Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Wine Party Thunders
In fact, Jin Kai came to find Xie Xiuyun as a last resort, and after returning to his apartment with Xie Xiuyun in a café that day, he received an urgent letter from a messenger specially sent by the North China Bureau. The underground party active in big cities generally communicates with the base areas through the radio, and it is the first time that a messenger has been sent with such fanfare, and Jin Kai can't help but get nervous. After opening the letter, Jin Kai realized that this matter was related to Xie Xiuyun, and the North China Bureau ordered the Shanghai underground organization to find out the background information of a person named Zhao Zhi as soon as possible and hand it over to the messenger to bring back.
Originally, Jin Kai had not linked the Zhao Zhi mentioned in the letter with Zhao Zhi whom Xie Xiuyun knew, but the messenger added that Zhao Zhi was a young man in his 20s, who should have stayed abroad, could speak English and English, and lived in the French Concession in Shanghai. Jin Kai is also a veteran who has worked underground for many years, and after thinking about it carefully, he thought of the Zhao Zhi that Xie Xiuyun said, just because Zhao Zhi was not in Shanghai during this time, and it was said that he went to Zhangjiakou to sell leather goods. Moreover, the cigarette seller on the corner of Zhao Zhi's house had seen Zhao Zhi before, and Zhao Zhi's appearance and characteristics were basically similar to what the messenger said.
Xie Xiuyun didn't know what Jin Kai's purpose was for looking for herself, she still followed her own plan and asked the driver to stop the car when the car drove to the corner, "Mr. Hunter seems to like to smoke cigars, there are cigars on this cigarette stall on the corner of my house, I will buy a box and take it to Mr. Hunter, you wait for me for a while" Xie Xiuyun pushed the car door and got out of the car, leaving Su Mei and the bodyguard in the car, and walked towards the cigarette stall alone.
"The superior explained, tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the morning, we will meet at the café last time, and you are only allowed to go alone" The middle-aged cigarette seller took the banknote in Xie Xiuyun's hand, and whispered a few words when handing over the cigarettes, in the eyes of outsiders, it was just a cigarette seller being polite to Xie Xiuyun. At 10 o'clock in the morning, Xie Xiuyun couldn't help but feel bitter, these days she seems to have slept until three o'clock before getting up, and the housekeeper Uncle Lu also said that the ladies and wives of big families like to get up late, and it seems that Su Mei doesn't like to get up early.
Hunter's villa is close to the British Consulate General at No. 33 on the Bund, and is in the style of a colonial style popular in the 19th century, with a four-pitched roof, a brick and wood structure, a two-storey coupon gallery, and a large garden and green space, which is only slightly smaller than the palace of the British Consul General in Shanghai. Today, the lights in Hunter's villa are bright, and you can hear the beautiful music wafting from it from afar, and through those glass windows, you can see the figures inside, they frequently raise their glasses, and laughter is heard from time to time.
At the iron gate of the villa was guarded by a row of fully armed bodyguards, all of them armed with guns and solemn faces. Rows of cars are parked on both sides of the gate, and from time to time people arrive in cars and get down at the door to enter the museum. However, there are not many Chinese invited today, most of them are consuls from various countries and foreigners from the Ministry of Public Concession and Bureau, and the rest are some business partners and merchants of Hunter.
When the car drove to Hunter's villa, there were already a lot of guests of all kinds, and Hunter was afraid that Xie Xiuyun and Su Mei would recognize his life, so he specially sent Jennifer to take care of the two of them. Xie Xiuyun is wearing a dark green velvet cheongsam today, with her snow-white thighs exposed at the slits, with the movement of her steps, the spring waves swept to the audience, and the foreigners with flowery intestines let out an exclamation one by one, the legs of Chinese women are too perfect. The eyes of the big-nosed foreigners frightened the timid Su Mei and hid behind Xie Xiuyun and Jennifer, only scolding Hunter in his heart for being troublesome and finding so many big-nosed foreigners.
Many noble ladies and young ladies looked at Xie Xiuyun with envy, and were even more jealous of her slender and graceful body curves, her beautiful breasts, slender waist, and plump and moderate buttocks all showed just the right smooth curves, and those women who had the same ** and fat ass as they felt extremely frustrated, and they dreamed of having such a charming figure, so as to tie the hearts of their own men.
Barkley was an Englishman of medium stature, with the usual hollow smile on his face, and seemed to like to show his affinity at all times. "Dear Jennifer, you're late, I'll have to give you a drink, why don't you introduce me to this beautiful lady next to you?" Although he spoke to Jennifer, his eyes kept falling on Xie Xiuyun's body, and his eyes flashed with infinite appreciation.
Jennifer couldn't help but secretly curse the old pervert, but because of the identity of the director of the Buckley Ministry of Industry and Bureau, she was embarrassed to get angry, so she had to reluctantly introduce Xie Xiuyun to him, "Mr. Buckley, please allow me to introduce my boss's partner, Mr. Zhao Zhi's wife, Ms. Xie Xiuyun" Jennifer had to show Buckley that Xie Xiuyun had the identity of a 'husband', maybe only in this way would make him have scruples. And Xie Xiuyun, who was standing next to her, could only cooperate with Jennifer's performance, and did not forget to show Barkley the ring she wore on her finger......
"It's an honor to meet your beautiful lady, your husband is really the happiest man in the world, I am jealous of him" Seeing that Xie Xiuyun was already married, Barkley had no choice but to say a few polite words, and then took his wine glass and left.
With the increase in the number of guests, the cocktail party gradually kicked off, and under Jennifer's whispered introduction, Xie Xiuyun soon got to know a series of high-level figures in the concessions, including high-level police officers from the two concessions and some shareholders of foreign companies, such as Jardine Matheson, Swire Company, Yueqing Company, Lihe Company, Huisi Company, Welfare Company, Taixing Company, Holland Company, etc. Hunter invited all the core figures at the top of the two concessions tonight, and if a cannonball accidentally falls at this time, there will be big news that will shake the world tomorrow, there is no doubt about it.
While everyone was laughing and communicating, forgetting to enjoy the luxurious romance of the feast, the protagonist of the night finally arrived, and Hunter, dressed in a white evening dress, walked down from the second floor. Tonight's Hunter is obviously dressed up carefully, contrary to the hippie smiling face when eating and drinking in Zhao Zhi's house, Hunter's body is not as tall and handsome as Zhao Zhi, on the contrary, he has been up and down in the business sea for a long time, he looks a little slippery, but at this time Hunter looks a lot solemn and solemn, and his eyes are shining with a sharp light.
"When, when, when" Hunter walked to the table and picked up a silver fork and tapped it lightly on the wine glass three times, and then looked around the guests in the hall with a smile on his face, "Thank you for coming to the reception tonight, I have something to announce" Hunter is a more important figure among foreigners in Shanghai, not only because his business is doing well, but also because he is a delicate person and is very familiar with the characters of Shanghai Black and White Road. Many of the guests who came tonight had received help or favor from Hunter, so as soon as Hunter said that he had something to announce, the hall fell silent.
"Everyone knows that since the start of the war between China and China, it has become more and more difficult to do business in China, especially for those like us who do trade. Just a few days ago, a batch of my goods were detained by the army in Zhangjiakou, and after negotiation, it was easy to get the goods back, but then they were robbed by a group of bandits, for which I also injured a few employees" Hunter said while secretly observing the guests' reactions, and the frequent nods of the guests gave Hunter some confidence in his heart.
"So, in order to avoid being robbed by bandits in my business, I and a good friend are going to set up a mercenary army, and in the future, my cargo transportation will be handed over to these mercenaries for protection, if you need help, just ask, you know that I will never refuse my friend's request for help" Hunter's words were no less than throwing a bomb in the hall. Mercenaries, this is an ancient industry, the earliest can be traced back to ancient Greece, and even in the ancient Roman period, some of the strong Roman army was called barbarian mercenaries, Asians may still be very new to mercenaries, but these big-nosed foreigners know more or less about mercenaries.
"Hunter, are you telling the truth? But you don't have enough troops? An Englishman was a bit of a mocker of Hunter. Translated into English, mercenaries are synonymous with "mercenary", and the old Chinese saying "there must be a brave man under a heavy reward" is a vivid description of this type of person. From the time of the ancient Greeks, mercenaries began to appear on the world stage as a special group, with the profession of "war" and "adventure". By the early 19th century, Britain had used a large number of mercenaries to plunder resources and engage in commercial cooperation as it expanded outward.
Mercenaries are mostly composed of some vagabonds, outlaws and deserters, they have no distinction between countries, no distinction between right and wrong, only interests and money, whoever gives money will work for whomever they want, and it is very expensive to form such a force. So this British businessman looked down on Hunter a little, and he thought that Hunt was just a gimmick, and there was no place to spend the money.
"I have recruited a large number of retired officers and soldiers from all over the world to come to Shanghai, in fact, I have been interviewing them during this time, and my business partner, Mr. Zhao Zhi, who came back from the United States, is very proficient in military affairs, so this mercenary force will be handed over to him to manage in the future, and we have registered a formal mercenary company in the United States" Hunter raised his wine glass and looked around, "So, what I want to tell you is that we are a regular mercenary company, no matter what difficult things you have, as long as you leave it to us, will help you solve it one by one"
The most shocked person in the hall was Xie Xiuyun, it turned out that there were so many foreigners coming and going in Hante's villa these days just to set up some mercenary company, and Zhao Zhi was also a partner of Hante. Listening to what Hunter meant, Zhao Zhi should be very good at military affairs, Xie Xiuyun couldn't help but clench his little fist, how many things does this damn guy have to hide from himself, and when he comes back, he must look good.