Chapter 66： Rubber Crisis 1

The sun at the end of May has already got a certain degree of heat, and people on the street are all wearing single clothes. At this time is a good time to doze off, Zhang Agou walks down the street wearing a new outfit.

The two neighbors who knocked on the side talked about Zhang Agou who walked by. "Now that Agou is developed and is valued by foreigners to help them do things, he may become a big comprador in the future."

"Yeah, it's a good fate. I couldn't afford to eat last month and now I'm shaking." This man spoke with a sour gas.

After Zhang Agou heard the discussion between the two behind him, he walked more vigorously, his bones were lightened by two or two.

"Agou is ready to rest, this is to go out to do errands." Uncle Hu, who sells Chaos at the mouth of Nongtang, greeted Zhang Agou kindly with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, where did Mr. Sterry have so many things in a day, only the hard work of me running errands, who makes it difficult for these foreigners to serve? It's a hard life." Zhang Agou told his uncle Hu. Suffering, but with a smug look on his face, I can see that he is suffering.

"Foreign lord's affairs are busy and have to eat, I only gave you the chaos, you count it as Uncle Hu asked." Uncle Hu picked up a bowl of chaos and handed it to Zhang Agou.

"If you have something to do with Uncle Hu, just say first, your bowl of chaos is not delicious." Zhang Agou knows that the smiling Uncle Hu is shrewd about this, and he must want to do something by himself.

"Isn't this the one I heard that you helped, the foreign company named Siweili is selling stocks? I heard that buying this stock can get a dividend of 5.4 cents every three months." Uncle Hu asked Zhang cautiously. A dog.

After hearing what Uncle Hu said, Zhang Agou didn't care about his foreign company's name wrong, and only looked at him up and down. "Uncle Hu, you need to know that this stock costs 60 taels of silver. Can you afford it?" Zhang Agou asked a little disbelief.

After hearing Zhang Agou’s question, Uncle Hu continued to talk with a smile. "Didn't I ask you, I don't know if it is reliable or not." After speaking, he handed Zhang Agou a pack of cigarettes. Zhang Agou put it away when he saw that the cigarettes were not bad, and said in a better tone. "Now our foreign company Nanyang has two rubber plantations with 4,000 acres of land. A pound of rubber can now be sold for 31 cents. If you buy the stock now, you can wait for the cash at home."

"Agou, this rubber is so profitable, and your foreigner's boss will give us money. He has such a good heart." Aunt Zhang, who sells cloth shoes next to him, didn't believe it, but the foreigner was so kind to give them money.

After hearing someone questioning him, Zhang Agou retorted with an angry face. "That's because our foreign bank wants to expand production and plans to build two more rubber plantations of 5,000 acres. We don't have enough money to let everyone pick up the bargain. If we have enough money, who will give you the golden egg chicken." Zhang Jinhua I'm telling you, now it's what you want to buy but there is no more."

Zhang Agou looked at the people gradually approaching and said that he did not forget to discipline Zhang Auntie who dared to question him. After hearing Zhang Agou's reasons, everyone became interested in the rubber company of Willis, and they came forward to inquire about Zhang Agou.

Aunt Zhang, who sold shoe soles, saw that there was such a good thing, and quickly stepped forward to hold Zhang Agou, almost crying out to Zhang Agou with regret. "Agou, all the aunts are ignorant, you just think of the neighbors in the neighborhood for so many years, and let the aunts' words as a fart."

After being regretted by the doubter Zhang Auntie, Zhang Agou's self-esteem was greatly satisfied, and he spoke generously. "Forget it, they are all neighbours, and I don't want to look bad, just let it go."

The people around have talked about cheering. "Brother Agou is generosity." "Yes, it means benevolence and justice."

Uncle Hu looked at Zhang Agou, who was praised for not being able to find the North, and thought that the business had not been done yet, so he reached out and pulled him over. "Agou, you have to help Uncle Hu this time. I can count on you for my years of savings."

After hearing what Uncle Hu said, Zhang Agou spoke to the crowd watching the lively. "Okay, it's okay. If you want to know the situation of this rubber, when I come back tonight, I will say, everyone is gone."

When the people watching the excitement around heard Zhang Agou's yelling, they all dispersed in twos and threes. After seeing everyone walking away, Zhang Agou told Uncle Hu. "I can't guarantee whether Uncle Hu can buy stocks from our foreign bank now. I can only take you there."

"I'm going to prepare for that." After saying that, Uncle Hu took off the hanging chain on his body, took out a bag from under the Chaos stall, and squeezed it firmly in his hand. Speaking to Aunt Zhang who sells shoe soles next to him. "Old sister-in-law, you can help me watch it. I'll be back when I go. If you're hungry, you can cook and eat in chaos."

"Look at what you said, I can still eat what you don't make, you go quickly, by the way, let me explore the way, I will help you watch it." Zhang Auntie said to Uncle Hu.

After getting Zhang Auntie to take care of his stall, Uncle Hu followed Zhang Agou to the Willis Rubber Company along the Bund along the River Road.

Aunt Zhang, seeing them walking away, wondered in her heart whether to convey the news to her relatives. Thinking that I was a little hungry, I walked to the Wonton stall of Uncle Hu to see if I could cook some Wonton noodles to eat. I opened the lid of the stall and saw that there were only five raw wontons left. Zhang Auntie felt upset right away, she said cursingly. "You can't kill you, Hu, you are embarrassed to invite me to eat just five wontons." Zhang Auntie felt unwilling to curse, picked up the five wontons in the dustpan and put them into the pot. "I will eat five too, don't think I'm so jolly."

The two walked all the way to Willis, and they chatted as they walked along the way.

"Uncle Hu can't tell, you can make money by selling wontons." Zhang Agou, who was walking on the dusty road, asked Uncle Hu.

"Where can I earn so much money from selling some wontons. Ago, this is the little land in my hometown that was forcibly bought by Liu Juren. That's what I got, and my son has grown up and has to marry a wife to settle down. I can only find a chance to make some money so that the children can make the home safe." Uncle Hu said about it, his eyes were full of tears.

"You don't need to worry about putting it on me, but you know that Uncle Hu, after all, it's hard work to do things for you."

"Relax, your Uncle Hu will not treat you badly, as long as Agou can help me do this for me. Uncle Hu will give you half of the dividend for the first time." After hearing Zhang Agou's words, Uncle Hu was also unambiguous. Take dividends and make a wish to him.

"Okay, Uncle Hu is guaranteed to be done." Zhang Agou also signed the ticket.

The two quickly walked to the gate of Willis Rubber Company at No.17 Yanjiang Road.

"Uncle Hu is style, this is what Dayangxing should look like." Zhang Agou said to Uncle Hu next to him. There were three floors in front of him, a four-thousand-square-meter building. This was originally used by an American businessman to open a foreign bank, but it was sold a year ago because of domestic capital shortage. Due to the high asking price, no one took over until he was fancyed by Sterry from the ‘Britain’ and bought it.

"Uncle Hu, you are waiting here, I will help you ask, don't leave." Zhang Agou said to Uncle Hu beside him.

"Don't worry, why will you leave? I'm still waiting for you to reply."

After greeting Uncle Hu, Zhang Agou tidyed up his clothes, bent over and walked in.

"Is Mr. Felix in the office?" Zhang Agou asked a newly recruited employee beside him.

"Manager Phillips is in his office." The employee said to Zhang Agou.

After Zhang Agou asked, he walked to the door of Phillips' office, sorted out his clothes and knocked on the door three times.

"Please come in." Hearing the sound coming out of the office, Zhang Agou bent his waist and walked in again.

"It turns out that it's Zhang Anything?" Seeing Zhang Agou who walked in, Phillips asked in not fluent Chinese. For Phillips, this is still rush training. the result of.

"That's it, my relative wants to buy the company's stock, don't know if there are any more?" Zhang Agou said to Phillips word by word.

"You mean, you want to buy stocks for your piano."

"Choke to death." Zhang Agou said his few English vocabulary and replied.

"You know, we don't have many stocks for tapping. How much do you buy from your relatives?"

"One share."

After some conversations that you guessed I guess, Zhang Agou finally helped Hu Lao San buy one. Willis Rubber Company issued shares with a face value of sixty taels of silver.

After Uncle Hu paid the money and got a stock certificate, he took Zhang Agou's hand and talked about it. "Agou Uncle Hu prepares some good dishes at home to comfort you."

"Look at what you are talking about, how can Uncle Hu continue to spend money." Zhang Agou delayed insincerely.

"Just talk like that, Uncle Hu is waiting for you at night."

Just when they were polite, an employee ran out of the building and shouted. "Brother Zhang, Mr. Sterry called you in."

After hearing the call from his boss, Zhang Agou couldn't take care of his politeness, and quickly followed the employee into the building.