In the evening, as the sun set through the window, Zhao Junchen took Xu Qingyan to the Tianhai Tower for a banquet.
Lifting the curtains beside the sedan, Zhao Junchen looked at the lively scenery along the way with great interest.
As the capital of the Ming Dynasty and the most favored place for the emperor, it was bustling and lively, with people from all over the world gathering together, and it brought together all the unique features of this era. It would be quite interesting to have a leisurely visit.
Unfortunately, since Zhao Junchen returned to the capital, things happened one after another and he never had a chance.
"When everything is settled, you may want to dress casually and have some fun in the capital. These days, you are either busy with government affairs, busy with intrigues with others, or busy with the affairs of Yuerongfang. You don't have even a moment to spare, and you are very annoyed.
I'm tired, it's time to relax."
Zhao Junchen thought secretly.
While Zhao Junchen was thinking secretly, Xu Qingyan, who was following the sedan, suddenly said: "Master, Tianhai Tower has arrived."
While he was talking, the sedan had landed on the ground, Xu Qingyan opened the sedan curtain, and Zhao Junchen walked out slowly.
Looking up, I saw that Tianhai Tower was quite busy today. There were no less than thirty or fifty carriages and sedans parked around it, and there were nearly a hundred people waiting outside Tianhai Tower, most of them luxuriously dressed and well-looking.
These people were all invited by Zhao Junchen. They were either powerful businessmen from the capital or representatives of Huizhou and Shanxi merchants in the capital. In a certain sense, they were all big shots that no one dared to look down upon.
The money at his disposal often amounts to one hundred thousand taels, he has close relationships with high-ranking officials in the DPRK, has extensive connections, and has astonishing potential power.
But at this time, they were waiting respectfully outside Tianhai Tower. Although they were crowded together, they were not impatient at all. Instead, everyone showed eagerness. Because there were so many people, the intersection outside Tianhai Tower was blocked.
Zhao Junchen knew that although his status was not low, the reason why these people were so diligent and respectful was mostly because of the bait he threw.
The bait is not the fish, but the profit that the fish can bring.
For these businessmen, money is the only thing that can make them surrender.
Therefore, after seeing Zhao Junchen stepping out of the sedan, the expressions of all the businessmen were involuntarily enthusiastic, as if it was not Zhao Junchen who stepped out of the sedan, but a God of Wealth, and they all walked toward him as quickly as possible.
Zhao Junchen came and introduced his identity in the loudest voice.
On weekdays, these businessmen have friendships with each other, but they are also different in strength, but at this moment, they no longer care about their friendship in the past. They are scrambling and pulling each other, just to grab the front position and be able to do so.
Saying a few more words with Zhao Junchen can leave more impression on Zhao Junchen.
"Ruihe Shang's luggage and coffin are in safe condition. I've seen Mr. Zhao!"
"How are you, Mr. Zhao! I am Xu De, the shopkeeper of Taixiang Trading Company..."
"Master Zhao, Futai Trading Company wishes to send you its regards. Although my general manager is far away in Anhui, I have always admired you..."
Looking at the swarming crowd in front of him, the noisy greetings, and the chaotic scene, Zhao Junchen felt a little dizzy. In desperation, he could only raise his hands and press them to signal everyone to be quiet, and at the same time expressed his gratitude with a slight frown.
dissatisfied.
Seeing Zhao Junchen's movements and expressions, the businessmen realized that they had lost their grace and finally calmed down slowly.
In fact, it's no wonder that they are jealous. The soap business of "Yue Rong Fang" these days has made them jealous. Although they don't know the exact profit of "Yue Rong Fang" yet, they all know that this is definitely a business.
The family is getting into a lot of money-making business! After learning that Zhao Junchen invited them to get together this time, it was for the purpose of selling soap. How could they calm down when they thought of the money in vain?
In front of money, the so-called politeness is not important at all.
On the other side, seeing that the businessmen finally calmed down, Zhao Junchen also regained his calm smile, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you very much for giving me face, for being invited, and for gathering here. I'm very grateful, but it's just that this place is really empty."
This is not the place to talk, how about you follow me to Tianhai Tower to discuss it in detail?"
Naturally, the businessmen did not dare to refuse, and they all supported Zhao Junchen and walked towards Tianhai Tower.
As for Zhao Junchen's long-term follower Xu Qingyan, at this time, he was pushed aside by the over-enthusiastic businessmen and could not get closer.
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After entering Tianhai Tower, Zhao Junchen and the other businessmen exchanged polite greetings and sat down with each other.
In order to entertain these businessmen this time, Zhao Junchen booked the entire Tianhai Tower and set up a banquet table. Although there were many seats, there were more visitors and the seats were packed.
After taking their seats, the businessmen became quiet. They all looked at Zhao Junchen quietly, waiting with expectation and eagerness for Zhao Junchen's next speech.
Looking at the expressions of the businessmen, Zhao Junchen secretly sighed at the charm of silver, smiled slightly, raised his glass, stood up, and was about to say something.
However, as Zhao Junchen stood up, all the businessmen did not dare to sit down anymore and stood up one after another, waiting for Zhao Junchen's instructions.
Seeing everyone's attentive and respectful look, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but laugh and said: "Everyone, please sit down. Today is just a private banquet for me. There is no need to follow the rules like this. Everyone can do whatever they want. What's more, everyone looks like this.
It’s hard for me to talk anymore. Please sit down.”
When the businessmen saw that Zhao Junchen said this and insisted on his attitude, they had no choice but to sit down while being polite.
After Zhao Junchen waited for everyone to sit down, he continued: "I think you all already know the purpose of inviting you to this banquet today. Some time ago, when I was reading ancient books, I accidentally discovered a prescription.
, the thing made according to that recipe is called pancreas. Its function is similar to that of saponin, but the effect is much stronger. Feeling that the government's financial situation is currently difficult, I dedicated this pancreas to your majesty. And in
Under His Majesty's decree, this soap is now exclusively made by the inner treasury and handed over to merchants from all over the country for exclusive sale. Thanks to Your Majesty's trust, Your Majesty has entrusted this matter to my own responsibility."
As soon as Zhao Junchen finished speaking, a group of businessmen seized the opportunity and praised him one after another.
"Master Zhao is dedicated to serving the country. He is really a role model for everyone in Zhangji Trading Company."
"Master Zhao's loyalty and patriotism are admirable. Master Zhao, if there is anything you need from Ruihe Trading Company, just say hello. We at Ruihe Trading Company will never shirk."
"Mr. Zhao, it is the duty of us businessmen to share the worries of the country, not to mention that you, Mr. Zhao, are personally in charge of this matter? I didn't mention it. I, Futai Trading Company, can take care of the whole business of selling soap. How much money do you need?
, Mr. Zhao, just give me a price."
"Mr. Zhao, our general shopkeeper Guo Linxiang once had a close relationship with you in Lu'an Mansion. As early as half a month ago, our general shopkeeper wrote a letter to tell you that if anything happens to you, Mr. Zhao, the whole Guo family firm will take care of you."
Fully cooperate……"
In the midst of the commotion, Zhao Junchen smiled slightly and raised his hand to press down again. After the businessmen calmed down again, Zhao Junchen continued: "You are all the leaders of businessmen from all over the world. You have sufficient strength and rich capital. I am hosting a banquet for you today.
It’s because of the exclusive sale of soap.”
Hearing Zhao Junchen talk about the main topic, the businessmen did not interrupt anymore. They just stared at Zhao Junchen, eagerly waiting for Zhao Junchen's next words.
After Zhao Junchen paused, he continued: "You must have already known the specific effects and various grades of this soap, so I won't repeat it here. I have made an estimate. If this soap is handed over to the inside,
Specially made in the warehouse, it can be produced on a large scale in less than a month. The most common pancake can be produced at least 8 million pieces per year, and the higher-grade fragrant pandan can be produced at least 1.5 million pieces per year.
As for the highest-end medicinal pancreas, due to inputs and raw materials, it can only produce about 20,000 yuan per year."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, a group of businessmen secretly calculated and found that although the amount of pancreatic juice produced by the internal treasury seemed to be huge, in fact, the population of the Ming Dynasty was no less than ten million, even if it was only one-tenth of the population.
If you can afford the use of soap, the quantity of soap produced in the internal warehouse is far from enough. What's more, this soap is a daily consumable. Even if it is more durable than soap locust, each person will need at least two pieces per year.
What does this mean? It means demand exceeds supply!
And what does supply exceed demand mean? It means guaranteed profit without loss!
Thinking of this, the businessmen looked at Zhao Junchen even more eagerly.
Noticing the gazes of the merchants, Zhao Junchen smiled softly and continued: "What I mean is that there are only so many supplies. In order to avoid confusion and competition in the future, tomorrow, the Ministry of Household Affairs will hold an auction for ordinary pancreas.
The seeds are divided into batches of 50,000 yuan, the fragrant pancreas is divided into 5,000 yuan, and the medicinal pancreas is divided into 500 yuan. They are auctioned in batches. Everyone bids by themselves, and the one with the highest price wins. In this way, after a month, pancreas will be sold in batches.
Once the pieces are produced, everyone can take turns picking up the goods according to the proportion and order of the auction proceeds."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, all the businessmen present lost their commotion, and all of them were silent, as if they were thinking about the pros and cons of this method, and all of them remained silent.
However, Zhao Junchen did not discuss the idea with everyone, and just said: "If you don't object, then let's settle it like this. After the banquet, everyone will go back to prepare. At noon tomorrow, you can go to the Hubu Yamen to bid.
."
As he spoke, Zhao Junchen raised his wine glass slightly, gestured to everyone, took a sip, and then sat down on his own.
Facing Zhao Junchen's signal, a group of businessmen stood up to have a drink with Zhao Junchen, but most of them did not speak, just thinking about each other.
Zhao Junchen's method of auctioning sources of goods was quite novel for businessmen of this era, but they had to consider whether this approach could guarantee their own interests.
In fact, Zhao Junchen originally had the idea of being a "local agent", and what he auctioned was not the source of goods, but the sales rights in various places.
However, after understanding the business models and power distribution of merchants in various places in this era, Zhao Junchen gave up this idea.
For example, the base camp of Shanxi merchants is the northwest provinces, and the base area of Hui merchants is the coastal provinces. Shanxi merchants will not go to the coastal provinces to grab business, and Hui merchants will not go to the northwest provinces to join in the fun.
There are countless private salt companies, but most of the salt affairs in the northwest are still in the hands of Shanxi merchants. Shanxi merchants have strong bank accounts, but in the coastal provinces, the bank accounts of Hui merchants are still the main ones.
Regionality is a characteristic of this era, and it is also an unspoken rule recognized by businessmen of this era. If Zhao Junchen auctions the sales rights in various places, not only will the competition faced by the businessmen undoubtedly be much less, but there will also be a possibility of secret compromise.
As a result, the money gained from auctioning sales rights in various places will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen came up with the idea of auctioning the supply of goods, so that every batch of supply will cause a full competition. In this way, the profit that the internal treasury can obtain can also be maximized.
………
The idea of "local agency" is even more advanced than the idea of "supply auction". Zhao Junchen didn't mention it, so naturally none of the businessmen would have thought of it.
Therefore, when facing Zhao Junchen's idea of "auctioning supply", although they knew that their profits would be reduced, the businessmen could not think of a better way.
At least, in their opinion, it is better to auction all the supply for a year in advance than to have to be competed by countless merchants every time a batch of soap is produced in the inner warehouse.
What's more, judging from Zhao Junchen's appearance, he doesn't seem to be planning to change his mind.
So, after a moment of silent thinking, a group of businessmen finally spoke up and nodded in agreement. One of them took the opportunity to flatter Zhao Junchen and praised Zhao Junchen for his "ingenious ideas" and "the great talent of the country".
After things were settled, the banquet finally began. However, although the delicacies were in front of them, all the businessmen had their own thoughts, making the banquet a little deserted. It didn't take long before some businessmen found reasons to leave. Zhao Junchen gave
Time was tight, the auction was tomorrow, they didn't dare to delay, so they went back to prepare.
Those who left were all businessmen who were slightly lacking in strength. Those big businessmen who were rich in strength all stayed. Some wanted to make secret deals with Zhao Junchen and directly obtain the supply of soap, but Zhao Junchen politely refused.
Some of them had the idea of other products in Zhao Junchen's "Yue Rongfang", such as perfume and beauty water, but Zhao Junchen politely rejected them.
The pancake business was a way for Zhao Junchen to please Emperor Deqing. The more money he earned from this, the higher the value of Zhao Junchen in the eyes of Emperor Deqing, and the safer Zhao Junchen himself would be. Naturally,
I don't want to do anything secretly at this time.
As for the business of "Yue Rongfang", Zhao Junchen had other purposes and did not want to have any more entanglements with these businessmen.
In this way, while the guests and hosts had their own plans, Zhao Junchen felt bored and did not want to stay longer. After claiming that he was too drunk, he left with Xu Qingyan.
The merchants who were still stranded saw that Zhao Junchen, the rightful owner, had left and had not received any benefits, so they did not delay and left each other.
As the banquet dispersed in a hurry, all the forces focused on Tianhai Tower also withdrew their attention from Tianhai Tower.
However, few people know that the banquet in Tianhai Tower is not actually over. The banquet that has dispersed is just a cover. Zhao Junchen actually has another more important banquet here.
………
Zhao Junchen had booked the entire Tianhai Building for the banquet, so after the banquet, the building was deserted and deserted.
However, after there were no other guests in Tianhai Tower and the attention of all parties was diverted, Tianhai Tower welcomed another group of guests.
Compared with the previous fanfare when the businessmen attended the banquet, the number of these guests was small, only twelve or three, but their whereabouts were sneaky and mysterious, quite a bit sneaky. After arriving at the Tianhai Tower, they went straight to the top floor of the Yali without delay.
for a while, and then didn't show up again, just waiting quietly.
Among these guests, the first ones were Zhan Shanchang, the Minister of Rites, and Tong Huan, the general affairs envoy, who had recently taken refuge with Zhao Junchen.
As for the other guests, they were all officials under Wen Guanliang's sect.
According to Zhao Junchen's instructions, these people were carefully selected by Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan. In Wen Guanliang's faction, their status may not be high and their power may not be heavy. But because of this, although they are named Wen Guanliang
Although he was a disciple of Wen Guanliang, he was definitely not loyal to Wen Guanliang.
Especially now, when the people of Wen Guanliang and his faction are experiencing instability.
The reason why these people appeared here was naturally because they were invited by Zhao Junchen for a banquet.
Although Wen Guanliang was hostile to Zhao Junchen, when Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan contacted them, his words, "Master Zhao has great benefits for you," moved their hearts.
Didn't they follow Wen Guanliang because Wen Guanliang could benefit them?
So, they all came.
After everyone gathered together, they didn't wait long. Xu Qingyan, who had left with Zhao Junchen not long ago, unexpectedly returned to Tianhai Tower at some point, pushed open the door, and walked into the private room.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm late. Didn't you wait long?"
Xu Qingyan said to the guests with a smile on his face.
Although Xu Qingyan was just a long-term attendant, he came on behalf of Zhao Junchen. Naturally, all the guests in the private room did not dare to neglect and stood up to greet him.
Zhan Shanchang was the first to greet him and said with a smile: "Brother Xu is overly worried. We only came here just now."
Xu Qingyan nodded, and after looking around at the guests in the private room, a look of disdain flashed across his eyes.
He has followed Zhao Junchen for many years and has a good understanding of the court officials. Most of these people in front of him are only fourth- and fifth-rank officials and are not looked down upon by Xu Qingyan.
Therefore, before Zhan Shanchang could introduce him to Xu Qingyan, Xu Qingyan had already taken his seat.
After sitting down, Xu Qingyan said slowly: "Please don't be offended. My family is too popular. No matter where you go, you will be stared at. Although I wanted to meet you, for your consideration, I didn't come in the end. It's just
Let me pass on a few words to you. However, if you come here for the banquet, you are giving my family face, and my family will naturally not treat you badly."
Everyone present here was naturally polite after hearing what Xu Qingyan said.
But Xu Qingyan ignored everyone's politeness and just continued: "I believe you all know that my lord has now opened a 'Yue Rong Fang', and the business is pretty good, with more than a thousand taels of silver coming in every day."
As Xu Qingyan finished speaking, everyone present, including Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan, couldn't help but burst into exclamations.
Although they all knew that Zhao Junchen’s ‘Yue Rong Fang’ business was booming, they did not expect to receive thousands of taels of silver every day!
Seeing the stunned and envious looks of everyone in front of him, Xu Qingyan sneered unobtrusively at the corner of his mouth, and then said: "Unfortunately, my master is not like those corrupt officials. He has always been honest and honest, and he doesn't have much savings. Seeing Yuerongfang
'The business is so good, and I want to expand the business, but due to money constraints, I am unable to do so. In desperation, I decided to give out 45% of the shares. I invite everyone to come, just to get you to buy shares."
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said, everyone present was shocked and looked at each other in disbelief.
"Yue Rong Fang" is so profitable, Zhao Junchen actually wants to get them to invest in it? Thinking of the profits of "Yue Rong Fang", the breathing of everyone present suddenly became much heavier.
Although they all know that most of the profit of "Yue Rongfang" comes from the pancakes, which will soon be specially made by the inner treasury and sold by merchants from all over the country, but these people know better that the pancakes will be manufactured by Zhao in the inner treasury.
Under Junchen's control, Yizi will never be out of stock for "Yue Rongfang".
What's more, "Yue Rongfang"'s perfumes, beauty waters and other goods have been selling like hot cakes these days. Now they are as popular as soap. Even if you don't have Yizi, you can make a sure profit by investing in "Yue Rongfang".
No-loss business.
And "Yue Rongfang" is only located in the capital city and can make thousands of taels of profits every day. So if the business expands and spreads to all provinces and counties, what kind of income will it be?
However, what really surprised them was yet to come.
I saw Xu Qingyan paused for a moment, then continued: "This is how my master plans to invest the money. The 45% of the shares will be divided into a total of forty-five shares, and each share will cost one thousand taels of silver...
…”
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said, everyone present was stunned!
Everyone here is a corrupt official. Who doesn't have tens of thousands of taels of silver in hand? What's the difference between a thousand taels of silver for a share and giving it away for free? If they were still hesitant about buying shares in "Yue Rongfang" just now,
So now everyone is excited.
Not only is my heart excited, I can't wait even more when I think of the white money.
However, they also knew that the shares were not given away for free. Once they bought shares in "Yerongfang", it would be equivalent to taking refuge in Zhao Junchen and betraying Wen Guanliang.
does it worth?
worth!
The hesitation only lasted a moment, and most of the people present had already made up their minds.
For corrupt officials like them, working thousands of miles away is just for money. Obviously, compared with following Wen Guanliang, who could only drink some residual soup when Wen Guanliang ate meat, following Zhao Junchen and investing in "Yue Rongfang" has more obvious benefits.
Much more.
The only concern is that this will offend Wen Guanliang, but after Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan betrayed Wen Guanliang, wouldn't they be fine?
For a large amount of money, although it is risky to take refuge in Zhao Junchen, and the risk is not small, it is all worth it.
However, just after everyone was surprised and ready to agree to take shares, Xu Qingyan did not give them a chance to speak, and continued: "However, my lords also know that all of you here are just like my lords, they are all honest and honest people.
Although a thousand taels of silver is not much, it is not a small amount for you..."
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said, everyone was speechless.
Indeed, if they were really honest and law-abiding, they would definitely not be able to get out the one thousand taels of silver.
Since Xu Qingyan has said this, he can't say that he has always been corrupt and perverts the law, and that a thousand taels of silver is just a small thing, right?
Seeing the changing expressions of everyone present, the sarcasm in Xu Qingyan's eyes became even more intense, but he continued: "However, my master has already considered this. Although you can't take out this money, you can invest in it with your close friends, such as
I know that among all of you here, there are several doctors and foreign ministers from the Ministry of Industry. Zuo Lanshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Mr. Chen Dongxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, are always the most talkative. As high-ranking officials of the imperial court, they have high salaries.
Higher, one thousand taels of silver, I think you can get it. If you can persuade those two adults to join the shares, there will naturally be no shortage of this money, as well as Mr. Li Lide, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Li Lide, the right deputy of the Inspectorate.
The Imperial Censor, Mr. Gu Quangu, all can buy shares. If you can recruit more people to buy shares, my lord can even give you some shares as a reward."
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said, everyone here looked at each other and finally understood why Zhao Junchen wanted to take advantage of them so much.
These people Xu Qingyan mentioned were all Wen Guanliang’s right-hand men!
Zhao Junchen wanted their help to pry Wen Guanliang's corner!
If he just betrayed Wen Guanliang and took refuge in Zhao Junchen, that would be it. If he took refuge in Zhao Junchen and also helped Zhao Junchen to gain leverage, wouldn't Wen Guanliang hate them to death?
On the other side, Zhan Shanchang already understood Zhao Junchen's plan. Seeing everyone's hesitation, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, everyone. If you are worried that if you rashly invite Mr. Zuo, Mr. Chen and others to join the shares, you will be criticized by the two adults, sir,
But before inviting the two adults, we must first convince a few close colleagues. As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, and the public opinion is difficult to disobey. Master Zuo, Master Chen, if they see that you all have the same thoughts, they will definitely consider it seriously.
Yes, even if they are pedantic and reject you in the end, those two adults will definitely not blame you for the sake of Mr. Zhao."
Tong Huan also nodded and said: "That's it. Although you don't have much power, you don't have to worry. Take Mr. Zuo and Mr. Chen as examples. The reason why they can control the Ministry of Industry is because of the doctors and staff below.
Without the strong support of the foreign ministers, even if they have backers, they may not be able to secure their position. If they take this into consideration, I think they will definitely consider it seriously."
Seeing that everyone was still pondering and undecided, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but frowned and said slowly: "Everyone should think about it carefully. The opportunity is rare and should not be missed. Now 'Yue Rongfang' only opens a store in the capital.
It is already so prosperous, and according to my master's plan, this 'Yuerongfang' will be opened throughout the Ming Dynasty in the future. By then, every share will bring you thousands of times in return.
, if you are not willing, my lord will not force it. I think there will definitely be no shortage of court officials who are willing to buy shares. My lord will just find other people."
Listening to Zhan Shanchang, Tong Huan and Xu Qingyan singing in harmony, everyone here finally made up their mind after hesitating for a long time.
Taking refuge in Zhao Junchen will offend Wen Guanliang, and pulling others to join Zhao Junchen will also offend Wen Guanliang. However, if you not only take refuge in Zhao Junchen, but also help Zhao Junchen to leverage Wen Guanliang's corner, you will not only please Zhao Junchen, but also arouse Zhao Junchen's anger.
Paying attention to it can weaken Wen Guanliang and strengthen Zhao Junchen's power, so that they don't have to worry about Wen Guanliang's revenge.
In this case, you have already made up your mind to join Zhao Junchen anyway, so what is there to hesitate about?
Only one of them stood up and said: "I understand, although I can't guarantee it, I will definitely give it a try for Mr. Zhao!"
As this man spoke, everyone present responded.
Xu Qingyan smiled, raised his glass, stood up and said, "In that case, I would like to congratulate you on your immediate success. I believe you all know how to do this, so I won't mention it here anymore."
"Please also ask Brother Xu to tell Mr. Zhao that we will do our best in this matter and act covertly, so that we will not ruin Mr. Zhao's plan."
"Exactly, please rest assured, Brother Xu, we people are not that confused, we still know how to test."
"With the guidance of Master Zhan, Master Tong and Brother Xu, even if we cannot do our best in this matter, we will never let Master Zhao down."
While everyone responded, Xu Qingyan accompanied everyone and drank a full cup of sake.
Then, Xu Qingyan stopped talking and just listened quietly to the various plans of everyone present.
As the saying goes, a villain will never stop doing anything. Under various temptations, everyone here has made up his mind to betray Wen Guanliang. During the planning, the determination to deal with Wen Guanliang is actually more determined than Zhao Junchen and others.
, all kinds of designs and plans are not only cautious and conscientious, but also uncompromising.
Seeing the people here talking to each other, they were planning how to exploit Wen Guanliang's corner as secretly as possible, and how to attack Wen Guanliang's power as violently as possible. Xu Qingyan was still listening with a smile at first, but slowly, subconsciously
He frowned.
He is also a villain, but he has always been loyal to Zhao Junchen. He can't stand the unscrupulous behavior of dealing with his old master.
"After I go back, I must remind the young master that these people who betrayed Wen Guanliang can only be used, but cannot be reused, let alone trusted. Otherwise, today they betrayed Wen Guanliang for various interests. Who knows whether they will do it for more in the future.
You betrayed the young master for too much money? However, I think the young master has already thought of this."
Xu Qingyan thought secretly.
After everything was agreed upon, and seeing that Xu Qingyan was no longer paying attention, everyone present left in twos and threes, just like when they came to a banquet, they were also cautious when leaving, for fear of being discovered.
But while being cautious, they also felt reassured, because according to their plan, Wen Guanliang would become a loner in a few days. By that time, with Zhao Junchen's support, even if Wen Guanliang was the elder of the cabinet, he would not necessarily be alone.
Can handle them.
And as everyone left, for a while, only Xu Qingyan, Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan were left in the private room.
After this plan, Zhan Shanchang, who resented Wen Guanliang the most, seemed quite excited and hummed: "After this plan, I want to see how powerful Wen Guanliang can be after he becomes a loner. The so-called Pavilion Elder is nothing more than
It was promoted by the people below. If no one supports him, no matter how noble the position of the elder is, it will be nothing more than a decoration."
Tong Huan was relatively calm, but he frowned and said: "However, although we tried to hide our gathering today, and the people we invited were all carefully selected, Wen Guanliang has been running the government and the public for many years, so what happened today may not be possible.
We can't hide it from him at all. Moreover, even if we can hide what happened today, after those people lobby everywhere, it will be impossible to hide it from Wen Guanliang."
Xu Qingyan shook his head and sneered: "Mr. Tong, my young master has taken everything into consideration. Although this plan is hidden and wants to catch Wen Guanliang off guard, it doesn't matter even if that old guy Wen Guanliang finds out. Wen Guanliang's
Most people have the same temperament as Wen Guanliang and are greedy for money. How much profit can our Yuerongfang make? How many of Wen Guanliang's people can withstand such temptation? When the news spreads, what if Wen Guanliang knows about it?
Unless he can give more benefits to his subordinates, the situation cannot be controlled by him. The question is, does Wen Guanliang have so many benefits to others? Even if he does, will he be willing to do so? After this incident, Wen Guanliang no matter what,
His power will be greatly damaged. At that time, let’s see if he still dares to threaten the young master.”
Zhan Shanchang said with admiration: "That's it. Mr. Zhao's plan is really amazing. How big a business is 'Yerongfang'? Mr. Zhao actually sold out 45% of the shares in one go. As Brother Xu said
Even if Wen Guanliang has so many benefits, how can he be willing to give others to others with his temperament? Comparing the two, their courage and magnanimity are very different."
When Xu Qingyan heard what Zhan Shanchang said, he couldn't help but his face twitched slightly. According to Xu Qingyan's temperament, money could only come in but not go out. Zhan Shanchang's words hurt him.
How much money does it cost to own 45% of the shares of "Yue Rongfang"?
However, although Xu Qingyan felt a little sad, he didn't want to show it in front of Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan.
Therefore, Xu Qingyan imitated Zhao Junchen's tone and demeanor when he warned him, and said leisurely: "Silver is just a number, no matter how much it is. Silver is not afraid of spending it. As long as the silver can be exchanged for practical benefits after being used, then the silver is just a number."
It’s not in vain, although 45% of the shares in Yuerongfang is quite a lot, if it can be used to sideline Wen Guanliang and increase our power and influence, it is also a value-for-money deal.”
Xu Qingyan was imitating Zhao Junchen. Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan could see it. However, Xu Qingyan was a close confidant of Zhao Junchen. They did not dare to offend him and just sighed.
On the other side, when he saw Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan, they looked weird every time they talked about "Yue Rongfang". Xu Qingyan sighed secretly in his heart, but he took out two deeds from his sleeves and handed them to them.
At the same time, he said: "The two of you have been doing your best for my family these days. My family has seen it, and I will not let you two suffer. Of the 45% of the shares, you each have three-thirds. This is
You two must not shirk my lord's wishes."
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said and looking at the share purchase contract handed over by Xu Qingyan, Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan were overjoyed and thanked them repeatedly.
Seeing the happy faces of Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan, Xu Qingyan remembered what Zhao Junchen said when he came.
"Qingyan, the so-called loyalty is essentially that while being loyal to others, you can get various benefits, whether it is power, money, or ambitions. I have never believed in loyalty without benefits, especially for others.
This is especially true for those corrupt officials; on the contrary, if the benefits are shared, it does not matter whether they sincerely surrender and whether they serve loyally."
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ps: Including yesterday’s supplementary update, there are four chapters in one with nearly 10,000 words.