wen Qing thinks it's okay, I'll follow you. ”
"I know the conditions that everyone has proposed. I'm okay with that. You will go back and think about what you want, and then we will have another meeting tomorrow morning. What everyone needs, everyone discusses openly. I think it's okay, so let's discuss how to cash it out. How is it? ”
"Why tomorrow?" There's something strange about it.
"Today, everyone expressed their willingness to join the party, and now our party has been established. As the person who is talking about things now, I will tell you the first rule of our party, obey discipline and obey commands. So I told everyone to go back and think it through, and you guys went home and gave me a clear idea of it. The second rule is that our party stresses democracy. It's not me who has the final say, or you alone. If everyone can't agree on everything, then it doesn't matter who says it. ”
After Chen Ke said this logically contradictory remark, he looked at his comrades. The first one to understand, or to be precise, the first to say after thinking about it was Hua Xiongmao, "Wenqing, is this listening to you, or to the comrades?" ”
"All actions are subject to commands, and we must obey the party." Chen Ke gave Hua Xiongmao an ambiguous answer, "The meeting is adjourned now." Huishen and I are going to treat He Zudao. ”
The so-called plan could not keep up with the change, and the morning meeting the next morning was forced to end in five minutes. All the comrades present at the meeting reached the first resolution of the Party, "to take time to convene the next Party meeting." ”
Wu Xingchen arrived at the workshop at about ten o'clock in the morning, and the workshop was already crowded at this time. After He Zudao's condition improved, not only the revolutionary youths who had come to work admired Chen Ke and You Wei threw themselves to the ground, but also the young people who hoped to come to apprentice and the young people who "came to seek medicine for their relatives and friends" seemed to emerge from the ground.
Seeing so many people in the workshop, Wu Xingchen was really taken aback. Of course, Wu Xingchen's height and size also frightened the young people in the workshop. You Mu wore a suit today, and her long ponytail hair was tied up at the back of her head, and she wore it straight down. Seeing Wu Xingchen coming, You Wei greeted him generously. "Brother Wu is good."
"Hello girl." Wu Xingchen replied, "Is Brother Chen here?" ”
You Yu took out his pocket watch from his pocket and looked at it, "Brother Wen Qing has gone to He Zu Dao's house, and he will be back soon." ”
The two walked out as they talked, and when they left the courtyard gate, Wu Xingchen asked with a smile, "Where did these people come from?" ”
You Yu shrugged helplessly, "I don't know either." Anyway, they came. ”
The two talked and laughed as they walked, and after a while they stood at the intersection. You Yu saw that there were no idlers around, so he said: "Brother Wen Qing told me before going out, let Brother Wu wait for him here, he will not return to the workshop today." ”
Wu Xingchen thought of the pile of people in the courtyard, and naturally he could understand Chen Ke's distress. He was about to say a few more words to You Xuan, when he saw You Xuan smile and said, "Brother Wen Qing has come back, Brother Wu can just go over by himself." Wu Xingchen looked up and saw Chen Ke and Qi Huishen standing on the opposite street corner. Turning her head to look at Youwu, she had already gone straight back to the workshop. If You Wei pointed in the direction of Chen Ke, he was afraid that someone would cause some unnecessary trouble after seeing it. That's why You Yu went back without saying a word. Such a woman is so capable of doing things, Chen Ke really has a lot of talents around her.
While secretly admiring, Wu Xingchen smiled at Chen Ke. Chen Ke and Qi Huishen also looked at Wu Xingchen with a smile. In the next half minute, Wu Xingchen watched Qi Huishen's face change from a smile to embarrassment. Three rickshaws stopped in front of Qi Huishen. Wu Xingchen was blocked from his vision and couldn't see what was going on. Anyway, Chen Ke and Qi Huishen were not forced, but got into the rickshaw. The three cars disappeared around the corner in a puff of smoke. This sudden change made Wu Xingchen really feel quite bizarre.
The rickshaw got off the rickshaw and was Qi Huishen's father's butler. The housekeeper was very polite, and after Qi Huishen gave a brief introduction, he said: "My master invited Mr. Chen Ke to my house for a talk. This matter started suddenly, and I hope Mr. Chen will forgive me. ”
"What about me?" Qi Huishen couldn't help but ask.
"Young master, the master said, today it is Mr. Chen Ke who is invited. Young master, are you willing to accompany Chen Xian home together, we have three cars, enough to sit. If you don't want to go and see the master, you can do it yourself. ”
These words directly hung Qi Huishen there, and Chen Ke heard Qi Huishen and Hua Xiongmao talk about the power of Qi Huishen's family. And Qi Huishen told himself today that he went home last night and told his father that he would open a hospital. Although it is too anxious to find the door at this time, Chen Ke can't just refuse people. Seeing Chen Ke get into the car, Qi Huishen naturally couldn't really let Chen Ke go to see his father alone.
The three cars were parked in front of a very imposing house. The housekeeper took the two of them in, and the old man was waiting for Chen Ke in the living room. Qi Huishen's father's name is Qi Si'e, a very common appearance in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Except for the sharp eyes, there is nothing very special.
After Chen Ke met the old man, everyone sat down as guests. "You," Qi Si'e pointed to his son, "you will go to your mother for me now." Qi Huishen didn't dare to stop, and obediently went to the back.
When Chen Ke heard this, he remembered that Qi Huishen had been living here for ten days. People come to visit the Youwu family every day, and Qi Huishen is happy alone.
"Mr. Chen Ke seems to be a young man, right?" Qi Si'e asked casually.
"Uncle, that's exactly what happened."
"Wen Qing, my stupid son has finally made friends with a person who is willing to make money after so many years. Wenqing, you dye cloth, pharmaceutical, very good. Much better than my stupid son. ”
Chen Ke felt that the old man's words could not be answered, so he had to listen silently.
The old man didn't want Chen Ke to answer, he took out a silver ticket, "My son has never been doing business, he came back and said that he was going to open a hospital and get a medical school." I happen to have some connections, and the British want me to pay for a hospital. Open your mouth ruthlessly, just what you want to do. So I wanted to ask Wen Qing to come over and explain the matter. This is a silver ticket of 5,000 eagles. I can only come up with so much. It doesn't matter if you do a good job or not, I finally paid for it, and I have an explanation. ”
When he said this, Qi Si'e seemed to be careless, but his eyes swept sharply over Chen Ke's face several times. After he finished speaking, Chen Ke smiled and said, "Uncle Qi, do you think I'm a liar?" ”
Hearing this, Qi Huishen laughed, "Although my son is not angry and always does not do his job, the person who can be highly recommended by him will never be a liar." If you really encounter a liar, just throw them in a bundle in the Huangpu River, and worry about it wherever you see someone. Wen Qing, I know a few people in Shanghai, Wen Qing don't have to be afraid that someone can make things difficult for your hospital. It's just that Wen Qing has to go and meet the British in person. Speaking of this, Qi Si'e handed the silver ticket to Chen Ke, "I don't know anything about running a hospital, and I have to trouble Wen Qing to find the British." As long as the British can agree, then they will sign this silver ticket, and the things saved can be done. ”
After hearing this, Chen Ke realized that Qi Si'e gave him a silver ticket to deal with the British by himself. What kind of play is this? The style of the Qi family is really quite unusual. Chen Ke was not at ease, and asked Qi Si'e again, and Qi Si'e said that Chen Ke's understanding was correct. He had already negotiated the matter with the British, and he wanted to start going through the official formalities in the next few days. As soon as Qi Huishen suddenly said this last night, Qi Si'e called Chen Ke over and asked Chen Ke to handle the matter.
The rickshaw driver is still sturdy and does not run slowly. Qi Huishen and Chen Ke were in the same car, and Chen Kehui remembered what happened just now and thought it was very interesting.
Qi Si'e proposed such an opportunity to give money and relationships, and Chen Ke didn't feel that there was any other reason to refuse except that it was a big trap. Qi Si'e ignored Chen Ke and asked the housekeeper to call Qi Huishen over. As soon as Qi Huishen arrived in the living room, Qi Si'e asked the housekeeper to take the two of them to meet the British and get the matter done as soon as possible. Next, Chen Ke was not invited to eat at lunch, so Qi Si'e drove the two young men out of the door.
"It will be deep, Ling Zun is really resolute in doing things." Chen Ke really couldn't find any other adjectives.
"That's because as long as I don't go to the revolution, my father will support whatever I do." Qi Huishen gave the right answer.