Lord of Puluo

"The south wind blows coolness, the nightingale sings softly, the flowers under the moon are all asleep, and only the night scented fragrance is revealed..."

Green Water City, Xiaoyaowu.

Diva Jiang Mengting is singing in the round dance hall.

The round dance hall is not a big dance hall. The round dance hall in Xiaoyaowu can accommodate up to thirty people and is a place for parties.

There are only two people in the audience today, Li Qi and Ma Wu.

Ma Wu lowered his voice and asked: "Lao Qi, do you think she is beautiful?"

Li Banfeng looked at the record player behind Jiang Mengting, nodded and said, "Beautiful."

"Seriously, do you think there's anything different about her?"

Li Banfeng was quite familiar with Jiang Mengting. After Xiaoyaowu reopened, Jiang Mengting left Paramount and returned to Ma Wumen.

"She's loyal to you."

Ma Wu nodded: "She is indeed loyal to me, but the relationship between us is not the one you imagined."

Li Banfeng was surprised: "Is it possible that you are brothers and sisters?"

Ma Wu shook his head repeatedly and waited for the song to finish before letting Jiang Mengting leave the round dance hall.

There were only two people left in the room. Ma Wu said to Li Banfeng: "Jiang Mengting and Xiao Xiufei are different. Many of Xiao Xiufei's achievements were made from under the quilt. Jiang Mengting's achievements today are entirely due to me. I said she hasn’t let a man sleep with her yet, do you believe it?”

This is hard to believe.

After staying in Puzhou for a year and a half, Li Banfeng knows very well what a singer and a movie queen is like. Why is Jiang Mengting so special?

Ma Wudao: "Because I have placed a heavy bet on her, and I have signed a contract with her. No matter how difficult life is, she cannot sell her body without my instructions.

She is different from other divas. Many rich people miss her, but they can't touch her. Even if she has a celebrity wing in Paramount, others still can't touch her.

Only in this way can her own net worth skyrocket. When it comes to divas, Jiang Mengting will always be ranked first. With her current status, I can also earn more money. "

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "You are really a good businessman."

Ma Wu shook his head and said: "It depends not only on the business, but also on her own ability. Every year, I can cultivate five or six famous people. After three or five years, there are twenty or thirty famous people.

But for someone as untouchable as her, there can only be one like her in three to five years. Only in this way can she appear precious, just like she is the only rose among the flowers. Only then can this rose be valuable.

She can afford this status, regardless of appearance, temperament or heart, she can afford it,

She is a good woman, and I want to find a good home for her. Lao Qi, are you willing to accept her?

I know that you can't marry a singer as your wife, even if you take her as your concubine, even if you don't give her any status, just stay with her. "

Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Why do you want me to accept it? Why don't you accept it yourself?"

Ma Wu shook his head and said: "I can't accept it. I can't treat a woman sincerely. There is only business between me and her.

Now our business is about to run out of business, and I can no longer take care of her, so I want to find a home for her.

In the future, we brothers will live a leisurely life together. Seeing that she is by your side, I will feel less indebted to her. "

Ma Wu sighed and said: "They wanted to take over Heishipo's book and newspaper business before, but I didn't agree, and you definitely won't let me agree.

Now the Customs and Excise Department has increased the freight by 50%. All our business outside Green Water Bay has also increased the freight by 50%. If this continues, all our outside business will be ruined. "

Li Banfeng took a sip of wine: "50% of the shipping fee, why is it so deadly?"

Ma Wu took a pen from his shirt and said to Li Banfeng: "This is a pen produced in Heishipo. It costs six yuan and sells for twelve yuan in Heishipo.

There is no factory in Yaowanggou that can produce pens. A pen costs 28 yuan. This cannot be blamed on the businessman's skill, because the shipping fee for a pen is 15 yuan.

The cost of transporting a pen from Heishipo to Yaowanggou is twenty-one yuan. The merchant still has to make money. Add seven yuan of profit, and it becomes twenty-eight yuan. "

Li Banfeng really didn't study this matter. He knew that the freight in Puzhou was very expensive, but he didn't expect it to be so ridiculously expensive.

"How much does this pen weigh? How can it cost fifteen yuan for shipping? If we are transporting grain, how much does a pound of grain cost?"

Ma Wu let out a long sigh and said: "Old Qi, you really don't know the difficulties in business. Guan Fang envoys set freight not by weight, but by price. They set the price according to the different market prices of goods in different places. He just eats us clearly. money,

Now he has increased our shipping fee by 50%. The shipping fee for this pen has reached 22 and a half yuan. Adding the cost of 6 yuan, the cost of shipping this pen to Yaowanggou has exceeded the market price of 28 yuan. How can our business continue? "

It is true that outside business cannot be done.

Why not just give up all the outside business and concentrate on running the business in Green Water City?

How many bloody storms did Li Qi and Ma Wu go through to get where they are today?

They are considered the number one figures in Puluo Prefecture, and if they give up their outside business, they will become ordinary businessmen in Lushui City, and all their previous efforts will be in vain.

This matter is very difficult, but Ma Wu can't think of a way to solve it: "I want to find the customs envoy to ease the relationship, but their attitude is very tough. It is definitely not just for books and newspapers.

This is related to the previous events of the He family. He Yuxiu offended the customs envoy. We fully supported He Yuxiu. The customs envoy also settled this debt for us. "

Li Banfeng lit a cigarette and asked, "How is the He family doing?"

"The customs envoy has doubled the He family's freight. The He family's business is over, completely over. I don't know how many factories outside have closed down.

If it weren't for He Yuxiu's prestige, the He family would have been broken up. He Yuxiu's whereabouts are unknown now. If she falls into the hands of the customs envoy one day, there will be no He family among the wealthy families in Pro Province in the future."

"Can we do business outside in the name of the Lu family?" On this point, Li Banfeng believes that Lu Chunying can cooperate.

In fact, Ma Wu has already done so, but he doesn't know how long he can hold out: "The customs envoy wants to take over the Paramount, but Lu Chunying has not agreed. If the stalemate continues, the Lu family's freight will probably go up."

"That is to say, the Lu family can't save itself either."

Ma Wu nodded and said, "Among the four major families, only the Chu family is in high spirits. The customs envoy has reduced their freight by 30%. Next, they will push down the price of goods and squeeze out all our business. The number one wealthy family in Pro Province will become the Chu family."

Seeing that Li Banfeng had been silent, Ma Wu proposed a not-so-good idea: "Seventh Brother, let's talk to Lu Chunying about selling the Paramount to the customs envoy.

First, ease the relationship between the Lu family and the customs envoy, and then we The relationship between us and the customs officials can also be eased. If we go back and forth a few more times, maybe this storm can be over. "

"Ease? When will it be eased?" Li Banfeng shook his head, "Today he gave us the Paramount, and we agreed. Tomorrow he wants Xiaoyaowu, should we continue to give it?"

Ma Wu also knew that this was not a long-term solution: "But is there any other good way?"

Li Banfeng asked first: "If we divide the business and give it to more than a dozen different people, and let them run it separately, the customs officials will not be able to target us, right?"

Ma Wu nodded: "That's the truth, but where can we find so many reliable people? This can't be done overnight."

Someone has already done it.

Except Li Banfeng, no one has targeted that person's business, he really did it.

"Old Five, go find Shen Rongqing, ask her out, and talk to her about business."

Ma Wu waved his hand and said, "Old Seven, don't think I can do anything in bed. Miss Shen doesn't want to see me now."

Li Banfeng said, "Tell her that I want to see her and reminisce with her."

Ma Wu was stunned: "Do you know Shen Rongqing?"

"No."

Ma Wu was stunned: "If I don't know her, how can I reminisce?"

Li Banfeng said, "Just tell her, she can understand."

……

In Lingjia Cinema Company, Shen Rongqing didn't understand: "You mean, Li Qi wants to reminisce with me? I don't know him at all."

Ma Wu smiled and said, "These are his original words, I just conveyed his words."

Shen Rongqing felt puzzled. After Ma Wu left, she told He Jiaqing about the matter.

……

He Jiaqing had just come out of the vegetable market and walked into an alley. While there was no one around, he put a tray of an electronic scale on his head.

After a tremor, He Jiaqing felt refreshed. Just as he was about to return the tray, he suddenly felt the buttons on his chest vibrate.

"Jiaqing, Ma Wu came to me today and said that Li Qi wanted to talk to me about the past. I don't know Li Qi at all. Should I meet him?"

He Jiaqing was silent for a moment and said, "Meet."

"Just say, long time no see."

"Long time no see? I haven't seen him..." Shen Rongqing was completely at a loss.

She couldn't understand what these two people meant at all.

He Jiaqing was about to explain when a strong woman selling fish rushed into the alley and shouted loudly, "What are you doing with my scale? You are so poor that you even stole this!"

...

In the private room of Quanjian Teahouse, Shen Rongqing looked at Li Qi opposite him, took a deep breath and said, "Long time no see."

This was awkward, but it was He Jiaqing's order, and Shen Rongqing didn't know how Li Qi would react.

Li Qi's reaction was very natural: "Yes, long time no see, how are you doing recently?"

Shen Rongqing didn't know what was going on, nor did he know what Li Qi meant by this, so he could only respond with one sentence: "Very good."

Li Qi continued: "I have a little trouble, I need your help."

...

He Jiaqing walked out of the foot massage shop with a foot washing bucket in his hand.

Putting the footbath on his head, He Jiaqing clenched the buttons: "Sister, have you met him?"

"Yes, Guanfang's freight has blocked their business, and he wants to use our channels to get their business running."

He Jiaqing thought for a moment and said: "That's fine, let them sell their business at the place of production, and we will resell it. We won't suffer a loss, and we can make some profit from the difference."

Shen Rongqing was stunned: "Jiaqing, are you going to agree to this?

This is too ridiculous. I don't know how he knows about our affairs, but if we do this, it is equivalent to revealing the trump card of the Brotherhood Alliance."

"He already knew some of the trump cards," He Jiaqing smiled in the footbath, "Help him do this, and you can ask him out again and tell him that I hope he is fine, but the He family is not in a good situation now, and I hope the He family is also fine."

PS: Fine, this is what Li Banfeng and He Jiaqing said when they parted, and it was also the last sentence they said to each other.