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Nanjing Road, Shanghai Public Concession, Shili Yangchang, stands dozens of strong exotic buildings, just like a international architecture exposition.

The lights are bright, reflecting the restless Huangpu River outside the bar, prosperous and noisy, no matter day or night, here is not willing to be lonely for a moment.

In the concession, foreigners' jockey clubs and clubs are generally closed to Chinese, so Night Paris, one of the best nightclubs in Shanghai, welcomes Chinese customers and naturally becomes a meeting place for Chinese businessmen and dignitaries.

A banquet was held in the best conference room, attended by the wealthy Chinese of Shanghai, to celebrate the completion of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway.

Most of them came from the Zhejiang region, including Yu Qiaqing, Chen Guangpu, a tycoon in Shanghai's banking circles, Zhang Jingjiang of the Zhejiang Industrial Company, and others.

The atmosphere of the scene was more festive and strict, and less festive and debauched, which was definitely different from the crowd of fun-seekers in the dance hall downstairs.

"It's still old Zhang, your face is big! The celebration party was held until the night of Paris, but not everyone could easily wrap up this gold cave. ”

Today's scene is really rare, most of the powerful businessmen in Shanghai are here, Yu Qiaqing said to Zhang Jingjiang with a smile, while holding Zhang Jingjiang's somewhat thin hand affectionately, looking at the luxurious facilities of the nightclub from time to time, and secretly sighing in his heart.

The night Paris nightclub is known to be the field covered by the Axe Gang, and the leader of the Axe Gang, Wang Yaqiao, became the mayor of Shanghai, in charge of Shanghai's affairs, and is a veritable king of Shanghai, so the night Paris nightclub has also become the most prominent and famous social place in Shanghai.

"Where is it, do we want to charter a venue and send the business to him, can he Wang Laojiu not give face?"

Zhang Jingjiang waved his hand and said with a faint smile, showing confidence in his gestures. He has a high seniority, and he is also qualified to call Wang Yaqiao Wang Laojiu.

"That's just as well."

Yu Qiaqing nodded, and said with emotion, "However, our mayor is really not simple, the Axe Gang Foundation he made up, tsk, the Chinese company in Shanghai, there are really few that can compare to it." ”

mentioned Wang Yaqiao, Yu Qiaqing said in his heart: Wang Yaqiao jumped from a gang leader to the mayor of a city, and in such an important city as Shanghai, he is obviously a prince-like figure, such a legendary experience is really enviable.

What is even more rare is that his transformation of the Axe Gang has successively become several companies, operating nightclubs, construction, shipping, factories and other different industries, and at the same time actively attracting a large number of well-educated business talents to join, so that the Axe Gang will be regularized and completely out of the category of "general gangs rely on pornography, gambling and drug business".

"Well, although the Axe Gang has gang habits, they have worked hard to run Shanghai in the past few years and have opened many industries, which is better than the Qinggang Gang."

Zhang Jingjiang said, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

Recently, Shanghai has not been quite peaceful, and the tax police team suddenly took action, uncovering a major opium smuggling case, seizing a large amount of opium, causing heavy losses to opium dealers and gangsters in Shanghai, and the big smokers in the concession area were also very injured, asking everywhere which tobacco house still had opium.

As for the smoke house in Huajie, I'm sorry, the Zhi Gong Gong Party axe strictly prohibits smoking, and the owner of the smoke house either fled to the concession or was shot, and most of the rest are in jail.

In this anti-smoking campaign in more than a dozen southern provinces, the measures taken by Wang Yaqiao were particularly severe and effective, demonstrating the determination and skill of Shanghai's municipal axe to manage the city.

"Huh. Wang Laojiu and the Axe Gang were also shrewd, they didn't do opium business, they bleached themselves, and they used guò to ban smoking to clean up the disobedient gangs, killing chickens and monkeys, and some foreigners in the concession were angry to no avail. ”

Yu Qiaqing couldn't help but praise. As a businessman, he felt that there were too many gangsters in Shanghai.

After cleaning up the gangs in the Chinese Territory, the Shanghai Municipal Government will not only establish the authority of the political axe, stabilize the social order, but also help suppress the extension of the Concession to the Chinese Territory, so as to create a favorable environment for the development of industry and commerce in the Chinese Territory.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy? The smoking ban has made a lot of noise, at least those in Hongkou are willing to give up? ”

Zhang Jingjiang snorted, his attitude did not seem to be optimistic, but he appreciated the actions of the Shanghai Municipal Axe.

"It's hard to say. Speaking of which, the Zhi Gong Dang still has some skills, and I have received information that yesterday several troop carriers and warships came to the Xiaguan wharf in Nanjing, loaded with weapons and ammunition, and it is estimated that they came from Wuhan. ””

Yu Qiaqing said.

"That must be." Zhang Jingjiang remembered that in the next few days, a batch of important materials would be transported from Guangzhou to Shanghai, and the route would be from the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to Shanghai.

"Old Zhang, do you think there will be a fight?" Yu Qiaqing asked again.

"Not yet, Britain, France, and the United States are the most powerful in the Shanghai Concession, and they will not stand up for those cigarette dealers because the Zhi Gong Party and the Axe ban on smoking in China will be made. said that my losses were relatively large, but I was not enough to meet each other. ”

Zhang Jingjiang analyzed.

In fact, think about it, although the number of Wuhan Zhi Gong Dang Revolutionary Army is small, it is the elite, at least in the Northern Expedition, against the elite of Wu Peifu in Beiyang, it is almost overwhelming and unstoppable.

In addition, with the support of the Hanyang Arsenal behind it, I believe that it will not lag too far behind the powers in terms of equipment and ammunition supply.

Zhang Jingjiang thinks so, he has been paying attention to the domestic situation, and always feels that the hidden strength of the Wuhan Zhi Gong Party is far more shallow than it seems.

Wuhan Industrial Group, which can even produce locomotives and ships, can't produce machine guns and cannons? Isn't the reason why foreigners are majestic is that they have strong ships and guns?

If Zhang Jingjiang's words reach Wuhan, they will surely be confidants of many people, because the steel output of the Hanyang Iron Works has exceeded one million tons, and it is still in a rapid development, but the steel produced is mainly used for railway construction, and the output for military manufacturing is less than one-tenth, but it is enough to equip a small and sophisticated army.

"By the way, Elder Zhang, I heard that the political axe is going to introduce some plans, it seems that the action is quite big, do you have any news?"

Yu Qiaqing asked again, changed the topic, and no longer worried about the sky.

You must know that in Wuhan, Nanjing and other upstream cities, the Zhi Gong Party is carrying out large-scale construction, investing hundreds of thousands of construction corps to build transportation, open up industrial zones, and of course, a series of public facilities such as squares, libraries, and sports centers, so there is no reason to make any moves here in Shanghai.

"You slippery head, you yourself are one of the councilors of the municipal axe, what plan does the municipal axe have, you will know later than me?"

Zhang Jingjiang scolded with a smile.

Yu Qiaqing was not annoyed, and defended: "Although the municipal axe has recruited many famous people to be senators, it can be regarded as participating in the decision-making of the political axe, but the power is not in the hands of the mayor and his staff?"

However, according to my estimate, Wang Yaqiao is unwilling to be lonely, and the reason why he endured it and didn't make a move is probably because of a lack of funds. ”

Speaking of this, he lowered his voice, "I heard that Wuhan is worried that the foreigners in Shanghai are too close and their safety cannot be guaranteed, so we must first ensure the resources for the construction of heavy industries in the mainland...... I do believe this statement a little, otherwise why didn't Meihua build a steel plant in Shanghai? ”

In Yu Qiaqing's view, the US-China consortium is most keen to invest in heavy industry, with large investment and ruthless capital expansion! In finance, energy, steel, railways, machinery, chemical and other industries that are the lifeblood of the national economy, almost all of them are monopolized.

It's a naked collusion between "officials and businessmen"!

In recent years, they have been racing around the country and investing in railways and steel industries in Wuhan, Guangzhou, Changsha, Nanjing and other inland cities, which seems to ignore Shanghai, the largest and most important city in China.

"Maybe you don't want to provoke foreigners too early, right?"

Zhang Jingjiang thought for a while, and thought: Zhi Gong Zheng's axe is to Wuhan instead of Nanjing, occupying the position of the heart of the country, in addition to national defense and security considerations, there is also the intention of connecting with their old nest in South China, advancing and retreating, which can be described as gradual and gradual, step by step, step by step, absolutely not satisfied with the pursuit of territory expansion, all kinds of actions, absolutely different from all the warlord forces since the Republic of China, never scrape the land, on the contrary, like a hard-working old farmer to manage his own territory.

The layout of the Zhi Gong Party is not very inscrutable, and Zhang Jingjiang can see it at a glance.

He secretly contrasted, if other forces had the strength of Wuhan Political Axe, they would have already swung their troops north to defeat the warlords of the Beiyang System and dominate the country, but Wuhan Political Axe was so patient that he would rather spend more effort and hard work to build industry.

This kind of patience seems a bit clumsy, but it is precisely this clumsy approach that shows rare sincerity in front of the Chinese people, and it is easier to gain people's trust, so that the places under the rule of the Zhi Gong Party are increasingly regarded as places worth investing in, and the capital of the Chinese people no longer flows out of the Shanghai Concession, but flows back to the emerging industrial cities in the interior.

The reason why the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium composed of Zhang Jingjiang and Yu Qiaqing boldly invested in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway was also inspired by the industrial plan in the interior and invested capital from Shanghai, which was in a remote corner, to the mainland.

The Chinese people, especially the wealthy, are keen on the concession because it can provide security protection and protect their lives and property, thus causing the abnormal prosperity of the concession.

The concession, which is said to be prosperous, will further expand to the Chinese realm, forming a cycle of evil surnames, which is embarrassing. The rise of the Zhi Gong Party finally gives people hope to break this embarrassing situation.

The two were silent for a while, and suddenly felt that they were thinking too far, and finally took their thoughts back.

"In fact, there are not a lot of industries in Shanghai, and they are dominant. Dasheng Textile, Meihua Petroleum, and Meihua Securities are no worse than those well-known foreign firms on the Bund.

In addition, large South China companies such as Sincere Department Store, Nanyang Brothers Tobacco, and Qianyi Rubber all have an inexplicable relationship with the Meihua Consortium. It is also closely related to the Zhi Gong Party's political axe. ”

Zhang Jingjiang couldn't help but analyze.

"How can there be a freak like Meihua? There's almost no business they don't meddle in? I see, they are better than HSBC, Jardine Matheson, and Swire combined! ”

Yu Qiaqing replied in an envious tone.

"Well, no, how can those people split the soil in the South Seas and establish a country on their own, you must know that it is the backyard of the great powers, even the weakest Netherlands, how can it be regarded as the former world hegemon!"

Zhang Jingjiang shook his head, and when he thought that the rise of the Zhi Gong Party because of the United States and China and the industrial companies associated with the United States and China, he had suppressed the Kuomintang as the most promising political force in the first place, and he had a feeling in his heart that he could not explain it.

Because the current situation is exactly what he wants to see.

"Hehe, the railway is finished, and everyone is relieved. In the past two years, your banking industry has been under a lot of pressure, and it is not easy! ”

Zhang Jingjiang smiled and gently patted the back of Yu Qiaqing's hand to show encouragement.

"It's okay, if you continue to increase the popularity of others and destroy your own prestige, today will not be a celebration meeting for you and me, but a crusade meeting?" Yu Qiaqing nodded sympathetically.

Although he is known as the barefoot God of Wealth, the Siming Bank founded is one of the few large Chinese commercial banks in Shanghai, with assets of one million, when Zhang Jingjiang came to the door with the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway plan, he hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and spent 5oo yuan to invest in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway.

This made him suffer from the criticism of some shareholders in the board of directors, after all, it is rare for Chinese businessmen to independently organize such a large project as the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, which costs tens of millions of dollars, and once it fails, Siming Bank will be greatly damaged, and ordinary people dare not take risks lightly.

"Haha. Today, we can be regarded as raising our eyebrows, foreigners have always been arrogant, and now they dare not underestimate the strength of our Chinese businessmen in Shanghai. ”

Zhang Jingjiang's emaciated face flashed a hint of red, showing the excitement in his heart, he took a sip of wine, he snorted coldly: "And that class of Cantonese guys, a few years ago, didn't they just build the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway and make some money, just look very remarkable, saying that we Shanghai businessmen will only do compradors for foreigners, or engage in pawnshops and speculation in buildings, in fact, they can't do anything big, and they don't have the courage to carry out big projects. ”

"Hmm. At that time, I also held my breath, or I would have gotten on your thief ship and thrown most of my wealth into it, and now I feel relieved to think of the chagrin looks of those cowards, who told them not to make up their minds to participate in our operation in the first place. ”

Yu Qiaqing smiled happily, and secretly estimated in her heart that the completion of the railway had just been completed, and there would be no income for a while, but the railway shares in her hand had already increased by four or five times, or even more than ten times.

"Those timid guys don't mention it, but our railway company is going to open up resources along the railway line next, and many plans still need their participation, so we still have to smile at this."

Zhang Jingjiang waved his hand, as the majority shareholder and chairman of the railway company, he was qualified to say such things.

"Hehe, who's to say it's not?" Yu Qiaqing nodded and smiled.

He is very good prospects for the railway company, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway has become the economic lifeline of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and can connect the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions together, and Siming Bank has participated in the construction of this railway, which is undoubtedly one of the leaders of industrial construction in this region. (To be continued.)