Chapter 106: The Banquet and Nylon Stockings
The Tsarist government blocked the outside reports that the Chinese Empire accused them of distorting the facts, and all the newspapers of various countries with branches in Tsarist Russia were warned by them, and if anyone dared to publish these reports and was directly expelled from Tsarist Russia, newspaper members were not allowed to enter Tsarist Russia in the future.
Many newspapers that originally wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune in Tsarist Russia only symbolically protested after receiving the warning of the Tsarist government, and there was no follow-up, and it was unwise to lose the entire Tsarist market for the sake of a temporary explosive news, not to mention that now that Tsarist Russia is at war with the Chinese Empire in the Far East, big news will break from time to time, and only fools will do it if they throw away watermelons and pick up sesame seeds.
The Entente newspapers did not have any, but the newspapers of the Allies and the United States were different, they could not publish the news of the Chinese Imperial Daily in Tsarist Russia, but they could abroad.
Soon, newspapers in the United States and Germany reported that the Tsarist government had threatened them not to publish information about Tsarist Russia's distortion of the facts, and they also got a group of brick makers to comment on these things. The newspapers of these countries speculated that Tsarist Russia was distorting the facts, otherwise they would not have threatened the newspapers of various countries.
No matter what the outside newspapers reported, there was no news about this in Tsarist Russia, and the people of Tsarist Russia were still immersed in the joy that the Chinese army had been severely damaged and that the war would soon be over.
The Red Party was working hard to prepare for their great revolution with the information they had gathered, and the continued blockade of the news by the Tsarist government played into their hands.
Just when the outside world was still noisily discussing the affairs of Tsarist Russia and China, the largest chambers of commerce in the imperial capital of China decided to hold a very low-key banquet together, and the large chambers of commerce from all over the country would rush to participate, and the agents of large companies from various countries in China were also invited, and the scale was very grand, but the previous newspapers did not report it at all.
The day before the banquet was prepared, the Imperial Daily devoted a whole page to the banquet, and its report said that the Chinese emperor Qin Yu would bring several concubines to attend the banquet in a private capacity, and five days after the banquet, the royal firm would take the lead in conducting a five-day business exchange exhibition in the imperial capital, and all the firms and factories that signed up for the exhibition could exhibit their products at the exhibition, and there was only two days of registration, and merchants from all provinces could participate after signing up with the provincial government.
As soon as the report came out, businessmen from all over the country flocked to it, from successful big businessmen to businessmen who were about to go bankrupt, which is a huge opportunity, which means that there are countless business opportunities inside.
Both domestic and foreign companies have expressed great concern about this exhibition, and as the first exhibition held by the Chinese Empire, it is still officially supported, and it will definitely not be bad.
"Father, there will be a product exhibition in the imperial capital, if our products get the attention of those domestic and foreign businessmen at the meeting, it will definitely be revitalized, so that your hard work will not be in vain, and the family will not go bankrupt!" The son excitedly shouted at his decadent father, who was staying in front of the mountain of products, and after speaking, he spread out the Imperial Daily in his hand and pointed to the news about the exhibition to his father.
"Really? Go, must go, our products will definitely be recognized, this is the last chance, pack up our things immediately, we rushed to the imperial capital overnight, the sooner the better! ”
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In the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are several large commercial houses, all of which have been hoarded for hundreds of years or made a fortune with the original Qin family trading houses.
"Haha, I can't lag behind others in this exhibition in the imperial capital, so I will personally lead people to go, and I will go after attending the banquet, I heard that His Majesty will bring several imperial concubines to attend, this is a rare opportunity. In addition to exhibiting our own products, we should pay more attention to other products, as long as there is great potential and strength can be acquired, whether we can continue to grow big depends on this time, I can't say that we can still make products abroad. ”
"The head of the family is wise, we will definitely surpass other trading houses, and even surpass the trading houses supported by the empire!"
Such a scene is constantly staged in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the exhibition in the imperial capital can be said to affect the hearts of countless businessmen.
The imperial government of China soon said that it would provide the venue, and that Tiananmen Square would be arranged as a venue at that time. There are so many businessmen that they have received from them that people in the economic department are going crazy, including domestic businessmen and a large number of foreign businessmen who have signed up.
The next day, the banquet was held in a large mansion of the former Qing prince in the imperial capital, where hundreds of people from home and abroad attended, and they came early, and after saying hello to their acquaintances, they joined the crowd of people who were discussing business, and chatted very harmoniously.
At noon, Qin Yu and the four concubines were late, and all of them stopped communicating to greet the emperor and concubine of the Chinese Empire, and it was very rare for the emperor and concubine to participate in some kind of banquet.
Qin Yu and his wives arrived in an extended car, followed by a group of Praetorian Guards on horseback in front of him.
Several guards dismounted and opened the car door, the door slowly opened, Qin Yu was dressed in a black suit, wearing a gentleman's hat, and a pair of shiny and smooth leather shoes, he couldn't tell what brand it was, and his hands were wearing white gloves, dressed like a Western gentleman. This was the first time that Qin Yu appeared in front of everyone in a suit after becoming the emperor, and the people present were very surprised.
Qin Yu smiled at the people present, and then reached into the car to take Erin's hand so that Erin could come out, and several other car doors and several guards opened the car doors and reached out to pick up the imperial concubines out.
I saw a long flesh-colored or black leg stretched out in high heels, and then another long leg of the same kind stretched out, and the men present continued to swallow saliva secretly after seeing it, staring at the pair of flesh-colored long legs.
Erin and several princesses finally got out of the car, only to see that each of the four princesses was wearing a pair of stockings, Erin and Zhang Xinyue were flesh-colored, while Xiaolan and Xiaozhu were black, all lace-edged translucent nylon stockings.
Several imperial concubines were dressed in short skirts, revealing most of their slender and straight legs, and they were simply beautiful with short skirts.
Both men and women present were very interested in the stockings worn by several imperial concubines, and the men's thumbs moved, their saliva kept swallowing, and their eyes lit up. The female companions brought by the merchants were almost like jumping up to the princesses and asking them what they were wearing on their feet and where they could buy them, which was really the favorite of the women.
"Peng! Peng! Peng!!! ”
The Imperial Daily reporter immediately took pictures of Qin Yu and them after setting up the camera, the Imperial Daily was the only newspaper that allowed them to enter the banquet to take pictures, and the emperor and the imperial concubine who rarely appeared appeared, of course they had to take pictures like crazy, if these photos were published, the sales of the newspaper would definitely double.
The reporter of the Imperial Daily wanted to interview Qin Yu and several imperial concubines, but was stopped by the Praetorian Guard, and Qin Yu and they had no intention of being interviewed.
The sound of the Imperial Daily photographing woke up the people present, and they all bowed to Qin Yu and Erin and said hello: "I've seen His Majesty and all the imperial concubines!" "Qin Yu is not allowed to kneel and the people present know it, so they didn't make any big gifts, and Qin Yu They participated in their private capacity, so they didn't need to pay attention.
"No need to be polite, I ...... I'm just participating in my private capacity, just like everyone else! After saying that, he took Erin and the others into the palace of the banquet.
At the banquet, Qin Yu's imperial concubines each danced, and after the dance, Erin and the others mingled with the female companions brought by the merchants, while Qin Yu drank and chatted with the ambassadors of various countries.
The ambassadors of Germany and the United States had some personal relations with Qin Yu, and secretly asked Qin Yu where the stockings worn by Erin and the others came from, whether they were special supplies, and could they send them some? Qin Yu only said that it was from the Imperial Royal Firm, and he could send them some, as for the rest, Erin was in charge, and he didn't care about this.
At the end of the banquet, Lilia found Qin Yu, she hoped that Qin Yu could sell the agency of nylon stockings in the United States to her, Qin Yu secretly agreed after thinking about it, and let her negotiate the specific deal.
At the end of the banquet, the merchants all walked away with satisfied smiles, and they broadened their connections at the banquet, and they also had a strong cooperation. They asked their female companion to test how the princess's stockings came to be, and finally got the result, it turned out to be the latest product researched by the Royal Comptoir, using the nylon silk reported by the Imperial Daily before, and the stockings will be sold in small quantities throughout the country in a few days.
Many businessmen who learned the news shouted in their hearts that the wolf is coming, and the advertisements have hit the princess, it is difficult to think about it, it is worthy of the royal firm, this advertisement is too powerful.
Sure enough, the next day's Imperial Daily caused a stocking frenzy, both men and women are very keen on stockings, especially people in the eastern coastal areas, who went crazy and asked everywhere where stockings were sold? They were disappointed to find that there was no sale at all.
The Imperial Royal Merchant House was about to announce that they would be selling all kinds of stockings in a few days, and the prices would be very expensive, and they would be able to mass-produce them, but only in small quantities. Qin Yu positioned the stockings in the foreign market, the domestic market is too small, the central and western regions are still very conservative, and the domestic demand is destined to not be great in the short term, so let the people of the Royal Commercial House hurry up to contact the merchants of various countries and finalize the agents of various countries.
Merchants from all over the world have broken their heads in order to act as agents of nylon stockings, and in the end it is the most powerful companies in various countries to act as agents, but they have also paid a huge price, and batches of gold have come to the Chinese Empire, and this time the Chinese Empire only accepts gold.
Nylon stockings have not yet landed in various countries, and newspapers in various countries have carried out a lot of publicity for it, and it is a huge news that several imperial concubines of the Chinese Empire wear that kind of nylon stockings, coupled with the advertisements of those agents, the news of nylon stockings instantly spread all over the world. This also led to the nylon stockings later sold all over the world, and no one could resist the wind of nylon stockings, and the Chinese Empire received hand cramps when collecting money.
The exhibition went ahead five days later, with Imperial Prime Minister Chen Fu attending and speaking on behalf of the Imperial Government, and the Imperial Family sending Zhang Xinyue to show the importance of the Exhibition, in addition to sending more than 1,000 soldiers and hundreds of policemen to maintain order.