As batches of experienced professionals join Jiangnan Group's factories, companies and headquarters departments, the management team led by Lao Shoudao and Zhou Chongan is gradually accelerating like a moving train. Old Nanchang is full of ever-changing faces and booming developments.
Vitality, this emerging industrial and commercial base has been operating efficiently.
The extremely busy Zhou Chongan has to go to Shanghai again. He has become the plenipotentiary representative of An Yi, taking over all business with European and American companies and banks such as Lulin, Lihe, Dahua, HSBC, Citigroup, etc., giving full play to his ability.
With the connections I had when I was a reporter in Shanghai, I could easily connect with foreign companies and officials from embassies and consulates in various countries in Europe and the United States.
Good relations have been established. Among them, Germany, the United States, Britain and Sweden have all expressed their intention to establish consulates in Nanchang. However, due to the current confusing political situation in China and the undetermined Civil War, the above countries do not know which government they will propose to.
The application had to be postponed and waited quietly.
Next to the bus station southeast of Chengbi Lake, there is a two-story Chinese-style building that is crowded with people.
This small building is a temporary recruitment office rented by Jiangnan Group. All applicants who have entered Jiangnan Group and those who have not entered Jiangnan Group must come here for a preliminary interview. Since general manager Zhou Chongan has been on a business trip to Shanghai, Lao Dao also went to Jiujiang to deal with Japanese companies and expatriates.
To maliciously obstruct the construction of Jiujiang Bus Station, An Yi had to temporarily come to help at their request and meet several professionals who had entered the interview stage after two screenings.
When An Yi came to the door, he met Huang Yingwu's father-in-law, his co-shareholder and chamber of commerce president Zhou Dashan. An Yi warmly invited the red-faced Zhou Dashan to go upstairs with him and meet several people who came from all over the country.
The last capable person to be interviewed, Zhou Dashan, was also very interested. He happily followed An Yi to the office on the second floor, took the tea cup from the orderly, and chatted with An Yi about the Chamber of Commerce's expansion of the three major trading markets.
The small building for recruitment is located at the east entrance of the bustling street where the county government is located. Several small porridge shops and snack bars diagonally opposite have benefited from the rapid increase in the population of the small town. The shop is bustling inside and outside, and the business is extremely booming. Several proprietresses and a large shop are busy.
Everyone was extremely busy, and in the words of the boss who collected the money, the business was so good that he almost lost his dick in holding his urine.
Outside the fragrant shop, a tall and thin man in his thirties wearing a navy blue suit and a slim foreign woman with blond hair were walking slowly side by side. The two looked at the snack bar next to them from time to time, seemingly unable to decide.
Which small shop should I go to for something to eat?
The tall and thin man has a broad forehead, a tall nose and a wide mouth, a slightly longer and strong chin, deep and deep eyes, and his hair is meticulously combed. It can be seen that he is a person who has drank a lot of ink. The woman is about 26 or 7 years old.
Years old, with beautiful facial features, dark blue eyes, fair and rosy skin, and a fit and charming body. She is wearing a long-sleeved one-piece dark floral dress, which makes her look even taller and more graceful.
These two extremely outstanding figures would attract the curious eyes of Chinese people in many places, but in Old Nanchang at this time, they did not have the embarrassment of being watched and pointed at by people. First, because of the people in Old Nanchang
Nowadays, we are very busy and don’t have time to spare. Moreover, more and more foreigners have appeared in old Nanchang in the past few months. All kinds of foreigners in churches, schools, factories and shopping malls have become so commonplace that no one thinks it is new anymore.
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The woman gently took the man's hand to speed up, and whispered gently in English: "Let's go, my dear, we may have good luck today. As long as we can get hired, we will have everything."
The man looked at his lover's smile apologetically, and then looked at the steaming steamer at the entrance of the shop where the meat buns had just come out of the steamer. He swallowed the sour saliva in his mouth and seemed to have made up his mind. He put his left hand in his suit trouser pocket and exerted force.
He squeezed the wet gold pocket watch, stopped suddenly, gently pulled the woman and turned around resolutely, and soon arrived in front of Zhou Ji's pawn shop.
The woman suddenly realized what her lover was going to do, hugged his arm tightly, and said anxiously:
"No, no, dear, you must not do this. I can't stand you sending the only souvenir of your father to a place like this! No! We are not at the end of the road yet, we still have hope... Think about it,
Dear, you have a double bachelor's degree from the Michigan Business School and have superb financial management and securities investment knowledge. As long as Jiangnan Enterprise Group respects knowledge and talents as advertised in the newspaper, you will be able to obtain performance opportunities that exceed anyone else's.
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You heard me right, dear, if it doesn’t work out, I will apply for a job at the newly opened Donhe Western Restaurant by our Russians later. I will work for a while to solve the food and accommodation problems, and then I will apply for the foreign language position at the newly established Polytechnic Institute.
Teacher, I can speak Chinese and am proficient in English, French, German and Russian languages. We will not always be hungry. Believe me, dear, believe me!
Let's go, let's apply for the job. Today is the last level. As long as we break in, we will have everything. The few days of accommodation we owe to the hotel will be paid off immediately, and the money that was stolen from us on the ship will also be paid off.
Earn it back slowly, believe me, my dear, please believe me..."
"Sasha... I'm sorry! I failed to fulfill my promise, and I still let you starve..." The man's eyes turned red.
The woman reached out her hand and gently touched her lover's increasingly pale and thin face:
"It's okay, dear, from the day I married you, I knew that I would be inseparable from you in this life. I didn't expect that my family would go bankrupt, and you didn't expect that your wealthy family and relatives would be affected by two factions.
The battle was destroyed by fire. It is not easy for you to bring me from the United States to China...
I am much happier than the Russian girls living on the streets of Shanghai today. Many of them have no house, no food, no documents and no safety guarantee. Many of them live a very miserable life, helping others with laundry and cooking or even working as prostitutes in exchange for meager food.
, if they make the slightest mistake, they will be auctioned off as livestock by the concession authorities, and even the price of a pack horse is higher than theirs...
In contrast, I am very lucky. I still have you and Almighty God, and I have infinite hope! Don’t be discouraged, my dear, don’t be discouraged! Maybe hope is right in front of you... Let’s go, I will support you, you
We haven’t eaten for two days, we have to get through it no matter what, we still have hope, there are many hopes waiting for us..."
Half an hour later, with a call of "Zhang Xi", the thin man followed the polite young clerk upstairs under the encouraging and concerned look of his lover. His family had just suffered a huge disaster, and suddenly he had nothing and no one to rely on.
There was no food in the sky, so his feet
His steps were very swaying and his body was swaying slightly. The polished leather shoes under his feet seemed to be very heavy, almost causing him to trip at the corner of the stairs. Under the worried and distressed eyes of the woman, he held on to the handrail of the stairs and stood upright tenaciously, following the quick steps.
The brisk clerk walked into the large office behind him.
"General An..."
Zhang Xi found out that the person sitting behind the big table was actually An Yi, a well-known figure in the country, the major shareholder behind Jiangnan Enterprise Group. He was surprised and couldn't help but shout in a low voice.
An Yi put down Zhang Xi's resume and report, looked at the report owner in front of him, and gestured to him to sit down kindly. The clerk enthusiastically brought a cup of steaming fragrant tea and gently placed it on the table in front of Zhang Xi.
I thanked him in a low voice, took a few big sips of the tea, put down the tea cup and felt that my stomach felt a lot warmer, and then I realized that I had lost my temper.
An Yi didn't seem to notice, and smiled politely and asked: "Mr. Zhang, you did a good job on Wall Street in the United States, why did you come back? And it seems that you came back in a hurry from your hometown in Huanggang, Hubei within less than a month.
Apply for a job?”
"I...I'm sorry, General, there are some things I'm embarrassed to write on my resume. The reason why I quit my job in the United States and came back was because something happened at home...After I came back, my home was gone, my money was gone, and the three towns of Wuhan
All businesses are dying, no one wants to hire them
When I arrived in Nanjing, I found that the whole place was in chaos and panic, and most of the factories and shops were closed down. I saw in the newspaper that the general's company was recruiting accountants and other managers, so I took the liberty to come here." Zhang Xiping said calmly.
answer.
An Yi nodded: "Can you tell me what happened to your family?"
Zhang Xi hesitated for a moment, lowered his head in pain and whispered: "My house was burned down. My grandfather, father, aunt and second mother, pregnant sister, seventeen-year-old brother and fifteen-year-old sister were all gone..."
"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have asked."
An Yi shook his head apologetically, walked to the desk of Zhou Dashan who was sighing next to him, took the abacus and put it in front of Zhang Xi: "The resume says that you started learning abacus when you were five years old. Can you give us a demonstration?"
Zhang Xi nodded, moved the abacus in front of him, and then took another abacus from the table next to him. He stretched out his cold hands and rubbed each other a few times. The slender fingers of his hands naturally stretched and moved to the abacus.
Under the astonished gaze of the good man and An Yi, they fired their bows left and right at the same time and made a calculation skillfully.
Just listen to the abacus beads ringing faster and louder, the sound getting denser and louder. An Yi, Zhou Dashan, Shen Fengdao and the clerk in the room stared at Zhang Xi's fingers in disbelief, but the sound of the abacus was so loud that they could no longer see clearly.
At this moment, it suddenly stopped. The basic abacus skill of "beating a hundred pieces" from one to one hundred was completed in tens of seconds. Two neat numbers of five thousand and fifty were left on the abacus, which stunned everyone for a while.
Already.
Zhou Dashan, an expert in abacus, came to his senses and was about to sigh when Zhang Xi suddenly fell down and fell to the ground with a "bang" and fainted.
Shen Fengdao quickly stepped forward, helped him up and carried him to the side of the mahogany sofa, looked at his closed eyes and felt his pulse, raised his head and said to An Yi:
"This guy is exhausted. He is probably too hungry to have any strength."
An Yi asked the clerk to bring a glass of water and fed Zhang Xi himself. Zhang Xi swallowed two mouthfuls of hot water and slowly opened his eyes. He saw An Yi instructing the clerk to go down below to call his lover up, and quickly stopped An Yi.
Yi, asked in a low voice: "...Don't let her see it, don't let her see me like this, I'm sorry, General, don't call her, I'll be fine in a moment..."
An Yi let out a long sigh and asked the clerk to go out and buy a bowl of meat porridge. He pulled up a stool and sat across from the weak Zhang Xi, laughing in a low voice:
"A gentle man, you can still consider your woman's feelings at this time. You are a loving and righteous man! OK, I have hired you. You can stay in the general manager's office for now. When General Manager Zhou comes back from Shanghai, he will
Arrange your work. General Manager Zhou, like you, has returned from studying abroad. I believe you will have a common language. You are now a member of the company, so feel free to ask if you have any requests."
"General, I have no place to live. I would like to advance my salary to rent a house and settle down." Zhang Xi said unceremoniously.
An Yi smiled slightly: "It's very simple. I'll have someone send you three hundred yuan later. You also know that the minimum salary of our headquarters' financial staff is three hundred yuan. As for how much salary I will give you, I don't know."
The method has to be decided by General Manager Zhou. Let me lend it to you first and then return it to me after you receive your salary.
As for a place to settle down, you don’t have to bother looking for it. Our residential area has reserved houses for professionals like you. It is a two-and-a-half-story townhouse. You only need to bring your clothes and move in. No rent, water or electricity is required.
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Zhang Xi nodded gratefully: "Thank you, General!"
The clerk came in with a bowl of meat porridge, and Zhang Xi's beautiful woman followed behind with a panic look on her face. She was very nervous when she heard the sound of falling upstairs. When she saw the clerk running out and quickly bringing a bowl of porridge, she immediately
Realizing that something was wrong, he followed him through the door and rushed to Zhang Xi's side, holding his arm tightly and looking up and down anxiously.
Zhang Xi showed a sweet smile, held her hand tightly, and said softly: "I was hired, Shasha, you are right, we have hope, the general gave us generous treatment and gave us a family
...General, this is my wife Sharapova, a Russian-American, who came back from the United States with me."
An Yi smiled appreciatively and greeted Sharapova politely: "Can you speak Chinese? That's great... Mrs. Zhang, it's nice to meet you! Many of your fellow Russians have come to work in our old Nanchang.
The club I am building in Nanchang and the school being built here all have newly arrived Russian employees, including many talented doctors and military officers.
, musicians, dancers, architects and writers. Many of them are stranded nobles who are proficient in the languages of two or three countries. It is very rare. Our staff are still recruiting various talents in Shanghai. It is estimated that there will be many Russians in the future.
If you come to Lao Nanchang to work, as long as you come here, I will apply for permanent residence documents for them and ensure their safety and human rights. Please rest assured."
Sharapova stood up gratefully: "General, please allow me to thank you! You are a kind person."
An Yi smiled and nodded slightly: "I saw the cross on your chest. I am a Christian who has just returned from the baptism ceremony at St. Paul's Church in Nanjing. I wonder if it has the same origin as your religion?"
"Sorry, General, I converted to Orthodox Christianity." Sharapova smiled politely.
An Yi saw Zhang Xi swallowing hard while staring at the fragrant meat porridge, so he made an excuse and walked out with Zhou Dashan and others, leaving this space to this young couple who shared weal and woe.
When he came to the balcony railing, An Yi immediately ordered Shen Fengdao to inform the secret team and quietly go to Huanggang to thoroughly investigate Zhang Xi's family background. Afterwards, he chatted and smoked a cigarette with Zhou Dashan, who admired Zhang Xi very much, and then turned around.
Back to the office door,
The scene that appeared in front of her made An Yi stop involuntarily - the smiling Zhang Xi held up the meat porridge, served it with a spoon, and slowly brought it to Sharapova's seductive lips. Sharapova was full of
With tears on her face, she held her man's face lovingly and sobbed silently...