Chapter 145 Fly

The Shanghai Concession is the king's country, and the British and the United States, the French consuls and the tycoons in the concession are the kings in this country, and the "cabinet" of the kings is the Bureau of the Concession. The Ministry of Public Concession is located at the intersection of Nanjing Road and Guangxi. It is a two-story red brick high-rise building with a pointed top floor, like a tentacle growing on the head of a giant.

On both sides of the door with large black iron doors, there are two large windows with roofs. Together with the six long windows on the second floor, it shines in the sun, like a majestic look at passers-by. There are rows of spear-shaped iron fences around the windows and roof of the building, symbolizing its firmness, toughness and eternity. Foreigners call the City Hall of the Ministry of Industry the "Iron House".

There are many offices in the "Iron House" for members of the security, public works, taxation, public affairs and other committees; the two main rooms on the second floor are the general office and the conference rooms of the board of directors. The president in the General Office is in charge of all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and the directors discuss the important decisions of the public concession in the conference room.

Usually, if those decent foreigners want to become directors of the Ministry of Industry, they need to pay a huge amount of real estate tax, and then ask others to make a statement to the Ministry of Industry Bureau that they are willing to work for the development of public concessions in the future, and then get the support of big banks or ocean banks, and then they can be successfully elected as directors of the board of directors.

Becoming a labor director is often a wish of those foreigners in the concession. If possible, there will be Chinese people who will have this dream. Unfortunately, for the Chinese, this is just a dream. Becoming a director of the Ministry of Industry not only means to rely on the "tiger skin" of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, but also to control the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry with other directors when necessary!

Today's board of directors of the Ministry of Industry is of great significance to Hatong. This is the first time he went to the board of directors after he was elected as a director of the Ministry of Industry. His Chinese-French mixed-race wife specially bought a new suit for him in the welfare company, with a hard collar shirt and a butterfly bow tie, which looked very It's straight and brilliant.

When he entered the conference room and met with several other directors, there were standing there. Not many of the directors paid attention to the beggar from Iraq. Although he was no longer a beggar, Ha Tong certainly knew that these foreign classes were closely related to the new and old Sassoon. They actually showed their goodwill to the Sassoon family in this way. Use this kind of neglect to put pressure on him.

When those directors saw Ha Tong come in, most of them looked at him with contempt and contempt. Some people also whispered to each other, and a sentence actually reached his ears: "The monkey is still a monkey, and he will not become sincere." This is obviously tibirying this Ha Tong, who became a big class and became a director!

Listening to their sarcasm, Ha Tong couldn't help but be angry and cursed the group of people with a British proverb in his stomach.

"Put on the priest's clothes, the devil can also climb the bell tower of the church. You are the devils who climb the bell tower!"

On the contrary, the chairman of the board of directors, the general director, paid more real estate taxes than other classes, so he was particularly enthusiastic about him. In addition to applauding and welcoming him, he also especially hoped that Mr. Hatong would make a significant contribution to the Ministry of Industry Bureau.

But today, in this iron house, there are obviously not many monkeys who care about the silk and satin. Perhaps the group of devils climbing up the bell tower like Ha Tongxin scolding. Today is another big thing to discuss. The meeting began. Listening to the topic, Ha Tong was stunned whether the Huangpu Bridge on the Huangpu River would "affect" the shipping to the Huangpu River.

However, Hatong knows that this is only a superficial reason, but the root cause is the impact of Pudong's real estate on the concession. He alone lost at least one million yuan because of the impact of Pudong Development Company. Of course, now, he also knows that cutting off the bridge connecting the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is to prevent Pudong's development. The only way.

"Mr. Charlie, their bridge has been raised to 200 feet!"

A director of Class 2 in Yihe Yanghang said with a smile and a sneer.

"I don't know if Charlie thought that they would build a spiral bridge and come up with a new amazing plan when he suggested that we should sell the land in Pudong?"

Another director interrupted aggressively without waiting for Charlie to answer, but looked up at the crystal hanging lamp coldly.

"I hope Mr. Charlie understands how much money we have lost because of the conflict between you and Mr. Chen because of the woman! Ten million? No! I can clearly tell you that our loss may exceed 100 million!

The general director and all the directors stared at Charlie with grim or sarugal eyes. At the beginning, it was under his lobbying. It was under the suggestion of the bridge height limit that they sold the land in Pudong to industrial companies in order to make more profits, but what about now? The industrial company solved the problem with a spiral bridge. Unless the Bureau of Industry can show the evidence that there is a bridge in the world with a route of up to 200 feet in the world, which can also affect shipping, the Bureau of Industry has no normal reason to prevent the construction of the bridge.

People who originally wanted to fall into the well now can only look at the land price of Pudong one by day. After the Spring Festival, Pudong rented out 156 pieces of "land to build buildings" land, and even saw some shopping malls and shops in the concession for decades to rent land and buildings in Pudong.

Everyone knows that there are nearly 20,000 industrial workers living in Pudong with a monthly income of more than 30 yuan, and even some Chinese gentry choose to run factories there. Many workers who can't find jobs in industrial companies go to those factories. The land rent in the Pudong Development Zone is cheaper, and the water and electricity bills are only equivalent to six of the concession. Yes, even some factories in the concession have the idea of relocating.

Ten years later, Pudong will definitely be more prosperous, and the land price may even exceed the concession, but the problem is that there is no land there at all! And all this is "benefit" from Charlie.

Under the provocative and open questioning of these directors, Charlie was silent for a while, looked at everyone cautiously, and then said softly and slowly to the director.

"Gentlemen, I once said that once Pudong's development is successful, the impact on the concession is unimaginable, and now! It proves my original assertion!"

The second class of Yihe Yangxing, who was sitting opposite him, immediately blushed and stood up rudely and questioned him loudly.

"Charlie, you are deaf and blind! Now the development of Pudong has come to a fore. Is it possible to prevent them from building bridges? The Huangpu River Bridge is the tallest bridge in the world, 200 feet! This bridge alone is higher than the tallest building in the concession. Do you know how people compare it now? The concession is in the 19th century! And Pudong is in the 20th century! Last year, the land price of the Bund was 100,000 yuan per mu, but what about now? It's 87,000!"

His questioning has been approved by everyone. One of the prerequisite for the directors of the Ministry of Industry is to pay real estate taxes, which makes more than 70% of the directors here real estate merchants, and they are the biggest loss of land prices.

In the face of the questioning, Charlie coughed gently, moistened his throat, and then answered calmly.

"So, my original assertion was correct, wasn't it?"

He turned back to explain and state to the director. For these people, he couldn't be more clear and knew how to get rid of the crisis he needed to face now.

"It is obviously impossible to stop them from building the bridge! I think the only thing we need to consider now is how to regain our interests in the development of Pudong. This may be..."

"Haha! I see."

A director listened to his words and clenched his fists and stared at Charlie with a mocking look on his face.

"Maybe our Mr. Charlie has already bought his own land in Pudong, right? You should have made money yourself! Otherwise, I wouldn't have said such a dream!"

"Do you know how much money Chen Moran has? His wife sold more oil fields, and they can even buy another country! My Mr. Charlie, does he need our financing or equity participation?

There are not too many secrets in the mall, especially when Ji Li? After Sterling, Rockefeller and British financiers reached two huge acquisitions that could be recorded in history, almost the entire civilized world reported these two acquisitions. Now they have so much wealth that both British and American politicians are afraid, not to mention their businessmen.

In the face of the mockery of the directors, Charlie smiled politely, avoided the other party's questions, and sat up straight at the same time.

"I think all of us have been scared by Chen Moran and his industrial company!"

He raised the corners of his lips and looked at the directors with a sarcastic look. These directors looked down on the Chinese people in their bones, but when they knew that Chen Moran had such a huge amount of wealth, they all became humble. They hated to kiss Chen Moran's feet as long as they could get enough rewards.

These directors usually only consider the interests of their own enterprises. They only know how to rely on the power of the concession to make a fortune. Even if they rely on the power of the concession to make a fortune, they now forget what makes the power of the concession a tool for them to make a fortune.

"This is the Qing Dynasty, and this is the concession. This house is the king of Shanghai. It is here that governs Shanghai, not Shanghai. How do we get rich? How do we have this country! Sir, you have forgotten!"

When questioning, Charlie stroked the collar of the suit with his hand and then stood up.

"You have forgotten who we are, and we are still a higher level than their officials! As long as we want, as long as we need it, we can control everything here, money! Maybe! He has more money than we can imagine! But what about this?"

Charlie's words only stunned them all, and they seemed to have really forgotten them.

"But... he is still from the Qing Dynasty. It's not just us, but also a group of people here!"

His words seemed to make everyone see a glimmer of light, and a director couldn't wait to ask.

"Mr. Charlie, can you tell us what we should do?"

Just a few minutes ago, Charlie was still a "sinner" questioned by everyone, and now he has regained everyone's attention, which makes Charlie excited and even a little fluttered. Once he relied on other suggestions to increase his wealth for foreign banks, and at the same time, he achieved his own wealth. In the end, he even bought the foreign bank where he worked in the past.

"A few days ago, when I was chatting with a Chinese official, the official pointed to the industrial bank building on the opposite bank. As you know, maybe by the end of the year, the industrial bank building will be capped. The official said that according to the law of the Qing Dynasty, the building is against the law!"

Charlie's words made the General Office of the Ministry of Industry hold his head in his hands and think about it, expressing his dissenting question.

"Charlie, you should know that whether it is Liu Kunyi, the governor of the two rivers in the past, or Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, who now belongs to the two rivers, they are all political supporters of Chen Moran. Under their protection, Pudong does not need to worry about the law that has long been forgotten!"

The words of the General Office made the directors nod one after another, saying that the support of the Qing government for Pudong is always very helpless. Whether it is the dead Liu Kunyi or Zhang Zhidong, even the British consul will not threaten as a "businessman". With the support of the governor, local officials naturally dare not use this as an excuse to blackmail. Or ask the building to stop construction.

Although the General Office said so, Hatong, who had never said anything, guessed that even if Charlie said so, he might have a good way, so he stood up and asked Charlie, who had lost millions of dollars, with humility and flattery.

"Mr. Charlie, maybe you already have a solution to the problem, don't you?"

Ha Tong's modesty and flattery made everyone look at Charlie again, and when Charlie was proud, he also realized that in front of these greedy directors, if he did not give them a solution to the problem, even God could not save him, these wolves who had lost tens of millions. It will tear him to pieces.

It was precisely because of this idea that Charlie made a modest expression and pretended to be pious to everyone.

"You are all experienced seniors. I have a method that is not mature. Please refer to it for details."

Before he finished speaking, Charlie pretended to laugh twice before he continued.

"Since Liu Kun's death, until now, the position of governor of Liangjiang has been suspended for six months. Why does such an important position make another feudal official concurrently subordinate, and what makes Qing Zheng Axe unable to appoint a suitable official to be the governor of Liangjiang!"

As soon as his voice fell, Charlie stared at these greedy directors. For these people, he can be said to know very well. They are a group of wolves. For the sake of money, they can even sell their souls to Satan. Sometimes all he needs is to start.

"So, I asked some friends, and I got an answer from them, and I also learned some inside stories in Chinese officialdom. Perhaps, it was their answer that gave me a revelation. Gentlemen, it can be said that it was Liu Kunyi's death that gave us a great opportunity, and all we needed was..."

At this time, Charlie suddenly lowered his voice. He didn't even continue to talk. He just looked at these thoughtful directors. The wolves and poisonous snakes probably guessed what he meant. Looking at the joy on their faces when they were meditating, he had a little fond of Chinese life for the first time, and those Chinese people also Xu doesn't have any advantages, but when it comes to intrigue and conspiracy, it seems that everyone has this talent.

After frowning and meditating for dozens of seconds, General Director looked up at Charlie, who was no longer talking, and put forward his opinion.

"Charlie, you know, we may be able to influence Shanghai, but we can't influence the appointment of Qing Zheng Axe. I don't think our influence can reach this point!"

Other directors also nodded and agreed. Even if they arrogantly claimed to be the "king of the concession", this was only the concession. After Yanjing, there was a useless emperor and the empress dowager who held real power. Even if the public envoy could influence China more or less, the public envoy did not have enough influence to influence such a person. Official position.

"Gentlemen! We may not be able to randomly assign a Chinese official to this position according to our ideas, but..."

Standing up, Charlie leaned forward slightly, and then looked around at the crowd and said.

"If you say another way, you may get unexpected results!"

The meeting ended in an hour and a half. After this long meeting, everyone got what they needed. Charlie got through the crisis, and the directors got the "future benefits" they needed. As for Hatong, who attended the board of directors for the first time, he also got a "cake!"

Even after leaving the iron house, Hatong couldn't help but be glad that he, like those people, was wearing the priest's clothes. As a member of the devil, he was working towards the bell tower of the church!

"How to describe Charlie's adventure?"

Thinking that each of the directors needed to take out a sum of money to complete Charlie's plan, the plan had certain risks, but the return was amazing. If it was successful... Sitting in the carriage, Ha Tong even deliberately ordered his Chinese groom to drive the carriage to the Bund. Although it was across the Huangpu River, Hatong can still clearly see the amazing industrial bank building in Lujiazui, which is under construction. At the same time, he took out an "industrial coupon" from his pocket and stared at the bank building on the industrial coupon. Hatong's colorful eyes were full of fanaticism.

"I want to get it, I must get this building!"

He shouted in his heart that he knew that if he wanted to surpass Sason, maybe the opportunity was not in the concession, but on the other side of the Huangpu River. When Charlie said his plan and everyone improved the plan together, Ha Tong also had a plan in his heart, one by one. Plans that will make him more profit!

(to be continued)