Spy War 1929

Chapter 240 A Good Thing Offered to Your Door
"No, it's impossible!" Looking at Mena sitting opposite, Anderson got up angrily, and slammed his hands on the table, making a loud noise.

Anderson was surprisingly angry at the moment.

The public board of directors has thought for so long and held so many meetings, and this is the final result?
Anderson couldn't take it.

If the strike problem can only be solved by raising wages, why delay it for a month?

The wage increase was a request made by the workers early in the morning. Could it be that the way they came up with in a month was to compromise with the workers?
If we do this now, what are the various meetings of the public directors discussing this month?
Are you discussing how to eat shit more delicious!
And if he did this, how would he calculate his loss this month?
"Mena, I will never agree. The wages of the workers are already very high. It is impossible for me to raise their wages again." Anderson said loudly.

Seeing that Anderson was so emotional, Mena had a friendly smile on his face, and even seemed to be a little bit apologetic. He offered kind words to Anderson.

"Anderson, don't get excited, I understand your thoughts. But maybe you can think about it in a different way.

If you give workers a raise, they might be more motivated to work.

You know these Chinese workers, as long as they meet their demands, they work very hard.

And if you give them a raise, they will respect you more and you will have a very good reputation among them.

Haven't you always wanted to be on the public board?If you can have a very good reputation, then I can propose you to join the public board in the next election. If you have a good reputation, you will be more likely to enter the public board. "

With a smile on his face, Mena analyzed the possible benefits of a salary increase for Anderson.

When doing something, how can we only look at its bad side, but also look at its good side.

"No, they won't thank me."

Anderson became even more upset when he heard Mena's words.

"Last time, Henry asked me to make up those workers' previous wages, and he said the same as you that the workers would thank me.

The results of it?
They didn't thank me, they said I was Grandet, that I was a miser! "

"Oh shit!

As soon as I paid them my salary, they even said that I was Grandet.

Am I Grandet?You said, am I Grandet! "

It's okay not to mention Grandet, but when it comes to Grandet, Anderson can't control his emotions more and more

He acted a little crazy.

Now in the whole of Shanghai, everyone knows that he is Grandet, whether it is a person in the upper class or an ordinary person.

He has now become the laughing stock of Shanghai Bund.

Mena looked at Anderson jumping up and down, still with a comforting smile on his face, which made people feel a little heartwarming.

"No, Anderson, it's different, this time"

"It's nothing different, it's the same," Anderson interrupted Mena roughly, the anger in his head preventing him from being quiet.

He needs to vent.

The conversation was interrupted so impolitely by Anderson, and the smile on Mena's face slightly restrained.

The smile still exists on his face, but it is not as friendly as before.

"Anderson, you know that the election of the board of directors is voted by taxpayers. Now that the concession has been shut down for a month, your imagination in the hearts of taxpayers has been destroyed.

It's almost impossible to get them to vote you on the board.

However, the general director of the public board of directors has the right to directly recommend director candidates to Mr. Consul.

So I think you have to think carefully about raising wages for workers. "

With a smile on the corner of Mena's mouth, he looked at Anderson, waiting for Anderson to give an answer he wanted to hear.

But Anderson, who was furious, his fiery mood at the moment did not allow him to carefully consider the pros and cons behind this matter.

"Don't think about it, I will never raise wages for workers, absolutely not!
Want to raise salary, unless I am not the boss anymore!
Isn't it the director of the public board of directors? I just don't want to be a director! ’ Anderson yelled.

He felt a little wronged.
Obviously we are our own people, it's fine if you don't help me, but you still want to help those workers,

As a Jewish old man, Anderson was very business-minded when he was young, otherwise he would not have been able to win the hydropower patent rights in the concession, and the benefits in this are not small.

But now that he is old, he has lost a bit of business thinking, and money has become his favorite.

Anyone who wants to take the money in his pocket wants to take his life.

Hearing Anderson's words, Anderson's smile stagnated, and then slowly retracted.

"Anderson, are you really not going to raise your salary?"

"No!" Anderson replied firmly.

Mena stood up, the warm smile disappeared from his face without a trace, he straightened his suit, smoothed some wrinkles on the clothes, and then looked at Anderson solemnly.

"Mr. Anderson, I now announce to you in my capacity as Managing Director and Executive Director of the Board of Directors that:

From now on, the Board of Directors will formally take back your right to monopolize the hydropower in the concession, and, in view of the bad response from the public during your company’s supply of hydropower in the concession, water and power outages often occur.Therefore, the concession will refuse to cooperate with you on water and electricity resources in the future.

Regarding the relevant documents of this decision, the Public Board of Directors will then have a special person responsible for contacting you. "

After speaking, Mena no longer looked at Anderson, he turned and walked towards the door.

The anger in Anderson's mind completely extinguished Mena's words, and he turned anxiously to look at Mena, but Mena had already walked to the door at this time.

Mena's footsteps didn't stop because of Anderson's change, but a sentence came out of his mouth before going out the door.

"Stubborn fool!"

"Sister Cheng Cheng, is this the plum blossom?"

"Yeah, is this the first time you've seen plum blossoms?"

"probably."

Feng Mansion, Zhang Xiaojun and Feng Chengcheng stood together in the garden, right in front of them, several plum trees were in full bloom.

Zhang Xiaojun looked at the small tree dotted with red with surprise in his eyes.

The reason why Zhang Xiaojun appeared here was, of course, to avoid the crazy Mr. Gu and came to the Feng Mansion with Chen Ledao.

Chen Ledao and Feng Jingyao were talking under the pavilion in the garden, while Zhang Xiaojun was taken for a walk in the garden by Feng Chengcheng.

Not long after Zhang Xiaojun and Feng Chengcheng met, the two had a tendency to develop into close friends in boudoir.

Feng Chengcheng has almost no friends except Wang Yueqi.

Of course, Sheng Qi also counted.

However, Sheng Qi is a bit of a strong woman, and her temperament is quite different from Feng Chengcheng's.Therefore, Feng Chengcheng still looks forward to his friends.

As for Zhang Xiaojun, she has never been in awe of the powerful, so even though she is just a little secretary, she and Feng Chengcheng get along very naturally.

And because of the special relationship between Feng Chengcheng and Chen Ledao, Zhang Xiaojun originally wanted to get closer to Feng Chengcheng.

In the situation where you are affectionate and I am intentional, the relationship between the two naturally develops very quickly.

"I always thought that plum blossoms were elegant white, but I didn't expect them to be bright red." Zhang Xiaojun said with some surprise.

"There are actually many colors of plum blossoms, including dark red, light pink, and light yellow."

The little heads of the two daughters got together, chattering about plum blossoms there, and under the gazebo not far away, Chen Ledao and Feng Jingyao, the son-in-law, were also chatting happily.

"Since Fabre agreed, then you can bring this letter of guarantee to him later." Feng Jingyao waved to Uncle Xiang who was next to him, and Uncle Xiang took out an envelope and handed it to Chen Ledao.

"Let's take a look and see if there is anything wrong." Feng Jingyao said.

"What's so interesting about this, since you think it's okay, then you can't go wrong." Chen Ledao said with a smile, and then put the envelope directly into the inner pocket of his clothes.

Seeing this, Feng Jingyao showed a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth, and nodded casually.

"Now this matter is settled, let's talk about your next business."

"What's next?"

"What about the Chief Inspector, why, you don't want to be that Chief Inspector?"

"Hey, how can this be possible," Chen Ledao smiled shyly.

In front of Feng Jingyao, the quasi old father-in-law, Chen Ledao showed his honest appearance.

"But is the chief inspector's matter settled so soon?" Chen Ledao asked in surprise.

Feng Jingyao shook his head, "It's not so fast, but it's time to think about it."

Chen Ledao nodded, he remembered something, pondered for a while and asked Feng Jingyao directly:

"The solution here is to go directly to Bernard, right?"

Feng Jingyao looked at Chen Ledao, but he didn't see what Chen Ledao meant by asking, so he nodded.

"The appointment of the chief inspector requires the consent of the consul. It is more convenient to find Bernard directly than anyone else."

The chamber of commerce throws so much money into the consulate every year, and it can't let all that money go to waste.These relationships built with Ocean, no need, are they waiting for him to rust!

What's more, Bernard was anxious to save up more coffin books before retirement. If he wasn't looking for him at this time, who else would he look for.

Chen Ledao nodded after listening, and said what he wanted to say.

"Some time ago, I inquired about Martin at the police station, only to find out that Martin and Salley are friends.

When I first came to Shanghai Beach, I saved Sal Li, so we have always had a good relationship with Sal Li.

Six months ago, when Salli returned to China, he specifically told me that Martin was his friend, and if there was any trouble, he could go to Martin.

But I didn't know who Martin was at the time, and I forgot about it afterwards.

Not long ago, Martin recommended me to be the chief inspector to Bernard, probably because of Saarley's relationship.

I think this can be used. If you don't recommend someone to Bernard, the most likely person Bernard will appoint in the end may be me
After all, I played a very important role in this blackout.Proves that I am influential in both groups, French and Chinese.This is crucial to becoming Chief Inspector.

And Fabre will also suggest to Bernard that I be the chief inspector. As the police chief, Bernard should carefully consider Fabre's opinion. "

After hearing Chen Ledao's words, Feng Jingyao pondered and fell into thinking.

After a while, he shook his head.

"Looking for Bernard, although you have to send something out, it's safer. Bernard is about to retire, and he won't be as sensible as before when it comes to the appointment of the Chief Inspector.

If it was before, Bernard would definitely have taken the advice of the Chief of Police seriously, but not necessarily now.

If someone was willing to spend a lot of money to buy the position of Chief Inspector, Bernard would not refuse. "

Shanghai Bund lacks everything, except rich people.

Feng's Chamber of Commerce is the leader among many chambers of commerce in Shanghai, but even he dare not say that he is the richest.

The Zhou family where Zhou Wen lives is not as conspicuous as the Feng family, but in Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, everyone has to give the Zhou family three points of face.

As for money, as a family from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Zhou family has never been short of money.

Then there is the Sheng family. Needless to say, the Sheng family once became the richest man in the country. Even if the family's talents are withered now, the Sheng family is also the kind of family that is so poor that only money is left.

The Sheng Family Foundation is still there, as long as the Sheng Family produces a talent one day, it is not impossible to rise again.

Then there is the Gu family, needless to say about the Gu family, Gu Haitang and Feng Jingyao are listed among the three tycoons in Shanghai, and they are more inclined towards business. In terms of money, the Feng family is probably a little inferior.

The French Concession and the Public Settlement. Although the French Concession looks more prosperous, it is not comparable to the Public Settlement in terms of business atmosphere.

After all, the order of the public concession is more stable than that of the French concession, and there are not so many hooligans to harass those businessmen.

In addition to these most conspicuous families, there are many other families. After all, the most indispensable in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich and powerful families.

For example, the Ming family that has developed better and better in recent years, the Yu family in the shipping industry, the Chen family in the bank, and the Zhang family that has been somewhat unlucky in recent years, etc.

These families are not the ones who are short of money, and they may not give Feng Jingyao face.

The position of Chief Detective Fang Hua in the French Concession is quite enviable.

It is not impossible to say that these families are tempted by him.

Feng Jingyao has been a landowner in the French Concession for so many years, and has managed Feng's Chamber of Commerce in the concession to flourish, which has attracted the envy and hatred of many people.

Hearing what Feng Jingyao said, Chen Ledao also felt that it made sense.

It seems that compared with Feng Jingyao, I still searched a little bit.Chen Ledao felt this way in his heart.

He told Feng Jingyao about this, meaning that Feng Jingyao didn't need to spend money to win over Bernard.

Although Feng's Chamber of Commerce belongs to Feng Jingyao now, the future belongs to him, Chen Ledao. The money saved for the Feng family now will still belong to him in the future!

"You don't have to worry about this matter, the chamber of commerce will take care of it.

Bernard is about to retire, and the consul who will replace him is not yet known. If we can make mistakes now, we will try our best not to make mistakes. "Feng Jingyao said in a deep voice.

Bernard's retirement and the appointment of a new consul are very important to the Feng family.

Feng Jingyao is now praying that the new consul will not be a stick like Fabre.

Chen Ledao nodded, since Feng Jingyao said so, what else could he say!

It is not bad to enjoy the feeling of enjoying the shade under the big tree once in a while.

After finishing the official business, Feng Jingyao looked at Feng Chengcheng who was standing in front of a plum tree with Zhang Xiaojun, and said suddenly:
"Do you have any thoughts on the engagement with Cheng Cheng?"

"Ah," Chen Ledao was stunned for a moment.

"Isn't it still early?"

Feng Jingyao looked at him and shook his head.

Chen Ledao didn't understand what Feng Jingyao meant by shaking his head, it's late?Or are you unhappy with my reaction?

"Cheng Cheng is in her late teens. When we talked about marriage with her before, she always used reading as an excuse. Now that the book is finished, this matter has become the most important thing.

Many girls who are similar to her have children, so she doesn't panic.

As a man, you should think more about this. "

Feng Jingyao said softly, although he had a preaching tone, but he didn't mean to blame.

When Chen Ledao heard the words, he just smiled embarrassingly.

Mr. Lu Xun said: Marriage is the grave of love.

Mr. Zhou Shuren also said: Marriage is a besieged city, people outside the city want to enter, and people inside the city want to get out.

As we all know, Mr. Lu Xun and Mr. Zhou Shuren are two people, but they have one thing in common - dare to say anything.

Chen Ledao actually never thought that he would have a home in the Republic of China so soon.

"When to get married depends on what you and Cheng Cheng want. You are in a critical period in your career. I don't need to rush you, but Cheng Cheng can't afford to wait.

What I can do is to let you get engaged first. As for when to get married, it depends on you. "

Feng Jingyao looked at Chen Ledao meaningfully.

Chen Ledao couldn't help but pursed his lips. Do you mean you don't want to rush when you keep saying this?
People of the same age have children, and she can't afford to wait, isn't this urgent?
Or is it that your old understanding of "reminder" is that you put a gun to my forehead, which is called "reminder"?
Chen Ledao didn't say anything else, just obediently listened to Feng Jingyao, and then nodded persistently.

Isn't it just getting engaged? There's nothing to be afraid of. You don't know how difficult it will be to marry a daughter-in-law in the future.

The daughter-in-law who took the initiative to send it to your door, why not, why not? ! !

(End of this chapter)