money player

When Xian Yaowen stepped into Temple Street, in a restaurant, François Sérusier of Romeo France was having lunch with Pierre Cardin and his important partner and boyfriend Andre Olivier.

Because of the success of the press conference and because the "Pierre Cardin" trademark registered last year was promoted in the name of early attention to Pierre Cardin, the two parties easily reached an investment intention - Romeo France injected 2000 million francs into Pierre Cardin Studio, as well as unlimited use rights of the Pierre Cardin trademark (excluding Greater China), and obtained a 40% stake.

Some things can actually be accomplished by someone else, but on the premise of being in his own interests, Xian Yaowen still prefers that some history run along its original trajectory.

While having lunch, Desais instructed an assistant at the Desais Victor law firm to register a trademark "Valentino".

At yesterday's press conference, the heavyweight fashion designer guest Jacques Fath brought his apprentice, who is also Christian Dior's junior brother, the little guy Valentino Garavani from Italy.

Xian Yaowen was optimistic about this little guy and prepared a gift in advance to congratulate him on his grand opening.

There will be many similar gifts prepared, and they probably won't be limited to the clothing industry.

Revisiting the old place, Xian Yaowen no longer felt unfamiliar. His perspective on observing things had changed, and this time he could observe more deeply than last time.

After walking along Temple Street, he returned to the door of Yang Yue's shop and waited for a while at the door until Alice came over in a taxi.

"Adam."

Alice hugged Xian Yaowen, and smeared her saliva on his cheek and into his mouth with her tongue. She asked with eyes full of autumn water, "Guess what I had for lunch?"

The question was not difficult, Xian Yaowen guessed it and discovered that Alice's mouth had just tasted a new brand of cigarettes.

Xian Yaowen used his tongue to perform the Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm, using the entanglement force to spit the small tongue out of his territory, and then spit twice in a row to drive out the smell of cigarettes.

After a period without cigars, his sense of taste and smell are returning to top form.

Alice grabbed Xian Yaowen's tie and asked with her eyes wide open: "My mouth stinks?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Alice pulled her tie hard, covered Xian Yaowen's mouth with her mouth again, and increased the output of her saliva.

After a long time, she withdrew her mouth and looked at Xian Yaowen with a smug look on her face.

"you win."

Xian Yaowen expressed his surrender and took out a handkerchief to wipe his lips.

“Does my mouth stink?”

"It doesn't stink."

"Very good." Alice lit a Tabaqueira cigarette and blew a puff of white smoke into Xian Yaowen's face.

"Portuguese cigarettes."

"Yes, I'm having lunch with Joao."

"The suitcase?"

"Take it. Joao is going to the United States on a business trip tomorrow."

"Ha." Xian Yaowen laughed, "The Portuguese ambassador to France often needs to travel to the United States on business. I'm curious about how much Joao can earn as a donkey."

"donkey?"

"Well, in Southeast Asia, people who are used by drug dealers to transport drugs are called donkeys."

"It's a very rude name."

"Maybe." Xian Yaowen hugged Alice and nodded at the door of the shop, "I plan to build a leather city on this street. It's a big plan. After it's built, I can collect a lot of rent every year.

You owe me a lot of money and you don't have a job, so why don't you join this plan? I can give you a good salary and a certain amount of shares."

"Adam, I don't owe you anything. The lawyer took the Saint-Ergo Castle and the land."

Xian Yaowen chuckled and said, "Desais only took away the management rights. Half of the profits generated will belong to you, and the other half will be used to repay the debt you owe me."

"It makes no difference." Alice pointed to the door of the shop. "Let's talk about Leather City. Adam, your gift has aroused my desire to spend money. I need money."

"This is good news. Desire is the driving force that pushes the world forward." Xian Yaowen hugged Alice and patted her on the back. "My lover Alice, welcome to the real world."

Xian Yaowen brought Alice into the store and talked with Yang Yue for more than an hour, and gave the official initiators of the Leather City project to Alice and Yang Yue.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xian Yaowen took Du Juan to the Ding Xiang Yuan Cafe, asked her to sit on the Hemingway chair, and explained to her in detail how to proceed with the two plans of food supplier and Grammy Model School.

The Lilac Garden Café is the place where Hemingway wrote "The Sun Also Rises". Dujuan's experience can easily resonate with the protagonist in the book. When Dujuan stays in Paris long enough and integrates into it, one day she will discover this book.

At dinner time, Xian Yaowen brought some red wine to Sylvie Maupi's home, met his wife and son, and talked about investing in Good Morning Vietnam at the dinner table. The intention was reached and subsequent matters were followed up by Desais.

At Sylvie Maupitt's house, he discovered that another unborn French rose, Sophie Marceau, looked somewhat like Madame Maupitt, and her manners were even more similar.

Early April.

Xian Yaowen flew to Chicago and met with Sam Giancana. The two sides reached a cooperation in smuggling, and the Chicago Mafia became one of the suppliers of Jinji Trading Company.

In addition, after completing the work handover with Tseng Pei-pei, Tseng Pei-pei returned to Hong Kong.

He stayed in New York for half a month, sorted out some business matters, and then boarded a flight to Taipei.

April 4, Guyu.

Americans Adam Hepburn and Longque Qi, Frenchman Zhanran Xie, and British man Tingyun Xie entered Taipei together.

At the exit, Fei Baoshu and Sun Shuying, who had arrived an hour earlier, were waiting. Also waiting with them were Fei Baoqi and Chen Changtong, as well as Lu Xiaojia and Yuan Huixie.

Lu Xiaojia and Yuan Huixie had no children, so they treated Sun Shuying as their own daughter. In the afternoons and weekends when she was a child and an adult, Sun Shuying would often go to visit Fei Baoshu, who lived alone. Usually Fei Baoshu and Yuan Huixie would play cards, and it was Lu Xiaojia who would accompany Sun Shuying through the time. The two were very close.

Sun Shuying and Lu Xiaojia were whispering, and about ten feet away, sisters Fei Baoqi and Fei Baoshu were talking in private. Needless to say, the topic revolved around Xian Yaowen.

Since the advent of letters, it is rare to find the truth in them, especially in family letters, which usually only contain beautiful words, that is, the so-called reporting of good news but not bad news.

In the letter Fei Baoshu wrote to Fei Baoqi, he naturally said that he was living a good life, but Fei Baoqi only dared to believe it three-tenths. After meeting her today and observing her younger sister's complexion, she believed it about eight-tenths.

"Baoshu, you look fine."

"Sister, I'm doing well. He has also made good arrangements for Shucheng and Shuying. Some time ago, someone went to Shanghai to handle business and opened dozens of passbooks at the bank, hiding dozens of kilograms of Yuan Datou coins. He said it was for the children, who might need it in the future."

Fei Baoqi said with relief: "Yao Wen has thought it through very carefully. Looking at the situation on the mainland, the future of the Sun family is not very good. We should make preparations early. Have you ever thought about having children?"

"Yao Wen said that I am too old and it would be risky to have a child."

"You are over 40, too old to have children. As long as Yao Wen treats you well, it doesn't matter if you don't have children." Fei Baoqi hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that you are too young, and in the future..."

"Sister, don't worry about this." Fei Baoshu said excitedly: "Yao Wen gave me a lot of houses, in Hong Kong, Paris, Shu Cheng and Shu Ying also have one, the total value is over a million Hong Kong dollars, I also have savings, dividends, every year I get money."

"Yao Wen allowed you to save some private money?" Fei Baoqi asked in surprise.

"Yao Wen said that women should have money to support themselves, so that they can have a place to live even in the worst circumstances." Fei Baoshu lowered his voice even more, "Yao Wen said that even if I am old and 70 years old one day, he will not ignore me."

Fei Baoqi's eyebrows curved into crescents, and she chuckled and said, "Hearing what you said, your little husband is a man with a conscience. I have just noticed that your skin color is incredible. Tell me if he beat you badly."

"I'm going to die, and you still say such things." Fei Baoshu said shyly.

"You're still shy. Sleep with your elder sister tonight. Let's have a good talk."

Since 1949, in order to prevent the infiltration of "communist spies" and control population growth, Taiwan has implemented comprehensive martial law and strict entry and exit management.

With some yellow faces, even though they held Western passports, they still had to wait a while at the immigration checkpoint.

Xian Yaowen held the invitation letter sent by Lei Zhen in his hand, but did not take it out. He wanted to personally verify the quality of the Taiwan customs officers.

Between 1946 and 1950, Taiwan experienced a rare hyperinflation in the world. In 1949, the issuance of old Taiwan dollars increased sharply, causing prices to soar. One dou of rice cost 1 old Taiwan dollars, meat cost 24.5 yuan per catty, and eggs cost 7.5 yuan each.

People even had to carry sacks filled with old Taiwan dollars to buy a bowl of noodles, or make a living by bartering (such as exchanging chickens and ducks for rice and firewood). At that time, the value of currency was far lower than the actual object, and people lost confidence in the old Taiwan dollar.

After the KMT retreated to Taiwan, about 200 million mainland Chinese people poured in, increasing Taiwan's original population of about 600 million by nearly one-third. The influx of a large number of people led to a serious shortage of food, housing, employment and other resources, and intensified social conflicts.

For example, around 1949, Taiwan's food self-sufficiency rate declined and it had to rely on imports, but the shortage of foreign exchange further exacerbated the difficulty of obtaining supplies.

In addition, after the Japanese colonial rule ended, Taiwan's industrial base was weak, and the KMT's policy confusion in the early days of its relocation to Taiwan led to a near halt in industrial and agricultural production. Last year, Taiwan's economy was on the verge of collapse, military spending accounted for more than 50% of fiscal spending, and investment in people's livelihood was insufficient.

Although the United States has provided economic assistance to Taiwan since the outbreak of the Korean War, importing a large amount of daily necessities such as wheat and cotton to alleviate Taiwan's shortage of food and raw materials, the United States is about to implement low-interest loans and industrial support to help Taiwan build a light industrial base, such as textiles and food processing.

However, the shortage of materials in Taiwan is still very serious, which means business opportunities for Jinji Trading Company.

After leaving the checkpoint, the group came to the exit and saw the people coming to pick them up from afar. No one was younger than him in age or seniority, so Xian Yaowen had to lower his posture and walked over quickly.

"Brother-in-law, sister, Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu, thank you for coming to pick me up."

Chen Changtong, who had a middle-parted hairstyle and wore gold-rimmed glasses, shook hands with Xian Yaowen and said, "Yaowen, welcome to Taipei."

Chen Changtong has a financial face that still has some remnants of elegance. His expression is peaceful and friendly, but his eyes have an unconcealable sharpness and are filled with the viciousness of a financial man.

Perhaps he has had too many worries recently, or perhaps he has been involved in too many things that are difficult to tell others, and he has no time to digest the haze in his heart. No matter what, it all shows that Chen Changtong is still valued in Taiwan.

This is a good thing.

Xian Yaowen shook his hand, "Brother-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you this time."

"Yao Wen, please don't be polite. If you need any help in Taipei, just let me know." Chen Changtong said cheerfully.

While they were greeting each other, Tang Jishen and Wang Youjia, who also came to pick someone up, arrived late and met Liang Saizhen, the eldest of the four sisters of the Liang family.

Xian Yaowen fell in love with Liang Saizhu, the second of the four Liang sisters, and gave the task of recruiting a talent to Narcissus. Narcissus not only completed the task, but also offered a buy one get three free deal, and brought all four Liang sisters into the Red Mansion.

Liang Saizhen was only second to Ruan Lingyu in fame in Shanghai at that time. She was also a "sister" of Ruan Lingyu, was Tang Jishan's lover for a period of time, and later worked as a dancer. She made the acquaintance of many wealthy businessmen and celebrities in Shanghai, and many of them came to Taiwan.

That's why Liang Saizhen appeared in Taipei.

When Tang Jishen saw that Liang Saizhen was still as charming as before, his heart was filled with excitement and the idea of ​​renewing their old relationship instantly came to his mind. However, he did not dare to step forward to say hello because of his fifth concubine, Wang Youjia, who was beside him.

In the past few decades, there has been no shortage of beauties, such as Lin Huiyin, Lu Xiaoman, Tang Ying, etc., all of whom are outstanding in appearance and talent. However, among them, there is a beauty named Wang Youjia, who is known as the "divine face".

Looking at the photos of Wang Youjia will not make people feel that she is very beautiful, but countless talented men are attracted by her and regard her as their white moonlight, just like the prototype of Xiaolongnu is Xia Meng, and the prototypes of Chen Bailu in Cao Yu's "Sunrise" and Liang Aimi in "The Bridge" are Wang Youjia.

Wang Youjia's best friend, rival, and third party, Lu Xiaoxin, still commented on it this way after they fell out:

"I think the most beautiful thing about her is not her face and body shape, but her movements and temperament. I think the beauty of her movements cannot be compared even if all the beauties from all over the world are gathered together. Her every move, every gesture, is... It gives people a sense of beauty like the melody of music.”

Wang Youjia is a socialite in the literary world with strong social skills. Tang Jishen's tea business relies heavily on Wang Youjia to bring in customers. Although Tang Jishen, who is almost 60 years old, is still a playboy, he dare not show off in front of Wang Youjia.

Since coming to Taiwan, only 20% to 30% of his assets remain, and his tea business is not as good as before. However, he still lives a life of debauchery and has high expenses. Once Wang Youjia falls out with him, he may end up begging on the streets.

There were not many people at the airport, so it was a bit difficult to stage the scene of "you saw me, I didn't see you". Tang Jishan saw Liang Saizhen, and Liang Saizhen naturally saw Tang Jishan as well. However, more than ten years ago, when Ruan Lingyu passed away, she had already recognized what kind of person Tang Jishan was, and she didn't want to pay attention to him when they met again.

Liang Saizhen just glanced at Tang Jishen and then turned her gaze to Xian Yaowen. She came to pick up Xian Yaowen, but she only needed to greet him with her eyes and no action was needed. Seeing that Xian Yaowen was busy with greetings, she turned and left.

Wang Youjia looked in the direction where the passengers came out, but didn't see the person she was supposed to pick up. She glanced at the place where the person who was picking up the guests was greeting the passengers. She saw Chen Changtong and Fei Baoqi, and she immediately went to meet them.

Xian Yaowen let go of Chen Changtong's hand and nodded to Fei Baoqi, "Sister, Baoshu and I are sorry to bother you this time."

Fei Baoqi wore a moon-white cheongsam with dark patterns. Her hair was combed meticulously, and her pearl earrings hung quietly. The mutton-fat jade bracelet on her wrist and the nail polish on her fingertips complemented each other beautifully. Her every move showed the calmness that came from her upbringing in an aristocratic family.

She smiled a faint smile like a spring breeze blowing across the lake. Her smile was not as ostentatious as that of a young girl, but ripples spread from her eyebrows to the corners of her eyes. The white magnolia hairpin in her hair seemed to be infected by her gentleness.

"Yao Wen, thank you for being so kind to Bao Shu. Don't be polite to me. My home is your home."

Xian Yaowen responded with a smile, "Yeah."

After greeting Fei Baoqi, Lu Xiaojia and his wife came next.

Lu Xiaojia is already in his sixties, but he looks a dozen years younger than his actual age. He has short black hair with a few frosty strands, and a straight beard like Lu Xun. His face is very friendly. People who don't know him will definitely say that he is an old man with a good temper. No one would have thought that he was a devil when he was young.

Yuan Huixie is a little younger, with a slightly fluffy bun and no accessories on her body. She wears a loose, plain cheongsam and a short black coat. She looks simple, graceful and unpretentious.

His actual age should be in his early fifties, but judging by his appearance, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is thirty-five or thirty-six.

"Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu, I'm Xian Yaowen."

"Mr. Xian, please come to my humble home some other day." Lu Xiaojia said in a calm voice.

"Shuying asked me to ask someone to bring some Jinli smoked chicken and black dates from the mainland. They are still on the way. I will definitely come to bother you when we get there."

Lu Xiaojia smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Xian is thoughtful."

Xian Yaowen nodded to the couple, ended the greetings, came to Fei Baoshu, reached out and touched her face, "Did you have a smooth journey?"

"Everything went well." Fei Baoshu narrowed his eyes slightly, "How about you, Master?"

"I'm fine too." Xian Yaowen handed the briefcase in his hand to Qi Longque, took Fei Baoshu's hand, and chuckled, "You have more connections here than I do. I'll follow you."

Fei Baoshu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take the master away."

"You two are flirting with each other when you are alone." Fei Baoqi pretended to scold her, and then said to Chen Changtong: "Changtong, let's go, let them stay here."

A burst of laughter broke out, and everyone started walking out of the station.

When I arrived outside the station, I couldn't see many cars, but there were quite a few rickshaws, parked densely in what was probably a designated reception area. A rough estimate was that there were at least a hundred of them.

A person who was probably a secretary hurriedly walked towards Chen Changtong, said something, and pointed at a row of rickshaws on the side.

Xian Yaowen looked over and saw a total of eight rickshaws, not too many, not too few, just enough to carry people and luggage. It seems that sedans are rare in Taiwan, and even Chen Changtong's status is "not convenient" to borrow a few rickshaws.

After Chen Changtong finished talking to the visitor, he said to Xian Yaowen, "Yaowen, I'm sorry to ask you to take a rickshaw. Taxis are hard to get in Taipei, but rickshaws are more convenient."

"Brother-in-law, it's okay. It's nice to take a rickshaw. It's a good opportunity to enjoy the scenery along the way."

Chen Changtong nodded and invited Xian Yaowen to get on the first car.

Xian Yaowen did not refuse and sat in the car. Without any instructions, Xie Tingyun followed him in.

After everyone got on the bus, eight rickshaws drove in a line and left the Taipei Airport of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications Civil Aviation Administration, which would later be renamed Songshan Airport. As soon as the bus left the airport, the one that Chen Changtong and his wife were riding in walked to the front and led the way.

Xian Yaowen looked around while sitting in the car and saw that the area around the airport was very desolate. Apart from the terminal building behind him, there were no other buildings or trees. They were probably cut down for the safety of aircraft takeoff and landing.

The road surface is loess-colored and rammed with sand and gravel. It is relatively flat, and the rickshaw pullers' steps are very brisk. However, you can see patches of varying ages. Potholes probably form on rainy days, but since it has the mission of "war preparedness", maintenance is relatively timely.

Hills can be seen in the distance. Like other hills of this era, they are ugly, with patches of green and yellow, like bald heads, telling people that the main fuel here in Taipei is wood. (End of this chapter)