vstars Chapter 246: The Down-and-out Rich Merchants in the Republic of China (6)
Chapter 246: The Down-and-out Rich Merchants in the Republic of China (6)
Since Jiang Zui came back, the Jiang family has received so many invitations that they have almost piled up. Upper-class people all want to get to know Jiang Zui, the young master Jiang, and have extended olive branches to him and invited Jiang Zui to dinner.
But Jiang Zui was only thinking about Shao Yangui and completely forgot about the post.
It was not until Jiang Zui's former classmate Wei He personally came to deliver an invitation to Jiang Zui to attend an opera at the Liyuan Opera House at noon the next day.
Wei He was Jiang Zui's childhood playmate. The Wei family and the Jiang family had business dealings, and both were members of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, so the two were quite familiar with each other.
Jiang Zui accepted Wei He's invitation and arrived on time.
At noon, in the Pear Garden, the actors on the stage were singing, and the people below were bustling around to cheer them on, creating a very lively scene.
Just when the song was halfway through, Jiang Zui arrived late.
Jiang Zui was wearing a dress with a guilty look on his face. He apologized to Wei He, "I'm so sorry. There was a traffic jam on the road and I was late. Please forgive me, Brother Wei. I will punish myself with a glass of wine. There is no wine here, so I will use tea instead of wine. Brother Wei, a glass."
Having said that, Jiang Zui directly picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
Wei He waited for Jiang Zui for so long, and thought that Jiang Zui didn't give him face and planned not to come. He was angry in his heart, but he didn't expect that the other party would compliment him so much. For a moment, the anger in his heart dissipated instantly, and he said with a smile on his face:
"It's good that you're here, it's good that you're here. I didn't expect there would be a traffic jam on the road. I thought Brother Jiang didn't want to come."
"Brother Wei, what are you talking about? Brother Wei, if you make an appointment, how can I, Jiang, not come?" Jiang Zui retorted seriously.
"Hahaha——" Hearing Jiang Zui's words, Wei He laughed and said, "Brother Jiang, you really haven't changed. I thought your relationship would become more distant after you went abroad for a few years. I heard rumors that many people have sent invitations to Brother Jiang in the past half month, but Brother Jiang is the first one to agree to me."
"The relationship between Brother Wei and me is different from that between others."
"It is my honor to be valued by Brother Jiang." After saying this, Wei He smiled and said, "Come, have some tea. This is the best Da Hong Pao."
"Really? Then I want to have a good taste."
The two of them talked while watching the show on the stage.
Wei He's words were implicitly asking about what happened to Jiang Zui during his years abroad, and Jiang Zui acted like he was meeting an old friend he hadn't seen for years.
All in all, on the surface, both parties seemed to enjoy the party.
After the song ended, Wei He actually called over the actor who was singing on the stage just now and introduced him to Jiang Zui: "Jiang Zui, this is Ruozhu, the best actor in Liyuan."
"Ruozhu, this is Jiang Zui, the only son of Jiang Junru, the president of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. Young Master Jiang just came back from abroad a few days ago. You must take good care of him."
After saying that, Wei He signaled to Ruozhu with his eyes. After receiving the order, Ruozhu immediately sat on the stool beside Jiang Zui, then helped to add some tea, handed it to Jiang Zui with both hands, and said in a delicate voice:
"So it's Young Master Jiang. Ruozhu is blind and doesn't recognize a great man. I hope Young Master Jiang will be more magnanimous."
Jiang Zui raised his eyes slightly, his gaze moving back and forth between Wei He and Ruo Zhu. He nonchalantly took the teacup from Ruo Zhu's hand, raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, raised an eyebrow at Ruo Zhu, and said, "Ruo Zhu? That's a good name."
After a pause, he continued, "Today's song is good, Afeng, give me some money."
"Yes, young master."
Since Jiang Zui returned to China, A Feng has become Jiang Zui's servant.
When Ruozhu heard Jiang Zui's words, she flattered him again and again, "Thank you, Master."
Wei He on the side saw this and teased: "Jiang Zui, how is it? Do you like it? If you like it, why don't you take it back to the mansion..."
However, before Wei He could finish his words, a sharp voice came from the box on the second floor.
"The one downstairs is the eldest young master of the Jiang family?!"
Hearing the sound, Jiang Zui, Wei He, Ruozhu and the others all looked towards the source of the sound.
Qi Mingting, wearing a majestic military uniform, slowly came down from the second floor and walked in front of Jiang Zui, his dark eyes full of amusement.
"I have long admired Ruozhu, a famous opera actress, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to meet her. I came here today to see how stunning she is that attracts so many people's admiration."
He paused for a moment and said, "Alas, I am still not as charming as Young Master Jiang."
Qi Mingting appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already boiling with rage.
I have been pursuing Ruozhu for such a long time, but I was beaten to her by a young man who just returned from studying abroad.
He is a young marshal, but he is not as good as a dandy boy? !
He doesn't agree!
Ruozhu's family was poor, and although he was a boy, he could not escape the fate of being sold to the theater by his parents.
He grew up in a Peking Opera theater and suffered a lot. Finally, not long ago, by chance, the character who was supposed to sing the song suddenly fell ill, so he took over temporarily and suddenly became popular.
After ten years of hard practice behind the scenes, one day one will become famous.
Soon, he was noticed by Wei He, one of the shareholders of Liyuan.
After careful consideration, Ruozhu agreed to cooperate with Weihe.
The cooperation between them was simple. Wei He used him to search for information about other forces, while Wei He supported him with all his strength.
Having enjoyed the feeling of being sought after, who would want to go back to the past?
Therefore, Ruozhu has been helping Weihe collect intelligence.
Until a few days ago, Wei He suddenly asked him to win Jiang Zui's favor, hoping that the other party would fall in love with him and take him back to the Jiang Mansion.
He was deeply moved by this!
The Jiang family's businesses are spread all over the country. Their silk, tea and other businesses are even sold well abroad. They are also well-known domestic medicinal materials dealers. Jiang Junru also serves as the president of the Bank of Shanghai. He is a person that even the governor and the marshal have to give some face to.
Jiang Zui is Jiang Junru's only son. All the family property will belong to Jiang Zui alone in the future, and much more than that. He has heard that although Jiang Zui has married, she married a man, and the relationship between the couple is not good.
After thinking it over again and again, Ruozhu nodded and agreed to Weihe.
In fact, before he agreed to Wei He, Qi Mingting had come to him many times to show his goodwill to him.
Qi Mingting is the eldest son of Marshal Qi Bochuan, and holds the military power of the southern troops.
Logically speaking, Qi Mingting is the person he should choose.
After all, in these troubled times, the barrel of the gun is the real power.
However, he was not interested in Qi Mingting's smoky backyard, and he knew that Qi Mingting was only a little interested in him, but not much, just for fun.
He was even sure that Qi Mingting would not dare to bring him back to the Young Marshal's Mansion.
Qi Mingting is different from Jiang Zui. Jiang Zui is an only son, but Qi Mingting is not. Qi Bochuan has twenty-two concubines and countless children.
It was only because Qi Mingting was the eldest son and had outstanding abilities that Qi Bochuan took a fancy to him. However, if anything happened to Qi Mingting, Qi Bochuan could always find someone to replace him.