Chapter 292: The Chamber of Commerce touches the sky, good or bad luck is unpredictable
"Go slowly, President Deng. I'll treat you to dinner another day. I'll definitely reward you!"
"Absolutely." Deng Zeen boarded the carriage expressionlessly and closed the curtain.
Watching the carriage with simple decorations leave leisurely, Zhou Shi turned to Lu Wenshan and said, "Mr. Lu is working hard too. I'm really too busy today, so I won't keep you here."
"What the hell." Lu Wenshan smiled, then lowered his voice, "Um, did you run into trouble today? I saw it was a little messy outside."
"Haha, when a new store opens, there will be no chaos." After Zhou Shi finished speaking, he looked at him with a smile.
Seeing this, Lu Wenshan also understood in his heart. "Can I take a step to speak?"
Arriving at Zhou Shi's bedroom, Lu Wenshan sat on the kang, took a deep breath and said:
"Actually, Chairman Deng came here today just to disrupt the opening of Huang Fengde Building. Our Bashu Chamber of Commerce expected this, so we asked me to help you tide over the difficulties."
At this point, Lu Wenshan moved uneasily. "Of course, you solved the crisis yourself before I could think of a way to help you."
"Haha, it's just a fluke. Thank you for thanking the Chamber of Commerce for taking the trouble."
"Our Bashu Chamber of Commerce has prepared a lot of ingredients and other supplies in nearby shops to prevent President Deng from joining forces with other guilds to cut off your supply. Who would have thought that President Deng would use other methods to suppress you..."
It can be seen that Lu Wenshan feels a little guilty for not being able to help Fengde Tower, and he lacks some confidence in speaking.
In this way, Zhou Shi had already expected that this was not to help him, but to beg him.
"I have a good relationship with the Bashu Chamber of Commerce. Don't beat around the bush and get straight to the point. Do you want to deal with President Deng?"
Lu Wenshan was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, young people are courageous... Do you know the background of President Deng, or the entire restaurant guild?"
"Let me guess, could it be that he has an affair with the royal family?" Zhou Shi said without thinking.
"Exactly." Lu Wenshan let out a sigh of relief as if a stone had fallen to the ground in his heart, "The restaurant guild can only achieve its current status with a prince consort as its backer."
It is not difficult to guess the reasons why the restaurant industry can still be so prosperous due to the hints of underground casinos and the city's strict divisions on the surface but full of loopholes.
"Royal rules prohibit the consort from entering politics, but on the contrary, there are lax controls on his participation in business. Therefore, the consort relied on his background to become the backer of many guilds and wealthy businessmen. He devoted himself to amassing wealth and made Deng Zeen fat.
He made the entire restaurant guild fat.
"With such a giant Buddha sitting in front of him, Deng Zeen's appetite is getting bigger and bigger. The guilds monopolize the industry, as you must have experienced. For the sake of the entire capital restaurant industry, the restaurant guilds must be overthrown as soon as possible."
"Wait a minute, what can the Bashu Chamber of Commerce get from this?"
"The local industry is like this, what do you think of foreign merchants?"
wrong……
After going through the Jiangdu Wu Zhaokun imperial examination fraud case, Zhou Shi knew early on that several major chambers of commerce had powerful eyes and huge appetites. Ordinary small businessmen hated the collusion between imperial merchants, but the Bashu Chamber of Commerce would not. Instead, they should take this opportunity to offer more benefits than the guilds.
Winning over the Prince Consort...
"I'm afraid there is another fight in the court behind this... Sigh, why do you always get involved in this kind of thing? I lost a layer of skin when I helped Zhao Xuan escape last time, this time..."
Zhou Zhi sighed softly in his heart and said:
"The power of God is unpredictable. We are merchants after all. We are the last of the four tribes. How can we resist?"
"This prince-in-law is plundering the people's wealth and anointing, deceiving the superiors and deceiving the inferiors, and is full of evil. As long as we find the reason, we will surely bring him down."
It can't be that simple... but with the relationship with the Bashu Chamber of Commerce, maybe it can really be done.
"Actually, I have a compromise." Zhou Shi didn't want to be too positive, "If we only target Chairman Deng and select the Prince Consort, will it be easier to achieve success?"
"No, that would just mean changing the president to dominate. Moreover, Deng Zeen is not a good person, and it will not be easy to deal with him."
Indeed, to sit in this position despite the anger of colleagues, it is not enough to have a backer.
Do you want to agree?
Zhou Shi only thought about it for a moment and clarified the stakes: Deng Zeen failed to target him twice and would never give up. Moreover, he has not used the power of the imperial relatives so far. He doesn't know how he will take revenge on Fengdelou next time.
In this case, the protection of the Bashu Chamber of Commerce is very important. Moreover, this matter is related to the prince-consort who is also a backer of the underground casino. Maybe he can take the opportunity to find out the background of Wen Si.
"Then, I'm afraid Fengde Tower will be in need of your care in the future."
"Oh?" Lu Wenshan was delighted, "Shopkeeper Zhou really understands justice!"
But Zhou Shi just waved his hand and thanked the high hat. "It's just for survival. I wonder how everyone in the Bashu Chamber of Commerce will behave?"
"Ten days later, the higher-ups will send people to investigate the situation of all walks of life in the capital. According to the usual practice, this should be the responsibility of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but now that the situation in the court has changed, the prince-in-law may take the opportunity to take over this good job and hand it over to his confidants.
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"After the event is over, the businessmen's representatives from the capital will host a banquet for the envoys. This time it is the Bashu Chamber of Commerce's turn to host the banquet. I think it would be best for Fengde House to host it."
Zhou Shi smiled. "No merit will be rewarded. I have done nothing here, and this good thing has happened to me."
"You don't have to worry about the next thing. Just turn a blind eye to what's going on at the table."
"that's all?"
"Yes. Please rest assured, shopkeeper, we know the right measures and will never act rashly."
"I understand, I will entertain you well."
After sending Lu Wenshan away, Zhou Shi returned to the room and tapped on the wall a few times.
Mr. Mo slowly walked out of the secret room and said: "When it comes to matters involving the royal family, you can't be too careful. Then Deng Zeen also has experts around him. No matter what the Bashu Chamber of Commerce wants to do at the banquet, it won't be easy."
He listened to the conversation between the two in the secret room.
Zhou Shi sighed: "It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided. What do you think the masters around Deng Zeen used?"
Mr. Mo jumped onto the kang and lit the cigarette pot. "Suanni."
"It must be freshly pounded. Do you want to eat hot-boiled mutton?" Zhou Shi licked his lips, "I'll buy some sesame paste."
"...I'm talking about a kind of mythical beast that can swallow clouds and smoke, and loves to eat fireworks. I don't know where that person got the inheritance of the mythical beast, or what magic weapon he used to take away all the fireworks here. I used the Yinmen method
, it can only protect a stove fire."
"Hmm? Then what happened next..."
"If there are others who can help, I think it's probably an acquaintance of yours who is looking for you, just in time to help."
Jiulong Hall Meeting... Zhou Shi nodded slightly, indeed there are three gangs for one good man.
"That being said, I can't keep them waiting."
"Go ahead."
After leaving Yongde Lane and turning two intersections, Zhou Shi's eyes locked on a man standing under the wall with his hair in a high bun.
"Mr. Qiu." He approached and greeted, "Thank you for your help."
Qiu Congyun nodded and said, "I was just passing by."
"I remember Mr. Rong asked you to find the whereabouts of Lu Zhengjiu. Could it be that he has been found?"
"No..." Qiu Congyun said gloomily, "If Mr. Luan can't calculate it, we can't really turn the capital upside down to look for it, so we have to put our attention back to looking for the eyeless statue first."
"Then, I wish you all good luck." Zhou Shi said sincerely.
"Also, Mr. Rong asked me to bring you a message. Wen Si has an affair with the royal family. If you want to ask him for help, you must be careful."