The news of the visit of Mr. Hoffman, a famous American jewelry designer, to Shanghai occupies a rather conspicuous page in the "Declaration".

Although this news may not be able to attract the attention of the people, it is definitely important news in the eyes of a group of businessmen who have become good businessmen. A morning after the newspaper was issued, several jewellers had already inquired about Mr. Hoffmann through the newspaper.

Inside the Longxing Teahouse.

Shu Qiang put away the newspaper with satisfaction, picked up an envelope from the table, and handed it to the person standing in front of him. He was the journalist who wrote the news.

"This news is very well written. Hopefully we still have a chance to work together. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Shu."

The young reporter hurriedly took the envelope, and the thick feel made him overjoyed.

Shu Qiang didn't say much, got up and walked out.

Shang Yucheng was sitting at a wonton stall not far away, and Shu Qiang walked towards her when he went out.

"It's all done." Shu Qiang sat down and whispered.

Shang Yucheng nodded, paid the money and got up to leave.

Look at the time, it's already lunchtime. Shang Yucheng thought for a moment and stopped a rickshaw, "Huijin Department Store." ”

Since Lu Jingpeng's accident, Lu Jingcheng has provoked the girder of Huijin Department Store, and he is indeed more diligent than before. In the past few days since Shang Yucheng came back, he only saw each other in a hurry every day. Since I have time today, I should also go to Huijin to have a look.

As soon as Shang Yucheng entered the department store, no one noticed her at first, but after a while, someone recognized her, and whispered with envy and jealousy about the future second young grandmother, and even the head wife of the Lu family.

Shang Yucheng didn't pay that much attention, walked straight past them, and went upstairs to Lu Jingcheng's office.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to Lu Jingcheng's door, he happened to bump into Lu Jingcheng and Ye Shen walking out of the office talking and laughing.

Shang Yucheng was stunned, the two also saw her, Lu Jingcheng smiled and said, "Ouch, why are you here?" ”

Shang Yucheng replied with a smile, "I didn't think about it, I should have called you first." I'm just walking around the neighborhood and stopping by to see you. Since you have something to do with Mr. Ye, then I won't bother. ”

Ye Shen interjected at this time, "We don't have anything important, it's just that something happened to Wenxin's hometown, and I'm afraid that she didn't have time to tell Jing Cheng and came to ask for leave for her." ”

Shang Yucheng turned his head to look at Lu Jingcheng, and then asked, "Oh?" I don't know what's going on, do you need me and Jing Cheng to help? ”

She was polite, and she thought to herself, I don't know what happened to Jia Wen's heart.

Ye Shen smiled and said, "If there is any need, Wenxin will definitely tell us." ”

"Yes, you don't have to worry, Miss Jia is so capable, I won't treat her badly." Lu Jingcheng came over and took her hand affectionately, "Ye Shen and I are going to eat something and talk about something." Let's go together, shall we? ”

Shang Yucheng shook his head, "Since you want to talk about things, I won't go." ”

As she spoke, she glanced at Ye Shen with questions.

Today, Shang Yucheng has understood a truth, Ye Shen is by no means an idle young master, what he does sometimes seems to be out of tune, but there must be a reason behind him. It can be seen that it is not so simple for him to make a special trip today to ask for leave for Jia Wenxin.

Ye Shen just stood aside politely and smiled, with a well-behaved look that didn't want to disturb his lover's narration.

Shang Yucheng couldn't see anything, so he had to chat with them and walk out of Huijin Department Store together.

"Mr. Ye - Jing Cheng, go ahead, I'll go home first." Shang Yucheng stood still and said politely.

Lu Jingcheng nodded, "Let's have dinner together in the evening, and I'll send a car to pick you up." ”

Shang Yucheng responded with a smile, stopped a rickshaw, and sat on it.

Ye Shen and Lu Jingcheng stood at the door of the department store, watching Shang Yucheng walk away.

Turning his head and seeing Lu Jingcheng's thoughtful expression looking at Shang Yucheng's back, Ye Shen frowned, and then smiled and said, "Miss Shang is just outstanding, and this calm and generous bearing is even more rare—you can be regarded as picking up a treasure." ”

In the past, when he heard others praising Shang Yucheng, Lu Jingcheng couldn't help but feel proud, but today his expression was indifferent, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Jing Cheng?" Ye Shen shouted again.

"Huh?" Lu Jingcheng turned his head, "What did you say?" ”

Ye Shen smiled, "It's all fiancés, and they are not ten meters apart, so they are reluctant-" He shook his head, "If men are like you, the world will be peaceful." ”

Lu Jingcheng smiled noncommittally, "Let's go." ”

Ye Shen came to Lu Jingcheng this time to find an important matter, that is, the issue of the actual ruler of the Lu family. He had mentioned this matter to Shang Yucheng once, of course, from the perspective that Shang Yucheng was eager to take revenge on Lu Jingpeng, hoping that Shang Yucheng could persuade and help Lu Jingcheng to replace Lu Jingcheng.

For him, Lu Jingcheng, who lacks business talent, is much easier to control than the shrewd Lu Jingpeng, and his smuggling of drugs through the Lu family's goods will be safer and smoother. For that reason alone, he had to give it a try.

Lu Jingcheng saw Ye Shen order a bottle of red wine and said with a smile, "Fortunately, Yucheng refused to come." If she sees you and orders wine at noon, she will probably not ask me to eat with you again. ”

Ye Shen handed the drink list to the waiter and replied with a smile, "You don't have to show off that you have a fiancée to take care of you here. I see that Miss Shang is very tolerant of you, and will never interfere with your freedom to make friends because of such a thing. As he spoke, he lowered his head and fiddled with his napkin, "That's where she's smart." ”

Lu Jingcheng smiled and said, "Don't talk about this." What are you going to say to me? ”

"It doesn't matter." Ye Shen took a sip of the wine glass. "A few days ago, I heard that Brother Ling caused some trouble, but I have to go out with some trivial business matters, so I have to come here today to put this afterthought, and ask if you have a place where your brother can help."

If such words come out of the mouths of others, they can easily be perceived as excuses. But what came out of Ye Shen's mouth didn't make people feel like this, others were afraid of getting into trouble, but Ye Shen was not afraid.

"It's nothing, it's just a misunderstanding." Lu Jingcheng replied, "Now I have explained it clearly to the police." ”

Ye Shen nodded, "That's the best." He picked up the wine bottle and poured another glass for himself, added some for Lu Jingcheng, and continued, "But it's a pity, something like this happened to our Ye family as soon as they started cooperating with the Lu family——"

When Lu Jingcheng heard this, Ye Shen's words seemed to mean something else. He looked up a little nervously, "Brother Ye, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that Brother Ye is not satisfied with our cooperation? ”

Ye Shen was stunned, "Where did you start with this?" Our cooperation has just begun, how can we talk about being satisfied? He looked at Lu Jingcheng, "I mean that now that something like this has happened to Jing Peng, your Lu family will definitely not hand over the business to him again, so as not to affect the reputation of the Lu family." As soon as we started working together, you had to change the helm, which is a pity. ”

Ye Shen looked at Lu Jingcheng's embarrassed expression and wondered, "How-isn't Ling Zun planning to let you replace Jing Peng?" ”

Lu Jingcheng said unnaturally, "I'm just temporarily acting as the eldest brother, and when this rumor passes, of course the eldest brother will return to Huijin." ”

"What?" Ye Shen frowned, "Temporary position?" ”

Lu Jingcheng nodded, "Not bad." He smiled reluctantly, "Big brother has been in charge of Huijin for many years, and he is much stronger than me in terms of experience and other aspects." ”

Ye Shen frowned, "I don't agree with what you said. Experience can be learned and accumulated, it is nothing. For the person at the helm of a business, the reputation of integrity is the most important. Although Jing Peng was released, his reputation was no longer trusted, how could he still be in charge of Huijin again? Speaking of this, he glanced at Lu Jingcheng dissatisfiedly, "I think it's because you don't want to." He said in a heartfelt tone like a big brother, "Now that the Lu family is in trouble, you also have to think about sharing the burden - obviously you have the ability, don't you run the furniture store well?" But he just put his mind on a woman, which is too irresponsible. ”

Lu Jingcheng was a little embarrassed by Ye Shen's words, and smiled awkwardly, "I have the heart to do more, but my parents at home think that I am still young, and now it is an eventful time, so I am a little forward-looking." ”

Ye Shen looked at him in disbelief, "Is that really the case?" ”

Lu Jingcheng nodded hurriedly, "Naturally, it's true." ”

Ye Shen frowned slightly, "I originally thought that if something like this happened to Jing Peng, Uncle Lu would naturally hand over Huijin to you, but I didn't expect-" He glanced up at Lu Jingcheng and said apologetically, "Our Ye family has been in business for decades, and we have always cherished our goodwill, if we let Jing Peng take charge of Huijin again, I'm afraid our cooperation-"

How could Lu Jingcheng not understand what Ye Shen meant, they made a lot of concessions to win the opportunity to cooperate with the Ye family, and to fight for Huijin to have a relatively stable future, at this time, they must not give up because of Lu Jingpeng's matter.

However, Ye Shen's opinion was quite favorable to him. Lu Jingcheng secretly thought that if his father knew that the Ye family was concerned about Lu Jingpeng's image and considered terminating the cooperation, maybe it would be his own opportunity. Thinking of this, Lu Jingcheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Father is still thinking about this matter, why are you in such a hurry?" The Lu family will definitely make comprehensive arrangements, you can rest assured. ”

Ye Shen hesitated, nodded, and said uneasily, "If you decide, you should inform me earlier." ”

"It's natural." Lu Jingcheng responded.

At this point, the two chatted and gossiped about the steak that had just been served, and finished their meal without hurrying before they dispersed.

Since the engagement banquet of Lu Shang and the others, Zhao Wenxuan's situation has become delicate. Although Leng Fanqing has repeatedly stated that he still believes in him, words are always worse than actions in this kind of thing. Zhao Wenxuan's position in the Leng clan was finally removed.

Zhao Wenxuan was secretly angry on the one hand, and very uneasy on the other. Now he has only been removed from his position as manager, but in fact he is still in charge, and if he keeps a low profile for a few days, there is still hope of being reinstated. But Leng Hui pressed forward step by step, and proposed to divide a new brand in Leng's family and manage it by her. After thinking about it for two days, Leng Fanqing agreed to support Leng Hui's idea.

This change made Zhao Wenxuan shocked and frightened, and he began to think about countermeasures.

Before he could figure it out, Leng Hui invited Mr. Hoffman, a well-known jewelry designer in the United States, to sign a cooperation agreement, which was greatly appreciated by Leng Fanqing.

Ye Shen learned about Mr. Hoffman's visit to Shang Yucheng from Xianglin, and knew that all this was a trap laid by Shang Yucheng, so he kept an eye on the Leng family's actions.

On December 12, 1936, when 1936 was coming to an end, a shocking accident broke out: two generals, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, launched a military campaign in Xi'an to detain Jiang Zhongzheng, chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and commander-in-chief of the Northwest Suppression of Bandits. Immediately, a telegram was sent to the whole country on the eight-point proposal for national salvation.

For a time, the situation in the whole country instantly became tense.

Jia Wenxin, who learned the news, knew that such a big event had happened, and was worried that Ye Shen would receive an important task, so she rushed back to Shanghai immediately despite her serious injuries.

"Why are you back?" As soon as Ye Shen came home, he saw Jia Wenxin sitting on the steps of the door, her face was blue from the cold, and she was stunned. Then he hurriedly opened the door and let her in.

"How's your injury?" Ye Shen looked at Jia Wenxin with concern and asked.

Jia Wen hurriedly covered her chest, "If you don't say it, you don't think it, but when you say this, you feel that the wound hurts very much." She grinned exaggeratedly as she peeked at Ye Shen.

Ye Shen was originally a little worried, but when he saw her appearance, he relieved his heart, glanced at her and said, "I asked you to stay in Nanjing to recuperate your injuries, but you refused to listen, and you deserved the pain." ”

Jia Wen's heart suddenly turned bitter, "What are you talking about?" ”

Ye Shen pursed his lips, "Say, what will I buy you so that your wound won't hurt?" ”

When Jia Wen heard this, she showed a satisfied expression and put down the hand covering the wound, "Anything is okay?" ”

"Let's talk about it." Ye Shenli also ignored it and urged.

Jia Wenxin raised her hand and pointed, "I want the house next door." ”

Ye Shen looked at her in surprise and said with a smile, "Ouch, I took a shot and opened up your seven tricks!" I also know that I want a property. ”

Jia Wen smiled proudly, "You're right. The fact that you took care of me for a few days with this injury made me figure out one thing - the proximity to the water really makes sense. ”

Ye Shen didn't tell Jia Wenxin what happened with Shang Yucheng in the hotel, and he didn't plan to say it at this time, so he only said with a smile, "There is only one Mrs. Zhu living next door, and she is very talkative." However, her husband is the permanent secretary of the Ministry of the Interior of the Executive Yuan, and if you can persuade him to sell the house, I will buy it and give it to you. ”

When Jia Wen heard this, she had no choice but to give up.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Ye Shen poured a cup of hot water for Jia Wenxin, and said with a straight face. "This time, our mission is to closely monitor the Japanese spies in Shanghai and prevent the Japanese side from interfering in the negotiation process of the Xi'an incident. In addition to us, the comrades of the Northern Bureau are also cooperating. ”

Ye Shen looked at Jia Wenxin, and continued, "There are several batches of goods backlogged at the dock these days, since you are back, send the goods to our comrades as soon as possible." ”

The goods Ye Shen was referring to were medicines smuggled to Shanghai by Ye's sea. Jia Wenxin has always been in charge of the work of delivering these smuggled drugs to the organization.

"Yes." Jia Wenxin immediately agreed.

Ye Shen was just about to say something when there was a sudden knock on the door outside. Ye Shen glanced at Jia Wenxin and motioned for her to hide.

Jia Wen understood, got up and walked upstairs.

Ye Shen walked over and opened the door, and saw a worried Awen standing at the door, and hurriedly called him in, "What's wrong?" ”

Ah Wen frowned, "Oh no, young master, Miss Shang is missing!" ”

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