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"Where is Mr. Zhou?"

Zhu Wulou looked curiously at Zhou Tiancheng in front of him, Chinese New Year's Eve, his skin was a little dark, he had a kind of confidence in his career, Ningbo dialect was not very authentic, and the accent should be from Wenzhou.

"My ancestral home is Wenzhou, Zhejiang, but my ancestors went overseas to make a living a hundred years ago, I grew up in Japan, and then went to the United States, and I traveled everywhere, which is a small achievement, but I didn't expect the Tokyo earthquake last year...... When Zhou Tiancheng said this, he was gloomy for a while, and it seemed to evoke a sad past: his father Zhou Wanshun was the president of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and in the earthquake, thousands of Chinese expatriates not only died in the earthquake, but also died at the hands of the Japanese mob, and the Zhou family's industry was also lost in this natural disaster.

Although Zhou Tiancheng didn't say anything, Zhu Wulou, Chen Guofu and others also felt sad and sighed secretly.

Last year's Tokyo earthquake shocked the world, and all kinds of inhumane abuse suffered by Chinese expatriates spread widely in the Chinese world, and Nanyang and the southern areas controlled by the Zhi Gong Party set off an anti-Japanese wave.

In South China, the Japanese are the most disgusting objects, boycotting Japanese products has become the mainstream of public opinion, New Tangshan, Medan, Surabaya and other cities with a majority of Chinese populations, a large number of Japanese taverns and shops have been destroyed, and the brothels opened by the Japanese have become the objects of public venting, and 10,000 Japanese prostitutes have been expelled in just one month.

The anxious Japanese government had no time to take care of it, and it was not until the gaffe was almost out of control that the matter came to an end when the Japanese warship visited Singapore and went south.

"When the country prospers, it is the responsibility of the husband. It's just that the shape is unsatisfactory! Chen Guofu sighed.

"Hmm." Zhou Tiancheng nodded, his face turned pale, "I believe that things are man-made." Secretly clenched his fists, a hint of hatred flashed in his eyes, and he immediately relaxed, and his face was calm.

After the earthquake, the Beiyang government and the leaders of the big gang of warlords had the leisure to give their mercy and actively rescue the Japanese compatriots, but they had no intention of suffering overseas. It has already broken Zhou Tiancheng's heart, he, the "outcast of the Celestial Empire", is determined to join Nanhua, and after ending his career abroad, he is ready to start a business in Nanhua again.

The unpleasant topic stops. Zhu Wulou asked Zhou Tiancheng how to invest in Nanhua, he is an old fox with rich experience, although his style is more conservative, his thinking is a little rigid, but he has a better set of people, and he feels that this Zhou Tiancheng dares to fight and has rich overseas experience. It should be a good partner.

"The rapid economic development of Nanhua is like a big construction site, everyone pays attention to efficiency, it is very convenient to do business, opening factories, mines, and farms is the most popular nowadays, and the application is submitted to the Ministry of Commerce. It didn't take three days to approve it.

In the past two years, rich people are willing to invest their money in South China, and many of them are gentry from Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places. There are also heroes in the north, and I heard that there are Manchu nobles. Northerners generally like to buy land and buy houses, and rich people buy thousands of acres without blinking an eye, while southerners are more keen to open factories and do business. ”

Zhou Tiancheng said that when it came to business, he became excited, and by the way, he also gave Zhu Wulou and them an analysis of the characteristics of people from various provinces in Nanhua.

For example, those who love to do business are generally Cantonese people, and the number of Jiangsu and Zhejiang people is smaller. Generally engaged in business and education, those who like to be soldiers are generally Shandong and Guangxi people.

There are also Fujianese, people from inland provinces, each with their own characteristics, the closer to the coastal areas, the more open-minded people. The easier it is to mix in Nanhua because the Nanhua government encourages and creates a good business atmosphere.

Although these anecdotes are not necessarily accurate, they are also interesting to tell through Zhou Tiancheng's mouth.

Hearing that the Manchu nobles in the north had all gone to Nanhua to invest, Zhu Wulou was moved, feeling that he was not aware of the Empress Dowager, and he should have gone to Nanhua as soon as possible.

"Aren't those people in the north and the Nanyang Chinese mortal enemies? How? ”

Zhu Wulou said suspiciously. The Nanyang Chinese have always been the stronghold of the anti-Qing Dynasty, how-?

"It's all the old yellow calendar, and now I don't pay so much attention to it.

Now the domestic set is not the same in Nanhua at all, here pay attention to business competition, the official is not as popular as the businessman, to tell you the truth, there is a joke in Nanhua, the government is actually the housekeeper of the Meihua company. Mr. Chen has worked in Shanghai Meihua Bank, you should know about Meihua Company. ”

Zhou Tiancheng turned his head to Chen Guofu, and after talking, he learned that Chen Guofu had actually given up his position in Shanghai, and he secretly felt sorry for it.

"Hmm. Meihua staff have many rules and face. Colleagues even joked that there was a Meihua company before the country of Nanhua. ”

Chen Guofu nodded.

"Actually, I am also a staff member of Meihua, but not in China, but in Singapore. I can talk to Mr. Tan if he is interested in developing in Malaya and Indochina. ”

Zhou Tiancheng happily gave Chen Guofu his business card, which said that he was the manager of the investment department of Meihua Commodities (Singapore).

"Meihua Goods?"

Chen Guofu seems to have heard of this name somewhere, and he can't remember it for a while, but he is sure that this company is not simple.

"Meihua is a branch of the Meihua system, and its business scope is very wide, covering trade, manufacturing, technology, finance, etc., almost any business, but we generally operate directly, but invest in related companies.

Previously focused on Guangzhou and Hong Kong, it is now preparing to shift to Malaya, Siam and French Indochina. Mr. Chan has experience working at US-China Bank and it would be very beneficial for us to join us.

At the same time, the banking industry is also one of our businesses, but not in South China, but in cooperation with local Chinese businessmen. ”

Zhou Tiancheng smiled slightly after speaking, his task is to take advantage of the unique advantages of the Chinese, support the Chinese capital in Nanyang, and let the Chinese forces in Nanyang coordinate with the US-China consortium to complete the things that are inconvenient for the US-China Bank.

Chen Guofu was secretly grateful for Zhou Tiancheng's attention, and his father-in-law Zhu Wulou next to him looked at him encouragingly, and when he hesitated to agree to Zhou Tiancheng, a dignified old lady came over with the support of a young man in his twenties.

"Mother, this is Mr. Zhu Wulou from Shanghai, and his son-in-law, Mr. Chen Guofu. This is my mother, and my cousin Chow Tai Fook. ”

Zhou Tiancheng introduced.

His mother, Fan, is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and is rumored to be after Tao Zhugong Fan Li, after the earthquake last year, Zhou Tiancheng took his mother to his hometown, and this time he took her to Singapore.

After his cousin Chow Tai Fook finished studying business, he also followed Chow Tiancheng to the south. Chou Tien Seng was ready to send him to Myanmar to start a jewelry business.

The older generation is more nostalgic, and Zhu Wulou and Fan chattered when they met, and they also talked about Zhou Tiancheng's blind date with a headache. He made an excuse and slipped out with Chen Guofu and Chow Tai Fook. Go to the bow of the boat to see the sea view.

"It can be seen that Mr. Chen should have made arrangements for this trip, and I will not force you to come to Singapore. The same boat is fate. Mr. Zhu wants to invest in Nanhua Bank, I built yì It is best to start small, in the past two years, people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang have gradually come to Nanhua, especially in Wenzhou, southern Zhejiang. They may not have much capital, but they dare to fight, and if they subsidize these people, give them small loans, and help them start small businesses, I believe that they will be able to gain a firm foothold in a few years, and they will definitely be able to give a rich report. ”

Zhou Tiancheng smoked a cigarette as a descendant of a Wenzhou merchant. He has a deep understanding of the hard work of his ancestors in a foreign land, although his own life trajectory is very different from that of his ancestors.

After meeting in just a few days, he felt that Chen Guofu was the kind of cautious person. An honest person has also inquired about the experience of Chen Guofu, who had been desperate after speculating in Shanghai securities two years ago and going bankrupt after the company went bankrupt, and who had learned his lesson and stopped being blindly speculative, and such a person should be able to be competent at the helm of a bank with the petty bourgeoisie and peasants as its main service targets.

"Makes sense. Why didn't Mr. Zhou do it himself? With your ability, you can do it. ”

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief. Chen Guofu looked at Zhou Tiancheng vigilantly. This guy seems to be very optimistic about himself.

"Me?"

Zhou Tiancheng smiled slightly, looking at Chen Guofu's somewhat guarded appearance, he probably understood the other party's mind in his heart, this kind of thing happened to him once a few years ago.

Changing places, there was a person who didn't know him well and was particularly enthusiastic about Zhou Tiancheng, and Zhou Tiancheng would naturally be wary.

"Of course I can. But I'm too busy to have time. So I want to find a stable and reliable person to work with. It has always been my desire to provide a little help to my fellow villagers who are in difficult conditions. ”

Zhou Tiancheng said with emotion, looking at Chen Guofu with a sincere face.

"Of course, this is just a preliminary idea, I am also going to find a few more to work with, and I will take you to meet someone in the evening, maybe you are interested."

Zhou Tiancheng smiled mysteriously.

In the evening, Chen Guofu finally met Zhou Tiancheng's mysterious partner on the boat, a man in his thirties and forties, with a rich face, appeared in front of him and looked at him with interest.

"Match King Liu Hongsheng?" Zhu Wulou spoke out in surprise, and his attitude became a little flattering.

Among the businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to say that a few years ago, the most famous must be Yu Qiaqing and other bankers who opened a bank, but now the hottest is Liu Hongsheng, he and the Song family Song Ziliang founded the match factory from the small Suzhou Creek small factory, now it is a match enterprise that can stand side by side with Sweden and Japan match enterprises, and is known as the match king.

"Huh! Zhu Lao has won the award. Liu Hongsheng said modestly, behind the enthusiasm is more politeness. He knew Zhu Wulou, who ran a money village in Shanghai, but he didn't know it deeply. He secretly wondered, why did Zhou Tiancheng seem to be very familiar with Chen Guofu?

"Mr. Liu should be a well-deserved coal king!"

Chen Guofu did not expect to see Liu Hongsheng on the ship, compared with the Pingxiang Mining Company founded by Liu Hongsheng, the largest coal mine in the north, Kailuan Coal Mine, is now also controlled by the Pingxiang Mining Company, more than half of Shanghai's coal comes from the Pingxiang Mining Company, a small match is nothing.

It's just a strange thing that Liu Hongsheng has become very low-key in recent years, rarely attending social occasions in Shanghai. Some people say that the Pingxiang Mining Company has a close relationship with the Chinese consortium in Nanyang, but now it seems to be true.

Chen Guofu was even more surprised when he saw Liu Hongsheng and Zhou Tiancheng talking and laughing, that Zhou Tiancheng should be even bigger than he expected.

When Zhou Tiancheng proposed to establish a bank to serve the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Liu Hongsheng happily joined, happily invested 500,000 South Chinese dollars, and invited Zhu Wulou to join.

Before Chen Guofu could think about it, Zhu Wulou nodded and said that he would also invest 300,000 South Chinese dollars.

"Since Mr. Liu and I are busy, the management of the bank will be handed over to Mr. Zhu and Mr. Chen. Of course, I'll take care of it when I register with the bank. At the same time, the necessary supervision of banks will be carried out. ”

Zhou Tiancheng said strictly.

He invested 1 million South Chinese Dollars, is the largest shareholder, and his words have the most right to speak. Liu Hongsheng nodded, had no objection, and trusted Zhou Tiancheng's decision.

"Since you trust me so much, I will squeeze this old bone dry and take care of the bank."

Zhu Wulou blushed excitedly. I didn't expect to be able to meet two nobles after selling an expensive first-class cabin, and he has been chatting with the passengers on the ship for the past few days and learned many things about Nanhua.

The information they got from Zhou Tiancheng and Liu Hongsheng was much more accurate and detailed, about this new bank. Everyone agrees with Zhou Tiancheng's suggestion that he serves ordinary people and is a bank for ordinary people, and his main customers are immigrants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who have recently immigrated to South China.

"Everyone is from Zhejiang, I think it's called Zhejiang Bank!" Zhou Tiancheng said.

"Do you want to give it a bigger name? Longteng Bank or Huaxia Bank or something? "Zhu Wulou built yì road.

"Nanhua is not prosperous, the more popular the name, the better. There are quite a few banks in Nanhua that serve local compatriots, and there are no less than 10 banks in the capital New Tangshan. For example, Wuyang Bank, Shunde Bank, Taishan Bank, Yuexi Bank, Nanning Bank, etc., Fujian Minnan Bank, Shandong Qilu Bank, etc., are poor for us from Zhejiang. ”

Zhou Tiancheng explained.

This is despite the South China government's tireless efforts to promote Chinese pinyin and simplified character reforms. Eliminating geographical barriers, but people gathering like others, will not be reversed immediately.

Anyway, though. The Chinese who have tasted the pain of being bullied are increasingly imprinted in their minds with the concept of a strong national consciousness.

In fact, the emergence of these economic groups with the flavor of regional clans does not affect the unity of the Chinese in South China, and their willingness is mainly related to the income of immigrants, which will gradually improve as the national suzhì increases.

"The above are all small and medium-sized banks, in fact, the real big banks are still based on the beautification of the consortium as the core, the banks of several large consortiums.

This model of super-large-scale consortium development will become more and more obvious in the future, and the government will develop industry. It will definitely provide a lot of convenience to these big consortia. For Zhejiang Bank, the positioning must be clear. ”

Zhou Tiancheng talked eloquently, looking at Chen Guofu's thoughtful appearance, and felt satisfied in his heart. In the next few days, he introduced the situation of the South China Bank to Zhu Wulou's Chen Guofu Weng Son-in-law in detail, and even Liu Hongsheng heard some insider information for the first time.

Basically. Among these people, it is mainly Zhou Tian who has become the core.

The news of the establishment of the Zhejiang Bank spread on the Taiping Steamer, and other Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen on board were also very interested. Under Liu Hongsheng's call, when he got off the ship, the investment quota of Zhejiang Bank had reached 3 million South Chinese yuan, including some Guangdong businessmen who came to Liu Hongsheng's name, and they were willing to invest tens of thousands of yuan in it.

Chen Guofu was excited, originally he was still a little prevaricated, planning to wait until he met Jiang Weiji to discuss his future, but now it seems that he has to decide in advance...... Huang Zongxiao is supposed to be the most distinguished guest on the ship, this young man in his early twenties, is the son of Huang Zhonghan, one of the heirs of the Huang Consortium in Nanhua, wealth, status, and reputation are at his fingertips, but at this moment he is a second-class passenger on the Taiping, except for the captain, no one knows that this ordinary passenger is so big.

The reason why Huang Zongxiao chose the second-class ticket was only because his position in the Meihua Company was an ordinary manager, and according to the regulations, he could only take ordinary tickets, and he was happy to accept this result.

Standing on the deck of the second-class cabin, looking at the blue water, the sea and the sky are the same, boundless, Huang Zongxiao was a little intoxicated, lit a cigarette, thinking about the experience of the past few years, and felt a little heavy in his heart.

A few years ago, when he was taken to the United States by Situ Nan, on the William, he also had to do dirty and crying work like those sailors on the deck below, and at the same time he had to be "abused" by those strong guys, from a pampered young master to a coolie all of a sudden, so uncomfortable that he almost had the heart to jump into the sea, but thinking of Situ Nan's sarcastic eyes, he finally survived.

When I went to the United States, Zhenhua Middle School, William University, a security company charter, and even went to Latin America to participate in BP Fruit, along the way, I had a deeper understanding of the cruelty of reality and the complexity of human nature.

After returning to China, he did not join the Huang family's business, but took the initiative to work in the mainland and put into practice what he had learned at BP Fruit in Latin America.

However, after a trip to the inland provinces, he found that the tragedy in his homeland was even more profound than that he had seen in Latin America. Shanghai, Guangdong and other coastal areas are fine, if it is a mainland province. Especially in the north, wars, natural disasters, banditry, and famine are frequent, and the people are struggling to make a living, and countless people are living in despair. A large number of refugees have long been present.

Thinking that there are countless forests and wildernesses in Nanhua that need labor development, Huang Zongxiao chose his current position: an ordinary manager in the human resources department of Meihua Company (China).

It is engaged in the world's darkest and most brutal business - human trade, yes, the United States and China Company is the largest human trafficking group, but Huang Zongxiao does not think so.

He personally signed more than 5,000 labor contracts, which means that 5,000 people are about to find a way out of his hands.

Now there are more than 2,000 passengers in the third-class cabin of the Taiping Wheel, who are the objects of Huang Zongxuan's "escort". Although those with dreams are completely unaware that the decent young men who have just been carefully inspected in the third-class cabin are the ones behind the "trafficking" of them to Nanhua.

"Huang Shao, you're here!" A somewhat mellow man walked over, saw that there was no one around, and asked in a low voice, "How's it going?" ”

"It's fine! The workers are very stable, and our people are always with them. Huang Zongxiao smiled and gave the cigarette to Fan Tong.

Fan Tong, nicknamed "Rice Bucket", is Huang Zongxiao's assistant. He is a shrewd person, and he has cooperated with Huang Zongxiao several times, and he has never been on a business trip. But. Sometimes the person is a little deep, and it seems that there is a person with a story.

"That's good! I heard that Minister Wu attaches great importance to this operation, and along the way, the people from the Intelligence Department have made a lot of contributions! Fan Tong mentioned it a little sternly, and a trace of mystery flashed in his eyes.

There are not only more than 2,000 indentured workers of the Meihua Company on board, but also more than 100 orphan students collected from Chongming Island, Nantong and other places.

"Don't be nervous. The whole boat is our people. We don't have to pay attention to Miss Wu's affairs so much, let's do our part! ”

Huang Zongxiao said lightly, after arriving in Nanhua, those people will be handed over to Fan Tong, and his character will be completed.

"Where are these girls going? Old Fan! ”

Huang Zongxiao couldn't help but ask, looking at Fan Tong with some sternness.

Most of the "escorted goods" this time were teenage girls. Meihua Company purchased in Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Anhui under various names, with an average cost of less than 50 South Chinese Yuan, and all of them signed contracts to sell themselves, and they had to work for Meihua Company for 10 years before they could be free.

As for the poorer Henan and Shaanxi, Meihua Company has not yet opened up the market.

Meihua Company introduced a large number of young women, and Huang Zongxiao had to care about the future fate of those girls.

"What? Heartache? Fan Tong smiled slightly, his smile was very kind, but his eyes were very cold, compared to the more than 70,000 service women in Shanghai, what is this mere one or two thousand girls?

"Don't talk nonsense!" Huang Zongxiao was a little impatient and smoked a cigarette.

He is responsible for the acquisition of labor, and Fan Tong is in charge of transportation and sales, although he is Fan Tong's nominal boss, but he is not too clear what those people went to Nanhua to do.

"Don't worry! It's not like you think, these are female workers in pharmaceutical factories and textile factories, and after half a year of training, they will enter the factory, and I heard that your Huang family's pharmaceutical factory has booked a lot! ”

Fan Tong said with a smile.

It has become a common practice for the Meihua Company to recruit a large number of laborers, and it has become a practice for men to go to mining sites and women to textile factories and pharmaceutical factories and other relatively relaxed factories, and of course, many of them are used to serve as wives for men in the army and construction corps.

Even after Situ Nan knew about this, he had to sigh - this is the world's largest blind date conference! Direct, pragmatic, without too many opportunities for choice, and without warmth, just to survive.

"That's good!" Huang Zongxiao breathed a sigh of relief, took a sharp puff, threw the cigarette butt into the sea, felt that the last puff of the cigarette was a little sweet, and patted Fan Tong's shoulder again, "Come to my room at night, there is a bottle of good wine waiting for you." ”

Looking at the back of Huang Zongxiao's departure, Fan Tong shook his head and said in his heart: We didn't do it, it doesn't mean that others won't do it, in order to crack down on Japan, the top level of South China connived at Chinese women to enter the country through various ways, on the contrary, a large number of Japanese women were sent away to make a living elsewhere, including Aju Azhu who was placed in the hundreds of thousands of Japanese women.

The struggle between peoples is brutal even in small places!

This is the belief that Fan Tong was instilled by the Ministry of Intelligence, and as an agent planted by the Ministry of Intelligence in the United States and China, his task also included screening the various spies hidden in the labor.

Including the ignorant Jiang boy is also the target of Fan Tong's attention, if there is no accident, the boy will be sent to the Tangshan Army Middle School, not only to train him to become the future pillar of Nanhua, but also to be monitored as a hostage on some kind of Cheng Dù?????? These are all things that Huang Zongxiao did not know. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )RQ

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