Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 608
There are all kinds of things, about a dozen things that are reciprocal.Most of the time, she only needs to prepare a gift and a post to send someone to deliver it, but sometimes she has to go there in person.

In addition to all kinds of etiquette, there are all kinds of people who want to visit her.

"At two o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Wu came to worship—"

"Oh, it's class time again." Pei Lixiu couldn't help being a little bored, curling her temple hair with her fingers.

This Mrs. Wu is a well-known local "boudoir teacher" and the widow of a famous scholar in Henan. She lives in Guangzhou to make a living.In order to avoid showing timidity in the conversation, Pei Lixiu specially invited her to teach her some common sense and answering skills.

Facts have proved that although this Miss Pei has the determination to be a great lady, she does not have enough perseverance.After learning a few times, I complained endlessly, so this kind of learning also began to become unrealistic.

Even so, studying is boring.She found an excuse to change it from once every five days to once every ten days.When Pei Lixiu heard that today was another day of study, she couldn't help feeling a bit dizzy after a hangover.

"Today Mr. Wu and Mr. Dong are also coming to visit Miss."

"Oh?! The two of them are interesting." Hearing these two, Pei Lixiu felt refreshed.These two sons of officials, since they lent money to the Guangzhou station last time to make a huge profit in the Leizhou sugar business, they admired the skills of this Dongzhu Guo, and then Ziminglou became more and more diligent.

Their family has a lot of money to squander, and they have nothing to do every day and can only find fun. Ziminglou has become a place that this group of people must visit almost every day, whether it is Pei Lixiu, Guo Yi, Zhang Xin, etc. The people are good, knowing that this group of people has money in their hands, and the father and brother family behind them has political power, so they try to win over this group of young masters, not only racking their brains to clone modern gadgets, but also specially inviting people to several famous cleanups in Guangdong.Some of these Qing guests are good at arranging music and teaching singing, some are good at stacking mountains and rocks, some are appraising antiques, mounting calligraphy and paintings, and domesticating flowers and birds. They are hired one by one with high salaries to contribute to Ziminglou's entertainment business.Two troupes are also under construction.

After the "breakfast" meal, Pei Lixiu went to her "office" as usual, and Zheng Shangjie was already there, and she was reprimanded loudly:

"How many times have I told you! Although a silver card is not considered a valuable item, it cannot be issued by an individual! If you issue it so casually, people will look at it as contemptible! Do you understand? Everyone wants it but can't get it. You have to have a hope."

As soon as Chunliu hit the curtain, she called out, "Miss Pei is here." The voice inside stopped.

Pei Lixiu walked in, and the two managers who were being reprimanded by Zheng Shangjie hurriedly bowed together.After Zheng Shangjie came, the business situation of Ziming Building became more regular and orderly.In particular, great progress has been made in marketing.This woman who has worked as an air ticket agent, cosmetics agent, health product agent, insurance agent, travel company agent, counterfeit mobile phone agent...etc. is very good at sales promotion.Under her guidance, a sales promotion department of Zi's Enterprise was specially set up to be responsible for promoting various products and services.And Ziminglou's promotional activities are the focus of her attention.

"Okay, you guys go first. You need to pay attention to the issuance of cards in the future." She emphasized this point again and sent people away.

After Zheng Shangjie arrived in Guangzhou, she had to change into women's clothes of the Ming Dynasty according to the custom of Ming Dynasty, but this kind of clothes with wide robes and long sleeves was really inconvenient, and it took a long time before she got used to it.But no matter how you look at yourself, how awkward.

For this reason, she seldom shows up in public and spends more time on internal management and administrative affairs, which just makes up for Pei Lixiu's weakness.The two work well together.In addition, Lingao began to train local aboriginal personnel in Guangzhou and Leizhou in rotation, especially screening and training the original managers and staff, and established a complete set of management systems in business.The management of the various companies under Guangzhou Station is much stricter than in the past.

The "cabinet room" or "general manager's office" in Ziming Building is a small room, decorated according to the style of the Ming Dynasty, but the layout is modern.Two rosewood desks made according to the modern look were placed back to back, and Pei Lixiu and Zheng Shangjie were doing it face to face.

Several of their secretaries, so-called maids, sat at the back on four small desks put together.Zheng Shangjie also has two maids under her name, one is in charge of her writing and paperwork, and the other is an accountant, specializing in bookkeeping.

Pei Lixiu sat behind her desk and yawned first, and Chunliu quickly made her a bowl of pine cone tea.Zheng Shangjie gave her a disdainful look: "It's already noon, and you haven't woken up yet?"

"I drank too much last night—" Pei Lixiu lied weakly on the table, "You despise me."

"I don't bother to despise you. There's still a lot to do here, though."

"God, did I come to Daming just to let me sit in an office and become a white-collar worker again." She moaned in pain, "Why is this more and more like the old days."

"Aren't you still a courtesan at night?"

"Oh—" Pei Lixiu sighed.I didn't say any more.Her head was still foggy -- and the life of a courtesan wasn't much easier.

"Construction of the Purple Garden has been approved by Dongzhu Guo." After arriving in Guangzhou, Zheng Shangjie, like the people at Guangzhou Station, changed her name in public to avoid attracting attention.

Zheng Shangjie's current identity is Guo Yi's cousin—he was specially invited to help.

Although Ziming Building has undergone some renovation and reconstruction, its layout has been greatly improved compared to before, but after all, it is located in a busy city and cannot be expanded.For this reason, Guo Yi sent people to survey the land outside the city, looking for a good place with mountains and rivers to build a villa manor, which will be used as a branch of Ziminglou.This place is called "Purple Garden".

"Someone proposed to invite Ji Cheng to build it." Pei Lixiu remembered this matter, "But this person seems to be in the south of the Yangtze River, so we need to send someone to invite him—"

"If you want me to tell you, it's best to delay the plan." Zheng Shangjie said, "We only know that this person is in Nanjing, and we don't know anything else. We sent someone over thousands of miles. I'm afraid we won't be able to return within three or four months." Come on, it costs a lot, not to mention that you may not be able to hire people. The audit is not very good-looking."

Guo Yi specifically mentioned at the last working meeting of the Guangzhou station that the Cheka should go to the Guangzhou station to review the accounts soon after the audit of the People's Committee of Agriculture is completed, and everyone should pay more attention to accounting work, especially account management and cash on.Unnecessary expenses are best not spent.

"Do you want the Ziyuan project?" Pei Lixiu didn't have any opinions on such things.

"If you usually stop, then stop. I'm afraid it's not good to stop after hearing the news. I think Ziyuan is also good. One more place to make money. Besides, Ji Cheng is not the only one who is a master of mountains, right?"

"It seems that he is the most famous." Pei Lixiu sighed, "We are not in Jiangnan."

The two women chatted one after another and dealt with the matter at hand.Chunliu, who suddenly went to the concierge to pick up the morning post, came back in a hurry.

She put the post on the table and hurriedly reported a strange thing to them.

Dong Jizhong and Wu Zhixiang, who were going to come to Ziming Building in the afternoon, unexpectedly sent someone to tell them that they were not in good health and would not come today.

"Did they say to change the date?" Pei Lixiu didn't feel anything strange yet.

"It's strange that it's strange here. If they don't come on weekdays, they always have to make another appointment. After the servant came today, he just said this and left."

"Maybe I forgot." Pei Lixiu also felt strange, but not too much.

"No, it's more than that." Chunliu told her that the number of posts received on the door today was more than [-]% lower than in the past, and many people who were supposed to come also sent servants to say they would not come for the time being.

"?" Pei and Zheng looked at each other.This is strange.It is a very face-saving thing to come to Ziming Building, because the reception capacity is limited, even if you have a drink here, you have to make an appointment several days or even ten days in advance to take a bath.For some special items, only VIPs with gold and silver cards can make reservations.Unless something urgent happens, it won't be canceled.

So something big has happened in Guangzhou!Zheng Shangjie was keenly aware of this.

"Hurry up and send someone to Huifu Street to meet Guo Yi, something happened in Guangzhou."

But there was no news from Guo Yi, so Zhang Xin hurriedly asked people around to inquire. Is there any news in Guangzhou recently?Everyone reported that night that everything was fine.In the evening, there was a lot of traffic, and the Ziming Building surrounded by people was as lively as usual, except for those dignitaries who had canceled their appointments and did not show up.

They finally got their first word that night.

The news was revealed from a clearer near the governor in the governor's yamen—on weekdays, Zhang Xin and others controlled a group of middle and lower-level personnel who worked beside the yamen and officials.

This person told them: Wang Zunde, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was secretly planning to attack the Kun bandits in Lingao.

Things are of course extremely confidential, but in ancient society there was no real concept of secrecy, and any information would be disclosed to those nearby.

"It's really unbelievable." Meng Xian said at the emergency meeting held in the safe house of Guangzhou Station, "Why is it suddenly going to be suppressed?"

"It will be a matter of time." Zhang Xin said, "The government will pretend to be deaf and dumb to a certain extent. There will always be a day when they can't pretend anymore."

"According to the point of view of intelligence science, such news must first be verified."

"Well, I have sent people to our 'relationships' in various yamen to verify. Whether it is true or not, there will definitely be news in the next few days." Yan Maoda frowned and said, "I am afraid that the person who came to this matter is not good. I am afraid that Guangzhou Station It’s going to be a test.”

"Just report the situation to Lingao." Pei Lixiu was puzzled, "We are all serious Guangzhou natives now."

"This is just red tape." Guo Yi said, "At the beginning they could register our household registration, but this time they don't have to admit it. Who doesn't know that these trade names are actually owned by Australians? Whether they want to punish us or not is all up to us. It’s just a thought of this group of officials.”

"But aren't we the people of Daming in name? They must have a reason." Zheng Shangjie has not been in Daming for a long time, and the officials of Daming he has seen are at most a little obscene, and he has never seen their insidiousness.

"There are many reasons. The official word is two words, no matter how you say it is his reason." Yan Maoda said, "The matter is indeed very dangerous!"

Guo Yi nodded and said: "The household registration of the Ming Dynasty is unreliable. Don't say that we are fake registries, we are just Guangzhou natives who are serious and honest. If you are an official, you can clean it up if you want. Not to mention that Guangzhou Station has such a big industry. Many people are jealous. If the suppression of the bandits this time is true, the officials and noble gentry who conspired to seize these names may have their heads broken."

Speaking of this, everyone is a little silent. In the past few years, the Guangzhou Station has been windy and rainy.Several people in charge have become well-known figures on the ground in Guangzhou.He, Guo Yi, posted a post, and people from Guangzhou Prefecture, Nanhai, and Panyu counties would immediately come forward, and ordinary matters could be settled immediately.Even if they go to the yamen of sub-inspectors, the yamen of the chief envoy, or even the yamen of the governor and governor, they still have contacts and can go through the door at any time.Any message can also be transmitted anytime, anywhere.

When Guangzhou Station used Qiwei Escort to expand the inn, warehousing and logistics industries, it fought with the local Sidihu and Crouching Dragon. During this period, the special investigation team repeatedly did wet work in Guangzhou, killing people and setting fires. I have done a lot of things for my family, because I have a strong relationship with the government and a strong background.Don't talk about the troublemaker's pursuit, there is not even a talkative person.

This situation gave them a feeling that they were the "invisible godfather" in Guangzhou.Guangzhou station is rock solid.During the meeting in the safe house, it became almost a routine to make fun of the corruption, corruption and incompetence of the Ming government—as long as you are willing to spend money, you can do anything.This has become the thinking mode of the staff in Guangzhou Station.

Some people even joked when they were drinking too much: Even if the headquarters of Lingao is destroyed one day, the Jiye Traveling Group relying on Guangzhou Station will be able to regain its strength.

Now, just the news of the imminent use of force against Lingao made them feel like they were struck by lightning.

They have never really felt their dependence on the entire Lingao Group before.There is no need to consider, measure or calculate anything, without the support of the entire group behind them, the destruction of the Guangzhou station would be an instant matter - they are just a big piece of fat.

"We don't need to be in a hurry." Yan Maoda said, "This news has not been confirmed yet. But since it came from the governor's office, I think it is more than [-]% true. Some preparatory work should be done."

"Well, I agree with Lao Yan's point of view." Zhang Xin said, "Although this incident is a bit strange, it can't be taken as a precaution. My opinion is that people are the most important thing, and goods and things are not important. Retreat immediately."

"Do you want to start the muddy operation?"

The muddy operation is the general retreat plan of the Guangzhou Station.Including the demobilization and evacuation of personnel, the return, concealment and burial of materials and property, and the management of various business relationships.This plan has been formulated since the establishment of the Guangzhou station. As the scale of the Guangzhou station becomes larger and larger, the plan for the muddy operation becomes thicker and thicker.

Guo Yi said: "Of course not, it's just a possibility now, we don't need to be too nervous, and we can't get confused."

"Once they want to attack Lingao, we will definitely lose our place," Zhang Xin said.

"Whether Lingao will be conquered or not has not been confirmed yet," Guo Yi said. "We cannot rule out the possibility that someone is trying to take advantage of our fact that we are Australians and put a big hat on us."

"What do you mean?" Zheng Shangjie didn't quite understand.

"You mean, someone used the crusade against Lingao to force us to reap the benefits, but it's not certain whether they will attack Lingao or not?"

"Yes. We have to consider such a possibility. Guangzhou Station is a piece of fat, and there are many people who are eyeing it. In the city of Guangzhou, is it rare for someone to buy it well and take it by chance? We have always been strong in the background. , if you want to eat the meat of the Zi Group, you have to punish us from the root. Release such true and false news, forcing us to mess up."

"You mean the news might be false?"

"No, the news may be true. But the crusade against Lingao may not be carried out. The so-called bow cannot shoot the arrow."

"This group of officials is very big in itself. So I said, even if there is such a thing as attacking Lingao, we don't have to worry. There are many aspects involved in the Guangzhou station. Once it is over, many people The interests will suffer serious losses, and they will not let it go. For example, Gao Ju. Even if the mutual payment can be offset, he still lost the supply of Australian goods, and the gain outweighs the loss.” Yan Maoda said.

"Now we need to find various channels to confirm the news, and by the way, find our allies. Let them come out and speak for us when necessary." Guo Yi said, "Of course, this news will be reported to Lingao tonight. Go. From today onwards, the situation in Guangzhou will be reported twice a day."

"Okay." Everyone agreed.

"There is also Mengxian." Guo Yi said, "Delong Bank has very little public contact with Guangzhou Station, and there are a lot of private deposits of officials, so it is estimated that it will not be affected too much. You should not go there recently. The Zizihao is here. If something happens, send a traffic officer to contact you. If something urgent happens and you lose contact, you can arrange your own retreat or temporarily stand by according to the situation."

"Okay." Meng Xian nodded heavily, "I will try my best to persevere."

"Also, you'd better take an inventory of your deposits to see how much you can call." Guo Yi said, "I reckon that if this news is true, these purple-branded companies will face a massive crisis in a few days. I’m afraid there will be a run on your own. Each family must prepare at least 5 taels of cash.”

(End of this chapter)