Volume 3 Summer Rain Chapter 0304: Real Grandson and Pretending to Be Grandson
In terms of industrial operations, Wu Bingjian not only owned real estate, properties, tea gardens, shops, etc. in China, but also boldly invested in railways and securities transactions in the United States across the ocean, and even got involved in insurance business, making "Jardine Matheson" a veritable multinational consortium.
It’s a pity that the state structure at that time destined businessmen to be sheep and have supreme power; unlike in Western countries, where capital could control the direction of the country.
Therefore, the Wu family suffered heavy losses under the repeated cuts made by the Qing government.
Wu Bingjian realized that the situation was not good, so he prepared for the future and sent many of his children overseas early on. While taking care of his own overseas business, he also tried his best to increase the Wu family's ability to resist risks.
A cunning rabbit has three burrows, it's just like this!
This move of his was indeed the right one, otherwise the Wu family might have been wiped out.
How could Fang Mengyin not know what Xianghe knew? Since the Fang family was able to rise, how could the Fang family lack wisdom? Even she, the eldest daughter who used to be ignorant of worldly affairs, knew the allusion of learning from history.
As long as one is not stubborn and unruly, studying history is an indispensable lesson for family members like the Fang family.
Fang Mengyin just felt sad. Why did the Wu family, who had taken root in London, find her, the head of the Fang Group?
She also hadn't heard of any business of the Wu family in Xiangkeng. Perhaps it was controlled by a controlling shareholder and was hidden deep inside.
Fang Mengyin thought of a possibility, which answered her own question, but she suddenly thought of a strange thing. Wu Bingjian founded Jardine Matheson during his lifetime. What is the relationship ?
Wu Zaisheng was thirty years old and was just a junior in front of Fang Mengyin. Fang Mengyin didn't feel shy and asked the question directly.
After asking, Fang Mengyin looked at Wu Zaisheng, waiting for him to answer her questions.
Although she had heard of Wu Bingjian and Jardine Matheson, she did not have a deep understanding of the history of Jardine Matheson. Fang Mengyin only knew that the current Jardine Group in Hong Kong was originally named Jardine Matheson.
But Jardine Matheson actually belongs to the American people. What is the secret behind this?
As soon as Fang Mengyin's words came out, not only Wu Zaisheng, but even the secretary Wu Shihao who was sitting next to Wu Zaisheng put away their smiles and their faces sank.
Wu Zaisheng had a complicated expression, and it was unclear whether he was angry, aggrieved, helpless, or all three.
Just as Fang Mengyin was about to say sorry, Wu Zaisheng spoke up, "They are shameless thieves."
Fang Mengyin raised her eyebrows when she heard Wu Zaisheng's sharp words. She didn't expect Wu Zaisheng to react so strongly. It seemed that there was indeed some secret story behind it.
“The current Jardine Matheson Group was formerly known as Jardine Matheson & Co., but earlier it was called Jardine Matheson & Co. It was founded by William Jardine and James Matheson, both of Scottish descent, in 1832, the year our lineage came to the United States.
In 1843, the year when Lord Dunyuan died, the main branch of the Wu family suffered a heavy blow. Those two shameless thieves stole the name of the Wu family's Jardine Matheson & Co. and re-registered it as Jardine Matheson & Co., changing its name to Jardine Matheson & Co.
At this point, Wu Zaisheng felt even more aggrieved and clenched his fists unconsciously. Wu Shihao, who was standing beside him, also shook his head and sighed, feeling equally depressed.
"I see."
After hearing Wu Zaisheng's explanation, Fang Mengyin immediately understood that the two American idiots had imitated the Jardine Matheson, the most prestigious of the Thirteen Hongs in Guangdong Province.
This also explains why Wu Zaisheng's mood changed drastically.
No one could accept that the glory of his family was stolen by outsiders. "Jardine Matheson" was the glory of the Wu family and was built by the Wu family with great effort. However, in the end, the family was oppressed by external forces and was unable to take care of itself, so it was stolen by foreigners.
Just by adding the word "foreign" to its name, it became popular outside.
As victims of persecution, one can easily imagine the frustration and distress that the Wu family felt.
"Then is your Wu family's Jardine Matheson still in existence?" Fang Mengyin asked.
"It no longer exists. My Wu family's foundation there has been wiped out under the oppression of the Qing court. Now there is only Fu Shengxing, and there is no longer any Jardine Matheson Bank." Wu Zaisheng said bitterly.
When he said the last four words "revive", his fists clenched again unconsciously.
Fang Mengyin's eyes narrowed. "Fu Shengxing? This name is interesting. Just from the literal meaning, it can be interpreted into many meanings. Combined with what Wu Zaisheng said about the Wu family, this name means the glory of the ancestors of the Wu family."
Fang Mengyin nodded slightly and did not ask "Have you ever thought about reshaping Jardine Matheson Bank?" This was a narrow-minded and stupid question, and there was no need to ask such a question at all.
Fang Mengyin was very clear about how big the current Jardine Matheson Group and the Jardine Matheson Group with the Jardine Matheson Group as its core were. It was the number one consortium in Hong Kong and also the number one consortium in the Far East of Eagle Country, with amazing power. Even with a simple thought, she knew that the Wu family could not compare to Jardine Matheson.
The situation is not in our favor, what else can we do?
No matter how aggrieved they are, they have to endure it. Don’t you see that the Wu family has endured it for more than a hundred years?
Fang Mengyin had already satisfied her gossip desire, but she still had no idea what business Wu Zaisheng wanted to discuss with her.
"Ms. Fang, I came here this time to invite you to attend the founding ceremony of the Chinatown Business Association in London on the 7th of next month. I hope you will be able to attend."
Hearing Wu Zaisheng say this, Fang Mengyin started to think again, "How big a deal do you want to negotiate with me? Why do you invite me to London first? Do you want to show me your strength and the Wu family's strength first?"
Fang Mengyin couldn't figure out what Wu Zaisheng was up to.
But there was nothing wrong with going to London. She would talk to her eldest grandson first. Fang Mengyin had made up her mind and agreed vaguely.
…
Nan Yi soon received a call from Fang Mengyin.
His idea was similar to Fang Mengyin's. He could go to London, not for the Wu family, but for the Chinatown Business Association. It would also be good to make some connections with the wealthy Chinese businessmen in Eagle Country.
Even in Ghost's investigation report and Nan Yi's own memory, the only person worthy of his attention now is Ye Ronghuan, the boss of Rong Ye Bank, but to make connections, one does not have to climb up the social ladder, making friends at the lower levels is also a kind of connection.
Even if it is just a piece of toilet paper, Nan Yi will make the best use of it.
However, he had never heard of the Wu family's revival.
In his previous life, Nan Yi had a business partner who built a bag brand in London. As one of the shareholders, he would fly to London several times a year and had certain connections in the local Chinese community.
Not to mention that he could accomplish anything great, but he was still well-informed about gossip. He hadn't heard of a powerful Wu family in London. Or was it because his level was not high enough at that time?
Nan Yi thought so.
But soon, he put this question aside, as he had a lot of troubles at hand.
First of all, this cold-faced woman in the B&B has been here for two and a half days and has not left yet. The longer it takes, the greater the possibility that the other side of the cliff will be exposed.
"We can't wait any longer. The development plan for the villas must be brought forward."
After Nan Yi made up his mind, he called Ueto Masami and asked her to tell Ikeda Karikyo about this matter and ask Ikeda Company to come and buy the beach as soon as possible.
"President Izumi, do you know the name of the village chief?" After making the call, Nan Yi went to Izumi Sheng to inquire.
"Of course, the village chief is Yaotome Miya. Most of the people in Scarecrow Village have the last name Yaotome. I heard that his ancestor was a very famous samurai."
"I see. Then do you know who this beach belongs to?"
"This stretch of beach is Yaotome Miya's private property, as is the land of my guesthouse. I have to pay him land use fees every year. Why did Nagao-san suddenly ask this?"
" A friend of mine wants to find a beachfront location to build a few villas. He knew I was on vacation at the beach, so he called me just now to ask if this place was suitable. I told him it was not bad, so he said he wanted to come over to inspect it."
"Villa?" Izumi Katsu asked in surprise, "Holiday villa?"
"Yes, not only a villa, but also a holiday estate. President Izumi, if he takes a fancy to this place and develops it, your homestay business will also get better."
"I hope so."
Izumi Katsu remained noncommittal, and it seemed that he didn't really care whether the business was good or bad.
"Ha... developing holiday villas on this stretch of beach, no matter how much money you make, the loss will never be enough." Nan Yi and Izumi Sheng were talking when the cold-faced woman came downstairs to drink water. She heard their conversation and made a sarcastic remark.
Nan Yi smiled warmly and said to the cold-faced woman, "It's just an investigation. My friend will naturally make his own judgment on whether to put it into action."
"snort……"
The cold-faced woman snorted, poured a cup of grapefruit tea and went upstairs again.
"I have such a bad temper!"
Nan Yi muttered inwardly, but did nothing further. If he hadn't read the B&B's registration book and knew that this cold-faced woman's last name was Sanjing, Nan Yi really wanted to punish her.
Mitsui, if it is the Mitsui from the Mitsui Zaibatsu, Nan Yi really can't afford to offend this behemoth in Japan. Well, even if you remove the three words "in Japan", he still can't afford to offend it.
Unless he doesn't plan to give up and goes all out, there's still a chance.
Mitsui Bank, Mitsui Trust, Mitsui Life, Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance, Mitsui Financial Leasing, Mitsukoshi, Mitsui & Co., Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsui Construction, Mitsui Oil, Toyota Motor, Mitsui Shipbuilding, Toshiba, Fuji and many more [hundreds of company names omitted].
With this long list of Mitsui's younger brothers, Nan can fight less than half of them alone, let alone deal with the Mitsui Zaibatsu... Let's wait and see in fifteen years, maybe there will be a chance.
"Mitsui Yukiko, damn, I don't even know her real name or fake name, who cares? Anyway, we can't mess with her for now. Not only can we not mess with her, but we have to protect her. If something happens to this woman here, who knows if she will be taken out on me. It's all tears if I say too much."
Rubbing his face, Nan Yi thought, "This grandson, he still has to pretend. It's fun to be a master, but when has he ever seen a good ending for those who talk big? One cannot be arrogant in the underworld. If he is arrogant, he will definitely get hurt."
After leaving the B&B, Nan Yi called Hagiwara Sayuri, took their fishing rods and sat on the rocks to fish.
The whole day is spent fishing.
The next day, Mitsui Yukiko was still there, but Nan Yi and Hagiwara Sayuri did not stay there, but went to the city of Fujisawa.
Instead of rushing to go shopping, they booked a room in a hotel in the city. Nan Yi and all the bodyguards gathered in front of the TV to watch the videotape.
A videotape brought from China, containing the content of the Second Wushu Conference held in Wuchuan. It is this year's video, and the theme is Sanda competition without protective gear.
The country wanted to push Sanda into the Olympics like Taekwondo, so it held a pilot competition in Wuchuan.
The video started playing and a very ugly fighting action on TV began. One of the contestants, A, swung a straight punch at contestant B. Contestant B dodged to the left and kicked contestant A in the stomach with a whip kick, knocking him out directly.
From the referee's shout of start to the end, it takes a total of 3.25 seconds, which also includes the time for the two players to look at each other and find each other's flaws.
"Can you beat her?" Nan Yi pressed the pause button and turned to ask the school beauty next to him.
"I will definitely lose the game. In a life-and-death fight, I will use a dagger. If I don't have a dagger, I will trade my life for my injury. This player has never been a soldier and has never killed anyone. If..."
The school belle didn’t finish her words, but Nan Yi knew what she meant. If contestant B had also served in the army and killed people, the school belle would not be able to beat him.
"Tiger cub, what about you?"
"70-30, he is no match for me."
Nan Yi asked each bodyguard one by one, and only half of them thought they could beat contestant B. He also put himself in the situation and thought that if he didn't use hidden weapons, he would be killed in three moves.
After the pause, Nan Yi continued to read on and saw the essence of various martial arts schools, such as the stomping of toes in Chuo Jiao, the Tie Shan Kao in Baji, the Dou Jin in Tai Chi and so on. Except for not hitting the vital parts, every punch really hit the internal organs.
Watching the fifth match, one of the contestants was really in trouble. He was so unsportsmanlike that he swept his opponent into the air with a sweeping kick, and before the opponent landed, he kicked him in the chest with a side kick.
Nan Yi watched it several times, this guy was really cruel, and it was obvious that he was going to take his opponent's life. He didn't touch the opponent with the sole of his feet, but when he was about to kick, he used his toes to tap.
His toes touched the sunken area in the middle of his opponent's chest, and with the strength he exerted, his opponent's life was in danger.
Although the contestant who was called out was carried away in the video, Nan Yi and the bodyguards all agreed that the contestant was definitely dead.
After watching the video, Nan Yi opened the letter that was forwarded from New York along with the video. The letter said that three people died and four were paralyzed in this competition, and there would not be a next one.
Nan Yi also thought that there would be no next time. This competition was a real fight for life, the only difference being that one could not attack vital points and the referee would not allow further attacks if one fell to the ground.
Otherwise, if you haven't practiced ground fighting, being knocked to the ground is no different from being a lamb to be slaughtered.
"President, if you encounter three or four people like this in China who are targeting you together, Tiger Cub and I will not be able to protect you."
Finally, the school beauty said this to Nan Yi.
Nan Yi knew it in his heart, of course. Fortunately, he was lucky and had not encountered any bandits or robbers. Otherwise, he would have lost half of his life, if not his entire life.
"No, we need to recruit a few more martial arts masters and place them in the country."
