A large portion of the trading firms in Wuhu were rice shops. Because Wuhu itself was a rice market, coupled with the convenience of water and land transportation, it brought prosperity to the rice trade in Wuhu.
Zhao Mingyuan was a famous rice merchant in Wuhu. The shop he ran was called Wantong Rice Store. His business could reach Shanghai downstream and reach Shashi in Hubei upstream. His net worth was one of the best in Wuhu City. This afternoon, Zhao Mingyuan had gone against his usual habit of going to the warehouse at the dock. After lunch, he held a Yixing purple sand teapot and leisurely flipped through the daily newspaper that the butler had just brought over. Although Zhao Mingyuan was wealthy, his daily life was rather simple. Other than his family, there was only a butler and a servant in the huge courtyard. He was also a member of Qingyang and had his own residence and quite a lot of land in Qingyang. Although he was looking at the things on the table, he was absent-minded. From time to time, he would meow outside the window. Today, he had an important guest coming. To be exact, a friend was coming.
The Four Seas Trading Company was not only his business partner in Wantong Rice, but they were also from the same hometown. The Four Seas Trading Company was in charge of a huge transport fleet. The shipping business of Wantong Rice was handed over to the Four Seas Trading Company. The shipping business was only the Four Seas Trading Company's business on the surface. Zhao Mingyuan knew that they were still operating a more core business, and their financial resources were even above Wantong's. Moreover, the Four Seas Trading Company was a business of the Three Family Village. The manpower and resources that it could mobilize were not something that Wantong could compare to. It was just that the Four Seas Trading Company usually kept a low profile and outsiders did not pay attention to it. Today, he was waiting for the guests from the Four Seas Trading Company and the Three Family Village.
The waiting time passed very slowly. When it was almost evening, there was a commotion outside the house. The butler rushed in."Master, they're here!" Zhao Mingyuan was about to leave the room when a voice came from outside."Old Zhao, we're already here. Why aren't we out yet? Come out and see who else is here!" It was Wei Yiqu's voice.
Murong Yao should have let the elders enter the house first. Murong Yao slowed down his pace and landed at the back. However, even so, he was still pleasantly surprised. Just as he stepped into the courtyard, two figures attacked him from both sides. Murong Yao seemed to have been prepared for this. He smiled and stretched out his hands. Two beautiful little girls who looked exactly the same rushed up and hugged Murong Yao's neck. She hung on his left and right and shouted,"Big Brother Murong!" It had been three years since they last met. The little girls that his predecessor had mentioned were now two big girls in front of him. They were hanging on Murong Yao's body as if they were about to fall. Murong Yao subconsciously stretched out his hands to hold their buttocks. This time, he felt that something was wrong. Their buttocks were full of elasticity and it was not the feeling he had imagined. He wanted to let go but thought about it again. If he died in front of everyone, then so be it! "Wan 'er, Tong' er, I haven't seen you for three years. Brother Murong misses you too!"”
"Big Brother Murong, guess who's the elder sister?" the girl on the right said. Who was the younger sister? There's a prize for guessing!"
This was a worldwide problem. These two little girls looked exactly the same since they were born. Even their behavior was difficult to distinguish. Zhao Ming Yuan himself was often confused and often made mistakes. Later on, she didn't even call her by her name. No matter which one she changed to, she would just call her little girl. The two little girls often exchanged their identities to tease their father. Zhao Ming Yuan could do nothing about these two precious daughters and could only take extra care of them!
"Alright, how many times can I guess?" Murong Yao smiled.”
"Three times!" the one on the left said. She felt that something was wrong, as if she had fallen into a ditch.
"Are you the elder sister?"
"No!"
"That's my sister. I've only used it twice!”
The two little girls were not pretentious. One on the left and the other on the right, as if they had agreed on it at the same time, they smacked Murong Yao's face.
These two little girls were Zhao Mingyuan's twins. Zhao Mingyuan's wife died during childbirth, and he didn't marry anyone else. At present, there were only three of them at home. The older one was called Zhao Wan 'er, and the younger one was called Zhao Tong' er. She was two years younger than Murong Yao. Murong Yao had been fated with these two little sisters since he was young. Although he was also a child, he was mature and loved these two little sisters. The two girls had always been around Murong Yao. Whenever the three of them were together, one of them would always be the one dragging the two little tails. This could be considered a standard childhood sweetheart. Murong Yao had heard about all of this from his predecessor, so although he did not panic when he first met them, he did not expect these two little girls to be so smart and beautiful. The Murong and Zhao families had long had the intention of getting along, but the Murong family only had one son, while the Zhao family had two daughters. Fortunately, the children were still young. Zhao Mingyuan liked this child prodigy of the Murong family very much and treated him as his son-in-law. Other people's children were still ignorant at this age, but Murong Yao had already graduated from university. Murong Qing Shan and Zhao Ming Yue treated these two girls like their own daughters! It was no longer fun for his daughter to talk back when she was older. However, these two little pistachios who were like pink balls were always making him laugh.
The people around them knew that these three children were used to things since they were young. Boss Zhao was in a great mood. The two children had been talking about each other at home for three years, and they had finally reunited! Murong Qing Shan knew that his wife wanted to come with him last night because she wanted to see the two little girls. His eyes were filled with kindness. Wei Wuji looked at his sister beside him. The eagerness in the girl's eyes could not help but sigh!
"Oh, right, I brought you two some small gifts!”Murong Yao then put down the two little girls and took out two exquisite little boxes from his bag.""I hope you like it. I saw these two things in a foreign firm in the country of Dé. I ate salted vegetables for three months!”
There were two violet boxes with delicate ribbons tied around them. On the front of the boxes was a string of words written in English:ROLEX.
"I'll give you three chances to guess what's inside. However, if you guess wrong, the prize will be yours!”Cheers erupted!
Zhao Mingyuan was actually just a rich man and did not know the value of things. However, Murong Qingshan knew what was good for him. When he saw the words on it, his expression changed and he pulled his son to the side. "Where did this thing come from?" Forget about eating salted vegetables for three months, even drinking cold water for three years would not be enough! Tell me, how much did you spend?"
Looking at his father's rarely serious face, Murong Yao stuttered,""256 dollars!"
Seeing that his father was still staring at him, he continued,"One!"
Murong Qingshan took in a breath of cold air. 500 yuan was enough for his son to study in university for two to three years." Where did you get so much money?”
Murong Yao smiled and said,"It's smooth!"”
"Don't lie to me. Do you think it's that easy to go to a bank in China?”
"It's indeed smooth! I took the money to buy it!"
"You did something illegal?"
"A Japanese businessman bullied the citizens of China. As a citizen of China, I taught him a lesson with justice. I got the money and I did buy it!”
"That fan also came from this!”Only then did Murong Qing Shan remember that the fan itself was not expensive, but the price of the mechanism was hard to say.
"Yes!"
Murong Qingshan only knew that his son had trained in martial arts since he was young, but he did not know that his son's current skills were so terrifying!
Murong Yao said,"I'll explain this to you in the future!"”
After saying that, she returned to the crowd. How could the two little girls imagine what was inside! She guessed all the valuable things that a girl could think of-bracelets, necklaces, hairpins, and so on. However, Murong Yao kept shaking his head and could only look at Murong Yao with anticipation.
Murong Yao said,"Stop guessing and open it!" This thing might be something we rarely see!”
When the two girls opened the box, everyone's eyes widened.
There were two glittering ladies 'watches in the box. There were not many people in the country who used watches. Even if there were, they would be pocket watches. At most, they would be gold. Men's watches were rarely seen, and he had never seen such a delicate and small women's watch. Moreover, people usually regarded watches as expensive luxury goods. Even pocket watches had to be deliberately dragged outside to let people see.
Murong Yao said,"This is the latest Swiss watch for Ms. Rex. It's not in your pocket, but on your hand. It's very convenient to look at the time this way."”(This brand used to be called this way. In the 1970s, the name Rolex was introduced from Hong Kong to the mainland.)
"I spent a lot of effort on the gifts for my two sisters. I chose a lot of places to find them. I hope they will like them!”
How could he not like her? The two little girls had already taken out their watches and happily put them on their hands!
Murong Yao reminded,"Wear it on your left hand!"”
After a while, everyone sat down and started talking about serious matters. This time, the Four Seas Trading Company was preparing to open three branches, namely Shanghai, Nanjing, and Anqing. In particular, Shanghai was prepared to strengthen its original foundation. Shanghai was still at war, and Nanjing could be burned down. Now was just preparation. Everything could only be done after the situation stabilized. The Four Seas Trading Company selected five people from the internal department. Boss Zhao also provided five candidates, and six of them were selected. In fact, there was not much difference between a shopkeeper and an accountant. If the seedlings were good, they could be independent in the future.
"The five people I've chosen started as apprentices, and three of them are the children of my elders." According to the past, this was considered a child born in the family. There was no problem with loyalty, but in terms of ability, it depended on everyone's judgment. Your matters were my matters. If you were bold, you would still dare to expand in this situation!”
Wei Yiqu smiled and said," Let the brave starve to death. Maybe this is an opportunity!"”
Zhao Mingyuan said," You're right. This is a matter of taste. How about this? It's already late today. I'll call them over tomorrow morning. I've already prepared dinner for tonight. I'll give everyone a welcome dinner at Wuhu Hotel. We'll talk about everything tomorrow! Then, he waved his hand and said,"Let's go and drink!"”
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