Director Lawrence of Fox & Company has been in a very bad mood recently, especially his attitude toward Chinese employees is extremely bad. He often curses, as if every Chinese he sees has a grudge against him. This made the Chinese employees in the foreign bank stay away from him when they saw him, feeling a little baffled in their hearts.
Only Bi Shunchang, who served as the foreign affairs manager of a foreign bank, knew what was going on. As early as a few days before the Yangtze River No. 1 returned, he received a message from his younger brother Bi Shunyi, who had escaped with his life, and learned the whole story.
Only then did he realize that both Fox & Company and himself were afraid that they might have offended someone they shouldn't.
It’s okay to pay off the foreign companies. After all, you still have a layer of foreign skin as a shield. Even if you have a background in Nanjing, you can’t do anything against these foreigners.
But it's hard for him to tell himself. If not, he might be thrown out as a scapegoat by Fox.
What made him even more uneasy was that the evil spirits who planted the tiger flag finally fished a few water bandits who had fallen into the water and boarded the boat. After interrogating the names of the gangs who came to rob and the addresses of these gang lairs, they sneered and took the water bandits away. The bandit pushed him down into the river. Only the water bandits who were lucky enough to survive passed the news back.
Why do you want to torture the gang's name and address? It means that this matter is not over yet, and those evil gods are still going to take revenge and kill people.
Bi Shunchang knew his brother's personality. He was a man who was usually fearless. During the gang war, he dared to charge into the battle alone with a machete. Now he was so frightened that he lost all his courage and even said that he would disband the gang. , took his wife and children to join his eldest brother.
But Bi Shunchang knew that even he was not safe.
If these evil spirits really found the gang's lair and killed people for revenge, how could I not be exposed?
There are quite a few people in the Dragon King Gang who know him, so who would keep it a secret for him in a life-or-death situation?
Bi Shunchang can be considered an experienced person and knows that he is not lucky. It is only a matter of time before the Yangtze River Company finds him.
Through his brother's description, he now certainly knew that the evil spirit was probably from the army, otherwise how could he have such strong firepower.
Then it is inevitable that Yangtze River Company has a military background. No wonder that at the opening ceremony, not only the famous Liu family and Shanghai business tycoons were present, but the Songhu Police Headquarters also sent flower baskets and gifts. Sure enough, they had a profound background.
The more this happens, the more dangerous Bi Shunchang feels. He was always on tenterhooks all day long, afraid that someone would follow him when he walked.
Running is not an option. Now he has an old woman and a wife and children. He is no longer as light-hearted as when he came to Shanghai. Moreover, he calmed down and analyzed that his behavior of leaking information was also directed by foreign companies, and he could not help it.
The key is that his actions did not cause any substantial damage to Yangtze River Company. Of course he now knows that the Yangtze River Company has actually set a trap, waiting for the prey to take the bait. However, his tip-off actually helped Yangtze River Company a favor, and he should not be punished with death.
But living in such fear is not an option. Bi Shunchang came up with a solution that was not a solution, but also a solution that could be solved once and for all.
So one day at the end of September, Bi Shunchang was led to kneel in front of Zhou Wen. He explained everything in detail and asked Zhou Wen to let his family go.
Zhou Wen didn't expect that Fox & Company would have so many entangled feuds with Qichang, but he didn't take much notice of Fox & Company's hostility and despicable tactics.
Because he knew that the days when the British Empire was domineering and arrogant in China and Shanghai were gradually gone. With the outbreak of World War II a few years later, faced with the bite of the two evil wolves of Germany and Japan, this huge empire that once roamed the world was bitten until it was bloody and in a hurry. How can it still retain its former glory?
Nowadays, whoever has a gun has a big fist. No matter how good a British company is, without the support of the army, it is just a paper tiger that can only scare people with its teeth and claws.
It's just that there is no need for the eldest son Zhou to be openly hostile to him now. Zhou Wen is good at being both hands-off and eloquent. As the old saying goes, the days are long.
But he was very interested in Bi Shunchang. He had brains, means, and decisiveness at critical moments. He was considered a talent.
Therefore, he did not punish Bi Shunchang in any way, except that Bi Shunchang was still a manager of Fox & Company on the surface, but secretly he was from Yangtze River Company. What should I do next? You Bi Shunchang must be a smart man, so I don’t need to say more, right?
As for Bi Shunchang's younger brother Bi Shunyi, Zhou Wen also said that he would not kill them all, and would make other arrangements later, so that he could just send a message to his brother.
Not to mention what happened to Bi Shunchang and Foss & Co., I just want to say that after the Yangtze River Company's cargo ship returned safely last month, it once again caused a sensation in the Shanghai business community.
When I went there, the ship was full of goods, and when I came back, the ship was also filled with various raw materials shipped from Wuhan to Shanghai. It can be said that I made a lot of money.
But that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the news that the cargo ship returned safely after passing directly to Wuhan is a landmark announcement for the Shanghai business community.
Almost everyone in Shanghai's business community knows that long-distance shipping on the Yangtze River, which has been stagnant for many years, has been opened up again by the Yangtze River Company from today on.
Of course, these businessmen are not fools and know that there must be some unknown inside story. And this Yangtze River Company must have some hidden tricks.
Otherwise, hum! Just by relying on those ferocious water bandits along the Yangtze River, can your merchant ship filled with coveted goods pass smoothly?
A well-informed businessman heard that the water bandits in Hubei seemed to have encountered some trouble not long ago, and hundreds of people were killed or injured. As a result, they were too busy to take care of themselves and did not have time to cause trouble with this ship.
There is also news that a newly-rising group of water bandits attacked other bandits and killed everyone on the green forest road on the water in Hubei. It is said that this bandit armed force is carrying a tiger flag. Wherever the flag passes, heads are rolling in and corpses are scattered all over the field.
There is also news that the smiling pretty boy who often appears in the Yangtze River Company is the gang leader of the famous 18th Link Wharf in the Yangtze River area, and ordered all gangsters not to attack the ships of the Yangtze River Company. Not long ago, several disobedient gangs were purged and hundreds of people were killed.
But no matter what the rumors say, everyone knows that Yangtze River Company is going to release it.
After entering October, I saw that the three cargo ships of the Yangtze River Company all ran back and forth without incident, and there was also internal news from the Yangtze River Company that the Yangtze River Company would soon have fixed cargo flights, with one ship per week. .
Seeing this situation, even the most prudent and cautious businessmen could not sit still. As long as businesses and companies are of a moderate size, they will send people to visit Fengyu Wharf of Yangtze River Company. Many people will give gifts to Wan Shu, the port manager. They are invitations to invite Su Jixian to a banquet. The Su Mansion receives them every day. A dozen.
