Among these six people, there were those who had the same backstage collapse as Zhang Shunping, and there were also those who couldn't bear the squeeze and were ready to change the court! What's more, the business has grown so big that it has reached a point where it is necessary to seek shelter from others! In short, these people urgently need a reliable backer!
So when they found out that Zhang Shunping was about to go north, they discussed with Zhang Shunping whether they could put the business under the name of Gu Ningbo Mansion? Naturally, Zhang Shunping, who was familiar with the actual situation, was very eloquent and told them who the real hosts of Gu Ningbo and Wu Ningbo Mansion were! Advise them to go north together to seek asylum from Liu Haojia!
Later, he received a letter from Liu's father asking him to bring more people north, so he simply brought these people directly. Then he rushed directly to Tianjin to find Liu Haojia!
Finally, Zhang Shunping said: "Xian son-in-law, I also know that with your reputation as a treasure-gathering boy, making money is as easy as eating and drinking water! So, Xian son-in-law, you can make your own decision. If you want to see me, you can meet me. If you don't want to, it doesn't matter!" "
Liu Haojia originally didn't want to meet them, because it was too easy for him to recruit such businessmen! As long as he is willing to show his name, I don't know how many people will come to join him! But one of Zhang Shunping's words just now touched him, that is, these people are "good-natured, willing to do good, and keep their promises"!
To be honest, in the eyes of Liu Hao's family, Chinese people throughout the ages have lagged behind the West in terms of keeping their promises! At the same time, Western businessmen all needed contracts to protect their own interests, and at the same time, they would never be soft-hearted if they had the opportunity to tear up the contract! No matter which dynasty in China, even if both parties reach a verbal agreement, the success rate of the transaction is extremely high!
During the Anti-Japanese War, an American reporter once witnessed and recorded an incident in Chongqing, which is enough to illustrate the problem!
At that time, the American reporter was eating in the restaurant. At this time, a man dressed as a waiter came outside. After entering the door, he bowed directly to the shopkeeper and said: "Shopkeeper, my boss asked me to come and get the money!"
Without saying a word, the shopkeeper took a bag of silver dollars from the counter and handed it to the clerk! According to an American reporter's estimate, this bag of silver dollars is worth between 80 and 100 yuan! This was a huge sum of money at the time, definitely equivalent to hundreds of thousands or nearly millions in cash today!
But as the American reporters watched in surprise, the waiter didn't count the money at all. He just carefully stuffed the money into his arms, bowed to the shopkeeper again, and turned around to leave!
The astonished American reporter personally went to ask the shopkeeper: "You just gave him the money, aren't you afraid that he will run away with the money?"
The shopkeeper did not answer his question, but asked him: "What would happen if a similar situation happened in the United States?"
The reporter said unabashedly: "If something like this happened in New York, the only result would be that the guy ran away with the money, and then the two businessmen would go to court!"
In the end, the reporter clearly wrote: "At that time, the shopkeeper looked into his eyes with a mixture of contempt, pity and arrogance, and then said word for word: 'The money I gave him will definitely not be less! The clerk will definitely not... He will take the money and run away! He will definitely give the money to his boss!"
After saying this, the shopkeeper went directly back to the counter to calculate the account, and ignored the American reporter again, leaving the American standing there dumbfounded as if he had just watched a drama!
It can be seen that honesty and trustworthiness in China are something engraved in the bones! Our ancestors have continued this habit for thousands of years. If not for this war and the invasion of foreign cultures, this simple folk custom might have been maintained!
Therefore, Liu Haojia does not value honesty and trustworthiness. What he values is the phrase "good nature, willing to do charity"!
In the Ming Dynasty, due to the low status of merchants, money became the only thing they could rely on! This makes many businessmen extremely stingy! They will show good demeanor when treating people of the same rank and nobles! But they are mean when they treat people whose status is not theirs! And for businessmen, revealing their wealth is a very dangerous behavior. It will attract too many coveted eyes, and it is very possible to end up ruining their family!
Therefore, businessmen with no background always try their best to hide their assets and refuse to do good deeds. In addition, they are very cautious about spending money, which in turn proves the gentry's impression that businessmen are mean and vulgar, and they can never get over it. !
And in this era, when introducing one person to another, the words used are quite cautious! Because this represents a certain degree of guarantee! Especially Zhang Shunping is Liu Haojia's father-in-law. In order not to cheat his daughter and son-in-law, he will be particularly careful when describing these people!
So when he uses the words "good natured, willing to do good," it proves that these people were people who did a lot of good deeds before they were fully prosperous, otherwise they would never get this evaluation!
Doing good deeds when you are not rich is tantamount to saying to those corrupt officials: "I am very rich, come and blackmail me!" However, this also shows that these people are well-rounded and neat in dealing with things, so that they can keep their wealth. You can also make a fortune at the same time!
Thinking of this, Liu Haojia suddenly had an idea. He changed his words and said, "Since my father-in-law is interceding for them, let's give them a chance, let's do it tomorrow at noon!"
Zhang Shunping was overjoyed when he heard this. He nodded and said, "Okay, since my virtuous son-in-law agreed, let them have a banquet at Hu Ji Restaurant tomorrow!"
Liu Haojia naturally nodded and agreed. After the matter was settled, Zhang Shunping felt much better and finally got down to business, so he said: "Xianxiang, I received a letter from your father. It said that I should come to you as soon as possible, but there was something unclear in it. , why don’t you tell me what’s going on?”
Liu Haojia smiled and said, "Of course it's a plan to get rich!"
Zhang Shunping is indeed a standard businessman, his eyes lit up when he heard the word "get rich"! He immediately said: "What kind of money is this time? And don't worry, virtuous son-in-law, the Wu Ningbo Mansion and the Gu Ningbo Mansion are absolutely indispensable!"
Liu Haojia smiled and shook his head and said, "Father-in-law, it's not that I don't give you face, but you really can't afford this deal!"
Fabricist Zhang Shunping was even more happy after hearing this, because the bigger the business, the more money he will make! So he also said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I brought a few friends here, we can definitely eat together!"
