Chapter 17: Shock
"Huh!" Hundreds of gorgeously dressed and well-dressed upper-class people immediately turned their eyes to Zhang Cheng, who was sitting there with a relaxed smile on his face.
Hundreds of eyes containing various emotions such as shock, incomprehension, envy, admiration, doubt, contempt, etc., were like searchlights that reflected Zhang Cheng extremely brightly. Of course, it was also because the gaffer hit him with the light. This kind of thing is rare in a hundred years.
Zhang Yao, who was sitting in the center, had an extremely ugly face.
Originally, the 1.2 million yuan he donated on behalf of the Zhang family was already the highest in the audience. All eyes in the field were focused on him, a young handsome. Reporters have also been around him to take pictures. However, that guy actually offered 10 million?! And this money is still given by the Zhang family!
Looking at the reporters who rushed towards that guy like lightning like lightning, Zhang Yao felt that his self-cultivation skills were getting worse and worse. In the minds of young people, comparisons will always exist.
Zhang Cheng is not grandstanding, he has no interest in doing such a thing.
When writing a check before, Zhang Cheng's mind was in a trance. Loud explosions and heavy gunfire rang in my ears. At that moment, he seemed to be back on the battlefield of the ** fierce battle a few months ago! I saw those comrades-in-arms who were laughing and making trouble, but finally turned into a cold corpse on the battlefield of **!
Zhang Cheng donated this huge amount of money, not for the empire, let alone for His Majesty the Emperor. He just wanted to avenge his comrades-in-arms and do something for the Chinese nation. No matter what time and space he is, he is a Chinese!
Money? It doesn't matter at all!
What do people think of people who get rich overnight? In addition to envy, the most should be jealousy, right?
At this moment, this banquet hall is gathered in hundreds of high-class and successful people from the London Concession. These elves are here just for show. But Zhang Cheng's explosive move pushed the show in a completely different direction.
Ten million silver dollars. This is a huge amount of money that ordinary people would not dare to think of. Even in this banquet hall, most people's net worth is not up to this standard. Zhang Cheng donated it without changing his face, and everyone's eyes looked at him extremely complicated.
No one will take Zhang Cheng for a fool. Anyone who can enter this ballroom is not a fool. Zhang Cheng, a hairy boy who didn't know where to come from, has become famous all over the world in just a few months. And amassed an incredible fortune. He donated a huge amount of money, no one will think that Zhang Cheng is crazy, they will only think about what Zhang Cheng is planning, what is there that others don't know?
No one would think that Zhang Cheng was just for his former comrades-in-arms and this nation. These successful people always like to think too much.
In the corner of the banquet hall, a pair of unusually bright, pure eyes like crystal stared at Zhang Cheng silently. There was a hint of admiration, a hint of incomprehension and confusion in those clear eyes. But there is no jealousy and ridicule of others.
"Brother, what are you?" Xu Mu was also taken aback. Zhang Cheng's generosity also made Xu Mu dumbfounded. The fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River is only a dozen silver dollars per acre. Although because the empire now owns too much land, the land price has not been able to rise. But the basic value is still there. This 10 million is really a huge amount of money.
Zhang Cheng chuckled lightly, put on a professional expression when he was interviewed, and let a group of reporters frantically burst their flashing lights in front of him.
Chinese people pay more attention to face than profit, this kind of thing is not a joke. Since you have offered this price, you must pay so much money! If not, then you don't have to mix it up in the future, and no one will believe in your character.
"I just wanted to do something." Zhang Cheng looked at the dazzling camera with an indifferent expression, "Some things have to be done after all." ”
At this moment, there was also a buzzing sound on the rostrum. The money donated by Zhang Cheng was not very outstanding among the total tonight. After all, hundreds of upper-class people have donated tens of thousands. But when placed on a single person, it is very conspicuous. In the face of this situation, they can't help but express it.
For the Doge's Palace, this is also a matter of face.
"I'm really happy today." The white-haired, kind-eyed Governor of the London Concession stood up. took the microphone from the respectful host, and looked at Zhang Cheng with a gentle gaze, "The empire can have a young man like you, the old man is really pleased." ”
To be able to be the governor of the London Concession, which is the most important for the entire Ming Empire, what kind of noble identity does this gray-haired old man have?
"The Governor has overdone it." Zhang Cheng didn't know that the sky was high because he had a little money in his pocket. Hurriedly stood up and saluted respectfully and modestly.
The Governor is usually very low-key, and rarely appears in the public eye except in the current situation. But the Governor himself is a legend.
Although the current Ming Empire has been ruled by capital. But those meritorious royal families still have great power.
The governor's surname is Zhu Dingsong, a descendant of the Yongxing royal family, and a relative of the emperor. He is the uncle of the current Emperor. Don't look at his age now, but he is the leader of the imperial family against the major families for decades. has always been a heavyweight character who has caused headaches for major families.
After the current emperor ascended the throne, he was young and vigorous, and was used by major families to dislike Zhu Dingsong, who had great power and prestige in the imperial family. Took the initiative to kick him to the London Concession as the governor. As a result, all the major families breathed a sigh of relief. But as long as he is not dead, he is still a big man.
"Young man." The governor looked at Zhang Cheng with a smile: "I just admire you energetic young men. I'm just old, otherwise I'd have to personally lead the troops to teach those noodles a good lesson. ”
"Hahaha~~~" There was a burst of laughter in the banquet hall.
The old governor was no joke. When he was young, he fought in the east and west, and how many rebellions did he subdue? How did his reputation come about? Isn't it out of the woods? If you want people to admire from the heart, you can only fight from the battlefield!
"Young man." The Governor's expression was slightly solemn, and his eyes looked at Zhang Cheng with blazing eyes, "I appoint you as the colonel of the London Volunteer Corps." Would you like to contribute to the Empire? ”
"Wow~~~" The entire banquet hall was in chaos at this moment.
These upper-class people have always paid for it, when will it be their turn to fight the dirty and bitter mud-legged work of war? Zhang Cheng, as a young rich man with a net worth of tens of millions, went to war? What is this trying to do, Your Excellency?
"Hey." Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Raising his gaze to look at the Governor with a smile on his face, the corners of his mouth outlined a faint smile, "It's an honor." ”
"Whoop!! At this moment, the banquet hall exploded in an instant. Everyone looked at Zhang Cheng with all kinds of complicated eyes undisguisedly. No one could understand what he was thinking. is a huge rich man with a net worth of tens of millions, and he is a young man in his prime. I don't want to enjoy a luxurious life all day long, but I am willing to go to the poor countryside of Italy to fight with a group of poor mud legs?! What's wrong with the world?
Zhang Cheng is different from everyone else!
Zhang Cheng comes from another era, an era that has been reborn from the ashes after countless hardships and pains.
Since childhood, he has been told in history textbooks that Zhang Cheng is a nation that has suffered a lot. Although life is better now, this sense of crisis hidden in the depths of my heart has never disappeared.
Zhang Cheng felt a kind of sadness in this era.
The Chinese nation in this era did not encounter a massacre of alien races without a head. There is no ruler who 'measures the material resources of China and makes friends with the pleasure of the country'. There are no crows. The tears of the defeat of the film, the southeast, the first day, and Gengzi. There is no horse off, day. Tsu, Nan. The cry of 1,175 treaties such as Beijing and Northern Capital.
The Chinese people of this era are proud and satisfied. They have the whole world. However, under the law of the jungle, danger is everywhere. The Ming Empire has enjoyed peace and ease for too long. They can no longer see the danger and danger around them. Everyone believed that the Ming Empire would continue to have the whole world until the end of the world.
Zhang Cheng knew that this was impossible. Countless enemies have begun to sharpen their knives and are ready to show their knives to the Chinese nation, but unfortunately most of the Chinese people are still drunk and dreaming of death.
Zhang Cheng is painful. Because he knew danger was looming. He couldn't explain it to anyone because he would be taken for a fool. He can only do what he can to do his best. Going to the battlefield is his unshirkable choice as a Chinese man.
"Good!" The Governor's eyes lit up. Nodding in satisfaction.
How many years? Since the mobilization of the whole country in the second global war, how many years has there not been such a young man who has a huge amount of wealth but is willing to contribute to the country?
Of all the young men the Governor has seen over the years, except for those who have joined the army. Those were either well-born and born with a golden key. Or young people who have made a career with their own abilities and opportunities are thinking about how to make money and make money. When the empire is in trouble, the most to shout slogans and donate some money and goods is at most. Zhang Cheng is still the first one who is really willing to risk going to the battlefield!
"Good." The Governor nodded vigorously, "Come to the Governor's Mansion tomorrow." Let's have a good chat. ”
The upper echelons of the banquet hall could not be more surprised. Today they saw with their own eyes something incomprehensible. As for the matter of the Governor-General's invitation to Zhang Cheng to discuss in detail alone, it was no longer possible for them to lose their minds.
Zhang Cheng sat back in his chair with a chuckle, ignoring the gazes with various meanings in all directions. He picked up the glass of water in front of him and took a sip gently.
Do your own thing and let others say go.
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