In the past two years, there have been wars everywhere, after fighting in the east and fighting in the west, Shanghainese people have guarded their own small place, even the old mothers who do things at the bottom know it. Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan to Liu Yuxiang, Li Zongren...... They may not know who will be the president of the [Harmony] Government of the Republic of China, but the names of these bosses can be read clearly.

Shanghai is like an isolated island full of gold and silver in the midst of this war, and the crowd is driven by interests. More and more people are renting in the cramped buildings of Shikumen, lost in this false peace and prosperity.

Today, the Bund is still a drunken fan. In the fairy ballroom, men and women snuggled up to each other and swayed on the dance floor under the ambiguous lights. In the back of the box sat several middle-aged, richly dressed men, smoking cigars or pipes. Listen to them.

"We also have to revise the constitution and the law, and after the revision, we will be dealt with back and forth. We paid for the war with them, and we paid for the war after the war, so it was really a big injustice. ”

"Then you will also go to 'protect the party and save the country'?"

"Whoever likes to go, I won't go anyway."

"If you don't go, follow President Chiang!"

"That's, can you still follow Tang Shengzhi?"

"Tang Mengxiao, go to the wild, no. If you want me to see it, don't talk about Tang Mengxiao, even Yan Xishan and Shi Yousan can't last a few days. Just their little armament? Not enough for the regular army to fight. ”

The fat man with a meaty face and a long shirt and a small hat who spoke was none other than Ma Weisan, a senator of the dignified Central Military Commission. He bit his pipe, laughing and squeezing through his eyes, leaving only two slits left. Yan Bi also patted the shoulder of the person next to him and said, "Brother Huo, did you say that I was right?" ”

Huo Zuo sat next to him with a cigarette in his mouth, the scar on his forehead hidden under his loose bangs. Compared with those big-bellied politicians, he is handsome and has a different bearing.

The man waved his hand and swept over to the drinker: "Senator Ma has said so, what else can I say?" You have said all the good things, Zhang Xueliang has spoken to our boss, the north and the south are united, the victory is in hand, is there anything else to say. ”

A circle of people laughed, and they were busy patting him on the back: "Yes, yes, Director Huo is right!" ”

"Senator Ma and Director Huo have seen things thoroughly!"

Huo Zuo watched coldly at these people to cheer up, took a puff of cigarette, and interrupted them casually: "You drink first, I'll go down and dance and do activities." ”

He stood up and left the slightly tiresome drinking place for a while. Ma Weisan sat there and gave him a round: "My brother is younger than us, and it's really boring to just sit. Then he shouted to him, "Brother, when you go down to dance, you will see a beautiful girl, and you will leave us a stay!" ”

Huo Zuo raised his hand with him, as an understanding. As soon as he came out of the box, he saw the manager of the dance hall walking towards him with someone, and when he saw him, he hurriedly said, "Ah, Mr. Huo, are you leaving so soon?" ”

Huo Zuo pointed inside: "I don't need you to serve here, hurry up and send the girl inside." ”

"That's fine! If there's anything you really need to call me again. ”

A group of warblers and swallows passed by him, leaving a strong smell of perfume fat powder, he lowered his head and lit a cigarette again and bit it in his mouth, thinking about it or calling the manager: "Alas, wait. ”

The man quickly stopped, turned back and waited earnestly for him to ask.

"Where is your eldest sister now?"

"Big sister? I should have greeted the guests at the booth downstairs. Do you want me to show you the way? ”

"No, I'll just go find her myself."

He walked towards the elevator and went downstairs to the dance floor. The singing and dancing were getting closer and closer, and he walked around the drunken crowd, and it was close to the middle of the night, and the atmosphere was at its peak. Walking up the stairs and stepping on the ground covered with dark blue coral velvet, you can see You Yi's graceful figure leaning beside him in the distance. He stood far away, and when she turned around and saw himself after she finished talking, but when he was only waiting for a short time, his eyes coldly glanced at the person beside You Yiman.

The woman was holding a wine glass in her hand, and after seeing Huo Zuo, she hurriedly said a few last words to the guest and walked towards him. She is wearing a bright cheongsam today, with a jade pendant, and her hair is coiled. When he came to Huo Zuo's side, he saw that he was slightly stunned, so he took a glass of champagne from the hospitality tray passing by and handed it to him.

"Don't look at it, he's here to talk about business."

Huo Zuo retracted his gaze, threw the cigarette into the glass of champagne and pursed his lips with You Yiman: "He came to you to discuss business?" ”

"How many big businessmen in Shanghai don't come to me to discuss business?" You Yiman also followed his gaze, and in the booth near the side of the stage, several young men in suits were laughing and talking, and several beautiful girls were sitting next to them to accompany the wine.

In such a group of people, Shen Yigong sat in the middle, with the kind of smile on his face that is common in shopping malls, and he looked like everyone was kind. He was dressed in a gray suit, with a watch on his left wrist and an angular-shaped face with a pair of eyes.

At the end of last year, Shen Yigong came to visit with a box of money, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and waxing his hair, and he saw that he had earned money. In half a year, he paid back more than 70,000 yuan with interest, Huo Zuo saw that he actually had the ability to make domestic products so prosperous, so he took out another hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy shares, Shen Yigong refused, saying that it was not time yet.

I haven't seen him since then, and after the New Year, I occasionally hear others talk about today's domestic base camp "Penglai Market", although it is still under construction, but the surrounding trial market has become increasingly prosperous. The whole market business model is completely different from the past, the price is clearly marked and never false, everyone praises the good quality and low price, and the housewives of all Shanghai are waiting for the official opening of Penglai Market.

Huo Zuo took You Yiman to visit that generation, and the things he bought were not very scarce, but they were indeed beautiful and durable, and a silver dollar could buy many things there. Most of the products are mass-produced by factory machine tools, which also reduces a lot of labor costs from a supply perspective.

"That's right, at least one year is enough to come to me to talk about business." You Yiman himself lit a cigarette and leaned against Huo Zuo's side, "They said that Mr. Huo is very good at teaching his disciples, and he has only been teaching for a few years, and he has taught a king of domestic products, which is very powerful." ”

"You know that he didn't teach me these things, and you still say that it sours me."

"How dare you sour you, Director Huo." You Yiman stuffed a business card in his hand into his hand, leaned against his ear and whispered, "The Mr. Luther you were looking for last time is now in Shanghai, living in an international hotel on Zhongzheng East Road." If you want to start a newspaper, you can start a newspaper and find a foreigner to write a report? Who do you want to get along with? ”

Huo Zuo put the business card in, put the wine glass on the table next to him, and wrapped his arms around You Yiman's thin waist: "Who can I get along with." Thank you for helping me practice, I asked Lao Hu to find someone before, and that Mr. Luther was closed several times. ”

"Editor-in-Chief Hu is also your person. Whether it is a local or a foreigner, Chinese or foreigner, isn't Shanghai afraid of you? You Yiman's hand rested on Huo's left shoulder, and gently touched the scar under his bangs along his cheek, "But I'll still say something, if you want to find a German to write a press release against the Japanese, you still have to take it easy." ”

"What, you're afraid?"

"I'm afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, don't say such frustrating words."

You Yiman chuckled, stood up straight and let go of Huo Zuo's embrace: "Hey, my business is wider than yours, not to mention the Japanese, it is the Germans, Americans, British, and French who are here, and I welcome them with an open door." ”

"That's a problem. In case the Japanese you entertain next time I don't like it, it's not good for you to get your blood dirty. ”

"It's okay, just kill people and pay for it. I'm ......" You Yiman poked Huo's left chest with a charming smile, "I don't know anything, I haven't heard of it." ”

While the two were laughing, they saw Shen Yigong and those people get up after talking and are about to go out. When he passed under the railing on the left side of Huo's body, he inexplicably looked up and saw the man leaning on the handrail.

He stopped, and tapped his forehead with his left fingertips in his pockets. Huo Zuo flicked the cigarette ash in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said hello. You Yiman didn't know where to float at this time, the number of people in the dance hall still did not decrease in the middle of the night, and the young men and women on the dance floor were still clinging.

Huo Zuo saw that after Shen Yigong greeted him, his figure flashed into the passage. He didn't have much hope, anyway, he didn't see each other a few times a year, and now when he did, he was more familiar than a stranger and said hello.

When the cigarette was about to finish, Huo Zuo straightened up and was about to leave, but he heard a voice behind him.

"Is Mr. Huo also here tonight to discuss business?"

Huo turned his head on the left side, Shen Yigong turned around and turned back after sending people away, and when he got closer, he could still feel the water vapor brought in from the outside on his body.

Seeing that people chuckled, Shen Yigong helped his glasses and said, "No, it's time to change your name to Director Huo." Two days ago, I saw a letter of appointment from the Politburo in the newspaper. ”

"It's all in vain."

"The highest position of the Chinese in the concession, this can't be called a false name." As Shen Yigong spoke, he swept his eyes across the dance floor and listened to a song, the saxophonist in the orchestra pit restarted the song, and the piano music followed closely. He subconsciously stretched out his hand to Huo Zuo and asked, "Do you want to dance, Mr. Huo." ”

Huo Zuo also looked back under his eyes, looking at the dim lights and looking at their respective men and women, and didn't stretch out his hand for the time being: "It's all men and women who dance, let's go down with older men, it's ridiculous, right?" ”

Shen Yigong directly grabbed his wrist and pulled him down the steps: "It's a little bit past this time, who cares who is jumping next to him?" ”

Huo Zuo was pulled into the dance floor by him and let him hug his waist. Shen Yigong leaned into his ear and whispered, "...... You taught me that this kind of music is called Jazz. As for the dance steps, please also take a look at the years that have passed. ”

As he approached, listening to the smell of wine overflowing from his confused mouth, Huo Zuo knew that this guy was drunk again.

Also, how could you rush onto the dance floor like a fool without cooperation for no reason. He didn't refuse, put his hands around Shen Yi's neck, and slowly shook himself with him in the music.

He raised his head and looked at Shen Yigong's drunken and dazed gaze: "Okay, let's see if you have made any progress." ”