A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 83: Marriage? Are you worthy?

Only five days after the Spring Festival, Gu Zhuxuan invited Chen Guangliang to have dinner.

Although Chen Guangliang intended not to get so close to Gu Zhuxuan, after all, he couldn't keep doing the car dealership business forever, and it wouldn't be a problem to get rid of Gu Zhuxuan later.

But at least in the last one or two years, he really had no choice but to "worship" Gu Zhuxuan, especially since he had taken ten thousand dollars from him and his car business was also quite important.

Some money is not so easy to get!
Of course, Chen Guangliang is not stupid. He will not let Gu Zhuxuan tie him up, nor will he participate in his shameful activities.

"Guangliang, come here and let me introduce you. This is my cousin, Gu Aizhen, she's 19 years old, about the same age as you. You can get to know each other later!"

Chen Guangliang's expression remained unchanged, and he said very gentlemanly: "Hello, Miss Gu"

But in his heart, he cursed Gu Zhuxuan. What a stupid idea he came up with. How could he like your cousin?
Although Gu Aizhen is beautiful, Chen Guangliang would not choose his wife based solely on her appearance.

Gu Aizhen in front of him was not dressed fashionably or stylishly enough. It was obvious at a glance that she was a traditional feudal woman.

not to mention.

Gu Zhuxuan's move clearly regarded Gu Aizhen as a "bargaining chip" and a "marriage tool", which made Chen Guangliang even more disgusted.

In fact, there is a famous person among Gu Zhuxuan’s clansmen, that is Gu Zhutong, a high-ranking official of the National Army; but since Gu Zhuxuan is a big gangster, Chen Guangliang will not change his impression of him just because of a clansman.

Especially Gu Zhuxuan's style of doing things is gangster style, which Chen Guangliang looks down upon.

In fact, the current Chen Guangliang also has the element of a "gangster". After all, being engaged in the car dealership business will give people this impression.

However, first of all, he would not use dirty tricks to actively attack others, at most he would protect himself; secondly, he could quickly reverse his image by engaging in real estate business; finally, his car dealership business was not that big, and he had no plans to expand it.

Gu Aizhen took the initiative to say: "Mr. Chen, my cousin told me that you are very capable. I didn't expect you to be so young!"

She originally thought that her cousin was going to marry her to a 'powerful gangster' but it would be ugly, but she did not expect Chen Guangliang to be so gentlemanly and handsome, and her heart was already pounding at this moment.

There was no way out. Her father didn't value her and gave her to her cousin as a bargaining chip to win over his subordinates in order to obtain his cousin's financial support.

She didn't dare to resist and could only hope to meet a better "hooligan".

Chen Guangliang said politely: "It is Mr. Gu who is praising me!"

Gu Zhuxuan immediately said: "Let's sit down and talk."

He observed Chen Guangliang's attitude and naturally hoped to marry his cousin to Chen Guangliang in order to win over this subordinate.

Then, he took out two invitations and said, "The Zhabei Business Association is hosting a dinner party soon. Guangliang, you shouldn't be so busy with your work every day. You can relax for a while. Here are two invitations. Take Aizhen with you to see the world and make some friends!"

Chen Guangliang wanted to refuse, but Gu Zhuxuan had already placed the invitation on the table, so he could only take it and said, "Then I'll try to make time!" "Of course I will."

Chen Guangliang could only say: "Hmm"

Don't get into a conflict with Gu Zhuxuan first, and just reject Gu Aijin directly later.

After a while, the atmosphere became a little awkward. Chen Guangliang did not take the initiative towards Gu Aizhen, and he answered Gu Aizhen's questions as simply as he could.

Finally, Gu Zhuxuan could only say, "Aizhen, go upstairs and accompany your sister-in-law first. Guangliang and I have something to discuss."

"Okay, cousin, see you another day, Mr. Chen!"

Chen Guangliang nodded politely.

Subsequently.

Gu Zhuxuan said directly: "You should know that those car dealerships have recently joined forces and want to compete with me, right?"

Chen Guangliang immediately said, "I know a little bit. They contacted me before, and I naturally rejected them firmly and warned them not to be ungrateful. Who knew they would dare to try to stop the chariot now?"

On the surface, I still have to say some polite words to Gu Zhuxuan. After all, there is no loss!
But when doing things, you must be cautious and not involve yourself.

Gu Zhuxuan said happily, "Okay, you're sensible!" Then, he changed the subject and said awkwardly, "I don't really want to have a head-on conflict with them, otherwise everyone will say I'm bullying the weak. They don't even think about the fact that most of the people in this business are from northern Jiangsu. How dare they fight me!"

Having said that, the momentum of their united forces is not weak. Even if we win the fight with them, I am afraid it will not be decent.

Chen Guangliang echoed: "Yes"

Gu Zhuxuan continued, "I'm planning to let you participate in this matter. As long as you tell everyone that your Changjiang Auto Shop is willing to pay a 10% commission, I believe some of them will be tempted to give up. Then I'll slowly deal with them. Of course, I've already agreed not to ask you to pay the commission, so I won't really ask you to."

After saying this, he stared at Chen Guangliang, waiting for him to express his opinion.

This is obviously to get Chen Guangliang to join, and then step by step split those alliances and shake the determination of some car dealerships.

If Chen Guangliang agreed, it would mean that there would be endless troubles in the future. After all, those people had no way to deal with Gu Zhuxuan, but they still had some ways to deal with Chen Guangliang.

Villains are very difficult to deal with. For example, in the last "car theft and beating" incident, it seemed that Chen Guangliang had the upper hand in the end, but if Gu Zhuxuan had not been biased in the end, he would not have been able to recover his losses at all, and the result would have been a lose-lose situation.

Chen Guangliang crossed his legs and said, "Mr. Gu, I am not your subordinate. I cannot obey your orders in everything, and it will put myself in danger."

Gu Zhuxuan let out a rare sneer: "Guangliang, although you are not my subordinate, you have gained a lot of benefits from me. You should know that some things are not so easy to get!"

The threat is very strong!
You don't pay the commission but get it first. There are not so many good things in the world.

Chen Guangliang remained calm and said, "Mr. Gu, let's get back to the current incident. Don't you think the reason everyone is rebelling against you is because of you?"

"what reason?"

"That's because Wing On is colluding with the Municipal Council and can force you to give up the property, so everyone thinks you're not strong enough."

Gu Zhuxuan was truly furious this time. After all, this was his sore spot. He revealed his true gangster side and said, "But I still have a way to deal with them and car dealerships like yours!"

Chen Guangliang nodded and said, "You're right, but this could be a 'lose-lose situation' and could even cause your status in the underworld to decline further. Of course, if Mr. Gu is willing to listen to me, perhaps there's a better solution to this problem!"

Gu Zhuxuan said with a cold face: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Chen Guangliang said: "It would cost me a lot, and I don't want to get involved in this!"

"Say"

Chen Guangliang then said, "First of all, Mr. Gu, there's no need to confront them head-on. If you win the lawsuit, many people will look at you with new eyes. And I've analyzed this lawsuit, and I'm sure you can win."

Gu Zhuxuan's expression began to soften, and he said, "Of course. With Du Yuesheng's help, I've already hired two foreign lawyers at a substantial expense to take the case to the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth. We're likely to have a decision this year."

He knew that calling him one of the "Four Tycoons" was an exaggeration, so Gu Zhuxuan always made friends with Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng.

It can be said that the relationship and status between them is the same as that between Chen Guangliang and Gu Zhuxuan today.

"You keep talking"

Chen Guangliang then said, "I'm willing to persuade Han Yanbao of Han's Car Dealership and Wu Guangpeng of Chigo Car Dealership to withdraw from the alliance. Then, if you put more pressure on them, they will naturally collapse."

Gu Zhuxuan was stunned and immediately said, "You're going to persuade these two? Don't you know that you offended them the most last time, and that these two are the most difficult to deal with?"

Chen Guangliang laughed and said, "Mr. Gu, you're wrong. I think Feng Jingtao is the most difficult to deal with because he's not ruthless enough and too principled. So, once someone like him gains power and is right, he'll be even more stubborn and won't give in easily. Han Yanbao and Wu Guangpeng, on the other hand, may be ruthless, but they have no principles. If I privately promised them only 5%, they'd disband immediately, not caring about the lives of others."

After hearing this, Gu Zhuxuan looked at Chen Guangliang again and again and said, "Guangliang, I've discovered that you are my biggest competitor. Those people are nothing!"

Chen Guangliang smiled and said, "This competitor can also make money for you and solve your problems. To be honest, I wish I had a bunch of competitors like this."

"Haha, that makes sense. I'll leave this matter to you!"

"I can't guarantee that this is the right thing to do, but I can only do this for you, Mr. Gu."

"it is good"

(End of this chapter)