[Republic of China] The paradise of rebirth

Liang?Could it be Liang Zhongbo?I didn't dare to take it lightly, so the clerk still insisted that I was not there. After the clerk left, I entered Taoyuan and went to the bronze mirror to observe the situation of the shop.

Sure enough, it was Liang Zhongbo, why did he come to my shop?Does he know this is my shop?After coming to Shanghai, I never used the name Tsing Yi, but Du Liu.

At this time, I thought of Zai Tao, yes, it must be Zai Tao's suspicion, after all, when I was in Beijing, there were also perfume shops, so Liang Zhongbo must have been to other perfume shops.

At this time, when I saw that the clerk couldn't stop him, Liang Zhongbo's subordinates forcibly entered the shop, I sneered, if I didn't have Taoyuan, I would really be discovered by him, but how could I be caught by him now.

Besides, I know that Zai Tao's visit is really not good this time, since he asked Liang Zhongbo to come to the perfume shop to see the boss, he thinks the target is me, if he said why he wants to arrest me, he must use it to blackmail the second master.

I watched Liang Zhongbo leave the shop in a huff, and I wasn't worried that the guy would suspect anything, because there was a back door behind the shop, and he must have thought I had left through the back door.

I didn't expect Liang Zhongbo to leave the front door and turn to the back door immediately. It seems that he has inquired about it. He even knows that my shop has a back door, but so what, even if you have thousands of people, you can't catch me.

I watched Liang Zhongbo scold his subordinates coldly, but I didn't expect that he seemed to be doing better than when he was under the young master's subordinates, and now he has subordinates for him to send, Zai Tao really puts him in good use.

After Liang Zhongbo left with his men, he went to another perfume shop, and he asked to see the boss as soon as he entered. After seeing the boss, he left immediately.

I just looked at him like this, and passed all the shops in the nearby streets. I had to think of a way, so I couldn't avoid meeting him all the time, otherwise it would be more suspicious. Maybe I could ask Xiaoxia to block me.

After pondering for a while, the bronze mirror showed the figure of the second master, and saw him discussing business with people in the restaurant, but the box next to them was empty, I thought about it, went to the study and wrote a note, returned to the bronze mirror, After confirming that the box was still empty, he went to the box through the bronze mirror.

I opened the door of the box naturally, and Yuan Qi, who was guarding the door, was taken aback for a moment. When another servant was not paying attention, he asked me with his eyes. I raised the note in my hand, and then entered the box again.

After a while, the waiter from the restaurant entered the box, and said respectfully, "Young Master, Manager Yuan ordered the younger one to come, do you have any letterhead to hand over to the second master?"

"Well, be careful, don't let anyone find out." I slipped the note to him, and Xiao Er stepped back respectfully.

This restaurant was opened by the second master two years ago. Few people know that the real owner is the second master. The servants in the restaurant are all the second master's subordinates. Come to this restaurant.

After I handed the note to Xiaoer, I left the box, Yuan Qi still had doubts in his eyes, and I smiled secretly, presumably he couldn't figure out when I entered the box.

After I went downstairs, I didn't leave through the gate, but went to the backyard. There was a side room in the backyard, which was exclusively used by the second master.

Seeing that it was me, the servant standing in front of the room respectfully opened the door for me, and I said lightly, "Second Master and I are having dinner here today, let the kitchen prepare." The servant answered, followed me into the door and raised the coal fire, He closed the door and retreated.

There is still some time before the second master arrives. I went to Taoyuan to harvest crops, and prepared the perfume I needed for the next day. After a while, I stopped, and now Zai Tao was looking for the perfume seller. For a while, I can't keep showing up?

Why don't you take this opportunity to sell something else, maybe it can confuse the public, make him think that I have pushed the shop out, the more I think about it, the more I feel that this method is feasible, I will discuss it with the second master later, it is better to make preparations early.

So I stopped making new flavors, thinking about consuming all the stocks first, and then I took some seeds and scattered them in the field, thinking about what to sell next?

After I was done, I left Taoyuan. Looking at the messy table, I helped the second master tidy it up, then opened the unfinished account book, and began to check it carefully.

It was getting dark quickly in winter, and it didn't take long for the room to become much darker. I summoned the servants to light the lamps and asked casually, "Second Master is still talking about things?"

"Young master, the second master has left the restaurant." The servant replied respectfully while lighting the lamp.

"Leaving? When did you leave?" I put down the account book and asked suspiciously, did the second master not receive the note?Or the business didn't work out, so I have to keep running?

"Returning to the young master, I just left, the second master sent someone to inform the young master, and the younger one was about to report, so the young master asked." After the servant lit the lamp, he bowed his head and said respectfully.

"What did the second master say?"

"If you go back to son, the second master will let you eat first, and he will come back after Xu." The servant replied.

I nodded and asked the servant to bring the dinner, so that people should not bother me any more. I ate a few bites hastily, feeling a little embarrassed. I didn't expect that I would feel lonely eating alone after being spoiled by the second master in recent years. .

After dinner, I continued to help Er Ye reconcile the accounts, but I was thinking in my heart, I don't know where Er Ye went, could it be that Zai Tao came to invite him again?I couldn't concentrate, so I closed the book and decided to find out.

Recently I heard Erye say that he wanted to enter the hotel business, and he chose the Huizhong Hotel, which was completed this year, and the Licha Hotel, which is still being expanded. However, these two hotels are foreign-funded hotels, and Erye wants to enter the interior , it is not easy.

Not only that, a few years ago, the second master planned to imitate the Shanghai club and invest in building an entertainment club belonging to the Chinese. After all, after a few years, Shanghai's nightlife will gradually flourish, and the second master wanted to get involved early.

I entered Taoyuan, came to the bronze mirror, and sure enough, I saw the second master and foreigners together, and the surrounding environment seemed to be in a restaurant. Could it be that the negotiation has been concluded?Otherwise, why would foreigners bring Erye into the restaurant?

It is said that in the previous life, Huizhong Hotel was not opened to Chinese until around [-].Now that the second master can enter the restaurant, the business may be done, I can't help being happy for the second master.

Seeing Erye fluently speaking foreign language and talking with foreigners freely is really admirable. I only found out later that Erye had already learned foreign language for a long time before Erye asked me if I wanted to learn foreign language. Foreign language.

I saw Er Ye socializing with foreigners, so I left Taoyuan and continued to help Er Ye reconcile accounts. Seeing him working hard, I also had the idea that I couldn't slack off. He was working hard outside, and I had to help him with other affairs , so that he can have no worries.

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After the second master left Huizhong Hotel, he got into the carriage prepared by Yuan Qi, leaned tiredly in the carriage, and immediately asked, "What about him?"

"If you go back to the second master, you are still in the wing room of the restaurant." Yuan Qi sat in a corner and replied respectfully.

"Well, go back to the restaurant." The second master closed his eyes and recuperated. Yuan Qi got out of the car and was about to tell the driver when a carriage approached in front. Then the servant next to the driver jumped out of the car and raised his hand to Yuan Qi, "Yuan Qi Manager, is the second master in the car?"

"I don't know who is your Excellency?" Yuan Qi was taken aback for a moment, and returned a salute.

"My master has an invitation, and I hope that the second master will show respect." The servant said, Yuan Qi frowned secretly, "Who is your master? The second master is still busy right now, so I may not be able to make the appointment."

"Boss Yuan, my master is Seventh Master, can you ask Second Master if you have time?" The servant said calmly, Yuan Qi had no choice but to get in the car and report the matter.

"Seventh Master?" Second Master pondered, could it be Zai Tao?Zai Tao has been in Shanghai for a few days, but he has not heard from him. He didn't expect to block the way now, but Qi Ye acted a lot more ostentatiously.

The second master didn't want to fall out with Zai Tao, so he got up and got out of the carriage and walked towards the carriage sent by the seventh master. Before getting into the carriage, he gave Yuan Qi a wink, Yuan Qi left first, and hurried back to the restaurant to inform him that he was still waiting. Second Master's Tsing Yi.

The carriage brought the second master to Zai Tao's mansion in Shanghai, got off the car and followed the servants into the door, the second master secretly frowned, fearing that there would be no good banquet, so he didn't know why Zai Tao invited him to the door.

After the servant brought the second master to the other courtyard where the banquet was prepared, he retreated first. The second master observed secretly. It seemed that Zai Tao had only invited him, and there were only two wine cups on the table. It's for two.

He had no choice but to lift up his clothes and sit down, quietly waiting for Qi Ye to appear, but before Qi Ye could wait, he saw Liang Zhongbo first, and the second master narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of the note in Tsing Yi, he wished he would walk into the room. Liang Zhongbo from another courtyard was slaughtered.

"Second Master, I didn't expect to see you here again." Liang Zhongbo bowed with a smile, but the Second Master didn't respond, he didn't even get up, a trace of resentment flashed in Liang Zhongbo's eyes, and he smiled again.

"Second Master, Seventh Master asked me to entertain you first. He has something important to do at the moment, so he can't come out for the time being." After Liang Zhongbo finished speaking, Second Master still didn't respond. He secretly gritted his teeth, this Yuan Second Master would not let him go in the eyes.

"Since Qiye has something important to do, then Yuan will resign first and apologize to Qiye at another time." The second master was silent for a while, stood up, and looked at Liang Zhongbo with cold eyes.

"This can't be done. If the second master leaves and the seventh master blames him, I can't afford it. I hope the second master will wait for a while, and the seventh master will come over when he's done with his work." Liang Zhongbo said with a smile.

It seems that he has to drink this glass of wine today, the second master frowned secretly, it is really troublesome, he is already tired of this posturing, why not find a chance to solve Zai Tao and Liang Zhongbo together, so as not to be an eyesore.

The second master sat down again with a gloomy face, already thinking in his mind, who should he turn to, who can cleanly get rid of Qi Ye once and for all, and as for Liang Zhongbo, he is nothing without Qi Ye.

It's too cheap to kill him with one blow. After the second master made up his mind, he started to eat on his own. He believed that the reason why the seventh master came to him was not to poison him to death, so there should be no poison in the food.

He didn't care about Liang Zhongbo who was next to him, after a feast, he didn't touch the wine on the table, he just took a few sips from the teacup, and then asked: "Yuan is full, I wonder if Master Qi is done with his work?"

Liang Zhongbo's expression was not very good, "Second Master, you are so eager to leave, it's too disrespectful to Seventh Master."

"Yuan has important things to do, unlike you who have nothing to do, you have a lot of time to sit and drink tea and chat." The second master glanced at Liang Zhongbo lightly, and said sarcastically.

Liang Zhongbo's hands were clenched into fists. From the beginning, the Second Master disliked him very much. He obviously didn't offend the Second Master, but when Yuan Fu first met, he faintly sensed the Second Master's hostility towards him.

He was very puzzled, could it be that he was blocking the eyes of the second master just because he took refuge in the young master?However, after observation in the future, although the second master didn't like the other people in the big and young courtyard, he didn't hate them as much as he hated him.

In addition to the fact that the actor was arrested in the young and old courtyard, the second master didn't want to see him even more. Although the second master left Tianjin not long after, Liang Zhongbo knew that the second master had been looking for opportunities to get rid of him.

He dared to appear in front of the second master now because he had the seventh master behind him, but he didn't know that the second master had already made up his mind to remove his backer and deal with him together.

"I don't have time to watch you distracted. In a word, when will the seventh master come?" Seeing that Liang Zhongbo hadn't answered for a long time, the second master asked coldly, but before Liang Zhongbo could speak, a warm voice came, "I'm late , I hope Han Yun will forgive me."

"Seventh Master." The second master followed the reputation and found that it was Zai Tao whom he hadn't seen in four years. At this time, Zai Tao looked more mature and restrained than four years ago, and the second master bowed to Zai Tao.

"Han Yun doesn't need to be polite, sit down." Zai Tao said with a gentle smile, the second master was noncommittal, and sat down at the seat farthest from Zai Tao, Zai Tao was slightly taken aback, then sat down indifferently.

"I don't know that the seventh master arrived in Shanghai and failed to pay a visit. It's really Han Yun's fault." The second master cleared his throat and was a little polite. As for whether he really didn't know that he was carrying Tao to Shanghai, both parties knew it well.

"It doesn't matter, I invite you to come to the door today. I have something important to discuss." Zai Tao immediately cut to the point, which surprised the second master secretly. What important matter can Zai Tao discuss with him?They were never in the same boat.

It turned out that Zai Tao heard that he was close to foreigners, so he wanted to connect him with them. Zai Tao also wanted to do business in Shanghai and get a share.

"Qi Ye can speak foreigners, or is there anyone around who can speak foreigners?" Second Master asked calmly without changing his face.

Zai Tao shook his head, expressing that he couldn't speak foreigners, and he didn't have any subordinates who could speak foreigners. The second master sneered in his heart. If he wanted to do business with foreigners, if he didn't learn from foreigners, could he expect all foreigners to be able to speak Chinese?

"In this way, how does Seventh Master do business with foreigners?" Second Master asked bluntly, Zai Tao frowned, "Don't they know what we say?"

The second master is a little speechless, is this a common problem of Aixinjueluo?When Fifth Master first arrived in Shanghai, he had asked him the same question. The bottom line was that it was the arrogance in their bones that caused the trouble, thinking that everyone should cater to them.

If they want to do business with foreigners, they think highly of them. Therefore, foreigners should be able to speak Chinese to communicate with them. They can’t speak the language of foreigners. Otherwise, how can they do business?

Fifth master's idea was severely mocked by second master. He said bluntly that the rich are the masters. In the Shanghai Concession, Aixinjueluo's blood doesn't mean anything, and only those who have money can speak loudly.

Then he was even more surprised to learn that Zai Tao actually wanted to get involved in the opium den business. The second master squinted his eyes and decided to get rid of Zai Tao. Because the concession is not controlled by Chinese law, opium dens and brothels can be seen everywhere.

But the second master has never been involved in those businesses. I never thought that Zai Tao would touch his taboo as soon as he arrived in Shanghai. Anyone who knows the second master knows that you should never talk about that kind of business with the second master, otherwise the second master will turn his face against him. recognize people.