Chapter 123: Opening
A sneer flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, there were so many big men in the room, but he didn't expect that the most noble chair would be sat on by a woman. His eyes widened, he raised his head slightly, and looked at Li Xiluan with cold crumbs in his eyes. He knew from the bottom of his heart that Li Xiluan would only settle things at this time, in exchange for everyone's support, and he would not treat him at all, and he would not even say a word of seriousness!
Others also have this idea to some extent, and they are all speculating about how Li Xiluan will appease the shopkeeper Dong and take the opportunity to gain everyone's sympathy.
-- This is already an old routine that has been tried and tested for a long time.
Chen Zhuo had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and glanced at the middle-aged man behind him, gloating at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Chu Shan didn't move at all, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him, drinking tea and sitting there indifferently.
Li Xiluan's pretty face was cold, and an invisible momentum on her body was slowly released, her eyes were cold, but she didn't make a sound.
He was silent, and naturally no one rushed to speak, and as she was silent for a long time, everyone clearly felt that the temperature of the air was gradually dropping.
The shopkeeper suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but after glancing at Master Chu, who was sitting with a golden knife, he smiled in his heart, and looked at Li Xiluan with a cold face, faintly with a hint of provocation.
Li Xiluan raised his head slightly, his eyes were suddenly as sharp as an arrow, swept quickly over everyone, and finally landed on the shopkeeper Dong, and his voice rose indifferently: "Shopkeeper Dong, what do you mean, do you represent you alone, or are there other people?" ”
Shopkeeper Dong looked slightly stunned, he was not a fool, he also felt the murderous aura in Li Xiluan's voice, but he still didn't believe that Li Xiluan would really do anything to him, turned his head, but found that the people who were originally surrounded by the door had already retreated, looking like they were hiding as far away.
Shopkeeper Dong frowned slightly, then snorted coldly, turned his head and said loudly: "The meaning of a certain person Dong, but it represents the voice of all the shopkeepers!" ”
Li Xiluan snorted coldly, her pretty face suddenly became angry, and she said coldly: "Shopkeeper Dong, do you know that according to the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, what punishment will be imposed if you are rude to the president in Yueran Building?" ”
As soon as Li Xiluan's words fell, Chu Shan raised his eyebrows, and Yu Guang glanced at Li Xiluan, frowning slightly.
Chen Zhuo was also a little surprised, his gloating expression gradually subsided, and the middle-aged man behind him bowed down and whispered in his ear: "Second son, things are estimated to change, let's wait and see how they change." ”
Chen Zhuo nodded, he also saw that Li Xiluan seemed to be going to use thunderous means against this Dong shopkeeper to deter them.
Shopkeeper Dong looked at Li Xiluan with flickering eyes, and his face hesitated. He also felt that Li Xiluan was not what he imagined, Yu Guang glanced at Chu Shan, his eyes turned, and finally he stiffened his neck and said loudly: "I know, the light will be confiscated silver taels, and the heavy will be expelled from the Chamber of Commerce." ”
These regulations have a lot of room for manoeuvre, the mandatory surname is very low, and they are generally decided by the president, so most of these rules are written in the declaration of the Chamber of Commerce, and there are not many actions, and the actual effect can be ignored.
Li Xiluan nodded, and said lightly: "Then do you know how a few people downstairs were dealt with just now?" ”
Shopkeeper Dong's eyes shrank, and the bad premonition in his heart became heavier and heavier, and he quietly took a step back and said, "I know, my little uncle broke my leg and stepped on my ribs." ”
Li Xiluan snorted coldly and said, "It's good to know, Qing Yao." ”
Although Xiao Pepper is a little ignorant about these things, he is not stupid, he has long seen that this shopkeeper Dong is not a good person, and his little hands and fists have long been clenched tightly. As soon as he heard Li Xiluan's words, he immediately walked over with a look of anger and a little man's boots under his feet.
Chu Shan was stunned and hesitated, but did not speak.
Chen Zhuo touched his chin with his hand, and there seemed to be a smile on his face.
When the shopkeeper Dong saw Xiao Pepper coming over, he frowned slightly, looked up at Li Xiluan and said, "President Li, what do you mean by this?" Obviously, he didn't take Pepper to heart at all.
Xiao Pepper's heart was on fire, she hated being looked down upon the most, plus she thought that it was hateful for this Dong shopkeeper to bully a weak woman, and for a while, new hatred and old hatred surged into her heart, and suddenly, a white and tender fist went straight to the belly of Dong shopkeeper.
Everyone was stunned, and before they could react, the shopkeeper Dong suddenly opened his eyes, his face turned red, the corners of his mouth overflowed with yellowish sour water, and he was hunched and frozen.
Little Pepper withdrew his hand and turned his head to look at Li Xiluan.
Li Xiluan turned her head coldly to look at Chu Shan and Chen Zhuo, and she clearly knew that this was another temptation, but she was not afraid, she had enough confidence!
Li Xiluan snorted coldly, and in the burning eyes of everyone, he said coldly: "The shopkeeper Dong provoked the authority of the president and expelled him from the Chamber of Commerce in accordance with the rules." Qing Yao, throw the shopkeeper Dong out. ”
Shopkeeper Dong's whole body stiffened, his stomach twitched, and he turned his head to look at Chu Shan tremblingly.
Chu Shan picked up a cup of tea and covered his face with his hands.
As soon as Xiao Chili heard this, he didn't care about the eyes of others, dragged the back collar of the shopkeeper Dong and walked towards the staircase, looked up, just went out, and saw dense stools, chairs and tables all over the road, Xiao Chili frowned slightly, and when he turned around, he happened to see a window not far away, Xiao Pepper carried the shopkeeper Dong who was still relieving, and walked towards the window.
In the horror of everyone, the little hand was lifted and thrown, and the shopkeeper Dong had time to breathe, and a miserable scream came in from the window.
Chu Shan's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes swept over Li Xiluan's face slightly, and then he put down the teacup with an indifferent expression.
Chen Zhuo was extremely surprised today, first Wei Qiao interrupted the retreat of the three people, then Chu Shan's attitude changed greatly, and then Li Xiluan's domineering and almost domineering, as far as their Chen family was concerned, there was no movement at all!
Chen Zhuo suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, swept the faces of the two of them, and whispered a few words to the middle-aged man behind him. The middle-aged man nodded and quietly walked out.
Everyone listened to the huge sound of falling water outside the window, looked at Li Xiluan's gaze, and finally calmed down a little.
I sighed in my heart, 'It's good that it's water.' ’
Li Xiluan nodded at Fu Qingyao lightly, she just didn't see the small movements of these people.
After a while, someone from outside came to report, and the tables and chairs were ready.
Li Xiluan got up, said hello, and walked in front, and the others naturally followed her.
In the hall, from east to west, there are more than 100 chairs on the left and right sides.
Li Xiluan went straight to the easternmost chairman's throne, and the others also looked for their own places. The west and south sit on the left, and the east and north sit on the right. Chen Zhuo sat on the right, and Chu Shan on the left. The others, on the other hand, are looking for people who are closer to each other to gather around. It didn't take long for small circles to form.
However, according to the habit, before the Chamber of Commerce starts, tea must be served to brew the atmosphere. Soon, the juniors of Yueran Lou came up with pots of tea, one by one, extremely attentive.
Liu Zhengxu downstairs drank a few cups of tea with Shao Yi, who had just come over, and estimated that the time was almost up, so he got up and stood up and went upstairs slowly.
"Young master, they went up." Xu Mao looked at the backs of the two of them going up the stairs, and immediately turned around and trotted to Wei Qiao's private room.
Wei Qiao nodded, his eyes flashed, and he said to himself: "Although I don't know what Chu Shan wants, it is obvious that he will not be the president of the Chamber of Commerce." What about Chen Ting, what is his hole card that makes him so confident that he can put aside the factor of the union of the Wei and Chu families? ”
It's still that teahouse, Chen Ting listened to the report of his subordinates, and the corners of his mouth hung an arc.
Immediately, he snorted coldly and stood up, "It's okay, since you want to win, you naturally want to win happily, and win heartily!" ”
Wang Feng and Lian Yi glanced at each other, their eyes showed surprise, and they didn't know what the news was, which stimulated Chen Ting.
Chen Ting's eyes flickered hotly, and after a long time, he gradually calmed down, looked at the two of them with a light smile and said, "It's almost, let's go." ”
The two nodded, and then stood up.
"It's almost over, let's go up." At the same time as Chen Ting went downstairs, Wei Qiao went upstairs.
There were more than 100 people upstairs, and their eyes were all on Wei Qiao, who walked over slowly. Xu Mao shrank his neck a little frightened, Wei Qiao walked over with a calm face, and hugged his fist at Liu Zhengxu and Shao Yi, who were sitting in the southeast corner, Liu Zhengxu smiled indifferently, and Shao Yi stood up and replied.
Wei Qiao sat on the first seat on the left, separated from Chu Shan by seven or eight chairs, while Chen Zhuo was opposite Wei Qiao, but he staggered a few positions, obviously, someone from the Chen family still had to come.
Li Xiluan nodded lightly at Wei Qiao, then raised his head, his eyes swept coldly, and the buzzing below suddenly stopped.
Li Xiluan said lightly, "There are a few ...... in this chamber of commerce election."
"Chairman Li, I think the most important thing today is the re-election of the president, and everything should be postponed." Before Li Xiluan's words fell, Chen Zhuo suddenly spoke.
It is not without precedent for officials to come to watch the election of the Chamber of Commerce, so everyone does not particularly care about Shao Yi and Liu Zhengxu.
As soon as Chen Zhuo's voice fell, everyone nodded yes, more than a hundred people, and the hall immediately buzzed.
Li Xiluan's eyebrows frowned slightly, and before he could refute, Chu Shan smiled again and said: "I think what Second Prince Chen said is right, the election of the president is the most important thing in the Chamber of Commerce, and it cannot be delayed." ”
As soon as Chu Shan's voice fell, the others had nothing to talk about. After all, the two giants have already spoken, and what they say will not work, and they have set their eyes on Li Xiluan at the front.
Li Xiluan frowned slightly, and then said lightly: "Okay, let's start then." ”
Wei Qiao sat there, while looking at his nose and nose and heart. He and Li Xiluan paid the same attention - fishing in troubled waters.
Chen Zhuo glanced at Wei Qiao, sneered, took out a stack of pale yellow cloth from his arms, and handed it to the middle-aged man behind him.
The middle-aged man immediately held the cloth and said loudly to the surroundings: "Everyone, this kind of cloth is the new cloth that our Chen family has just experimented with, this new cloth, the color is clear and bright, the tentacles are smooth and soft, after testing, the general fire roasting, blisters, will not fade, under normal circumstances, there will be no change in one or two years." ”
As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, the hall immediately began to talk in a low voice, and they all cast their eyes on the top of the middle-aged man's head.
"Sure enough, the tentacles are soft, slippery, and there is a ...... with the surname of bullet"
"Yes, it won't fade when you rub it, and the color is very firm......"
"Well, the colors are really clear and the colors are gorgeous......
In the hall, it immediately became lively, and everyone whispered about it, and the pieces of pale yellow cloth passed through the crowd on the right.
Li Xiluan's expression was indifferent, his eyes were cold, and he didn't speak.
The corners of Chen Zhuo's mouth were slightly upturned, his gaze was fixed on Wei Qiao's face, his eyes were cold, and the complex light flickered.
Wei Qiao sat there like an old monk sitting still, but his eyes were actually on Chu Shan's face. Chu Shan looked at the crowd on the right with a faint smile, his eyes were full of smiles, and he suddenly remembered this kind of look, just like watching monkeys in a zoo.
Wei Qiao's heart moved, and his eyes also turned to those people, and it didn't take long for him to find that those pieces of cloth were actually almost in the hands of the same group of people, and it was they who were preaching loudly.
With the same expression, Wei Qiao reached out and took out a pencil and notebook from his arms, wrote a few words on the paper, tore them off and handed them to Xu Mao behind him, whispered, and then turned his head and pointed again. Xu Mao agreed, took the paper and walked west.
Jiang You sat in the third row of Chu Mountain, almost in the middle of Wei Qiao and Chu Shan. He was indifferent on the surface, but his head was constantly sweating.
Just last night, the Chen family's nail suddenly lost news, and he couldn't get in touch. What's worse is that his father has handed over all the property in Jinling to him, and his father has left Jinling overnight.
Jiang You, who did not have the support of his father, now has no choice but to rely on the Wei family. I spent half the night at Wei's house last night, and I'm still in shock.
Jiang You received Wei Qiao's note, his eyes lit up, and he nodded heavily at Xu Mao.
Chen Zhuo looked at Wei Qiao's movements, snorted coldly, suddenly stood up, hugged his fists around, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone comes from all over Jinling, and I won't say much kind words." I will only say one, as long as everyone supports our Chen family, the Chen family will not touch the business in the west in the future! ”
After Chen Zhuo finished speaking, everyone was stunned.
The meaning of Chen Zhuo's words is obvious: As long as the Chen family sits on the throne of the president, in the future, they will divide the Wei family and Jinling West, and our Chen family does not want it, let you divide it.
Wei Qiao looked at Chen Zhuo and smiled faintly, and was just about to close the notebook, when the corners of his mouth turned up, he picked up a pencil and drew on the white paper.
Li Xiluan's pretty eyes flashed coldly, her expression remained the same, she kept silent, and no one could figure out what she was thinking.
Chu Shan sat there, his eyes on Chen Zhuo, Li Xiluan, and Wei Qiao, and a faint smile always hung on the corner of his mouth.
-- Watching a play.
"Yes, since the Chen family has such a good cloth, we don't support it, who will!" A shopkeeper behind Chen Zhuo suddenly stood up, stretched out his arm and said loudly.
As soon as the shopkeeper's voice fell, another shopkeeper stood up and said loudly, "That's right, the Chen family has strength, and now there is a good cloth, we don't support the Chen family as the president, who else can we support!" ”
"I also support the Chen family......"
"I also support the Chen family......"
"I also support the Chen family......"
The two of them headed together, and many people immediately jumped out behind Chen Zhuo, shouting loudly one after another.
Chen Zhuo sat on the chair, the corners of his mouth curled, his head raised, and his eyes looked at Li Xiluan above defiantly.
Li Xiluan's eyes flashed with disdain, and his gaze turned to Chu Shan, who had always watched the play with a faint smile, and frowned slightly.
When Chen Zhuo saw Li Xiluan's expression, he was immediately depressed and wanted to vomit blood. He held his head high and stretched his neck to provoke, but people ignored it directly!
Chen Zhuo twitched the corners of his mouth, and the undulating gaze on his chest turned to Wei Qiao.
Wei Qiao lowered his head and painted something very seriously.
Turning to Chu Shan, Chu Shan gave him an encouraging smile back, and Chen Zhuo was even more depressed when he saw it.
But listening to the voices of support one after another, he felt a lot better.
Many people in the crowd on the right stood up, but most of the people who belonged to the 'Chuang Bei' still remained calm and did not make peace with the Chen family.
Li Xiluan's eyes keenly discovered this, his gaze swept lightly in the Chen family's camp, and his gaze fell on Chu Shan again. Like Wei Qiao, she always felt that the biggest enemy today was not the Chen family, but the Chu family, which had always been hidden, made her more vigilant.
The right side is extremely lively, and the left side is unusually quiet, although there are people who want to respond, but in line with the creed of not making a first bird, no one is the first to stand up.
"We also have support for the Chen family here, and the Chen family in the north won't touch it!" Suddenly, on the quiet left, a shopkeeper not far from Jiang You stood up and said loudly.
The right side suddenly fell silent, you look at you, I don't know how to answer.
-- This man's words are vicious.
The north ones come from all over the world, collectively referred to as 'Chuang Bei', and they sit next to Chen's house. Didn't this sentence tell them unmistakably that the Chen family also had thoughts about them?
Should the Chen family agree or refuse? Deny? Just now, the west side has promised not to touch it, but is there anyone in the north who believes it?
Chen Zhuo's face flashed coldly, but he couldn't find any good way to deal with it for a while, and turned his head to look at the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man immediately glanced at the shopkeeper who had just spoken, and then hugged his fist at the crowd of 'Chuang Bei' and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, when my Chen family was at its peak, I also had a lot of support for you in the north. ”
As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, the crowd in the north immediately whispered, and then nodded one after another, but no one came forward to promise the middle-aged man anything, after all, the mustard in his heart is already there, and it can't be eliminated with your words.
Wei Qiao's eyes flashed in surprise and he looked up at the middle-aged man. I saw that his face was peaceful, and at first glance he was a person who was stable enough to keep it.
Wei Qiao's eyes flashed inexplicably, and the corners of his mouth smiled and lowered his head to paint.
Chen Zhuo saw that he had leveled the person who 'broke into the north', nodded at the middle-aged man, and looked at Li Xiluan coldly again. Just now it was just another rehearsal, or a temptation, the real dinner has not yet been served!
Li Xiluan's eyes swept in the hall, looked at Chen Zhuo with a cold face, and said lightly: "No?" After speaking, his eyes turned to Chu Shan again.
Chu Shan leaned back in a chair, his eyes narrowed slightly, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked as if he had not slept yet.
Chen Zhuo's eyes flashed coldly, he gritted his teeth, his face twitched slightly, he understood now, this Li Xiluan didn't reassure him at all, he shouldn't be a dish!
(To be continued)