Subsequently, Fan Gaotou introduced several of his apprentices, they were Li Chaowu, Liu Fubiao, Pan Yuqing and other three, it turned out that these three were the third of the "Four Court Pillars" under Fan Gaotou, and the other Huang Jingrong had not yet arrived.

Under the guidance of Fan Gaotou, Xiao Zhenlei and a few others walked into the house, and the huge courtyard with three entrances and three exits was full of tables and chairs, and the tables were already full of dishes, chopsticks and wine cups.

Xiao Zhenlei was led to a house in the second courtyard, as soon as he walked into the room, Xiao Zhenlei saw that the house was full, from the dress and bearing of these people, Xiao Zhenlei felt that none of these people were ordinary people, to his surprise, he found Huo Yuanjia and Nong Jinsun among the people in this room.

"Hahaha, everyone, everyone, be quiet, the old man will introduce you to a young handsome!" Fan Gaotou walked into the room and pointed at Xiao Zhenlei with a smile to everyone and introduced: "This is Xiao Zhenlei Xiao's brother who defeated the three major gambling masters of the East a few days ago and defeated the foreigners!" ”

At this time, Huo Yuanjia and Nong Jinsun stood up, and Huo Yuanjia arched his hand to everyone: "Brother Jinsun and I have already had a relationship with Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, I am so happy to meet here today!" ”

Nong Jinsun also clasped his fists with a smile on his face, and Xiao Zhenlei hurriedly returned the salute: "It turns out that Master Huo and Mr. Nong are also here, what a blessing, a good meeting!" Master Huo, I've always wanted to ask you about some martial arts, but it's a pity that there are too many things these days, and I haven't been able to visit Master Huo. ”

Huo Yuanjia smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, let's learn from each other!" ”

Here, Fan Gaotou was surprised and said: "It turns out that you know each other, then the old man will not introduce you to you, introduce others, Brother Xiao, this is the famous Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau to promote and concurrently serve as a general. General Director of Commercial Bank, Director of China Merchants Steamship, Director of Railway Company, General Director of Medical Association, Chinese and Western Women's Medical Hall, General Director of Nanshi Hospital, Huacheng Insurance Company, Kunxin Kenmu Company, Huaxing Flour Mill Owner, Zha, Manager of North Hydropower Plant Li Pingshu! ”

What a name, what a list of titles! This person is really not an ordinary person, this person has a pivotal position in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and has a great influence on the later Republic of China.

Xiao Zhenlei immediately clasped his fists and bowed: "It turned out to be Lord Li, come and see, boy!" ”

Li Pingshu stretched out his hand and made a rude gesture, and said with a smile: "What a young talent, what a talent!" But don't call me an adult, my promoted title is no grade or rank, and I don't deserve to be called an adult, hahaha! ”

Fan Gaotou pointed to another old man wearing a horse coat and a long beard and said: "This is Zhu Peizhen, the third character of the word, the second grade of the alternate Dao, the owner of Hua'an Water and Fire Insurance Company, the British Hongyuan Yarn Mill, Dasheng Steamship Company, Zhejiang Bank, Lida Flour Mill, Guang. Shareholders of the State Water Company and the News. Chief Director of Commercial Bank, Ning. President of the Shanghai Association of Polish Travelers, Associate General Manager of the General Chamber of Commerce, and a prominent figure in the industrial and commercial circles on the Shanghai Beach! ”

Xiao Zhenlei arched his hand to him: "It turned out to be Lord Zhu, and the younger generations will see you!" ”

Zhu Baosan nodded and smiled: "The young man is good, he will be closer and closer in the future!" ”

"This is Boss Yu Qiaqing Yu of Tonghuiyin, Siming Bank, and Ningshao Steamship Company!"

"Mr. Wang, a master of calligraphy and painting!"

"Integrity Bank Shen Manyun Shen Boss!"

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Among these people, as long as any one of them stomps his feet, the entire ten-mile ocean field of Shanghai has to tremble, when Fan Gaotou made an introduction, Xiao Zhenlei hugged his fists one by one, these bigwigs saw that although he was young and made a great name, he did not have the slightest impetuousness, and they all had a good impression of him, smiling at each other.

Finally, Fan Gao pointed to a young man about thirty years old, wearing a black suit, a top hat, a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and holding a civilization rod and introduced: "This is the old man's righteous brother Chen Qimei, the word Ince, you are not much different in age, I think you should be able to talk together!" ”

Chen Qimei looked at Xiao Zhenlei, her eyes lit up, and after Fan Gaotou finished the introduction, she forgot to speak, but Xiao Zhenlei first arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out to be Brother Ince, Brother Ince's name, the younger brother is like thunder, fortunately, I will be lucky!" ”

Chen Qimei saw Xiao Zhenlei like a strong man with extremely normal physiology and psychology seeing a superb beauty, and almost drooled, this gaze made Xiao Zhenlei feel a chill, and goosebumps rose on his body.

When Fan Gao saw his brother-in-law's appearance, he knew that he had a heart of love, but he was afraid that he would make a fool of himself, so he pulled his clothes without a trace, which made him come back to his senses.

"Ah, Brother Xiao Xian, I'm so happy to see you today, a few days ago, Brother Xiao Xian broke down a huge name on the beach, Chen wanted to visit the door several times, but he really couldn't find any reason, and no one recommended him, a few days ago I heard Master Huo say that he had a relationship with Brother Xian, and he was asked to accompany him to the house to pay a visit, how could he be riddled with mundane things, when I saw Brother Xiao Xian today, it really deserved its name, come on, let's have a good chat!"

Chen Qimei's enthusiasm, coupled with her previous appearance, made Xiao Zhenlei really frightened, and hurriedly removed his wrapped arm without a trace, and only breathed a sigh of relief after getting out.

Xiao Zhenlei introduced the two beauties Wang Yanan and Cheng Baguio, who have been following him, to the big guys: "Bosses, big guys, these two are the younger brother's friends Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao, two young ladies, are now studying at Aurora College, and they will haunt all over Shanghai in the future, and please take care of them!" ”

The two beauties followed Xiao Zhenlei's introduction to the bigwigs present and gave a round of blessings, and the bigwigs smiled and said: "It's easy to say!" ”

Zhu Baosan joked: "According to the old man, Xiao Xian's nephew and Wang and Cheng's two young ladies are just afraid that they are not just friends, let's see, the three of them are in love with each other, obviously they love each other, Xiao Xian's nephew hugs left and right, he is really envious of others!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao, the two beauties, suddenly made a big red face, and the two of them scolded Lao Zhu in their hearts for being disrespectful to the elderly, and it was really shameful to make such a joke on so many occasions.

Zhu Baosan and Yu Qiaqing were the leading figures of merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Most of the Polish compradors came from Zhu Baosan's recommendation, and he was called "the comprador among the compradors" among his fellow villagers. After 1900, the consuls of various countries in Shanghai regarded themselves as victorious powers, and they were domineering, but they were very kind to him. More national capital enterprises are taking advantage of his prestige to attract capital and expand their influence. For example, Liu Hongsheng's cement company hired him as chairman; Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd. expanded its reorganization to recruit foreign shares and hired him as the initiator.

This joke, with his identity, is indeed qualified to afford it, Xiao Zhenlei is not angry, Zhu Baosan made this joke but helped him, and brought him closer to Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao, he smiled: "I want to thank Mr. Zhu for helping me explain the words, originally I didn't have the courage to confess my heart to the two young ladies, after Mr. Zhu said this, it saved me a lot of trouble, two young ladies, you must already know my intentions, and please accept my love!" ”

Everyone didn't expect Xiao Zhenlei to hit the pole and courtship two girls in the boudoir in public, which is not unique in this era, but it is definitely very rare, but they saw that Xiao Zhenlei was a young man, and he still seemed to be a new character, so it was not surprising to do such a public courtship.

All the bigwigs looked at Xiao Zhenlei and the three of them with a smile, Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao, the two beauties listened to Xiao Zhenlei's words, and they were so ashamed that they didn't know where to hide, but Wang Yanan was a little more spicy, pinned his face to the side and said coquettishly: "You, you actually confessed to the two of us at the same time, you want to be beautiful, there is no such good thing in the world!" Hmph, you can play by yourself, Baguio and I are going to play elsewhere" After that, he pulled Cheng Baguio and ran out of the room, causing all the bigwigs to laugh.

Xiao Zhenlei chased to the door and shouted: "Don't go far, the banquet will start soon!" ”

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