All right.

That's her.

Hu Chuyuan thought to himself, he admitted...... Wu Zhenbang's choice to send his youngest daughter over was also carefully considered, Wu Shuzhen is a woman who has experienced the world, is well-educated, and is not surprised by changes, and she is so smart and beautiful.

She opened her mouth and said that 1.3 million taels of silver was sold, and you were embarrassed to say 1.25 million taels.

Hu Chuyuan was thinking like this, but Wu Shuzhen said with a smile: "Actually, it's okay, I think the meaning of the English name is Winch, and the Chinese name is Wanqi." When I return to China, I will discuss with my father, the Chinese name is easy to say, and the English registered name still needs to be agreed by the Russell family, after all, this company was founded by the Russell family. ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, he didn't have the idea of changing his English name, he just temporarily tested the bottom line of the Wu family, and now he doesn't have to retreat, for him...... This is just an inconsequential detail, but it proves that the Wu family's bottom line is very low.

As long as he can be invited to join the shares, the Wu family should not hesitate to lose.

It's enough to talk about this, and the rest of the words will have to wait until Hu Chuyuan verifies all the assets of Qichang Foreign Bank.

In the evening, Hu Chuyuan invited Wu Shuzhen and Rong Hong to stay in Yihua Pavilion and invited them to have dinner together.

Hu Chuyuan's life is still very exquisite, the annual salary of the two chefs in Yongyuan is as high as 600 taels of silver, enough to buy a small-scale restaurant in Hangzhou, and they are also top masters invited from Zhejiang and Guangdong, and are famous for being good at cooking Hangzhou cuisine and Cantonese cuisine.

Hu Chuyuan said that the standard is very careful, in the morning, there must be a cup of soy milk, a half-ripe poached egg, and a small plate of peeled dried fruits, cashew nuts, almonds, walnuts, chestnuts and the like at about nine o'clock.

He uses Chinese food at twelve o'clock, if there are no guests, that is, three meat and three vegetables, two soups and one cold cut, plus a fruit plate, three meat dishes must not be fried, can not be pickled, the first choice is steaming, the second choice is braised red, pig, cow, donkey and other red meat can only have one port, one fish, one poultry.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, he would have a glass of freshly squeezed juice, a cup of refreshment, or a fruit bowl.

He had dinner at six o'clock, and the normal situation was that he must have a bowl of eight-treasure porridge, red beans, corn, peanuts, and lotus seeds, and other ingredients changed every day, and the rest was still three meat and three vegetables, two soups and one cold dish.

At eight o'clock, there must be a cup of bird's nest, golden bird's nest and blood bird's nest.

All main dishes must not be repeated within three days, and they are fine grains at noon, coarse grains at night, sorghum and bud rice must be eaten often.

Hu Chuyuan invited Wu Shuzhen and Rong Hong to eat Cantonese cuisine, and he still chose a very delicate corn nest head according to the usual standards, of course, his nest head is also very delicious, the two chefs tried their best to make the same plate of nest head have three or four flavors, and they have to change the tricks every few days.

After eating for a while, Rong Hong sighed: "I didn't expect that as a Cantonese person, I actually ate the most authentic Cantonese food here in Hu Shao in my life, envy, envy." ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled.

Wu Shuzhen smiled interestingly: "Hu Shao, your chef seems to be a master chef in Cantonese cuisine, it is commendable, my father hired a few people with a lot of money a few years ago, and the level should not be as good as this one." ”

Hu Chuyuan said with a smile: "To be honest, I'm thinking about adding two new chefs, no matter how good the chef is, there are only so many specialty dishes to cook around...... It's not that I'm tired of eating, after all, other people are trying their best to change every time, and the key is to taste something fresh. For example, Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Beijing cuisine, Cangzhou cuisine. There are so many Chinese delicacies, I don't think I will get tired of eating them in my lifetime. ”

Wu Shuzhen had a vague understanding and sighed: "It's better to be in China!" ”

There is so much meaning in these words!

It was inconvenient for Hu Chuyuan to continue with her words, just quietly tasting the delicacies.

He has a lot of rules, he doesn't like to talk much when he eats, and if he has anything, he will talk about it after eating.

The biggest event in the world is food, clothing, housing and transportation, other people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, and his clothing, food, housing and transportation...... In his opinion, eating comes first, and only everyone knows the ups and downs.

Besides, only when you eat well can your body be good, and if you are in good health, you can have the energy to handle so many big and small affairs.

After sending Wu Shuzhen and Rong Hong back to the guest room to rest, Hu Chuyuan invited Chen Xiaobai to the Yinghua Pavilion, left him for supper, and handed over the matter of verifying the assets of Qichang Foreign Bank to him by the way.

Of course, this matter must be kept very secret, so Chen Xiaobai only selects some trustworthy main accounts for careful investigation, and only reports to Hu Chuyuan, and no information is allowed to be disclosed to the outside world.

The next time, at the invitation of Pfister-Delano III and Wu Shuzhen, Hu Chuyuan went to visit the Qichang Silk Factory, which is currently the most lucrative Qichang Silk Factory in China, which is currently the largest silk factory in China, running at full capacity, and can reel and dye one million tons of raw silk every year, and the full set of equipment is imported from the United States and France, and the dyes used are also imported from the United States and France.

In the case of the packaging and sale of the steamship shipping business to Shanghai Steamship China Merchants Bureau, and the development of import and export, real estate and credit business is not as good as that of British-funded foreign banks, this is actually the most high-quality asset of Qichang Foreign Company, and it is also the best hole card that the Russell family and the Wu family can come up with.

The silk mill is very large, the machines are brand new, it just opened last year, the main technicians are Americans, and Chinese technicians are also being trained.

The price of raw silk per catty is about five taels, the selling price after reeling and dyeing is as high as seven taels, the price of raw silk is mentioned at six taels, and their selling price will also be mentioned at eight taels, and the annual profit has been maintained at about 1.2 million taels of silver, deducting the depreciation of the machine, and there can still be a net profit of 800,000 taels of silver.

Of course, if Hu Chuyuan is willing to invest, and through the support of Jiangnan Commercial Bank, continue to increase the scale of investment, the profits of the silk factory can continue to increase.

Compared with the silk factory that Hu Chuyuan is preparing in Hangzhou, this silk factory has an absolute advantage in terms of scale and technology, and Hu Chuyuan has to admit that there are more than 20 technicians hired from the United States alone.

As for him, he can only fucking invite three second-rate goods from the book, and he has spent a lot of extra investment, and a few more are trained in France, and I don't know what year and month he will be able to return to China.

I knew it now, why did he spend money to build a broken factory in the capital?

After reading these, Hu Chuyuan still did not speak, and quietly continued to wait for Chen Xiaobai and others to verify the report, the key is not that the factory makes money, but to see the actual operating conditions of Qichang Foreign Bank, as well as the debt situation of the foreign bank.

He knew that if he didn't make a move, the former king of the U.S.-funded foreign firm, the Qichang foreign firm that had created the "Qichang era", would eventually close its doors in 1891.

Even now, Qichang Foreign Bank has already been thrown out a few hundred meters away by British-funded foreign companies, and it is beyond reach.

When I came back from Qichang Silk Factory, there were only Hu Chuyuan and Wu Shuzhen in the carriage.

This is a horse-drawn carriage imported from England, with a foreign-style four-wheel architecture, even the horses are imported, and it feels very smooth and comfortable to drive on the road.

Sitting in the car, looking at the scenery along the road, Wu Shuzhen's heart was not calm.

She was a little surprised, she still hadn't figured out Hu Chuyuan until now, and she didn't know what Hu Chuyuan was thinking, and whether he would replace the Wu family to take a stake in Qichang Foreign Bank.

Compared with Hu Chuyuan's age, his sophistication and calmness, as well as his scheming, have left an extremely deep impression on Wu Shuzhen.

Wu Shuzhen can only say that Hu Chuyuan can firmly take over the salt administration of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, with an annual income of more than 5 million taels of silver, about 7.5 million US dollars.

In time, this will certainly be a terrible businessman.

Like his father, he is also an official and a businessman, which is fearful.

Thinking of "officials and businessmen", Wu Shuzhen remembered her family history, with sorrow and sigh.

Seeing that the carriage was about to drive back to Ningbo Road, after thinking for a moment, she suddenly said to Hu Chuyuan: "Hu Shao, have you ever thought about becoming an American citizen?" ”

"Huh?"

Hu Chuyuan admits that the question is a bit strange.

Wu Shuzhen said: "As a friend, I sincerely advise you to join the United States as soon as possible, the United States recognizes dual nationality, and legally speaking, the Qing court also acquiesces...... It can also be said that the Qing court did not have a contemporary concept of nationality. You can really think about it, this is not only good for your investment in the United States, but it could also be a way out for you. You are a really smart person, think about the situation in my family, and you will understand the power of this. ”

Hu Chuyuan asked with a little interest: "Is it appropriate, is it easy?" ”

Wu Shuzhen smiled and said, "Of course it's appropriate, as long as you don't say it, who will know?" As far as I know, due to the impact of the European financial crisis, a large number of Europeans are flocking to the United States to seek employment, which has also had a negative impact on the United States, and the United States Congress is currently considering formulating a new immigration bill. Until the new bill is passed, you only need the approval of a state judge to have American citizenship, and I can help with that, and the Wu family and the Russell family are also happy to provide political guarantees. ”

Yes, she studied law.

Hu Chuyuan also laughed, he was a very cheerful person, and said, "Okay, I'll try to find time to go to the United States, and I will need your help at that time." ”

Wu Shuzhen smiled: "Don't worry, the father of my classmate at mt.holyoke college is a state judge in Massachusetts, and he has the right to read and approve immigration applications, as long as he doesn't say it, you don't say it, and no one goes to the state court to check, no one will know." You can then open an account with GCA Bank with the new citizenship documents, set up a private fund for U.S. citizens' property, and appoint GCA to pay your taxes on your behalf, so that you can buy all U.S. assets without anyone knowing, and you will be protected by the federal government. ”

All right.

Hu Chuyuan admitted that studying law is still very useful.

However, he was more curious about whether this method could be used in the Shanghai Concession, so he asked Wu Shuzhen: "If I want to use this method in the concession, is it okay?" ”

"So?" Wu Shuzhen quietly fell into deep thought, her clear eyes flashed with wisdom, and after a while, she said, "Theoretically, there is nothing to do. The Public Concession has chosen the Continental Shelf Act system, and the deficiencies are invoked by the British and American constitutions, which is of course acceptable. If you want to enter the domestic market through this fund, you need to invest in an unlisted company or commercial bank, and through that company or commercial bank you want to enter the mainland, the key question is which bank will do the work. ”

Hu Chuyuan said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, if I decide to take a stake in Qichang Bank, or Wanqi Bank, I will plan to open a Wanqi Bank in Shanghai, and open a branch in Hong Kong and Tianjin." ”

"That's ......!"

Wu Shuzhen was a little hesitant and said: "We already hold 9.75% of the shares in Crédit Hong Kong, which is also the fourth largest shareholder of Crédit Hong Kong, and it seems that we are not in a hurry to enter the banking industry. ”

Crédit Hong Kong is the Hongkong and Shanghai Crédit Bank, which changed its Chinese name to HSBC at the end of 1880, in order to distinguish Crédit de France at that time, the Chinese abbreviated as Crédit Hong Kong.

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "Then let's talk about it later." ”

When Qichang approached him and wanted him to take a stake, he had already sketched out a very large and majestic financial plan in his mind, wanting to establish a financial channel across the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, now is not the time to talk to Wu Shuzhenming.

Although he also likes this smart and knowledgeable woman, business is business, shopping malls are like battlefields, and good ideas and ideas can often be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars.