Everyone may have guessed that the person who can make Mr. Zhou's heart beat like a drum must be his fiancée Liu Ruolan, whom he has not seen for several months.
Unfortunately not, you guessed wrong (hahaha...)
The person who came down was Liu Ruolan's younger brother and follower Liu Ruoxi.
Of course, Liu Ruoxi is here, so will Liu Ruolan be far behind?
But today, Liu Ruoxi was dressed very well, with a well-fitting blue suit and a purple tie. Her usually messy hair was combed smoothly, making her look like a handsome young man.
After Liu Ruoxi got out of the car, she just made a face at Zhou Wen and quickly opened the back door of the car.
Zhou Wen didn't know at this time that the person who could make Liu Ruoxi open the door must be an elder of the Liu family. I just don’t know whether it was my father-in-law who came in person or one of his second uncle and third uncle.
But no one should be neglected when he comes, so Zhou Wen hurried forward and saw a hale old man wearing black-rimmed glasses getting out of the car. It was Liu Qixing, the second uncle of the Liu family.
"Second uncle, why are you here in person?" Zhou Wen stepped forward and supported Liu Qixing on one side of Liu Ruoxi and asked.
"Hmph! If I don't come, our Liu family will be laughed at by others." Liu Qixing snorted, blowing his beard angrily.
Of course Zhou Wen knew what Liu Qixing meant.
In fact, when the Yangtze River Company was looking for foreign business and investment, it was not that Zhou Wen never thought of saying hello to the Liu family. And he also knew that the freight business he had just opened was really just a drop in the bucket for the Liu family, which had industries all over the south of the Yangtze River. If a little bit of dregs leak out from someone's fingers, the Yangtze River Company, which currently has only three freighters, can have a full meal.
But Zhou Wen didn't want to rely too much on the Liu family.
It should be said here that Zhou Wen has some machismo in his heart. If he didn't have this relationship with Liu Ruolan, Zhou Wen would certainly be willing to embrace the Liu family's thick legs, just like he took the initiative to cooperate with the three major families when setting up the steel plant and pharmaceutical factory. After all, his ultimate goal is to develop the industry and prepare for the upcoming war of resistance.
In this case, as long as you don't go too far, it doesn't matter if Zhou Wen lowers his head or acts small.
But now that he has this relationship with Liu Ruolan, Zhou Wen can't let go.
Even though he is a time traveler between two lives, he still has some men's pride at work. Especially when the business is not going well, you go to your wife's natal family to ask for help, but it seems to be a soft meal, and Mr. Zhou is a little resistant.
Of course, there is a more important reason here, which is that Zhou Wen does not want to publicly expose his in-law relationship with the Liu family. You must know that Zhou Wen is currently operating as a normal businessman in Shanghai, except for acquaintances who know his identity.
If someone were to guess from his relationship with the Liu family that he was the son-in-law of the Liu family who held a high position in the military, his identity would be completely exposed.
And Little Japan is a two-legged beast with no moral bottom line. Once they discover Zhou Wen's true identity, the Yangtze River Company and the Liu family will face unpredictable dangers.
Based on the above two reasons, Zhou Wen did not tell the Liu family about his business plan in Shanghai. When he talked to Liu Ruolan on the phone, it was just a normal emotional exchange, just talking to each other, without revealing anything about the business.
But he didn't know that it was fine for him to be in Shanxi. After all, the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, and Shanxi still belonged to Marshal Yan, and the Liu family's business could not reach that far. But in Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, that is the Liu family's base camp. Generally, if there is any trouble in the shopping mall, the Liu family has many channels to know about it.
So when Zhou Wen established Yangtze River Company, the Liu family knew what their son-in-law was up to.
But they never expected that when the company opened and there was an urgent need for partners to entrust transportation and open trade routes, Zhou Wen was an old man and just placed an advertisement in the newspaper and posted an investment notice on the dock. , it has nothing to do with their Liu family.
That's okay, let's not talk about the problem of you not seeing outsiders. If others know that the Liu family's son-in-law's business has been reduced to advertising in newspapers to attract investment, but the Liu family does not take any action, wouldn't they be laughed at? die.
Either they say that your Liu family is stingy and ruthless, or they speculate that the Liu family doesn't like this son-in-law. No matter what the rumor is, it is a slap in the Liu family's face.
Therefore, the Liu family did not say hello to Zhou Wen, and directly asked Liu Qixing to bring his people to attend the event. To outsiders, the Liu family came to support the Yangtze River Company, but to Zhou Wen, they came to punish Zhou Wen.
It should be said that when Zhou Wen met Liu's second uncle and his father-in-law in the past, they were always in harmony. Everyone treated each other with respect, courtesy, and equal status.
But now that Zhou Wen has made an engagement with Liu Ruolan, he is a junior of the Liu family in terms of status. Any one of the three elders of the Liu family is an elder who must be respected and worshiped in front of Zhou Wen. Even if he gives you a few words, you must Listen obediently.
So Liu Qixing got off the car and scolded Zhou Wen face to face.
Of course, Zhou Wen also realized that he did not consider the face issues of wealthy families such as the Liu family. This time it was his fault. So after Liu Ruolan got off the car, he didn't have time to look at his lover more, and he didn't dare to go to meet the beauty. He could only listen to his second uncle's nagging with a dry smile on his face.
At this time, it was still early for the ceremony to start, and there were no outsiders on the dock for the time being, so Liu Qixing no longer took care of Zhou Wen's face. After taking a breath, he told Zhou Wen some of the rules and customs of the top wealthy families in the Republic of China. It's not that Zhou Wen must abide by any rules, but that he can't make any jokes again.
Zhou Wen was reprimanded, and the happiest person was of course Liu Ruoxi. Not only did he have a smirk on his face from beginning to end, but he also held Liu Ruolan tightly, who was about to come to rescue Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen was so angry that he secretly wanted to find an opportunity to deal with this kid.
Moreover, all the previous preparations had been implemented, and no one came to ask for instructions during this period. Zhou Wen had no chance to get away, and he bowed his head in the middle of the field and listened to the second uncle of the Liu family nagging for more than half an hour. Liu Qixing didn't let him go until guests started arriving.
After Zhou Wen, who was granted amnesty, settled Liu Qixing, he discovered that the old brothers, including Zhang Xiaoping and Xu Dacheng, all had a look of gloating on their faces, and they were even more itching with hatred. Knowing that these bad boys are deliberately trying to see me suffer, no one comes to save the situation.
"None of these are good birds. You all have to wait for me. There are many opportunities to deal with you." Zhou Wen said bitterly in his heart.
