In the hall, antique tables and chairs are placed in an orderly manner, some calligraphy paintings are hung on the walls, and the staircase is a wooden structure, each step is polished smooth as jade, and the sound of "squeaking" when stepped on is as if telling the vicissitudes of time.

Compared with the Hong Kong Island Hotel that pursued modern luxury in later generations, [Lao Rongshun] has a simple and elegant appearance, as if carrying a unique charm.

At this time, the corridor of the private room on the second floor was full of bodyguards and thugs who followed their bosses on both sides, because they came from different gangs, so they were dressed differently, some wore black robes, some were gray coarse cloth shorts, and even some wore suits and ties.

Although they were dressed differently, each of them had a bit of fierceness and cunning on their faces, looking at Zheng Jirong who was walking towards him step by step from the staircase, their eyes flashed with coldness and ruthlessness.

Zheng Jirong glanced at them as usual, and I have to say that compared with the group of fancy-looking and actually weak old boys on Hong Kong Island in the later generations, these guys who licked blood from the knife edge looked like a real Hi Gang.

However, they knew that they had just slaughtered Lei Gong and the Four Tigers of the Black Tiger Gang in the morning, and they dared to look at themselves with such threatening and provocative eyes, if they were not really afraid of death, then they were specially instructed by the boss behind them.

hehe

Thinking of this, the corners of Zheng Jirong's mouth rose, and after sneering, he pushed the door and entered the private room.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, the gangsters gathered around the table turned their heads to look at the visitors, even Wei Tingyan, who had always looked calm.

"Hahaha"

As soon as Zheng Jirong entered the door, he arched his hand to everyone with a smile on his face and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there was a delay on the way, so I was a step late, and I will punish myself with three cups later." ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding, not only did no one get up, but even no one opened their mouths to respond.

Seeing this, Zheng Jirong raised his eyebrows, but did not get angry, but smiled and ordered Peng Yixing behind him: "Let the people in the restaurant start serving, tell the boss, move quickly." ”

"Understood."

Peng Yixing nodded in response, quickly turned around and left, and closed the door of the private room tightly before leaving.

Zheng Jirong then smiled at the people at the table, and walked to the first seat with a smile, his steps relaxed and calm.

"Zheng Gang Master"

As soon as he sat down, a man in a robe next to him said with a smile: "It's not easy to come from Zhabei, right?" ”

"Hahaha", Zheng Jirong chuckled: "What's not easy, it's just that the road is a little bumpy, this time it's a little slower to take the car, and next time it's okay to change to another means of transportation." ”

"Other means of transportation?"

Wei Tingyan snorted lightly: "Gang Master Zheng can't come by tank next time?" ”

"Huh", Zheng Jirong raised his hand to him and said seriously: "Your suggestion is not bad, you can consider it." ”

"Hehe", Wei Tingyan shook his head and sneered twice, obviously taking his words as a joke.

If you really have the ability to drive a tank in Shanghai, it is better to go directly to the concession, why bother to come to the 16th shop to grab food with them.

Then he retracted his gaze and said lightly: "There is no need to say more nonsense, since Gang Master Zheng, since you have the ability to single-handedly take down the Black Tiger Gang without all of us knowing, then Lei Gong's territory will be yours in the future." ”

"Really?"

Zheng Jirong pretended to be happy and said: "Then thank you to General Manager Wei and all the brothers for their kindness, Zheng will have a good reward in the future, come, let's go first"

"Don't be too happy!"

As soon as he was halfway through his words, he was interrupted by a sturdy man wearing a linen short coat and covered with scars on the other side of the table: "Since ancient times, it has been easy to fight the country and it is difficult to defend the country, even if this territory is given to you, can you defend it?!" ”

Huang Dagang crossed his legs on the table, looking at Zheng Jirong at the head of the table with disdain, when he heard the news of the destruction of the Black Tiger Gang, he was still worried that the Axe Gang would take advantage of this opportunity to continue to expand its power, it can be seen that Zheng Jirong's posture was so low after entering the door, and the heart he was originally carrying fell back in an instant, coupled with Wei Tingyan in front, his tone became more and more unruly.

Looking at this man who looked a little similar to the Dongxing crow, Zheng Jirong raised his hand to hold the tabletop and said with a smile: "This brother not only looks strange, but also has such a good variety, it must be Huang Dagang, Huang Gang Leader, right?" ”

When Huang Dagang heard this, he suddenly leaned back with a tactic, and said with a smile in his eyes: "I didn't expect you to be quite discerning, that's right, I am Huang Dagang, after Lei Gong's old thing died, I am the most powerful in the sixteenth shop, what advice do you have?" ”

"I don't have any advice, it's just that what I hate the most is that others interrupt me when I'm talking", Zheng Jirong looked at the guy and said seriously: "Huang Gang Leader will have to pay attention next time, I will never give people a second chance." ”

"You"

Huang Dagang's eyebrows couldn't help but twist when he heard this, "Are you threatening and intimidating me?" ”

Zheng Jirong shrugged his shoulders and replied with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, but if you die on the street, don't blame me for not warning you in advance." ”

"I'm grass, you dare to talk to me like that?!"

Huang Dagang was instantly furious, slapped the table and got up and pointed at Zheng Jirong in a frenzy.

"Dagang!" Wei Tingyan immediately shouted, "The so-called visitor is a guest, the first time the Zheng Gang Master came to the Sixteenth Shop, what do you mean by this attitude?" ”

"Me"

Huang Dagang glared at Zheng Jirong unwillingly after hearing this, and then sat back in his position indignantly.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Jirong clapped his hands and praised: "I used to hear others say that all the gangs in the Sixteenth Shop were headed by President Wei, and I was still skeptical at first, but now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I deeply realize that the rumors are true." ”

"It's just for everyone to save face", Wei Tingyan smiled indifferently and said to him: "I grew up in the 16th shop since I was a child, and I have a deep affection for every grass and tree here. ”

Although this guy is modest, he can't hide the color in his eyes.

The Public Board of Directors is equivalent to the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the Public Concession, and is the highest municipal organization and leading organization in the French Concession of Shanghai.

Mainly responsible for discussing the formulation of tax rates within the concession; the purchase and sale of public property; approve the construction of roads, the construction of public utilities, and the planning of urban development; Rectify transportation, improve the sanitation of the concession, and so on.

In the original time and space, Du Yuesheng once served as the director of the public board of directors, and was the highest position of the Chinese in the French Concession.

And in this time and space without Du Yuesheng, Wei Tingyan can sit in the position of the general office as a Chinese, which can be called a high authority, not to mention the sixteenth shop, even in the French Concession, there are rich businessmen who want to slap him.

There is indeed a capital to be proud of.

At this time, the door of the private room slowly opened, and a row of waiters rushed in, holding a variety of dishes in their hands, busy and orderly placing fragrant dishes on the table.

After they bowed and left, Zheng Jirong picked up the wine jug on the table, filled the wine glass in front of him and Wei Tingyan, and then held it and smiled at Wei Tingyan: "General Manager Wei is the master of the people and returns to the township community, he is really a model for my generation, I respect you for this glass of wine." ”

After speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine glass, and then showed the bottom of the glass in front of everyone.

Wei Tingyan's face softened when he saw this, and then he raised his wine glass and took a shallow sip.

Looking at this guy's remaining half of the wine glass, Zheng Jirong smiled disapprerovingly, and said to him: "Speaking of which, when I first arrived in Shanghai, I was really shocked, seventy percent of the entire city is full of foreign concessions, among which the French concession is the largest, accounting for almost half of Shanghai, which is really worthy of being the first metropolis in the Far East." ”

Wei Tingyan nodded slightly, and replied casually: "The foreigners have the ability and means, and the concession is becoming more and more prosperous and wealthy under their jurisdiction, if you want me to say that the entire Shanghai Tang should be classified as a foreign concession, so that there will be no more poor and refugees in the whole Shanghai Tang in the future." ”

Hearing his words, Zheng Jirong retorted with a smile: "General Manager Wei's words are a bit exaggerated, although the concession is full of flowers, but this prosperity is an illusion, which is based on sucking the blood of the ZG earth. ”

"Through various unequal treaties, the great powers of various countries have seized a huge amount of resources from our land, including minerals and agricultural products, to support their luxurious life in the concession, and at the same time, they have also taken advantage of the special status of the concession to plunder ZG economically."

Speaking of this, he said with a serious expression: "Looking at the whole world, forcibly dividing the territory of other countries and wantonly building [safe havens] are very serious acts of aggression. ”

"The prosperity and wealth in your eyes are built on the basis of sacrificing the country's housing, resources and even culture!"

Wei Tingyan's face suddenly gloomy after listening to his words, he pulled the corners of his mouth and sneered: "I heard it, you seem to think that you are very tall and idealistic, don't you?" ”

"That's not true", Zheng Jirong played with the small wine cup in his hand and replied lightly: "If I can't even guarantee the most basic food and clothing, then whoever is in charge of this land is like a passing cloud and meaningless to me." ”

"But now that I have a worry-free life, abundant food and clothing, of course, the thoughts in my heart can no longer limit personal gains and losses, people must always have higher pursuits and firm beliefs, right?"

"Hey", Wei Tingyan sneered disdainfully: "It's all nonsense for a long time, Qinggao can't be eaten, want to talk about ideals and beliefs?" Let's talk about it when you're full! ”

Seeing that the words of the two suddenly exchanged, the rest of the people at the table hurriedly laughed and started a round.

"Yes, what Mr. Wei said is very right, now that the dishes are ready, let's move the chopsticks first."

"Yes, yes, yes, if you don't eat food, it's going to be cold, drink and drink"

Seeing this, Zheng Jirong picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of chopped roast suckling pork, and when he was about to put it in his mouth, he heard Wei Tingyan next to him say to him:

"It's good to eat the skin, but the meat is hard to eat."

"Huh."

Zheng Jirong smiled, picked up the roasted golden and crispy pork skin, shook his head and sighed: "Some people are so poor that they don't even have to eat the bark, and some people only eat the skin and not the meat, which is really inexplicable." ”

"A lot of things are so inexplicable", Wei Tingyan said expressionlessly: "No one will look down on you if you kill people, set fire to your house and rob your house, but if you are poor, others will despise you and laugh at you." ”

"But most poor people don't hurt anyone."

"Hahaha", Wei Tingyan replied with laughter after hearing it: "But the beggars on the street will affect the appearance of the city." ”

After listening to his words, Zheng Jirong nodded slightly, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, then lit a cigarette unhurriedly, and said lightly: "It can be seen that you like money very much, Mr. Wei." ”

"These days, poor people are not even as good as ghosts, what do I like if I don't like money?" Wei Tingyan spread his hands and asked rhetorically.

"Hahaha, that's good."

Zheng Jirong raised his hand and slapped the table, and said under the shocked gaze of everyone: "I invited everyone to come over this time just to talk to you about a big business, and after the negotiation is completed, everyone doesn't have to care about anything every day, and you can share the money while sitting." ”

“.”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the private room became a little strange, they thought that this was a Hongmen banquet for bandits to invite bullies, but they didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise after the host's family came.

"Big business"

After Wei Tingyan pondered for a while, he turned his head to look at him and asked, "Then what kind of business is this big business?" ”

Zheng Jirong didn't answer his question directly, but asked them: "Brothers, I don't know if you have roughly counted all the gray industries of the Sixteen Shops, including pornography, gambling and drugs, how much profit can be created every day?" ”

Hearing his words, everyone at the table looked at each other, if they asked about their own industry, they were very clear, but if the scope was extended to the entire sixteenth shop, then their eyes would be black.

"Thirty thousand!"

Wei Tingyan was the first to reply: "If you only talk about one day, it's almost 30,000 yuan, but these money are not visible, and the real amount should be more, but not too much." ”

Zheng Jirong bowed slightly, and said seriously: "More than 30,000 oceans a day, that month is nearly 1 million oceans, this is really a lot of money, but can everyone here really share so much money?" ”

Then without waiting for everyone to reply, he replied directly: "I don't want to say one million, I'm afraid you won't even be able to share 500,000, and it will cost half of it just to take care of the backers behind you, and then there are patrol rooms, police departments, and various government departments, and it is good to have three achievements in hand, one million becomes three hundred thousand, I feel sorry for you." ”

"But!"

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused, and then after looking around at the crowd, he said seriously: "As long as you hand over all the business to my people to take care of, it won't take long, at most three months, I promise to double everyone's income!" ”

"And the fees that need to be paid to the various departments, I can also give you the lowest!"

"If I can't."

Zheng Jirong promised them: "In three months, I will double the repayment of everyone's losses!" ”

“.”

(End of chapter)