Those who can participate in this ball are either rich or noble, and most of them are both rich and expensive, but in this era, as long as it is a foreigner, everyone must be polite, but now suddenly see a foreigner in front of the Chinese, everyone is a little surprised.

Who is this young man who is sacred, there is such a big shili! And that courtesan is also blue and red, people like them rely on their posture to mix in high society, in fact, the most test is vision, as long as they offend a powerful person, they will be in trouble.

No matter how she looks at Zhang Tinglan, she is very fresh, and her clothes are extremely ordinary, and there is no valuable ornament on her body, so she doesn't take Zhang Tinglan seriously, but out of professional habits, she still wants to know the identity of this new face, so she took the initiative to talk, but looking at the current situation, she completely miscalculated.

Zhang Tinglan didn't have any ideas at this time, he was used to seeing thousands of troops, and he really couldn't be interested in these young people who had not officially debuted, after all, the difference in identity was still too big.

What surprised him a little was that he met Kerry here, and the two sides had discussed that they would introduce oil extraction equipment from the United States, set up an advanced oil mill, and break the Japanese monopoly on soybeans in Northeast China.

"Kerry, have you agreed to our cooperation project in China?"

"Of course, there is a lot of interest in this jihua in China, and the only concern is whether the Chinese side is strong enough to defend our interests. However, by recovering the Middle Road, the Feng army has already proved your strength, and cooperation is logical. I have been appointed as the U.S. representative of our joint venture company, and you are the majority shareholder and now my boss. ”

In the construction of oil mills, all the United States can provide is jishu and equipment, and as for raw materials and markets, all of them must be provided by the Feng army, and the Feng army has to face the pressure of the Japanese, so among the joint stock companies, Feng Jun holds 60 percent of the shares, and the United States accounts for 40 percent.

But don't look at only 40 percent, the Cleveland consortium has also calculated it. If they can snatch half of the share from the Japanese, they will get at least 20 million dollars in profits, and 8 million will fall into their hands. This is already an old hen that lays golden eggs.

Moreover, through this cooperation, it can also completely open the door to business in the Northeast, and American products can smoothly enter the Northeast in the future. The huge interest in grabbing the market share of the Japanese is firmly appealing to the Americans.

"Kerry. Do you want to be one of the shareholders of this company? ”

As soon as Kerry heard this. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, he is still just a wage earner, if he can get some shares, even if he can get some shares, even if he is a small boss, and he also knows how amazing the profits of this company will be, no matter how only one percent. It's also a dividend of hundreds of thousands, which is simply too tempting.

"I'm going to appoint you as the foreign affairs manager, mainly responsible for the negotiations between China and the United States, and you will be able to get three percent of the shares."

"Boss. You are simply too generous, you can rest assured that I will definitely satisfy you! ”

Zhang Tinglan has long wanted to purchase a batch of machinery and equipment from the United States, but it is a pity that the Americans have taken strict precautions and are unwilling to sell any good things to the Chinese. Zhang Tinglan wanted to find an American who was familiar with the situation, and use him to find loopholes in the US government to get hold of those jishu devices that had great potential but were not taken seriously.

To a certain extent, Zhang Tinglan wants to train Kerry to be the representative of his interests in the United States, of course, there will definitely not be only one such person, the more the better, the more capable the better.

Of course, Kerry didn't think about it so much, he was completely stunned by the three percent shares, which is hundreds of thousands, millions of dividends, he only has to work hard, as long as the oil mill develops better, his pocket can be more bulging.

"Boss, the first batch of machines has been shipped to Tianjin, and it will soon be shipped to Fengtian."

"Well, it's fast, I've already demarcated the factory area in Jinxi, install the machine as soon as possible, and in a month or two, the soybeans will be harvested, if we miss it, we will have to wait for next year!"

"Absolutely no problem!"

After basically finalizing the problem of the oil mill, Zhang Tinglan's heart was much more stable, he won an industry, and his relationship with the Americans became closer, and this move was very good.

At this time, the ball came upstart again, and I saw a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, with oily hair and pink face, surrounded by many beautiful women, walked in.

This young man is dressed in a white suit, with wax on his head, and pointed leather shoes under his feet, his figure is very slender, and his appearance is also very handsome, but his eyes are always frivolous, and the light is full of thieves, and if you look closely at his gaze, you will find that this guy is always patrolling back and forth on a woman's chest.

At first glance, he was a drunken man, Zhang Tinglan was too lazy to take a look at such a guy, and the courtesan who was constantly eating deflated hurriedly came up.

"Fan Gongzi, why did you come, it makes people wait in a hurry."

"What are you afraid of, aren't there many young talents here, will you still be lonely?"

"What do you call people?" This courtesan deliberately said with disgust: "If you talk about the romantic characters in Tianjin, which one can compare to Fan Gongzi, and people are not fools, how can they guard the pheasant and forget the phoenix!" ”

When talking about pheasants, she also glanced in the direction of Zhang Tinglan, and when this Fan Gongzi heard that he was said to be a phoenix, he also hahadaxiao, stretched out his big hand, pinched the courtesan's face fiercely, and then stuffed the pocket watch he carried with her to her.

This pocket watch is made of full gold, and there is a circle of diamonds on it, which is shining with gold, and it is worth a lot of money at a glance, and the courtesan immediately smiled, stretched out her arm to hold Fan Gongzi's arm, and looked at the audience defiantly.

At this time, Zhou Shutao also greeted him, and said to Fan Gongzi with a smile: "Brother Xiaohe, you are a little late!" ”

"Brother Zhou, don't be surprised, I just talked about some business with a few Japanese friends, so I was delayed."

"Business is the right thing, naturally it can't be delayed, everyone knows it."

The courtesan suddenly laughed and said: "Master Fan, your business must be a big deal, let the big guy open their eyes and see the Fan family's handwriting." ”

Fan Xiaohe also showed a smug smile on his face, and said humbly: "It's not a big business, Dalian's Nissin Oil Factory is going to open a branch in Tianjin, and the soybean oil produced is mainly sold to Guannai and Nanyang and other places. ”

Fan Xiaohe's words were full of pride, laughter attracted everyone's attention, all the people present understood, as soon as they heard that the Fan family and Nissin Oil Factory had cooperated, they all came to congratulate, and they were all full of flattery, and Fan Xiaohe was lifted to the sky.

"To put it simply, this Nissin Oil Mill seems to be called the Shuangshu of Dalian Oil Mill together with Santai Oil Mill, why did they reach out to Guannai? Isn't this a business grab with us? ”

Zhang Tinglan also frowned, Fengjun had already discussed the oil extraction industry internally, and had already launched a layout, and the joint construction of the oil mill with the United States was under the banner of occupying the Kannai market, and then shaking the foundation of the Japanese oil extraction industry, but now why did a Fan family suddenly appear and want to grab this business, and he was naturally very unhappy in his heart.

But knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Zhang Tinglan didn't know where the Fan family came from, so he waved his hand and called Zhou Shutao over: "Who is this Fan Xiaohe, and how did he cooperate with the Japanese?" ”

"To put it mildly, speaking of which, the Fan family has been inherited for hundreds of years, starting from the Ming Dynasty, it is the giant of Shanxi Jin merchants, and later it was canonized by the Manchu Emperor, it is the head of the eight imperial merchants, operating salt farms, controlling ginseng trading, and the wealth of family property is indescribable!"

As soon as Zhang Tinglan heard the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, he immediately raised his eyebrows, people who are familiar with history will not be unaware of this gang of traitors and scum, the so-called Eight Great Emperor Merchants in the late Ming Dynasty, a large number of smuggling iron and grain to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and other things prohibited by the Ming Dynasty, and then laundered the gold and silver treasures looted by the Eight Banners, from which they made huge profits.

It can be said that every penny they earn, with the blood of countless ordinary people, is a complete traitor money, the Jin Shang Group headed by the Eight Great Emperor Merchants was completely a traitor group in the late Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that until now, the Fan family is still inherited, and it is also colluded with the Japanese, which is simply dead!

"During the Qianlong period, the Fan family raised military expenses for the imperial court, suffered great losses, and the family road began to decline, but just a few decades ago, the foreigners opened the door to China, Tianjin opened to trade, and they cooperated with the foreigners, shili swelled again, and the Fan family also controlled the salt works in the Tanggu area, and in terms of property, it was no worse than our family!"

After figuring out the origin of the Fan family, Zhang Tinglan's eyes flashed a trace of ruthlessness, this Fan family simply does not know whether to live or die, the oil extraction industry is an industry that Zhang Tinglan must seize, and the salt farm in Tanggu is also under the control of the Feng army according to the agreement with Beiyang, and now the Fan family has suddenly become an obstacle on the road to the Feng army's wealth.

Just when Zhang Tinglan was thinking about how to deal with the Fan family, Fan Xiaohe had already walked over, and he also noticed Zhang Tinglan, but this guy didn't know him, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth: "Brother Zhou, you really have all kinds of friends, how can such a shabby guy get mixed up in the ball?" ”

"Mr. Fan, this is the commander-in-chief of the border guards of the three eastern provinces, a dignified national lieutenant general, and the son-in-law of the Zhou family, he is not a shabby guy!"

Zhou Shutao's words came out, and Fan Xiaohe's face suddenly changed, and there was a look of horror in his eyes.

"Zhang is indeed not as rich as Mr. Fan!" Zhang Tinglan sneered and said: "But thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, I'm afraid that soon the Fan family will have no chance if they want to be shabby!" (To be continued......)