There is a high-walled red courtyard on the busy street in the west of Annan Road. The word "Wanfu" is written on the door. It looks very grand. Eight or nine fat-bellied wealthy businessmen are sitting in the lobby of the front courtyard. These people are

He was the big shopkeeper of the major shops on Annan Road. No matter what these big shopkeepers said, the white-haired man sitting at the head of the table never said a word.

The white-haired man is called Wanbaoshan. He is the most experienced businessman in Annan Road and the leader of the Annan Road Chamber of Commerce. Although Wanbaoshan has white hair, he is only less than fifty. The properties under his name are spread throughout Annan Road.

There are as many as thirty. It is rumored that Wanfu's gold bars are enough to support a hundred thousand frontier troops for three years. Of course, only Wanbaoshan and his daughter Wanxinliu know the truth.

While all the top shopkeepers were chatting, Wan Guhai, Wanbaoshan's adopted son, walked in quickly, whispered in Wanbaoshan's ear, then said hello to all the top shopkeepers and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, everyone closed their mouths and waited for Wanbaoshan to speak.

Wanbaoshan stood up slowly and apologized to everyone, clasping his fists and saying: "Dear shopkeepers, I have some urgent matters that need to be dealt with. Please wait a moment. I will come back as soon as I go. You can have two drinks with me at noon."

A middle-aged man wearing a fur hat stood up and clasped his fists and said: "President Wan is busy first, we are waiting for you. You guys haven't had a drink with Chairman Wan for such a long time. I just took this opportunity to ask you for two glasses of wine today."

Drink." Everyone stood up and clasped their fists in agreement.

"I'm very welcome. Please sit down for a moment." After saying this, Wanbaoshan quickly walked towards his study room.

In Wanfu's study room, a middle-aged man in a gray gown was facing away from the door and admiring the calligraphy and paintings on the wall. Hearing movement behind him, he turned around with a smile and said: "President Wan, you are welcome and well!"

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Wanbaoshan quickly stepped forward, held the middle-aged man's hand with both hands, and smiled: "Brother, I'm really happy that you can come."

The middle-aged man in the gray gown was Huangfu Leng. In the seventh year of Dahua, Wanbaoshan's family business was not that big at that time, and he was running around doing business. Once he went to Gyeonggi Province to negotiate a supply of goods, but he met someone on the way.

The bandits robbed the road and robbed the money. In order to prevent the government from pursuing them, the bandits wanted to kill Wanbaoshan and destroy the corpses and traces. Who?

Zhi happened to meet Huangfu Leng who was on his way out on business. The cold-faced King of Hell, who was in his prime, killed three people by himself, scared off the other gangsters, and was injured himself. In order to be grateful to this savior, Wanbaoshan would go there every time

When I go to Gyeonggi Province or the surrounding areas for business, no matter whether I have enough time or not, or how far away I am, I will visit Huangfu Leng. I know that Huangfu Leng loves to drink tea, and he often brings some local specialty tea to Huangfu Leng when he goes out to discuss business.

Whenever he came to Annan Road, he would come to ask for a drink. Therefore, the two of them became familiar with each other as time went by.

The two sat down and chatted, and Wanbaoshan said: "We haven't seen each other for a year since the last time we said goodbye. Let's stay at my place to drink tonight. Fifteen-year-old wine makes our children red. We won't get drunk tonight."

Return."

Huangfu waved his hands coldly and said with a smile: "Forget it for today, I just heard from Gu Hai that you still have many guests here, just accompany them."

Wanbaoshan said: "They are not as important as you, just let Gu Hai accompany them."

Huangfu Leng did not beat around the bush with this long-time friend and asked directly: "I heard that they are all the shopkeepers of major shops on Annan Road. Is it because of the shop under the name of Anjianghui that you are here today?"

Wanbaoshan was stunned for a moment, then said: "As expected of the Chief Inspector, even such a trivial matter cannot escape your notice. It is true that they came because the Anjiang Club, which has gained a lot of fame recently, denounced other people's shops for being too cheap and robbed them.

In the final analysis, profit is not the main factor in Wanbaoshan’s business.” Wanbaoshan is no ordinary person to have the industry it is today. After thinking about it, he continued to ask: “Brother Huangfu, why are you suddenly interested in this matter?”

Huangfu sneered and said: "To be honest with Brother Baoshan, Ye Chen from Anjiang Club is my distant nephew. If business matters offend the bosses, please ask Brother Baoshan to mediate."

Wanbaoshan suddenly realized. At first, he was wondering why the Anjiang Society had risen so quickly. Not to mention its rapid development, it was also very stable. Now it seems that this is not surprising at all.

Huangfu Leng continued: "Of course, if Ye Chen is not in fair competition and uses any bad means to maliciously suppress prices, you don't have to worry about him and just do whatever you want."

Wanbaoshan said: "I won't hide it from you.

He said, even if you don't talk to me about this today, I don't plan to unite with the people from the Chamber of Commerce to suppress him. I have been doing business in Wanbaoshan for 20 years, and I have never seen any kind of businessman, except for people like Ye Chen. The name of the Anjiang Association

I admire the way the store operates. I asked someone to investigate their store. Since its opening, whether it is a drug store or a grain store, the prices have always been only 20 to 30% higher than the cost price, and they have never treated ordinary people.

If you are short of food, you will even be given more. If you encounter people who cannot afford food, you can also get credit. How many of the hundreds of shops on Annan Road can do this?"

Wanbaoshan took a sip of tea and continued: "I heard that this Ye Chen is very young. It must be very extraordinary to have his own world in the business world. Brother Huangfu can help me introduce him when he has time."

Huangfu sneered and nodded, picked up the tea cup and replaced the wine with tea, and the two of them drank it all in one gulp.

Wanfu's dinner was described as luxurious. Just the jars of old wine that had just been taken out of the cellar were an eye-opener for the shopkeepers. Although there were not many types of delicious food, every dish was delicious.

It is extremely exquisite, even compared with other major restaurants on Annan Road.

Wanbaoshan raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "I think all the big shopkeepers in China are tired of drinking Dalu wine, but this Dalu wine puree that has been collected for ten years is rare. I would like to pay tribute to all the big shopkeepers!"

Everyone picked up the Dalu wine in their hands to taste it, and everyone was full of praise.

"They say that President Wan's house is full of good wine. Now it seems that it is not true at all!" one person said with a smile.

Wanbaoshan said: "That's just flattery from outsiders. I, Wan, am desperately pursuing three things. The first thing is the wine in my mouth. The refreshing feeling is so good. I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes. Every time I see good wines from various places when I go out,

, I always want to taste something, even if I have to travel a hundred miles more, I am willing to do it; the second thing is that everyone knows that I personally like to practice calligraphy and have always liked to collect copybooks. With wine and calligraphy, life is beautiful!

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"President Wan, what about the third one?" A middle-aged businessman with a fat head and big ears asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!