Di Xiong said: "Only after you have endured all the hardships can you become a master. When you finish the three months of recruit training, you will be able to enjoy the blessings. When the time comes, you can ask for leave and go back. I will personally cook for you to wash away the dust. You I will pay you the monthly salary of ten yuan, and Chen Xianglian is also waiting for you to come back, so don’t let us down."
After Wu Chunlei left, Di Xiong said to Wu Chunfeng: "You should have heard what Battalion Commander Feng said when we were eating just now. Many machines in the Ordnance Bureau's arsenal are broken. Some of these machines should be repairable. They are just public property. No one will feel bad if it breaks down. Your main task now is to try to get through the relationship with the arsenal manager, buy these machines at the price of scrap metal, and then find a mechanic to repair them, so that our company can produce guns and ammunition."
Because Wu Chunfeng is smart and outstanding in collecting intelligence, Di Xiong has promoted him to the manager of the company's intelligence department. Wu Chunfeng said: "Manager Wang from the arsenal and the new security guard Li Fei are relatives. I'll ask him to take care of it. It should be fine."
In the early morning, Di Xiong wore a smart suit for jogging. He ran along the street from Xihe to the textile factory in Nankou Town. It was just in time for work. Workers were entering the gate one after another. The Meili Company building was also located in the courtyard of the textile factory. Di Xiong He unpacked the bag he had brought with him, took out his suit and put it on before walking through the door.
The guard at the gate saluted him and said: "Good morning, Chairman! Manager Leng, Captain Hong and the two factory directors are waiting for you in the conference room!"
The conference room was very clean, and the yellow lacquer tabletop was polished to a shiny finish. However, the smell of cigarette smoke was very choking. In fact, Leng Hanbing was the only one smoking, and he smoked one cigarette after another, very fiercely. Although Hu Lin and Li Jingfa were very dissatisfied, they did not ask him to put out his cigarette butts. They all knew that Leng Hanbing was one of Di Xiong's four important confidants. He was the director and chief of the supervision section in the company, and they did not dare to offend him. Moreover, Leng Hanbing always had a gloomy face, as if everyone owed him money.
After Di Xiong wiped his sweat with a towel, he walked into the conference room and smelled the smell of cigarette smoke. He immediately ordered Hong Tianlie to open the window for ventilation, and at the same time asked Leng Hanbing to put out the cigarette. Leng Hanbing put out the cigarette without saying a word.
Di Xiong said to Hu Lin: "My time is very tight, if you have anything to say, please tell me quickly!"
Factory director Hu Lin, who is in his thirties, has a fair face and wears a pair of glasses. He said: "Last month the sales of the textile factory were very good. After excluding various expenses and workers' wages, the net profit was more than 2,000 silver dollars. But this month I am afraid that the profit There is less than this amount of money left, and the price of fabrics on the market has plummeted. If this price continues, we may still lose money."
Di Xiong asked: "Have you checked the reason?"
Hu Lindao: "After checking, the East Asia Textile Factory in Yanshan Town, our county, recently put a large amount of cheap fabrics on the market. All the large and small cloth stores in Beijing were full, causing prices to plummet. The East Asia Textile Factory was opened by the Japanese Ichiro Yokota. There are three There are more than a thousand machines and nearly 4,000 workers, nearly ten times more than us. Yokota is selling at a low price and deliberately wants to squeeze us out. He has also used this method to squeeze out other textile factories in the past. After those factories closed down , they bought factories and machines at low prices, then raised the market price of cloth, and made a lot of money."
Hong Tianlie said loudly: "The Japanese dare to make trouble with our company. I will take a few brothers to kill this Yokota tonight, and then burn down the warehouse of the East Asia Factory to see how he sells it at a low price."
Di Xiong saw the two factory directors looking at Hong Tianlie in surprise. The Japanese were very rampant in Beijing. The Beiyang government and the underworld were very afraid of them. No one except the Jingwu Sect disciples dared to kill the Japanese. Then he smiled at them and said: "Hong Tianlie said what he said in anger. He will talk nonsense when he is anxious. You don't have to take it seriously. If you have anything to say, keep talking."
Deputy Factory Director Li Jingfa said: "I have investigated and found that during the January Mutiny, the group of rebels who ransacked the textile factory were actually the Ghost Gang, and the backstage boss of the Ghost Gang was none other than Ichiro Yokota. Although our textile factory is a villain, There are few, and the prices are not lower than others, but the people in Beijing are willing to buy our products because we are domestic products and they are Japanese products, which puts competitive pressure on East Asia textile factories. In addition, the wages of East Asia factory workers are low and their jobs are The production volume is large, and Japanese supervisors often beat, scold, and abuse female workers at will. But here we have high salaries and low pressure, and we never beat, scold, or abuse female workers. Just after production resumed last month, a group of skilled female workers from East Asia factories jumped to work in our factory. . This is one of the reasons why Yokota Ichiro wants to deal with us."
Di Xiong said: "I know about this matter. I will find a way to solve it. You can go and work on the production in the factory."
After the two factory directors left, Di Xiong gave Hong Tianlie a severe scolding, and then said: "They are the senior management talents I invited. They are the directors and deputy directors of the Weili Company, but they are not from Xihe. You If we talk nonsense, they will think that we are a gang of murderers and arsonists, which will scare them away."
Hong Tianlei said unconvinced: "According to the boss, we are just going to be slaughtered like this?"
At this time, Tian Mengxue and Wu Chunfeng opened the door and walked in, finding a place to sit down.
Di Xiong said: "Of course not, Yokota's warehouse still needs to be burned, but the Japanese have hundreds of troops stationed in Dongjiaomin Lane, and the Beiyang government has always been afraid of them, so we can't confront them head-on. We can only burn them as the Qinglonghui. Yesterday "Minfeng Bao" said that Li Lianying, the former Qing eunuch general manager, died of illness. This guy had been the general manager for decades. He accepted many bribes from ministers such as Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, and Yuan Shikai. After his death, he left a large sum of property behind. In the hands of his godson Zhang Ade, it was said to be worth one million taels of silver. Although a lot was extorted by the police and military police, there should be a lot left. We lack funds to open an ironworks factory, so let's take this ill-gotten gain. "
Tian Mengxue reminded: "Zhang Ade is the backbone of the royalist party and the financial sponsor of the Qinglong Society. The mansion is heavily guarded and you need to bring at least four bodyguards with you when you go out."
Di Xiong asked Wu Chunfeng: "Didn't you bribe informants in the Five Gangs? What are the characteristics of the Ghost Shadow Gang's operations?"
Wu Chunfeng said: "The operation is at night, the face is covered with a black scarf, the weapon is a Japanese sword, and the leader has a pistol."
Di Xiong said: "We will use the identity of the Ghost Shadow Gang to attack Zhang Ade's house, buy a few more Japanese swords and bring them with us. The Blue Dragon Society will suffer a loss, and of course we will take revenge. Then we will burn down Yokota's warehouse as the Blue Dragon Society. In this way, Yokota and the Ghost Gang will believe that it was the Seiryuu Kai who did it, and they will only seek revenge from the Seiryuu Kai."
Tian Mengxue reminded again: "Zhang Ade has experts around him. The last time members of the Flying Knife Party attempted to assassinate him, the result was a failure. All three assassins died. Zhang's residence has been attacked many times by gangsters and bandits before, and all failed."
Di Xiong said: "I know, I will let the Intelligence Division conduct a detailed investigation and then formulate a detailed action plan. When we do it, I will personally lead the team. The Qinglong Club has already asked our hotel for protection money last time. Sooner or later, we will have to ask for protection money." Those who are causing trouble for us should first provoke a conflict between the Ghost Gang and them and weaken their power."
Hong Tianlie said happily: "If the boss takes action personally, success will be immediate."
Di Xiong did not realize that due to the success of a series of actions such as eradicating the Flying Eagle Gang and killing the Beiyang soldiers, he had already developed the idea of underestimating the enemy, and this time his opponent was much stronger than the previous opponents.
Wu Chunfeng said: "According to the boss's instructions, I have bought several broken machines from Manager Wang, including broaching machines, boring machines and milling machines. It only cost more than five hundred yuan, including the red envelope given to him, and I hired several gunsmiths and repairmen with high salaries from the arsenal and went to the ironworks factory to repair the machines, but the machines were not matched. For example, for rifles, there are companies that produce barrels and stocks, but not gun bodies. The machines that don’t have them have to be purchased from Foreign companies import, and the cheapest imported machines cost more than 10,000 yuan."
Di Xiong said: "It seems that we have to start with Zhang Ade. On the surface, our iron factory only makes farm tools and knives. In fact, it makes guns and ammunition. In addition to personal use in the future, the excess can also be sold. It is an arms business." But it is one of the four most profitable industries! But without a lot of money, there is no way to import machinery."
Hong Tianlie asked: "What about Ichiro Yokota? Should I kill him or not?"
Di Xiong said: "We can't kill Yokota for the time being. If we kill him, the Beiyang government will definitely investigate him under the pressure of the Japanese. If we are found out, we will all die. Because our current strength is too weak, even the top five in the capital No one of our gangs can fight, let alone the Japanese. When we become stronger, we can kill as many Japanese as we want."
Bai Xiuling woke up after a long sleep and found that there was no one beside her pillow. She saw that the light in the study was still on and knew that Di Xiong was not asleep yet. She put on a coat and went there, where she saw that Di Xiong was drawing a map of China.
Bai Xiuling asked strangely: "Don't the bookstores sell maps? Why do you have to draw them yourself?"
Di Xiong said: "Because the maps in the bookstore are not accurate, especially the Gengmo Lake in Outer Mongolia, they are not as good as the British and Japanese maps, but the foreign maps are all in foreign languages, so I had to buy all the maps. Come, learn from each other’s strengths and draw one yourself.”
Bai Xiuling said: "There is a question I have wanted to ask for a long time. Now that you are a boss with a monthly income of thousands of dollars, why are you still frugal? You never go to high-end places. When you shop, you always pick up bargains. In the end, The most expensive coat is only ten dollars, and I bought it. Call me stingy, but you are very generous to your employees. Whether you are an employee in a textile factory or a hotel, your income is higher than that of your peers. Other bosses who earn as much as you do , just eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, you spend hundreds of dollars every month. Why do you have to suffer like this?"
Di Xiong smiled and said, "You mean, I should be like Li Jincai and Li Jinfa, who often go to brothels, casinos and opium dens?"
Bai Xiuling said: "With a beauty like me waiting for you every day, you should not go to the brothel. It is too dirty and it will be troublesome if you get sick. However, you should still go to other high-end places. You must know that many bosses negotiate there." To make a business. If a rich man doesn’t go out to have fun, what’s the point of living?”
