Chapter 69： Rubber hazards

When the time comes to October, the weather is getting colder and people are also putting on autumn clothes. Recently, the lively constitutional topics have begun to cool down.

Zhang Agou is not what it used to be. Everyone on the street now calls ‘Brother Dog’ and ‘Master Dog’. Now even the leading figure on the street, Cai Asi, calls him Brother Zhang. Recently, he became fascinated by the title "Mr. Zhang", and he knew it was a gentleman.

"Mr. Zhang, let's eat a bowl of Chaos." Uncle Hu who still sells Chaos, now also changed his words.

"No, I have something to do with you, right." Zhang Agou, who is also wearing a foreign suit now, refused Uncle Hu's invitation.

"Uncle Hu, I plan to move out. You can't keep the stock. Tell the neighbors that you can sell it when you see it." Seeing that Uncle Hu wanted to say something, Zhang Agou continued to say his own. intend.

"Ah, Agou, you have to move out." Uncle Hu couldn't even call out Mr. Zhang, and said in surprise. After hearing the conversation between Uncle Hu and Zhang Agou, the neighbors all rounded up to persuade Zhang Agou.

"Mr. Zhang, if you move out, it will be difficult for us."

"Brother Dog, don't move."

"Brother Agou, it's hard for us if you move away."

There is also a reason for the enthusiasm of the neighbours to stay. After Uncle Hu bought Willis shares and got the first dividend, the neighbours also raised money and entrusted Zhang Agou to buy six shares and earn dividends together. After the Willis stock could not be bought in Shanghai, some people raised the idea of ​​these common people's stocks and asked them to buy them at a high price of 90 taels. Neighbors certainly don't want to sell. Everyone knows that the Willis stock has a momentum of hundreds.

After being known by a group of hooligans, they planned to squeeze out these stocks from the neighbourhoods. Later, Zhang Agou came forward and called Cai Asi to not let them succeed. Now Zhang Agou intends to move out, who will protect the powerless and powerless, the stocks in his hands are estimated to be unable to fall.

Hearing the persuasion of the neighbours, Zhang Agou also had a headache.

"Well, don't make any noise."

After hearing Zhang Agou's roar, the neighbors who came up all around quieted down, watching Zhang Agou waiting for his speech.

"I bought a house in the concession, and now I don't move in, can I let my new house feed the rats? I will come back to see you when I have time. Now this stock is almost profitable, and I can't take care of you for the rest of my life. Everyone is gone."

After Zhang Agou finished speaking, he squeezed out the crowd and left. When the rest of the people saw Zhang Agou's departure, they knew that there was no way. They had to negotiate to find a rich man while the stock was still in their hands. sold.

Zhang Agou thought about his new house, and he was happy in his heart. The two-story small western-style building on the first floor cost him nearly a thousand taels of silver. If he doesn't live there, he really intends to take root in this dilapidated place.

Zhang Agou, who was thinking about the new house, walked to the Willis building, looked at the crowd around the door who still wanted to buy stocks, and secretly despised in his heart. If you want to make money but you are afraid of taking risks, you still want to buy stocks of foreign companies. It's just a dream. After some contempt in his heart, Zhang Agou walked into the Foreign Bank Building.

"Banghan Zhang, early." After entering the door, a staff member greeted Zhang Agou one after another.

"Morning." Zhang Agou responded to these people with a smile now.

Just a month ago, in order to commend him for running errands, Sterry gave Zhang Agou the name of an assistant and gave him an office. This made him overjoyed, and now his favorite is that these employees call him "Bang Zhang".

Zhang Agou who walked into his office today, after making a good cup of tea, he took a sip of the tea smell. "It's a good tea, it's the Dragon Well in front of the rain."

Zhang Agou secretly admired in his heart. This is a gift from a businessman who wants to buy stocks for his help. In fact, Zhang Agou doesn't understand tea at all, but it doesn't prevent him from pretending to be a literati.

"Da Da Da" knocking on the door disturbed Zhang Agou's humanistic mentality.

After sitting down on the office chair, Zhang Agou said. "Come in."

"Assistant Zhang, Mr. Sterry will let you go there." An employee said to him when he came in.

"Okay, go right away." Hearing the call of his boss, Zhang Agou didn't care about pretending to be gentle, and immediately stood up and walked all the way to Sterry's office.

"What's the boss' order."

Sterry, who was busy in the office, raised his head and looked up at Zhang Agou who nodded and bowed. "Go and help me give this to the newspaper." After speaking, he took out a note and handed it to Zhang Agou.

"Good boss, I'll do it right now." After getting the note given by Sterry, Zhang Agou got on a rickshaw to Shanghai Xinbao and gave his boss to the newspaper's president Bork. . "I see, you can go back."

The next day, in the headline news of the Shanghai New Newspaper, it was published that Willis Rubber Company planned to invite a group of people who bought shares of its own company to visit Nanyang Rubber Plantation. As soon as the news was released, the public recognized Willis even more, and its stock price directly broke the one hundred two mark. It made Uncle Hu's neighbors a good living.

"The news of Sterry is really great, shall we begin to release the stocks in our hands now?" Stocker asked Sterry.

"Don’t let it go. Today, Huitong’s Kerry Road invited me to a dinner party organized by them. I promised." Sterry told him

"It seems that they want to enter the arena, too." Stockell explained his understanding to Sterry.

"I think so. But that's okay, more people can participate in this speculation, so we can make more money." Sterry said his plan.

"It's okay to test it out," Stockell said in agreement.

At 7pm in the Anglo American Club, a group of European and American businessmen are attending this dinner hosted by Kerry Road. A group of people chatted and drank in their own small circles, and laughter came from time to time, which made the whole dinner so lively.

"Mr. Sterry is here." The sound of a notification from the door made these people stand up. I want to see what Mr. Sterry of Willis Rubber Company looks like, the man in Shanghai now. Sterry lived up to expectations and walked in in a British evening dress. His handsome appearance, slender figure, and polite manner made many girls drunk.

"Mr. Sterry, it's an honor for you to be here." As the host of this party, Kerry Dao stepped forward and shook hands with Sterry enthusiastically. "Know that you are the focus of many people's discussions now. Half of the people at the party are here to get to know you."

After hearing what Kerry said, Sterry replied with his strictly trained aristocratic etiquette. "This is my honour, thank you very much for Mr. Kerry Dao's invitation. I also thank everyone for your enthusiasm." After saying that, Sterry saluted the people around him, and his behavior drew a round of applause.

"You are more popular than me tonight." Seeing the young man's performance in front of him, Kerry joked with a smile.

After arriving at the evening banquet hall, Sterry immediately became the focus of everyone. Some introduced themselves, some pulled investors, and some hoped to take a stake in Willis, but the most often asked him whether he has a fiancée. Before all kinds of inquiring people, Sterry answered their questions with good reason.

After sending another lady who asked if she had a fiancée, Kerry asked. "Mr. Sterry, do I need to take a break."

Sterry replied, knowing that the show was coming. "Just a little tired, is there a room for me to rest?"

"Of course, please follow me."

The two walked to a relatively remote room on the second floor. Kerry Road opened the door and said. "Please inside." After Sterry entered the door, he found that several people were sitting in this room.

"I'll introduce it." Kerry Road guided Sterry, introducing him to the people in the room.

"This is my partner, Mr. Wei Tui." Kerry said, pointing to a middle-aged man who was a little fat about forty years old and introduced.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Wei Tui." Sterry said after shook hands with Wei Tui.

"I am glad to meet you too, Mr. Sterry."

After introducing his own partners, Kerry continued to introduce Sterry, Dao Hua Yang Hong Li Si De, Jardine Matheson’s Chabir, De Hua Yang Hong’s Burman and so on. Kerry Road introduced him at the end. "This is Langley's wheat side."

"It's nice to meet you." Looking at the rubber advocate next to him, Sterry shook his hand with a smile on his face.

"I am also glad to meet you, Mr. Sterry." Seeing Sterry who had cut his own Hu, Mai Bian also responded with a smile on his face.

After seeing that they all know each other, Kerry Dao stepped up and talked about it first. "Everyone is sitting together this time, you know what it is for."

"I know, it's all for rubber." Facing Kerry's question, everyone answered.

"Okay, I won't be too nonsense. The price of rubber can be hyped up this time without the joint efforts of everyone. Mr. Sterry played a major role. Now we need to advance and retreat together so that everyone can obtain Gain." Kerry asked after looking at Sterry. "Do you think I am right? Mr. Sterry."

Seeing everyone and looking at him, Sterry knew that all the people in front of him had negotiated, and he could only talk about it. "Yes, I think so too."

After hearing Sterry’s reply, Kerry continued. "We need to continue to advocate the usefulness of rubber, and to establish more rubber companies to issue stocks to release the Qing people's enthusiasm for buying rubber stocks." After hearing Kerry's words, Stuart Li finally knew why he wanted to come here. If more rubber companies were to issue stocks, then he would be the most influential. Sterry thought he could not be silent anymore.

"What is your plan to compensate me for joining this operation."

Facing Sterry’s question, Kerry Tao replied. "We will cooperate fully to increase your stock prices, which is good for everyone."

After hearing what Kerry said, Sterry thought to himself, and after some calculations, Sterry agreed to their request.

After attending the dinner, Sterry returned to the company and told his companions about the break.

"We made a good game, they just mixed in." Felix said with a dissatisfaction when he heard the news.

"There is no way, after all, if they come to disrupt the situation, it will be difficult for us to do it." Sterry explained to him.

"We are mainly seeking stability, and we can't have too many twists and turns. However, getting the help of these local snakes can also make us safer to earn the money we need." Stockell expressed his opinion.

"In fact, I think about it this way, after all, safety is the most important." Sterry replied.

In the days that followed, they saw the help of the earth snake. With their help, Willis's 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 worth it to join them. In the face of the rubber market in Shanghai, more people could not sit still. A large number of local banks also joined the hype, and the price of rubber was increased to six taels per pound at the end of the year. The high price of a penny. Shanghai is caught in a nationwide stock speculation boom, and now everyone is crazy about rubber stocks.