These dozen or so people are not strongmen who are eyeing Yan Guang, nor are they the remnants of Ruan Qi's gang of water bandits. There are more than 20 people in Ruan Qi's gang of bandits, and even if there are a few fish that have slipped through the net, they are probably already hiding now.

These dozen or so people are journalists, reporters from major newspapers in Shanghai.

In the Yangtze River, where fishing boats are usually hijacked, it is impossible for a newspaper office in Shanghai not to go unmoved for such a big news, especially when there are three Chinese heroes who have turned the tide on the river.

These sophisticated newspapers understood that even if the government and the Shanghai consulate conducted interviews, they could only get official answers, so these newspapers all focused their main forces on Yan Guang and them, and only put second-tier reporters on the side of the government, consulate and Jardine Matheson.

And when they noticed that Yan Guang and the others were about to leave, these dozen reporters immediately followed quietly, and they looked at each other with hostile eyes from time to time.

Yan Guang didn't know that behind him, more than a dozen reporters were looking at him.

The dozen or so reporters did not surround Yan Guang at the beginning, but waited until Yan Guang got into a rickshaw before rushing up and surrounding Yan Guang.

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan, could you please talk about what happened on the river boat? Yikes! A female reporter with a white face who couldn't tell how big she was, asked, and the last scream was squeezed to the ground by another female reporter.

"Mr. Yan, how did you deal with those bandits?"

"Aren't you afraid of the guns in the hands of the bandits?"

"Mr. Yan, @#¥#@¥@#¥#@¥@"

"Yan ¥#%¥#%@#¥#@"

“#￥#@￥%￥#%”

After being surrounded by these reporters, Yan Guang seemed to have broken into a pile of flies, and at first he could hear a few questions clearly, but later his ears were full of noise.

"Enough!" Yan Guang, who couldn't stand it, yelled, and the surroundings immediately fell silent.

Looking at the reporters who were looking at him, Yan Guang sneered. "If you want to interview, you can do it, one hundred yuan per person first..."

"..............." Yan Guang's two bodyguards, reporters, coachmen, and the crowd of onlookers.

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Although the money was not received, Yan Guang finally got rid of those reporters anyway, and after booking a room at the Chase Hotel, Yan Guang took four of his subordinates to take a good rest.

After resting for two days in a row, Yan Guang and his four subordinates were relieved of their fatigue, and it was time to get down to business.

However, just when Yan Guang was about to take the four subordinates to the major foreign houses to have a look, Richard came to the door.

"Dear Yan, it's been a long time." Richard hugged him as he spoke, but was pushed aside by Yan Guang.

"It's only two days, to be exact."

Richard didn't care, and found a seat in the room and sat down.

"I was about to go out on an errand, but I didn't expect you to come to the door..."Looking at Richard's appearance, Yan Guang shook his head.

"Going to buy a machine?" Richard asked, looking up.

"That's right."

A few days after the hijacking of the river wheel, Richard once invited Yan Guang to his room to taste tea and black tea, although Yan Guang was not interested in black tea, but he still went over to chat with Richard for a while.

During the chat, Yan Guang once told Richard that he came to Shanghai to buy textile machinery, so Richard also knew the purpose of Yan Guang's coming to Shanghai.

"That's a coincidence." Richard laughed.

“？” Yan Guang looked at him with some confusion.

"Which foreign store are you going to go to to buy the machine?" Richard asked.

Yan Guang reported the American foreign company he went to when he came to Shanghai last time, of course, he didn't go to this one only for 25 years, but planned to go to other foreign companies to ask for the price.

"That's it." Richard nodded. "Yan, you once saved my life on the ship, to me you are my friend, if you are Chinese you are my savior..."

Yan Guang nodded.

"I also know the American foreign bank you mentioned, and the price of that foreign bank is also quite reasonable, and you will not be treated as a wronged boss just because you are Chinese, but as a person who has been saved by you, I recommend you to our Jardine Matheson Bank to buy a machine..." said here Richard touched his beardless chin and smiled proudly. Don't forget, I'm a Jardine captain..."

"Oh?" Yan Guang's face was full of excitement. "Can you have your company give me the machine for free?"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem..."Hearing Yan Guang's words, Richard, who was originally full of pride, coughed. …… Of course not. ”

"Oh..."Yan Guang was a little disappointed.

Richard shook his head with a wry smile. "Let the foreign bank send you the machine for free, I don't have this ability yet, but if you ask them to sell it to you at a very cheap price, I still have this ability..." What do you think? Interested? ”

Can Yan Guang have a second answer at this time?

Richard smiled and took Yan Guang and a few people to Jardine Matheson.

Jardine Matheson is the oldest foreign firm in China, with a five-storey western-style building in Shanghai.

In the VIP room of Jardine Matheson, Yan Guang and the four people under him sat on the sofa, watching Richard and a senior of the foreign company talking there, and after a while, Richard came over and said. "No problem, I can let you take a look at the machine now."

Yan Guang nodded, got up and said to Richard. "Thank you."

"It's nothing, besides, we can make a little money in a foreign bank."

That's when Taipan came over. "Please follow me." After learning that Yan Guang was the Chinese on the Yichang ship, Taipan Charlie's attitude was much softer.

After leaving the western-style building, Charlie took Richard and Yan Guang and others to the warehouse.

"These are the latest looms." Charlie pointed to the machine tunnel in the warehouse.

"The same as what I saw in the American foreign company?"

"That's right." Charlie nodded. "The Yankees didn't lie to you, these machines are indeed the latest at the moment, but the price quoted to you by the Yankees is a little higher." Speaking of which, Charlie smiled. "If you weren't the hero of the Yichang wheel, and you weren't brought here by Richard, the price we gave would be the same as those Yankees."

Yan Guang also laughed.

"But I don't recommend you these machines..."Charlie motioned for Yan Guang and Richard and the others to follow. I'm friends with Richard, and I'm grateful to you for saving his life, and you've done us a great favor by killing most of those bandits on the Yichang ship..."

Speaking of which, Charlie took Yan Guang and the others to another corner of the warehouse.

"Although those machines are the latest ones, they are not much more efficient than the machines that were launched a few years ago, and the price is much higher, so I recommend you these machines..." This is also the latest model, but it was the latest from a few years ago, but I recommend you to buy this machine..."

Yan Guang hesitated. "How efficient is this machine? Still in need? ”

"The number of people working is the same, but the efficiency is more than ten percent..." But because these machines have been on the market for more than three years, I can call the shots and sell them to you at half price..."

Charlie then opened the entire wooden box, revealing the machine inside. "Don't worry, although these machines have been in place for more than three years, they are almost as good as new because of good maintenance, and I heard Richard say that your funds are not very rich, and these machines should be the most suitable for you."

"Thank you..."

"Didn't I say it, I'm a friend of Richard's..."

With Richard's help, Yan Guang bought three times as many machines as planned for 100,000 silver dollars, and although these machines were individually less efficient than those new ones, Yan Guang still made a lot of money overall.

And Charlie assured Yan Guang that if Yan Guang wanted to expand the factory in the future, as long as he was still working as a senior in Jardine Matheson, and there were still these machines in the warehouse, they would be sold to Yan Guang at half price as now, even if only those new machines were left, they would be sold to him at a relatively low price.

It was also Jardine Matheson that was responsible for the delivery, because Yan Guang had that special ticket, and Taipan and Richard came forward, so although the goods were transported this time, Jardine Matheson still gave Yan Guang a half-discount.

At the same time, Charlie and Richard also came forward to help Yan Guang contact some foreign technicians, compared to other Chinese companies that pay high salaries but recruit a group of people who do not collect money, Richard and Charlie guarantee that this group of people will never grind Yan Guang's Chinese workers, and will try their best to help Yan Guang train the workers in the shortest possible time.

After buying three times the machine at the same price, and saving a sum of money on transportation, Yan Guang had a lot more money on hand than before, and a group of relatively dedicated foreign workers. Now Yan Guang's only worry is whether the original factories are enough, if not, I am afraid that they will have to be temporarily expanded.

It can be said that with the help of Richard and Charlie, Yan Guang did what he couldn't do in a month in a week, and he also saved a lot of money, in a sense, this may be regarded as a good person with a good reward.

And when Yan Guang finished dealing with all the things in Shanghai, it was already more than a week later, during this time, Yan Guang stayed in the hotel room except for being busy outside, but during this time, no one named Wang Er came to the door, even if it was to seek revenge...

"Alas, it seems that I really don't have any ox energy..."Looking up at the ceiling, which had been looking at it for more than a week, Yan Guang sighed.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Boss, someone is looking for you..."

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