As Mitsui's secretary had anticipated, William Kesak, the manager of Jardine Matheson, decided to use his British, and Jardine Matheson's influence as a long-established British firm on the beach in Shanghai, to put pressure on Ge Xianling in Baoshan County, and let Ge Xianling exert pressure on Zhenhua Company, prompting Zhenhua Group to hand over this huge order to Jardine Matheson.

William Kesak had no choice but to do this, because Zhenhua's bidding would give his Jardine Matheson company no advantage, and the British could not sell the most cutting-edge industrial production machine equipment to Zhenhua Company, while other foreign companies were different, except for Germany, at least the United States, France, Italy, and Russia, these countries did not have this concern, their technology was a little worse than that of Britain and Germany, and the technology contained in their industrial production machine equipment was not as good as that of the British. Therefore, he can sell boldly with confidence, so that his Jardine Matheson has no bidding advantage in this bidding, so he has to use the influence of Jardine Matheson to achieve his own goals.

Only one day later, William went to visit Baoshan Ge County Order, Ge County Order was transferred from the mainland, he had not seen much of the world, he was extremely afraid of foreigners, and William's visit made him tremble.

"Mr. William's visit to the Humble House really makes the Humble House shine, Ge feels very honored, I don't know what Mr. William's advice for coming to the Humble House this time?" After inviting William to sit down and serve tea, Ge Xian Ling asked with a smiling face.

William didn't hide it, put down the teacup and asked straightforwardly: "Ge County Order, Xiao Zhenlei of Zhenhua Company, do you know it?" ”

Ge Xianling's heart and liver were almost frightened when he heard this, he thought that Xiao Zhenlei had angered the foreigners again, and hurriedly said: "I know him, but I'm not familiar with him, what?" Could it be that Xiao Zhenlei offended Mr. William? ”

"No, no, no!" William denied it, paused and said: "He didn't offend me, I think his Zhenhua company is bidding for the purchase of industrial production machinery equipment from major foreign companies, you should have heard about it, right?" That's why I'm here to ask Ge County Commander for help! ”

"Help? How can I help? Ge Xianling was confused.

William picked up his pipe, took two puffs and said with a smile: "Lord County Commander, isn't Zhenhua Company under your rule?" In your words of the Qing Dynasty, you are the parent official here, I think you also have a certain influence on Zhenhua Company, right? Therefore, I would like to ask you to talk to Mr. Xiao of Zhenhua Company, and ask him to hand over the order for the purchase of industrial production machinery and equipment to Jardine Matheson, of course, we will not let you help in vain! ”

It turned out to be this matter, Ge Xianling breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said that this is not a difficult thing, as long as he says hello to Xiao Zhenlei, presumably Xiao Zhenlei should not refute his face, and he can also get the benefits of Jardine Matheson Foreign Company, let alone offend foreigners, thinking of this, he was about to say yes, when a door-guarding official walked in outside the door and leaned over and whispered in his ear: "My lord, there is Mr. Sassoon, the manager of Sassoon Foreign Company, who asks to see him!" ”

It seems that William is not the only smart person, and he is not the only one who thinks of using Ge Xianling to exert pressure on Zhenhua Company, and some managers or Taipan of other foreign companies also think of this method in an attempt to manipulate the bidding results in a dark box, no, Victor Sassoon, the boss of Sassoon Foreign Company, also thought of this method.

Ge Xianling, who was just about to agree to pat his chest and promise William Kaisak, was shocked after listening to the report of the officials, he was an old oilman who had been mixed with officialdom for so many years, and immediately thought that Sassoon was probably coming to Zhenhua Company to purchase orders for industrial production machinery and equipment, and it seemed that he was afraid that he would not be able to immediately agree to the foreign devil in front of him.

Thinking of this, Ge County ordered the official to lead Sassoon to the back hall for placement, and after the official left, he put on a smile and said to William: "Mr. William, Zhenhua Company is indeed under the rule of this county, but his company is not a company run by officials and merchants, and the county has no say in the decision-making of that company, but Mr. William's matter is the county's business, and the county must find Xiao Zhenlei to have a good talk, as for whether Xiao Zhenlei will buy a face in the county and hand over the order to Jardine Matheson, the county does not dare to guarantee it, but the county will definitely do its best!" ”

After William saw a servant muttering a few words in Ge County's ear, Ge County's face changed a few times, guessing that he was afraid that something bad would happen, but Ge County's order had already said this, and he couldn't say anything more, so he stood up and said: "Okay, then thank you Lord County Commander, I see that Lord County Commander is busy with official business, so I won't bother much, so I will leave first!" ”

Ge County Ling Zheng was worried about how to send William away, and now William himself made a request, he pretended to be polite and said a few words, before saying that he would send William to the gate of the county office, William didn't care, until the two of them walked to the door of the county office, they turned around and gave a gentleman's salute to Ge County Order, and then said goodbye and left.

Ge Xianling had to turn around and go into the county office to see Sassoon, as he expected, Sassoon also came for Zhenhua's purchase order, which made Ge Xianling embarrassed, William, the manager of Jardine Matheson, just left, this Sassoon is also for the order, how can this not make him embarrassed? promised Sassoon, but he was afraid that William would find him trouble, if he promised William, he was afraid that Sassoon would find him trouble, and neither side could afford to provoke him, what should I do?

Unable to think of a way, Ge County Ling could only deal with Sassoon temporarily, and in the end, he didn't say anything, but just promised to talk to Xiao Zhenlei about this matter, as for how he could talk about it in the end, he really didn't dare to guarantee it, Sassoon is also a person who has been in the business for many years, and he can only temporarily resign when he sees Ge County Ling say this.

In the following days, every day, the managers of foreign banks on the beach came to see Ge County, and he did not dare to offend every foreign company class, which made him sit on pins and needles in the county government every day, lest another foreign bank company master come to him because of Zhenhua Company's order.

In the end, Ge County Ling saw that it was not possible to go on like this, in order to deal with those foreign business leaders, he couldn't do anything, so he could only avoid it, and finally he was forced to leave the county government and go out to hide.

After coming out of the county office, Ge Xianling was in a much better mood, sitting on the sedan chair and shaking him by the sedan chair driver, his mood was really much better, he suddenly felt that the whole thing was provoked by Xiao Zhenlei, if it wasn't for Xiao Zhenlei to make a bidding meeting, would he be so wolf by these foreigners? He thought about it, it can't be hidden like this, he can't never go back to the county office to handle official business, right? Since Xiao Zhenlei is the culprit, why don't you go to Xiao Zhenlei to discuss countermeasures? The trouble he Xiao Zhenlei caused can't be handled by himself, the county master, right? Thinking of this, Ge Xian Ling immediately asked the sedan chair man to go to the construction site of Zhenhua Company, presumably Xiao Zhenlei should be busy on the construction site at this time, right?

Ge County's luck was good, when he arrived at the construction site, Xiao Zhenlei happened to be there, and when he learned that the county lord had come to the construction site, he immediately rushed to the entrance of the construction site.

"Oh, this construction site is full of mud, and it is not complete, the county order has worked tirelessly to inspect and guide our work. Please also go to the pergola over there for tea! After Xiao Zhenlei saw Ge Xianling get off the sedan chair, he hurriedly put on a smiling face and walked over, smiling and patting the horses.

"Hmm!" Ge County Ling agreed, looked at the situation on the construction site in the distance, waved his hand and refused Xiao Zhenlei's mention and said: "Don't be busy drinking tea, you accompany the county to the construction site to have a look, the county wants to see how this factory is built!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was not reluctant, and hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, I was about to ask the county magistrate to give me some advice, I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it!" Prefectural Commander, please come with me! ”

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