As October approaches, the weather gradually turns cooler, people put on their autumn clothes, and the recently heated constitutional talk begins to cool down.
Zhang Agou is also different from what he used to be. Now everyone who sees him on the street will call him 'Brother Dog' or 'Master Gou'. Now even Cai Asi, a prominent figure on the street, will call him Brother Zhang. Recently.
He was fascinated by the name 'Mr. Zhang', and he knew he was a gentle man.
"Mr. Zhang, let's have a bowl of Chaos." Uncle Hu, who was still selling Chaos, now changed his tune and shouted.
"No, I still have something to do for you." Zhang Agou, who was now wearing a foreign suit, declined Uncle Hu's invitation.
"Uncle Hu, I plan to move out. I can't keep your stock. Tell the neighbors and sell it if you see something suitable." Seeing that Uncle Hu wanted to say something more, Zhang Agou continued to tell his own.
Intend.
"Ah, Agou, you have to move out." Uncle Hu didn't even bother to shout to Mr. Zhang, and said in surprise. After hearing the conversation between Uncle Hu and Agou Zhang, the neighbors all gathered around.
He persuaded Zhang Agou arrogantly.
"Mr. Zhang, if you move out now, it will be difficult for us."
"Brother Dog, please don't move."
"Brother Agou, it won't be easy for us if you move away."
There is a reason why the neighbors are so enthusiastic about staying. After Uncle Hu bought Willis shares and received his first dividend, the neighbors also raised money and entrusted Zhang Agou to buy six shares and earn dividends together.
After the Willis stock failed to be bought in Shanghai, someone came up with the idea of purchasing the stock from ordinary people at a high price of 90 taels. Of course, the neighbors were unwilling to sell it. Everyone knew that the Willis stock was worth hundreds of dollars.
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As a result, a group of local ruffians found out and planned to squeeze out these stocks from the neighbors. Later, it was Zhang Agou who came forward to call Cai Asi to prevent them from succeeding. Now Zhang Agou plans to move out, who will protect the powerless people?
With their strong momentum, they probably won’t be able to lose the stocks they hold.
Hearing the neighbors' advice to stop, Zhang Agou also had a headache.
"Okay, stop arguing."
After hearing Zhang Agou's roar, the neighbors who came up all around became quiet and looked at Zhang Agou, waiting for his speech.
"I bought a house in the concession. If I don't move there now, will my new house be fed to rats? I will come back to see you when I have time. It's enough to make a little money from this stock. I can't take care of you all my life.
Let’s all disperse.”
After Zhang Agou finished speaking, he squeezed out of the crowd and left. When the remaining people saw Zhang Agou leaving, they knew that there was nothing they could do, so they could only discuss finding a rich man while the stock was still in their hands.
sold.
Zhang Agou thought about his new house and felt happy in his heart. The two-story small foreign-style building on the first floor cost him nearly one thousand taels of silver. If he didn't live there, he really planned to take root in this dilapidated place.
Zhang Agou, who was thinking about a new house, walked to the Willis Building and looked at the crowds of people who wanted to buy stocks around the door. He secretly despised it in his heart. He wanted to make money but was afraid of taking risks. Now he still wants to buy stocks of foreign companies. It is simply
Dreaming. After some contempt in his heart, Zhang Agou walked into the foreign bank building.
"Good morning, Assistant Zhang." Staff greeted Zhang Agou one after another after entering the door.
"Good morning." Zhang Agou now responded to these people with a smile.
Just a month ago, in order to commend him for his errand work, Stree gave Zhang Agou the title of assistant and gave him an office. This made him overjoyed. Now his favorite thing is that these employees are called
He became "Assistant Zhang".
Zhang Agou walked into his office today. After making a cup of good tea, he smelled the aroma and took a sip. "It's such a good tea. It deserves to be called Yuqian Longjing."
Zhang Agou secretly admired it in his heart. This was a gift from a businessman who wanted to buy stocks, so he could ask for his help. In fact, Zhang Agou didn't understand tea at all, but it didn't stop him from pretending to be a scholar.
"Da da da da" knocking on the door disturbed Zhang Agou's humanistic mentality.
After sitting on the office chair, Zhang Agou said, "Come in."
"Assistant Zhang, Mr. Street asked you to come over." An employee came in and said to him.
"Okay, go right away." Hearing the call from his boss, Zhang Agou stopped pretending to be polite and stood up immediately and walked all the way to Stree's office.
"What's your order, boss?"
Sterry, who was busy in the office, looked up at Zhang Agou, who was nodding and bowing, and said, "Go and hand this over to the newspaper office for me." After saying that, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhang Agou.
"Okay, boss, I'll do it right away." After getting the note from Stree, Zhang Agou got on a rickshaw and came to Shanghai Xinbao, and gave his boss to Xinbao's president, Bolke.
."I understand, you can go back."
The next day, the headlines of the Shanghai News reported that Willis Rubber Company planned to invite a group of people who bought its company's stocks to visit the Nanyang Rubber Plantation. This news made the public more aware of Willis Company.
Its stock price directly broke through the one hundred and two mark, which made Uncle Hu and his neighbors make a fortune.
"This news about Sterry is really great. Should we start selling our stocks now?" Stokel asked Sterry.
"Don't worry about it. Jiali Dao from Huitong sent me an invitation today to attend a dinner party organized by them. I agreed." Stree told him.
"It seems they also want to enter the field." Stocker expressed his understanding to Sterry.
"I think so. But this is good, more people can participate in this speculation, and we can make more money." Sterry said his plan.
"It's okay to test it out," Stocker said in agreement.
At seven o'clock in the evening, in the Anglo-American Club, a group of European and American businessmen were attending a dinner hosted by Jiali Dao. A group of people were chatting and drinking in their own small circles, and bursts of laughter came from time to time, making the entire dinner so lively.
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"Mr. Sterry has arrived." The announcement came from the door, making all these people stand up. They all wanted to see what Mr. Sterry of the Willis Rubber Company, the man of the moment in Shanghai, looked like.
Terry lived up to expectations and walked in wearing a British evening dress. His handsome appearance, slender figure, and polite demeanor made many girls' hearts swoon.
"Mr. Sterry, it's an honor for you to come." As the host of this party, Kerry said, he stepped forward to shake hands with Sterry with enthusiasm. "You must know that you are the focus of many people's talk now. Now
Half of the people at the party came just to get to know you."
After hearing what Garridau said, Sterry responded with his strictly trained aristocratic etiquette and said, "This is my honor. Thank you very much for Mr. Garridau's invitation. I also thank everyone for their warm expectations."
After finishing, Sterry saluted the people around him, and his behavior attracted a round of applause.
"You are more popular than me tonight." Looking at the performance of the young man in front of him, Jiali joked with a smile.
After arriving at the dinner venue, Sterry immediately became the focus of everyone. Some introduced himself, some solicited investment, and some hoped to invest in Willis Company, but the most people asked him whether he had a fiancée.
In front of various inquirers, Terry answered their questions with reason.
After sending away another young lady who asked if he had a fiancée, Jiali Dao stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Sterry, do you need a rest?"
Stree, who knew the main show was coming, replied, "I happen to be a little tired. Is there a room for me to take a rest?"
"Of course, please come with me."
The two walked to a relatively remote room on the second floor. Jiali Dao opened the door and said, "Please come inside." After Sterry entered the door, he found that there were several people sitting in this room.
"Let me introduce you." Garrido guided Sterry and introduced the people in the room to him.
"This is my partner, Mr. Wei Tui." Jialidao introduced, pointing to a slightly fat middle-aged man in his forties.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Werner." Sterry said after stepping forward to shake Werner's hand.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Street."
After introducing his partners, Kerry Road went on to introduce to Sterry, including Dowah & Co., Riside, Jardine Matheson, Zabeer, Takwah & Co., Boorman, etc. At the end, Kerry Road introduced him to him. "
This is the wheat edge of Langley."
"Nice to meet you." Looking at the rubber advocate who was second only to him, Sterry shook hands with him with a smile.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Stree." Seeing Stree cutting off his own hair, Mai Bian responded with a smile on his face.
After seeing each other and recognizing each other, Jiali Dao first stood up and said, "Everyone is sitting together this time. You all know why."
"I know, it's all for rubber." Everyone responded to Jiali Dao's question.
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense. This time the price of rubber can be hyped up, it is inseparable from everyone's joint efforts, of which Mr. Sterry played a major role. Now we need to make progress and retreat together so that everyone can achieve success."
Harvest." After Jiali Dao finished speaking, he looked at Sterry and asked, "Do you think what I said is correct? Mr. Sterry."
Seeing everyone looking at him, Stree knew that the group of people in front of him had discussed it, so he could only say, "Yes, I think so too."
After hearing Sterry's reply, Jiali Dao continued. "We need to continue to promote the use of rubber, and we need to establish more rubber companies to issue stocks, so that the Qing people's enthusiasm for buying rubber stocks can be released."
After hearing what Jiali Dao said, Sterry finally understood why he was called here. If more rubber companies issued stocks, then he would be the one who would have the greatest impact. Sterry felt that he could no longer remain silent.
"What are your plans to compensate me for joining this operation."
In response to Sterry's question, Jiali Dao replied, "We will fully cooperate to raise your stock price, which will be beneficial to everyone."
After hearing what Jiali Dao said, Stree thought secretly in his heart, and after some calculations, Stree agreed to their request.
After attending the dinner, Sterry returned to the company and told his colleagues about the break.
"We did a good job, and they just got involved." Felix said with a dissatisfied look on his face after hearing the news.
"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, if they come to disrupt the situation, it will be very difficult for us to deal with it." Sterry explained to him.
"We mainly seek stability and cannot have too many twists and turns. However, getting the help of these local snakes can also make us earn back the money we need more safely." Stocker expressed his opinion.
"Actually, I think about it this way, after all, safety is the most important thing." Sterry replied.
In the days that followed, they saw the role of help from local snakes. With their help, Willis' stock gradually rose from a price of one hundred taels to three hundred taels in three months.
This made the three people feel that it was worthwhile to join them. Faced with the rubber market in Shanghai, more people could not sit still. A large number of local banks also joined in the speculation, and the price of rubber was raised to sixty taels per pound by the end of the year.
The high price of one penny. Shanghai has fallen into a craze for stock speculation among the people. Now everyone is crazy about rubber stocks.
