Chen Zikun was in awe: "General Manager Gong is still a member of Congress, which is really disrespectful and disrespectful. ”

Gong Jiaxiang said: "It's ridiculous to say, I didn't run for election at all, I'm still in the UK, and my hometown parents elected me as a member of the House of Representatives. ”

Chen Zikun said: "I don't know who the best candidate in General Manager Gong's mind is? ”

Gong Jiaxiang said: "Wu Jinglian, the speaker of the House of Representatives, sent me a telegram and said, let me vote for Cao Kun, the envoy of the Luyu Parade, and promised 5,000 yuan for the carriage and horse fare, what a joke, will I Gong someone send this 5,000 yuan, Cao San is a fool is a martial arts warlord, the president, hum, he also deserves it!" ”

Gong Zijun on the side was shocked when he heard this, I had never seen my uncle scold Fang Xuan like this before, you are comfortable, but the Chen Protector military envoy in front of him is also a warlord, and he is also directly related.

Chen Zikun didn't care at all, he was not familiar with Cao Laoshuai, and he really felt that it was not a good thing for soldiers to interfere in politics, and the elegant financier turned into an angry young man, which made him feel a little familiar.

Gong Jiaxiang found his gaffe, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's far away, in fact, in my heart, there is really no suitable candidate, Liang Qichao is okay to be academic, but he is almost hot in politics, Sun Wen is a person who will be in the party, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Tang Jiyao, etc. are just a martial artist, Cen Chunxuan, Zhang Shaozeng, Tang Shaoyi, Tan Yanmin and others are not enough to convince the public, and there is really no suitable candidate for the huge Republic of China." ”

Chen Zikun smiled, Gong Jiaxiang's tone was quite loud, but it was not unreasonable, listening to his conversation, at least it can be seen that this person is very familiar with politics, and he is also extremely concerned about the future of the country and the nation, it seems that he has really found the right person.

"So, General Manager Gong must have abstained from voting when he entered Beijing this time?" Chan said.

Gong Jiaxiang shook his head: "As a parliamentarian, giving up his power is dereliction of duty, forget it, political darkness, let's not talk about this, let's talk about the purpose of the loan, the military envoy came in person, presumably not only to withdraw money." ”

Chen Zikun said: "After I raised this money, I went directly to Shanghai to purchase the equipment and materials needed, there are many foreign companies in Shanghai, and there are many friends, I personally negotiate with foreign businessmen, I must be able to save a lot of costs, to be honest, 200,000 yuan for my grand blueprint, it is really a drop in the bucket, not to save it." ”

Gong Jiaxiang was quite interested: "I want to know, what does the grand blueprint of the military envoy look like?" ”

Chen Zikun said eloquently: "The initial plan is to mine coal first, with coal mines can build thermal power stations, with electricity can pump water from the Huai River to irrigate farmland, grow cotton, plant wheat, and then open yarn mills, flour mills, after the accumulation of funds, then go to heavy industry, build steel plants, make use of Jiangbei's iron ore resources, and then railways, highways, and iron bridges across the river, I want to build Jiangbei into China's Ruhr!" ”

Gong Jiaxiang's eyes flashed with excitement: "It's really generous, in this way, you can use 200,000 yuan first, and when the initial results are achieved, we can make additional investment." ”

"Then thank you General Manager Gong." Chan stretched out his right hand.

"The envoy of the protector is too polite, you and I are brothers." Gong Jiaxiang didn't care about his nephew's face, and even wanted to call Chen Zikun a brother.

"Hehe, Brother Jiaxiang, then I'll climb high." Chen Zikun shook hands with the general manager of the bank and said.

That night, Gong Jiaxiang set up a banquet in the mansion to entertain Chen Zikun and his party, at this time he completely recovered the demeanor of a mature and wise banker, and Chen Zikun talked and laughed during the banquet, never mentioning politics, Mrs. Gong is a Christian, and she has also stayed abroad, and Jianbing Yao Yilei hit it off at first sight, talked very happily, and made an appointment to go shopping tomorrow.

Chen Zikun said with a smile: "Mrs. Sister-in-law, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, we have already booked a ticket, and we have to rush to Shanghai as soon as possible to purchase supplies." ”

Mrs. Gong said: "Then when you come back, you must delay in the provincial capital for two more days, and I will take my two younger sisters to have a good time." ”

……

After staying in the provincial capital for a day, Chen Zikun took a bill of exchange of 200,000 yuan, embarked on a journey to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are safe, there is no need to worry about bandits and carjacking, talking and laughing all the way, I don't feel that the time is fast, and I arrived at Shanghai Railway Station in the evening.

Li Yaoting received a telegram and personally brought someone to pick up the station, this time Chen Zikun's pomp was much more than last time, there were more than 20 attachés, and three cars could not be stuffed, so he had to temporarily call ten rickshaws.

Chen Zikun and the two ladies were in Li Yaoting's car, and the driver was still the big man with a meaty face that I saw last time.

"Sibao, how are you practicing marksmanship?" Chan asked him.

Sibao was very excited, and Chen Zikun actually remembered his name: "I have practiced well, do you want to test me, sir." ”

Li Yaoting said: "What to test, this is Zhabei Railway Station, not a concession. He said to Chen Zikun again: "Sibao's marksmanship is like this in Shanghai. He gave a thumbs up.

"Yes, promising." Chen Zikun smiled and praised, and got into the car.

Jian Bing found that Li Yaoting came alone, and the Bing'er who looked a little like him last time was gone, so he asked, "Where are my younger brothers and sisters?" ”

Li Yaoting looked at him left and right, as if there was no such person as Bing'er at all, Jian Bing was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't ask anymore.

The convoy drove across the Waibaidu Bridge and entered the public concession, the streets were exotic, the red-headed Ah San whistled to direct the traffic, and on the right side of the wide riverside avenue, all were foreign bank buildings, and all kinds of national flags were fluttering, but there was no Chinese five-color flag.

Jianbing is an old Shanghai, so she is naturally not surprised, Yao Yilei lived in Shanghai when she was a child, and she is a beautiful girl, so she will not make a fuss, but the other attachés are not busy enough, and the prosperity of Shanghai dazzles them and breathes them away.

Li Yaoting has a new home, located on a remote road in the French Concession, covering an extremely wide area, a Western-style three-story building like a palace, the courtyard is a green lawn and fountain, white Western-style dining chairs are placed under the towering trees, a shepherd dog stands at the door of the kennel with its tail wagging, and servants in white clothes line up in two columns on the stairs at the door to welcome the master and guests.

There are enough rooms, everyone is still more than enough, Li Yaoting set up a sumptuous dinner to entertain guests, long tables, candlesticks, silver tableware, crystal chandeliers, white napkins, and a dazzling array of French meals, everything makes people feel like they are in the palace, even the well-informed Jianbing and Yao Yilei can't help but be surprised at this time, how big is this Li Yaoting's business?

After the dinner, the women, accompanied by bodyguards and maids, went to Shanghai for a night visit, and the two men stayed at home to talk.

During the meal, Li Yaoting was actually wearing a serious French evening dress, and a bow tie around his neck, and when everyone was gone, he put his feet on the table, tore off the bow tie and scolded: "Lao Tzu hired a British butler, and taught these things, it's really fucking tired, but when dealing with foreigners, you have to follow this routine, otherwise people won't take you to play, and they will say that you are a barbarian." ”

Chen Zikun said: "When you were a cub at the Six Nations Hotel, didn't you yearn for this kind of life in suits and leather shoes all day long? ”

Li Yaoting laughed at himself: "People, the more you lack something, the more you want to show off, at that time, people were poor and short-minded, and they were afraid that others would look down on them, a pair of trousers were worn during the day and washed at night, and without an iron, they took a big tea jar and filled it with hot water to iron themselves, and they wore neat clothes and hats all day long, and they were not a small guy, and now that I think about it, it is called pretending to be forced!" ”

Chan laughed it off.

"Now that I have money, I don't care about this, how comfortable and how to wear it, who the dares to look down on me, and immediately stuff it in a sack and throw it into the Huangpu River!" Li Yaoting's eyes flashed with murder, and he stretched out his two hands to look, "In the past few years, I have a lot of blood on my hands, but I don't regret it, if I don't kill others, others will kill me." ”

Chen Zikun said: "The business has been doing quite a lot recently, is it on the line with the Ministry of Communications?" ”

Li Yaoting smiled: "I hit it off with President Wu at first sight, he gave me several construction contracts, such as the repair project of Tianjin Railway Station and Langfang Railway Station, but I only made some small money, to be honest, I don't like it at all, I just want to maintain a relationship with President Wu and the Ministry of Communications, and the real profitable business is actually ......"

Before he finished speaking, a gunshot rang out outside, Li Yaoting reacted faster than Chen Zikun, threw himself on the carpet, and at the same time pulled out the pistol, loaded it with a bang, and stared nervously out of the window.

Chen Zikun also pulled out his pistol, bent over and turned off the light, and stood guard by the door.

The door opened, and a man entered, and Chan's pistol was pressed to his temple.

"Boss, it's me." It is the Four Jewels who speak.

Li Yaoting put away the gun: "Sibao, what's the matter?" ”

"It's Ah Qiang, I saw that something was wrong with him, and sure enough, he was an undercover agent over there, and he was sneaking outside just now and wanted to be bad for the boss, and he has been killed by the brothers." Four Treasures.

Chen Zikun turned on the electric light, only to see two sturdy men dragging a corpse over, the ground was dripping with blood, Li Yaoting stepped forward to look at the tattoo on the man's arm, and sneered: "Sure enough, it's the person over there, drag it out to feed the dogs." ”

The dead man was dragged away, Li Yaoting let out a sigh of relief, took out a snow-white silk handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead, took out two cigars from the sandbox on the fireplace, trimmed them with a gold cigar knife, threw one to Chen Zikun, and said leisurely: "Cuban goods, very positive, taste it." The tone was relaxed and seemed unaffected.

Chen Zikun took the cigarette, lit it with a match and tasted it, and said: "You have been deceived, this should be Miami's goods, by the way, your money-making business, I have already guessed, in fact, I came to Shanghai this time, just to ask you for help, I also want to sit in this business." ”

Li Yaoting pondered for a moment and said: "This line of business is a business of cutting off children and grandchildren, I have no choice but to do it, if I don't do it, I won't have the money to feed the brothers, I won't have the capital to maintain all this, everything I have worked hard to get in Shanghai will disappear, I will be beaten back to my original form, and become a little shunzi who picks up cigarette butts outside the train station, but I don't want to do this, that's why I did this business, what about you, Da Kunzi?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "The situation I am in is not luxurious enough to be a good person, for the sake of ideals, I can kill people like hemp, I can violate my conscience, and naturally I can do this business." ”

Li Yaoting laughed: "Fuck, we're both about to become literary youths, talking is like reciting drama lines, isn't it just a tobacco business, whoever doesn't do this business on the beach is a mallet, you say, what's the way?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I plant, you sell." ”