While having breakfast, Mr. Du mentioned it and said that today was the monthly meeting of Jiangnan Commercial Bank. If Qin Rushuang was interested, he could go and have a look.
After speaking, he glanced at Xie Xun again and said, "Rushuang is here to gain experience, but the prince has a mission. Think carefully about the test that the prince agreed to yesterday!"
Xie Xun nodded: "I understand, grandpa."
The phrase "Grandpa" in his mouth was easier to pronounce than Qin Rushuang, his own granddaughter.
Reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling man, Mr. Du turned away and said, "Go as soon as you finish eating!"
Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun looked at each other and smiled.
Mr. Du is still the same awkward person.
After breakfast, the two of them went out together.
Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is a private chamber of commerce organization whose main purpose is for major merchants in Jiangnan to gather monthly to exchange information.
In the past ten years, Mr. Du has been the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Since the arrival of Xiao's Trading Company, he experienced a stroke during the Chinese New Year. Mr. Du excused himself because he was old and asked them to re-elect the president. No surprise, it turned out to be the president.
The head of the Xiao family has been chosen.
Qin Rushuang came to the meeting place of the Chamber of Commerce with the greeting card she got from Mr. Du.
Jiangnan is indeed the hometown of rich families. It is just a gathering place for merchants, and the buildings are extremely luxurious.
I just didn't expect that compared to this small building full of gold and jade, the people below are a bit out of place.
"You said you represent the Du Chamber of Commerce? What a joke, why would the Du Chamber of Commerce send a woman here?"
The servant guarding the door was arrogant. He held the greeting card handed over by Qin Rushuang between his two fingers and looked at it over and over.
"Don't call me a fake greeting, why don't you come and have some food and drinks?"
Qingzhi immediately yelled: "How presumptuous! Dogs look down on people!"
"Qingzhi." Qin Rushuang was not angry and asked: "Why, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce stipulates that women cannot enter?"
"That's not true. It's just that no one has come to the Du Chamber of Commerce since the Chinese New Year. You just want to get in with a greeting card. How can you prove your identity?"
"I wonder who this little brother is?" Qin Rushuang asked.
The servant looked proud: "I am from Xiao's Trading Company, and now our master is the president. Naturally, the people in this building are from Xiao's Trading Company."
When Qin Rushuang heard this, she half-smiled but said, "People from the Xiao family, it's no wonder..."
"you!"
"What's going on? Who is making trouble!"
A man's voice came from behind. Qin Rushuang turned around and saw a man in his fifties. He was wearing very luxurious clothes, but his eyes revealed an uncomfortable feeling.
"Sir, are you here? These three people said that they are from Du's Chamber of Commerce. I thought that this Du's Chamber of Commerce has not been here for a long time, and I am afraid that someone is pretending to be someone." The servant had a flattering look on his face and respectfully handed the greeting card to him as he spoke.
He handed his hands to the man, who looked completely different from before.
The man glanced at the greeting card, then at Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun, frowned and said: "The message is true, let them in. As for who Du will send, they have their own reasons."
Although he said this, he didn't even look at Qin Rushuang and others, and went in alone.
The servant watched the man leave, and then said to Qin Rushuang: "Would you please please, madam?"
Qin Rushuang turned around and went in. Behind her came the muttering of a servant: "Is there really no one left in the Du family? I sent all the cats and dogs here..."
Qingzhi was furious when he heard this, "Princess, do you want me to teach him a lesson? This is too much!"
Qin Rushuang stopped the angry Qingzhi and said, "Forget it, let's go in and take a look first. Also, from now on, call me madam outside, not princess."
"yes."
Entering the small building, the decoration is even more luxurious.
Qin Rushuang silently led Xie Xun to the first position below the first place.
She is a woman who attracts attention. As soon as she came in, she attracted the attention of many people. Seeing her occupying the position next to the first place, the voices of discussion suddenly started.
"Isn't that Du's position?"
"What's the origin of that person? How come a woman is in charge?"
"I don't know, I haven't heard of any female shopkeepers at Du's..."
Qin Rushuang felt much better after hearing these discussions.
After all, according to what they said, in the past, when Du didn't send anyone to attend the meeting, Du's seat was always vacant, and no one dared to sit on it.
At least it shows that the Du Family Chamber of Commerce still has its remaining power.
After a while, the man I just met at the door came.
Everyone stood up one after another and called "Boss Xiao". It seemed that this person was the head of Xiao's business firm.
Boss Xiao greeted everyone, and everyone sat down.
"Everyone, let's not talk about anything else today," he glanced at Qin Rushuang and others sitting aside, and said with a smile: "The Du Family Chamber of Commerce has sent a new person over. I wonder if this lady is...?"
Qin Rushuang smiled, stood up gracefully and said: "I am a distant relative of Mr. Du. My husband and I went to Jiangnan to do business. I happened to hear about the name of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, so I went to Mr. Du to ask for a greeting card to say hello to all my uncles."
Everyone present looked at each other, and there was a vague consideration in their hearts. They should just be distant relatives who came to Jiangnan temporarily, and there was no conflict of interest with them...
Thinking like this, everyone became polite.
"Madam is very capable. It seems like Madam should be the one in charge, right?"
"Yes, yes, madam is amazing..."
After being polite, Boss Xiao began to preside over the meeting.
Qin Rushuang listened for a while, but there was nothing important. It was probably just a routine gathering of businessmen from Jiangnan, chatting, and there was not much serious and useful information.
As they talked, everyone's topic moved to Boss Xiao.
"Hey, the silk business is not going well this year. My family has suffered a lot..."
"My family is also..."
"Same same!"
"Only Du's Chamber of Commerce and Boss Xiao's firm are doing well, right?"
A chubby boss said: "Du's is, after all, a well-established chamber of commerce in Jiangnan. It's not surprising that Boss Xiao is so awesome. In less than two years since he came here, his business is booming!"
Upon hearing this, Boss Xiao said humbly: "Wherever, let's make money together. You don't have to pry. Last time I told you to take you to visit Xiao's cloth workshop. Xiao will not forget it."
Hearing this, Qin Rushuang was a little surprised.
This way of doing business has always been closely guarded by every business firm, for fear that its contents will be learned by others. This boss Xiao seems to be very generous...
Everyone also praised him, which made Boss Xiao smile.
"It's better to choose a day than to hit it. Today is the day. Everyone, I, Xiao, am not a stingy person. Come on, take all the bosses to the cloth workshop!"
Qingzhi looked at the sun outside. It was already high in the sky and it was very hot at first glance. So she asked Qin Rushuang softly: "Madam, are we going too?"
Qin Rushuang stood up and followed everyone.
"Go, of course I want to go. I want to see how Xiao's industry is different from Du's. How can it give grandpa such a headache in a short period of time."
After that, he asked Xie Xun: "Have the people sent out to inquire returned the news? Is there anything special about the Xiao family? Or a special business that can make other chambers of commerce suppressed to this extent?"
Xie Xun nodded: "The inquiring people have all come back. They are all doing ordinary things. Xiao's has it as well as others. The quality is similar, and the price is also the normal price."
Qin Rushuang touched her chin and said, "This is interesting. Same business, same price, how come only Xiao makes money?"
