"Uncle San, I didn't expect you to come. I just wanted to inform grandpa so that he wouldn't be surprised when I visit him." Han Ye-jin said with a smile.
Li Chunshan laughed.
"How could my uncle not come to pick you up when you came to Hong Kong? My uncle even had someone arrange a room for you and asked me to come pick you up. I just didn't expect that Mr. Victor would also come to pick you up."
After Li Chunshan finished speaking, he looked at Victor.
Victor said respectfully to Han Ye-jin, "Ms. Han, I received a telegram from Mr. Hardy in advance. I have prepared a place to stay and a car for you."
"I've booked a room for you at the Peninsula Hotel and bought a villa in Mid-Levels. Because time is tight, it will take a week to renovate it. If you don't like staying in a hotel, there is a resort on the coast of Nanwan. If you like quietness, you can stay there."
Li Chunshan looked at Victor in a daze. This attitude was too respectful. Why did it feel like a subordinate meeting his superior?
You know, Victor is definitely one of the top figures in Hong Kong. He eats with the Governor and chats with officials. Many big businessmen have to give him face, and many people rely on him to do things. Even the triads have to look at Victor's face now.
But why did he become like this in front of his niece?
He suddenly thought of a name Victor had just mentioned, 'Mr. Hardy'. Could it be Mr. Hardy from the Hardy Group? !
Is my niece related to Mr. Hardy?
"Thank you, Victor." Han Ye-jin smiled and nodded to Victor.
"This is what I should do," Victor said quickly.
After Han Yizhen finished speaking, she turned to look at Li Chunshan and said, "Uncle San, I'll make some arrangements here, and then I'll go with you to see grandpa. Please wait a moment."
"Don't worry, don't worry." Li Chunshan said quickly.
Han Ye-jin called Victor to the side and said, "Mr. Victor, please help arrange the construction team members I brought with me."
"No problem Ms. Han."
"Also, there is a batch of goods on the plane. Please arrange for someone to look after it and find a safe place to store it." Han Yejin said.
The reason why Victor was called aside was because of this batch of goods.
"Can I ask what it is, Ms. Han?" Victor asked.
"These are antiques collected by Hardy. He said that since he was going to build an antique museum in Hong Kong, he should ship the items here in advance and find a suitable place to put them. They will be stored here after the museum is completed." Han Ye-jin said.
This time Han Ye-jin came and brought a large number of antiques, even including the batch of French antiques from World War II. Those things cannot be seen in public for the time being, and it is most appropriate to put them in the safe here. After a few decades, they can find a reason and say that they were bought, and no one can do anything about it.
Aren’t Westerners now selling the antiques that were looted by the Eight-Nation Alliance? The reason they give is that they didn’t loot them, they bought them from others. This is a very good reason.
This trip brought a total of 6 tons.
It was also the long-distance load limit for the B-29 bomber.
When Victor heard that they were the boss's antiques, he paid more attention to them, because he knew how much the boss liked these antiques.
In Victor's opinion, his boss, Mr. Hardy, probably loves antique artworks the most.
He is not a good gambler.
The boss runs his own casino, but he has never played the game.
Not a good woman.
There are only four or five women around him who are worthy of his name. For a young man of his status, it would not be too much to change one every day.
I don't have any bad habits.
No abnormal thoughts or behaviors.
He doesn't look like a super rich person at all.
Antiques might be the boss's favorite thing, and he could imagine what would happen to him if this thing went wrong.
"Don't worry, Miss Han, I'll send someone over right away to take it away at the right time." Victor responded quickly.
Li Chunshan was standing far away and couldn't hear what the two were saying, but he saw Victor standing in front of his niece, his body slightly bent. Every time his niece said something, Victor kept nodding, which made Li Chunshan feel an inexplicable feeling in his heart.
After giving the instructions, Han Yizhen came to Li Chunshan and said, "Uncle San, please take me to see grandpa. I haven't seen him for several years. I really miss him."
"Okay, let's go now."
Everyone walked out together. Victor asked someone to take several architects to the hotel and instructed the HD security personnel to bring people to protect the boss's plane. He then asked Han Ye-jin to get into the Lincoln Continental that was provided for her.
"Ms. Han, this is a new car bought specially for you. It will be your exclusive vehicle during your stay in Hong Kong," said Victor.
Li Chunshan looked at Victor and thought that he had really thought about it carefully.
"Thank you Victor."
Han Ye-jin got into the Lincoln, Li Chunshan got into his own car, and Victor and his men followed all the way to the house where Mr. Situ lived in Sheung Wan.
After arriving at the place, Victor originally did not want to go in and waited outside, but Li Chunshan thought this was inappropriate. It was not right for such a big shot like Victor to be waiting outside, so he strongly invited Victor to go in with him.
"Mr. Victor, come with me to meet grandpa." Han Yezhen said.
"Okay, Miss Han." Victor agreed immediately.
Li Chunshan: ...
I tried to ask for help for a long time but it didn't work, but my niece got it done with just one word.
......
When I walked into the house, a servant had already informed Mr. Situ that the old man had a bad leg, but he was already standing at the door looking outside.
"Grandpa~!"
Han Yizhen saw her grandfather and ran up to him and hugged him. "Grandpa, I miss you so much. I haven't seen you in years."
Mr. Situ smiled and patted his granddaughter on the shoulder, "I've seen it, Zhenzhen is still as cute as ever, she has grown up."
Han Yizhen let go of her grandfather and held his hand to walk inside. When Master Situ saw Victor standing with Li Chunshan, he asked politely, "Yizhen, is this person here with you?"
Victor hurried forward, bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Mr. Situ, my name is Victor."
"Hello, Mr. Victor. You must have had a hard time coming all the way from Los Angeles." The old man nodded and greeted him with a smile.
Li Chunshan, who was standing next to him, saw that the old man might have recognized the wrong person, and immediately introduced him: "Old man, this Mr. Victor is the Mr. Victor who does business with us."
Master Situ was slightly stunned, and then he reacted, "Oh, I didn't expect Mr. Victor to visit. I'm so sorry."
Victor immediately said respectfully: "No, no, you misunderstood, I am not here to visit, I am here to accompany Miss Han."
"Oh, to accompany Yizhen?" The old man looked at his granddaughter.
"Grandpa, Victor is the representative of Hardy Group in Hong Kong. I also work for Hardy Group. Victor went to the airport to pick me up. I said I wanted to see grandpa first, so Mr. Victor followed me." Han Ye-jin explained.
"Oh, so that's how it is. Now that you're here you're a guest. Mr. Victor, please come in. Yizhen, let's go in and chat." Mr. Situ said with a smile.
The old man is a man who has truly seen the world. Both sides in the country treat him with great courtesy and think highly of him. President Roosevelt of the United States used to be his lawyer, and the two had a close relationship. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek's preference for the old man Situ was largely due to Roosevelt.
After sitting down in the room, the servants served tea. Han Yizhen sat next to the old man, holding her grandfather's hand. Old Master Situ looked at his granddaughter and said with a smile: "It's been a few years since we last met. You have really grown up. You should have graduated from college, right?"
“I graduated last year.”
"What kind of work are you doing now? You didn't specify in your telegram. Why did you come to Hong Kong?" asked the old man.
"It was the Hardy Group that wanted to build a museum here. I am the president of the Hardy Group Auction Company. You also know that I majored in architectural design, and my biggest dream is to build a real large-scale museum. So Hardy gave this job to me." Han Yejin said.
"A museum."
The old man murmured something, but didn't say anything else.
"So, after graduating from college, you didn't go into the construction industry, but went to work for an auction company?" asked the old man.
"Yes, actually I was already working in an auction company before I graduated from college, and that's when I got to know Mr. Victor." Han Ye-jin said and glanced at Victor.
Victor smiled and nodded.
He did not feel the slightest bit embarrassed about being caught for fraud in the past. He even felt a little proud. If it weren't for that incident, he might still be a fraud.
Today,
He is doing very well in Hong Kong, and all the upper class figures in Hong Kong treat Victor as a guest of honor.
Mr. Situ looked at Victor and said with a smile, "Mr. Victor, I have to thank you for being here. The Triads have a good livelihood thanks to their cooperation with you."
Victor quickly smiled and said, "No, this is all thanks to the boss. I was just following orders."
The old man's face became more serious when he said this, "I heard from Chunshan that the payment has been slow recently. Please forgive us, Mr. Victor. We will raise funds as soon as possible to pay back the money."
Han Ye-jin heard what her grandfather said, which meant that he was short of money. She knew what her grandfather was doing. Since she was a child, her grandfather had donated a lot of money to support the domestic war of resistance and had to raise funds everywhere.
Influenced by her grandfather, Han Ye-jin's parents also frequently donate money. For this reason, Han Ye-jin's living expenses are so little, because they are all donated by her parents.
She thought for a moment and said, "Grandpa, I have made a little money in the past two years. I will donate it to you and contribute to your career."
Grandpa Situ looked at Han Yizhen with a kind smile on his face. He reached out and touched his granddaughter's head. "Yizhen has really grown up and has made money. Well, grandpa thanks you."
"I can probably come up with $500,000, and I hope that can help grandpa out of his urgent need," said Han Ye-jin.
"Five hundred thousand, how do you have so much money?" Mr. Situ was a little surprised. She had saved so much money in just two years of work.
"I'm the president of Hardy Auction Company. I have a very high salary and receive bonuses and dividends at the end of the year. I don't have much expenses on a normal day, so I saved this much." Han Ye-jin said with a smile.
"Grandpa, with the 500,000, how much do we need?" Han Ye-jin asked.
"Well, you've donated a lot." Mr. Situ said kindly.
"Just tell me, Grandpa. At worst I can advance you a few years' salary." Han Yizhen shook Grandpa Situ's arm and begged him to tell her.
“I don’t know the details.”
Han Yizhen looked at Li Chunshan, "Uncle San, how much is the difference?"
Li Chunshan looked at his old man and said, "The total payment for the remaining batch of goods is 2.63 million, but we have already raised more than 100,000. Add your 500,000, Yizhen, and we are still short of 2 million US dollars."
"There's still a shortfall of two million. I'll send a telegram to Hardy to see if I can advance a few years' salary," said Han Ye-jin.
After saying that, he looked at Victor and said, "Mr. Victor, can you ask someone to send a telegram for me?"
"Okay, Miss Han, I'll contact the boss for you right away." Victor stood up, nodded at Mr. Situ and Li Chunshan, and walked out of the living room.
Mr. Situ and Li Chunshan watched Victor leave.
In fact, of the four people present, except Han Ye-jin, the other three have always had a strange feeling.
Victor's boss is Hardy, and the goods he has are also Hardy's. The Triad has no money to pick up the goods, so Han Ye-jin donated money and asked Hardy for an advance on their wages, and then used the money to buy Hardy's goods. This is a complete circle.
Of course, there is a key figure here, that is Hardy. Without him, this cycle cannot work.
Why didn't Victor stand up and speak? For example, since Miss Han has spoken, the batch of goods will be given to you for the time being.
Because he knows who he is.
He is just an executor and has no right to make decisions on his own.
Miss Han asked the boss for money. It was up to the boss whether to give her the money or not. After Miss Han got the money, the favor also went to the boss.
Victor went to the telegraph office in person and sent a long telegram, repeating Miss Han's request, and finally sent what he had seen to his boss.
Hardy got the telegram and laughed after reading it.
Han Ye-jin asked him for an advance on her salary so that she could buy things for him to sell.
He thought about it and asked Victor to recover.
"Agree to advance 2 million yuan in wages."
Hardy could give Han Ye-jin 2 million because she was his woman, and he could even give those supplies to the Hongmen, but he knew one thing.
'A little help in gratitude, a little help in revenge'.
People will not cherish things that are easily obtained, and some people may even take advantage of this relationship to get more things.
It would be very difficult for Han Ye-jin at that time.
Victor received the telegram, read it and took it back to the mansion where Mr. Situ lived. Han Ye-jin looked at Victor, "Victor, what did Hardy say?"
Victor handed the telegram reply to Han Ye-jin, "The boss agreed."
Han Yizhen took the telegram and read it, then smiled and said to Master Situ, "Grandpa, now that we have money, you can get the supplies."
That night, Han Ye-jin stayed at Mr. Situ's house and spent some time chatting with her grandfather.
Victor and Li Chunshan left the house. Victor smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you can come and pick up the goods anytime."
"Oh, don't you have to wait for the money to arrive?" Li Chunshan said.
"Haha, it's all the boss's money. As long as Mr. Hardy and Miss Han agree, everything else is not a problem." Victor said with a smile.
Li Chunshan thought so too. After all, it was Mr. Hardy's money.
Li Chunshan immediately took people to the warehouse to pick up the goods. This time he wanted to take away all the remaining goods. Victor was also very busy. He sent people to the airport overnight to transport the antiques on the plane back to the auction company and put them in the underground vault.
At this moment, half of the huge underground vault is filled with antiques.
At Master Situ's mansion, after dinner, the grandfather and grandson sat in the yard and chatted, "Yezhen, how did you get to know Mr. Hardy?"
Han Ye-jin recounted the story of how she was robbed and how Hardy rescued her.
"I heard he did a great job?"
"When I first met him, he wasn't that rich. He was probably just a multi-millionaire. In the past two years, he has developed very quickly. Now he is a billionaire and owns many industries," said Han Ye-jin.
"What kind of man is he?" asked the old man.
"He is a nice person. He is very good to his subordinates and is not stingy. Many people are completely loyal to him." Han Ye-jin said.
"Is it good for you?"
A hint of shyness flashed across Han Ye-jin's face.
"It's good for me."
When the old man saw the happy look on his granddaughter's face, he knew that she must like that man very much.
Just be happy.
The rest doesn't matter.
It is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines.
All the older generation are like this.