People in the Republic of China: Rising from the Fall

Chapter Ninety-Three No Longer Low-key! The ceremony noodles sensationalized on the beach! A foreigner with many hearts and eyes!!

Su Zheng originally planned to build the Peace Hotel and Paramount in the public concession.

Now Fei Xinna still has to send land and Chinese directors to Su Zheng, which is naturally a good thing for Su Zheng.

Don’t be white anyway.

Soon.

Fei Xinna, general director of the board of directors of the Ministry of Works and Bureau, together with several directors, successfully introduced Su Zheng to the board of directors of the Ministry of Works Bureau.

This also made Su Zheng the first Chinese director of the Public Concession Work Bureau, which caused quite a stir and influence in the Public Concession.

You know, the public concession can be said to be the decision of the British States… The other directors are also foreigners.

Now Su is on the board of directors of the Ministry of Works, which represents the improvement of the status of the Chinese.

Or Su Zheng’s.

After becoming a Chinese director of the public concession, Su joined the first board of directors of the Ministry of Works.

Board of Directors of the Ministry of Works.

Conference Center.

Fei Xinna looked at the crowd and said, “Everyone, first of all, welcome Mr. Su Zhengsu, the first Chinese director of our public concession!” ”

Snapping~…

Several directors present applauded.

Even if Sakura Kuni Director Miyano Sakura doesn’t want to applaud, he has to make a show.

Miyano Saki Toshi never expected Su Zheng’s growth rate to be too fast. Su Zheng actually entered the board of directors of the Ministry of Works so quickly.

Sure enough, it is not simple!

Fei Xinna glanced at Su Zheng and then said solemnly: “With the increasing number of Chinese in our public concession, after consultation by the board of directors, it was finally decided to add a new Chinese director!” ”

“This reflects our pursuit and belief in the ideal of democracy, freedom, and equality, and is also the goal of our struggle, the purpose of which is to make the public concession better!”

“After the deliberation and decision of the board of directors, it was finally to let Mr. Su Zhengsu serve as the representative of the Chinese directors!”

Su was listening to Fei Xinna’s words, and there was a sneer in his heart: The foreigners are really shameless, obviously it is an exchange of interests, but it is so grandiose, and the face is really thick enough.

No democracy and freedom can compare to interests.

Foreigners are the ones who put their interests first.

Sure enough……… Foreigners don’t have many good things.

But one thing… Faith is right.

That is, the Chinese in the public concession are more and more.

At the beginning of the opening of the concession, the policy of separating China and the foreign country was implemented, including the compradors who served the foreign banks, were not allowed to live in the concession.

There were only about 500 local peasants and Chinese people in the concession.

However, on September 7, 1853, the Knife Society captured the county seat of Modu, and 20,000 local Chinese fled into the concession.

In 1860, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacked Suzhou, and another 500,000-700,000 refugees poured into the concession.

Foreign businessmen took the opportunity to build a large number of Shikumen houses for rent.

Since then, a pattern of mixed living in Huayang has been formed.

When the fighting ended, the refugees returned home, and the population of the concession declined.

However, with the rapid prosperity of industry and commerce in the concession and the expansion of the concession, a large number of residents and even overseas Chinese entered the public concession, either starting a business or making a living.

In particular, the successive wars have caused a sharp increase in the population of the concession… At present, in 1923, there were about 700,000 Chinese in the public concession, and the number was very large.

Fei Xinna looked at Su Zheng and said, “Mr. Su, I hope that you will join the board of directors of the Ministry of Works and Bureau, and you can participate in the management of the public concession together.” ”

Su Zheng: “Definitely!” ”

This time, the board actually didn’t talk about anything.

It is just to let Su Zheng understand the Ministry of Works more quickly.

At present, in addition to the board of directors, the Ministry of Works also has the General Office and the Security Department, as well as the business group.

The General Office has one general office and two helpers.

The Police Force has a strength of 4,879 and has jurisdiction over 14 patrol houses and detective teams.

Business group, also known as ‘international business group’.

This was not a business group, but the British and American countries organized volunteer brigades in the name of protecting overseas Chinese, later known as the International Merchant Group, which became a paramilitary force of the concession authorities and played a role in maintaining the rule of the concession authorities.

When the Taiping Army conquered Zhenjiang in 1853, foreigners in the Modu were also nervous, so some people proposed to build their own armed forces to defend the concession.

On April 8, the British and American consuls held a joint meeting and decided to formally form a militia organization mainly composed of foreigners in the concession, named the ‘Modu Volunteer Brigade’, that is, the “Foreign Gun Team”.

Because the members of this paramilitary organization come from many countries, it is also called the ‘Merchant Group of Nations’.

The first battle after the establishment of the Wanguo Merchant Group was fought against the Qing army, and it was also victorious.

In September 1853, the small knife would revolt in the still ready-made Demon Capital, and the Qing army hurriedly sent troops to suppress it.

When he reached the western moat of the concession, he was blocked by foreigners, so he had to camp by the river to watch the situation develop.

On April 3 of the following year, the Qing army fought with the foreigners in the east of the concession, and the Wanguo Merchant Group came to support and bombarded the Qing army camp with artillery, so the Qing army and the Wanguo Merchant Group broke out into war, and the final result was that the Qing army was forced to retreat west after killing and wounding hundreds of people, and the Wanguo Merchant Group won the victory.

This victory made the concession authorities believe that relying on the armed forces of the merchants was enough to ensure the safety of the concession, and also designated April 4 as the “founding day” of the Shanghai Wanguo Merchants Group, and a military parade was held every year.

In 1870, the Wanguo Merchant Group was taken over by the Ministry of Works of the Public Concession and became its permanent establishment.

Subsequently, the army was expanded over the years, and its supreme command body was the General Headquarters, with a commander-in-chief and several deputy commanders-in-chief, under which there were cavalry teams, field artillery teams, light artillery teams, engineering teams, ironclad convoys, infantry units, and so on.

This is the International Chamber of Commerce.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the international business group is very strong, well-equipped, and there are European and American and other powerful countries as guarantees behind it… This was also the force that maintained the security of the concession

The Donation Office is responsible for collecting taxes and is also a very important department of the Ministry of Works, after all, it is the department that comes from money.

In addition, there are other departmental agencies, such as Outer Guard, Public Works Office, Education Division 1, Finance Office, Public Library, Band, Chinese Language Office and many other institutions.

Su Zheng entered the board of directors of the Ministry of Works in the public concession, which is a step further.

This is just a springboard.

Springboard to jump up.

At the same time, in the first board of directors, Su Zheng also saw the clues.

Fei Xinnai let himself enter the board of directors of the Ministry of Works, not only for the sake of political performance and co-optation, but also for the balance of power and control of the board of directors of the Ministry of Works…

There are currently 10 directors in the Ministry of Works.

The Board of Directors is able to decide on the policies of the Ministry of Works and the administration of the Public Concession.

Whoever controls the board of directors controls the Ministry of Works and the Bureau, and then the entire public concession.

This is somewhat similar to a company’s board of directors.

Although Fei Xinna is the general director, he also needs to vote when he encounters things……… Voting is naturally based on the principle of the minority obeying the majority…

This requires more board votes.

It is precisely because of this that Faith decided to pull Su Zheng into the board of directors of the Ministry of Works, and he felt that this was to make Su Zheng stand on his side… In this way, the initiative is taken at the time of voting.

The purpose is clear.

Sure enough, it was the old fox.

Everyone’s heart and eyes are too many.

More than eight hundred hearts and eyes.

However, Su Zheng and Fei Xinna also used each other.

Su Zheng used Fei Xinna to enter the Ministry of Works Bureau for his own interests, and Fei Xinna used Su Zheng to seek control of the Ministry of Works and the achievements of the public concession.

With Su Zheng officially entering the board of directors of the Ministry of Works Bureau, the efficiency of the Bureau of Works and the public concession was also very high, and the construction land for Paramount and the Peace Hotel was soon approved to Su Zheng.

These lands are very prosperous and lively places in the public concession… The price value is not low.

But because Fei Xinna promised Su that it was at a low price to give Su Zheng……… Therefore, Su got the construction land at a very low price.

This is another big money savings.

The location is booked.

The next step is to start construction.

Su Mansion.

Yang Bao, Liang Cheng, and Su Zheng were discussing the construction of the Peace Hotel and Paramount.

After several hours of deliberations, the opening of Paramount and the Peace Hotel was set at nine o’clock in the morning three days later.

Paramount wants to build the first music house in the East, or even the world’s first music house

The Fairmont Peace Hotel is to become a landmark building in Shanghai Beach and to become the tallest building in the Far East.

Of course, Su Zheng also wants to build a building hundreds of meters high, but now the construction technology and conditions are limited, and Su Zheng is also helpless!

Therefore, Su Zheng, Yang Bao and Liang Cheng also spent a lot of thought.

After finally finalizing the relevant construction matters, Yang Bao looked at Su Zheng and said, “Mr. Su, as the landmark building of the Magic Capital was started, do you want to hold a groundbreaking ceremony?” Do you want to make a splash? ”

Publicity?

Su Zheng was slightly stunned, thought for three seconds, and slowly said: “Since low-key can not be low-key, then it is no longer low-key!” ”

“This time, the groundbreaking ceremony of the Peace Hotel and Paramount Gate will be a special momentum!”

Since you can’t keep a low profile, let’s be arrogant!

Su Zheng decided to do a good job……… This time the Peace Hotel and

The row of the foundation stone laying ceremony of Paramount is also very large, and it is also a sensation throughout Shanghai Beach………