In order to ensure the normal progress of the catwalk show, the beggars in Luzhou officially went to work early in the morning. They took care of each store in twos and threes, making them busy; but the three major merchants in Luzhou were naturally not jealous. Early this morning, Tang
San then found a certain little leader among the beggars and wanted to know from him who was secretly controlling him.
In fact, all three families could guess this, but if they wanted to accuse Su Ji, they still needed physical evidence, so they condescended to establish friendship with the beggar; but the result was a huge disappointment.
He let go, pretending to be confused, and seemed to have a lot of information in his stomach; after Tang San threw out the usual big money, he spoke.
"We are just following the rules." The beggar hurriedly put the copper coins into his arms and said in a northern accent: "We always ask for a day's payment from each trade. This time it is the turn of the cloth and garment industries.
It’s been laid, no one instructs us to do this, our gang leader tells us to do whatever we are told to do.”
Tang San jumped angrily and asked unwillingly: "Then why haven't I seen you like this before?"
The beggar looked at him with disdain and said: "There are at least two to three hundred trades in Luzhou City. Your turn comes once a year. The reason we didn't go before was because we didn't want to go. The world is like this."
To be fair, we decided to make up for our previous negligence. This time our gang leader said we would go there for seven consecutive days."
Tang Sanyu couldn't help but cry. This gang actually wants to come for seven days. Then don't do business in these seven days. He asked tentatively: "Can you talk to your gang leader and ask him to come and have a meal?"
What."
The beggar pointed at Tang San and said with a smile: "You are trying to dismantle our gang leader. We have rules and can only eat leftovers. My gang mainly eats the meal you invited."
, then he is not qualified to be a gang leader; did you, a high-ranking official, have his brain kicked by a donkey?"
Tang San couldn't stand such naked ridicule, especially being despised by a beggar. What a tragedy. With a shout, several guys hiding in the dark swarmed up. After snatching all the money back, they continued to show off.
The beggar was beaten violently.
The beggar was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He kept yelling obscene words and limped away. After a while, there were more than a dozen dirty and smelly beggars in front of Tangji Buzhuang. These beggars were already
It's not just asking for food and money, singing "Lotus Blossoms Fall" which is unpleasant to listen to, or cursing in new ways.
On the Sujia Cai stage, all kinds of clothes were still performing in full swing. In a private room facing the window of a restaurant called "Wangjiang Tower" on the right side of the stage, seven or eight people, tall, short, fat and thin, were sitting.
All of these people were dressed in luxurious clothes, and exuded a nonchalant air of arrogance in their manners. These people stretched their necks and stared at the men and women on the stage who were twisting their waists to show off their gorgeous clothes, and they all remained silent.
A few knocks on the door drew everyone's attention back to the room. When the door opened, the shopkeeper of "Wangjiang Tower" personally held a large pot of boiling water, followed by several waiters carrying food boxes and walking in with smiles.
The shopkeeper put the boiling kettle on the table, made a big bow first, and said: "You sirs have come to our building today to express your gratitude. I am deeply honored, and I will give you a pot of the best Liu'an Longya as a token of appreciation.
Respectfully and welcome.”
After saying this and waving their hands, the waiters arranged the snacks and preserved fruits in the food boxes and the white tea cups, brewed the tea one by one and placed it in front of everyone. Immediately, the room was fragrant, and just smelling this top-quality dragon bud made me feel comfortable to the core.
A thin old man wearing a dark blue satin blouse smiled and thanked: "Shopkeeper Lu is interested, I will use your building to discuss important matters. You will close the door later, and don't let anyone else come near. The second brother is not here to serve you."
That’s it, I’ll just wait and help myself.”
Shopkeeper Nalu nodded and bowed with a few polite words before going out. Someone stepped forward to close the door and bolt it. The thin old man picked up the tea cup and blew on a green bud floating on it. He raised his right hand covered with red and green expensive rings and lightly touched it with his little finger.
With a gentle pick, he picked out the piece of tea, took a sip and closed his eyes to reflect. Then he opened his eyes and said, "Dear masters, today I, Liu Dong's family and Huang Dong's family have summoned all of you here.
, I have important matters to discuss, and I apologize for delaying your time."
Everyone raised their hands and said, "Yes, yes, the Tang family has taken the trouble."
"Dr. Tang, if you have anything to say, just say it. We are all colleagues of the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce. You are the president, and we will definitely follow your lead."
The speaker was a horse-faced middle-aged man in his thirties in the corner of the room, wearing a scholar's robe and shaking a black folding fan.
A smile appeared on Mr. Tang's face, he nodded and said: "Okay, I won't show off any more. I specially chose this place as a place for discussion today. I believe you all can understand my intention. Su Ji is dumping a large amount of it at a low price."
High-end fabrics and clothing have seriously damaged the market of our cloth shops and garment shops in Luzhou Prefecture, and the trend is getting worse. I believe all of you owners have felt it. In the past few days, our cloth shops and garment shops have been crowded. Not only
High-end clothing has no sales, and even cotton, yarn and linen, which used to be good sellers, have no sales. If this continues, I'm afraid we will have to close down."
All the hosts were already very resentful towards Su Ji, and hearing what Mr. Tang said like this only added fuel to the fire, and they all condemned and insulted him endlessly.
"Everyone, of course we can't just wait for closure. Today I would like to ask you all to come up with a good plan. Su Ji is so arrogant and is not in the Chamber of Commerce. The rules cannot control them. This matter is originally against the rules. This time we just take advantage of it.
The opportunity is gone once and for all.”
The speaker is the fat and burly Huang Dongjia next to Tang Dongjia. The Huang family, the Tang family, and the dark and skinny Liu family sitting opposite are the three wealthy businessmen in Luzhou. Tang Dongjia is the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the other two are vice presidents.
Everyone was talking about it, and there was no good solution for a while. Boss Tang frowned and listened to the complaints from these bosses, but they couldn't come up with a reasonable solution. They clenched their fists tightly and tried to endure.
The middle-aged man holding the folding fan suddenly clapped his hands, and the room suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned to look at him.
"Everyone, please stop arguing. Su Ji has already bullied us. It would be wise to come up with a charter quickly. The door of Buzhuang is crawling with beggars. I'm sure it's Su Jin's fault.
"
Tang Dongjia frowned and said: "Lang Shaodongjia, the key is that there is no evidence. In the morning, Tang San caught a beggar and questioned him, but the beggar said he didn't know. Tang San, the idiot, was so angry that he beat him up. Unexpectedly, more than ten people were attracted.
The beggars cursed me, so I called them directly to the door. I can’t do business today.”
Shaodong, surnamed Lang, asked in a low voice: "Didn't Mr. Tang inform the magistrate?"
Liu Dongjia snorted and said: "Master Magistrate? He will think of us when he asks for money, but now..."
Tang Dongjia coughed, interrupting Liu Dongjia's silence, and said in a deep voice: "We still need to resolve our own affairs ourselves. The Luzhou Chamber of Commerce has hundreds of merchants, large and small. To deal with Su Ji's family, we still need to alert the prefect. This
Doesn’t it make people laugh out loud?”
Huang Dongjia said: "Tang Weng's words are right. There are sixteen companies designing clothing stores this time. The other five are small businesses. We did not notify them. The nine companies here have the most direct relationship. In my opinion,
, this time may not be a good thing, maybe we can benefit from it again."
Everyone was refreshed and looked over one after another, looking forward to what the Huang Dong family would say next.
Huang Dongjia took a sip of tea, took out his handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and then he moved his thick lips and said: "Ten years ago, Su Ji was at the height of his power, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce at that time was occupied by Su Moran.
What was the result? Isn't it true that once an opportunity was seized by us, we could no longer raise our heads? Everyone here got some benefits at that time. I remember that I bought that batch of cotton cloth at a low price and made nearly double the profit. Who didn't make a profit?
It’s full of money, but this time I don’t believe the rumor that the nerdy Su family official can be better than the elite Su Moran.”
Everyone was very excited after hearing this, and their thoughts were unknowingly drawn back to the time ten years ago when everyone worked together to overthrow Su Ji and made a lot of money.
"But, this Su Jin doesn't seem to be a fuel-efficient person. There are rumors that he is deaf to outside world and is a nerd. But judging from his recent behavior, I'm afraid the rumors are not credible." Someone raised a question.
Huang Dongjia smiled and said: "He is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Which of you here is a fuel-efficient lamp? In my opinion, Su Jin's invitation to Zhang Rongqin again is a clever move. Maybe these things are all made by the old man?"
Taught from east to west.”
Tang Dongjia pondered: "Huang Weng's words are reasonable. Regardless of whether this Su family boy is really capable, now he has angered me. Even if he stops now, I can't let him go; the Su family withdrew ten years ago."
The Chamber of Commerce is outside the mainstream merchants in Luzhou. We, the benevolent women, felt sympathy for their orphans and widowed mothers, but they have caused today's troubles. This time, we will not be merciful and will attack all Su Ji's properties.
If the Su family collapses, the 20% share it occupies will be enough for you to make a fortune."
Everyone became excited again. Huang Dongjia signaled everyone to be quiet and lowered his voice: "I have two plans. You can help me think about it."
"Please speak, please speak." The eyes of all the hosts stared at Huang Dongjia's face, which was as white and plump as a hairline and had no lines.
"The first plan is to confuse the real with the fake, and the purpose is to discredit Su Ji; the second plan is to repeat the same trick." Huang Dongjia said mysteriously, blinking his little eyes.
"I would like to hear the good news!" The eyes of all the hosts almost dropped, and they all listened.
At this moment, the silk and bamboo were playing on the colorful stage outside the window. Rou Niang and Huan Niang appeared on the stage side by side and began to sing the new lyrics of "One Cut Plum" written by Su Jin.dd