Outside the teahouse, Wang Yan and Qi Si got into the car and were about to leave. Liu Yitong opened the rear door and raised his head to Wang Yan: "Go inside, brother, and I'll have a meal with you."
Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, then moved his position inside and let Liu Yitong sit in. When Qi Si started the car and drove towards his usual restaurant, he smiled and said: "You come out now, but you are far away from those people."
"Those mobs, in your words, are just bullying and bullying the common people. It is difficult to achieve great things. I am holding the thigh of Inspector Qin, how can I still be afraid of them?" Liu Yitong snorted coldly and asked curiously. Said: "You don't really want to open a bank with them and make them rich, do you?"
"It's true to open a bank, and it's true to get rich. What I want is whoever I want to get rich, who can get rich. We are good brothers, and you are still pretending to be confused with me at this time? We have been messing around for so many years, if this is still the case If they don’t understand, they’re just messing around in vain.”
"Do you want to completely unify them?" Liu Yitong frowned. Although he said 'them', strictly speaking, he was also a part of 'them'. After the people in the teahouse discussed it, he would eventually pay for the partnership.
Because of Wang Yan's strength, his attitude has been clearly stated. If all of them disagree, then Wang Yan will not take the initiative to withstand the pressure of the Japanese, let alone Zhang Xiaolin's subordinates. If some of them agree, there will only be one result for the remaining part, which will be divided up by Zhang Xiaolin's gang and the new interest group headed by Wang Yan. From then on, the beach in Shanghai was still peaceful, and everyone benefited, except for those who were blind and kept company with fish and turtles in the Huangpu River.
"What are you worried about? Didn't I say that we are good brothers, how can I still cheat you? Those people are old and young, those who are powerful have no ambitions, and those who are ambitious have no power. You and I are brothers of the same mind. What else can they come up with? As long as they open a bank with me, and then gradually swallow up their property, by then, in this huge Shanghai beach, in addition to Japanese and foreigners, it’s you and my brother. That’s right. Even the Japanese and foreigners must respect us.
But we can do it, but we can’t do it openly. Because once we have clearly unified the Youth Gang in Shanghai, have tentacles in all walks of life, and can control the labor unions and command the workers, then we will die. After all, when we get to that point, we will be no worse than what the Red Party did in Shanghai, then there will be no room for change and we will have no choice but to die. Therefore, we must let those people retain the power of opposition, form a mutual check and balance on the surface, and slowly penetrate them to control everything secretly. Only in this way can we, like now, wander among the Japanese, foreigners and the two parties, not be forgotten, and live a stable life of wealth.
Lao Liu, this is what I say from the bottom of my heart, and I definitely don’t mean to lie to you. If they don't agree today, I will join forces with Zhang Xiaolin's people later and destroy them all. Agreed, that’s the meat on the chopping board, you can play with it however you want, they can’t escape from my grasp. As long as we remain as we are now, listen to the orders of foreigners, maintain good relations with the Japanese, and turn a blind eye to matters between the two parties, then we can live a prosperous life for a long time. "
Liu Yitong's eyes flickered as he tried to distinguish the truth from Wang's words. Although Wang Yan is a big joke in Shanghai, they can only be regarded as anecdotes. Even as these anecdotes are widely circulated, people will habitually reduce the danger of Wang Yan and really think that he is a big joke. But in fact, Wang Yanneng came from an ordinary working-class family and gradually became the celebrity tycoon in Shanghai today. Although he did things grandly, he was also full of insidiousness and cunning. He couldn't see Wang Yan clearly, let alone what Wang Yan meant by telling him this.
Although they were good brothers, Liu Yitong knew very well that the two did not have such a deep friendship, and there was also a huge gap in status. Now the meaning in Wang's words seemed to be that he wanted to share the world with him, and he was afraid.
In a different place, if he were Wang Yan, he would be able to say this to others. They probably still want to stabilize his position, borrow some of his strength, and finally eat him up together.
Wang Yan saw his worry and reached out to pat his shoulder: "Don't worry, you have helped me before. Although I have also helped you, friendship is established through constant exchanges. Compared to Others, I am more familiar with you, and I am more satisfied with your daily style. I am more pleasing to you. Otherwise, do you think I would want to help you before? I have to recognize the so-called favor, but I don’t recognize it. , that’s bullshit. With so many people and such a big force, there must be people who can rest assured to do it together.
Besides, if I am the only one taking the lead, the goal would be too big, so it would be better if someone else can share the attention. I'll make you the second boss, and we two brothers will become the new two tycoons. Isn't it great? You get benefits and I get less danger. There are not so many conspiracies in this world, and you are not a helpless child. You have a gun. Now we are sitting side by side like this, and we will sit at the same table many times in the future. Isn’t it easy to kill the fish and defeat the net? It is not the behavior of a man to look forward and backward and not move forward. Don't do it to your mother-in-law or mother, do you want to do it? "
Liu Yitong pretended to meditate for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh hard, making a decision: "Fuck it, I will listen to you from now on. Lao Wang, my life is on you, don't play with me me."
This answer is not surprising, but it is strange that Liu Yitong disagrees. Because Wang Yan has concluded that Liu Yitong is most likely a latent member of the Red Party, so there is no doubt that gaining more power and money is what he needs. At the same time, it is also very important to get closer to Wang Yan, a Shanghai tycoon who can still save his life while dealing with foreigners, Japanese, and the two parties, and who is a ruthless man who holds power.
"Look at what you said, why did you listen to me? One person is trying to calculate the shortcomings, and two people are calculating the advantages. We discuss each other, and it is also for yourself. I only hope that you can keep your true heart and don't be blinded by power. Okay. Du Yong and Zhang Xiaolin are lessons from the past. You may not be able to survive in Hong Kong if Du Yong can survive. I don’t ask much of you. Don’t offend foreigners, Japanese and people from both parties, and don’t get too close to them. As long as you grasp this point, I will ensure that you live a long life and start well and end well."
"You are the eldest brother, I will do whatever you say." Liu Yitong shrugged his shoulders and adapted well to his new role.
Seeing that Wang Yan chuckled and said nothing, he asked: "Old Wang, you don't offend the foreigners because you work for them, and you don't offend the Japanese because they have guns and cannons in their hands and occupy the traffic around the concession. I'm holding your lifeline, but why don't you offend people from both parties? To be honest, their power in Shanghai is not as strong as mine, and it's even less powerful than you. Why are you so afraid of them? Don't you think... you think they can win?"
"Why do you think those traitors defected to the Japanese?"
"Needless to say, of course they think the Japanese can win. They place bets early and get profits early. Isn't that the case with Zhang Xiaolin? He wants to be a high-ranking official or mayor."
"So he is dead." Wang Yan sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I am Chinese, but I am not rich. I am the Chinese Inspector of the French Concession. I have hundreds of Chinese agents under my command. I have thousands of brothers. It's not impossible to grit one's teeth and arm a regiment of troops. Although the combat effectiveness is lower, it is still a fully armed army. My Yonghua Industrial and other rickshaw shops, restaurants, casinos, etc., fell to me. I have millions of dollars in my hands every year. How dare I die in such a situation?
I don’t dare to die, can I delay others from dying? Who wants to kneel down and be like a grandson if you can stand up straight? Therefore, I respect from the bottom of my heart the fighters on the front lines of the two parties, as well as those lurking in Shanghai fighting behind enemy lines. Do you know about the prison robbery in the past two months? Later, I inquired about it and found out that the people there had endured severe torture by the Japanese, but no information was given at all. I think that as long as such people are still there, China will not be destroyed.
Therefore, I do business with both parties, and the prices are very fair. This can be regarded as support for them. Of course, there is also the intention of making good friends in it. Although I still can't see the hope of victory, I am afraid of everything. If they win, I will rely on my previous friendship and my influence in Shanghai. , can also mix well. Besides, their operatives are not given for free. If they really want to kill me, there is a high probability that they will not survive. Do you think I don’t know that I have many people from both parties under me? It's just a matter of turning one eye or closing one eye. "
"Aren't you afraid that the Japanese will find out?"
"You think they don't know?" Wang Yan sneered: "It's just that I have value. Regardless of whether I have people from the two parties or not, I have neither surrendered to the two parties nor provided convenience to the two parties. They will not take advantage of them. How about me. My position is different. If I were still a young boy, I would join one party for ideals or money and power. But now that I am in a high position, this kind of thing is unnecessary. Although If you place your bet early, the rewards will be great later, but you have to survive until then.
So what is the most important thing in life? It is contentment. I have no conflict with anyone, but with my current status and influence, everyone needs me to do things. From now on, whether the world belongs to the Japanese, the Kuomintang or the Red Party, even if it is difficult to survive, , and it doesn’t affect my life.
You know, I just like to eat, drink, and sleep with good-looking women. How much money can I spend on this? The money I have now, apart from a large sum of money to buy my life, the remaining money is enough to last two lifetimes. If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't leave my hometown, and I still had to burn paper to say hello to my parents during the Qing New Year Festival, I would have taken the money to go to the United States to enjoy it, so why bother here with the plywood?
Old Liu, everything I tell you is true. Don’t let me know. That's not good for me, and it's even worse for you. "
"Don't worry, you still can't trust me?" Liu Yitong promised again and again. In fact, he had nothing to say. After all, what Wang Yan said was what he had been doing. The Japanese knew this all too well. Everyone wants to be Wang Yan, but they don't have Wang Yan's ability to do things and make money, so they can't do it alone.
"We're here, get off the car." The two of them talked all the way, and Qi Si also drove to the door of the hotel. The three of them got out of the car and entered the hotel, and started eating and drinking extravagantly.
In the Guangsheng Tea House, a group of big brother-like figures who usually chatted and drank had no intention of eating. Those who had already made up their minds were hiding in the corner, quietly drinking tea and eating pastries to satisfy their hunger. These are the weaker ones. They have no choice. They must follow Wang Yan if they want to save their lives. Only a senior and powerful person like Feng Nairong would not be willing to surrender and live under the control of a young man like Wang Yan.
What they thought at first was that Wang Yan would use money to do things and everyone would be in harmony. But they didn't expect that Wang Yan, who usually kept a low profile and never caused much trouble and only focused on doing business, would be so ruthless this time.
No one is a fool, and even a fool cannot make it to the Guangsheng Tea House today. Wang Yan asked his young men to attack Feng Nairong's number one subordinate, because he didn't think about developing for the better and was sure to defeat them.
They had been arguing for a long time, but there was no solution. Gradually, the group of people became dissatisfied and stopped talking so much.
They really have no choice. Taking refuge with the Japanese at this time will not affect Zhang Xiaolin's men to deal with them. After all, it was only Zhang Xiaolin who died, rather than the destruction of Zhang Xiaolin's power. It's just that the forces are dispersed, they no longer obey the orders of one family, and they all work on their own. But it is still easy to work together to annex them. If Wang Yan wasn't more complicated and involved too much, and his relationship with the Japanese was okay, these people wouldn't even tolerate Wang Yan and would destroy him all the same.
They followed Zhang Xiaolin and turned to the Japanese to become traitors. Why? It’s not just glory and wealth, it’s a higher status and more money. For this reason, they did all the bad things and helped the Japanese suppress the Chinese in the Japanese-occupied areas. Now that there is no big brother at the head, everyone is working for the Japanese, and no one is afraid of anyone. In the worst case, the Japanese will step in to mediate, but before that, the advantages that should be taken advantage of must be taken.
If people like Feng Nairong do not take refuge with the Japanese and choose to unite to fight against the Japanese and Zhang Xiaolin's men, then the result will be that they will be attacked by Wang Yan and those people, and they will die in the end. This means they have no backing. harm.
As for executing an assassination, they had never thought about it. Because without a guarantee of success, they have no hope. They are not agents of the two parties. They have no ability to miss a hit and hide immediately so that they cannot be found. It's no use killing a few of Zhang Xiaolin's men, and Wang Yan has only been assassinated a few times since his debut, either because of fighting among gangs or because of the struggle for supremacy in the shopping mall. The two parties have never taken action, and they can't even do what they usually do. , and put the name of Wang Yan's assassination on the two parties' sanctions. If the attack fails, Wang Yan will definitely hide at home and act like a bastard, and then kill them all as quickly as possible without hesitation.
Everyone knows that Wang Yan is a supplier in the black market arms trade. How can they still have Wang Yan's firepower?
So when Wang Yan received the news and once again took Qi Si to stroll to the second floor of Guangsheng Tea House, what he saw was a group of gangsters who were as discouraged as defeated roosters. They are all more afraid of death than Wang Yan, and they are more reluctant to give up power and wealth than Wang Yan. They are all people in their forties or fifties. The older they get, the more they fear death. None of them are really strong. It's just that in the early years, he was lucky enough to rise due to his ruthlessness in bullying the old and the weak.
Wang Yan sat at the table, crossed his legs, and looked at the list with payment details in his hand. The total number on it was eight million US dollars. This is normal, even less so. These people are involved in all kinds of pornography, gambling, and drugs, and some are even involved in human trafficking and other serious trades, and they are all quite wealthy. He had said before that he had to pay more. If he paid less, it would definitely be fine in the short term, but it would be hard to say in the long term.
He nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, it seems that all the uncles, uncles and other brothers have figured it out. My subordinate Gu Yongcheng, as everyone knows, sent someone to deliver the check to him. At the same time, I I will be looking for a bank manager. My uncles and uncles have many disciples and have wide connections. If there is someone suitable for me, don’t hide it. Let me see him when the time comes. If he is suitable, I can let him take charge of the bank.
I invite you to join forces and build a bank together so that we can all get rich safely and steadily, not to gain any power. Wang asked himself that he was quite open-minded. With everyone supporting Wang so much, Wang would naturally not be petty and cling to everything, which would be boring.
Part of this money will be used to replace gold reserves, and part will be used for public settlement. As for the preliminary work of the bank, my suggestion is to first open a simple office to handle business. Spend another amount of money to buy a piece of land in the French Concession, or buy a building to use as our headquarters. In addition, I want to build a place next to the headquarters where we can discuss business and have fun on weekdays. The other casinos and dance halls are already old. Let’s open a new one. With so many of our names as guarantees, the business will definitely be good, and it will definitely become another gold-selling den in Shanghai. Let those celebrities and tycoons come in vertically and go out horizontally.
In this case, the bank's money is used, and it will naturally be in the name of the bank. The future dividends will not be decimals, they can be regarded as your pocket money. After all, our bank has just been established and there are many places to use money. If we want to get dividends, we may have to wait for several years.
The name of the bank is called Youth League, a united league. Over the years, they have been doing their own thing, but this is the first time they have participated in such a grand event together. The name also has commemorative significance. Let's go back and let people design badges and so on. We will also be on par with those foreigners and integrate with the world.
As for the name of the Golden Cave, it’s called...Jinlou. This name is majestic and impressive, and it fits the original meaning of the Golden Cave. What do you think? "
Feng Nairong surrendered his hands in resignation: "Inspector Wang, you are the chairman of the board, it is all up to you."
Others were buzzing, saying the same words as Feng Nairong. At this point, they had no way out. Of course, whatever Wang Yan said, that was what happened.
In this way, Wang Yan easily became the leader of the new generation of Youth Gang.
"Let's spread the news to the outside world. Qinglian Bank has been established. We are looking for talented and ambitious people. We will receive generous remuneration and we will work together to create a better future..."
Wang Yan looked around, laughed loudly, turned around and left, how could he be so arrogant.
Only a group of people were left sighing and grieving each other listlessly.
It was day and night, in the air where the radio waves were surging, a radio wave spanned thousands of miles, from Shanghai to Chongqing.
"Today I am the leader of the Youth Gang, and soon I will establish the Youth League Bank and recruit aggressively. I can send people to apply for lurking jobs, or I can infiltrate the Youth Gang, infiltrate the trade union, re-lead the group of workers, and spread my spark..."
"Okay, well done, hahaha..."
Thanks to brother (Ye Xihu) for the reward of 100 coins for your continued support.
Thanks to brother (Zi Chen Zhi Yu) for the reward of 100 coins for continued support.
Thank you to (LEO~RYAN) (brokensword) (big friend’s bird flew away) (Chengfeng a) (Thunder God Group) (Tears of the Beauty and Poor Life Hero) (Too Boring) to the seven brothers for their continued support.
I would like to express my daily gratitude to the good brothers who vote monthly for their support.
Thank you to all the brothers who recommended me for your support,
Thanks to the big brothers who read silently for their support.
(End of chapter)
