Seeing that Hu Chuyuan's expression was getting colder, Wu Shuzhen faintly smiled and said, "Hu Shao, I don't hide it from you, this price can indeed be reduced." As long as you really want to buy, we can negotiate slowly! ”

Hu Chuyuan also knew this, but he didn't want to make a conclusion too early, and said: "1.8 million taels of silver is not a small amount, and I should not reply for the time being." Is there a specific breakdown for me to do my accounting? ”

Pfister-Delano said: "Of course there is! ”

After speaking, he took out a set of materials from his briefcase and handed them to Hu Chuyuan, which included the current assets of Qichang Foreign Bank, some of which were still in the United States, and someone had to be sent to investigate whether it was true or not.

Hu Chuyuan took a general look and knew that Qichang Foreign Company was selling shares according to the market value two months ago, which is of course very neurotic, you must know that the current land price in Shanghai has fallen by more than sixty percent.

He was not in a hurry to argue with others, put the information on the coffee table next to him, and said, "If I can, I will reply to this within three or four days." ”

Pfister-Delano nodded happily and said in half-baked Cantonese, "Okay, I'll wait for your good news." ”

"Huh?"

Hu Chuyuan wondered in his heart, he didn't know which country's bird language he spoke, it felt like German.

Of course, Wu Shuzhen understood, so she immediately translated with Hu Chuyuan, and said: "Mr. Pfister and my brother often played together when I was a child, and learned a lot of Cantonese...... Maybe it's just a little bit hot! ”

"Oh!"

Hu Chuyuan understood, he would rather Ffister only speak English in the future, and Cantonese is not difficult to understand, like Cantonese in German, it is really difficult to understand!

Pfister-Delano III, the newly appointed U.S. Consul General in Shanghai and the new chief partner of Qichang's business in China, had a lot of affairs and was about to leave early, and Hu Chuyuan also politely sent him away.

Returning to the living room of the Yihua Pavilion, Hu Chuyuan opened Wu Zhenbang's handwritten letter and read it.

This letter is very decently written, Wu Zhenbang first apologized, and explained a lot, he has two sons and a daughter under his knees, the eldest son died of lung disease, and now he mainly relies on the second son Wu Sihua to take care of the business, because the incident happened suddenly, Wu Sihua could not come to China to meet Hu Chuyuan, so he could only let his youngest daughter Wu Shuzhen come.

As for what Wu Zhenbang wants to say, he has already told Wu Shuzhen, and Wu Shuzhen is also a very smart woman, graduated from the best MT. Holyoke Women's College in the United States, at first studied natural science, majored in chemistry, and later changed to law.

Because women are currently not allowed to practice as lawyers and judges in the United States, she has stayed by Wu Zhenbang's side as a secretary and legal adviser for the past two years.

Wu Zhenbang told Hu Chuyuan that if Hu Chuyuan felt that Wu Shuzhen was a good candidate and was willing to support the Wu family's capital to return to China, Wu Zhenbang wanted to leave his youngest daughter Wu Shuzhen in Shanghai and take care of the family business with the help of Hu Chuyuan.

After reading the letter, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help but look at Wu Shuzhen a few more times, the more he looked at it, the more beautiful he felt, and his temperament was elegant and calm, but it was really hard to say whether he was suitable for dealing with business matters.

He thought it a little and didn't rush to make a judgment.

Beauty, who doesn't like it, but this is about the assets and operation of tens of millions of taels of silver, if it is just a woman who looks smart, but in fact, she has a big chest and no brains, it will be very inappropriate.

After all, Hu Chuyuan may also invest a lot of money in this asset.

Wu Shuzhen is not a girl who is in a hurry, she is gentle and elegant, and she slightly pulled the hair on the side of her ear, and said with a smile to Hu Chuyuan: "In fact, my father wants to invite Hu Shaoyuan to invest in the United States, the current United States contains huge business opportunities, as long as there is wealth, you can leverage more leverage." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I have this plan." ”

"After the two world financial turmoil of 1866 and 1873, the exodus of European capital from the United States caused a brief decline in the United States between 1873 and 1875. However, after all, the United States is an emerging land power, with a land area, resources and market that can rival the whole of Europe, and in recent years, although the United States has continued to be in a state of shortage of funds, the development of industry and commerce, especially the manufacturing industry, is still very rapid, and the average return on investment of other industries is also very high. To be precise, Hu Shao, now is really a good opportunity to buy the US economy! ”

"yes!"

Hu Chuyuan felt the same way.

In fact, he has missed the best period to buy the bottom, but it is not too late to enter the US capital market.

Hearing Wu Shuzhen say this, Hu Chuyuan also felt something...... This beauty is not good-looking, and she does have ideas.

He thought for a moment, but said: "Let's not talk about business matters for the time being, please wait for me to read the asset bulletin submitted by the foreign bank." ”

Rong Hong hurriedly reconciled with a smile: "Yes, yes, you all said that you have a fate, you have met for thousands of miles, and there is still a lot of time, so you are not in a hurry to talk about such a nerve-wracking thing." ”

Wu Shuzhen smiled faintly, glanced at Hu Chuyuan quietly and carefully, and thought, although she is very young, she is as sophisticated as a hedgehog!

Hu Chuyuan immediately changed the topic very familiarly and asked, "Let's talk about the establishment of a university in Boston!" ”

Wu Shuzhen smiled lightly: "I also have to say sorry to Hu Shao, my father is very willing to cooperate with you to build a new university, but he prefers to be in San Francisco." My father and Uncle Wu have been working on the matter for the past few months, have already chosen a location in San Francisco, have hired some professors from Harvard and Yale, and are in talks with the University of Virginia to make the school their San Francisco branch first. ”

"It doesn't matter where you choose, you can count it as a branch school!" Hu Chuyuan smiled, he had hoped that it would be in San Francisco, and said, "I really didn't expect it to be done so quickly!" ”

What he said last time was very beautiful, but the funds he brought to Rong Hong were only 100,000 US dollars, which can only be regarded as a preliminary temptation, and there is no doubt that Rong Hong came to ask for funds this time.

"As long as we have the funds, it's easy to start a new university in the United States, and we plan to open a preparatory school for young Chinese and set up a special scholarship to encourage them to enroll in the school," Wu said. ”

These are of course all good things.

Hu Chuyuan immediately said: "Okay, as long as it is for us Chinese education, money is not a problem, I will definitely pay for it." Dr. Yung, I will give you $300,000 this time, and you can bring it back to the United States for use first, and if it is not enough, I will reallocate it next year. ”

Rong Hong was very happy, in fact, he came for this matter, and said with a smile: "Hu Shao, you really saved me from fire and water, as long as we have this money, the university we are preparing can officially open within half a year, and it is estimated that the first batch can enroll more than 100 students." ”

Hu Chuyuan also hummed happily, and he was full of joy about this.

Although the university is established in the San Francisco Bay in the United States, it will not be long before many Chinese college students will be trained there, and as long as they are willing to return to China, they will definitely be able to contribute to the country, which will also be of great help to him.

Hu Chuyuan continued to talk with Wu Shuzhen and Rong Hong about the university, and soon, he found out that Wu Shuzhen was also a patriotic woman with great ideas, she hoped that the motherland could open up and become stronger, but she did not think that the Qing court, which was ruled by the Manchus, could make much change.

This is probably related to the special family history of the Wu family.

At their peak, the Wu family was also the real richest man in China, and the ending was really regrettable, but fortunately they were able to travel to the United States with the help of the Russell family, and rely on the debts of the East India Company to re-emerge, although they cannot be compared with the heyday, but they can also rank in the top 100 in the United States.

Hu Chuyuan gradually talked with her warmly, and talked about the affairs of the National Chinese Association, the Wu family is willing to contribute 200,000 US dollars, and Hu Chuyuan is also willing to contribute another sum of money.

Talking about the current wave of disagreement and anti-Chinese exclusion in the United States, Wu Shuzhen couldn't help but feel a little regretful and helpless, and said: "I don't know if Hu Shao can understand that the United States is a democratically elected political country, although a small number of politicians have greater ambitions and vision, but they also have to succumb to public opinion. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "You can start with the contributions made by Chinese workers and the exploitation of Chinese workers by American capitalists, but if it really doesn't work, then sue the United Pacific Railroad Company and demand that they compensate the Chinese workers who sacrificed." The victory or defeat of the lawsuit is secondary, and the focus is to let more American voters know about the immorality and shame of the Americans themselves, so as to suppress the anti-Chinese movement in the United States. ”

"Huh?"

Wu Shuzhen couldn't help but be a little strange, surprised in her heart, and said secretly: He even thinks a lot about this question, it's really strange, seeing that he is younger than me and has been living in China, how can he think so far, could it be ...... Is it really the genius that Dr. Yung said?

At this time, Rong Hong also asked Hu Chuyuan: "Hu Shao, can you use your political connections to get the Qing court and the United States to negotiate internationally and force the American political axe to take some action against the anti-Chinese movement?" ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "In the final analysis, the Qing court is a group of Manchus who control China, they don't care about the interests and future of the whole of China, if it weren't for the sake of face, they wouldn't care about the life or death of overseas Chinese." ”

Wu Shuzhen sighed with a sneer: "My father also has a similar view, if the Manchu regime is not destroyed, it is impossible for China to change." The problem is that we can't do anything about it, and my father has been involved in the affairs of the Hongmen Zhigong Court since his early years, but ...... After all, the Zhigongtang is an underground gang organization, and it is difficult to gather real strength, but the National Chinese Association proposed by Hu Shao has a great future. ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled, but he couldn't laugh again.

However, he did find something else...... The Wu family, who had a blood feud with the Qing court, was his best ally overseas.

He didn't say anything right away, for him, this matter must be extremely careful, one wrong step is one wrong step.

As for the Chinese Exclusion Movement in the United States, both sides are very helpless about this, even the Wu family, due to the mainstream Chinese discrimination and anti-Chinese consciousness in the United States, cannot send people to take care of the Hanhua Industrial Bank and Qichang Foreign Bank, which they mainly hold shares, and can only hand over the shareholders' rights and interests to the members of the Russell family to act as agents.

This time, Wu Sihua could not return to China to interview Hu Chuyuan because there was a serious dispute in the management of Hanhua Industrial Bank, and due to the tough attitude of the Russell family, the Wu family, who had always maintained the same camp as the Wu family, angrily withdrew from Hanhua Industrial Bank and Qichang Foreign Bank, and sold all the shares in their hands to the Wu family at a low price.

This also made Hu Chuyuan realize that it was not easy for him to invest in the United States.

Of course, he is different from the Wu family, after all, he is the one who can control the export of China's raw silk, and this is a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all foreign companies.

He also believes that it is precisely because of this that the Wu family, who holds more than half of the shares of Qichang Foreign Bank, can't wait to invite him to join.

Wu Shuzhen is a very special woman, she can hide such an urgent mood and inner worries, and chatted with Hu Chuyuan about other things elegantly and calmly, without the slightest hint of anxiety.

All this is just Hu Chuyuan's own speculation.

He decided to make a test, and suddenly talked with Wu Shuzhen with a smile: "I always feel that the name of Qichang Foreign Bank is very stingy, no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as the largest foreign bank and interest representative of the United States in China, if I become a shareholder, I would like to propose to change the name to Wanqi Foreign Company." ”

Wu Shuzhen couldn't help but smile and said, "Why not? ”

Rong Hong is not a businessman, of course he doesn't know the mystery here, so he also smiled and said: "Wanqi is good, it sounds loud." ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled slightly seriously: "The English name also uses the new WINCH trademark, which means to win in China." ”

"So......?"

Wu Shuzhen smiled and held the black teacup in her hand, sticking to her bright red and moist lips, her temperament was still so elegant and gentle, her smile was warm, and it seemed that she didn't mind smiling.