Chapter 226: Tao Chengzhang

If a company is unilaterally sanctioned, such as Yushi Automobile Company, then the Qing government, as the official government of China, will inevitably have to make some reactionsβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” if they still have the ability to do so.

However, for the US government, the Qing government's reaction is not worth worrying about, but it is some people in other countries and the United States that are really worth worrying about.

It is naturally easy to unilaterally sanction a certain company, but it is also easy to arouse the vigilance and disgust of other countries, after all, since the Americans can do it for the first time, they can also do it for the second and third time, and no one knows whether they will be the latter ones.

This is exactly what the U.S. government is concerned about, if they really stand out for the auto industry, what will the U.S. government do when other industries jump out? The country is not only in the auto industry, but if other industries are also flocking to it, will you say yes or not?

If you agree, you don't have to insist on the free trade that the United States prides itself on, and if you don't agree, you help the auto industry but don't help us? Then you, the president of the United States, will come to an end.

So simply, the U.S. government directly rejected the unreasonable demands of Ford and other auto companies.

It's just that although it refused, it doesn't mean that the U.S. government doesn't care about anything...

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In a room arranged for Yan Shao by the magistrate of Dangtu County, Yan Shao was asleep with Lu Ying, who was like an aries. Maybe it's because the freshness hasn't passed, since the end of the banquet that day, Yan Shao and Lu Ying have often been entangled together. And it lingered all night, until dawn the next day.

As a result of this, many people have confirmed their conjectures, and even their attitudes towards Lu Ying have become more cautious. After all, this is likely to be Yan Shao's third wife, if she offends a little, she only needs a little pillow wind, which is enough to make people unable to eat and walk around.

And...

Compared with the foreign Eleno and Caterina, to be honest, Lu Ying, who was born and raised, is more acceptable to everyone.

At the same time, Lu Ying, who had already woken up, looked at Yan Shao quietly and came down in a few days. She's also getting used to this kind of contact. But just as she closed her eyes and wanted to fall asleep in Yan Shao's arms again, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

"Sir. Steward Lu..."

It was a maid's voice, hearing this voice, Yan Shao's originally closed eyes moved, and Lu Ying sat up directly from the bed. Then he took his coat from the side and put it on. Covers the dizzying snow-white carcass.

"What's the matter?"

Through the door. Lu Ying said softly.

"The telegram just came from Anqing, it seems that there is something urgent, and I want to contact the governor immediately..."

At this time, Yan Shao had already woken up, and when he heard that it was urgent, he quickly sat up from the bed, then casually put on a pair of pants, and jumped off the bed shirtless.

walked to the door and saw that Lu Ying was almost dressed. Yan Shao directly opened the door.

The cold wind of winter blew into the room from outside, making Yan Shao, who was shirtless, involuntarily frown slightly. But soon he regained his usual expression, and turned to look at the maid standing outside the door.

And looking at Yan Shao's sturdy physique and well-defined muscles, the maid suddenly blushed.

If you want to open a harem, you must first have the ability to satisfy all harems. Yan Shao is 28 years old after all, and he has to think about his physical problems when he takes precautions, especially the abdominal muscles that have degenerated into a piece.

However, after a period of exercise, especially after a 5-kilometer long-distance run every day, Yan Shao, who had a good foundation, quickly recovered his past figure, and even went further.

"What's going on over there in Anqing? What about telegrams? "That maid can only be said to be above the level line, and she is far from Elino and Lu Ying, so Yan Shaozhi is not interested, and after opening the door, he only asks about the question he is most concerned about.

Hearing Yan Shao's words, the maid was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly took out a telegram. "The telegram is here."

Nodding, he took the telegram from the maid's hand, and after opening it, Yan Shao read it carefully, and soon got the news he wanted from it.

The telegram was sent by Elinor, and it did not explain the problem in detail, but just asked him to return to Anqing immediately, and there was something very important to discuss with him.

"It can't be the case, right?"

Although he had already been mentally prepared for the incident, but when it came to this day, Yan Shao's heart was always a little bottomless.

However, things always have to be faced, so after bowing his head and muttering for a while, Yan Shao turned to look at Lu Ying who was standing by the door. "It looks like we're going back to Anqing..."

"Hmm..." Lu Ying nodded lightly, after some moisturization, Lu Ying's already very handsome appearance added a little more brilliance, but at this moment, Lu Ying's face was a little more worried.

Obviously, she also thought that it was the East Window incident, and the telegram was to get them back to dispose of it.

It's just a pity that it's not...

Well, I can't say that it's not at all...

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After receiving the telegram, Yan Shao and Lu Ying took a passenger ferry and returned to Anqing on the same day.

But just when the two thought they were about to be met with a stormy trial, they found that things seemed to be a little wrong with what they were thinking.

"What is this?"

Looking up at Elaine, Yan Shao opened a document in his hand.

"This was just sent by the U.S. Consulate..."Explained, Elano glanced at Lu Ying, who was standing next to her, and noticed the spring between her eyebrows, how could Elano not know what was going on. What's more, with Katerina's special affairs bureau here, it is impossible for them to be unaware.

Although they had long guessed that there would be such a day, when it really came, both Elaline and Caterina were still dissatisfied. But now the most important thing for them is to deal with the matter in front of them, and the rest. Wait until it's over...

It was not clear whether Elenor and Caterina planned to wait until the aftermath to clean themselves up, and seeing that it was not the East Window incident, Yan Shao also breathed a sigh of relief. Then I took the file apart and read it carefully.

The thing on the document was very simple, it was about patents.

After rejecting the demands of other automobile companies, the U.S. government also privately contacted Yushi Group, proposing that as long as they were willing to open the assembly line to other automobile companies, the U.S. government was willing to privately compensate for certain amounts, such as tariffs. At the same time, according to the American consul, Yan Shao can also get the friendship of the US government...

After all, the United States is not a Qing government, and it always has to think about its own capitalists.

"Is the patent open up?" closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Yan Shao looked up at Eleno and Caterina. "What do you think?"

After receiving the news from the U.S. Consulate, Elano and Caterina began to think about it. So after only a moment's thought, Elaline replied. "Most of the so-called friendships are illusory things. It's hard to say what use it is. The tariffs are very good, but after mastering the assembly line, our company's annual profit must be calculated in at least 100 million, and if the license is opened, it is almost impossible to have such a high profit, even if the Americans make up for it in tariffs and other aspects, after all, even if the Americans exempt all the tariffs, that is, 2 or 30% of the matter..."

Hear Elano's words. Yan Shao nodded, he thought the same thing.

That's right. As Elaline said, any so-called friendship is a kind of fiction, and if something really happens, Americans may not, or will not help at all. As for such tariffs, it is obvious that there is no way to compare with the patent that controls the assembly line alone.

After all, even if the tariffs are completely exempted, it is impossible to save Yan Shao more than 100 million US dollars.

So after thinking about it for a while, Yan Shao had already made a decision.

"Since that's the case, then refuse..."After speaking, Yan Shao looked at Elano on the side. But just refusing like this, it is inevitable that some people will be offended, let the United States do public relations too, and you can't let so much money be spent in the past..."

He is not worried that he will offend the U.S. government by doing so, and don't forget, he also has some roots in the United States. For example, Coca-Cola, the world's largest beverage company, and Gillette, the world's largest razor company.

It is true that the business environment in the United States is much stronger than that of China at this time, but it is obviously impossible to really be as clean as water. So in previous years, in order for the two companies to operate smoothly in the United States, Yan Shao did not spend less money. Now that the automobile companies in the United States have begun to pay attention to themselves, Yan Shao naturally wants to use the connections he has managed in the United States in the past few years.

So at least for a short time, there were no problems.

However, it is difficult to say in the future, after all, free trade cannot always be mainstream, and sometimes trade barriers will be erected.

"Don't worry..."Listening to Yan Shao's words, Elaline also nodded. I'll tell you later..."

At this time, the influence of Coca-Cola and Gillette may not be comparable to that of the national auto industry, but after all, it will not be too bad, and there is no less money when it should be given every year, if they do activities, at least it can be eased somewhat...

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After dealing with this matter, Elano and Caterina looked at Yan Shao very unkindly. Although he had long expected such a day, Yan Shao had promised that there would only be two of them at the beginning, but now that there is one more, it is simply impossible to say that they will be indifferent.

It's just that as for how to deal with Yan Shao, Elano and Katerina have some ideas. Did you really castrate Yan Shao as you said at the beginning? This one...... After all, it's just a joke, so don't take it seriously, and if you do, they'll be the ones who cry the most.

However, if Yan Shao was let go like this, the two of them were a little unwilling...

But before the two of them could come up with an idea, the other thing was to follow the door, which also made them have to let go of the little thought in their hearts and turn their attention to another thing...

And this happened in Shanghai...

In the Guangci Hospital in the French Concession in Shanghai, Tao Chengzhang was half-lying on the hospital bed reading a book.

As an organization focused on assassination, the Liberation Society was significantly more radical than the Alliance. But it's also because of this relationship. Therefore, the Restoration Society has never been able to form a relatively stable core, especially after Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin both died, Tao Chengzhang became the only remaining leader of the Restoration Society.

If he died. Then the Liberation Society is probably over.

Therefore, Tao Chengzhang's daily life is obviously much more cautious, especially when there are rumors in Shanghai, and Chen Qimei, the governor of Yangmei, is planning to kill him.

"Mr. Tao, it's time to take medicine..."

Seeing that Tao Chengzhang was still reading, he walked to the bedside, and the waiter said softly.

"Hmm...", nodding slightly, took the water cup and a few pills from the waiter's hand. Tao Chengzhang took it with water.

Seeing that Tao Chengzhang had already taken the medicine, the waiter didn't say anything more, but turned around and retreated from the room.

I saw that the waiter had gone out. Tao Chengzhang focused on books from the beginning.

At the same time, the waiter who walked out of the room talked to the nurses in the hospital about Chen Qimei's intention to kill him that had recently been rumored in Shanghai.

As early as the time of Shanghai's recovery, Chen Qimei planned to set up the Bank of China in Shanghai, and asked Tang Shouqian, who was then the governor of Zhejiang, to "co-adnocate" 250,000 yuan as a reserve for the issuance of banknotes.

Later, one day, Tao Chengzhang held a meeting in Shanghai, and in the middle of the meeting, Chen Qimei, who was present at the meeting, suddenly stood up and re-mentioned the matter of preparing for the Bank of China to borrow funds, and asked Tao Chengzhang in person why he refused to help.

Surprisingly, Tao Chengzhang actually accused Chen Qimei in public of liking prostitutes, and the funds should be used for revolutionary comrades in Zhejiang, how could they be used for Chen Qimei's prostitution? Hearing this, Chen Qimei was furious, and immediately pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Tao Chengzhang's head, but fortunately was pulled by others to avoid a tragedy. As a result, the long-standing contradiction between Tao and Chen was finally revealed to the world.

With these, coupled with the contradiction between the Alliance and Tao Chengzhang, it is normal for Chen Qimei to want to kill him.

"God forbid. Hopefully nothing will happen..."

"yes," he said. Several of the other nurses nodded.

It's just that the distance between this kind of thing and them is a bit far away after all, so after talking for a while, the nurses are busy going, leaving only the waiter standing at the door.

Gradually, it got dark.

In the room, after seeing that the sky had become dark, Tao Chengzhang put down the book in his hand, rubbed his head with his hand, and planned to lie back on the bed again.

At the same time, the waiter sitting on the bench outside the door yawned. Apparently a little tired too.

At the same time, two sneaky black shadows walked in from outside the hospital.

One of them walked into the corridor of the hospital. Under the illumination of the light, an extremely young face was revealed.

"Is this it?"

Following the young man, another, much older man, asked softly.

"That's right, this is it," the young man nodded. I've been here many times to explore, and I can't be mistaken..."

Indeed, young people have already made many special expeditions to explore for today's things, how can they be mistaken? After hearing the young man's words, the other person also nodded.

After the silence fell, the two of them walked briskly towards Tao Chengzhang's room, avoiding the nurses who were patrolling along the way, and it didn't take long to come to Tao Chengzhang's room, naturally, they also saw the waiter sitting on the bench...

"Is there anything you guys are up to?" Seeing two strangers approaching, the waiter, who had been a little tired, suddenly became refreshed, and the person also stood up from the bench and looked at them vigilantly.

"Oh, that's right..."Since he had already been here many times, the young man was naturally very aware of the fact that there was a waiter at the door, so he was not surprised, but said in a very gentle tone. We are here to visit Mr. Tao, please let me know..."

Hearing that he was here to visit Tao Chengzhang, although the waiter was still very vigilant, he relaxed a little, but at this time, the young man and his companion took two steps forward, narrowing the distance between him and the waiter.

Just as the waiter was about to turn around and knock on the door, the young man suddenly strode forward, and at the same time drew a pistol from his waist and put it directly on the waiter's waist. "Don't make a sound, or else..."

Otherwise, it seems that there is no need to explain anything.

After seeing clearly what was on his waist, the waiter's face suddenly turned pale, and he nodded tremblingly, not daring to say a word.

At the same time, the man who followed the young man walked to the door, learned the nurse's tone, and knocked softly on the door: "Mr. Tao, it's time to take medicine." ”

Tao Chengzhang was sleeping sweetly, and when he heard someone calling in a hazy way, he responded with a vague "hmm, hmm", and when he just opened the door, he responded to the sound of a "boom" gunshot, and fell to the ground sadly.

Seeing that the matter had been done, the young man was not talking nonsense, and directly put the handle of the gun on the waiter's head, and when the waiter was knocked to the ground, he and another person ran out of the hospital through the window.

At this time, it was already dark, and it was the quietest time, when suddenly there was a gunshot, and the whole hospital was alarmed, and soon many doctors and nurses on duty ran over quickly, just in time to see the stunned waiter and Tao Chengzhang, who had fallen in a pool of blood.

Seeing Tao Chengzhang lying in a pool of blood, the doctors and nurses in the hospital hurriedly treated him, but unfortunately the gunshot wound was critical, even if it was useless, the next day the news of Tao Chengzhang's death came out at the age of 35...

On the same day, Shanghai's "Zilin Xi Bao" published a large issue to report the news that the "revolutionary tycoon" had been stabbed to death, and it also caused a sensation in China.

And when the news reached Anhui, Elano and Katarina, who were about to clean up Yan Shao, also had to temporarily focus on business... (To be continued......)