"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ..." A whistle sounded, and a small steamer stopped at Hankou Pier. A few people got off the ship, but no one got off.
"Take it easy... take your time... take your time... come..." After a while, a voice finally came from the boat again.
I saw two young men struggling to carry a large wooden box, walking slowly and looking a little clumsy.
Despite this, one can still see a spirit of energy from the two of them, and their clothes are neatly arranged. They are obviously not ordinary people.
The two young men looked like young men in their twenties. The older one was wearing a black Chinese tunic suit. The material was good and he looked very energetic.
The other person is slightly younger, and he is also wearing ordinary clothes and has a slight bookishness about him, but he works much more efficiently than the older one.
At this time, the boat owner also came out, looked at the two people who were struggling to carry it, and asked them with a smile: "Haha... do you need help? Just a piece of ocean will do."
"No, no, no... we can do it ourselves..." The young man in Mao suit shook his head and refused.
The man in casual clothes was still hesitant just now, but it was obvious that the man in Chinese tunic suit was still struggling to move the box after saying this, so he had to lower his head and move it silently.
Seeing this, the captain smiled and shook his head, and the two other crew members who came out looked at their jokes and pointed.
From the conversation between the three of them, we learned that the young man pretending to be from Zhongshan was called Shen Wenbin, a young master from a wealthy family who was studying in Peiping. However, his family had a prodigal father, and his family was already in ruins.
The young man in casual clothes is named Wu Chongming, the son of a servant of the Shen family. He has been studying with Shen Wenbin since he was a child and he is like a book boy.
However, Shen Wenbin did not regard Wu Chongming as a book boy. His father was a prodigal son. He had been busy smoking cigarettes and visiting brothels since he was born. His mother died when he was young, and he had no parents at all.
He has been playing with Wu Chongming since he was a child. From elementary school to middle school, to high school and college, he has always taken Wu Chongming with him.
Last year, Shen Wenbin took Wu Chongming to study in Peking. After realizing that Wu Chongming was very yearning for university, Shen Wenbin decided to let Wu Chongming go to university with him.
There was no problem with Wu Chongming's knowledge. After all, Wu Chongming was no dumber than him. He had studied with him since childhood, so there was no problem in passing the university entrance exam.
It's just that they are short of money. The Shen family has been completely defeated by Shen Wenbin's father, and he is reluctant to give them money to go to college.
Shen Wenbin's tuition last year was only covered by what he had secretly saved over the years and his grandfather secretly subsidizing him.
Unfortunately, Shen Wenbin's grandfather's family was not very wealthy, and Shen Wenbin could not ask them for Wu Chongming's tuition fees.
This time he took advantage of his annual leave and rushed back from Peking just to see if there was any way to get money. Unfortunately, he only managed to get a small amount from the Shen family, which was not enough for tuition.
Not to mention Wu Chongming's tuition fees, even his tuition fees for the next year were still far behind. In the end, Shen Wenbin had no choice but to get some things and take them out of Sichuan to see if he could get the money.
The captain looked at Shen Wenbin and the two who were already sweating profusely as they moved the things. He shook his head and joined with two crew members to help them move the things.
All of a sudden, the speed suddenly increased, and not long after, a pile of goods was piled on the dock, including a pile of boxes made of bamboo strips and a pile of ten barrels.
After the captain put down the last barrel, he smiled bitterly and said: "Master Shen, you really made a lot of money this time. You just bought the shipping fare for five people and let us help you haul most of the ship's cargo.
We also got along with ourselves and worked for you for free. If we hadn't been from the same hometown, I would have thrown you into the river."
Having said this, the boat owner shook his head helplessly. He remembered that when Shen Wenbin got on the boat, he said that there was a lot of luggage and he wanted to pay a few more people for the boat. He was quite happy because he thought Shen Wenbin was so kind.
Unexpectedly, he was tricked by Shen Wenbin, and he helped Shen Wenbin pull half of the cargo in vain. If it weren't for the fact that the Shen family still had some influence in the local area, he would definitely not have let Shen Wenbin on the ship.
In fact, there is another point, that is, Shen Wenbin is not a prodigal like his father, and his ability is not bad. He might be able to stand up in the future, so he doesn't want to offend him too much.
Hearing the captain's complaint, Shen Wenbin was honest and said with a smile: "Oh... you can't say that. Brother Qian, didn't I give you a few bottles of wine?
That's authentic French wine, you can't buy it even if you have money, you've made a lot of money."
Hearing this, Captain Qian was speechless for a while and said: "Don't fool me, you should have done this yourself with sour grapes, right?
What about French wine? Don’t think I’ve never tasted it, so you’re trying to fool me. Will foreign wine be shipped from Sichuan? You’re lying!”
"Hey..." At this point, Captain Qian smacked his lips and asked: "Master Shen, how did you make this? To be honest, the taste is not bad."
Hearing this, Shen Wenbin raised his head proudly and said: "That's because I made it. Is there any reason why it doesn't taste good? I..."
Having said this, Shen Wenbin immediately realized that he had let something slip. Sure enough, Captain Qian was looking at him with a half-smile, which made Shen Wenbin a little confused.
Seeing this, Captain Qian shook his head, smiled and said, "Give me another box, and I'll help you solve your problem."
After saying that, Captain Qian gestured with his head behind Shen Wenbin. Shen Wenbin turned around and saw a group of people standing not far away. Judging from their clothes, they were obviously not guests on the boat.
"Those people are the gangsters of the dock. When you bring goods here, you must leave the unloading work to them, otherwise they will come to trouble you."
After hearing this, Shen Wenbin pondered for a moment and then said: "Brother Qian, I can't give you any more bottled wine. I can only give you another barrel of wine. The two quantities are about the same."
After hearing this, Captain Qian nodded, went to the side, selected a bucket, and asked the two crew members to carry it back to the ship. He opened a bamboo box, took out a few glass bottles of wine from it, and walked to the station not far away. A group of people.
This glass bottle, like the bottle of foreign wine, was obtained by Shen Wenbin through some means. The labels on the bottle are also in foreign characters.
Moreover, the foreign writing on this bottle was written by Shen Wenbin himself. It can also be said that he made it up by himself in order to confuse the fake with the real one so that no one can tell the difference.
After Captain Qian took care of the local snake on the dock, Shen Wenbin took a few more bottles of wine and took out five or six yuan from his body, pretending to be generous and giving it to the local snake.
In fact, Shen Wenbin's heart had been bleeding for a long time, but he could not be tolerated under the roof of others without bowing his head, otherwise these people would sabotage his plan and his plan would not be accomplished.
Shen Wenbin's money also successfully opened up connections with local cowards for him. Not only did he have people help them move the goods, but he also found a good stall outside the dock at Shen Wenbin's request.
Now, as soon as the wine was moved to the stall, Shen Wenbin immediately started to drink. However, Wu Chongming still couldn't let it go, so he didn't shout loudly, so Shen Wenbin arranged to pack it up.
The price Shen Wenbin sells is not high compared to foreign wine. A bottle only costs two yuan, and a barrel only costs thirty yuan.
But this one is fake, and the profit would be too high, it would be a huge profit.
Not long after, a large group of people gathered in front of Shen Wenbin's stall, but no one bought anything.
Most of the people who came around came to see the excitement and want to pick up bargains. After all, no one would sell foreign wine in a place like this. Of course, there were also many people who asked about where to go.
One of the most frequently asked questions is why this wine is so cheap, and whether it is fake wine. After all, foreign wines in this era are almost sky-highly expensive, and are simply not within the reach of ordinary people.
Shen Wenbin could only explain that it was produced by a small foreign winery and how much effort he went through to buy it. He talked a lot.
The reason why Shen Wenbin didn't set the price of this wine at the same price as normal foreign wine was that the price was too high to sell.
Second, those who can pay that price to buy foreign wine must either be powerful, rich and powerful, or they are good at it and have knowledge of foreign wine. Shen Wenbin is afraid of being exposed and causing trouble.
Setting this price allows people who cannot afford foreign wine to pay to try it, or sell it to those who want to take advantage.
However, Shen Wenbin kept his mouth shut and the people in front of the stall didn't buy it. Shen Wenbin immediately changed his mind and opened a barrel of wine for people to taste first before buying.
Shen Wenbin is very confident in the quality of his wine. After all, he has worked hard on it. He even carefully selected the grapes and selected the grapes with better taste to make the wine.
Sure enough, Shen Wenbin's method worked. After several people drank it, they thought it tasted good. Although they had never tasted it, they thought the wine should taste like this, so they bought it.
Someone bought it, which immediately attracted other people to rush to buy it, and the situation was opened up by Shen Wenbin.
Seeing that this was effective, Shen Wenbin took out a few tall glasses from their luggage, which he had prepared in advance.
Shen Wenbin took a tall glass and introduced the drinking method to the customers in front of the stall. He said that he should shake before drinking and take small sips when drinking. Anyway, these people were stunned for a while.
Wu Chongming, who was in charge of packing, looked at the fiery scene in front of him and felt a little happy, but also a little confused.
He was happy that he could finally enter the university he had always dreamed of. What was troubling was that he always felt a little sorry for using such a deceptive method.
However, at this time, Shen Wenbin didn't care about Wu Chongming's changes in his heart, and was just busy continuing to fool the people in front of the stall.
Even if Shen Wenbin saw Wu Chongming's thoughts, he would only express affection. For Shen Wenbin, this is just a means to achieve his goal.
Shen Wenbin can also have such thoughts, but it is not necessary for him.
Shen Wenbin has a clear understanding of this era. If everyone criticizes me for my monologue, I will never survive.
If you want to achieve your goal, you have to use some means, otherwise you can't do anything, or in other words, based on his situation, he has no other choice.