Song TIANYAO was meeting Sir Hugh Beaver in London with a paper on smog.
Lei Yingdong, who was far away in Hong Kong, also met Xu Pingsheng, the Hong Kong ship king known as Shengbo, because of the bottle of soda worth 10000 yuan.
Although the Xu family in Hong Kong has not been included in the ranking of the so-called four Chinese aristocratic families and the heads of the three chambers of Commerce, it does not mean that the Xu family is weak, but the Xu family has always been used to making a low-key fortune and never publicized.
There are twenty or thirty passenger and cargo ships in Xu's shipping company. From Nanyang to North Korea, even along the mainland coast, there is no lack of Xu's seagoing ships.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Xu family has accumulated and created contacts over the years. It can be said that in Hong Kong, a small city, the Xu family meets both the British and the Chinese.
Xu Pingsheng's ship can do business in any country, but not in Japan.
Moreover, when it comes to Xu Pingsheng, all Hong Kong businessmen have to give a thumbs up praise. After the fall of Hong Kong and the fall of Hong Kong waters into the hands of Japan, this Sheng Bo resolutely scuttled two cargo ships docked at Hong Kong docks to prevent his two ships from being requisitioned by the Japanese for invading his motherland.
The property in Hong Kong was frozen and the materials were seized. Xu Pingsheng refused to take refuge in the Japanese and turned to Macao to return to his hometown in the mainland. The Xu family had almost nothing. The family cried and lost their voice. From their ancestors to Xu Pingsheng's three generations of family business, a century of struggle came to naught, which made everyone in the Xu family almost desperate and said that they were sorry for their ancestors.
Only Sheng Bo, kneeling in front of the ancestral tablet of the Xu family, spoke frankly, saying that he did not lose the face of the Xu family, did not make a dog for the Japanese, and always straightened his back and became a Chinese.
At the end of the Anti Japanese War, Xu Pingsheng returned to Hong Kong for the first time, picked up the two cargo ships he had sunk, repaired them and put them back into the shipping industry. He was one of the first businessmen to enter the shipping industry in Hong Kong after the war. A few years later, he developed from two ships to twenty or thirty passenger and cargo ships, and became the king of ships in Hong Kong.
When the Shanghai People's Congress poured into Hong Kong in batches and Shanghai shipping tycoons were all preparing to resume their old business at the Hong Kong Wharf, the local Chinese shipping businessmen in Hong Kong did not want Xu Pingsheng to lead them and give foreign Shanghainese a blow, but Xu Pingsheng did not agree, but showed that the world's business was done well and that everyone was Chinese.
This time, if Lei Yingdong had not been bombed and sunk the ship, Xu Pingsheng would be dissatisfied with the actions of shipping tycoons in Shanghai. How could it be so simple for Lei Yingdong, a small merchant who started by smuggling fishing boats, to meet the ship king Xu Pingsheng? Don't say ten thousand yuan a bottle of soda, one hundred thousand yuan may not be paid attention to him.
Xu Pingsheng chose the place to see Lei Yingdong and chose the horse club. In order to avoid Lei Yingdong's embarrassment, Chu Xiaoxin and Lei Yingdong came to the racecourse together.
Today, Xu Pingsheng is old. His eldest son Xu Enbo basically takes care of his business. On weekdays, Xu Pingsheng has no other luxury hobbies, but likes watching horse racing. The Xu family has six or seven horse racing in the horse club.
Today, there is no race in the Jockey Club, but Xu Pingsheng has two more favorite horses, Changsheng mountain. Bisheng mountain has arrived in Hong Kong and is asking horse trainers and jockeys to check their horses and prepare for the race.
"Mr. Xu, I think you will be the chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club sooner or later. Sheng Bo and your horse racing add up to more than a dozen." Chu Xiaoxin greeted Xu Pingsheng's eldest son Xu Enbo.
Lei Yingdong behind him, although his expression was calm, his movements were somewhat restrained.
He may not earn as much money as the Xu family in front of him in a month, or Wanyi Xu Pingsheng thinks it's Lei Yingdong. In a word, he Lei Yingdong doesn't need to purchase materials in Hong Kong. I'm afraid he can't even buy a piece of hair, and he's dissatisfied with the fuel tanks of the ships he owns.
"Ah Xin, what's up? You should consider joining the horse club this year and have two horse races to play. Be busy with your career and be careful not to wear out your body." Xu Enbo, 46, smiled and didn't ignore Lei Yingdong. After talking to Chu Xiaoxin, he looked at Lei Yingdong next to Chu Xiaoxin:
"Are you Lei Guantai? Artest? My father is old, but he still likes to joke with the offspring. Don't worry about the soda. If you don't shoot it, in fact, he's going to talk to you."
"Mr. Xu, I'd like to thank Sheng Bo for meeting me once in his busy schedule. This time..." Lei Yingdong smiled bitterly.
Xu Enbo reached out and patted Lei Yingdong on the arm: "well, I already know everything about you. Go in and see my father. Shanghai people are really going too far this time."
Lei Yingdong and Chu Xiaoxin followed Xu Enbo and walked into a training ground of the Jockey Club.
In the field, an old man with snow-white hair, dressed in dark red Tang clothes and clubbing a walking stick, was touching the head of a strong chestnut horse in front of him. The horse trainer was holding the chestnut horse and was talking to the old man:
"Sheng Bo, this horse must have a deep chest and a long neck. There must be no problem."
The old man is the boat king of Hong Kong. Xu Pingsheng heard footsteps in the distance. Xu Pingsheng took his hand off his horse's head:
"With some heart, this pure blood horse is very rare."
"I see, uncle Sheng." the horse trainer led the horse away. Xu Pingsheng turned and looked at Xu Enbo, Chu Xiaoxin and Lei Yingdong.
"Sheng Bo, add a new horse?" Chu Xiaoxin waved to Xu Pingsheng and said hello.
Xu Pingsheng smiled: "yes, the old horse should retire. In the future, it's up to you new class horses in Hong Kong."
"You are old and strong. Don't make fun of me. Uncle Jian and my old bean are drinking tea again today. You are not as energetic as Uncle Sheng." Chu Xiaoxin said with a smile.
Xu Pingsheng and Du Zhaojian are old friends for many years. Through Du Zhaojian, they also have contacts with Chu Yaozong. Moreover, the ground in Hong Kong is small. Chu Xiaoxin has seen Xu Pingsheng before and is no stranger to the ship king.
"You Lao Dou and a Jian are both tea addicts. If you have good tea, you must come. I'm different. If I have a wonderful horse race, you must come." Xu Pingsheng paused his walking stick and looked from Chu Xiaoxin to Lei Yingdong.
Chu Xiaoxin said, "Sheng Bo, this is Lei Yingdong who drank soda and donated 10000 yuan for your charity."
Lei Yingdong tried to take a deep breath, calmed himself down and said calmly, "Sheng Bo."
"Well, it's free of polite words. I already know about you, young boy. The Shanghainese have gone too far this time. The freight charges have risen. Of course, everyone wants to pay more attention. Besides, this is Hong Kong, not the Shanghai beach. It's too much to blow up and sink the cargo ship."
Xu Pingsheng looked up and down at Lei Yingdong, and then said, "someone told me about you. I heard that your ship disappeared and almost no one could come back. Unexpectedly, it didn't happen in Macao and insisted on returning to Hong Kong?"
Xu Pingsheng changed into a lazy posture again. Of course, even so, the hegemony in his words is undoubtedly revealed.
Lei Yingdong was originally a man with a lively head. When he heard Xu Pingsheng say this, he naturally understood what Xu Pingsheng wanted to ask.
However, according to Lei Yingdong's understanding, Xu Enbo, the leader of the Xu family on the table, is a full Pro British faction. When dispatching the Xu family fleet on weekdays, he often helps the British. So, what does Xu Pingsheng's question mean?
Lei Yingdong thought quickly in his mind, but he didn't dare to neglect it. He quickly said his experience.
From smashing almost all his savings and buying a seagoing ship to being cheated and losing a seagoing ship.
Lei Yingdong didn't hide the whole thing, and there was no superfluous modification, because he was still watching to see what Xu Enbo's attitude was and what his intention was to meet him this time.
Even if it is clear that Lei Yingdong has a desire for the Xu family, Lei Yingdong still dare not make redundant moves before he knows Xu Pingsheng's real ideas.
Although Xu Pingsheng looks like an old man now, since he can build such a large family business of the Xu family, it is enough to prove his tough wrist. How dare Lei Yingdong show too much before he understands Xu Enbo's real intention.
However, to Lei Yingdong's surprise, it seems that this matter has been mentioned to Xu Pingsheng for a long time. At this time, Xu Pingsheng has some anger on his face:
"Young boy, you did the right thing! You should go back to Hong Kong to deal with it!"