"What does the president mean?" the man came forward and asked.
Wang Chengfeng, also known as President Wang, narrowed his eyes. "After all, the Song family is related to the Marquis' Mansion. It would not be good if they were to become enemies directly. If we can take this opportunity to pull the Song family into the alliance, it would not be bad. If the Song family is unwilling...they haven't married the Marquis' Mansion yet anyway, who says their daughter will definitely be able to marry into the Marquis' Mansion?"
It is very easy for people like them to destroy a girl's reputation.
"Then we understand what you mean."
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After Song Ruoxue rejected their invitation to join, she didn't pay any attention to it and was busy with the affairs of the academy. However, she didn't expect that Wang Chengfeng would send the invitation directly to the Song family.
The Song family is now a new family in the court, but it is not considered a very distinguished family, especially since they almost lost before. Fortunately, the eldest brother of the Song family, Song Xian, had a good vision and saw that the textile business could make money, so he resolutely took all his wealth and moved south. Now, he has not only created his own family business, but can also support the capital from time to time.
"This is a letter from the Beijing Chamber of Commerce." Song Zhi handed the letter to his elder brother. "They said that they learned that you had returned from the south, so they specially held a banquet to welcome you."
Song Xian didn't know what was strange here, so he just said, "This is strange. Our Song family didn't have many business friends in the capital before, and now Wang Chengfeng has taken the initiative... It's hard to understand."
In the business world, Wang Chengfeng is known for being profit-driven and will hold on to money whenever he sees it.
But he was in the textile business, and Wang Chengfeng was in the medicinal materials business, two completely unrelated people. He didn't know what Wang Chengfeng wanted him to do at this time.
Song Zhi originally thought that his eldest brother had connections with the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, but now that he didn't know what was going on, he guessed that it was most likely because of Song Ruoxue's matter, so he told Song Xian about what had happened recently.
Song Xian frowned, and Song Zhi looked at him and asked, "Brother, what do you think they are doing this for?"
"I've never met Wang Chengfeng before, but from the voices of people around me, I know that he is a man who will not do anything without profit. This banquet may not be a Hongmen Banquet." Song Xian is also a businessman now. He knows in his heart that the Chamber of Commerce may not be afraid of the Song family, but after all, the daughter of the Song family is related to the Marquis' Mansion. If they really want to deal with them, it will be a thankless task.
"I guess he just wants to test our ideas this time." As they are all businessmen, Song Xian could naturally guess Wang Chengfeng's intention.
But he didn’t know what the Queen was thinking.
This depends on Song Zhi. "Brother, if the Queen trusted the Chamber of Commerce, she wouldn't ask my little sister who doesn't even know how to do business to do such a thing. So I think brother, you don't have to worry about offending those people in the Chamber of Commerce. No matter how much or how little these people earn now, they have already offended the people they should not offend the most. There is no way forward for you."
We are all smart people, so there is no need to say too much.
Although Song Xian didn't understand what was happening in the capital, he was very smart in business.
Back then, Shen Qingqiu relied on his own efforts to improve his reputation in textiles, and Song Xian also made his fortune in textiles. Now, looking at their queen, it seems that she has set her sights on medicinal materials. Will the medicinal materials in the future be like the fabrics in the past?
You have to know how expensive a piece of silk was back then, and only the rich and powerful could afford it. But now, silk has become worthless. New weaving technology has made silk easier to produce, and has also spawned a more beautiful cloth.
The cloth shops back then were like the medicine shops of today.
There are only a few kinds of medicines that poor people can take when they are sick. If they really have a fatal disease, no matter how expensive the medicine is or how much the doctor's fee is, they can only wait to die at home. But if the Queen follows her current practice, I am afraid that the pharmacy will also be turned upside down in the future.
Today, the Song family has reached the top in the textile industry, but this is only in the south. There is no decent industry in the north.
Song Xian from the north did not plan to continue the textile business. After all, the people in the Marquis' Mansion were still there, and the biggest boss was Liu, the biological mother of the current Queen. He could not compete with the Queen's biological mother for business, and most importantly, he could not compete with her. The biggest business in the textile industry had already been taken away, and the rest was just a small profit.
Song Xian doesn't like these.
Now it seems that the Queen has pointed out a clear path for him.
"Prepare the car and go to their welcoming banquet to see what the rules are." Song Xian said.
Song Zhi nodded, "It's not easy for me to go with you, big brother, but Gu Shaohe is a member of the Jinyiwei, I ask him to take care of you besides drinking with you, if there is anything wrong, he can help you in time."
Song Xian shook his head. "Not really. What can they do in broad daylight? Besides, I am a man after all."
However, Song Xian did not reject his brother's kindness.
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"Brother Song, I have heard of you for a long time!"
As soon as Song Xian arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, the leader Wang Chengfeng walked towards him with a smile.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, Song Xian smiled back at him. The two of them complimented each other, and Wang Chengfeng asked Song Xian to sit down.
Naturally, they didn't get to the point at the beginning. After three rounds of drinks, Wang Chengfeng clapped his hands, and then he heard the sound of stringed instruments. Several beautiful women with bold and seductive clothes danced barefoot from all around, and their slender and white arms were like lotus roots and hooks.
It constantly captured the hearts of those present.
Several people directly picked up the dancer and drank with her, but Song Xian did not.
There are very few men who are not interested in beauty, after all, no one dislikes beautiful things. But Song Xian has been married and has children for a long time, and now his eldest son is almost the same age as his youngest sister Song Ruoxue. After experiencing the defeat of the Song family, Song Xian now has nothing else to think about except revitalizing the Song family business and leaving a good foundation for his son.
Wang Chengfeng's eyes were always on Song Xian. Seeing that Song Xian had no desire for the beauty who came to his door, he knew that the man in front of him was not a beauty lover, so he was afraid that he could not make a move on him from this aspect.
Then he clapped his hands again, and soon the beauties left the stage.
Then another group of people came out, dragging a black tray in their hands. After removing the red cloth on the tray, they found gold bricks piled up together. Just looking at these, it must be worth at least hundreds of thousands of taels, which is almost the revenue of the whole country for a quarter.
"President Wang, you gave me such a big gift as soon as we met. I really can't accept it." Song Xian looked at the silver.
It’s not that I’m not tempted. After all, there are very few people in this world who don’t love money.
But Song Xian knew clearly that the source of this money was not clean, and he would not feel at ease if he took the money.
Wang Chengfeng looked at the man in front of him and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Brother Song, these are just some gifts. I know that you have a lot of business in the south. Our Chamber of Commerce in Beijing is also thinking about opening up the south, and we also want to ask Brother Song to help with this."
Song Xian smiled and said, "President Wang, you are joking. I am in the south, and I am making the sound of textiles. It has nothing to do with your medicinal materials industry."
Wang Chengfeng also smiled. At this moment, he was not sure what Song Xian was thinking.
After being in the business world for a long time, everyone has become like an old fox and it is absolutely impossible to tell what they are thinking from their faces.
"Brother Song, don't you know what your young lady has done? Now she is a well-known good person in the capital."
The topic just came up.
"I haven't been home for many years, so I don't know what my younger sister has been doing recently. But that's her own business. I don't know why President Wang bothered to find me?" Song Xian acted as if Song Ruoxue was just making a fuss.
Wang Chengfeng didn't say anything, but someone beside him sneered, "She just made a small fuss, but now she's causing our Chamber of Commerce to lose money every day!"
Song Xian didn't say anything, but his expression turned slightly colder.
Wang Chengfeng on the side pretended to stop him, "Alas, she is just a little girl. How can she understand these things about our business? She is just kind-hearted." Wang Chengfeng sighed and said, "Brother Song, I have no choice but to come to you now. We are all well-known figures, and no one wants to embarrass the other party."
Wang Chengfeng said, "In fact, I think you, Brother Song, also know that what your sister is doing is a losing business. She is investing every penny into those poor people, and who knows when she can get her money back. The old saying is true, help the poor instead of the emergency, especially for people who have nothing to do with you. Why block our way to wealth and sell the money for nothing?"
President Wang said, "If your sister is willing to sell the two pavilions she built in the suburbs to us, or join our Chamber of Commerce, we will bear all the money she spent before, including the expenses of her hard work these days. After all, she is a girl, and she will get married soon, right? The Xingyuanzhai headgear, a complete set, will be a gift to your sister at that time."
The gemstone jewelry of Xingyuanzhai is unique in the capital and is not inferior to those in the palace.
The price is naturally prohibitive for ordinary people, let alone a complete set. It is like wearing a mansion with ten entrances and ten exits on your head.
Such a big move seems to have been carefully considered.
If it wasn't Song Xian who came today, if it was someone else, there's no guarantee that they would really be fooled by Wang Chengfeng, the old fox. If it really was a business that didn't make money, would this old fox be willing to spend so much money?
You know, he never spends money!
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