A piece of paper

In the retreat hall, twenty-one chairs are placed in order.

Beech wood seat plaques are placed on the yellow flower wood four-legged table next to each chair. The seat plaques are exquisitely arranged. The nameplates engraved in gilded regular script are arranged neatly, horizontally and vertically in a line. There are five Taishi chairs in front of the hall. Placed next to him, every ten steps stood a tall young girl wearing a red t-shirt.

Boss Qiang and Xian Jin came together. Seeing the battle, they didn't dare to enter for a long time.

"I'm very scared." Boss Qiang leaned to the side of Xianjin and said alertly, "There is a sense of urgency after me to pay the huge membership dues."

Xian Jin: The strong boss really has the intuition of a small animal.

Xian Jin walked into the main hall, and people were already sitting on the two rows of chairs. The first five chairs on the top were not names, but clans: Chen, Heng, Bai, Yun, and Liu.

Xian Jin stood there and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Boss Qiang, who was illiterate, relied on his colleagues to greet him and sat down. Seeing that Xian Jin was still standing, he shouted: "Sit down quickly!"

Xian Jin glanced around and finally found his name at the end of the seat.

Xianjin chuckled, said nothing, and walked toward the end with calm eyes.

The boss of the paper shop I know has a simple temper, and he will complain when he opens his mouth, "Why are you sitting here!"

There were also voices whispering to each other in twos and threes, eyes looking back and forth from the position above and Xian Jin sitting down several times, chatting together with their foreheads on top of each other, "Yes, yes, yes, I came out of Chen's house."

"I don't know what I'm doing now!"

"It seems like a small workshop has been set up - I think I have to start all over again!"

"I haven't heard of her doing anything big lately!"

"Haha, I told you, what can a little girl accomplish? I took advantage of the Chen family's influence! Now that the Chen family is no longer on the platform, their true colors have been revealed! She is just an ordinary little girl!"

After all, there are only a few people who say bad things. When most people hear these voices, they unconsciously retort, "Ha! You really pick up the bowl to eat and then put the bowl down to curse! If it weren't for this ordinary little girl, we could have done it. Tribute paper!?"

"My friend who went to the tribute paper camp came back and said that Shopkeeper He is really capable."

"It's not a big deal, right? Aren't you taking down the printing paper for books in Shandong these days?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Lao Niu, Lao Yang, and Lao Zhu all got orders, it's real!"

The voice is thin and broken, like the rustling sound of the audience under the stage, savoring and commenting carefully. Although Xian Jin is sitting in the audience now, he is always a person on the stage, supporting the positive and negative, and supporting the downfall. These sounds are like It has nothing to do with gold.

The young shopkeeper He always sat firmly in his seat, his eyes fixed on the chair of the Chen family like nails.

The extras are finished and the protagonist appears.

Heng, Bai, Yun, and Liu took their seats one after another, but the Chen family's seat was always vacant.

Behind Xian Jin, Mrs. Zhong narrowed her eyes and bent down: "Would you like to go and explore?"

Xian Jin shook his head slightly, "She will come."

While Xianjin was talking to Mrs. Zhong, the four Hengbai, Yunliu and Liu families had finished their greetings and socializing. Henglian put his hands on his knees, with a smile on his lips and eyes, and spoke loudly: "Today's meeting can be regarded as the end of our rice paper. The first meeting coincides with the sprouting of spring seedlings and the return of spring swallows to their nests, which is a good time for renewal and growth of all things! "

"Papa papa -" Clap your hands.

Xian Jin placed his right hand casually on the side table, tilting his cheek slightly but making no movement.

Heng Lian was very satisfied with the applause. He raised his hands and pressed them down. His eyebrows were gentle and elegant, and the Buddhist beads hanging on his right hand were very eye-catching.

Boss Qiang poked his head in and rolled his eyes, "Pretend! Pretend! Pretend! Why are you pretending to be a Confucian businessman? Why do these men start to look for intellectuals when they have some achievements!"

Xianjin leaned over and said, "What you said is very righteous and annihilating relatives."

He killed all the men including himself with one hammer.

Heng Lian's voice was gentle and steady, a bit like Shuquan Tiancai, which was very popular in later generations. "Today, I have two main things to discuss with you: one, to agree on the rules of procedure of our Xuancheng Chamber of Commerce——"

Boss Qiang was horrified: “Sure enough, we have to charge membership fees!”

"My Heng family has roughly drafted twelve rules. I read them here and listen carefully to all my colleagues."

The first nine articles overlap with the industry regulations originally proposed by Xianjin, and most of them restrict the membership of chambers of commerce and regulate members' rights and interests.

The last three are interesting.

——"Article 10, standardizes the membership qualifications of the Xuancheng Paper Chamber of Commerce. Applicants for membership must fill in a name badge and report annual profits, paper industry scope, raw material sources, and bulk sales destinations. Members must be reviewed."

"Article 11: If any matter is unanimously approved by a vote of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, it cannot be implemented if any of the five major parties have objections; if it is unanimously rejected by a vote of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, it can be implemented if all five major parties are unanimous."

"Article 12, this rule can be revised at any time by the president and the five members."

After reading the twelve articles, Xianjin narrowed his eyes unconsciously.

Very. Chamber of Commerce.

Especially in Article 11, there is a kind of naked protection of class interests, and even a bit like the veto power of the "Five Permanent Members" - the interests of the five major families must be safeguarded. Once the interests of the five major families are broken, no one will want to eat from the same pot. I've eaten!

Heng Lian put down the scroll with a smile, "Do you have any opinions after listening?" Just understand these contents.

There were several small merchants who wanted to talk. Heng Lian glanced at them and ignored them with a smile on his face. "All five merchants nodded to this rule of procedure. Xuancheng Paper Chamber of Commerce will only become more and more difficult to enter in the future." ——Everyone should have tasted the sweetness these days: only the paper merchants of the Xuancheng Paper Chamber of Commerce can hang up the big red plaque of tribute rice paper, right? These days, how is your business? How is your profit? There are many customers. Not much? You don’t need me to say it on the table, right?”

The small merchant pursed his lips, and the words in his throat were swallowed silently in a threatening tone.

Yes.

What does the Chamber of Commerce do?

Isn’t it just about building bridges, sharing resources, and achieving common prosperity?
Who will build the bridge? Who contributes resources? Whoever gets rich first will get rich later! ?

Big business!
Only big players can do it!

The prerequisite for big investors to support you is to protect their own status!

Although this rule is naked, it still makes sense.

The voting went by very quickly, and everyone was basically in favor.

The smile on Heng Lian's face deepened and he spoke loudly, "Very good! Very good! Everyone is thinking in one place and working hard in one place. Why worry about the underdevelopment of Xuancheng Paper Industry!"

"Okay! Let's start discussing the second matter - the replacement of the president of Xuancheng Paper!"

Everyone was in an uproar!

Then his eyes hit Xian Jin's cheek.

Xian Jin sat at the end of the seat, looking calmly across the crowd, and pinned the tail of Heng Lian Fanghua's eyes accurately and sharply.

"Why do you replace Boss He!" Boss Qiang took the lead in attacking, "You have a clear mind! Boss He has made a great contribution! What's more, her relationship with the government is so good, who among us here can match her!"

Heng Lian smiled and said, "Boss Qiang's words are wrong. What do you look for in the position of chairman of Xuancheng Paper? Is it based on your own strength and how well your business is doing? When is your relationship with the government good or bad? Has it also become a criterion for judgment?”

There was a hint of refined sarcasm in Heng Lian's smile, "To put it this way, the Bai family's daughter married Lord Ying Tianfu; the Chen family's grandson is a scholar and will soon be admitted to Jinshi; I am not talented and have several children studying in the Heng family. , everyone is inextricably connected with the government - this is not easy to judge."

Boss Qiang was speechless and looked back at Xian Jin with clarity: Boss, the younger one did his best!

Heng Lian smiled sincerely, "We know that Boss He has great powers and has found a big business for several workshops in the city. Although we are doing business to make money, we must also follow the rules. You can't just let anyone give you food. Whose bad feet are you flattering?"

The strong boss gasped with anger.

Whose feet are you flattering?
you stink! Your feet are the smelliest!
"Why are you proposing to change the candidate for the president?" Heng Lian stopped arguing with Boss Qiang and went straight to the topic, "When Boss He was elected as the president of Xuancheng Paper Industry, the director, Chen Ji, the big shopkeeper, backed the Chen family. This is what everyone The biggest reason to vote for her.”

"Boss He is now working alone. How big is the area of ​​Boss He's current shop? How much money does he have in a month's turnover? Do he have ten assistants?"

Heng Lian laughed happily, "Although our Xuancheng Paper Chamber of Commerce is not a profit-seeking person, we are also a land of big merchants who have paid tribute. The owner of a small workshop can afford the Xuancheng Paper Chamber of Commerce." Such a big name?"

Heng Lian said while looking back.

The three chiefs, Baiyun and Liu, all nodded in agreement.

Especially the Bai family, which has deep grudges with Xian Jin.

One head was nodding as if possessed by an evil spirit!
Xianjin glanced at Henglian and curled his lips into a smile.

It turns out that Article 11 is waiting here.

Heng Lian knew that she was using the Shandong big deal to win over the small workshops of the Chamber of Commerce. In order to solve the problem, he brought the five major families out and directly overridden the membership vote.

Xian Jin slowly stood up and said, "Whether we want to replace the president of Xuancheng Paper Industry, I won't ask all members to vote on this matter, right?"

Before Heng Lian could answer, Xian Jin spoke with sarcasm, "Anyway, don't you guys have the final decision-making power?"

Heng Lian smiled grandly and said, "Boss He, what you said is very unreasonable! We are among the top merchants in the entire Xuancheng Prefecture in terms of manpower, profits, paper output and sales, not to mention half of the country. ——If we really want to squeeze you out, will your workshop be able to open smoothly?"

Xianjin also smiled, "The rules of procedure just now have been passed. We have rules to follow and act according to the rules. Just follow the procedures for your suggestion -" his eyes fell on the empty seat of the Chen family, "It's just that there is one missing, you How are you preparing?"

Heng Lian seemed to have heard a big joke, "If what is missing is other families, maybe Huihuan, what is missing is the Chen family——"

The feud between you and the Chen family is so big!

The Chen family can still help you! ?
Heng Lian smiled, and the lines exploding at the corners of his eyes were more complicated than his life.

"What's wrong with the Chen family?" A clear female voice sounded outside the auditorium.

Everyone looked back, squinted for a long time, and bumped the elbow of the person next to them with some uncertainty, "Is this the old lady of the Chen family?"

"That's bullshit! Unless the old lady of the Chen family's old tree sprouts when the old tree sprouts!"

The visitor was in his early forties, with neat sideburns, an elegant hairpin, gentle eyebrows, fair skin, and a noble demeanor that was measured in actions and words in words.

She is the widow of Chen's family, Mrs. Duan.

A little late.