For the name of the successful businessman and financial Tingbi usually the biggest amateur love knife hole is to write brush words, on the one hand is to practice calligraphy, on the other hand, it is also for the practice of temperament, now the boss career is just like the day, this time the most taboo is the noise, practice brush words, is conducive to honing a calm character, there is no calm temperament, this word is not good to write, trading is not good.

When Bu Tingbi usually practices calligraphy, it is usually in the afternoon, and a period of time after the lunch break is when he stays in the study, usually at this time. He doesn't see any guests unless they are real guests or friends of his friends for many years.

Now, the ministry Tingbi stayed in the study, immersed in his calligraphy world, enjoying himself, only one servant was waiting around, due to the heat, this rural place is not electric, the servant can only use a fan to fan behind Gao Tingbi, and is afraid that the wind will affect the mood of the old man to practice calligraphy, so he can only fan the wind with his heart, and must glance at the desk from time to time. Look at the rice paper on the desk to see if the wind blows, under such tension, the servant is sweating hotly.

This is the suburb of Tianjin, a very elegant village, the owner is a foreign comprador, in business with the Ministry of Tingbi some contacts, the Ministry of Tingbi is now borrowed to live here, Ran in the remote place, but there is a bit of paradise taste, Gao Tingbi lives here, these days have been a lot quieter, not as worried as a few days ago.

Ministry Tingbi moved here from Tianjin the day before yesterday, and Liu Renxiang moved here with him, but Liu Renxiang only lived here for one day, and then left with his servants, as for where he went, Ministry Tingbi did not know, and did not ask, he and Liu Renxiang did not have much intersection in business, although Liu Renxiang was speculating in land and needed to use a large amount of money, but Liu Renxiang had the shadow of the Bank of France behind him, but he did not have to rely on the financial power of the Ministry of Tingbi, and the two only came together because of the negotiations with Japan.

Since that "Independent State of Goryeo." After the establishment of the German Concession in Tianjin was announced, the willingness of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce to negotiate peace has been cold these days. The Japanese side did not take the initiative to contact Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang again, and Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang also moved from the hotel in Tianjin city to this secluded countryside in accordance with the president's wishes.

This patience is not comparable, Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxiang are both businessmen, and they are always concerned about their own business, but at this time, none of them dare to leave Tianjin without permission, and the president can leave them. They couldn't leave the president, and in desperation, they had to find ways to hone their temperament, and the method chosen by the Ministry of Tingbi was to practice calligraphy.

Normally, it only takes an hour for him to practice calligraphy, but in recent days, he has to practice for two hours a day before he will put down his pen before he takes his long entourage to the nearest telegraph office. Take a telegram and see how the industry is doing everywhere.

"Master, it's time for the hour, we should go to the telegraph office The servant glanced at the alarm clock on the desk and muttered behind Gao Tingbi.

"Oh?"

Bu Tingbi raised his head and glanced at the alarm clock. Sure enough, it was already the hour, so he sighed, put down the brush, took a wet towel wrung with cold water handed over by the servant, and wiped his hands.

The servant brought a long gown and a top hat for the ministry and helped him put them on, and the two of them walked out of the door of the study. I saw a long attendant standing in the corridor outside the door, holding a prayer note in his hand.

"Master, I have a guest who wants to see me, and I have been here for more than half an hour. I didn't dare to disturb the master. Chang Sui said, and presented the prayer post.

Ministry Tingbi took the post, and when he saw the payment, it was "Wei Zifeng".

Wei Zifeng is a Guangdong businessman, in the early years of the establishment of Yingchang Company, contracted the Manchu local government to open the Hubei gauze linen silk four bureau, later the revolution exploded, the republican army from Anhui, Jiangxi all the way to Hubei. Wei Zifeng saw that the situation was turbulent, and without saying a word, he ran back to Guangdong to watch the situation change, and the fourth bureau of gauze and linen silk he undertook was also suspended for a period of time, and later the republican army cleaned up the "fake property" The fourth bureau of gauze and linen silk was confiscated and confiscated, and then an auction was held. It will gradually be developed into a large-scale joint imitation weaving enterprise.

Originally, Bu Tingbi and Wei Zifeng had no dealings, but because Wei Zifeng had also hosted the Fourth Bureau of Hubei Gauze and Masi, there was an intersection between the two, relying on a few of Wei Zifeng's cronies who stayed in the factory, Bu Tingbi and Wei Zifeng got on the line. Divided 20% of the dry shares in the factory shares and handed them to Wei Zifeng, which immediately won Wei Zifeng's favor and trust, and the two came together.

Ministry Tingbi gave Wei Zifeng two percent of the dry shares from the shares of the imitation weaving factory, and it was not that sympathy was overflowing. It's just a long line to catch a big fish, because Wei Zifeng is an important member of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, in Gao Tingbi's view, as long as this person is wooed, he can further strengthen ties with the Guangdong consortium, which is conducive to his financial career in Guangdong, and the facts also prove Gao Tingbi's vision, since he and Wei Zifeng got online, the Ministry of Tingbi quickly used his strength to extend the financial tentacles into Guangdong, and the relationship between the two has been further narrowed a lot, Wei Zifeng also relied on the financial backing of the Ministry of Tingbi to successfully expand the industry under his name, and now. Wei Zifeng is already a well-known industry in South China

Therefore, in a certain respect, Wei Zifeng is Gao Tingbi's friend, and his message should be presented to the ministry as soon as possible.

"Nonsense! How can you make Mr. Wei wait for half an hour? ”

As soon as Gao Tingbi saw the post, his anger rose, and he wanted to scold the long follower for a few words, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words back, and the next person was not sensible, he couldn't make more mistakes.

So, Gao Tingbi hurried to the living room. A few steps to Wei Zifeng, who was sitting on the Taishi chair and drinking tea, walked to the ground, and accompanied him again and again.

"Brother Wei, the people of the people are mortal; I don't know you're my friend. Keeping you waiting. Gao is really ashamed. Pleased.

Wei Zifeng hurriedly stood up and held Bu Tingbi's arm. smiled: "Brother Gao is polite, I know that my brother is practicing calligraphy, so I didn't urge my subordinates, I don't want Brother Gao to practice calligraphy for so long, I guess I have been putting things on hold recently." ”

"Brother Wei, who knows me."

Gao Tingbi saw that the other party didn't care about this matter. He also put his mind at ease, so he sat down beside Wei Zifeng. and instructed his subordinates to change the tea.

"I don't know what is on my brother's mind? If I can share my worries, you might as well tell me about it. Wei Zifeng said. Ministry Tingbi smiled, shook his head and said, "I have already started to handle this matter, so I won't trouble Wei."

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By the way, I don't know why Brother Wei came over today? How did you know that I am here? ”

"Of course, I heard from Ling Gongzi. Originally, I was going to rush to Beijing from Guangdong. When I arrived in Tianjin, I did some errands, and when I heard that my brother was here, I came over to sit down and say a few words to Brother Gao. To tell you the truth, I am going to Beijing to meet with the Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, but for the sake of the Sino-Japanese war, the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce hopes that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will make a statement to the center, asking the center to end the war as soon as possible, restore peace, and ensure the commercial order of our country. Meaning, but now that the National Assembly is adjourned, it is difficult to contact, so the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce still decided to send me over in person. A joint petition letter is submitted to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, which forwards it to the central authorities

Seeing Wei Zifeng speak like this, Gao Tingbi was a little surprised, he knew very well that the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce had a close relationship with the British and French chambers of commerce, and the move of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce was intriguing.

"Brother Wei, but the British and French chambers of commerce are pressuring? Under the pressure of foreign businessmen, your Guangdong Chamber of Commerce will send you to petition? Gao Tingbi asked.

Wei Zifeng hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Brother Gao guessed correctly, it was the British and French chambers of commerce that put pressure on the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce and threatened. If the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce does not come out to petition the center. Then, the British and French foreign banks will collectively boycott Cantonese goods. Brother Gao, you also know. The export of Guangdong's commodities has always been Nanyang as an important market, and the Nanyang market basically relies on foreign banks for export sales; if foreign foreign companies stop selling on behalf of foreign companies, it will certainly cause a backlog of commodities, and the domestic market will not be able to sell so many goods, and in the end Guangdong merchants will lose all their money. ”

"So, Britain and France are going to breathe out of the same nostril as Japan?"

"Britain is an ally of Japan, France is an ally of Britain, and now that Japan is deflated, of course Britain will intervene, and France will naturally follow suit. Now the British and French businessmen are clamoring for "peace", but we all know very well what their intentions are. ”

Hearing this, Gao Tingbi stood up. Paced back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back.

Wei Zifeng said again: "It's not all. The British-appointed Governor of Hong Kong has begun to drive out the unemployed Chinese workers in Hong Kong, and now the situation between Guangdong and Hong Kong is somewhat chaotic, and in the eyes of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, this move may also be instructed by the British Government, and it wants to exert pressure on the central government of our country to force the central government of our country to cease the war as soon as possible. ”

"How can this be true? Outrageous! Foreigners are not good after all! I saw it back then, foreigners boasted of abiding by the law and abiding by business ethics, but once they turned their faces, they looked like scoundrels, and Hu Xueyan fell like this back then. ”

Bu Tingbi immediately recalled the "Silk War" decades ago, when he was also one of the witnesses, but only because of his caution and escaped the catastrophe, and did not end up with the Chinese silk merchants, and it was that incident that made him understand that foreign businessmen are also treacherous and businessmen. Once treacherous becomes, it will not rely on the power of the Chamber of Commerce alone, but also on the power of foreign governments.

In fact, not only the British and French businessmen in Guangdong were making trouble, but even the British and French businessmen in Tianjin were also making trouble; yesterday, the Ministry of Commerce also went to visit a "Prayer for World Peace Conference" held in the British Concession in Tianjin. It even brought in a lot of Chinese businessmen, compradors and down-and-out politicians.

"The Central Committee will not back down easily, Brother Wei. I'm afraid you're going to go back empty-handed. I advise you to help Yue, take advantage of the current business war, hurry up and ship at a lower price, at least get back the capital. ”

Ministry Tingbi thought about it, but he didn't think of any words to comfort Wei Zifeng, so he had to tell the truth, in his opinion, the center of this Sino-Japanese war must be fought to the end, there is no victory, the war will never stop, and the center will never give in to Britain and France.

"The center is the center of the country, and we cannot only take care of the interests of Cantonese businessmen and ignore the interests of the whole country. This one. I also understand the reason, but as a member of the Cantonese Gang. I'm still going to go to Beijing, whether it works or not. At least I delivered the letter, and I finally lived up to my mission. ”

Wei Zifeng sighed, and was about to talk to the Ministry of Ting Bi in detail, but saw a figure outside the door flickering. Liu Renxiang had already stepped through the door, followed by a servant.

Wei Zifeng recognized Liu Renxiang, the real estate king, and hurriedly got up, ready to greet the other party, but before he could gain a firm foothold, Liu Renxiang hurriedly walked to the ministry and handed over a telegram in his hand to the ministry Tingbi.

"Brother Gao, you can still sit still. While you are sitting here, the foreigners are already at war. ”

Liu Renxiang's words had no beginning or end, Gao Tingbi was a little puzzled, and took the telegram to take a closer look. was also stunned.

"Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia? Russia declares a national mobilization? Europe is at war? ”

War, war, war, and yesterday, European businessmen shouted "peace" at Chinese businessmen. But now, they are fighting on their own, which is a bit too ironic, and it can be seen that this merchant is unreliable.